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Friday, April 1
* A Light in the Basement Art Show, Brooklyn
* Don Cristóbal, Manhattan
* Rubulad evening at Sugar Hill Supper Club and Disco, Brooklyn
* Memories of CMYK, Brooklyn
* No Joke Oneida Becoming Weather Book Party, Williamsburg
* Newsonic Loft Party, Brooklyn
* 26th Annual April Fools' Day Parade, Manhattan
* Coachella Dance Party, Long Island City
* The Inaugural Silly Dance-Off, Brooklyn
* The Butt Kapinski Last Show and Star Cabaret, Williamsburg
* Saint Hollywood Preview Party and Fashion Show, Manhattan
* Adventures in Crazytown: Elation Station, Brooklyn
* Brooklyn Boogie, Brooklyn

Saturday, April 2
* Pantheon, Manhattan
* Fluo Funk, Brooklyn
* Pillow Fight NYC, Manhattan
* Whack Pillow Fight Afterparty, Brooklyn
* Barter Dinner Performance at Trade School, Manhattan
* Scroll Bowl V, Manhattan
* Dead Herring, Willamsburg

Sunday, April 3
* Jazz Funeral And Second Line Parade For Coney Island, Brooklyn
* Down the Road: Modern New York Street Photography, Williamsburg
* Steampunk Anachronism II: Exposition to Candyland, Manhattan

Monday, April 4
* Le Squeezebox Cabaret, Williamsburg

Tuesday, April 5
* Cuisines of the World, Brooklyn
* The Moon, Williamsburg
* The Electroscheme, Brooklyn

Wednesday, April 6
* Back to the 60s: Trippy Hippies on 16mm film
* Caligula Maximus, Brooklyn
* Bailout Theater, Manhattan

Thursday, April 7
* The Bushwick Book Club, Brooklyn

Wishlist
* Anti-Walmart flash mob

All That We've Met
* Robin Frohardt

Learning
* Mobile Security Hackday

Help
* Crochet

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A Light in the Basement Art Show

Twenty artists explore light using 20 private rooms. Presented by Showpaper.

Stanhope Cellar Studios
286 Stanhope, at Irving, Brooklyn
7p; $free
Continues SATURDAY

***** Also on FRIDAY *****

Don Cristóbal

For centuries, the puppet Don Cristóbal has charmed audiences with his drunken, lusty, billy-club wielding antics. But does he secretly struggle with his role as the Billy-Club Man and long for love and escape? Through experimental puppetry, clowning and live music, Don Cristóbal, Billy-Club Man explores the violent appetites of Cristóbal's on-stage persona and follows him off-stage to reveal his poetic possibilities.

Inspired by the puppet plays of Federico García Lorca. Co-created by Erin Orr and Rima Fand. Performed by Claudia Acosta, CK Allen, Lawrence Carrillo, David Fand, Rima Fand, Avi Fox-Rosen, Rafael Fuentes, Fabián González, Matthew Groff, Cybèle Kaufmann, Quince Marcum, Brendan McMahon, Alyson Perry, Lisa van Wambeck, and Abigail Wright.

Flamboyán Theatre
Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center
107 Suffolk Street, first floor, Manhattan
8p; $15
Continues through April 10
smarttix.com/show.aspx?EID=&showCode=DON30&BundleCode=&GUID=4f7ff5ba-0904-4526-b2be-37935ee50fb8

***** Also on FRIDAY *****

Rubulad presents:

Evening at Sugar Hill Supper Club and Disco

With live music and performances by Les Sans Culottes, the March Fourth, Fisherman and Miss Ekaterina (Miss Coney Island 2007), Zero Boy, Mary-Go-Round, Jessica Delfino, Nathan Whipple, Solid Go, and many more. With your DJ Soundman Cody. Your DJs: Dirty Finger, Reagonomics, C0unt Zyr0, and DJ Mojo. Plus G. Scopitronic’s Non-Stop Film Fest, Alien Communication Workshop, Tantric Sewing Circle, Embracing the Outer You, and much more. Our rules do not apply, so no outside beverages, please. Big back yard for your outdoor pleasures; affordable drinks. Dress way up or way out. Shenanigans may ensue.

615 Dekalb, at Nostrand, Brooklyn
G train to Bedford-Nostrand station
8p dinner, serving delicious soul food and Southern cuisine, 8:30p show, 4a last call, 5a dancing ends; $10 from 8-10p or way late or in costume all night, $15 otherwise
21 and over

***** Also on FRIDAY *****

Memories of CMYK

You are invited to tip toe back down the stairs into a nostalgic brick-walled night of our opening of Memories of CMYK, an exhibition of visual art by Bridget Collins, James Gulliver Hancock, Rita Payne, Andrea Wolf. Drive back in a miniature car to a time where all the months of the year were condensed into one. Imagine playing tennis on a miniature tennis court while trying not to fall through the cracks of our found wood floor as you sway to the crooning of three girls harmonizing. Observe a tornado of textiles cascading from the ceiling, and witness James’ attempt to draw all the buildings in New York. In conclusion, there will be video projections, drawings, photography, acoustic strumming, prints, poetry, and more.

Poetry Club Art Space
317 Putnam Avenue, under the stairs, between Nostrand and Marcy, Brooklyn
7p-2a; $donations accepted
poetryclubartspace.com

***** Also on FRIDAY *****

No Joke Oneida Becoming Weather Book Party

A book party that's way more party than book. Original music from I Feel Tractor. An original film from Stephanie Gray. A sermon on becoming weather by Brandon Best (Anticon's Pedestrian). And lastly, more original music from Brooklyn legends Oneida.

Secret Project Robot Art Space
210 Kent Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
8p; $usually 5 or so

***** Also on FRIDAY *****

Newsonic Loft Party

Thanks to everyone who's been coming out to the final run of parties at the Newsonic loft. Last week's party was a blast, and we're blowing it out again this Friday night with another great night of music, visuals, and partying. The evening begins with shoegaze faves Fan Tan, followed by DJ Mojo, hip hop shaman Prop Anon, Latin-Electro band Dalanshar, and ends late night with surf punks The Dead Sextons and DJ Selectrick. Come early to see Fan-Tan. They are awesome and it's free admission before 10.

Live Music from Fan Tan, Prop Anon, Dalanshar, Dead Sextons, DJ Mojo, DJ Dynasty Electric, VJ Suit Machine, and special guests.

Newsonic
76 Rutledge Street, Brooklyn
9:30p; $5, or free before 10

***** Also on FRIDAY *****

26th Annual April Fools' Day Parade

The theme for this year's parade is If It Wasn't For Bad Luck I'd Have No Luck At All. The parade will kick off with a Bob Dylan classic A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall sung by the very vocal WTF! Chorus including General Stanley McChrystal, ex-Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele, actors Lindsay Lohan and Charlie Sheen, Representative Charlie Rangel, and deposed Egyptian President Hosni Mubarek look-alikes. Color commentary will be provided by Governor Mike Huckabee. It may be inaccurate but it will be colorful.

This year's floats will be lead by Grand Marshall Tony Heyward, whose Lap Pool float filled with crude oil will feature BP, Halliburton, and Trans Ocean executives bobbing in the muck. Parade attendees are encouraged to bring stuffed birds, animals and fish to toss into the pool as the float passes. Next will be the corporate-sponsored Supreme Court float featuring justices completely covered with corporate logos waving banners proclaiming Corporations Are People Too! They will be followed by the Congressional Marionnette Show float with lobbyists pulling the strings of dancing elected officials. Next is the giant Royal Wedding Cake Piggy Bank driven by Elton John, featuring Prince William and Kate Middleton on top. Uniformed royal guards will be asking for spare change from the crowd to help pay for the wedding.

Then there will be the Middle-Class Backyard Russian Spy float equipped with lawn chairs, a barbecue, and an above-ground pool. The beautiful sexy Russian spy Ana Chapman will be handing out hot dogs to the crowd. Next is the State of Arizona float driven by Governor Jan Brewer as a wall is being constructed by illegal Mexican immigrants. This will be followed by a motorized 30-foot miniature of the USS Enterprise commanded by Captain Honor projecting lewd and lascivious videos for the crowd to see. The Pope will make an appearance in his new decked-out Pimpmobile tossing colored condoms Mardi Gras-style to the crowd. Throughout the parade fleeing Arab Dictators and Tyrants will dash along carrying bulging suitcases overstuffed with American dollars. The Topeka Westborough Baptist Church float will bring up the rear protesting everything and damning everyone to Hell.

