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Friday, March 18
* Piethos III: Pear-Ly Legal, Williamsburg
* Pick Me Up: Stories of Booty Call and Bad Habits, Long Island City
* No-Input-Mixing-Board Feedback Mayhem Fest, Brooklyn
* Pizza Party with the Slice Harvester, Williamsburg
* Newsonic Loft Party, Brooklyn
* Swimming Cities Hair of the Dog, Williamsburg
* Peter and the Wolf, Manhattan
Saturday, March 19
* You Better Work, Brooklyn
* Dance for Japan, Brooklyn
* Happy Happy Sunshine Rainbow and Ballpoint Pen, Manhattan
* Flash Mob, Manhattan
* Dance Parade NYC March Fun-Raise, Manhattan
* Floating Kabarette, Brooklyn
* Japan Benefit Event Charity DJ Battle Fundraiser, Brooklyn
* Short-Notice/Big-Party, Brooklyn
* The Tragedy of Maria Macabre, Manhattan
Sunday, March 20
* Presentation Party Night, Brooklyn
* The Church of Earthalujah With Rev. Billy and the Stop Shopping Gospel Choir, Manhattan
* Love in Strange Places, Manhattan
* Grub, Brooklyn
* Mad Scientist Scientific Exposition Explosion Science Fair, Brooklyn
Monday, March 21
* Remix: Madmax Trilogy Scored by Dubknowdub, Williamsburg
Wednesday, March 23
* Stravinsky's Histoire Du Soldat Featuring Tim Fain and Ransom Wilson's Le Train Bleu, Brooklyn
* How I Learned to Fight Back, Manhattan
Wishlist
* Brass
All That We've Met
* Entrepreneur and 3rd Ward Co-Founder Jason Goodman
Spectre
* Anti-Austerity Measures
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Empty parade floats on St. Claude.
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Slice magazine presents:
Piethos III: Pear-Ly Legal
Brooklyn indie publishing gets its just desserts. For this, the third iteration of Slice's Piethos reading series, the various organizations -- all shining lights in the Brooklyn independent publishing world, be they magazines, web sites, or stores -- have issued each other literary challenges, and nominated writer-readers to meet said challenges. On the night of the reading, each newly-written piece will be presented, and the audience will vote on which one best entertained and met the challenge. The winning story's reader and organization will win a fresh-baked pear pie courtesy the renegade bakers at Fat and Flour.
The current challenges will be revealed on the day of the event. Past challenges have included: Write about the Scoville scale without mentioning peppers; write about love and rabies -- no dogs; drink a can of Four Loko and then immediately write about a horrible holiday experience; have a conversation with a friend using text message. Incorporate the texts and use them as the foundation for your piece.
The readers for Piethos III: Pear-ly Legal are from Gigantic magazine, the defending champion of Piethos II, Lauren Spohrer; from Word Bookstore, Stephanie Anderson; from the Fiction Circus, Jeanne Thornton; from Slice magazine, Tim Mucci; from Lit Drift, Tanya Paperny. Stick around after the reading for rock and/or roll music courtesy Su, Money and King, and Barkuna.
Piethos is a seasonal reading series dedicating to celebrate independent publishing in Brooklyn. Committed to the concept of an antihierarchical publishing environment, Piethos seeks to cross-promote the many faces of literary arts throughout the borough, from journals to websites to vendors to publishers to presses.
Legion Bar
790 Metropolitan Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
7:30p;
slicemagazine.org/site/event/924
***** Also on FRIDAY *****
New York Confidential presents:
Pick Me Up: Stories of Booty Call and Bad Habits
A harboiled twist on your average storytelling show, New York Confidential brings the city's sharpest writers and comedians to share true stories about what it takes to make it in the city. Tonight's show features Kevin Allison, Ryan Britt, Moth GrandSlam champions, and interludes from a retired porn star. Dance party to follow.
The Cove
108 North 6th Street, Brooklyn
8-10p; $5
nycstoriesexposed.com
facebook.com/event.php?eid=154125541310766
***** Also on FRIDAY *****
No-Input-Mixing-Board Feedback Mayhem Fest
Closed loops only. No transducers. Effects are encouraged but not required. Hybrid analog/digital systems are good too, but the mixer must be the primary source of oscillation.
Upstairs: Bob Bellerue, Jeff Donaldson, Philip White, and Phil Stearns. Basement: Clinton Machine, Violent Raid, Chaw Mank, Joshua Slusher and Mr. Matthews.
Silent Barn
915 Wyckoff Avenue, Queens
8-11p;
***** Also on FRIDAY *****
Pizza Party with the Slice Harvester
Come down to the City Reliquary to celebrate with Slice Harvester's Pizza party and zine release. We'll have pizza from Grandma Rose's, Carmines, and Sal's on hand, along with beer for donation. Slice Harvester himself will read from his new zine and pizza will be had by all.
