FRIDAY
8pm (+ 2/4)

8pm (thru 2/5): multiple playwrights collaborate on one work without knowing what others are doing at piper mckenzie’s dainty cadaver. the brick, $10.

8pm: buried alive! = deborah kaufman’s intimate performance staged on a tabletop with sets constructed entirely of matchboxes. observatory, $12.

9pm: blurghlesque, a burlesque tribue to 30 rock, a sexy tribute to liz lemon, jack, kenneth, tracy and all the rest of the tgs gang, with comedy by jena friedman and jessica delfino. matchless, $5.

SATURDAY
4pm: novelist and macarthur fellow colson whitehead reads from his new post-apocalyptic novel zone one, which follows new york’s clean-up job of removing zombies to make manhattan inhabitable again. bpl, free.

5pm: brooklyn museum’s target free first saturday celebrates black males defying stereotypes with discussions, a talk with author carla peterson, a fashion showcase, music from afro-punk band game rebelion, violinist daniel bernard roumain, and dj stormin’ norman, more free.

6pm: the bed-stuy bar crawl includes a free drink from four bars, small appetizers, free stuff from yelp and a copy of the latest not for tourists brooklyn guidebook. $25 (must purchase tickets by midnight fri).

9pm: the folks at secret formula have formulated a grease sing-along and 50s dance (with spiked punch, of course) including shout outs, drinking games, trivia, a costume contest and dance-off, more. bell house, $10 adv, $12 dos.

10pm: the rub classic hip hop dance party rubs one out one last time at southpaw before the venue closes at the event moves to the bell house, $10

11pm: nerds + burlesque = nerdlesque. followed by strip operation! the brick, $10.

SUNDAY
1pm (every first sun thru march): a licensed psychotherapist and garden guide leads a special ‘chase away the winter blues‘ tour of the brooklyn botanic garden. free with $10 garden admission.

3pm (thru 5/26): brooklyn’s truffle theatre company performs shakespeare’s a midsummer night’s dream in the mezzanine of 61 local (cobble hill), $5 for super bowl sunday (reg $15).

6:30pm SUPERBOWL!

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FRIDAY
8pm

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, $10 adv, $13 dos.

9pm: no partner or experience necessary at the new york city barn dance. jalopy, $15.

11pm-4am: do you miss junior senior, annie, chicks on speed, fischerspooner, and the like? sweat to them all and more at ‘le bump,‘ a nostalgic dance party spun by djs mister disco (happy house), brian blackout (secret formula), and chris rogy. cubana social (williamsburg), free.

SATURDAY
4pm: sample pimento cheese and watch a screening of short doc. Iimento cheese, please with director nicole lang at brooklyn kitchen. $5.

7:30pm-12am: five very different female singing cellists sahre the bill at vaudeville park. bonus: drinks by donation courtesy of brooklyn brew and vegan cupcakes. $5-15 sliding scale admission.

8pm: comedienne lisa delarios is joined by guest co-host bobby tisdale at this month’s ‘party machine’ at union hall, featuring kara klenk, dan st. germain, kate berlant, jordan carlos and adira amram + the experience. $5.

SUNDAY
6pm: taste chili from 10 contestants and enter raffles at the habitat’s (greenpoint ) fourth chili cook-off, $10.

7:30pm: todd barry hosts tonight’s ‘pretty good friends‘ comedy show at union hall with guests dan st. germain, kevin barnett, and the found footage festival. $7.

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FRIDAY

8pm: it’s too cold to go to rock-rock-rockaway beach, so get your ramones fix at the observatory with the documentary end of the century: the story of the ramones with filmmakers jim fields, michael gramaglia, and john gramaglia, who stick around for q+a. $8.

9pm: celebrate friday the 13th with the undead at an 80s-themed zombie formal dance at the bell house. $12 adv, $15 door (admission includes a drink ticket).

10pm-1am: sing along with common people! belt out your favorite tunes at the 90s sing-along. legion, free.

SATURDAY
8am-4pm: ikea’s bring a friend day features free breakfast + bogo lunch, $200 gift card giveaways, chair massages, and customized design advice.

3-11pm: dozens of musicians play every single beatles song… on ukulele (!) at the 4th annual beatles complete on ukulele festival. feat. leah siegel, alyson greenfield, the jingle punks orchestra, more. brooklyn bowl, $10 (bring a uke to play at show start, get in free).