As the parade ends at Washington Square Park, the party begins, featuring live music, food, concessions, and entertainment. McDonald's will be serving kiddie meals with a prize of cadmium-laced Shrek glasses. The TSA booth will be offering free Polaroids of your naked body scan. Mel Gibson will be distributing a CD of his Best Rants Against Blacks, Jews, and My Wife. The Texas School Board will be giving away rewritten textbooks portraying their own version of history. Texas Representative Deborah Riddle will host a day care booth for "terror" babies born to illegal immigrants. The Times Square Car Bomber Faisal Shahzad will be giving a how-to demonstration using recalled Toyotas. A clandestine U.S. Psy Ops booth, posing as a Hawaii time-share office, will convert all visitors into war-mongering hawks; Free massages will be available, sponsored by Vice President Al Gore.

The New York April Fools' Day Parade was created in 1986 to remedy a glaring omission in the long list of New York's ethnic and holiday parades. These events fail to recognize the importance of April 1st, the day designated to commemorate the folly of mankind. In an attempt to bridge this gap and bring people back in touch with their inherent foolishness, the parade annually crowns a King or Queen of Fools from parading look-alikes. The King of Fools from the 2010 parade was Glenn Beck.

The public is encouraged to participate, in or out of costume, with or without floats, and may join the procession at any point along the parade route. Floats can be no wider than 10 feet and no longer than 30 feet. They can be self-propelled, towed, pushed or pulled. Customized bicycles, tricycles, baby carriages and aerial balloons are welcome. All participants are costumed look-alikes, and the Parade Committee assumes no liability for damages caused by satire. We welcome WPIX-TV, who will sponsor the live telecast this year. Confetti for the parade is graciously provided by Wikileaks. Joey Skaggs, Committee Chair.

Parade starts at Fifth Avenue and 59th Street, Manhattan
Noon; $free
info(at)joeyskaggs.com
212 254 7878
AprilFoolsDayParade.com

***** Also on FRIDAY *****

UnOfficial presents:

Coachella Dance Party

Coachella's best artists with the best tunes, 2,600 miles closer to home. This is your chance to rock out to music from this year's Coachella line-up including Arcade Fire, Kayne West, Gogol Bordello, CSS, Chromeo, !!! and more. Free coat check, free glow sticks, cheap drinks and drink specials, no tables, no bottles, all fun -- always be sexy.

Secret Theatre Poco Space
4402 23rd Street, Long Island City, Queens
7 to Courthouse Square station
9p-1a; $10 cover
unofficialpresents.com

***** Also on FRIDAY *****

The Ministry of Silly Dance is proud to present:

The Inaugural Silly Dance-Off

Max Power and Jenny C'est Quoi are joining forces to whack a silly stick straight into the side of Central Brooklyn. Join the duo as they kick off spring with some serious ridiculosity, presenting the inaugural Silly Dance-Off at the Emerson. This retro dance competition pits dancers in competition for bar tabs and silly prizes as judges tap dancers on the shoulder to dismiss them from the competition until only one champion remains.

From a proud legacy of fools, Mayor Max Power and Jenny C'est Quoi bring you an April Fools' Eve event that's no joke. Judged by exquisite members of Storybook Burlesque, the Silly Dance-Off re-imagines dancing competitions of yore with groovy beats by DJ Choyce Hacks (Brooklyn Beardfest and Stache Bash). This fierce competition will boil down to Silliest Solo, Silliest Couple and Silliest Costume. Brush up on your Funky Chicken and grab a partner (or swing it stag), but expect this dance party to be zanier than your Uncle Larry after his third Manhattan.

Emerson
561 Myrtle Avenue, Brookyn
9p-2a, competition starts at 10; $free
sillydanceoff.com
theemersonbar.com

***** Also on FRIDAY *****

The Butt Kapinski Last Show and Star Cabaret

For you, it's an evening of gorgeous acts and swinging live jazz at a hot new performance space in Williamsburg. For private eye Butt Kapinski, it's just another night.

Come see the clown that the Lincoln Center For the Performing Arts Director of Public Programming called Hilarious, and the Hartford police called "Probably not part of the parade," in her swan song show right before she leaves New York City for good.

Featuring Snaps Alden and the Butt Kapinski Orchestra, with Jean Loscalzo on Trapeze, Tess Emerson on Lyra, Balloons by Mistress B, 7-minute Opera by the Donovan Ensemble, bellydance by Ranya Renee Fleysher, and Hoops by Melissa-Anne the Hula Hoop Harlot. Custodial by Billy Dee Bedlam and Flap. Come for the show, stay for the afterparty. DJ Dusty Walker spins funk, soul and world until the wee hours.

Big Sky Works
29 Wythe Avenue, at North 14th Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
8:30p doors open and band starts, 9p show; $15, $5 for afterparty
facebook.com/event.php?eid=168020539914205
buttkapinski.com

***** Also on FRIDAY *****

Saint Hollywood Preview Party and Fashion Show

Welcome to our world. Saint Hollywood is a hysterical and audacious musical peep show. A genre-bending ride into the belly of the Hollywood beast. With outrageous fashions and striking multimedia installations created by Saint Hollywood artists. Hosted by Willard Morgan, a comic in search of a church. Co-hosted by costume designer Uta Bekaia. The future of fashion for those who don’t mind being the center of the universe. Featuring DJ Eunice and VJ Lucia J. Lee. New mixes, deep space video, mind-altering installations.

Ideal Glass
22 East 2nd Street, and the Bowery, Manhattan
6:30p doors. 9p fashion show; $free, with open bar
idealglass.org
sainthollywood.com

***** Also on FRIDAY *****

Adventures in Crazytown: Elation Station

Elation Station will be the place for recognizing and celebrating the many wonderful things that life has to offer. Join us in a bonanza of the senses. Get down to the nastiest beats with the nicest people. This is an all out-of-town lineup that you have never seen before, but will definitely want to see again. There is a heated warehouse, and an outside with a bonfire if it's not raining. Dress warm just in case and then dance your layers off like an onion. Maybe some firehooping. If you spin fire, you can do it here. The weather may be cold but you can come hang with a bunch of warm, fun party people.

Glitch and bassheavy breaks from Mr.Rogers, glitch hop and music to get pregnant to from Willy Whompa, psychedelic crunk step with Psy-Fi, Ne Tempo with house and breaks, and live electronic jam trio Daha.

372 Ten Eyke Street, Brooklyn
$5
21 and over
adventuresincrazytown.com

***** Also on FRIDAY *****

Brooklyn Boogie

Brooklyn Boogie is an all-ages creative movement class and dance party for people who like to play. The activities are designed to help you play with, discover, and express your Self using movement and improvisational games.

Dress for comfort and self-expression. People of all backgrounds, ages, and physical abilities are welcome and celebrated. Stay sober, let loose.
The Gym Park is a gymnastics and play center with a foam-carpet spring floor, 20-foot trampoline, rigs for aerial silk and yoga, flying rings, soft colorful mats, monkey bars, and 2700 square feet of gymnastics equipment.

The Gym Park
81 Oak Street, near Kent, Brooklyn
G train to Greenpoint Avenue station
8:30-11:30p; $10-20 donation, $free if you volunteer
TheGymPark.com

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Pantheon

A history of art from the streets of New York City. Opening reception. Artists: Abe Lincoln, Jr., John Ahearn, Adam VOID, Cahil Muraghu, Cake, Darkclouds, Droid, El Celso, Ellis Gallagher, Faro, John Fekner, Freedom, Gen2, Goya, Groser, Richard Hambleton, infinity, Ket, LSD Om, Matt Siren, Nohj Coley, OverUnder, Oze 108, Quel Beast, Royce Bannon, Sadue, Skewville, Stikman, Toofly, UFO, and more to be announced.

Thirty five graffiti writers and street artists will unite to reclaim the former Donnell Library as a repository of visual information on the growing world-wide phenomenon of street art. This exhibition will present an art historical timeline that is a part of New York City’s unique legacy. The artistic contribution of these cultural catalysts and preservationists from the 70s to the new millennium will address the ever-changing urban landscape and alternative modes of producing art in the streets.

In addition to reactivating the space within the building, the site is carefully considered in relation to the neighboring buildings. This former public library in Midtown is situated in front of the Museum of Modern Art. MoMA’s founding Director, Alfred H. Barr, Jr.’s, 1936 art history diagram on Cubism and Abstract Art is a major inspiration to the curators. Pantheon presents each decade of graffiti and street art as a cross-pollination of traditional and non-traditional artistic vision that is informed by pop culture, politics, art, music and fashion.

Chashama, Donnell Library Building
20 West 53rd Street, between 5th and 6th avenues, Manhattan
5-7p; $free
infopantheonnyc.com.
pantheonnyc.com
chashama.org.

***** Also on SATURDAY *****

Fluo Funk

Installation art party. A completely magical environment created by installation artists with a fractal and or fluorescent focus. In conjunction with Ocular Delight Event Decoration. Mystifying performances by Amazing Amy yoga contortionist, Blake the Juggler, and more. Plus late night disco. Contact us if you would like to be part of the installation team or perform a mystifying/fluorescent act.

