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Friday, January 21
* Lost Control: Dance Away the Void, Brooklyn
* Twelfth Night ... or What you Will, Brooklyn
* Oprah's Legends Ball: Live, Brooklyn
* Numu's Feel Good Karaoke Jello-Shot Jamboree, Brooklyn
* The Rope in Your Hands, Manhattan
Saturday, January 22
* Voluption, Brooklyn
* Cabaret Night at the Duplex, Manhattan
* Fair Folks Presents: Voices of New Orleans, Manhattan
* Starboard Hudson, Manhattan
Sunday, January 23
* Hush Hush/Gates of Heaven/Computer Magic, Williamsburg
* The Poetry Brothel: Dead Poets
Monday, January 24
* Cabaret Cataplexy's Songs of the South
* NYC Food Crawl Presents: The January Shumai Crawl, Manhattan
Tuesday, January 25
* Board Game Olympics, Brooklyn
* Nick Zedd Live Projections, Brooklyn
Wednesday, January 26
* Milk Not Jails Ice Cream Social, Manhattan
* Over the Edge Film Screening, Brooklyn
* How I Learned I Was Basically in Love With You, Brooklyn
* On the Edge, Manhattan
Thursday, January 27
* The Darker Scratcher Amateur Surgery Show, Brooklyn
Wishlist
* Ithaca
All That We've Met
* Urban explorer Steve Duncan
Learning
* Kimchi
Help
* Bushwick Food Not Bombs
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Narwhals and a small Bulgarian choir.
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Lost Control: Dance Away the Void
Dark warehouse party. For fans of joy division/new order or similar sounds and others depressed during this NYC winter. Dance with Prince Terrence, Spanky, and Takiyyana. Hosted by Distroy Allorchs.
6 Charles Place, Brooklyn
J, M, Z train to Myrtle Broadway station
10p; $10 entry at doors, $7entry with RSVP
18 and over
passionfactiongmail.com
aliandlacie.com
***** Also on FRIDAY *****
Flashpan Theater presents:
Twelfth Night...or What you Will
Flashpan is an idea, a flexible container to catch and support the theatrical impulse of any of a number of minds. We're young, we're forming, and we're wholeheartedly pursuing the production philosophy that people are any show's most valuable asset.
Flashpan's Twelfth Night came from the impulse to draw out the music and winter backdrop written into Shakespeare's text, and then to create the fullest production possible in the time we had. We try to cut to the root of the text on a bare stage that's backed, as Esther mentioned, by Thrillington Band and the refuse of Christmas.
Surreal Estate
15 Thames, Brooklyn
8p; $10
Continues FRIDAY and SATURDAY through January 29
flashpantheater.org/
surrealestatenyc.wordpress.com
***** Also on FRIDAY *****
Oprah's Legends Ball: Live
On 2005, Oprah Winfrey invited Cicely Tyson to her house for lunch, but forgot to invite Ruby Dee (whoops!).
Then she forgot to invite Della Reese, Maya Angelou, and Diana Ross, so she decided, instead, to do something only Oprah could: invite, like, every famous living Black American lady* (and Gayle, duh) to her California estate for a three-day weekend that included a luncheon, a black-tie gala, and a gospel brunch.
And you know John Travolta came, because if Coretta Scott King paved the way for anybody, it's Danny Zuko.
All of it -- from the excessive preparation to the actual ceremonies -- was captured on camera for a one-time hour-long special that is some of the most insane television you will ever see, featuring bad poetry, Chaka Khan getting overheating, and Ashanti trying to cobble together full sentences. Oh, and a lot of crying. Lots and lots of crying. And hats. Enormous, intricate hats.
Join comedian and blogger Eliot Glazer as he presents the raw footage live with commentary, special guests (including Jordan Carlos and Andrea Rosen), surprises, and giveaways -- just like Oprah would.
Union Hall
702 Union Street, Brooklyn
10p; $free
***** Also on FRIDAY *****
From Brooklyn Based:
Numu's Feel Good Karaoke Jello-Shot Jamboree
The Numu Arts Collective has been doing impressive things since their founding a couple of years back, including potlucks, outdoor drawing classes, and a weekly writers group. On Friday, the arts collective will be celebrating their upcoming publication the Numuan by hosting the fantastically-named Feel Good Karaoke Jello-Shot Jamboree at their Bushwick loft. From 8-10p, they’ll be holding an open mic with a birth theme, after the first issue’s focus (guitars, poems or anything avant-garde are all encouraged); after 10, the floor will open up to anyone brave or drunk enough to attempt karaoke. To make sure that they’ll have your song ready, or lay claim to an ironic classic like Don’t Stop Believing.
Numu Loft
75 Stewart Avenue, Brooklyn
8p-1a; $3
facebook.com/event.php?eid=157836480931369&index=1
***** Also on FRIDAY *****
The Rope in Your Hands
An ethnographic illustration of life after Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. With text taken directly from interviews in New Orleans, playwright Siobhan O'Loughlin performs as 13 different survivors telling their stories as they were told to her. The characters (ranging in age from 7 to 65 years old, and with a diverse background of race and ethnicity) engage the audience in a personal journey of honesty, courage, and the endurance of the human spirit. Written and Performed by Siobhan O'Loughlin. Music by Ted Hefko.
