Miz Elizabeth (The Hot Sardines) and the skint present:
Ladies First: A Dance Party to Celebrate the Badass Women of Music and Benefit Planned Parenthood
You know who we’re talking about: The ladies. DJ Rimarkable will be spinning hits from the most incredible, indelible female performers to shape music, and EVERY PENNY will go to benefit Planned Parenthood. Friday, April 7 at 10:30pm @Littlefield (622 Degraw St), Buy tix [sponsored]
There are more events in our weekly calendar! Submit Greenpoint events, too!
WEDNESDAY 4/5
♫ Xylouris White, White Magic @ Park Church Co-Op (129 Russell St) 8pm, $15, Buy tix
♫ Limited Resources 4 @Muchmore’s (2 Havemeyer St) 9pm, FREE,Monthly series showcasing experimental music of all kinds. Guitar night featuring Elliott Sharp and Matteo Liberatore, David Watson and Chris LiButti, and Amy Mills, More info
=) Comedians You Should Know @ Gutter Bar (200 N 14th St) 9pm, $5, Featuring Chris Gethard (The Chris Gethard Show), Carmen Lagala (Bridgetown Comedy Festival), Matthew Broussard (Comedy Central), Joe Kwaczala (The Wheel Show), Michael Palascak (@Conan), David Drake (Album: Dave), Buy tix
THURSDAY 4/6
^ Tom Angleberger Presents ‘Rocket and Groot: Keep on Truckin’ @ WORD (126 Franklin St), 4pm, FREE,New York Times Best-Selling author Tom Angleberger (the Origami Yoda series) takes on the breakout characters of Marvel’s hit franchise, “Guardians of the Galaxy” – Rocket and Groot, More info
♦ OTT (Open Turntable Thursdays) at The Backbar @ The Bedford (110 Bedford Ave), 6:30pm, FREE, Are you a DJ who wants to spin in an amazing environment among supportive peers? DJs from all levels of experience, genres & styles are welcome, More info
* Gays Against Guns – Sweet Charity @ Metropolitan Bar (559 Lorimer St), 8pm, $5 Suggested Donation, Party, See Drag Shows, CHANGE OUR GUN LAWS, More info
* The She Party @ Tender Trap (66 Greenpoint Ave), 10pm, FREE (for women), Party for Women by Women celebrating our power and our magic, More info
FRIDAY 4/7
♫ Live at The Well (Indoors in the No Vacancy Room!) @ The Well (272 Meserole St), 6:30pm, FREE, With Dagmara, Olivia Oppedisano, Lies & Cigars, Pinstripe Loveseat, Alison Shearer Band, C Pow, More info
♫ Aeolus @ National Sawdust (80 N 6th St), 7pm, $29, New opera combining throat singing, multiphonics indie-rock and electronics making its premiere. Written and performed by Ken Ueno in collaboration with FLUX Quartet, and the “haunting, Björk-like vocals” of Majel Connery, Buy tix
*Acid Betty for RDR!@ Macri Park (462 Union Ave), 8pm, $5, Rupaul’s drag race SEASON 9 LIVE! Special guest Acid Betty Betty TheAcid Hosted by Alotta McGriddles, Miz Jade, Miles Morrissey DeNiro aka Heidi Glüm, More info
♫ CRAZY SINCE DA 90s: Spring Edition @ Brooklyn Bowl (61 Wythe Ave), 11:30pm, $5-8, The ultimate throwback night dedicated to all of your favorite hip hop, r&b, house, and alternative jams from the most awesome decade ever, the 90s, Buy tix
SATURDAY 4/8
* It’s My Park at Bushwick Inlet Park Spring Cleaning @ Bushwick Inlet Park (86 Kent Ave), 10am, FREE, Volunteer to spruce up the playground and grounds as part of spring cleaning at Bushwick Inlet Park, RSVP
* Support Community Defense Against Deportation @ Union Pool (484 Union Ave), 2pm, $20, Featuring Marc Ribot & Sofia Rei, Chelsea Reject, Kill Alters. Fundraiser for Brooklyn Defense Committee (BDC), Buy tix
♫ Drippy Eye / Magick City Record Club @ Magick City (37 Box St), 7pm, $10 Suggested Donation, Listen two records in their entirety along with a light show for each. Drippy Eye selects one record and have the attendees of the event submit suggestions for the second record, More info
GREENPOINTERS SPRING MARKET IN CELEBRATION OF EARTH!
SUNDAY, APRIL 9th, 1-7PM @Greenpoint Loft (67 West St) Soak in the sun on the roof deck overlooking the Manhattan Skyline with Hosh Yoga, live music, Mezcal Paloma cocktails and all kinds of free activities beyond the shopping: nail art, face painting, hair wraps, massages by Human@Ease, henna tattoos by Miss V, and 3D verdant lush paper and an illuminated giant earth made with recycled materials, created in collaboration with local artist Colleen Blackard and Miss V! More info
SUNDAY 4/9
# Fried Chicken & Waffles Boozy Brunch @ Saint Vitus (1120 Manhattan Ave), 2pm, $25, Hosted by Fat Rad Catering, Buy tix
♦ Nothing Is Too Small for a Revolution: Anarchist Films @ UnionDocs (322 Union Ave), 7:30pm, $10, In the early to mid 1970s, Nick Macdonald made several political essay films in and around his New York apartment. Influenced by anarchism, the films are unique, personal projects that eschew traditional documentary footage, More info
MONDAY 4/10
♫ Clouds Taste Satanic @ St Vitus (1120 Manhattan Ave), $10, 7pm,with ASEETHE, Bereft, Replacire + psychedelic projection visuals, Buy tix
♫ The Lot Radio & 4AD presents: Bing & Ruth @ San Damiano Mission (85 North 15th St), $10, 7pm, Bing & Ruth is the ever-evolving project of David Moore, a Kansas resident heavily involved in jazz and contemporary music academia with a fine-tuned ear for minimalism, Buy tix
TUESDAY 4/11
* Secret NYC History @ The Bedford (110 Bedford Ave), 7pm, FREE, Sharing untold histories to give you the inside story of the city we call “Gotham” by The Society for the Advancement of Social Studies, RSVP
♦ Lyn Blumenthal and Kate Horsfield’s Craig Owens: An Interview @ Light Industry (155 Freeman St), 7:30pm, $8, Rarely screened conversation with Craig Owens, among the most perspicacious critics and cultural theorists of his day, is one of the many dozens of interviews with artists and writers conducted by Video Data Bank co-founders Lyn Blumenthal and Kate Horsfield between 1974 and 1988, More info
* Greenpointers Pick
♫ Music
^ Literary Event
♦ Art Event
=) Comedy Event
# Foodie Event
♥ Pheremones Likely
$ Shopping Event