Surreal Estate NYC
15 Thames Street, Brooklyn
10p-3:30a; $15, $10 for fluorescent outfits
oculardelight(at)gmail.com
oculardelight.com

***** Also on SATURDAY *****

Newmindspace presents:

Pillow Fight NYC

Sixth annual massive pillow fight in New York City. Teddies fly and pillows soar as we gather for a massive urban pillow fight in Union Square. Swing and whack as you evade pillow-wielding assailants. Dress in pajamas and clean up your mess afterward.

This year's pillow fight is timed to coincide with pillow fights in cities all over the world. The Rules: soft pillows only, swing lightly, no feathers allowed.

Volunteers needed for the cleanup effort. If you would like to help clean up, please bring some trash bags.

Union Square
East 14th Street and Broadway, Manhattan
3p; $free
All ages
newmindspace.com

***** Also on SATURDAY *****

Whack Pillow Fight Afterparty

After the epic pillow fight, join us for a night of thumping beats at the spacious Hiro Ballroom. Featuring top talent, a booming soundsystem, spontaneous celebrations, and a low, low price. Come early, stay late, dress wild. Musical selections by Hellfire Machina, Viking, Alex English and guests.

Hiro Ballroom
88 9th Ave, Manhattan
10p; $8 advance
19 and over
tinyurl.com/whack2011

***** Also on SATURDAY *****

Barter Dinner Performance at Trade School

This Saturday bring us chocolate, a drawing, a bike light, a dance move, or handmade clothing in exchange for a performance dance work and a dinner that will include fermented foods, seeds, soup stock, leaves, and dessert. Performers include Christina Andrea, Karen Gleeson, Julia Handshu, Kate Cahill, Brianna Kalisch, Emmet McMullan, and Meredith Ramirez Talusan.

32 Prince Street, Manhattan
6-8:30p; $barter
tradeschool.ourgoods.org/#class189

***** Also on SATURDAY *****

The 22 magazine presents:

Scroll Bowl V

Harnessing the ancient power of scroll storytelling, some of the world's finest creators gather to show off their work on large and small rolls of parchment. Created in 2008 by artist Will Varner, Scroll Bowl was a unique way for artists and illustrators to present their work large scale and interactively.

Drawing from an array of traditions, commentary and communication, Scroll Bowl V presents a modern look at the scroll as both an object and as a tool. Focusing on the artist's approach to an ancient tradition Scroll Bowl V speaks through sound, video, installation and drawing. Through this exploration we hope to elicit a rediscovery of scrolls and our views of them.

TenEleven Bar
171 Avenue C, Manhattan
7p; $free?
the22magazine.com/
mim.io/7049e

***** Also on SATURDAY *****

Dead Herring

Dead Herring continues its monthly comedy show with some of Brooklyn's funniest comedians. This month features stand ups, clowns, musical comedy, a storyteller and a slack rope walker.

With Kurt Braunohler doing stand up, John Flynn telling stories, Michael Richter on the slack rope, Jared Logan doing more stand up, Doug Smith also doing more stand up, Jeff Seal and Chris Manley Vaudeville-ing it up, Adira Amram and the Experience playing music, and the whole thing is hosted by Elihu Dietz.

141 South 5th Street, 1E, Williamsburg, Brrooklyn
9p; $3

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Jazz Funeral And Second Line Parade For Coney Island

When Coney Island’s now demolished Henderson Music Hall was subjected to pre-demolition work in October, we shuddered at the destruction to come and said it was time to start planning a New Orleans style funeral. As it turns out, James Demaria, a New York filmmaker with strong ties to New Orleans, is planning a traditional Jazz Funeral for Coney Island. Our Jazz Funeral and Second Line Parade will say goodbye to the old and express our hopes for the rebirth, says Demaria, who staged a Second Line over the Brooklyn Bridge last year on the same date.

Following the funeral parade to dance along with the music is called second lining. These joyous parades have been called the quintessential New Orleans art. The event in Coney Island will feature a New Orleans style brass band, horse and carriage for the symbolic coffin, and Darryl DancingMan504 Young leading the way. The group will stroll down Coney’s Stillwell Avenue in a somber march. But when the procession nears the Boardwalk, says Demaria, it’s time for the dead to be reborn. From that point we will Second Line and dance until we can’t dance no more.

Mr. Pustra is coming from London to Coney Island to make some noise on his musical saw. Dancing Man is coming from New Orleans to Coney Island to make some noise with a jazz funeral. The Dreamland Pier Bell is coming from under the sea to Coney Island to ring in the new season!

Jambalaya Brass Band will be performing live in a New Orleans-style funeral/parade at the Jazz Funeral and Second Line Parade for Coney Island.

Starting at the Coney Island Museum
12th Street and Surf Avenue, Brooklyn
2p; $free

***** Also on SUNDAY *****

Down the Road: Modern New York Street Photography

New York City has a long history of street photography, tracing back to the 1800′s and early practitioners like Jacob Riis and Alfred Stieglitz. While rooted in Parisian traditions, New York street photography developed by its own rules.

By the 1940s, the work of street photographers like Weegee and Helen Levitt led to the so-called hard boiled strain of photography -- cynical, gritty, raw -- of post-war American photographers such as Robert Frank, William Klein, Garry Winogrand,” according to Street Photography: From Atget to Cartier-Bresson.

Faced with the challenge of capturing the Greatest City in the World, New York’s street photographers often labored obsessively, building massive bodies of work, while struggling to be published. Entire photo archives sometimes remained unseen, as in the case of Angelo Rizzuto, who died unknown in 1967 and left 60,000 unpublished images to the Library of Congress, which were only compiled into a retrospective book in 2006.

Today, however, the wide availability of digital cameras and computers has resulted in an explosion of new photographers roaming the streets of New York, who publish their work on photo blogs and photo networking websites like Flickr. Emerging street photographers no longer need to work in obscurity, and can immediately present new work to a large audience online or self-publish a book with a few clicks of the mouse.

But it takes more than a camera and a computer to be a successful contemporary street photographer. This conversation with several practicing New York street photographers will discuss the current state of street photography, and consider what may lie ahead, down the road.

With photographers Jake Dobkin, Clayton Patterson, and Matt Weber in attendance for discussion along with Nathan Kensinger.

Union Docs
322 Union Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
7:30p; $9 suggested donation.

***** Also on SUNDAY *****

Steampunk Anachronism II: Exposition to Candyland

The Anachronism is Webster Hall's first and only Steampunk event. Bringing together together an incredible evening of performance, fashion, circus, and adventure, the Anachronism explores the madly delicious universe of Candyland â€" as seen through a neo-Victorian monocle.

The spectacular lineup of musicians, sideshow artists, burlesque performers, and fashionistas makes The Anachronism NYC's most inclusive and affordable Steampunk gathering. If you're a bona-fide Retro-Futurist, bring your goggles! If you have no idea what Steampunk is, come anyway -- and come as you are! We aim to make Steampunk fun, inclusive, and accessible to anyone who might be a little... steamcurious.

Webster Hall
125 East 11th Street, Manhattan
3-11:30p; $15, $10 advance
theanachronismnyc.com

XXXXX MONDAY, APRIL 4 XXXXX

Le Squeezebox Cabaret

A night of accordion-driven variety. David F. Slone, Esq. invites you to celebrate his birthday with The Love Show Dancers and several of Brooklyn’s hottest underground accordionists, dancers, singers and magicians.

Performers scheduled thus far include Corn Mo (.357 Lover), Benjamin Ickies (This Ambitious Orchestra, The Ja Ja Jas), Juliet Jeske (Wham Slam Bam Variety Hour, Hard Candy Burlesque), Matt Dallow (Amour Obscure), The Love Show Dancers, Bobbie Horowitz (Horowitz and Spector), Alexis Karl (Anima Animus Animal), The Great Dubini (The Love Show), Evan Laurence (Sexahol, Carne Musica, Evan Laurence Presents), Valton Jackson (The Love Show/Nutcracker: Rated R), and your host, David F. Slone, Esq. (cleverly disguised as Un Garçon Named Suzette).

Public Assembly
70 North 6th Street, between Wythe and Kent, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
L train to Bedford Avenue
9p doors, 9:30p show; $10 cover, no minimum
lesqueezebox.com
publicassemblynyc.com
cubanasocial.com

XXXXX TUESDAY, APRIL 5 XXXXX

Adult Education presents:

Cuisines of the World

The line-up will include: Robert Reid, Defining the Sandwich: A Survey in Truth; Caitlin Macrae Andre and the Egg MacRae explores the impact of brunch on society at large; C.A.B. Fredericks, Californian Cuisine; the Confined Nomad, Eating the UN, A-Z, Without Leaving NYC; hosted, as always, by comedian Charles Star.