Stage Left Studio
214 West 30th Street, 6th floor, Manhattan
7:30p; $20
Continues through SUNDAY
212 838 2134
tinyurl.com/ropenyc
siobhanoloughlin.com
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Sara Valentine's Little Miss Big Mouth presents:
Voluption
A starry assemblage of dance, music, and performance, featuring Hungry March Band. A delectably conjured evening of beguiling and curious entertainment, complete with brass bands, street performers, live pin-ups, go-go girls, clowns, vocal acrobats, aerialists, burlesque artists and contortionists, brought to you by Sara Valentine, HMB baton twirler and host of the underground talk and variety fest, Little Miss Big Mouth.
Expect Fellini-inspired sound and imagery brought to life in the gorgeously evocative, 1930's-style Red Lotus Room. Come as you are, but if you're feeling inspired, glamor is the key to the evening. Glitter, glitz, fringe, fur, sequins, feathers, suits, ties, top hats, headpieces -- the sky is the limit.
Performances by Hungry March Band, Zero Boy, Sweet Soubrette, Miss Ekaterina, Zongo Junction, L.A.E., the Ladies Auxiliary Ensemble, Clowns Cloris Flap, Butt Kapinsky and Red Bastard, Solid Go-Go, Project Hex, Renata, DJ Kris Anton, Epistrophy Swing Band and Simone E Le Page. Live Pin Ups by Meg Keys. Interactive photo tableau by Lauren Silberman. Food by Hot F-ing Tamales.
Red Lotus Room
893 Bergen Street, Brooklyn
9:30 doors, 10p show; $15
21 and over
***** Also on SATURDAY *****
Cabaret Night at the Duplex
Come see the legendary What Time Is It, Mr. Fox? and Amour Obscur at the Duplex. We like to pretend we live in a circus in the woods. We enjoy fireplaces, dusty books, mystics, fiddles, soul music, carnivals, putting on make-up, taking off make-up, and making up stories.
The Duplex
61 Christopher Street, Manhattan
9:30p; $10 admission, two drink-minimum
212 255 5438
whattimeisitmrfox.com
facebook.com/amourobscur
***** Also on SATURDAY *****
Fair Folks Presents: Voices of New Orleans
I'm writing to invite you to a book release event for a book that I designed about the rebuilding of New Orleans. Jonathan Demme called it the most essential guide to the 21st century. But don't take his word for it. Come to Fair Folks and a Goat and hang out with the creators of two publications spotlighting some of the inspiring art and work coming out of the city from the past five years: How to Rebuild a City and Constance. The event is free and open to everyone and your subway fare uptown is cheaper than a plane ticket to New Orleans (though the stories we'll be telling may inspire you to book a trip).
7 East 88th Street, Manhattan
5-8p; $free
rsvp(at)fairfolksandagoat.com
***** Also on SATURDAY *****
Starboard Hudson
Amidst the glow of city lights, beneath a deck stale from summers past, spirits are reawakened. If you’ve ever experienced summer in New York you’re familiar with the Frying Pan. However, you probably haven’t noticed the little red ship adjacent to Pier 66 -- a ship that once guarded our nation’s shores and was later abandoned … and later yet submerged beneath the Chesapeake.
Here, beneath the deck of this unassuming red ship, lies a concert venue of enchanted proportions: three floors, four bars, a performance stage, a fully-equipped DJ booth and a massive dance floor, to say nothing of the preserved relics of the shipmates who used to call her home.
It is our mission continually supply eager listeners with live music in this amazing, under-the-radar, untapped location. We encourage you, and all of your supporters, to join us as we reawaken the spirits inherent to the ship's storied past and invite them to dance. With Dave Markowitz, Moon Hooch, Atypicals, Missy Modell, and DJ Rezound.
Starboard Hudson
Pier 66, 26th Street and the Hudson River, Manhattan
9p; $12
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Hush Hush/Gates of Heaven/Computer Magic
Hi, I'm just writing to announce a show at Bruar Falls this Sunday. I live in Berlin, Germany and this will be my project Hush Hush's first NY show, featuring a guest appearance by the Cocoon Central Dance Team. Very excited, though not sure if many people know about it. Going to be an excellent sweaty dance sex party to remember with the odd and wonderful Gates of Heaven and the strange and lovely Computer Magic.
Bruar Falls
245 Grand Street, between Driggs Avenue and Roebling Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
8p-midnight;
facebook.com/event.php?eid=181325291892034
christopher-kline.com
***** Also on SUNDAY *****
The Poetry Brothel: Dead Poets
We are firing up the Madame's time-traveling four-poster bed and going back in time to retrieve some of our favorite poets from the canon. We can't tell you who they are because we want you to be surprised, love, and we know how you love surprises. We do too. But they will be there, and we will be there, and we can only hope that you will be there, inhabiting your very own delicate self, or some version of it, in all its finest.
As always, we will have a tarot reader on hand to give you a glimpse into yourself, a tableside illusionist to offer the inconceivable, and of course, The Poetry Whores, who, for one night only, will include a few literary icons.
The Back Room enforces a strict no fur policy. I know you are all dying to don that rabbit stole and mink coat as much as I am, but please make sure to leave the animals at home. All other extravagant costume choices are avidly encouraged. See you on Sunday, loves.
