XXXXX FRIDAY, JULY 5 XXXXX

Crushing Baby Animals

Dirt [contained] Theatre Company and Long Island City Artists Inc., presents an original sci-fi autobiographical play, staged immersively in a 12,000-foot warehouse gallery. Crushing Baby Animals follows the somewhat true story of two artists, Tana and Maria, who realize they share a disturbing childhood nightmare and open up a wormhole, bringing them face to face with their antagonistic dopplegangers. Blending multimedia, physical theatre, and a healthy dose of humor, audiences will travel through dimensions in search of the meaning of the self. Crushing Baby Animals runs concurrently with a fine art exhibition, Welcome to the Multiverse, specially themed to the show.

The Plaxall Gallery

5-25 46th Avenue, Long Island City, Queens

8p; $25

Continues Wednesdays, and Friday-Sunday through July 21

dirtcontained.com

Also on FRIDAY *****

Burlesque at the Beach: Boobiesnatch

You choose the nude. A pick-your-own-plot burlesque show about writing a burlesque show based on the select-your-own-story Black Mirror episode about writing a decide-your-own-destiny video game based on the fictional choose-your-own-challenge novel Bandersnatch. Co-produced and written by Little Brooklyn and Jonny Porkpie. Starring burlesque superstars Fancy Feast, Cheeky Lane, Sizzle Dizzle, Tigger!, Little Brooklyn, Jonny Porkpie, and Stay or Go-Go Juno Staardust. Featuring Jo Boobs as the moment of choice.

When Little Brooklyn calls Jonny Porkpie to invite him create a burlesque show with her, what can he say but yes? Little does he know this fateful choice will set him off on an adventure so twisted it could only happen at Burlesque at the Beach.

Sideshows by the Seashore

1208 Surf Avenue, Brooklyn

9.30p fireworks, 10p show; $20

18 to enter, 21 to drink

SATURDAY, JULY 6 XXXXX

I Only Strip to the Mountain Goats 2

With the blessing of John Darnielle, we'll be gathering once again at the Parkside Lounge (NYC) to celebrate the music of The Mountain Goats via drag, music, go-go dancing, and burlesque. The evening will be covering tracks from all over the discography, so this will definitely be an evening for all fans of the band.

Hosted by Anja Keister the evening will include music by Afterbirth Monkey, drag by Ash Blight, Hazel Tart, and Lambshop Suey. Burlesque by Sex Wolf, Anja Keister, Raina Sinclair, Hope Fire, and Marlena Magdalene. Go-go by MiMi Hurricane. DJ Stormageddon.

A portion of the proceeds will go to the Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights, John's chosen charity for this year's show. The Young Center for Immigrant Childrens Rights protects and advances the rights and best interests of immigrant children according to the Convention on the Rights of the Child and state and federal law.

The Young Center is a champion for the best interests of children who arrive in the United States on their own, from all corners of the world. They serve as trusted allies for these children while they are in deportation proceedings, advocating for their best interests, and standing for the creation of a dedicated childrens immigrant justice system that ensures the safety and well-being of every child. The Young Centers goal is to change the immigration system so that children in immigration proceedings are recognized as children, and best interests are made a part of the decision-making process.

The Parkside Lounge

317 East Houston Street, Manhattan

7p; $18-30

theyoungcenter.org

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Also on SATURDAY *****

Coney Island Animation Festival

Love the circus? Love vintage 16mm films? Love interesting things? Well here we are to give you all your needs. A 16mm animation circus/cartoon short movie night by the Museum of Interesting Things. See vintage 16mm short films; circus, vaudeville, classic cartoons, and nutty stuff from the early 1900s animation. Then peruse our collection of interesting things from our windup circus exhibition that you can touch, have demonstrated and have of fun with interesting things.

Coney Island Museum

1208 Surf Avenue, second floor, Brooklyn

5p; $10

Also on SATURDAY *****

Comedy Sessions

Puff Puff Laugh. Join us in a secret, beautiful loft for jokes. A 4/20 friendly stand-up comedy show, with special treats, food from our house chef, dank trees, and lots of laughs.

Loft in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn

RSVP for exact address

L train to Grand Street station

7-9p; $free

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Also on SATURDAY *****

Hartstop

Music by No Ice, Cuzins the Band, Town Criers, Gothfather666, and Yums. Visuals by Rita Jiménez. Stick n Pokes by Grace. Tarot by Crystal. Crochets.

Rubulad

RSVP for address, Manhattan

L train to Jefferson station

7p; $10

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Also on SATURDAY *****

The World Inferno Friendship Society

Brooklyn's own World/Inferno Friendship Society is an eight-piece cabaret punk orchestra mischief cult. Collaborative circus drunx playing you red eyed soul show tunes with a nice swingy beat. You'd better come see for yourself. Also appearing: This Way to the Egress, cabaret punk extravaganza and folk punk superstars Out of System Transfer. An eclectic night of fun, dancing, theatrics, antics, and perhaps even a surprise epic accordion duel.