City Reliquary
370 Metropolitan Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn7-10p; $2.50 donations greatly appreciated (the cost of a slice of pizza)
cityreliquary.org/
***** Also on FRIDAY *****
Newsonic Loft Party
Spring is in the air, and we'll be celebrating this Friday night at Newsonic with live music from Comandante Zero, BiziGara, Blues in Space, Air Traffic, and Bones Howell, and DJs Selectrick and Don Trust, and VJ Suit Machine. We'll be mashing up dance music, rock, world, punk, and experimental with psychedelic visuals, and a raging party all night long. Our space is not going to be in existence for much longer, so come down and party like it's 2012,
Newsonic
76 Rutledge Street., Brooklyn
9p doors; $5 or free admission before 10
***** Also on FRIDAY *****
Swimming Cities Hair of the Dog
Come sweat out all that green beer and Jameson on the dance floor. We've got three of Brooklyns finest thump-makers keeping it bumping all night. With DJ Dirtyfinger, Barney Iller, and Haruka Salt. With Topless Grilled Cheese Sandwiches.
285 Kent, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
10-11p open bar; $7, all proceeds go to the Swimming Cities India Project
theoceanofblood.blogspot.com
weareswimmingcities.org
***** Also on FRIDAY *****
Peter and the Wolf
Ten young performers, ranging in age from seven to fourteen, enact a series of conceptual and fast-paced motifs drawing from over 80 different literary and pop culture sources to evoke the story of Peter in the Wolf, in which a boy captures a wolf and takes him to the zoo. A children’s chorus and a troupe of child ballerinas elevate the work through visceral bursts of group humiliation, live painting and dance. At the same time, a huge white canvas in the back of the space gradually fills with line, shape, and form as performers reconstruct the Peter narrative as a painting in which each color represents a different character. Each audience will witness the creation of a painting unique to that night’s performance.
The Performance Project at University Settlement
184 Eldridge Street, corner of Rivington, Manhattan
7:30p; $15
Continues SATURDAY
brownpapertickets.com/event/144052
marc-arthur.com/peterandthewolf/
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You Better Work
A very precarious Purim extravaganza for laborers and lovers. Installations, performances, projections, bands, DJs, dancing, debauchery, kaleidoscopic visions of radical social change and carnivalesque wonder, featuring live music by Yiddish Princess, the Rude Mechanical Orchestra, Schmekel, the Curious Shape of Hens, and the In Droysn Chorus and Brass Band with Avi Fox-Rosen. Dance set by DJ Shomi Noise. Puppetry and spectacle by the Aftselokhes Spectacle Committee, Great Small Works, ZW Scholl and Co, and more. Cabaret performances by Exhotic other, Mira Stroika, Suri Bites, the Poop project, Amy the Yoga Yenta, Ariel Speedwagon, and more.
Installations by Terra Incognito, Heather Acs and Co, the parachute project, Jane Van Cleef, Buzz Slutzky, the Arbeter-Froyen Kindershule Chorale, and more. Celebrations and commemorations of the Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights, the Arab revolutions, the Madison, WI resistance, the 100th anniversary of International Working Women's Day, the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, and of course drinks befitting a carnival! and delicious food to support Domestic Workers United. Come hungry and thirsty.
St. Cecilia's Complex
2 North Henry Street, Brooklyn
L train to Graham station, G train to Nassau station
7:30p sharp-late; $12-20 (no one turned away for lack of cash or costume)
***** Also on SATURDAY *****
Dance for Japan
Come dance your Ja-Pants off this Saturday night at the House of Yes. We're taking it on and making it happen last minute with a ferocious wave of artists, DJs, VJs, performers, and beautiful people all donating their time and energy to helping our favorite island. They need us and we need you to come show support by having the most fun you possibly can on a Saturday night.
We're keeping it going until sunrise, so stop in for a moment or stay all night. One hundred percent of the proceeds goes directly to helping our struggling friends in Japan through the American Red Cross Japan Earthquake Relief Effort.
Featuring world famous DJs, free saki shots, naked sushi girls. Aerialists of every kind. Cocktails, dirty beats, groovy tunes, new friends, potential soul mates, and true love. Land of the rising fun.