102 Norfolk Street, Manhattan
8p-1a; $5 with flyer below, $10 with Facebook RSVP, $15 without
21 and over
thepoetrybrothel.com
info(at)thepoetrybrothel.com
XXXXX MONDAY, JANUARY 24 XXXXX
Queer Art Impact presents:
Cabaret Cataplexy's Songs of the South
We know one thing for sure here in Cataplexy Land. That if you can laugh at it, the power is yours. The Jews have Auschwitz and the Chinese have Nanking. Well that's kinda how we Nigras feel about Massa and all things Gone with the Wind, ya hear what I'm sayin? You hate it. You love it. You're kind of obsessed with it. Every time we look back to commune with our ancestors its more cooking, breeding and cotton, oh my.
We're about to make the antebellum sexy so join Monstah and Ashley at a party in the big house. The look is Plantation Sexy. Can you make that work? We've got an amazing line up.
Featuring: The always hilarious Ashley Brockington and Monstah Black as your hosts. With special guests DJ Deep Fried Nutella our Resident DJ the Maine Attraction, the Incredible, Edible Akynos, Bulletyme, Ryan Green, Sweet Lorraine, and we always expect a surprise or two.
Dress as twins and get in two for one.
Cabaret Cataplexy is a show curated by Monstah Black and Ashley Brockington that features performance art, costume design, and music within a community of emerging and evolving artists to explore cutting edge ideas that informs their work.
Club Haven
244 East 51st Street, Manhattan
8p doors, 9p show; $15
eventbrite.com/event/1131740065
***** Also on MONDAY ****
NYC Food Crawl Presents: The January Shumai Crawl
Shumai is a delightful Chinese appetizer that is traditionally served with Dim Sum meals. Dim Sum, or small treasures, is a traditional Chinese tasting meal. Shumai comes in both shrimp and pork varieties, and we happily will be offering a vegetarian option. (Also, don't forget that scallion pancakes are a delightful meat-free snack easy to find in Chinatown.)
The NYC Food Crawl is a monthly adventure in small, portable, and inexpensive treats. Come to try new foods, make new friends, or just get some exercise (but we promise, the route will involve short walks between hosting locations this month). Whether you have team members in mind or no, we can help you out. Our inaugural crawl was the dumpling crawl, and in that spirit we happily present the January Shumai Crawl. Route map and team assignments provided. Pay as you go, go at your own pace, and make new friends.
Meet at the NE corner of Columbus Park (intersection of Mulberry and Bayard Streets), Manhattan
6:30p; $free(ish)
bit.ly/Hj6K8
nycfoodcrawl.blogspot.com
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Board Game Olympics
Be a part of the magic and breathe deep the history. Teams of two will compete for glory and our love.
Union Hall (downstairs)
702 Union Street, near 5th Avenue, Brooklyn
7-11p; $15 per team of two
metrometroland.com/events.htm
***** Also on TUESDAY *****
Nick Zedd Live Projections
Nick Zedd will be projecting a program of films at Microscope Gallery, including a live projection performance. The show should run about 50 minutes. Further details are below. Thanks.
Nick Zedd, a leading figure of the LES Cinema of Transgression, will be screening some of his most controversial films including his 1984 collaboration with Richard Kern, Thrust in Me, and a unique triple screen 16mm film and video projection performance that includes the films War is Menstrual Envy, Whoregasm, and Smiling Faces Tell Lies, plus secret footage added to this ever-evolving piece. These films haven't screened in about five years in NYC and as he's moving to Mexico in March. Program runs approximately 50 minutes.
Microscope Gallery
4 Charles Place, intersection of Myrtle and Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn
J,M,Z trains to Myrtle/Broadway Avenue station
7p; $6
347 925 1433
info@microscopegallery.com
microscopegallery.com
XXXXX WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26 XXXXX
Milk Not Jails Ice Cream Social
Learn about what milk and jails have to do with one another. Enjoy ice cream and entertainment. Find out what you can do. With presentations by Sabrina Jones and Kevin Pyle, illustrators of the Real Cost of Prisons Comix.
The Real Cost of Prisons Comix provides a crash course in what drives mass incarceration, the human and community costs, and how to stop the numbers from going even higher. Over 125,000 copies of the comic books have been printed and more than 100,000 have been sent to families of people who are incarcerated, people who are incarcerated, and to organizers and activists throughout the country.
This ice cream social spectacular is part of Graphic Radicals: 30 Years of World War 3 Illustrated, an exhibit at Exit Art. Graphic Radicals is a 30th anniversary retrospective of World War 3 Illustrated, an independently published political comic magazine founded in 1980 by artists Seth Tobocman and Peter Kuper.
Exit Art Gallery
475 Tenth Avenue, Manhattan
7-9p; $free
***** Also on WEDNESDAY *****
Over the Edge Film Screening
Part of an ongoing series. Watch the film that celebrates proper youth revolt. Great place for a date, if you live in the neighborhood, etc.
Semi-Legit
6 Charles Place, Brooklyn
J, M, Z trains to Myrtle Broadway
8p doors; $5 entry (includes a free beer or soda. popcorn will also be available)
passionfaction(at)gmail.com
youtube.com/watch?v=yzjQFKdVtWM
***** Also on WEDNESDAY *****
The How I Learned series, celebrating its second anniversary, presents:
How I Learned I Was Basically in Love With You
Featuring: Maggie Estep, James Hannaham, Ryan Britt, and Amy Shapiro. Plus party favors, book giveaways, and a special musical guest.