Union Hall
702 Union Street, at 5th Avenue, Brooklyn
8p; $5
adult-ed.net

***** Also on TUESDAY *****

The Moon

With Kristen Schaal, found footage mavens Everything Is Terrible,
Alex Koll, Emily Heller, and music from John Foti. Hosted by Nat Towsen and Bob Walles, and MoonKids Bryan Condon, Jordan Clifford, Camille Harris, Tim Skinner, Kenny Pickett and James Beard.

Also, The Moon did all 17 of the videos for the ECNY Awards and presented an award live. It was great, and the videos are great. They're all available online.

The Royal Oak
594 Union Avenue, at North 11th Street, Brooklyn
8p; $free
718 388 3884
themoonshow.com

***** Also on TUESDAY *****

Golden Thrills Productions presents:

The Electroscheme

Half movie, half film, all irregular. This experimental feature comedy tells the story of a world-famous computer hacker, his team, and their quest to finish a highly anticipated project -- the most epochal hack in the history of time. The unique quasi-mockumentary experience mixes live action, stop motion animation, digital animation and over an hour of original music to tell an exciting tale of technology, fame, and eternal friendship. All are welcome to join us and be thrilled.

Launchpad
721 Franklin Avenue, Brooklyn
8-10p; $free
the-electroscheme.com
brooklynlaunchpad.org

XXXXX WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6 XXXXX

Kings County Cinema Society presents:

Back to the 60s: Trippy Hippies on 16mm film

Guest Curator Movie Mike reaches into his archive of real 16mm film to present footage he shot at the Easter Sunday Human Be-in, Central Park 1967, an early and authentic Hippie peace-and-love event. More 16mm film will include a Stoner's Night Out reel of alarming anti-drug propaganda... and a clip from Roger Corman's 1968 freakout Wild in the Streets. We'll see what happens when the Hippies take over, elect a rock n roll president, and drag everyone over 30 to a concentration camp for forced LSD.

For the feature, Peter Boyle stars in Joe (1969), as a hippie-hating hardhat searching the East Village for his wayward daughter, a very young Susan Sarandon in her first film role. A shocking portrait of a working-class gun-loving bile-spewing bigot from Queens; a forerunner to Taxi Driver and a vision of NYC on the eve of its free-fall.

Freddy's Bar and Backroom
627 5th Avenue, between 17th and 18th streets, Brooklyn
8p show; $5 suggested

***** Also on WEDNESDAY *****

Caligula Maximus

The Saint at Large, gaydom’s longest running underground party and producer of the Black Party, joins forces with Lady Circus at their home base the House of Yes Theater, to present Caligula Maximus.

Set on the last night of the notorious emperor’s life, the debaucherous Caligula takes on a beautific Jesus Christ in an X-rated wrestling match for the hearts and hard-ons of ancient Rome. Originally staged to critical acclaim at La Mama, the sold-out play has been overhauled as an all-singing, all-dancing spectacle in which audiences are encouraged to take off their togas for a dip in the Cosmic Pool.

Featuring Kayvon Zand, starring Jamin Ruhren (aka Acid Betty), with Stormy Leather, Brittany Campbell, and the Lady Circus aerialists Anya Sapozhnikova, Airin Dalton and Matt Griffin. Book and lyrics by Alfred Preisser and Randy Weiner (Donkey Show), musical arrangements by Brent Lord.

House of Yes Theater
342 Maujer Street, Brooklyn
L train to Grand Street station
8p; $?
Continues through April 15
houseofyes.org/events

***** Also on WEDNESDAY *****

Bailout Theater

We will have free dinner and desserts provided as always by friendly Village restaurants, plus home made meals using fresh produce and a potluck for potluck enthusiasts.

At 8p, in collaboration with choreographer / dancers Carlye Eckert and John Sorensen-Jolink, we present Stuffed: An evening of dinner and dance, featuring works by Charlotte Bydwell, Carlye Eckert, Jack Ferver, Deborah Lohse, Michelle Mola and John Sorensen-Jolink.

All of our events are completely free, require no RSVP, virtually no understanding of etiquette, and are open to everyone. If you'd like to bring something small to add to our potluck, we would love that. But, by you are by no means required to do so.

Judson Memorial Church
55 Washington Square South, Manhattan
7p doors, 7:30p dinner, 8p show; $free
info(at)bailout-theater.org
bailout-theater.org/

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The Bushwick Book Club

Songs inspired by Robert Frank's The Americans. It's our first book of photography. Please join us for slide presentation, music and food, and drink specials inspired by this seminal work.

Goodbye Blue Monday
1087 Broadway, Brooklyn
J,M,Z trains to Myrtle station
8p; $free
718 453 6343
myspace.com/goodbyebluemondayinc
bushwickbookclub.com

XXXXX UPCOMING XXXXX

* Horned Ball No. 7, April 8
* Anarchist Book Fair, April 9-10
* Obscura Day, April 9
* Folly Day, April 23
* ABC No Rio Gala and Benefit Auction, May 3

XXXXX ONGOING XXXXX

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 *****

* Explosion-Proof, a newbie print magazine, was launched in the face of a great tragedy: the rise of a new generation. You have seen them: in headphones at concerts, made-up on treadmills, slurring fond memories of last year’s television; a whole generation dedicated to the pursuit of Happy Hour and air-brushed romance. Many times before has such frivolity arisen from corporeal privilege and immaterial neglect, but never in history have the young people sang and danced with such desire, such need, for literal head pats. Explosion-Proof is not a blog, as we hate blogs. It is not an internet magazine, as we don’t believe the screen is the best home for the serious rumination that good writing demands. Yes, you are reading this on the internet; yes, we have a website, but we do not publish our content on it. We are aware of the shortcomings of dead-tree publishing. It will be expensive. It will limit our readership. We remind those who feel these are two insurmountable obsta
cles that books, the kind held in hand and laid on shelves, may not travel the speed of light, but neither do they disappear when plugs are pulled. And, we guarantee, neither do they explode. It’s a dream to be shared by all those who hunger for an essay that won’t be dated in 24 hours. It’s for those who don’t call writing content. We're currently seeking submissions for our short fiction contest, whose prize is a first edition of Ernest Hemingway's the Old Man and the Sea and publication in our Summer issue. The contest deadline is June 7; for more details, refer to our contest page: explosion-proof.net/2010/11/15/win-a-first-edition-of-the-old-man-and-the-sea/.

* Call for participants in anti-Walmart flash mob: Walmart is currently in talks to open its first of as many of 120 stores in New York City. If they succeed, it could forever alter the face of our city: destroying communities by putting mom and pops out of business and trapping workers in permanent poverty-wage jobs as other employment opportunities in the neighborhood dry up. We must defend NYC from the Bentonville Behemoth. That’s why NY Jobs with Justice, NY Communities for Change (formerly ACORN), and other members of the Walmart-Free NYC Coalition are teaming up with the Rude Mechanical Orchestra to orchestrate a flash mob Friday, April 8 at noon to throw a fun-loving wrench into the works. There will be song dance, and funny masks to wear. If you don’t think you’re a great dancer, don’t worry, there’s still a role for you. Contact one of the following event organizers: Austin Guest, NY Jobs with Justice: 831 917 6400, austin(at)nyjwj.org. Maritza Silva-Farrel
, NY Jobs with Justice, 631 375 2244, maritza(at)nywj.org, Sully Ross, Rude Mechanical Orchestra, 347 267 5321, sullyross(at)gmail.com. Our first dance rehearsal and planning session is this Saturday, April 2 at noon in midtown.

* Graphic Designer Wanted: NYC has an illegal advertising problem. An estimated 500-plus illegal billboards go unreported every day because the Department of Buildings can't keep up, costing the city millions of dollars a day in uncollected fines (and worse, perpetuating a culture of visual and mental pollution). Jordan Seiler (anti-advertising activist), Clay Ewing (game designer and Parsons professor) and I (schmuck) are developing a game for iPhones and Android phones to document the problem and embarrass the city into stepping up its enforcement. We're looking for a graphic designer to create a strong visual identity that is immersive and engaging, plunging players into the narrative of the Vigilante Sign Enforcement Squad. We have a good chance at winning an upcoming grant, which would allow us to pay a modest fee. If you're interested, please drop a line with links that boast of your design chops. And please forward to anyone else you think might be interested in joinin
g the team. Contact Jason, jason.eppink(at)gmail.com.

* Art in Odd Places (AIOP) invites artists working across disciplines to propose projects for its seventh installment. Taking place from October 1 to 10, along 14th Street from Avenue C to the Hudson River in New York City, we encourage proposals that explore this location's rich history, configuration, and heterogeneous communities. The theme for the upcoming edition of AiOP is RITUAL including Ceremony, Habituation, Myth, Obsession, Superstition, Liturgy, and it will be informed by propositions on the sacred and profane in everyday actions of people in public space. AiOP 2011: RITUAL offers artists the opportunity to make art outside formal spaces by reconfiguring their artistic practice as public actions or urban interventions without the confinement of a gallery or museum space. AiOP 2011: RITUAL wants to engage passers-by, providing them with a new perspective of an otherwise familiar environment through site-specific installations, social and spatial interventions, vide
o and audio projects, performance, new media, and other inventive practices. In addressing the distinct manifestations of ritual, the festival aims to broaden the public’s outlook on art, city dwelling, and social conventions. To apply visit artinoddplaces.org (submit proposal) for full guidelines and application forms. Proposal Deadline: May 8.

