- TIME: 11pm
PLACE: Niagara, 112 Ave A at 7th St
COST: FREE
- SUMMARY: “Corn fed and bourbon powered, The Dang-it Bobbys deliver a sonic sandwich of country and folk stuck between two slices of rock smothered in bluegrass mayonaise. One taste and you’ll be back for more!!!!”
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- TIME: 7pm sign up; 7:30 show (This event happens EVERY LAST MONDAY)
PLACE: The Bitter End, 147 Bleecker St between Thompson and LaGuardia
COST:$6 plus one drink minimum
- SUMMARY: “The Moth believes that everyone has a story. The Moth created StorySLAM to give those stories a forum. Following the wild success of our Mainstage series, The Moth sought to accommodate all the people who asked, “When can I tell my story?” and to encourage those people who doubted they had a story worth telling. The Moth StorySLAM provides a stage and a microphone, a theme to inspire and shape the evening, a lively and supportive audience, and a host to guide the festivities. Stories are limited to five minutes, and ten stories are heard. The stories are scored by three teams of audience-member judges, and a winner is announced at every SLAM.”
- RELATED:
- Corey’s Review: “The crowd is supportive, the contestants are refreshingly diverse, and the night is full of energry, reflection and laughter…”
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- TIME: 9:30pm
PLACE: The Peoples Improv Theatre, 154 W. 29th Street, between 6th and 7th Ave
COST: $5
- SUMMARY: “Comedian Tim Ellis ponders the big questions while sweating the small stuff. A collection of discourses on such philosophical quandaries as reality TV, fast food, and the female anatomy, Inquiry includes stories, dancing, diatribes, and embarrassing admissions.”
“Afterwards, stick around for scenes from the upcoming variety show, Century of Progress. The progressive cast includes Tim Ellis, Melanie Martinez (vh1), Bob McClure (theburg.tv), Kate Reilly (tribeca film fest), and Matthew Park (the public theater).”
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- TIME: 8pm
PLACE: Upright Citizen’s Brigade, 307 W 26th St between 8th and 9th Ave
COST: $5
- SUMMARY: “”Somewhere between “The Dick Cavett Show” and “After Dark with Hugh Hefner” lies “Bro’In Out with Leo & Tony.” In this live talk/variety show, host Leo Allen and ’sidekick’ Tony Camin welcome real celebrity guests for a straight up talk show with booze, swearing, sketches and music.”
THIS WEEK: Seth Herzog, Arj Barker and Steve Conte
- RELATED:
- Shannon’s Review of Michael Showalter, Eugene Mirman and Leo Allen: “The three comedians proved that everyone was a freak when they were younger…”
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Turn Me ON… Turn Me UP
- TIME: 8pm
PLACE: Zipper Theatre, 336 W 37th St between 8th and 9th Ave
COST: $22
- SUMMARY: “In 2006, Brian Charles Rooney made his Broadway debut as the fabled ‘Lucy Brown’ in the Roundabout Theatre Company’s revival of “The Threepenny Opera.” Join him as he brings you on a journey through an evening of audio and visual stimulation the likes of which only a four octave range, an intelligently humorous sensibility, and a provocative agenda of theatrical bravery could manifest. Find yourself transported from a salon caught between Victorian England and the Weimar Republic, to a Glam Rock Discotheque of 1980s-esque proportions, to the simple, yet emotional environs of revolutionary and socio-political defiance.”
- RELATED:
- Shannon’s Review of Threepenny Opera: “And I was left in awe by Brian Charles Rooney…”
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- TIME: 7-9pm (also May 1 and 2)
PLACE: The Brooklyn Kitchen, 616 Lorimer St. Corner of Skillman Ave
COST: FREE
- SUMMARY: “To celebrate the release of Kara Zuaro’s new book, I LIKE FOOD, FOOD TASTES GOOD, we are hosting LIVE in-store cooking demos with local rock stars who love to cook and eat.”
TODAY: “Tim Harrington, front man for the unbelievable band Les Savy Fav will be bringing us the knowledge of ceviche. Tim has also created the Deadly Squire aprons, oven mitts and potholders that we sell at the store.”