Brooklyn Bazaar

150 Greenpoint Avenue, Brooklyn

9p; $10-12

all ages

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Also on SATURDAY *****

Heidi Neilson: Sonic Planetarium

Present Co. is pleased to announce the final installment of our spring season, featuring a new sensory project developed by Heidi Neilson. For the course of her engagement, Neilson will be in situ, developing and prototyping a modular, dome-like sculpture and speaker array entitled, Sonic Planetarium. This aural architecture will relay real-time transmitted sounds of individual satellites as they whisk through the firmament above. Visitors are welcome to serve as beta testers, gauging the experience of a nine-speaker audio environment and witnessing ongoing research and experimentation within this built acoustic structure.

254 Johnson Avenue, Brooklyn

L train to Montrose Avenue station

1-6p; $free

Continues SUNDAY

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SUNDAY, JULY 7 XXXXX

The GAMBA Artery Clubhouse Presents Young Toussaint

GAMBA has been providing community space for artists for years -- and this summer it’s also partnering with Artery to make a clubhouse. You know, a place to go where artists actually hang out, where people talk and where powerful creative work is taken seriously.

This week, we’re showcasing Young Toussaint, “a young Haitian artist spreading nothing but a positive message, good vibes, and Love at all times! My goal as an MC is to be the voice for Haiti that we have never had! I just want to see my people prosper!” Think lyrical dexterity, truth and the desire to represent the true MC. Mental journey, and much love.

Community arts space in Greenpoint, Brooklyn

RSVP for exact address

G train to Nassau Ave Station

7-9p; $12 (email hello]at]artery.is for need based discount)

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TUESDAY, JULY 9 XXXXX

And the Song Voice of the Creator

I want to organize an event for everyone to come together and make sounds. Everyone has a song to sing, even you. Yes you. I've found that singing songs and making noises with people is an incredibly healing, freeing, and transcendental experience. I hope that everyone who comes will learn from themselves and others about vocalizing the inner voice alive within us all. This is also a chance to experience a different kind of concert. One that is created by everyone who shows up. We all know the feeling of being moved by experiencing live music, this is a chance for us to make the experience, and be vulnerable together in making them.

I will provide a microphone and a vocal looper to aid us on the journey inward towards finding the songs within us all. You can make any kind of noise you want, simply speak, or conjure up a melody. It's all up to us all. If you come to this showcase you will be a part of the sound generation. You can offer any type of sound for this event, singing melodies is not a requirement. If you can vocalize any type of noise you can contribute to the event. If you come and decide not to contribute this time that's OK too. If you want to bring an instrument please do. I have an acoustic guitar, singing bowl, and chimes for us to pass around. Tea will be provided as a refreshment. The vibe is whatever we make it.

Apartment in Crown Heights

RSVP for exact address, Brooklyn

2,3,4,A,C trains to Nostrand stations

7-9p; $free

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THURSDAY, JULY 11 XXXXX

Tables of Contents Reading Series

Tables of Contents began as a dinner series in which we cook multi-course meals inspired by a work of classic fiction (Their Eyes Were Watching God, To Kill a Mockingbird, Tender Buttons). Out of that, the reading series emerged as a way to bring authors directly into the mix. At the readings, we have three authors read excerpts from a recent or forthcoming work, and I cook a snack inspired by each passage read, which everyone in attendance gets to taste. We've been lucky to have an amazing group of authors take part, and have found the readings to be sensorially, emotionally, and intellectually stimulating (and delicious). Some of our past authors include Alexander Chee, Alexandra Kleeman, Victor LaValle, Adam Gopnik, Sarah Gerard, James Hannaham, Julie Buntin, Gabe Habash, Carmen Maria Machado, Lisa Ko, Marlon James, and Angela Flournoy. Each evening closes with a conversation Q&A between the authors and Egg chef and TOC curator Evan Hanczor.

In the house this month, Rebecca Godfrey digs into her stunning work of true crime journalism Under the Bridge; Abbigail Rosewood reads from her acclaimed debut novel If I Had Two Lives; and Franny Choi sets us down amidst the radiant poems of Soft Science. We keep these evenings intimate and they fill up quickly, so get your tickets early. Also please note that while we will do our best to accommodate dietary restrictions, all snacks are drawn from specific bits of text, so we may not be able to modify every course. Knowing in advance certainly helps, so give us a heads up.

Egg Restaurant

109a North 3rd Street, Brooklyn

7-9p; $15

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tablesofcontents.org

Also on THURSDAY *****

From the Skint:

The Man in the Iron Mask

Hudson warehouse theater company presents an outdoor production of Alexandre Dumas’ The Man In The Iron Mask at the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ monument in Riverside Park.