House of Yes
342 Maujer Street, Brooklyn
L train to Grand Street station
10p-6a, 11p-midnight; $5-$10 sliding scale
21 and over
facebook.com/event.php?eid=136299783106047
***** Also on SATURDAY *****
HiChristina presents:
Happy Happy Sunshine Rainbow and Ballpoint Pen
Rainbow colors, delightful SENSORY experience, live human sculptures, slippery SEA creatures and a dazzling prance/dance PARTY? Don't mind if I do! Fritz and Christina are out of the editing studio tonight and ready to take you through every color of the RAINBOW, one at a time, each having it's own theme, special performance and eclectic action! Jump up and get crazy with RED bultler's anger management dance technique... Or lie down, cool off and listen to the lapping waves with BLUE penguin. And there are so many more colors than that! What about the ballpoint pen? Well, that's one of the most exciting parts! See (and act in if you like) short renditions of major and obscure works of art. Guests are invited to bring something special. And that's not all... you are HIGHLY encouraged to wear BRIGHT colors: all one color or many! There will be new friendly fun-makers to meet and a chance to get a massage by the infamous Mr. Squiggle!
20 West 20th Street, sixth floor, Manhattan
10p; $20 byob, save $5 by getting your ticket online
hichristina.com/calendar.html
***** Also on SATURDAY *****
Flash Mob
Wanna do something crazy in Times Square? Like start a dance party and jam to live drummers? Now's your chance! We are planning a flamenco/hip-hop/percussion flash mob at Times Square, by the TKTS Booth.
To learn the moves check out this You Tube link:
youtube.com/watch?v=MnscNlmOnjU
We already have lots of volunteers, but want as many people as possible to join in. Even if you can't learn the moves, come by to see the spectacle we create. If you wanna join e-mail and we can send you even more info.
TKTS Booth
44th Street and Broadway, Manhattan
12:30p; $free
bwflashmob@gmail.com
***** Also on SATURDAY *****
Dance Parade NYC March Fun-Raise
Meet the organizers of this year's Dance Parade and get a delicious Taste of Dance Parade with exciting Dance Performances as follows:
With Beat It NYC, Chilaires Dance of Venus, Gierre Godley and Tanya Lynn Trombly presenting Neville Dance Theater's Awakenings, Lei Pasifika's Tahitian Dancers and and its all men's Hula troupe, and in remembrance of the victim's of last week's earthquake, a special Japanese dance by Yosakoi Dance Project.
Alpha Fusion
169 Eighth Avenue, between 18th and 19th streets, Manhattan
5-9p; $10 admission, open bar until 6:30p
All ages
danceparade.org/
***** Also on SATURDAY *****
Floating Kabarette
Galapagos Art Space presents its flagship series Floating Kabarette. Part cabaret, part burlesque and part variety, each show features some of the best performers from New York City and beyond! Floating Kabarette happens every Saturday night. Tonight’s spectacular performers include music by the Happy Hour Clowns, the Red Hook Ramblers, Jenny Rocha and Her Painted Ladies, Madame Rosebud, Ambrose Manchego Martos, Kris Olness, and your outrageously hilarious host, Bastard Keith.
Galapagos Art Space
16 Main Street, Brooklyn
10p door, 10:30p show; $15 general admission, $20 reserved VIP seating
718 222 8500
info(at)galapagosartspace.com
***** Also on SATURDAY *****
Japan Benefit Event Charity DJ Battle Fundraiser
Feed the Starving Artists and Matt Cuba present a benefit event. Event will take place at the Electric Warehouse in Brooklyn. Goal: $30,000.00. Host: Hiro Tha Jap (from Sendai city and Tokyo), Rocksmith Tokyo, Radical Outing.
With NXNY vs Mystereo, Hiro Tha Jap vs. Anton Glamb, Mysto vs. Pizzi, Crisis Kid and Boogy Boy K vs Hellfire Machina, Joro Boro vs DJs Barney Iller and Shakey, Cobra Krames vs. Wckids, Jennocide vs. Dru Klien, the Tsunami Bass Experience (Morphous&Shizaru), Steve Nieves, and Nightspitter.
Please make a difference this night. Everyone donation helps. We would love for everyone to unite and help out as much as you can. Your love and prayers are always welcomed. Your donations will go to support the ongoing relief efforts in Japan.
Hiro Tha Jap's father is a Sendai F.D Fire Fighter in Japan rescuing people , his brother is also working for Sendai city at an evacuation camp as you read this. Your donation and support is really appreciated.
Electric Warehouse
1428 Fulton Street , Brooklyn
10p; $20
18 and up
facebook.com/event.php?eid=193135954059601
***** Also on SATURDAY *****
Short-Notice/Big-Party
Presented by PassionFaction. Dance with Rekles, Dark and Stormy, Distroy Allorchs, and Spanky, for fans of electro, hard electro, random corny sing a lot style hits, and other dancey sort of shit.
