WEDNESDAY 5/8 * Let’s Build A Garden For Greenpoint @ Diamond Bar (43 Franklin St) 7-10pm, FREE, Join the 61 Franklin St Garden for a fundraiser to build a community garden, bring donations - including tools, 20% of the bar sales donated, RSVP ♫ YVLTRS / Black Salad / Del Guapo @ Big Snow (89 Varet St) 8pm, $7, RSVP
THURSDAY 5/9
* Brooklyn Brewery Night @ Barcade (388 Union Ave) Starting at 4pm, Celebrate Brooklyn Brewery’s 25th Birthday with a very special tap lineup, RSVP ♦ Q and Y: A Brief Comedy About Death@ Silent Barn (603 Bushwick Ave) 8pm, $8, Play written and directed by Theresa Buchheister, after/during the show you can drink, get haircuts, buy records, look at art, hang out in the garden, make out in the corner!RSVP ♫ Height / Eze Jackson / Handjob Academy / Zebra Baby @ Death by Audio (49 S.2nd St) 8pm, $7, More Info
FRIDAY 5/10
♦ Greenpoint Gallery Night @Various Galleries, 6-9pm, FREE, As art fairs bustle away at opposite ends of the East River, over a dozen galleries open their doors, After party 9pm at Coco 66, RSVP, download map HERE ♦ Portals: A Series @ The One Well (165 Greenpoint Ave), 7-10pm, FREE, The One Well & HollyBear present a collection of mixed media works for your viewing pleasure, More Info ☺An Evening of Music & Comedy @ Death by Audio (49 S.2nd St) 8pm, $10, Comedians Chris Gethard & Dave Hill, music by Shellshag / Swearin’ / Black Wine, RSVP ♫ Heaven / Tennis System / Nightmare Air / Dead Leaf Echo @ Union Pool (484 Union) 8pm, $8, RSVP
SATURDAY 5/11 *Greenpoint Earth Day 2013 Festival @ McCarren Park (766 Lorimer St) 11am-5pm, FREE, Recycle your electronic waste, eco-friendly and educational displays, health & wellness tips & demos, arts & crafts, children’s activities, live music, More Info • Vegan Shop Up @ Pine Box Rock Shop (12 Grattan St) Noon-6pm, FREE, Vegan Shop-Up is NYC’s only all vegan pop-up market featuring the best small businesses around, More Info • Public Walk Up Paddling @ Broadway Stages Boatyard (49 Ash St) Noon-4:30pm, FREE, Short Canoe & Kayak paddles in Creek, More Info ♦ 2013 Arts Happening Series: A Guest In The Cavern @ Northside Town Hall (132 Wythe Ave) 6-10pm, FREE, A multi-media installation by Jesse Gelaznik, featuring video art by Rachel Blackwell, Dirty Churches will perform Music for Mirrors, RSVP • 5 Boros Basketball Fundraiser @American Legion 1771 (519 Leonard St) 7-11pm, $30, Great food, Live entertainment and dancing plus raffles! More Info ♫ Twin Sister / Empress Of / RElyse @ Silent Barn (603 Bushwick Ave) 8pm, $10, RSVP ♫ Charlie Nieland / Oh Halo / Hard Plastic Buttons @ Bar Matchless (577 Manhattan Ave) 8pm, $8, RSVP ♥ Collateral Glamage @ Legion (790 Metropolitan) 9-4am, FREE, favorite local bands and dj’s for this monthly all night dance party, rock and roll, cheap drinks! RSVP
SUNDAY 5/12 • Roots 66 @ Coco66 (66 Greenpoint Ave) 4-11pm, DJs Autovac & Subtexture will be spinning Roots, Rockers and Rocksteady, happy hour until 8pm, RSVP • Greenpointers Terrarium Class with Claire @ Diamond Bar (43 Franklin St) 5-7pm, $50, all supplies are provided to make a gorgeous terrarium to take home, plus a Sly Fox beer! Buy Tix ♫Marissa Nadler/Guy Blakeslee/Jozef van Wissem @Saint Vitus (1120 Manhattan Ave) 8pm, $12, RSVP