Meet at Riverside Park at West 89th Street and Riverside Drive, Manhattan

6:30p; $pay what you can

hudsonwarehouse.org/season.html

Also on THURSDAY *****

Art Hole Presents: July Is for Lovers

Interested in drawing? Painting the nude form? Carousing? And Socializing? We're making it rain with two resplendent models this month. At Rubulad. We'll have some hot tea, some cold drinks and other refreshments but encourage you to supplement with your own. Feel free to invite friends. Just remember: Anyone who comes must participate. All skill levels welcome.

Rubulad

RSVP for exact address, Brooklyn

7:30-10:30p; $12

artery.is/showcases/july11

FRIDAY, JULY 12 XXXXX

Drinking Beer at the End of the World: A Booze Cruise in the Anthroposcene Shane Farrell

In the Bloody Latte Ian Svenonius figures our beverage consumption as a type of colonialist bloodsucking. Vodka comes to represent the United States’ victory over Russia in the cold war, and, even further, the totalizing power of capitalism. Coffee represents colonial dominion over Africa. In this manner we drink the blood of our “enemies.” My project “Drinking Beer at the End of the World” is somewhere between a Situationist derive (Debord, an infamous drunk who oft bemoaned the homogenizing effect of capital on local styles of drink, once remarked “I have written much less than most people who write; but I have drunk much more than most people who drink”), a Speed Levitch tour (or “cruise”) of NYC, and the recently popular “beer run” events in which health conscious imbibers sprint from bar to bar to guzzle pints. But wait, you’re saying, beer isn’t food! Wrong! Just ask the monks of Paulner, who developed the doppelbock in the 1600s as a “liquid

bread” on which they sustained themselves for the 40 days of lent. Or perhaps ask your average English field laborer circa 1400 or so, for whom a glass of ale was a critical source of calories at both breakfast and lunch (until coffee, with cream and sugar for calories, became widely available, radically transforming the productive capacity of the workforce). Ok, but what does beer have to do with sports? Well I’m sorry but if you really have to ask that question you must be quite dense. Beer and sports of course go hand in hand. Many a television screen has been destroyed by a half empty Labatt Blue can haphazardly chucked by an intoxicated and long suffering Buffalo Bills fan. Americans even go so far as to make drinking a competitive sport unto itself, the grand prize being a case of cirrhosis (a tendency that has been particularly amplified by social media, see accounts such as: ]at]officialusadrinkingteam on instagram). Ok ok, but what is this piece exactly? Well it's simply a kind of marathon performance lecture and beer tour through New York City, hosted by Death (played by yours truly). Participants will start out jogging to their first destination and are encouraged to dress in athletic wear. We will bounce from brewery to bar, sampling local styles and probably slowing to a stroll as the day wears on, discussing topics from the role of craft beer in gentrifying neighborhoods and re-invigorating disused industrial spaces to how climate change threatens to destroy the art of lambic brewing. Along the way we might find ourselves playing surreal versions of classic pub games, or seeing who can kick a proper field goal after a pint or two. I’m hoping to rope in friends from the beer and art worlds to help me along the way (and give me a chance to catch my breath). The event will, of course, be designed to discourage intemperance and be safe and fun for anyone of drinking age. Teetotalers are begrudgingly welcome.

Meet at the Smith-9th Street station; look for death, Brooklyn

3-5:30p; $?

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Also on FRIDAY, JULY 12 *****

Adult Sex Ed

America’s failure to provide accurate sex education in schools is comedy’s gain. With special guests Taylor Ortega, SJ Son, Anna Suzuki, and KK Apple. Hosted by Dani Faith Leonard, Adult Sex Ed combines personal storytelling from a diverse roster of guests, scripted sketches, and exploratory deep dives on sexual topics in a hilarious, spicy, and inclusive setting. With guests KK Apple, Taylor Ortega, Anna Suzuki, and SJ Son and Woody Fu. Theme: independence.

Caveat

21A Clinton Street, Manhattan

6:30p; $15

21 and over

caveat.nyc/event/adult-sex-ed-7-3-2019

Also on FRIDAY, JULY 12 *****

The Muff: A Parody Show of the Moth

The Moth is NYC’s longest running storytelling show that people either love or hate. The Muff satirizes all the elements you see at a typical Moth show. Come see the fake drama. The scoring. The drunken judges. The celebrity name-dropping host. And of course, the bucket -- where all names will be picked. Who will be the winner at the Muff? With DC Benny, Jennifer Glick, Joey Novick, Nathaniel Cocca-Bates, Harmon Leon, and Jake Hart.

Kraine Theater

85 East 4th Street, Manhattan

8:30p; $15

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