Semi-Legit
6 Charles Place, Brooklyn
J,M,Z to Myrtle
10p-4:30a; $12, $8 with RSVP
passionfaction(at)gmail.com
facebook.com/event.php?eid=199077110116675
***** Also on SATURDAY *****
The Tragedy of Maria Macabre
Rachel Klein’s the Tragedy of Maria Macabre is a movement and visual based theater piece that uses dancers and actors to create a morbid world of fantasy and spectacle. It is a work of theater, dance, and performance art.
Starring the talents of Abigail Hawk, Elizabeth Stewart, Michael Porsche, Danielle Marie Fucso, Eric Schmalenberger, Megan O'Connor, Preston Burger, Freddy Mancilla, and Brian Rubiano.
Access Theater
380 Broadway, between Walker and White, third floor theater, Manhattan
6 and 9p; $15 advance, $20 door
smarttix.com/show.aspx?EID&showCode=TRA32&BundleCode&GUID=363b3991-9f66-43d1-9044-ab8f0116df72
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Presentation Party Night
Presentation Party Night is a lecture series combining a love of community, education, and drinking. We offer the chance for individuals to share a short presentation on any topic. The evening will consist of 6 10 minute presentations, and free food and beer while it lasts. Come join us for a night of peer learning and a drink on us.
The next installment of Presentation Party includes Blaxploitation, Theory of Special Relativity, the Happy Pessimist: How Your Inescapable Pessimism and Cynicism Can Actually Be a Good Thing, and more. See you then, and be sure to bring a friend.
382 Jefferson Street, Brooklyn
L train to Jefferson station
7-10p; $?
facebook.com/event.php?eid=143849439007077&num_event_invites=0
***** Also on SUNDAY *****
The Church of Earthalujah With Rev. Billy and the Stop Shopping Gospel Choir
This week we are loving a field on the edge of the city, out in East New York, which is being eyed by Wal-mart as the site for its first big box inside the city limits. On Saturday morning we will go there with the Stop Shopping Gospel Choir. The song and prayer and words will be the basis for our Earthalujah show on Sunday evening. To some this may look like expendable trashy land, surrounded already by housing projects, but I would refer you to this encouragement from Leonard Cohen: Ring the bells that still can ring, Forget your perfect offering.There is a crack, a crack in everything, That's how the light gets in.
Theater 80
80 Saint Marks Place, Manhattan
7:30p; $10, no one turned away
revbilly.com/events
***** Also on SUNDAY *****
Love in Strange Places
Party and mixer. Tonight, writers, lovers, and regular people will share stories and adventures of finding love in this modern world. The idea for this event is based on the real life romance of Jessica Delfino which was recently featured in the NY Times. Jessica found her husband to be on Craigslist over three years. Featuring Elna Baker, Margot Morsus, and some special surprises. West 3rd Commons offers a delicious menu so come with an empty tum tum.
West 3rd Commons
1 West 3rd Street, Manhattan
630-8p; $free
on.fb.me/fowD5I
twitter.com/jessicadelfino
jessicadelfino.com
NOTE: We listed this event incorrectly last week. Sorry.
***** Also on SUNDAY *****
In Our Hearts presents:
Grub
A community dinner. Come early or stay late if you want to help. We start cooking around 3:30pm We are looking for more consistent volunteers to help make sure this event continues to happen. Continues first and third SUNDAYS.
136 Lawrence Street, between Fulton and Willoughby, Brooklyn
7p; $pay what you want
***** Also on SUNDAY *****
Mad Scientist Scientific Exposition Explosion Science Fair
A Scientific Quandary got you down? Need to work out the details of an often-pondered hypothesis? Dream of wowing your peers with your wanton acts of intellectual inquiry? All problems are solved at the Mad Scientist Scientific Exposition Explosion Science Fair. Use all of your most creative intellectual prowess, or borrow some, to construct a verifiable scientific experiment which includes one experimental variable following the scientific method or just make a diorama full of dinosaurs (not everybody has to win).
Basically, all you have to do is make a tri-board. Tri-board: (n.) A board that has been slightly bent in two places to help it stand up. You can put as much or as little time and effort into it as you would like. The general idea is to come up with something to think about, make a hypothesis and then test it, and record the results on a tri-board. The event only lasts a day, so it isn't really an art installation, but the flashier the board, the more points you get for flare. (Science component is also very important).
Gowanus Ballroom
55 9th Street, Brooklyn
3-8p; $free
shannonkerner@gmail.com
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Spectacle presents:
Remix: Madmax Trilogy Scored by Dubknowdub
The interplanetary duo known as Dubknowdub will score a live improvisational soundtrack of their dissyncopated metal machine riddim musick for the Mad Max trilogy, condensed into one hour -- shopping cart, chains, speaker crackling beats, and desert droneage distorting your reality. From the people who brought you Remix:Tron in January.
