Weekend Guide
Trollistic Healing, Thurston Moore and More
Thursday, February 28MUSIC: Bushwick Book ClubLocal songwriters adapt Justin Vivian Bond's memoir Tango in this monthly series's latest installment.Strange Loop Gallery, 27 Orchard Street. 8 p.m.MUSIC: Mannie FreshThe Cash Money producer and New Orleans bounce…
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Margaritas, Long-Winded Stories and Oscar Parties
Friday, February 22PARTY/FILM: National Margarita Day at Nitehawk CinemaGive your Saturday morning a big "Eff You" by guzzling a margarita (or four) at Nitehawk Cinema in honor of "National Margarita Day." They'll be slinging $5…
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Russian Baths, The Future of Love and Isaac Mizrahi Sings
Thursday, February 14MUSIC: Big Ups/FlaglandCelebrate the new pink vinyl 7" split from these angsty local punks. With instrumental electrorockers Infinity Shred and heavy, bluesy power trio Low Fat Getting High.Shea Stadium, 20 Meadow Street, Brooklyn.…
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Erotica Readings, Aerobic Performance Art, and Grammys This Weekend in NYC
Friday, February 8FILM: The Lovers on the BridgeLéos Carax's wacky 1991 love story tracks the attachment between homeless street performer Alex (Dénis Lavant) and half-blind painter Michèle (Juliette Binoche). The drastically over-budget production called for…
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Riot Grrrl Cover Bands, Superbowl Parties and Airplane! this Weekend in NYC
Friday, February 1PERFORMANCE: Ellie Ga at the New MuseumArtist Ga's multimedia storytelling project "The Fortunetellers" describes her time drifting across the Arctic on a sailboat called Tara.New Museum, 235 Bowery, (212) 219-1222. 7 p.m. $12.…
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Drum Duets, Closing Parties and More This Weekend in NYC
Friday, January 25Lecture: Ian Svenonius at (le) poisson rougePunk intellectual Svenonius (Nation of Ulysses, Chain and the Gang, the Make-Up), reads from his new book, Supernatural Strategies for Making a Rock & Roll Group.(le) poisson…
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Nick Zedd, Egyptian Lover and More This Weekend in NYC
Friday, January 18FILM: Urgh! A Music War at Nitehawk CinemaHow broad was the phrase "new wave" in 1982? Some of the acts in this film -- the Go-Gos, Joan Jett, Devo, Gary Numan, the Police…
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Filipino Cinema, Williamsburg Raves, and Fashion-as-Art
Friday, January 11BOOKS: Best of Punk Magazine Launch at PowerhouseWith their late-'70s 'zine, John Holmstrom and Legs McNeil to popularize the eponymous four-letter word and to associate it with the music of cover stars like…
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First Jokes, Southland Tales, and Female Drummers This Weekend in NYC
Friday, January 4FILM: Pier Paolo Pasolini at the Museum or Modern ArtAccording to our film critic Dennis Dermody, "master poet and filmmaker" Pasolini's so-called Trilogy of Life films "were all made in the '70s, all…
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Garbage Pail Kids, Joey Bada$$ and Last-Minute Gifts This Weekend in NYC
Friday, December 21 LECTURE: Manuel DeLanda at Eyebeam Artist and philosopher DeLanda discusses his latest book, Philosophy and Simulation: the Emergence of Synthetic Reason (Bloomsbury) and the use of "genetic algorithms in architecture." Eyebeam Art + Technology Center, 540…
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Coloring Books, Dance-Offs and Edward Scissorhands This Weekend in NYC
Friday, December 14 MUSIC: Occupy Sandy Benefit at Saint Vitus Local art-grunge quartet The Men join hazy jangle-poppers Widowspeak, minimal synth-tickler Lust for Youth, and punk-inspired singer-songwriter Waxahatchee at Pitchfork's Occupy Sandy benefit. Saint Vitus Bar, 1120 Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn.…
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Weekend Guide. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Bossa Nova Civic Club Opening & More
Friday, December 7FILM: Griswold Family Christmas at Acme StudioThe folks at ACME studio are hosting a little Christmas movie festival this weekend, showing Elf, Christmas Vacation (before we were all too innocent and young to…
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This Weekend...
Friday, November 30MUSIC: No New YorkIn 1978, when dissonant bands DNA and the Contortions were featured on different sides of the genre-defining No New York compilation, few could have imagined that their respective leaders, Arto…
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PAPER's Post-Thanksgiving Weekend Guide
Friday, November 23PARTY: Father's Day 2 at Steel DrumsSweat out the tryptophan at this warehouse techno rave hosted by Ladyfag with a back-to-back set by L-Vis 1990 and Jam City (both of the Night Slugs label) as…
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PAPER's Weekend Guide
Friday, November 16BOOKS: Moby-Dick Marathon NYCHave you always wanted to tackle the white whale that is Herman Melville's 1851 novel? Now's your chance to chase Moby-Dick around New York, with the likes of Paul Dano, Sarah Vowell,…
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Paper's Weekend Guide
Friday, 11/9BAM will be overrun with films that either delighted you or scared the living crap out of you when you were kid with their series, Puppets on Film. Tonight's installment includes a screening of The Never…
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PAPER's NYC Weekend Guide
Friday, 10/19 Chelsea Clearview delivers an evening of double-D spookiness at a screening of the cult classic film about everyone's favorite nightmare maven, Elvira: Mistress of the Dark, hosted by New York drag queen favorite Hedda…
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