MONDAY 5/13 •Bad Movie Brooklyn presents They Live @ Berry Park (4 Berry St) 8pm, FREE, a fun, totally kickass John Carpenter flick packed with social commentary that’s just as relevant today as it was in 1988, RSVP ☺Broken Comedy @ Bar Matchless (577 Manhattan Ave) 8:30pm, FREE, Tevor Noah / George Gordon / Danny Kallas / Rob O’Reilly, More Info
TUESDAY 5/14 * Bootleg Cinema – The Great Silence w/live set by Morricone Youth @ Brooklyn Rod & Gun (59 Kent Ave) 8pm, One of the best and most unusual spaghetti Westerns ever made accompanied by a live musical performance, RSVP
* Greenpointers’ Pick ♫ Music ♥ Pheremones likely ♦ Art Event ☺ Comedy Event # Foodie Event
☺Big Terrific Comedy Show @ Cameo Gallery (93 No. 6th St) 8pm, FREE, Roger Hailes/Kate Berlant/Shelby Fero and Melinda Hill, More Info ♥ Planned Parenthood Dance Party @ Public Assembly (70 N.6th St) 9pm, $10, Shake your booty and raise some money for Planned Parenthood of New York City, 100 % donated, RSVP ♫Sky White Tiger @ Manhattan Inn (632 Manhattan Ave.) 10pm
THURSDAY4/25
• Midwest Beer Night @ Barcade (388 Union Ave) Starting at 4pm, Celebrate the brewing process of the majestic Midwest, RSVP • Victory Brewing Night @Brouwerij Lane (78 Greenpoint Ave) 6-10pm, Welcome the great Victory Brewing Company, includes a few special Craft Brewer’s Conference beers, More Info # Yummy Eats Mexican @ Diamond Bar (43 Franklin St) 7pm, $8-10 Ala Cart, See Menu • Repo Man @Videology (308 Bedford Ave) 8:30pm, FREE, Screen a quintessential 80s cult film, Brooklyn Vegan’s Bill Pearis hosts, drink specials, trivia, giveaways, RSVP ♫ Ice Choir / Eraas / Heavenly Beat / Tempers / Horoscope @285 Kent Ave, 8pm, $10, More Info
FRIDAY 4/26 (ARBOR DAY!)
♦ The Other Kind @ Pierogi Gallery (177 No. 9th St) Opening Reception 7-9pm, FREE, Artist Tony Fitzpatrick crafts relatively small works to hold a world of information, More Info • Don’t Have Red in Sight @ Janet Kurnatowsky Gallery (205 Norman Ave) Opening Reception 7-9pm, new paintings by James Biederman ☺Abemixture: We Hug Wood @Legion Bar (790 Metropolitan Ave) 7:30-9:30pm, FREE, In celebration of Arbor Day & National Hugging Day embrace the comedy of Sara Roan/Erin Lennox/Matt Ruby/Ross Hyzer/Mollie Roth/Corey Reppond and Chris Gardner, RSVP ♫ Weekend/Slander/Napoleon/Lodro @ Shea Stadium (20 Meadow St)8pm, RSVP • Fake French Presents: Clinical Trials / Claire’s Diary / Boy Toy / Big Quiet @ Silent Barn (603 Bushwick Ave) 8pm, RSVP ♥ Naked City w/Andy Pry + Keith Edward @ Over The Eight (594 Union Ave) 10pm-4am, FREE, Celebrate the opening of Over the Eight, dance, drink and be merry, RSVP
SATURDAY 4/27
*2013 Brooklyn Skillshare @ Gowanus Ballroom (55 9th St, Gowanus) 9:30am-10pm, $10 (suggested donation), sample clasess: Japanese Bookbinding / Make Your Own Ricotta / 596 Acres: How to Reclaim Vacant Public Land / Intro to Juggling / Bike Mechanics 101! RSVP #Brunchtacular @ T.B.D (224 Franklin St) Noon-3pm, $30, 10 restaurants sample dishes, vote on who serves the best brunch in Brooklyn, unlimited mimosas, supports Greenpoint Reformed Church Food Pantry! More Info * Brooklyn Vintage Crawl +After PArty @Various locations, Noon-8pm, A Shop and Bar Hop through Williamsburg & Greenpoint More Info ♫If These Trees Could Talk / Signal Hill / No Grave Like The Sea @ Public Assembly (70 No. 6th St) 8pm, $10, RSVP ♫ The Hairs / Olson / Rydholm / and Forester / Pale Lights / Sapphire Mansions / Calico Cat @ Muchmore’s (2 Havemeyer St) 8pm
SUNDAY 4/28
