Tips for Today
Art, Beer, Deals: Moves Brooklyn's New Wednesday Night Happy Hour
After a brief closing, wacky Brooklyn "concept store" Moves re-opens remodeled tonight. Turner Williams, Jr.'s paintings will be on the walls and free beer will be on tap. The weekly happy hours will take place every…
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Nutcracker: Rated R and More Tonight in NYC
DANCE: The Nutcracker: Rated R at (le) poisson rougeDo you sometimes imagine essential ballet The Nutcracker by way of a seedy burlesque show? Perhaps a Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy choreographed by Bob Fosse?…
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Dirty Windows and More Tonight in NYC
ART: Dirty Windows at Toomer Labzda The two Brooklyn painters in this show, Patrick Brennan and Jean-Baptiste Bernadet, create blurred, abstract fields whose viewing experience corresponds to the show's title. Toomer Labzda, 100a Forsyth Street. Opening reception…
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Solange at the Bowery Ballroom and More Tonight in NYC
MUSIC: Solange at Bowery Ballroom Former PAPER cover girl Solange takes the stage for her second and final concert this month at the Bowery Ballroom to serve tracks from her groove-tastic EP True, including the PAPER…
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Rita Ora and More Tonight in NYC
MUSIC: Rita Ora at Highline Ballroom PAPER beautiful person Rita Ora is joined by PAPER fave Iggy Azalea for what should be a night of fun. Sold out, but you can still find tickets on StubHub and…
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Tonight in NYC: "Modern Times" at Lesley Heller + More...
ART: "Modern Times" at Lesley Heller WorkspaceThe ten artists in this group show each made vessels in materials ranging from porcelain (Barry Bartlett's Buddha vases) to bronze (Sarah Peters's upside-down head cup, above) to felt (Christy Rupp's…
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Tonight in NYC: Chris Ware at NYPL + More ...
BOOKS: Chris Ware and Zadie Smith at NYPLGraphic novelist and illustrator Ware (Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth) discusses his new book Building Stories -- which takes the form of a box containing fourteen…
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Annie Screens Tonight at IFC
FILM: Annie at IFC Center Annie, the belting, redhead orphan is having a moment. First, she's back on Broadway, and now she's getting her own place in the IFC Queer Art film series with a…
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By Robert James Opens in Williamsburg...
SHOPPING: By Robert James OpeningMenswear designer Robert James opens his new Williamsburg pop-up shop tonight with big-band jazz by Dandy Wellington and his Band, a dj set by John Thornley (US Royalty) and cocktails by…
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Tonight: Animal Collective at Terminal 5...
MUSIC: Animal Collective at Terminal 5Catch indie-electro royalty Animal Collective tonight playing songs off their latest (and craziest) album Centipede Hz, their 10th to date. Be prepared for some psychedelia and giant mouths. Terminal 5, 610…
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Tonight in New York: Diamond Rings at Bowery Ballroom
Toronto glam-popper John O'Regan (a.k.a. Diamond Rings) describes his new album, Free Dimensional, as about "trying to navigate this new world that I'm finding myself in." Opening are percussion-heavy Australian quintet Gold Fields.Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey…
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Western Enisphere Plays at Spectrum
Accomplished avant-garde guitarist David First got his start in the Philadelphia instrumental trio Notekillers, whose late-'70s recordings were given a new audience by Thurston Moore's Ecstatic Peace label in 2004. Tonight he premieres a new…
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Jessica Fellowes Talks Downton Abbey Tonight at the Strand...
BOOKS: Jessica Fellowes at the StrandWe've missed Downton Abbey so much we've either risked our digital security to stream the third season from the UK or been reduced to watching the reboot of Upstairs, Downstairs…
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MVT 2 at Clocktower Gallery...
Man Forever, "Ur Eternity," dir. Nicholas Chatfield-TaylorVIDEO: MVT 2 at Clocktower GalleryDuring September and October, Nicholas Chatfield-Taylor was artist-in-residence at the Clocktower Gallery, inviting visitors to hand-draw frames for a music video for Unstoppable Death…
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Color or Colour... at Charles Bank Gallery and The Baffler Release Party at Housing Works
Katrin Fridriks, Golden Awareness, Screenprint with 14 colors, 39 3/8 x 27 1/2 inART: Color or Colour... at Charles Bank GalleryOn the walls of this international group show are screenprinted swirls of color from Katrin Fridriks and Michael…
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Tips for Today: AD BOOK at Goethe Institut and Grace Coddington at Barnes and Noble
ART: AD BOOK at Goethe InstitutSelf-described "net art collective" BFFA3AE put together this e-book consisting entirely of advertisements paid for by artists and art organizations. Tonight's preview party/"networking event" will feature experimental music from L.A.…
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Tips for Today: Moustache Man at UCB and The T.A.M.I. Show at MoMA
[Image by cuttlefish on Flickr]COMEDY: "Moustache Man: Confessions of a Graffiti Artist" at Upright Citizen's BrigadeFrom 2006 to 2011, Patrick Waldo scrawled the word "moustache" on the lips of countless subway-billboard models before his arrest.…
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Tips for Today: Gary Shteyngart Roast at BAM and Joey Arias & Sherry Vine at XL
CABARET: Joey Arias and Sherry Vine: Looking Back at the Future at XLPAPER pal Joey Arias reunites with former "SINsation" and "StarLust" collaborator Sherry Vine for their first full-length New York performance in a decade.XL…
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Tips for Today: METZ at Mercury Lounge + the CLMP Spelling Bee at the Standard
MUSIC: METZ at Mercury LoungeToronto pigfuck revivalists METZ filled the house wherever they played at last month's CMJ. Tonight they're joined by the local punks in Hunters.Mercury Lounge, 217 East Houston Street. 9:30 p.m. Sold…
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Tips for Today: Portlandia at Barnes & Noble + Fishing with John at Nitehawk
BOOKS: Fred Armisen at Barnes & NobleCacao! Fred Armisen will be appearing at the Union Square Barnes and Noble to discuss the new book Portlandia: A Guide to Visitors. The Fiery Furnaces' Eleanor Friedberger will…
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