5-7pm: swap yourself a new wardrobe while enjoying drink specials at the thrift collective clothes swap. abigail café + wine bar (prospect heights), $15.

6pm-2am: the 12,000 square-foot gowanus ballroom transforms into a multi-staged visual art and performance venue for the gowanus art fair: keeping it small. one-act plays, bands, burlesque, more. $10, free before 7pm.

SUNDAY
7pm: the crappy cinema council watches crappy movies and makes fun of them. this month’s theme: puppets!. public assembly, free.

9pm: djs from the long-running freedom party and the rub face off for an evening of dance party fun at brooklyn bowl, $10-15.

ALL WEEKEND
12:15pm: after breakfast, watch the breakfast club at nitehawk. then get brunch? $11.

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FRIDAY
8pm:

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.

10pm: techno party the bunker celebrates its nine year anniversary with chicago house legend derrick carter, dutch synthster legowelt, derek plaslaiko, more. public assembly, $20.

SATURDAY
11am: ‘lovesick: a wedding expo for the cool at heart’ brings alt/unique wedding vendors to mhow. $6.50 adv, $10 dos.

5-11pm: brooklyn museum’s target first saturday celebrates the lgbtq community with a sing-along screening of rent, an interactive performance with free haircuts, artist talks, hands-on art, a dance party with dj tikka massala, more. free.

8pm: greg barris’s ‘heart of darkness’ comedy night at union hall features gabe liedman, wyatt cenac, matthew modine (yes, the matthew modine) and pianist pete drungle. union hall, $8.

8pm: wasabassco burlesque puts on a free show at the bell house with special guests trick roper-bull whip master chris mcdaniel and alex battles + the whisky rebellion.

SUNDAY
confound and arouse your fellow commuters during the 11th annual no pants subway ride, free with $2.25 subway fare

1pm: every first sun thru march): a licensed psychotherapist and garden guide leads a special ‘chase away the winter blues‘ tour of the brooklyn botanic garden. free with $10 garden admission.

6pm: british record label communion sets up residency at public assembly. this month: performances by clare + the reasons, natalia zukerman, spirit family reunion, levi stephens and sydney wayser. $12.

7:20, 9:40pm: director wim wenders does q+a (7:20pm) and introduces (9:40pm) pina, his 3d tribute to the work of legendary modern choreographer pina bausch. bam, $15.

ALL WEEKEND
the brooklyn flea is back open for the season!

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FRIDAY
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SATURDAY
ring in the new year without breaking the bank – check out the skint’s list of 18 new year’s eve events for $40 and under.

SUNDAY
newyorkology’s list of museums, ice rinks, zoos, and restaurants open new year’s day.

1pm: freeze that hangover right out of you at the coney island polar bear club’s annual new year’s day swim. plus, make a donation to camp sunshine for free breakfast and all-day admission to the new york aquarium. the boardwalk @ stillwell ave, free.

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FRIDAY

8pm: chanukah teams up with shmaltz brewing and christmas has smuttynose in their corner for the 4th annual chanukah vs. christmas battle royale of beer + burlesque at southpaw. $8 adv, $10 door.

SATURDAY
12-2pm (+12/27-29): score with free bowling and shoe rental at brooklyn bowl.

8, 10pm: celebrate christmas eve with ‘a purely coincidental night of klezmer’ at park slope’s barbes. $10 sug. don.

SUNDAY
newyorkology rounds up the museums, restaurants, clubs, ice rinks, zoos and shows open on christmas day

ALL WEEKEND
11, 3:30pm (last chance): red pandas, otters, meerkats and other animals unwrap holiday ‘presents’ filled with treats for our amusement. prospect park zoo, free with $8 zoo admission.

check out the insane dyker heights christmas light displays in the area between 80th + 86th st and 10th + 13th ave.

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Santa knows you've been naughty. And he likes it.

Thursday’s No Office Holiday Party had so many highlights: those high-quality photos from Shootbooth and their 100-year old camera; Kurt Braunohler turning your workplace horror stories into comedy gold or the jams of DJ Colleen Crumbcake that kept everyone dancing way past curfew. For us, the highlight might have been the 10-person Team Brokelyn live-band karaoke rendition of Blister in the Sun, which might have shook the stage (and scared the band) a little. You can relive the freelance-fueled fun via these pictures from our friends at The Brooklyn Chemistry, who documented all the singing, dancing, sexy Santa (and Santa-ess) loving evening. A few of our favorites below!