How I Learned is a monthly series featuring writers, storytellers, comedians, bloggers and performers as chosen by hostess Blaise Allysen Kearsley based primarily on personal hygiene and make-out prowess. Offering fact, fiction and everything in between, How I Learned happens every fourth Wednesday, which basically means you will have the best night of your life on those nights, repeatedly.
Happy Ending
302 Broome Street, between Forsyth and Eldridge, Manhattan
8p, 7p doors; $free
212 334 9676
howilearnedathappyending.blogspot.com
***** Also on WEDNESDAY *****
Punk Jews presents:
On the Edge
My name is Evan Kleinman. I am the producer for an upcoming documentary series, Punk Jews. We threw our first event back in June, which was listed in Nonsense NYC to kick off production. Now we just finished production. So we are throwing another event to celebrate that with musical performances, performance art, screenings, and other fun shenanigans. Below is all the info:
A celebration of the upcoming Punk Jews documentary series. Four breakthrough Jewish artists take the stage who exemplify this new movement of smashing stereotypes and breaking down boundaries. Be our guest for dancing, screenings, and raffles to help us kick off the project with an evening you won't soon forget.
Performances by Y-Love, Diwon, DeLeon, and the Amazing Amy Yoga Yenta. Plus a short screening. We'll also be having tons of raffle giveaways and brand new Punk Jews t-shirts and buttons for sale.
Drom
85 Avenue A, between 5th and 6th streets, Manhattan
8p; $15
punkjews.com
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The Darker Scratcher Amateur Surgery Show
The Show is an itinerant pseudoscience lecture series, an ambulatory film screening, an elaborately unsatisfying Q&A, a speculation on obsolescence, and a cockeyed perspective looking at the lively rubbing of a piece of plastic. another round of buffalo wings, please.
The Show takes the form of a medicine/ variety show. The content plays around with the relationship between our bodies and technology, how our fiddling human form is understood by it's failures and aberrations, how these sorts of deviations manipulate our knowledge of each other and the world, and so on. The show as a whole plays with the propagandizing momentum of technology, the juxtaposition of magic and statistics, the self justifying idea of use, the idea of progress.
Here is an example of a show:
* The Humors, Phrenology, and Designer Babies: a speculation on pseudoscience trajectory.
* Electrifying a pickle while playing a led zeppelin record backwards.
* Pleasant Momentum: A video in which disjointed parts such as hands, legs, heads, and noses substantiate larger forms that are corrupted by use or engaged in the convoluted rituals of body enhancement and life extension. The video uses high definition video in a self defeating way, examining painted cardboard and flesh too closely and revealing too much.
* An oration on the relationship of Testing, The Paradigm of Retirement, and Sympathetic Magic
* Diet Coke to Diet Pepsi Alchemy
* Bondage Happens: A demonstration of a device I wore on my head that injected juice into my mouth whenever my cell phone rang, conditioning me to salivate in response to a phone call
* Whip It String Theory: I will leave that to the imagination
* A statistical analysis of the chance of witch's brew randomly forming in a swamp.
* Logical Truth: a super 8mm film detailing the subliminal message put into TVs during the cold war to prepare the consumer for nuclear catastrophe.
And of course there is much more that is possible. I sharpen knives at the show too, that helps pay for the tour. So people should bring knives if they want sharpening. An audience with knives is a respectable audience.
Chicken Hut
169 Spencer Street, Brooklyn
8p doors, 9p show; $donations
ian.f.page(at)gmail.com
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* Idiotarod, January 29
* Hobo's Paradise, January 29
* Freeze Tag on Wall Street, February 6
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Nonsense is too long. The great thing about the internet is that it doesn't really cost much to run long listings and exhaustive descriptions. It turns out that's ... exhausting. After several complaints and a little deliberation, we're trying a new format: On the first Friday of the month we will run updated ongoing listings in each section: events, learning, and help. Other weeks we're going for leaner, meaner sections. If you're desperate for something to do on an off-Tuesday night we suggest you either look back a few issues ago in your inbox, or poke through our online archives, which you can find under the subscribe page.
Also, a note about better rock shows. Nonsense does not straight list rock shows in New York unless they occur in tandem with puppet shows or jump rope tournaments or in subway tunnels or in graveyards. For listings of good shows, especially shows that feature independent bands at quality venues like Death by Audio and those booked by hard-working promoters like Todd P or Sleep When Dead, consult resources like ohmyrockness.com, brooklynvegan.com/, sleepwhendeadnyc.com/calendar/, garagepunknyc.com, and eardrumnyc.com. For the most exhaustive list of underground shows at unusual venues, track down a copy of the extremely useful -- and handsome -- Showpaper.
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What have you been wishing for? Collaborators, grant monies, a new home? Please send brief listings to Alita at alitanonsensenyc.com. We only list available apartments, lofts, studios, and one-off rentals -- not spaces wanted.