• Zaarly Bazaar @(50 No. 3rd St) 3pm, free foods, drinks, and $20 credit to use towards purchases with your favorite amazing storefront owners on Zaarly, More Info • Cooperative Economic Exchange: Game Day @ NUTUREart (56 Bogart St) 3-6pm, Join The Brooklyn Torch and TimeBanksNYC for an afternoon of play exploring cooperative exchange, RSVP • Greenpoint Pre-Apocalyptic Theatre Festival Preview Party @ Saint Vitus (1120 Manhattan Ave) 8pm-12am, FREE Start the night with an ace pair of subway troubadours and fall forward into a sea of performances by brilliant local artists, More Info
TUESDAY 4/30
# The Masters of Social Gastronomy Meet Their Sweet Tooth @ Public Assembly (70 N6th St) 7pm, FREE, Brooklyn’s had a long relationship with sugar, from Domino Sugar Factory to the Navy Yard’s love child Sweet n’ Low, RSVP
* Greenpointers’ Pick ♫ Music ♥ Pheremones likely ♦ Art Event ☺ Comedy Event # Foodie Event
Last night (out of nowhere!) I dreamt about the final scene in Slumdog Millionaire, when the entire cast breaks out into an amazing dance routine – and the best part – I was dancing with them. (I really dreamt this. I have no idea why.)
This morning I saw a new event on our Greenpointers calendar…
Himanshu Suri, of the late Das Racist, is spinning ’60s and ’70s Bollywood vinyl at Beloved (674 Manhattan Ave) tonight, Tuesday April 23, 2013 from 7-11pm!
“Curiosity is only vanity. Most frequently we wish not to know, but to talk. We would not take a sea voyage for the sole pleasure of seeing without hope of ever telling.”
-Blaise Pascal, Pensées
*NYC Land Use Review: A Citizen’s Guide Workshop @El Puente Green Light District (289 Grand St) 6:30-8:30pm, Want to know who decides what development happens in our neighborhood? Interactive workshop about ULURP, the City’s Uniform Land Use Review Procedure, RSVP ♥Salsa Wednesday @ School Settlement Association (120 Jackson St) 7-8pm $7, 1-hour lesson, More Info • Quizz Off @Pete’s Candy Shop (709 Lorimer St) 7:30pm, FREE Wrack your brains with six rounds of twenty questions, 1st prize $75 bar tab, 2nd prize $40 bar tab, 3rd prize $15 bar tab More Info
♦Museum Mixtape @ Reverse Space (28 Frost St) 7:30-10:30pm, a series of videos in which amateur rappers perform freestyle rhymes as live critiques of museums in the southeast United States, RSVP ☺A Most Wondrous Evening of Comedy @ Shea Stadium (20 Meadow St, Bushwick) 8pm $6, Host Ross Parsons/Michael Lawrence/Sheng Wang/Michelle Wolf/Bryson Turner, RSVP ♫A$AP Rocky/Bodega Bamz/DJ Getlive/ASAP Ferg/4th Pyramid @Public Assembly (70 N.6th St) 9pm, FREE, More Info
THURSDAY 2/21 ♦Another Landscape @440 Gallery (440 Sixth Ave, Park Slope) Opening 6-9pm, Presenting new works by Greenpointer Jennifer Williams & Jason Varone, features work operating outside the canon of the traditional landscape, RSVP ♦Secondment @ Beginnings Gallery (110 Meserole Ave) Opening 7-10pm, Peter Nencini solo show reveals a world of never-before-seen colors and structures that we have always known, a class of brand new shapes that we have always seen, RSVP Tom Shillue’s Funny Story @The Brooklyn Brewery (79 North 11th St) 8pm, $10 (includes a beer), Tom Shillue is a master tale spinner and each month puts together a program of great, true stories from various raconteurs More Info ♦Littoral: Perec! Queneau!OuLiPo! @155 Freeman St, 8pm, FREE, Celebrate the publication of Georges Perec’s La Boutique Obscure and the expanded edition of Raymond Queneau’s Exercises with an evening of readings, RSVP ♫Happy People/House of Fools,/Momma Holler/Robbers @Union Pool (484 Union Ave) 8pm, $10 RSVP ♫XXYYXX/Teen Daze @ 285 KENT, 11pm, $10, First show sold, (2nd) 11pm show added! TIX
