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Neighborhood
The Awesome '80s Prom
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Though I was born too late to enjoy an '80s prom myself, I may once have actively requested Bon Jovi's "You Give Love a Bad Name" at a junior high semiformal. Conversely, this interactive show aims to give nostalgia musicals a good name when it invites audiences to drink, dance, and vote for... More >> |
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| East Village | Theater, Off-Broadway: Now Playing |
Handball
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| East Village | Recreation |
The Smoke Big Band
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The sensuous Smoke Jazz space is enlivened weekly by one of the best in-house acts in town: the Smoke Big Band, a reliable troupe with their own exuberant takes on Basie, Ellington, and more. Dine in with style. More >> |
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| West 100s | Music |
Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York
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| East Harlem | Photography, Arts, Art - Museums |
The Mystic Circus Side Show
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| Flatiron | Music |
'Gotta Have Pop!'
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| Greenwich Village | Music |
'The Scratcher Sessions'
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The Voice staff's home away from home features solid singer-songwriter acts every Sunday. Solo acts and duos only; seek thy massive klezmer dance parties elsewhere. More >> |
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| East Village | Music |
'Jazz Night'
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This weekly jazz jam at the newly expanded Spike Hill bar in Williamsburg is as raucous as anything else on its stretch of Bedford. But the rotating cast of players is solid, the veggie burger is hot, and really, doesn't that newest Beacon's Closet discovery deserve to be aired out somewhere classy? More >> |
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| Brooklyn | Music |
Fetch Clay, Make Man
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In May 1965, the young heavyweight champ Cassius Clay was nearing one of his most anticipated fights when he invited the washed-up actor Stepin Fetchit into his entourage. But why? Will Power’s new drama, Fetch Clay, Make Man, concerns how this unlikely pair became friends despite their... More >> |
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| East Village | Theater, Off-Broadway: Now Playing |
Brooklyn Boulders
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Have you ever stared longingly at the Brooklyn Bridge and thought, I wish I could climb that? Brooklyn Boulders, an 18,000-square-foot refuge for the urban climber located near the Gowanus, is happy to give you a shot. In addition to providing massive synthetic boulders, 360-degree climbing... More >> |
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| Brooklyn | Recreation |
Ashley Bickerton
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A pioneer of the ’80s Neo-Geo movement (short for neo-geometric conceptualism), along with Jeff Koons, Peter Halley, and Meyer Vaisman, Ashley Bickerton suddenly dropped out of the East Village scene in 1993 and moved to Bali, where he remains two decades later. His latest show, and his... More >> |
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| Lower East Side | Arts, Art - Galleries |
Dorothea Rockburne: Drawing Which Makes Itself
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At first glance, Dorothea Rockburne’s works look like straightforward lines on a wall, but they are far from simplistic. They are mathematical solutions. Rockburne has said that “drawing is the bones of thought,” and has applied her studies in math and astronomy to her work... More >> |
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| West 50s | Arts, Art - Museums |
LIC Flea & Food
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You may think that in order to partake in an outdoor flea market you’ll have to head to Brooklyn—well, not anymore. Starting today, and continuing every weekend this summer, Long Island City hosts its very own LIC Flea & Food, with locals offering tasty foods and unique items from... More >> |
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| Long Island City | Shopping, Food and Drink, Fashion and Style, Family Events |
Bryant Park Juggling
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“The little trick of getting three objects to dance around in your hands has always managed to keep a small sense of magic,” says instruction book Juggling for the Complete Klutz. As we could all use some magic in our lives, get out today and have some fun with the Bryant Park... More >> |
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| Murray Hill | Recreation |
'The Freedom Party' w/ DJ Herbert Holler+DJ Cosi
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Marc Smooth, Cosi, and Herbert Holler play a mix of soul, funk, hip-hop, New Jack Swing, r&b, and all things smooth to a wonderfully diverse crowd of dancers. What used to be a strictly "grown" event has slowly become home to scenesters on their night off from Williamsburg as well. (Or, as the... More >> |
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| Greenwich Village | Music |
Chicha Libre
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In addition to being a popular alcoholic beverage, "chicha" also signifies the psychedelic style of cumbia fermented in Peru's Amazonian rainforests during the '70s. This terrific Brooklyn combo features One Ring Zero accordion wizard Josh Camp and members of Las Rubias del Norte. They open a... More >> |
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| Park Slope | Music |
Slavic Soul Party!
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Slavic Soul Party are Eastern Europe's answer to the funk (and "Grunt") of the J.B.'s or, more recently, the Budos Band. On their recordings, and every Tuesday at Barbès, the 10-person brass ensemble pins Gypsy melodies against the sort of jazzy r&b horn collages you hear in movies... More >> |
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| Park Slope | Music |
Italian Renaissance and Baroque Bronze Sculpture from the Robert Lehman Collection
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| East 80s | Arts, Art - Museums |
'Mobile Mondays' w/ Operator EMZ+Joey Carvello+Natasha Diggs+Just Blaze+Misbehaviour+$MoneyMike$
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Anyone can queue MP3s through Serato, some can play sets with their collection of 12-inches, but a DJ night with only 45s? Until a backward-looking Brooklyn dive attempts to throw a party where DJs have to stick to wax cylinders, no one is going to touch Bowery Electric’s Mobile Mondays,... More >> |
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| Noho | Music |
Matilda: The Musical
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Take a celebrated novel about a tiny tot with telekinesis. Add a cult songwriter and a famously dark playwright. And what do you get? Dennis Kelly and Tim Minchin’s adaptation of Roald Dahl’s story, one of the most spiky, tender, and delightful children’s entertainments to... More >> |
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| West 40s | Theater, Broadway: Now Playing |
'Ghost Movies'
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| Brooklyn | Film - Repertory and Special Screenings |
Salò or The 120 Days of Sodom
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| West 40s | Film - Repertory and Special Screenings |
'Newfilmmakers'
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| East Village | Film - Repertory and Special Screenings |
Manila in the Claws of Light
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| West 60s | Film - Repertory and Special Screenings |
Hairspray
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| Fort Greene | Film - Repertory and Special Screenings |