***** ARTY STUFF *****
* Performers Wanted: Last year we had a massive blowout Valentine's Day party ... so massive and blown that the cops came to shut it down, issuing us a noise violation. We have been very good all year since we faced prison time for another noise violation. So, this year we're looking to bring in the noise. Saturday, February 19 we plan to have a party to celebrate where everyone dresses as cops, sorta Reno 911 style (if anyone wants to skate around like Terry, for instance, being bad). We're looking for performers, strippers, entertainers, drag stars, or other eyecandy. Compensation is negotiable, plus any tips you earn, and all the free booze at the party you can drink. The catch? It's in gorgeous Ithaca, New York. Contact William Cordeiro, willcordeiro(at)gmail.com.
* Call for Artists who have recently moved to New York City (or are planning to). The Artist Welcoming Committee: New York City Branch seeks guests of honor for Welcome to New York! the first in a series of celebrations intended as a hail and welcome for a promising batch of artists new to New York City's arts community. Inaugural event will be at EFA Project Space February 24. To be considered please submit five jpg images of recent work, a short artist statement, and a paragraph or two letting us know a bit about you: why you decided to move to NYC, what your plans are, and why we should choose you to be honored. We're more interested in seeing your shining personality and creative potential than hearing a laundry list of past accomplishments. To be eligible to apply you must have relocated to New York City in the last three months or are planning to relocate here in time for the event. Recent graduates are encouraged to apply, but students currently enrolled are not eligib
le. Please send all submissions via email to welcomeartists(at)gmail.com. See: efanyc.org/ps-blog/.
* The TypewriterGirls Poetry Cabaret is seeking intelligent, literary sketch comedians, as well as partner-balance acrobats with a poetic sensibility to help expand their organization. Sketch comedians should be versatile, willing to push boundaries, and have a successful history of collaboration. Please submit some of your work along with any audio or video that you might have. Acrobats and aspiring acrobats should have a passion for experimentation. Experience would be lovely but as long as you are willing to learn and believe that you have the physical ability you are welcome to apply by sending an email with a little information about yourself and why you are interested in joining. Before submitting, please check out typewritergirls.net and also look at some of our videos on YouTube. Contact crystaljeanhoffman(at)gmail.com.
***** SPACES *****
* Two-month sublet available at Flux Factory, February/ March 2011. Nice live/work space in Long Island City's most awesome artist collective! Sublet available in a great informal, artist-run, and collective residency program comprised of a changing community of creative collaborators. Amenities at Flux include: Kitchen, Library, office, gallery, wood-shop, silkscreen shop, communal office, conveyer belt, roof top access and much more. Fifteen international and local artists share this amazing space. This is a rare opportunity to have your own space in this exciting creative environment. The room is $495-plus utilities. With high ceilings and huge windows. Let me know if you're interested as soon as possible, this will go fast. Contact jean(at)fluxfactory.org.
* Responsible, female, non-smoking roommate wanted: for a large (about 12 by 16 room) in Murray Hill/Midtown, available furnished immediately (or unfurnished if you want to bring your own furniture). I prefer someone who can stay for the rest of the year, through December 31, 2011. No pets. Rent is $1275 per month plus half of all utilities (Internet and electric), so total cost should be about $1350-1400/person per month. Two months’ deposit plus first month’s rent is required before move-in. You’ll also need to get your own renters’ insurance, which is required by my lease. Other details: lots of light, second floor walk-up, prewar building, supermarket one block away. The main plus to this place is the amazing location -- only a five-minute walk to Grand Central or the United Nations. I am looking for a yearlong roommate, not month-to-month or subletters with crazy schedules (e.g. April to August only), so please let me know if you can move in ASAP and stay for abo
ut a year or more. Contact Katharine at kbierce(at)gmail.com.
* Work-friendly room for rent in Red Hook, $500 per month, 90 square feet. A triple decker building with lots of light and space. It's the type of place where you can work on your artwork but also cook a nice meal. It has a residential layout with kitchen and shower. The room has one large window and one outlet (funky old building). It had slanty floors so I leveled them myself. I have my art studio in the apartment and I use oil paint conscientiously. This could also be used as an art studio or part time room. No pets or smoking, I prefer little to no meat cooking in the house. This place has a lot of perks. Backyard, I am quiet, good kitchen, near Fairway. I am F, late 30s. The best fit would be someone who is not really loud late at night (after 12AM) and is good at getting to places that aren't on the subway. It's available now, contact me if you'd like to take a look. Local Transportation: Bicycle. Lots of parking ... Near 77 and 61 buses. Fifteen-minute walk from Smith
and 9th Street, and 20-minute walk from Carroll Street F, G. Contact Maria at mswallace(at)mswallace.net.
* Room available at Rubulad Home Base. Room has two windows and loft bed. Rubulad is a 6,000 square foot community arts and event space near the Navy Yard in Brooklyn. Amenities include large common areas, roof garden, eat-in kitchen, four bathrooms, washer and dryer, high-speed Internet and more. Two blocks from Myrtle Avenue's cafes etc. Great for artist/musician type. Share with others. Opportunities to participate in large and small events. We currently have one cat upstairs and one dog downstairs and so prefer no more pets at this time, though this could change one day. $700 per month covers all bills. One month deposit required. Must have steady income and references and play nicely with others. Contact chris(at)spill.net.
XXXXX ALL THAT WE'VE MET XXXXX
All That We've Met is Pauline Pechin's series of interviews with artists, underground influencers, and people with interesting stories. You can email her here: pauline.pechin(at)gmail.com
This week: Urban explorer Steve Duncan
*What was your childhood like?*
"Boring. I read a lot of science fiction. I wasn’t allowed to watch TV. My mom’s kind of a health food nut. I went to a Catholic, monastery school that was run by Benedictine monks, up until the 6th grade. And there were no girls."