FRIDAY 2/22 ♫Deafheaven/Sannhet (record release)/Cleanteeth/Theologian @ Saint Vitus (1120 Manhattan Ave) 8-11pm $13, RSVP ♫Legs Like Tree Trunks/Zula/The N’ere Dowells/Nic Lawless @ Shea Stadium (20 Meadow St, Bushwick) 8pm, $7 RSVP ♫Money and King/French Camp/Bird Dog @ The Gutter (200 N.14th St) 8pm, $5 Record release show RSVP ♫King Cake/Le Boum/Air For Ants/Hello Phones @The Trash Bar (256 Grand St) 8pm, $8 RSVP *7th Anniversary Party @ Boulevard Tavern (579 Meeker Ave) 9pm DJ Spaz spins the tunes, dancing and free munchies and surprises! RSVP
SATURDAY 2/23 *Flea Market Party @ 151 Kent (apt 312) 7pm-12am, $4 Vintage clothes for sale, cocktails, and DJ’s spinning, entry gets you one cocktail and all proceeds will go to the funding of Parsons thesis show catalogue, RSVP • Grand Opening Party @ Catland (987 Flushing Ave, Bushwick) 9pm-3am, $5 Tarot Readings, Esoteric Standup from Kat Toledo, special performance by “Your 33 Black Angels”, DJ’s: Judge Wise, T’Angelo, and Evan Michael Free with RSVP ♫ Sleeping Bag/Speedy Ortiz/Shark?/Plates of Cake @ Cameo Gallery (93 N.6th St) 8-11pm, $7 RSVP ♥ Soul a Go-Go @ The Grand Victory (245 Grand St) 11pm-4am, FREE Join the “Empress of Soul” for a twisting night night of Soul and R&B 45′s More Info
SUNDAY 2/24 •Roof Top Supper Club: Communion @ (Location TBD) Noon-3pm, $45 They say brunch is the new church, take culinary communion with new friends in the sanctuary of a classic Williamsburg loft overlooking the city, TIX *7th Williamsburg Cask Beer Festival @ D.B.A Brooklyn (113 N.7th St) 4pm, FREE (tastings pay as you wish) 16 rare and interesting casks promised, including authentic ‘real ales’ from England, rarities and vintage bottles up for grabs at the Mega Beer Raffle More Info
MONDAY 2/25 ☺Broken Comedy@ Matchless (557 Manhattan Ave) 8pm, FREE Guy Branum/Aparna Nancherla/Adam Lowitt/Craig Baldo/Phoebe Robinson. Hosted by Nimesh Patel, Michael Che, Mike Denny More Info
TUESDAY 2/26 *Between the Bread: The Masters of Social Gastronomy Talk Sandwiches @Public Assembly (70 N6th St) 7pm, FREE The history of sandwiches is laced with vice, ingenuity, and industry RSVP ♦ Talking to Strangers Screening @ Light Industry (155 Freeman St) 7:30pm, $7 A noncommittal, increasingly unreliable, disintegrating protagonist as he tackles the world; this choreography also includes a series of strangers, who remain strangers to us and him despite being confronted with probing questions about life, religion, ethics, art, love, followed by a conversation with Porterfield and Tregenza More Info
* Greenpointers’ Pick ♫ Music ♥ Pheremones likely ♦ Art Event ☺ Comedy Event
The mix of Supercrush Studio DJs (known for playing new sounds) and the Warsaw, one of Brooklyn’s most established and integral music venues makes this dance party a blend of new school and old school vibes.
Come and get your dance on (and eat some perogies) with Greenpointers!
Are you so over January? Remember our Toxic Codependent Halloween Bash? The same handsome and skilled Mr. NYSE will be at the Warsaw (261 Driggs Ave) tonight at 9pm, playing tunes that will make you shake the cold out of your bones and forget about winter! Bring your friends. No cover.