* Fleeing Pages. It's a pop-up book store that is to occupy a space left vacant by a big box book seller. This "temporary autonomous zone" of books, book making, reading, writing, book art, culture, community and events will take place for just one month: May 2011. Jodi, a cultural activist based in Braddock, PA, has a deep passion for revealing how economic choices impact culture. She is looking for interested and motived people to be involved on the project and with whom to connect. There's a lot of potential in this for folks of many disciplines within a six-hour radius of the area. Write to her at jodi(at)fleetingpages.com

* Sarah Lawrence Graduate Student needs female stand-up comedians for casual interview. Looking for women who earn (or, at least, try to earn) a substantial portion of their income from stand-up. Preferably women who currently perform and women who did this in the '90s/ have done it since the '90s. I need interviews from women who broke through/tolerated sexism in stand-up (how they did it, who inspired them etc.). If you would like to know more about my intentions/ credentials before you give up your story, email me and I would be happy to elaborate. Compensation: I'll buy you drinks. Contact: Cindy, cwukmir(at)gm.slc.edu.

* 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 248th Mad Scientist Exposition Science Fair! Tri-boards aplenty! Ribbons for many! Somebody wins! 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)! Email shannonkerner(at)gmail.com (soon!) for more info. Plan for May. Need a project? We'll give you one! Need a partner? We'll get you somebody! Groups up to four people may be a good idea. Declare your intent, fellow fun-ists. If you do not do it you are not fun.

* Call for Nautical Volunteers: Flux is looking for volunteers for Sea Worthy, our upcoming boat-building and all things maritime show! We'll be building boats and holding local voyages all summer long. Do you like to build? Or sail? Do you have amazing ideas for launching points in the waterways of New York? Contact Georgia at georgia(at)fluxfactory.org.

***** SPACES *****

* Sublet: April 10-24. One bedroom in a big, sunny, three-bedroom Carroll Gardens apartment. Share with an industrious architecture student. Bright, colorful artist apartment one and a half block from F and G trains at Carroll Gardens station. Good cooking kitchen. Wi-fi. Netflix. Two weeks for $500. Contact jstarknonsensenyc.com.

* Subletting the large front room in our apartment for daytime/evening use by an artist or artists. It is a bright room on a quiet street in Lefferts Garde, five minutes from the Q train and Prospect Park. We would welcome a few people sharing it as a work space, practice/rehearsal area or quiet retreat for writing. The room is very spacious with four huge windows and high ceilings. Typical Brownstone parlor room style but with built in cabinets and closets. You can also use our terrace during the day which is full of plants in the summer. Rent is $600 and it cannot be rented as a sleeping/living space. Unfortunately no musicians because our neighbors said so. Unless you are a very, very quiet musician, in which case we can discuss. Please contact julia.leshin(at)gmail.com for photos or to visit.

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: Puppet designer and co-founder of Apocalypse Puppet Theater Robin Frohardt

*In working with puppets, do you ever find them creepy?*

"Yes, I do find them creepy. The creepy part for me is when they feel like children in your hands. I don’t like putting their clothes on, you know? Because I feel like, all of a sudden, that I’m dressing a child. I don’t know if that’s some internal instinct. But when they’re just sitting over there, looking at me, that doesn’t bother me."

Read the complete interview at allthatwevemet.com/2011/03/robin-frohardt-believes-in-magic-of.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.

XXXXX LEARNING XXXXX

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.

XXXXX LEARNING: FRIDAY XXXXX

Mobile Security Hackday

To celebrate April Fools Day and to highlight mobile phone & digital network insecurities, the Guardian Project (GP) and Mobile Active (MA) are hosting this new #SaferMobile initiative. This hackday will showcase mobile tools to enhance security, profile GP’s open-source tools, and feature a room for peer-to-peer conversations about mobile security. It’s designed for developers or hackers who want to learn about developing secure mobile phone services, and its for non-developers and peer-to-peer people who want to root their phones or learn about mobile security.

Open Mobile Lab
127 West 27th, Suite 702, Manhattan
9:30a-5p; $?
mobileactive.org
guardianproject.info/wiki/%22Don%27t_Be_Fooled%22_Mobilehack_Day

***** LEARNING: SATURDAY *****

Lasagna Gardening

Learn the simple and inexpensive technique of “lasagna gardening” in this hands-on workshop. Lasagna gardening is an easy no-till, no digging, soil-building method that will save time, money, and space as you create a perfect place for all your spring seedlings! This workshop is held at the Secret Garden in Bushwick. Directions will be emailed to you before class. Led by Luke Halligan
Jenny Blackwell

Garden location TBA
Bushwick
1-3p; $5
Registration required: bbg.org

***** LEARNING: Also on SATURDAY *****

Free Contemporary Congolese Dance

Isaac Kataly Diallo teaches contemporary Congolese moves.

North Hall at John Jay College of Criminal Justice
445 West 59th Street, Room 2200, Manhattan
11:30a-1p; $free
congo_dancer(at)yahoo.com

***** LEARNING: SUNDAY *****

Economical, Easy, and Green: Spring Cleaning Workshop

It’s been a long, cold winter but spring is around the corner. It’s time to think about spring cleaning. Common Good is eager to share some economical, easy and green tips for cleaning without harmful chemicals. First, we will discuss the harmful chemicals that are in everyday cleaning products and why you should consider going green. Then, we will make some economical, easy and green cleaners that you can take home with you.

We will make: glass cleaner, deodorizing spray, soft scrub. Bring two clean spray bottles, one clean jar with lid, a favorite skin safe essential oil (optional). Many other cleaners will also by discussed. Led by Sacha Dunn. In lieu of cash payment, the teacher requests that you offer to do one of the following: tell a friend about Common Good, suggest a location for bulk refill in your neighborhood, give feedback on our workshop, make a green action plan on PracticallyGreen.com, promise to explore your local green market at least once in April, offer feedback on our website or blog, or give an insider tip by naming a website, company, or person you think that we should know about

Trade School
32 Prince Street, Manhattan
1-2p; $trade
tradeschool.ourgoods.org/#class172

***** LEARNING: Also on SUNDAY *****

Installation: Creating an Environment

This class is for artists who aspire to make and exhibit environments through their art, that their audience can enter and interact with. This course includes contemporary art lectures defining what installation is, breaking down different approaches â€" public art, electronic art, land art, sound, web art, graffiti, performance, sculpture, etc. Along with these discussions there will be project assignments based on the possibilities of using a two-dimensional image in places other than the gallery wall, the combining of analog and digital, and using more senses than just ones’ eyes to experience art. Students will learn how to write a successful installation proposal that they can submit to galleries and juried shows.

The basic structure for this course will be an hour lecture, giving students some installation art history and the basics of putting together an installation proposal. Followed by an in-class assignment involving a challenge or a kind of “call for artists,” in which the class will be given time to develop an idea for a space set within realistic parameters and bounce ideas off the instructor and their peers. We will be having critiques (for new work, pre-existing work, ideas, and proposals.)

This is not a technical class. It is about idea building, and for people to take the medium that they already work in or understand and have it evolve physically into something more interactive. This class is geared toward working artists, photographers, and designers who aspire to show at venues like PS1, the Venice Biennale, or the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall. Led by Allison Maletz. Mention Nonsense NYC at registration for a 10% discount.

3rd Ward
195 Morgan Avenue, Brooklyn
Four Sundays, 1:30-4:30p; $120 members, $150 nonmembers
718 715 4961
3rdward.com

***** LEARNING: Also on SUNDAY *****

The Cross-Cultural Interaction

Artists and activists living or working in a community that is demographically different from themselves can affect a wide range of change, both potentially harmful and beneficial, in the existing fabric of the neighborhood. This class will serve as a space for grappling with your role in the community and deepening your understanding of the cross-cultural interaction. Discussion will include points on oppression, solidarity, gentrification, anger, fear, retaliation, and remediation. Led by Christine Kim. In lieu of cash payment, please bring one of the following: fruit and vegetables, tea, olive oil, grains, toothbrush, a wide-toothed comb, vegan shampoo and conditioner, bread, whatever craft you can make me...a drawing, jewelry, cookies, etc. (vegan please)

Trade School
32 Prince Street, Manhattan
6-8:30p; $trade (see above)
tradeschool.ourgoods.org

***** LEARNING: Also on SUNDAY *****

Free: The Secret Science Club Presents Neuroscientist Paul Glimcher

Every waking moment involves choice. Android or iPhone? Pancakes or waffles? Boxers or briefs? Time to call it quits, or time for another drink? My place or yours? What exactly goes on in our brains when we're confronted with so many options?