Read the complete interview at allthatwevemet.com/2011/01/steve-duncan-is-after-buried-treasure.html
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Before we had a name, the Spectre Event Horizon Group used to meet at a bar to commiserate and trade what our business friends like to call best practices. The group has expanded since then, but it remains focused on smartening the crowd mind. There are no subject limits; our favorite is the incredible sci-fi present, or anything that goes toward a better understanding of human behavior and our universe's ecology. Our simple intent is to connect good minds with as much quality mind-blowing information as we can freely locate and create a space for the informal trade of specialized investigative research, presented for the non-specialist.
The Spectre email list, which is a separate group from this column, is a moderated open forum. People are encouraged to join and to post. The list is compiled for Nonsense by J. Sinopoli. Contact us at spectre.event.horizon.group gmail com or spectregroup.org. Here's some of what came in this week:
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We look for the sort of classes you circled in college course catalogs but never managed to fit into your schedule. And we also look for the kind of things that no college could teach. Cheap and eclectic is the rule, though all rules get broken occasionally, and we especially love workshops, round-tables, and teachers who won't take your work out of your hands and show you how to do it right. One-time listings are categorized weekly, with general recurring classes listed at the end on the first Friday of each month We thrive on your suggestions, so make sure to tell us about upcoming classes that you think are nifty-keen.
Learning is compiled and edited weekly by Libby Sentz. Send listing
suggestions to libby(at)nonsensenyc.com.
***** LEARNING: SATURDAY *****
Intro to HTML/CSS
Want to learn to build websites? Have a website on wordpress, tumblr or blogger, but want to learn to customize it? This bootcamp will arm you with the skills and tools you need to do so. You will leave the class with new knowledge and a ready-reference card!
In this three-hour workshop we will: learn the basic terms andjargon; build a simple, HTML-only webpage; learn the basics of CSS, including selectors, properties, classes, ids and the CSS Box Model; enrich our HTML-only page with style and formatting using CSS; and review free tools and resources that will help you use the knowledge you learn in class and take it to the next level on your own. Please bring a laptop with Aptana studio installed. It's available at aptana.com/products/studio2/download. Taught by NYC Resistor member Alexis Goldstein.
NYC Resistor
87 Third Avenue, fourth floor, Brooklyn
$60; 1-4p
nycresistor.com
***** LEARNING: SATURDAY *****
Strutting and Walking/Fan Dance Basics
Learn how to do a showgirl strut--sexy, sensual, and riveting. Bring high heels if you like. Learn the art of fan dance, handling first our small marabou fans and then iconic, glamorous, ostrich feather fans. By registration only.
The School of Burlesque at 440 Studios
440 Lafayette Street, Manhattan
3:30-5p
schoolofburlesque.com
***** LEARNING: SUNDAY *****
PCB Design with Eagle
Have you ever envied those beautiful green PCBs that all modern electronics have? Do you want to kick up the professionalism in your projects with a real PCB? Would you like to simply learn how to better document your circuits with a nicely done schematic? Come take the pcb design class which will teach you how to use this awesome, free EAGLE pcb design program. You'll learn how to draw schematics, find the right footprint, lay out a circuit board, route the circuit board, and finally prepare the board for production (including successful testing methods). We'll even show you where you can go to have your boards made for fairly cheap.
Make sure you bring a laptop if you'd like to follow along with the class and create your own circuit. It would be helpful if you downloaded and installed the EAGLE software from cadsoft.de prior to the class. Instructor: Raphael Abrams.
NYC Resistor (new space)
87 Third Avenue, fourth floor, Brooklyn
2-5p; $75
eventbrite.com/event/1203456571/rss
***** LEARNING: Also on SUNDAY *****
Cooking from the Greenmarket: Local Mushrooms
Did you know that mushrooms are neither fruit nor vegetable, but exist botanically without an understood branch to the rest of nature as we know it? Did you know that they have been used to clean up large oil spills better than any other man-made means, or that mapping a mushroom's underground structure looks like both the neuron structure of the human brain and the internet? What you must know is that they are delicious - and you'll leave class with an arsenal of mushroom preparations and stories of mystical mushroom lore.
We'll begin with a tasting of local mushrooms, both wild and cultivated. We'll learn our maitakis from our honshimejis as we discuss ideas for mushroom selection, care, and storage. We'll then cook up a feast, starting with an appetizer of Crispy Sauteed Mushrooms with Arugula and Shaved Pecorino Cheese. Our next course will include Grilled Pizzas with Mushrooms, Caramelized Onions and Pancetta, and Phyllo Trianges with Mushrooms, Chevre, and Fresh Herbs. Finally, we'll prepare Whole Roasted Maitake Mushrooms and Roasted Quail Stuffed with Mushroom and Andouille Duxelles.
Once our fungi-filled culinary creations are complete, a resident wine expert will join us to perfectly pair a selection of wines to our earthy delights. Led by Emily Peterson.