•NAG Loft Tenant Meeting & Application Clinic @ NAG Office (110 Kent Ave) 5-7:30pm Help with applications, discuss your building, support for those in a nasty situation, More Info •Bernadette Mayer Benefit Reading @ Milk and Roses (1110 Manhattan Ave) 7:30pm, Poetry Teachers NYC hosts a benefit reading for Bernadette Mayer a beloved poet in need of financial help this season, RSVP •Silent Film Night @ Manhattan Inn (632 Manhattan Ave) 9:30pm Featuring: Lon Chaney’s “The Unknown”Accompanied by live piano w/ Michael Leviton, More Info ♥Fortune Telling by Winston Ludlow @ Pete’s Candy Store (709 Lorimer) 1opm, In depth Tarot readings $5, More Info ☺The Big Terrific Comedy Show @ Cameo Gallery (93 N. 6th Street) 8-11pm, Max Silvestri/Roger Hailes/Streeter Seidell/Special Guests, RSVP ♫Super Crush Studio Present: The New___Sounds @ Bossa Nova Civic Club (1271 Myrtle Ave) 10pm-3am, FREE A night of music selected by new and up-and-coming artists, RSVP ♫Honky Tonk Jukebox @ 10pm, Passenger Bar (229 Roebling St) playing a huge range of music from Townes Van Zandt to Gillian Welch, RSVP *♫The Suzan/The Immaculates/El Sportivo/Father Figures @ Glasslands (289 Kent Ave) 8:30pm, $10, RSVP
THURSDAY 1/31
♦“Comics” by C.F. @ Beginnings (110 Meserole) Opening 7-10pm, The first New York solo show by C.F., an artist, musician and comics writer. Interested in? art, mutation, sex, goodwill, beauty or the future, RSVP ♫Jacob Ciocci/David Wightman/Title TK @ Roulette (509 Atlantic Ave, Downtown Brooklyn) 8-11pm, $15 Showpaper celebrates the 5-cover curation series with a multimedia extravaganza, the evening will include a performance from Extreme Animals, RSVP ♫Prism House/Psychic Twin/Alison Valentine/Kuhrye-oo/Tony Quattro @285 Kent 8:30pm, FREE RSVP ♫Woe/Anicon/Skullshitter @ Saint Vitus 8pm, $8, RSVP
FRIDAY 2/1
♥Greenpointers’ Escape The Doldrums Dance Party! @Warsaw (261 Driggs Ave) 9pm, FREE January really just sucks! Escape the Doldrums and dance the night away! Music by Mr. NYSE, RSVP ♫Hello Phones @Trash Bar (256 Grand St) 9:30pm, RSVP ♫Discipline NYC @ The Acheron (57 Waterbury St, Bushwick) 10pm-4am, $5 2 rooms, 2 bars, 4 DJ’s, Dancers, Ambiance, RSVP
SATURDAY – GROUNDHOG DAY 2/2
• The Brooklyn Torch Project Pawn and Trade @ Dobbin Project Space (50-52 Dobbin St) 2-6pm, come by and try out using a local currency, More info * The Vagina Monologues Interest Meeting @ Pine Box (12 Grattan St) 3pm, More Info ♫The Call Up: Reggae/Soul/Punk @ The Boulevard Tavern (579 Meeker Ave) 9pm, DJ Sandisita/DJ Tiny Jem
TUESDAY 2/5 ♦Prints, Photos, & Other Stuff by Tim Harrington @ Bird (203 Grand)Kick off Fashion Week right by celebrating the opening exhibit of Tim Harrington’s artwork, RSVP •Dan Graham’s Minor Threat + Peter Adair’s Holy Ghost People @Light Industry (155 Freeman St) 7pm, $7 A classic of ethnographic filmmaking and direct cinema, Holy Ghost People documents the snake-handling rites, RSVP ♥2nd Annual Sexy S.A.S.S. (Society for the Advancement of Social Studies) @ Public Assembly (70 N6th St) 7pm, FREE Valentine’s Day is fast approaching so check out some sexy history lectures to help get you in the mood, History of NYC brothels/Engagement rings, from ancient times to modern/Early photographs of handsome dudes, RSVP
* Greenpointers’ Pick ♫ Music ♥ Pheremones likely ♦ Art Event ☺ Comedy Event
WEDNESDAY 1/23 • Heavy Metal Laser Plane Comedy Show @ Legion Bar (790 Metropolitan Ave.) 7-9pm, “Th