Spectacle
124 South 3rd Street, at Bedford, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
8 and 9p sharp; $5
SpectacleTheater.com
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Stravinsky's Histoire Du Soldat Featuring Tim Fain and Ransom Wilson's Le Train Bleu
One Night Only at Galapagos! Please join us for a star-studded new production of Stravinsky's Histoire du Soldat. Violinist Tim Fain, fresh from his on- and offscreen appearance in the film Black Swan, will perform the featured solo violin part. Dance legend Lar Lubovitch will choreograph the work for members of the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company. MacArthur Grant winner Jennifer Tipton will be the lighting designer, and New York City Opera stage director A. Scott parry will serve as dramaturg. Additionally, the performance marks the debut of a new ensemble, Le Train Bleu, conducted by renowned flutist and conductor Ransom Wilson. Histoire du Soldat is a 1918 theatrical work "to be read, played,and danced," set to music by Igot Stravinsky. The libretto, based on a Russian folk tale, is by Swiss writer C.F. Ramuz and tells the story of a soldier who trades his fiddle to the devil for a book that predicts the future. The music is scored for violin, double bass, clarinet, bassoon, c
ornet, trombone, and percussion, and the story is told by three actors: the soldier, the devil, and a narrator. In this production, dancers will portray non-speaking roles and serve to illuminate the story. The performance will be in English.
Galapagos Art Space
16 Main Street, Brooklyn
7:30 and 9:30p; $20 mezzanine
galapagosartspace.com
***** Also on WEDNESDAY *****
The How I Learned Series presents:
How I Learned to Fight Back
Featuring: Bob Powers, Cynthia Kaplan, Joanne Solomon, Jami Attenberg. Hosted by Blaise Allysen Kearsley.
Happy Ending
302 Broome Street, between Forsyth and Eldridge, Manhattan
8p; $free
howilearnedathappyending.blogspot.com
XXXXX UPCOMING XXXXX
* Fifth Annual Seed Celebration, March 26
* We Love the Golden Girls 4, March 26
* Rubulad, April 1
* The Butt Kapinski Last Show and Star Cabaret, April 1
* Horned Ball No. 7, April 8
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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.
XXXXX WISHLIST XXXXX
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 *****
* Design Intern Wanted: Nowhere magazine (nowheremag.com) has an opening for a design intern. Nowhere is a journal of literary travel writing and art. We put out issues when they are finished -- usually one every three months. The intern is largely responsible for photo manipulation and editing, but other creative projects are possible as well, including submissions to the magazine. There is no compensation right now - other than a listing on the masthead, references, free trips and free drinks at our parties. Expect 5-10 hours a week for two weeks...every three months. Familiarity with Photoshop or GIMP is essential, Word Press a plus. Please email porterfox(at)gmail.com with a resume and clips.
* Taking submissions for a book that will be a collection of writing and art, all of it considering this question: What does it mean to be "a grown-up?"-- We are looking for writing of all kinds (essays, short stories, plays, memoir, humor, something so unexpected I didn't even think to list it here). Also art, especially of the comic/graphic novel variety. Don't be afraid to be funny. Don't be afraid to be painfully sincere. The only requirement is that it answer or consider or talk about or in some other way tackle the above question. Due date is May 1st. There are no length minimums or maximums. If you're working on something really complex that will take longer than two months, we might give you an extension on the due date if you send us a work in progress and we absolutely love it. Questions and submissions: joseph(at)commonplacebooks.com Go to commonplacebooks.com to see information on our previous projects.
*The Center for Urban Pedagogy is pleased to announce that the Making Policy Public (MPP) call for designers and other visual artists is now open. CUP seeks policy-friendly design collaborators to work with advocates and experts on the new editions of Making Policy Public, CUP's series of foldout posters that use graphic and information design to explore and explain complex public policy issues. This year we received tons of thoughtful and interesting proposals from researchers and advocates. We are excited to present the following groups and issues selected by our distinguished jury: The Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights with Domestic Workers United, Immigrants' access to banks with Remás, Hydraulic fracturing and its impacts with Damascus Citizens for Sustainability, Banks and fringe financial services with Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project (NEDAP). We are now seeking statements of interest and portfolios from potential design collaborators. Applicants chos
en through the juried submission process receive full attribution, rights to reproduction, publicity through CUP, and an honorarium of $1000. The deadline for applications is 6 pm on Monday, March 21, 2011. Submission guidelines here: makingpolicypublic.net/index.php?page=submission-guidelines-for-designers.