Astor Center
399 Lafayette Street, Manhattan
6-9:30p; $125
astorcenternyc.com
***** LEARNING: Also on SUNDAY *****
Kimchi
Once upon a time Brooklyn Based mentioned kimchi parties, big hangouts where old Korean ladies get together and make kimchi together. Blinded with septuagenarian jealousy, we decided we were going to copycat that to the millionth degree in celebration of our brand new space.
Come hang out in our new space and learn how to put together your very own kimchi. We'll have cabbage, cucumbers, radish, and a handful of other vegetables for you to base your culinary creation around. There'll be plenty of chili powder for the hotheads and instructions on how to make white kimchi (hint: not spicy) for the more gentle souls. Super sour, slightly sweet, we'll have you covered. I have a kimchi-only, 100% Korean cookbook that is full of outer-space looking creations that I'll translate for the occasion.
Plain pickled cabbage can only go so far, so we'll be sure you know the story with things like kimchi stew and kimchi pancakes. Delicious vegetarian versions are available. Bring a container to tote your kimchi home in -- something glass is probably best. We're operating this drop-in style, but please e-mail to make sure we have enough ingredients for you.
Now that we have our own space, we're going to be doing stuff all of the time, but we're going to need your help to do that. You don't have to be an expert to lead a class - maybe you have a bit of a hobby, or you've been slaving away at your PhD for the past 10 years, or you've been spending a bit too much time on Wikipedia recently. Maybe you have a club that needs some space to meet, or a nascent idea for a wicked event. Send us an e-mail!
Brooklyn Brainery
515 Court Street, Brooklyn
2-7p; $5
brooklynbrainery.com
***** LEARNING: WEDNESDAY *****
Make Robots
No previous electronics experience required. We'll build a very simple robot from start to finish using only stuff you can buy from radio shack. Starting with the absolute basics of electricity, tools, etc. we'll work our way through building a robot that will be able to sense light and follow it. You'll leave with basic knowledge, resources, and confidence to learn more about robotics and to make your own robots in the future.
392 15th Street, Brooklyn
7:30-9:30p; $32 advance leevonk.com/paypal, $37 cash day of
Must pre-register
bit.ly/robotclass
***** LEARNING: Also on WEDNESDAY *****
Business Plan Workshop
If you're an emerging creative entrepreneur with a young business or a great idea, but no clue how to make it happen, this six-week, hands-on course that will take you through the nuts and bolts of the complete business planning process. Ultimately, you will leave the last class with a cogent business plan in hand and an action plan for launching (or growing) your business.
This workshop will guide you through the process of analyzing your market, evaluating the risks and opportunities associated with your business idea, developing financial projections and creating an operating plan. This course will focus both on the process of creating a plan and putting that plan into action, with an emphasis on the use of concrete tools and resources. Wonder if you even need to write a business plan? You do. A business plan can help you to secure funding, save money and, most importantly, develop a road map for navigating your creative industry.
To get the most out of the experience, you should come prepared with an idea for a business or a desire to apply planning to an existing business. A typical class session will include lecture interspersed with hands-on workshops and individual assistance. At the close of the course, there will be an opportunity to present your business idea to the class. Please bring your own laptop or a notepad. Led by Liz Schuster. Mention Nonsense NYC at registration (deadline January 21) for a 10 percent discount.
3rd Ward
195 Morgan Avenue, Brooklyn
Six Wednesdays: January 26, February 2, 9, 16, 23, March 2
7-10p; members $245, nonmembers $295
718 715 4961
3rdward.com
***** LEARNING: THURSDAY *****
Free Street Tree Care
Street trees do much to improve our environment, but they often receive little care. In this class, learn the benefits of street trees and how to improve the health of a street tree by caring for its bed. Get tips on amending soil, mulching, watering, pruning, and tree-bed gardening. Led by Karla Osorio-Pérez.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
1000 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn
6-8p, $free
718 623 7220
Registration required: compost(at)bbg.org
bbg.org
***** LEARNING: Also on THURSDAY *****
Intro to MIG Welding
Impress your friends, your older brother, and that cute bartender with your tough new skill. This three-hour introductory welding class will teach you the very basics of MIG welding and familiarize you with the tools you'll need to finish a projectâ€" the grinder, the chop saw, etc. MIG welding is the handy hot glue do-all kind of welding, the primary kind of welding used in making traincars, art, cranes, etc. All sorts of people have come thru Madagascar Institute knowing nothing about a shop and have become capable metal workers, get your start here. This class focuses on the hands-on experience of welding. You will learn a little of the theory and tech behind it, but mostly you will get a feel for the manual skill of welding. If you come with an idea for a small, simple project, chances are you can finish it by the end of the class
Bring leather gloves and eye protection, and wear heavy-duty all natural fibers â€"in other words, jeans and a long sleeve shirt. And no open toed shoesâ€" boots are ideal. Polyester and nylon will melt onto your skin if hot molten metal drops onto them and ouch that hurts. You will get very dirty. Led by Hans.
