FRIDAY
8pm (+ 2/4): poets, puppeteers, musicians and other artists join forces for an evening of puppets + poetry at brooklyn arts exchange, including alphabet arts, dolly parton cover band doll parts, and the occupy wall street puppetry guild. $10.
8pm (thru 2/5): multiple playwrights collaborate on one work without knowing what [...]
This weekend: 30 Rock burlesque, bar crawl, 50s dance
Skint weekend: ‘cool dance’ fest, zeppelin-a-gogo, homebrew contest
FRIDAY
6-10pm: opening reception for group exhibit 120db, showcasing the work of thirteen female concert photographers. fort useless (bushwick), free.
7, 9pm (thru 1/29 + 2/2-5): the 9th annual cool new york 2012 dance festival features 60 companies and choreographers performing in an intimate setting. white wave (dumbo), free.
7:30pm (thru [...]
This weekend: Flying snakes, Marijuana-logues, chili cook off
FRIDAY
8pm (+ 1/21, 26-28): airborne mutant serpents attack earth in everywhere theatre group’s flying snakes in 3d. what did you think it was about? the brick, $18.
8:30pm: former off-broadway show the marijuana-logues lets tony camin, rob cantrell, and bruce cherry perform monologues about their favorite herb. bell house, [...]
This weekend: Burlesque, No Pants ride, Disney singalong
FRIDAY
8pm: ‘nerd nite’ launches their new magazine with a party featuring presentations, djs, dancing, more. galapagos, $11.11.
8pm: bonjour! sing along to your favorite tunes from beauty and the beast and compete against other fans in the trivia, costume, and egg-eating contests. bell house, $10 adv, $12 dos.
This weekend: Night bazaar, Harry Potter ball, dreidels
FRIDAY
5pm-1am (thru 12/17): the brooklyn night bazaar returns with independent merchants and food vendors, plus performances by the hold steady, fucked up, midnight magic, titus andronicus, lcd soundsystem’s james murphy (dj set), more. 149 kent ave (williamsburg), free, $10-22 for bands.
This weekend: Holiday fairs, secret science club, books galore
FRIDAY
6:30pm: dan rollman and corey henderson discuss their book the recordsetter book of world records and attempt to break the record for the largest group hug in a bookstore, amongst other feats. powerhouse arena, free.
This weekend: BK comics fest, beard competition, record fair
FRIDAY
8pm: tonight’s kings county comedy hour at bushwick’s vaudeville park features bob powers, brooke van poppelen, elihu dietz, michelle wolf, erik bergstrom, and host matt koff (the onion news network). $5.
This weekend: Nerd trivia, puppets on film, indoor BK flea
FRIDAY
7:30pm: put on your best specs for nerd night trivia + presentations about zombie combat methods, bad trips (that’s travelling trips) and the ‘psychology’ of twilight. galapagos, $10 adv, $14 door.
This weekend: Spinal Tap, open studios, crappy cinema
FRIDAY
12-6pm: the brooklyn navy yard museum (bldg 92) officially opens to the public for the first time since 1801. free.
7, 11:11pm: ‘these go to eleven’… spinal tap, followed by skype q+a with band members nigel tufnel and derek smalls (christopher guest and harry shearer) at 7pm screening. bam rose cinemas, [...]
This weekend: Marcel the Shell, Salsa Slam, Guy Fawkes Day
FRIDAY
6:30pm: jenny slate (snl, bored to death) and dean fleischer-camp launch their new book featuring their adorable one-eyed youtube creature marcel the shell with shoes on. powerhouse arena, free (rsvp).