A leading pioneer in the new field of neuroeconomics, scientist and author Paul Glimcher uses the latest technology to uncover how brain biology controls decision-making. He asks: Why do wrong decisions sometimes feel so right? Are other animals ever irrational? Is money an outgrowth of our neural circuitry? What happens inside the brain when we take risks?

The Bell House
149 Seventh Street, Brooklyn
8p; $free
secretscienceclub.blogspot.com

***** LEARNING: MONDAY *****

First-Time Home Buying

Tired of renting? Saved up a nest egg? In this class Realty Collective will take you through the daunting process of buying your first home.We begin with this question: is it better to own than to rent? (Hint â€" sometimes the answer is no). From there, we take you through, step by step, to get you to closing. Will you still want to buy once you know what it takes?

Brooklyn Brainery
515 Court Street, Brooklyn
7p; $15
brooklynbrainery.com

***** LEARNING: TUESDAY *****

Rethinking Math: Enticing Shapes and Sexy Numbers

This two-week math course will be a composite of history, anecdote, a bit of homework, group work, jokes, art, and obviously math. First class: we will learn some neat math that is taught in schools using numbers (blisteringly mindnumbing) but I'll illustrate using simple shapes (intuitive, titillating, and alluring). Second class: we will leave behind shapes and push our brains to the limit as we explore the insanity of the past, present, and future number theory. No arithmetic or math skills past the 4th grade required. Led by Marshall.

Brooklyn Brainery
515 Court Street, Brooklyn
Two Tuesdays, April 5 and 12, 7-8:30p; $25
brooklynbrainery.com

***** LEARNING: WEDNESDAY *****

Brewing for Poets

A one-hour tasting class for beer enthusiasts and nonbrewers that want to learn more about the home-brewing process without too much technical stuff. We will sample 10 common beer styles, discuss their history, brewing process, and how/why they differ from other styles. We will be exploring variations of IPA, Lager, American Ale, porter/stout, and Belgian beer. Strictly 21 and over.

Brooklyn Commons
388 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn
7:30-8:30p; $35
citybrewshop.com
bit.ly/h3Tz3B

***** LEARNING: Also on WEDNESDAY *****

Venezuela Under Hugo Chavez: Continuous Radicalization

A lecture by Steve Ellner, a professor at the Universidad de Oriente in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela, and author of “Rethinking Venezuelan Politics.”

Brecht Forum
451 West Street, Manhattan
7:30p; nonmembers $6-$15; members $free
brechtforum.org
212 242 4201

***** LEARNING: Also on WEDNESDAY *****

A Meditation Class

Anthony brings a dynamic new approach to meditation that actively engages the individual's intuition and creativity. By demystifying the meditation process he makes it fun and accessible. In this class we will examine and explore several different types of meditations involving observation, movement, visualization, and partnering activities. To make the class a communal experience there will be dialogue between each of the meditations. The class is followed by an opportunity to socialize with others over chai tea. Led by Anthony Whitehurst.

Randy Warshaw Studio
7:30-9p; $12
anthony(at)consciousbee.com

***** LEARNING: ONGOING *****

NOTE: The Ongoing section of LEARNING runs only on the first Friday of each month.

NEW
* Darkroom lessons and tutorials, at Bushwick Community Darkroom. Brooklyn. Three-hour time slots Mondays through Thursdays 4-7p and 7-10p; $10-$18. bushwickcommunitydarkroom(at)gmail.com.

BODY
* Free West African Dance with Nafisa Sharriff at Countee Cullen / P.S. 194. Harlem. Monday and Wednesdays 6:15-8:15p; $free. 212-234-4500; 212-841-5449 -

* Anti-Gravity Yoga at Om Factory. Brooklyn. Various days. omfactorynyc.com.

* Evolation Yoga, Body Bou Saf, Core Isolations, Pole, and more at Sacred. Brooklyn. Daily. sacredbrooklyn.com.

* Haitian dance with Bwa Kayiman musicians, featuring various Haitian teachers, at Ripley Grier. Manhattan. Fridays 7:30-9p; $10. negmawonproductions.com

* Queer and Trans Yoga is a class specifically for the LGBT community, at Third Root Community Health Center,. Brooklyn. Sundays 5p and Thursdays 8p. $12. thirdroot.org

* Aerial circus classes (trapeze, silks, lyra, conditioning, hula hoop,and strip-tease aerial). Williamsburg. Various times. $25-$30. aerialmoves.com

* Hatha Yoga and Kundalini/Breath Work at Boutique Studios. Brooklyn. Mondays and Fridays, respectively, at 8p. Bring a mat or towel. 917-651-7717. kristinmirabelle(at)yahoo.com

* Free Yoga at BHQFU. Manhattan. Sundays 7:15-8:45p. bhqfu.org/wiki/doku.php?id=start#courses

* Free Hoop Dance, outside of Macy's at Broadway above 34th Street. Manhattan. Mondays 6-7p. $free

* Tao Yoga and Tsa Lung (The Shamanic Yoga of Zhang Zhung) led by Lama Ji at Surreal Estate. Brooklyn. Tao Yoga Saturdays at 10a; Tsa Lung Tuesdays at 5:30p. $donation. surrealestatenyc(at)gmail.com

* Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu at Triskelion Arts. Brooklyn. Training is centered on jissen gata combat fighting. Membership is selective, but you may attend the first class free. Saturdays 5-7p, Sundays 2â€"4p. triskelionarts.org/events.htm#classesoffered

* Afro-Haitian dance with Julio Jean at Ripley-Grier Studios. Manhattan. Saturdays (except Jan. 1); 4:30-6p. $10. jeanjulio(at)gmail.com

* African dance with Imani Faye at the Kennedy Center. Harlem. Thursdays 6:30p; $10. 212 862 6401 Ext: 410

* Flirting with Burlesque at the School of Burlesque. Manhattan. Thursdays 7-8p. $15. schoolofburlesque.com

* Tribal Fusion bellydance class with Fayzah at Battery Dance Studios. Manhattan. Tuesdays 5:30-7p. $20. dancespiral.com or fayzahfire(at)gmail.com

* Contemporary dance, hip-hop, belly dance, African drumming, and much more at Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation. Brooklyn. Various days and times $10+. 718-636-696

* Congolese dance with Funmilayo at Rod Rodgers, Manhattan, Thursdays 6-7:30p; and at Shambala, Fridays 6:30-8p. $varies. fushadance(at)aol.com or krosebud14(at)hotmail.com

* Open company class with Perceptions Contemporary Dance Company, intermediate/advanced. Brooklyn. Thursdays 5-6:15p. $12. RSVP at perceptionsdance.com.

* Balkan folk dance at the Hungarian House. Manhattan. Wednesdays 6:30-8p; $12. nycfolkdance.org

* Introduction to House Dance with Linda La Naija at Black River Dance. Harlem. Fridays 6-7:30p; $14. blackriverdance.com

* The Art of the Samurai Sword with Raab Rashi at The Workman's Circle/NYR Studios. Manhattan Thursdays 6-7p; $free intro lesson, $15 beyond. swordclass.blogspot.com

* Capoeira, a Brazilian martial art and dance, with Capoeira Angola Quintal. Manhattan. Various days; $15. afrobrazilarts.org/newyorkcapoeira/index.htm

* Parkour workshops. Manhattan. Sundays 4p; $15+ nyparkour.com

* Aerial classes (silks, trapeze, lyra, pole dance, ballet) at the Sky Box at House of Yes. Brooklyn. Monday through Saturday; $15. theskybox.org/classes

* Aerial yoga. Manhattan and Williamsburg. Various days; $20. aerialyoga.com

* Group tightwire walking, foot-juggling, and more at Trapeze Loft. Williamsburg. Sundays 5-6p; $25. thetrapezeloft.com

* Trampoline at Streb Lab for Action Mechanics. Brooklyn. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays 7-8:30p; $25. streb.org/V2/school/adults.html

* Co-ed nonsexual naked yoga. Manhattan. Various days; $?. groups.yahoo.com/group/coyoga/

* Trapeze, silks, lyra, conditioning, hula hoop, and strip tease aerial classes with Harvest Moon at Embody Studios. Brooklyn. $25-$30. aerialmoves.com

* HoopSkool. Manhattan. Various days, times thefunnestbootcamp(at)gmail.com

* Introduction to Birdwatching. Brooklyn. Sundays noon-1:30p. nycgovparks.org/events/2010/11/21/introduction-to-birdwatching

BRAIN
* Free Patching Circle at NYC Resistor. Brooklyn. Every third Sunday of the month; 3-8pm. nycresistor.com. puredata.info/community/NYCPatchingCircle