***** SPACES *****
* Room available for sublet, April 1-October 1 in cute Dark Slope two-bedroom, $800 includes utilities + wifi! No pets or indoor smokers, please. Contact Allison, faux.fancy(at)gmail.com.
* One Bedroom Room Sunny Sublet, Available: March 27 through June 6. $1000 a month, Brooklyn, large one bedroom, beautiful sunny apartment with high ceilings and two cats. Couples welcome. Seeking a cat lover to live in my Prospect Heights apartment. Its in a brownstone that looks out on a tree lined street. Hardwood floors. Fully furnished. Tiny kitchen. Large living room with dining room table. Large bedroom with a sliding door that seperates the two rooms. In exchange for taking care of my 2 healthy cats Frankie and Ruby while I am gone, I am only charging $1000 a month. The going rate for the apartment is $1600 a month. $1000 a month. Utilites and internet included. Two months rent up front. Please contact jenny at misssaturn@gmail.com if interested.
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: Entrepreneur and 3rd Ward Co-Founder Jason Goodman
*What’s underrated?*
"I think what’s underappreciated is that failure is part of progress, in that there is real danger in being a success. As New Yorkers, we’re really success focused. The problem with success thinking is that you got to make sure it’s going to work. If you make sure it’s going to work, you better not do anything different. You better do what you know is going to work. That’s what makes success. So fuck success."
Read the complete interview at allthatwevemet.com/2011/03/jason-goodman-relates-failure-to.html
XXXXX SPECTRE PRIORITY XXXXX
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 / spectrevision.org. Here's some of what came in this week:
*****Cloning Super-Trees *****
spectregroup.wordpress.com/2011/03/18/cloning-super-trees/
"Redwoods and sequoias towering majestically over California's northern coast. Oaks up to 1,000 years old nestled in a secluded corner of Ireland. The legendary cedars of Lebanon. They are among the most iconic trees on Earth, remnants of once-vast populations decimated by logging, development, pollution and disease. A nonprofit called Archangel Ancient Tree Archive is rushing to collect their genetic material and replant clones in an audacious plan to restore the world's ancient forests and put them to work cleansing the environment and absorbing carbon dioxide. Milarch and sons Jared and Jake have been producing genetic copies of ancient trees since the 1990s. Their mission: Clone the oldest and largest individuals within the world's most ecologically valuable tree species, and persuade people to buy and plant millions of copies. Scientific opinion varies on whether trees that survive for centuries have superior genes, like champion race horses, or simply have been in the r
ight places at the right times to avoid fires, diseases and other misfortunes. But Archangel Archive is a true believer in the super-tree idea. The group has tracked down and cloned some of the biggest and oldest of more than 60 species and is developing inventories. California's coastal redwoods and giant sequoias, the world's largest trees, are best suited for sequestering carbon because of their size, rapid growth and durability, said Bill Libby, a tree geneticist and consultant to Archangel Archive. The longer a tree lives, the longer its carbon remains bottled up instead of reaching the atmosphere. "They grow like crazy," Libby said. "I have a clone of what used to be the world's tallest redwood tree in my back yard. It's still a baby, only 30 years old. It's already taller than anything around it, probably 80 to 100 feet ...""
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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: FRIDAY *****
Practical Leatherworking for Modern Life
This class focuses on the uses of leather as a versatile material for repairing personal effects, as well as touching on proper maintenance of leather goods (conditioning, stitching repair, storage, and what happens if these things are not done.) Bring an idea of something you want to fix or do with leather. Class will cover where to source materials, what to look for in the qualities of your materials, handling leather properly, and a showing of leather tools and brief instructional on how to use them effectively. Led by Will Lisak and Justin Harding of ETWAS Bags.
In lieu of payment, please trade one of the following for the class: Waxed linen thread, access to off set/higher quality printer, ideas of how to think people relate to and perceive craft and agency in their lives, camera stuff, cabbage, loose-leaf green tea, design book/magazine of your choice/interesting book/magazine, a story about a meaningful experience of craft, or just your interest and enthusiasm.
Practical Leatherworking for Modern Life
32 Prince Street, Manhattan
8-9:30p; $trade (see above)
tradeschool.ourgoods.org
***** LEARNING: SATURDAY *****
How to Make Soup
The class will discuss how to make a soup - starting with a basic vegetable broth. We will then make some traditional soups for the winter such as a ribollita or a butternut squash soup. As an interactive approach all students will be involved in the chopping and preparation of the soups. There will also be a discussion of the origins of each soup.
Led by Serena Norr. In lieu of payment, please trade one of the following for the class: Design help, logo, business card ideas, website redesign, SEO help, PR help, marketing help, content help, ideas, videos,white beans, a can of chunky tomato sauce, kale, bread, olive oil, fresh rosemary and basil.