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- TIME: 10am - Start Time
6pm - Structure Inflated
PLACE: Teen Plaza of Washington Square Park, West 4th St between Thompson St and LaGuardia Pl
COST: FREE
- SUMMARY: “Members of the public are invited to come together to design, construct and inhabit a temporary inflatable structure in Washington Square Park, New York City. In the tradition of “barn raising”, where members of a community gather to build a structure for a new family, The Plastic Infinite is a collaborative event for the city. The park will be transformed into a playground for creative exchange.”
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- TIME: 8pm (also May 5 and 6)
PLACE: La Mama, 74A E 4th St, between 2nd Ave and Bowery
COST: $15
- SUMMARY: “Rub the Sleep is a dream about waking up. In a hallucinatory landscape of hope chests, merit badges and tupperware, the perfect housewife purees a cocktail made from gin and a homecoming queen’s corsage; a Japanese war-bride makes a presentation to the Junior League; and a fierce and erotically aggressive series of collisions sends two young men stumbling. Rub the Sleep is an irreverent, rambunctious, limping sleepwalk that traverses the space between polished societal veneers and the unraveling, sometimes sullied, realities that tread just below the surface.”
Part of the La Mama Moves World Summit
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- TIME: 8pm
PLACE: Pianos, Upstairs Lounge, 158 Ludlow St between Rivington and Stanton
COST: FREE
- SUMMARY: “Stickerbook is NY’s favorite all-girl experimental coverband! Temps by day, comedians by night, and kick-ass musicians after that, Stickerbook will make all your dreams come true. Especially dreams about people getting dressed up and playing twisted versions of pop hits on weird instruments. They are awesome, and fun, and the band you wished you were in when you were 10.”
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- TIME: 8pm
PLACE: The Tank at Collective: Unconscious, 279 Church St, between Franklin and White
COST:$5 minimum ($10 suggested)
- SUMMARY:”Fully improvised episodes, based on the original series of Star Trek. Phasers and Sideburns, and Klingons Oh My! Welcome Trekkies, Welcome Noobies, Welcome all those who know funny when they see it… Live Long and…Laugh”
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- TIME: 7pm — Thursday-Sunday
Noon-5pm — Friday-Sunday
DATES: Runs April 26-29
PLACE: Theatre for the New City, 155 1st Ave between 9th and 10th St
COST: Varies according to how many dates you buy
- SUMMARY: “An extended weekend of nonstop Ukulele Fun! Concerts, Vendors, Workshops, Jams! 40,000 Square Feet, Two Concert Stages! FREE BEER ALL WEEKEND. FREE UKULELE DOOR PRIZES AT EVERY CONCERT!!” See schedule for details.
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- TIME: 5-6pm
PLACE: Queens Museum of Art, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens
FREE TROLLEY between Shea Stadium 7 train and QMA, 2 – 6:30
COST: $5
- SUMMARY: “The Panorama Challenge is a geographical trivia-based game night at the newly refurbished Panorama of the City of New York that pits teams of knowledgeable New Yorkers against one another for prizes and prestige. Directed by laser-wielding Game Controllers, teams of ten will identify landmarks, parks, neighborhoods, bridges, bodies of water and more out of the Panorama’s almost one million structures.”
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- TIME: 7:30pm, Shuttle leaves NY at 5pm
PLACE: Kendall Park Skating Rink, 3550 Rt 27
Kendall Park, NJ
Shuttle leaves from: 7th Ave and 32nd St, Penn Station
COST: $12 for Derby, $12 for Shuttle
- SUMMARY: “Who says there are no balls in Roller Derby? The Hub City Hellrazors are pairing up with the brand spanking new NY Shock Exchange Men’s Roller Derby team to take on the girls of Western Mass Destruction and the boys of the Dirty Dozen from Pioneer Valley, MA. It’s an old skool double-header flat track style with FOUR 20-minute periods of co-ed derby action.”
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- TIME:
2-6pm 1-5pm
PLACE: Tompkins Square Park, 7th St and Ave A
LOCATION CHANGE —
Union Square, North end, 17th St and Broadway
COST: FREE
- SUMMARY: “WE invite YOU to bring what you have, table with info, handouts, and signups, costumes and dance battles, sculptures, backdrops..we have the park for four hours so please bring it!”