Much thanks to our party cohosts Brooklyn Based, the skint and Fucked in Park Slope; Kurt Braunohler, Shootbooth, Littlefield, DJ Colleen Crumbcake, Bunnie England and the New Originals, The Brooklyn Chemistry, our sexy Santas and to all of you lovely people who came and partied at the best office party of the year!

Team Brokelyn tears up some live-band karaoke.

Thumbs up for No Offices!

Raise your hand: Who loves the holidays?

See the rest of the pictures here!

FRIDAY

8pm: enter your secret stuffed mounted beaver collection at the secret science club‘s most bonkers event of the year- the 6th annual carnivorous nights taxidermy contest. bell house, $7.

8pm (+12/10-11, 15-18 @ various times): a charlie brown christmas – live accompanied by a jazz trio performing vince guaraldi’s classic score returns for the fourth year to brooklyn lyceum, $10/person, 4/$30.

10pm: ‘do they know it’s christmas?’ secret formula does, and they’re throwing a xmas pop sing-along and santa con pre-party to prove it. the singing continues with guerilla caroling around the ‘hood after. themed drinks, costume contests, free milk + cookies, more! union hall, $8.

SATURDAY
2-5pm: swap your vegan cookbooks, dvds and other animal rights material at launchpad’s benefit for woodstock farm animal sanctuary, free (rsvp)

12-6pm: the first 300 peeps get a free tote bag filled with swag at the fifth annual handmade holiday craft fair. 3rd ward, free admission.

8pm: toys and tiny instruments – whose gear includes everything from toy pianos to stylophones – play rock shop, $8.

8pm: bruce in the usa (‘the world’s #1 tribute to bruce springsteen and the e street band) are the closest we can get to the boss… and for a lot less. brooklyn bowl, $7.

SUNDAY
7pm: the crappy cinema council watches crappy movies and makes fun of them. we’re sensing that the cringe-inducing star wars holiday special will be a part of this month’s theme: the holidays. public assembly, free.

7pm: honky-tonk harmonies reign at the sweetback sisters‘ christmas sing-along. jalopy, $12 adv, $15 dos.

ALL WEEKEND
authors michael showalter, emma straub, josh ritter, many more give book recommendations, sign and help wrap and bag your purchases at brooklyn’s word holiday open house. bonus: free cider + donuts!

thru 1/9: save up to 90 percent off art and photography books and limited editions, plus get a free art book with purchases over $50 at powerhouse arena’s fire sale.

check out the skint’s 40+ traditional and not-so-traditional things to do this holiday season.

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Mistletoe mischief ahoy! Poster by Meghan Doherty.

If you’re a freelancer/work-from-home type, you get to miss out on all the annoyances of the office: the commute, the horribly claustrophobic cubicle walls, the need for “personal hygiene,” etc. But you also miss the good things: namely, a chance to get wasted with your coworkers and blame it all on “holiday cheer.” Well, Brooklyn blogs to the rescue! We’re teaming with our friends at the skint, Brooklyn Based and Fucked in Park Slope to bring you the No Office Holiday Party on Dec. 15 at Littlefield. We’ve got cheap holiday punch, a hot Santa photo booth, live-band karaoke and the always hilarious Kurt Braunohler. And you can make out with whomever you like under the mistletoe; we promise the boss isn’t watching. Full details below.

No Office Holiday Party
presented by Brokelyn, Brooklyn Based, the skint and Fucked in Park Slope
7:30pm
Littlefield, 622 Degraw St., Gowanus
$5 Cover

Spiked holiday punch ($3 for the first hour, $5 after)
Hot Santa Shootbooth photobooth
Secret Santa gifts (A spine-cracked copy of Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, homemade cookies or a box of Entemann’s are all game — you just gotta bring something to get a gift, too)
The comedy stylings of Kurt Braunohler
Bunnie England + The New Originals perform an hour of live band karaoke
DJ Colleen Crumbcake of popshop DJs bring a dance party of soul, funk, new wave and hip hop classics.

Buy tickets now and we’ll see you there!