Trade School
32 Prince Street, Manhattan
2:30-3:30p; $trade (see above)
tradeschool.ourgoods.org
***** LEARNING: Also on SATURDAY *****
Intro to HTML/CSS Workshop
Celebrate spring with a bootcamp that will get you off and running with the basics of HTML and CSS. Want to learn to build websites? Have a website on wordpress, tumblr or blogger, but want to learn to customize it? This class 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. The workshop will cover the basic terms and jargon, learn the most common HTML tags, 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 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, available at: aptana.com/products/studio2/download. Taught by NYC Resistor member Alexis Goldstein.
NYC Resistor
87 3rd Avenue, fourth floor, Brooklyn
1-4p; $60
eventbrite.com/event/1316406407/rss
***** LEARNING: SUNDAY *****
Carrying Butoh Into the 21st century: A Benefit Class
As millions of people across the globe, we wish to help Japan in this very difficult crisis. Please come take class, and 50% of your donation will go directly to the Japanese Red Cross.
Capoeira Angola
104 West 14th Street, No. 3, Manhattan
6-8p; suggested donation $20-$25, but no donation is too small.
***** LEARNING: Also on SUNDAY *****
Bambara Dance: 5 Classes for $25
The Bambara Drum Dance Ensemble presents this dance workshop featuring five of NYC's finest “sistah teachers†and Bambara's powerful drumming in celebration of Women's History Month. Learn Guinean dance (1-2:30p), Orisha (2:30-4p), Kitiro (4-5:30p), Guinean (5:30-7p), Mali/Congolese (7-9p) dance styles from Jewel Love, Mouminatou, Camara, Shurla, and Noelani Love, and special guest Ismael Koutaye (of "Fela!").
Boys and Girls Harbor
1 East 104th Street, sixth floor, Brooklyn
1-8:30p; $25
347-686-0989
bambaradrumdance(at)aol.com
***** LEARNING: Also on SUNDAY *****
Biotech Crash Course
This three session class will cover all the basic techniques used to cut and manipulate DNA. This is a hands-on course where you will isolate DNA, cut it using restriction enzymes, amplify it using PCR, and clone it into bacteria. Led by Ellen D. Jorgensen, Ph.D.
Genspace NYC, Inc.
33 Flatbush Avenue, seventh floor, Brooklyn
Three Sundays, 2-6p
$300 via PayPal to dgrushkin(at)genspace.org
nurit(at)genspace.org
ejorgensen(at)genspace.org
***** LEARNING: WEDNESDAY *****
Plant Biology
This week, class I: How plants grow. Plants provide us with a number of our basic daily needs. But what are their needs for growth and existence? What allows a seed to become a tree? How do some plants persist over centuries and others only a year? This class will introduce plant processes at the cell, organism, and ecosystem level that underlie growth. The basics of photosynthesis, respiration, hormones will be presented. (I’ll even tell you how I first fell in love with Auxin…) The class will be interactive and the scientific method will be employed â€" so bring your skepticism. Walk away with a newfound appreciation for chlorophyll.
The next Wednesday is class II: Arctic Ecosystems and Climate Change. The Arctic is warming at a faster rate than the rest of the world. You may have noticed this from the sad pictures of polar bears drifting away on ice floes. While adorable, polar bears are far from the only species at risk of drastic changes. Learn about larger scale processes at work now that are altering this vast landscape. The focus of this class will be on plant and soil interactions (if you are not yet aware how important soil is… prepare to be amazed, but also touch on migratory birds and mammals. In addition to topical content, I will give an overview on the professional side of science--how hypotheses are tested, what theories mean, and how observations are presented and shared to the public. Learn to think like a scientist, question nature, and seek evidence. Led by Mary.
Brooklyn Brainery
515 Court Street, Brooklyn
Two Wednesdays, 8:30-9:30p; $25
brooklynbrainery.com/courses/59-Plant-bio
***** LEARNING: THURSDAY *****
Hey, Where's My Robot Girlfriend?
A two-day exploration of sexual robotics, teledildonics, and carnal technology, hosted by the Morbid Anatomy blog. The robotic bride. The orgasm ray. The sex machine. These classic tropes of science fiction--how fictitious are they really? Hybrids of sex and technology are flourishing in contemporary culture, from basement workshops where power tools are lovingly repurposed into bedroom aids to sexual media empires with genres devoted solely to robot-human couplings. The medical sciences have even gotten in on the act with models of sperm-powered nanobots.