* Free Hacker Helpline from Eric Singer of LEMUR (lemurbots.org) to answer your questions about projects, electronics, software, robotics, physical computing, Max/MSP, etc. For help, open Skype, add contact "hackerhelpline," and go to the Mood section to see dates and hours. e(at)ericsinger.com

* Free open craft/hack nights at NYC Resistor. Brooklyn. Thursdays 6-9p; $free. nycresistor.com/2008/11/22/open-craft-hack-nights-on-thursdays/

* Free math studies at the School of Mathematics, which cultivates a natural, stress-free environment where everyone can explore, study, and discover mathematics. Prior knowledge is not assumed. Brooklyn. Various days; $free. thewe.net/math

* Writing with constraints at the Writhings Society. Practice writing with arbitrary, sometimes mathematical, rules invented by the French group Oulipo and others; no experience necessary. Brooklyn. Wednesdays 6:30-8:30p; $5+. proteusgowanus.com

* Study Hall (a workplace for writers and thinkers) at Proteus Gowanus. Brooklyn. Weekdays, 10a-5p. $50 a month, includes free WiFi, free coffee, discounts on events, and sometimes free home-baked goodies. proteusgowanus.com

HANDS
* Juggling classes (various props; all ages and abilities). Manhattan, Mondays 5:30-6:30p. Brooklyn, Tuesdays 6-7p; $20. jugglingclasses.com

* Free Bike Shoppe at 3rd Ward. Brooklyn. 718 715 4961. 3rdward.com/calendar

* Assorted artstar classes at the Madagascar Institute! Brooklyn. Various times; great prices. madagascarinstitute.com

* Free Make-A-Bot Mondays at Alpha One Labs. Brooklyn. Mondays 7p; $free. psytek(at)alphaonelabs.com, alphaonelabs.com

* Free Craft-On (fun with yarn, thread, and more) with Church of Craft. Brooklyn. Some Thursdays at Etsy Labs and some Sundays at SpaceCraft; $free. churchofcraft.org/2008/10/01/welcome-nyc-crafters/

* Free bicycle repair classes at Time's Up! Manhattan and Brooklyn. Various days. $free. times-up.org/index.php?page=bike-co-op

* Free home-improvement classes, from tiling to drywall repair, at Home Depot stores. Saturdays and Sundays; $free. homeimproverclub.com/workshops.aspx?Type=3

* The Fixers Collective is a social experiment in improvisational fixing and mending. Participants bring their broken objects and put them on a large, common fixing table and share ideas and techniques for repairing, mending, enhancing, or repurposing the objects. Brooklyn. Thursdays 7-9:30p; $5 donations. proteusgowanus.com/main/fixers-collective

* Figure drawing at Brooklyn Artists Gym. Mondays 6:30-9:30p and Saturdays 12-3p; $8-plus. brooklynartistsgym.com/events.html#workshops

* Figure Drawing for Illustrators at Triskelion Arts. Williamsburg. Tuesdays 7-10p. $10 model fee.meetup.com/illustrators/

* Guinean Rhythms drum class with Ibrahima Kolipe Camara at Chelsea Studios Please bring a drum. Manhattan Fridays, 6:30-7:30p. $15. kolipe81(at)yahoo.com; 646-897-2293

* Beading classes at Brooklyn Bead Box. Various days; $varies. brooklynbeadbox.com/classes.html

* The needle arts at Brooklyn General Store. Various days; $varies. brooklyngeneral.com/shop/classes/

* Knitting and spinning classes at the Yarn Tree. Various days; $varies. theyarntree.com/studio/classes/

* Mosaic workshops. Manhattan. Wednesdays 1-4p and 6-9p; $100 for four-class workshop. newyorkartworld.com/things/things-mosaichtml

* Wheel and handbuilding classes at La Mano Pottery. Manhattan. Various days; $300 for eight-week class. lamanopottery.com

* Studio Sundays: Intergenerational Programs at Museum of Arts & Design. Manhattan. Sundays 2-4p. $10 (includes admission and materials) http://212-956-3535.madmuseum.org212-956-3535.madmuseum.org

* Females-only African drum class at Oduduwa Cultural Arts Center. Jamaica, Queens. Sundays 11a-noon. $10. balletintlafricans.com

* African drumming with Ibrahima "Kolipe" at Chelsea Studios, 5th Floor. Manhattan. Fridays 6:30. kolipe81(at)yahoo.com

* Drumming with Michael Markus at Church Street School for Music And Art. Manhattan. Mondays 6-8p. $20. All levels. info(at)magbana.com. magbana.com
* Bookmaking, architecture, self-made art supplies, masks, fabric, and more using repurposed materials from our warehouse at Materials for the Arts. Long Island City. $18. Days and time vary. mfta.org/education_workshop_schedule.html

GRAB BAG
* 3rd Ward offers multi- and interdisciplinary courses in visual art, technology, and fabrication. Various days; $varies. 3rdward.com/classes

* Gearilla!, a street theater workshop (on bikes). Various locations. Tuesdays 2p; $10-plus. monicahunken.com/classes.html

* Creative arts classes at Spoke the Hub. Brooklyn. Various days; $varies. spokethehub.org

* First aid for cats and dogs. Manhattan. Saturdays 10-2p; $65 (if purchased online). nyredcross.org/viewclass.php/prmCID/32/month/08/year/2009

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 *****

Tell Your Road Trip Story

Ever been on a road trip? Would you like to talk about your experiences on road trips? I am a graduate student in Sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center and I am looking for people to interview about their experiences taking road trips. Whether you’ve taken one or 100, if you would like to share your thoughts, please contact me. I will then send you a short series of questions. If you are interested in continuing with the project, we can arrange an in-person interview to be filmed. The end results of this project are to publish articles about road trips experiences and to create a documentary. I have institutional approval for the project and am happy to answer any questions you have. A consent form will be emailed to you along with the questions. Hope to hear from you!

Erin: erin213(at)gmail.com with the subject Road Trip

***** HELP: NOW *****

Crochet

My name is Olek, I am a NYC based artist. You might have seen pictures of my most recent installation entitled Crocheting the Charging Bull in the Financial District. I am reaching out to you because I am in real need of volunteers, students, etc. to help me crochet my next projects. I wouldn't be lying to you if I said that I am currently submerged by work and, as I am sure you already know, crochet is an extremely time consuming activity which often takes precious time away from the more creative aspects of my artistic endeavors. My studio is currently situated in the Financial District but volunteers can work from home.

olek(at)agataolek.com
agataolek.com
vimeo.com/18306137

*****HELP: SOON*****

Documentary Filmmaker

UpBeat NYC is a small nonprofit organization that operates free music programs for residents of Bedford Stuyvesant and the South Bronx. It has offered its services year-round to at-risk children, youth and adults since 2009. We are currently seeking a skilled filmmaker to create a short film capturing the spirit and efforts of our participants and staff.

richard(at)upbeatnyc.org
upbeatnyc.org

***** HELP: NOW *****

Exercise With Seniors

Jewish Association for Services for the Aged has three senior centers in Co-op City, Bronx are in desperate need of exercise instructors. Zumba, Yoga, Tai Chi, Pilates, Aerobics. The locations are located within walking distance of a number of different bus lines. If you have the skills and a little spare time, please volunteer to lead an exercise class at one of our centers. Our seniors are lively, fiesty and dedicated.

Various Locations, Co-Op City, Bronx
volunteer(at)jasa.org
bit.ly/gncusD

***** HELP: UPCOMING *****

Graphic Design for Documentary

The National Economic and Social Rights Initiative (NESRI) seeks a volunteer to help us with graphic design for a grassroots documentary short film, More Than a Roof. We need assistance with developing branding and identity (a logo, color palette, typeface) as well as layout for collateral materials. Volunteers who can fulfill one or more of these needs are welcome. Must be fluent in professional design software. If possible, please provide links to portfolio or previous work. This position can be fulfilled remotely or in our downtown Manhattan office.

90 John Street, Suite 308, Manhattan
Phil Wider: phil(at)nesri.org
nesri.org
bit.ly/h5I0J9

***** HELP: UPCOMING *****

Performance Mix Festival

New Dance Alliance seeks part-time volunteers to assist the artistic director with event set-up and strike and ushering for the Performance Mix Festival. This opportunity is ideal for those deeply interested in experimental dance and performance. April 26-May 1, Tribeca and Lower East Side.

To apply, email a resume and brief statement of interest to Karen Bernard
info(at)newdancealliance.org
newdancealliance.org

***** HELP: UPCOMING *****

Stage Set Up and Take Down for a Multimedia Performance

Our Silent Canvas, a non-profit multimedia arts collective seeks volunteers to help out with setting up and/or dissembling the Installation Set Design. OSC is organizing its second multimedia concert on April 29 entitled Echo the Elements in Chelsea, Manhattan.
The show will feature brand new works by four diverse contemporary composers, alongside a set/installation design by a team of visual artists and a gallery exhibit. Setting up will start in the morning, April 29 at the venue. Further details will be provided after you contact us. A lunch meal will be provided.