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- TIME: 1-4pm
PLACE: A storefront slaughterhouse, 100-15 94th Avenue at 100th St, Ozone Park, Queens
Free bus transportation from Manhattan. Schoolbuses will pick up visitors next to Penn Station at 31st Street and 8th Avenue at 12:15 PM and 12:30 PM sharp and make return trips to Penn Station throughout the afternoon.
COST: FREE
- SUMMARY: “A free block party with music, dance, film and international cuisine. The event will be a mixing-bowl for everyone who has never visited one of NYC’s 70 storefront slaughterhouses and the South Asian, West Indian, and Arab communities in Queens.
The HalalFest Block party will feature music and dance from the Bangladeshi Institute for Performing Arts, Guyanese and Kashmiri American bands, hip-hop dance performance from legendary b-boy Fable Pabon and members of the Rock Steady crew, free halal food samples from local Bangladeshi and West Indian restaurants, a petting zoo, henna tattoos, tours of the family-run halal slaughterhouse, and a screening of the documentary film “A Son’s Sacrifice” premiering this week at the Tribeca Film Festival.”
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Kite Fest
- TIME: Noon-5pm
PLACE: McCarren Park, Bedford Ave between Lorimer and North 12th Sts, Williamsburg Brooklyn
COST: FREE
- SUMMARY: “The Hungry March Band requests the pleasure of your company at the 3rd Annual Williamsburg Kite Festival, where not only will throngs of kids (and kite-minded adults) be making and flying kites, but the World’s Greatest March Band will be holding down home base in a free show!
The Kite Festival, which includes all manner of free family activities, will string itself into a giant puppet parade at 2:30, lead by the HMB, followed by their recital at 3. It’ll be lovely, a mix of sun and clouds, highs in the low 70s and lows in the mid 50s. What more could you want?”
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- TIME: 10am-6pm
PLACE: Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1000 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn
COST: $5
- SUMMARY: “With over 200 trees in bloom, Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s flowering cherries take center stage during this phenomenal weekend celebrating Japanese culture with over 60 events and performances. The Okinawan pop sounds of happyfunsmile, a J-pop concert by Tokyo sensation ZAN, hip-hop artist Akim Funk Buddha’s “Urban Tea Ceremony,” a taiko drum concert by the kids from the Genki Daiko team, and a presentation on the history of geisha by documentary filmmaker Miyuki Sohara are just some of the new performances lined up for the weekend.”
- RELATED:
- Shannon’s Review of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden: “It’s beautiful and peaceful and a perfect place to spend a quiet afternoon…”
- UNCOOLKIDS slideshow of last years Festival
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- TIME: 10am-Dusk
PLACE: Polo Grounds, Catherine St and Cherry St
Sara D Roosevelt Park, Chrystie St between Delancy and Broome
COST: FREE to watch (registration on Friday)
- SUMMARY: Finals! Punk rock polo with bikes instead of horses. Followed by BBQ.
- RELATED:
- Shannon’s Review: “In the time I was there I saw six guys fall off their bikes, one guy who loved throwing elbows, three guys dressed up like Mexican Wrestlers…”
- UNCOOLKIDS Slideshow of Saturday’s game
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- TIME: 10pm
PLACE: Mo Pitkins, 39 Ave A between 2nd and 3rd St
COST: $10
- SUMMARY: “5 comedians enter, 1 freestyle rap superstar leaves. A hilarious freestyle face off decided by the audience - 6 rounds of badass one-on-one rap battles. You saw 8 Mile, right? Like that, but funnier.
THIS WEEK: TBA
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- TIME: 8pm (also April 29 and May 5 and 6)
PLACE: La Mama, 74A E 4th St, between 2nd Ave and Bowery
COST: $15
- SUMMARY: “Rub the Sleep is a dream about waking up. In a hallucinatory landscape of hope chests, merit badges and tupperware, the perfect housewife purees a cocktail made from gin and a homecoming queen’s corsage; a Japanese war-bride makes a presentation to the Junior League; and a fierce and erotically aggressive series of collisions sends two young men stumbling. Rub the Sleep is an irreverent, rambunctious, limping sleepwalk that traverses the space between polished societal veneers and the unraveling, sometimes sullied, realities that tread just below the surface.”
Part of the La Mama Moves World Summit
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