Join researcher Laura G. Duncan for a multimedia lecture on sexual technology. With examples from popular media, the medical sciences and actual sexual robotics projects, this talk will work to explode the dichotomy between the “natural†and the “technological†and open a critical analysis of how society conceptualizes sexuality, science and even the body itself.
Observatory Art Space
543 Union Street, Brooklyn
Thursday, March 24, and Friday, March 25, 8p; $5
lgduncan(at)gmail.com
observatoryroom.org/2011/01/30/robot-girlfriend/
***** LEARNING: THURSDAY *****
Hyperbolic Crochet Jewelry
In 1997, Daina Taimina, a mathematician at Cornell University, used her crochet skills to create the first usable hyperbolic plane model centuries after it was discovered. Her pattern makes attractive convoluted forms--the most famous being "the crochet coral reefs."I n this workshop we will adapt her simple pattern to make bracelets and necklaces using two simple stitches--the chain and single crochet. No prior experience with crochet necessary. Led by Debbie Slavitt and Jane Broaddus. Shopping appointments are available before the workshops from 1:30-5p.
Materials for the Arts
33-00 Northern Boulevard, third floor, Long Island City, Queens
5-7p; $18 per person; sign up for three classes and get a fourth class free
718 729 2165
mfta.org
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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 *****
Volunteer Coordinator for Chemo Comfort
Chemo Comfort is dedicated to improving the quality of life of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. We are looking for a volunteer coordinator who can handle the day to day tasks of recruiting, interviewing, and fielding emails from current and new volunteers. When needs arise, you will also be responsible for searching our database for volunteers with the appropriate background to fit our current needs. This position takes about 5hrs/week with increased hours around events and can be done entirely remotely. Only people who can commit long term will be considered.
Please contact amyzacks(at)chemocomfort.org for more information.
***** HELP: NOW *****
Transcribe Video and Spanish Translation for Pediatric Cancer Organization
The mission of The Pablove Foundation is to fund pediatric cancer research and advances in treatment, educate and empower cancer families, and improve the quality of life for children living with cancer through hospital play, music and arts programs. We need help transcribing interview footage from our Pablove Shutterbugs photography program. We're looking for 2 to 3 people to cover 12 hours of footage over the next two weeks, including an hour's worth of Spanish-language footage that needs to be translated. You will be working directly with our New York-based program chair.
shutterbugs(at)pablove.org
bit.ly/egteow
***** HELP: SATURDAY *****
Queens Pride House
Queens Pride House is hosting a Volunteer Training and Orientation Session. Open to all those who are interested in becoming part of the work done by the Queens Pride House. Come learn more about volunteer opportunities and the center, as well as mingling with your fellow volunteers.
E-mail your name and contact information with the subject line "Volunteer training" to volunteer(at)queenspridehouse.org
76-11 37th Avenue, Suite 206, Jackson Heights, Queens
3-4:30p
7, E, F, M, R to Roosevelt Avenue
718 429 5309
***** HELP: MONDAY THRU FRIDAY *****
Get an Urban Farm Started
The Battery is one of New York City’s oldest public open spaces; it is located at the tip of Manhattan overlooking New York Harbor. This spring the Battery Conservancy is creating a one-acre Urban Farm where local schools and community groups will be planting, cultivating and harvesting vegetables and herbs throughout the coming months. The ground needs to be prepared before any planting can be done, and we need your help.
We will be working on this project every day from 9a-5p, March 21-25. Please come and help us for the week, a day, an afternoon (any time you can spare).Don’t forget your gardening gloves if you have some. Water provided â€" please bring a reusable water bottle.
17 State Street, entry at Pearl Street, Manhattan
4, 5 Bowling Green or 1, R South Ferry/Whitehall
Camilla: urbanfarm(at)thebattery.org
bit.ly/gWyejf
*****HELP: APRIL*****
Brighten the day of a senior by delivering a Passover package and visiting on Sunday, April 10, 10a â€" 12p. Advanced registration is required by Monday, April 4th online. Photo ID is required.
DOROT
171 West 85th Street, off Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan
212 769 2850
bit.ly/idihTt
***** HELP: Also in APRIL *****
Alternative Therapy Service For Breast Cancer Survivors Seeks Front Desk Help
You Can Thrive provides access to free and low-cost acupuncture, massage, reflexology, and Reiki to breast cancer patients and survivors every Sunday.
We are currently in need of front desk assistance at least one Sunday a month. In addition to assisting us with general set-up, clean-up, and organization, this person will schedule clients for integrative therapies, facilitate the movement of clients through their services, interact with clients and practitioners, and provide a friendly face to the breast cancer survivors who come to us for treatment and support. We're working towards something so much larger than any one individual.
115 East 23rd Street, Manhattan
lisa(at)youcanthrive.org
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