St. Peter's Chelsea
346 West 20th Street, Manhattan
oursilentcanvas(at)gmail.com
oursilentcanvas.org

***** HELP: UPCOMING *****

Beam Camp

Beam Camp is an overnight summer program 7-17 in Strafford, NH, where kids 7-17 learn to make their ideas happen through fine and manual arts, technology and collaboration. Every session campers collaborate on a spectacular Beam Project and engage with our full-time and visiting staff of professional architects, videographers, builders, engineers, designers, and makers of all kinds. They swim, hike, play games and enjoy 750 acres of mountain, forests and lakes, while transforming ideas into artifacts and personal achievement into community success.

We’re looking for a chef, a waterfront director and some great counselors to join us this summer. If you’re interested, email brian(at)beamcamp.com.

***** HELP: ONGOING *****

SOCIAL
* Trinity Place offers transitional shelter for homeless LGBT youth in Manhattan. Help with various duties. techhelpplease.com/tps/volunteer/
* Street Project serves at the University Soup Kitchen, Saturdays from 11:45a - 3:30p. streetproject.org/eventarchive.php
* St. John's Bread and Life: Help with the Soup Kitchen, Mobile Soup Kitchen, or Food Pantry. breadandlife.org/volunteer.htm
* GiveGoodGet Project recognizes people doing good for their community. facebook.com/givegoodget
* GALLOP, a therapeutic riding program for individuals with diabilities. gallopnyc.org
* RightRides and SafeWalk offers late night rides. Help to increase safety in our communities. rightrides.org
* The Fortune Society teaches reading, writing and math to former prisoners and young people facing prison time. 212 691 7554 x250 or fortunesociety.org
* Samitarians of NY offers a suicide-prevention hotline. samaritansnyc.org/volunt.html
* New York Cares: Attend an orientation to learn about volunteer opportunities. newyorkcares.org/volunteer
* Books Through Bars sends books to prisoners all over the country. Mondays and Thursdays 7:30-9:30p and Sundays 5-8p. abcnorio.org/affiliated/btb.html
* Volunteer Referral Center will match you with a non-profit organization that needs your help, for free. volunteer-referral.org
* City Harvest feeds the homeless by hosting special events. cityharvest.org
* Housing Works provides housing and services for individuals affected by HIV and AIDS.
housingworks.org
* Helping Hands for the Disabled. Volunteer for a special event, or read to a blind person over the phone. 718-728-0868
* New York Road Runners works with kids who run, race, and more. volunteers.nyrr.org
* Computers for Youth increases the availability of educational resources to low-income youth. cfy.org
* National Language Service Corps: Use your language skills to help others. nlscorps.org
* Stoked Mentoring mentors kids through skateboarding, surfing and snowboarding. stoked.org
* Domes for Haiti, a grassroots org building geodesic domes. domesforhaiti.org
* Paws NY helps pet owners experiencing financial hardship care for their four-legged friends. pawsny.org
* Carter Burden Center For The Aging offers support to homebound elderly. burdencenter.org
* GO Project: Become a mentor or tutor for low income elementary school students. goprojectnyc.org
* Bideawee finds good homes for pets and takes care of them while they’re waiting adoption. bideawee.org
* Animal Center of Queens helps care for pets awaiting adoption. acq.petfinder.com/
* Arab-American Family Support Center offers support for Arab American families including: After-school programs, Adult Education and more. aafscny.org
* Food Bank of NYC runs various food programs. foodbanknyc.org
* V.I.S.I.O.N.S. has services for the blind that include reading and fitness. visionsvcb.org
* Project Harmonist has an extensive list of volunteer opportunities and civic events in North Brooklyn. projectharmonist.org
* FIERCE, the only LGBTQ youth-led community organization in NYC. Various tasks. fiercenyc.org
* Picture the Homeless, mobilizing people who are homeless to be an organized, effective voice for systemic change. Various support tasks. picturethehomeless.org
* Restaurant Opportunities Center of NY works towards improving working conditions and raise standards in the industry. Various duties. rocny.org
* Urban Justice Center serves vulnerable residents through legal service, systemic advocacy, community education and political organizing. Seeks attorneys on a pro bono basis. urbanjustice.org
* Relit NY recycles books, hosts free book handout events and more. relitny.org
* Brooklyn Community Pride Center provides support for the LGBT community and their families in Brooklyn. lgbtbrooklyn.org
* MCCNY Homeless Youth Services provides emergency shelter and drop-in services for homeless LGBT youth at various locations. homelessyouthservices.org
* Hetrick-Martin Institute, Home of the Harvey Milk High School seeks volunteers for various tasks: graphic designer, food preparation, and more. hmi.org/Page.aspx?pid=214
* Bed-Stuy Food Not Bombs shares food every Saturday at 3 p in Von King / Tompkins Park at the corner of Lafayette and Marcy in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. bedstuyfnb.org
* Food Not Bombs serves vegan food in Tompkins Sq Park, Manhattan. Sundays 1p abcnorio.org/affiliated/fnb.html

HEALTH
* You Can Thrive! provides support and healing to those fighting breast cancer. youcanthrive.org
* The Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture needs speakers of African languages and Tibetan for medical service translation. meghan.nickerson(at)nyumc.org
* The Medicare Rights Center ensures access to affordable health care for older adults and people with disabilities. medicarerights.org
* Hospice Care with Visiting Nurse Service of New York provides End of Life care for individuals and support for their loved ones. vnsny.org
* Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center needs help to deliver quality health services to the residents of the South Bronx. asc.bliss(at)gmail.com or nmoss(at)bronxleb.org
* Haitian Centers Council, Inc.: needs health educators to reach out to the Caribbean community in Brooklyn. hccinc.org
* The Rock Dove Project connects holistic, natural, health care practitioners who offer services for cheap/free/barter, with seekers of those services. rockdovecollective.org
* Chemo Comfort: Work on projects to support patients going through chemotherapy. chemocomfort.org
* Positive Health Project, a multi-service agency for New Yorkers at risk of HIV/AIDS and other health problems is looking for volunteers to help with client outreach. dharris(at)phpnyc.org
* Community Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) needs community-based volunteers for disaster preparedness. Free training. nyc.gov/oem
* Third Root Community Health Center provides radical, sliding scale alternative health care including yoga, massage, acupuncture and herbal education/consultations. stephen(at)thirdroot.org

CREATIVE
* NY Street Opera is a non-profit musical theatre. nystreetopera.com
* NY Artists Unlimited brings theatre and art to under-served audiences. nyartists.org
* 826NYC: Volunteer as a writing tutor for 826NYC.org
* El Museo del Barrio: Help this Latino cultural institution with one of their many awesome events. elmuseo.org
* Market Hotel Project has a new initiative to create a sustainable, all-ages, open-to-the-community, 7-nights-a-week home for independent music and art. markethotel.org/
* The Landmark Loew's New Jersey Theater needs help with theater restoration and operation. loewsjersey.org
* The Garden State Theatre Organ Society is currently installing and/or repairing five theatre organs in north and central NJ. No experience necessary. gstos.org/orgproj.htm

POLITICAL
*Lambda Independent Democrats, Brooklyn’s oldest LGBT organization, representing the community in various political matters, voter registration, lobbying, and more. lidbrooklyn.org
* Transportation Alternatives: Biking, walking, and public transit advocacy. Office volunteers needed. elena(at)transalt.org or transalt.org
* lowercased democrats: Design a citywide public meeting house, support a petition drive. lowercased.org

ENVIRONMENTAL
* Project Safe Flight rescues disoriented and injured birds and help migratory birds. nycaudubon.org
* Brooklyn Animal Rescue Coalition needs help with dog walking and cat petting. barcshelter.org
* Time's Up!: Direct-action environmental advocacy: gardens, bike co-op, Bike Lane Liberation Clown Brigade. times-up.org
* The Bridge Incorporated is seeking open-minded volunteers with a green thumb and big heart to assist and co-manage the residence garden. staylor(at)hsny.org
* The Horticultural Society of New York has many opportunities to work with community garden projects. hsny.org
* The New Jersey Tree Foundation plants trees in Newark, most Saturdays. newjerseytreefoundation.org
* ioby connects donors and volunteers to environmental projects in their neighborhoods to inspire new environmental knowledge and action in NYC. ioby.org
* Trees Not Trash is transforming Bushwick with green space and gardens. treesnottrash.org
* Milliontrees NYC is filling the city with trees and maintaining them. milliontreesnyc.org
* Rainforests of NY, is taking action against NYC's consumption of tropical hardwoods.
rainforestsofnewyork.net

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