is lineup must have the flu (not really) because it’s totes fuckin SICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” More info ♫Wands/ZenaRd./SpanishWaves/BrickFactory @The Grand Victory (245 Grand St) 8pm $8 RSVP
THURSDAY 1/24 • Greenpoint Chamber of Commerce Mixer @ Citi Storage (5 No. 11th St) 6:30-8:30pm • Wild Yaks / Unstoppable Death Machines / Habibi / Violent Bullshit / Ken Southrock / DJ Dirtyfinger @ 285 Kent, 8pm, $10 ♫Snowmine/Faye/Dalton @Glasslands (289 Kent) 8:30pm $10 RSVP
FRIDAY 1/25 • The Shivers / The Sparrow / Scott Rudd / Paloma Gil @ Greenpoint Reformed Church (136 Milton St) 7:30-11pm, A night of beautiful, heartfelt, spiritually inspired music to celebrated Keith Zarriello’s (The Shiver’s) new solo project, Moon Casale Brooklyn Art Show @NoBar BKNY (608 Nostrand Ave) 7-11pm, An all-star night of Art, Booze & Live Painting, featured artists: Jaded Vandeusen, Aric Calfee, Billy Roids and Trice. ♫Pluto Party: N.Y. Edition @Present Company (29 Wythe Ave) 9pm FREE, The Pluto party is a roving dance party emphasizing on the best vintage and contemporary dance music and a hand crafted, mind-expanding visual environment. RSVP ♫AWKWAFINA hosts the best dance party EVER @ The Flat (308 Hooper St) 11pm, A night of a pure madness by DJ KDS of East Village Radio, feat. Christian Coleman and special appearance by LYONS. RSVP and Video
SATURDAY 1/26 • Idiotarod @ All Over Brooklyn, Noon, The IDIOTAROD is the urban version of the Alaskan Iditarod dogsled race – but instead of dogs, it’s people, instead of sleds, it’s shopping carts, and instead of the frozen Alaskan tundra, it’s frozen NYC, More info • Après Ski Fondue Party @ Diamond Bar (43 Franklin St) 7pm, Duck Buddies / Plate Tectonics (Brew n’ Chew & Chili Cook-off Winners / Sunday Supper #1) serving up their best fondue. • The G’it Down @ Huckleberry Bar (588 Grand St) 10pm, DJs AKAAP! & Young Rios, cheap drinks, Disco, Funk, Boogie, Hip-Hop, Rap, RSVP
SUNDAY 1/27 • P.F.C John P Czachor VFW Post 5806 Junior Girls Unit Bake Sale @ 181 Grand St, 10am-3pm, Raising Money to go on their “big trip” • Chili Cook-Off @ The Habitat (988 Manhattan Ave) 5:30-11:30pm, $5, Judge 10 Chili Competitors plus raffle prizes
MONDAY 1/28 • Open General Public Meeting Bushwick Open Studios @ Bat Haus Coworking Space (279 Starr St) 7-9pm, RSVP •Dicks Open Mic @ The Creek and The Cave (10-93 Jackson Ave, LIC), Lottery of 10 comics doing 5 mins a piece. Interested in performing email dicksmondaymic (at)gmail.com
TUESDAY 1/29 • Waterproof Towel Comedy Show @ Warsaw (261 Driggs Ave) 8:30-10pm, a new stand-up comedy show in Greenpoint hosted by Charlie Kasov and Susumu Kamijo, headliner will be the Reformed Whores, a two-woman musical comedy act.
WEDNESDAY 1/30 ♫Karlie Bruce/My Midnight Heart @ Manhattan Inn (632 Manhattan Ave) 10pm
FREE, Australian folk-rock singer Karlie Bruce is one of the many voices behind 17-piece Brooklyn disco project Escort. More Info ♫Super Crush Studio Present: The New___Sounds @ Bossa Nova Civic Club (1271 Myrtle Ave) 10pm-3am FREE, Presenting a night of music selected by new and up-and-coming artists. RSVP
* Greenpointers’ Pick ♫ Music ♥ Pheremones likely ♦ Art Event
We know – January sucks! Escape the Doldrums and dance the night away at Warsaw (261 Driggs Ave) on Friday, February 1, 2013 at 9pm. Music by Mr. Nyse. No Cover!