Madagascar Institute
217 Butler Street, Brooklyn
7-10p; $50 plus $10 materials
migweldingwithhans-rss.eventbrite.com
***** LEARNING: UPCOMING *****
Lap Dance at the New York School of Burlesque. Saturday, January 29.
schoolofburlesque.com
Intro to Herbal Medicine at Third Root. 12-week class beginning March
5. Registration deadline: January 30. stephen(at)thirdroot.org
XXXXX HELP XXXXX
It is a wonderful thing, to help. Helping strengthens communities and allows you to meet new friends. With that in mind, we look for one-day volunteer opportunities with no long-term commitment required. We want to be open to fresh ideas and think of help in a broad way. These listings could include anything from a large-scale day-long service project to a local theatre company that needs volunteers for load-in; from an artist looking for film extras to a community garden that needs a few extra hands. Our goal is simply to help groups or individuals that serve the greater good in small but significant ways. Unique and interesting job opportunities are acceptable fare for this section as well. Looking for ways to help out? Need volunteers to get your own community project off the ground? Know of any existing opportunities? Send your requests to MeeO at meeo(at)nonsensenyc.com.
*****HELP: NOW*****
Web Design for Washington Heights Corner Project
Washington Heights Corner Project (WHCP) is part of a larger coalition called the Injection Drug Users Health Alliance (IDUHA) and is part of the New York State- Licensed Syringe Exchange Programs in New York City. We are looking to create a website that provides basic text about what IDUHA is as well as links to all member organizations, a tab for press releases, a tab for facts about Syringe Exchange and HIV prevention, etc. Volunteer position can be for someone new to web design but must have a degree of competency and integrity for the project from start to finish.
Please send an email to iduha.nyc(at)gmail.com outlining your interest in the project and including url's of websites you have previously worked on.
***** HELP: NOW *****
Bushwick Food Not Bombs
In Our Hearts recently decided to take on Bushwick Food Not Bombs as one of its projects and we are looking for bottom-liners. Bushwick Food Not Bombs started sharing food with the Bushwick community in November 2008 at Maria Hernandez Park. The Bushwick Food Not Bombs serves vegan and vegetarian meals to the Bushwick community every Thursday at 2p.
Volunteers needed to oversee the dumpstering for and/or seeking donations of food on Tuesdays or Wednesdays. And then take the food to Surreal Estate (15 Thames St. 2nd floor, Brooklyn), cooking on Wednesdays at 11a, and transporting food, supplies, and clean up.
inourhearts(at)gmail.com.
***** HELP: NOW *****
Website Programming and Maintenance
The One On One Foundation assists underserved students and their families in NYC. We are searching for a volunteer with website programming and maintenance experience. The position is very flexible: work from home or work in our office, work for twenty hours a week or five hours a month. Our site is up and running, but we need an expert to keep it updated properly.
Please email a resume as an attachment to jennie(at)oneononefoundation.org with "web site maintenance" in the subject line. Please explain the type of time commitment you can give in your email.
***** HELP: NOW *****
Empower Young Women Of Color
Brooklynat is a program established to empower young women of color in NYC, which fosters engagement, activism and leadership. A female group instructor is needed for at least 2 hours a week at the Arab American Association located in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Responsibilities include: preparing group discussions, fundraising, plan trips and events with the group and recruit new members.
Must have an interest in activist type work and an interest in female empowerment and be a role model for the Brooklynat girls, teaching them how to be active in their community as well as how to express themselves and feel pride in who they are.
Email: reemmhassan(at)gmail.com, subject titled Brooklynat Group Instructor with a short description of yourself and why you are interested in the position.
brooklynat.weebly.com/
***** HELP: NOW *****
Keep Community Cinema Alive
The Maysles Institute exhibits independently curated films to inspire dialogue and action and advances community produced films through education programs. Our cinema and education programs engage multi-generational communities in creative self-expression, communicating ideas and advocating needs. We are committed to working with and representing residents of our Harlem neighborhood, documentary filmmakers and activists, community members and community-based organizations engaged in social, political and cultural change.
Several volunteer opportunities are available. Tasks include ticket takers, projectionists, popcorn poppers,videographers, and photographers. Volunteer hours vary from 3-5 hour shifts throughout our year of programming.
The Maysles Cinema and Institute
343 Lenox Avenue, at Malcolm X Boulevard, Manhattan
Rebekah Maysles
212 582 6050 ext 207
rebekah(at)mayslesinstitute.org
***** HELP: LONG ISLAND *****
Farm Help in East Islip
Organics Today Farm in East Islip, Long Island is seeking volunteers to plant seeds and seedlings, prepare soil and learn all aspects of growing organically.
169 Washington Street, East Islip, Long Island
631 650 4424
michamss(at)aol.com
organicstoday.net
***** HELP: NEW JERSEY *****
Emergency Response Drill
World Cares Center started in response to volunteer efforts during 9/11. 20 volunteers are needed to participate in an emergency management drill on Wednesday, February 2, 2011. In this role-play scenario, volunteers will assume various character roles and will be interviewed by Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) members. The goal of the drill is to give the CERT members an opportunity to practice spontaneous volunteer screening skills that they have previous learned through World Cares Center’s trainings, in order to safely and effectively respond in an emergency.
The training will be taking place in Middlesex, New Jersey and we ask that you arrive no later than 5:30pm; the event will last a total of 3 hours. The facility is about 1 hour by car and 1.5 hours by train from NYC. We will be providing transportation or reimbursing volunteers for cost of travel.
Email with Grassroots Readiness and Response Community Trainer in the subject line. In your message, include the contact information of at least one reference, a copy of your resume, and a one-paragraph description of your interest in volunteering at World Cares Center.
Julie Dumoulin, Outreach Coordinator
jdumoulin(at) worldcares.org
worldcares.org
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