XXXXX FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7 XXXXX
Loud Bitch Comedy: Blackity Black Edition
Loud Bitch Comedy is Brooklyn House of Comedy's monthly queer, femme, poc comedy show. Featuring the funniest, coolest, independent comedians in NYC. We’re starting off Black History Month right with an all-black lineup, Lil Kim lyrics trivia, and a chance to win free Hennessy. Still queer, still femme, all black, all welcome.
Roll through and Support Bed Stuy’s best black owned, women run comedy bar and laugh that ass off to NYC’s best queer, femme, independent black comedians. Lineup Courtney Bee, Calvin Cato, Domo Jones, Jackson Reddy, Mahdiy Drummond, Gloresly Smora, and host and producer Sheria Mattis.
Brooklyn House of Comedy
1165 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn
8p; $5 with a two-item minimum
eventbrite.com/e/loud-bitch-comedy-tickets-92251138639
Also on FRIDAY *****
Debate Watch Party
Join us at this unique debate watch party where there will be separate viewing rooms dedicated to each and every candidate in the race. RPM Underground has 42 TVs and 18 separate rooms for a debate watch party like no other. Hang out in any room that suits you or mix it up.
Candidate Rooms: We're changing this up for the New Year. Now every candidate who remains in the race will have a room for their supporters at our event. Undecided Rooms: If you’re still on the fence, watch with other undecided viewers in the front and rear bar areas. We will have a ping pong ball poll to determine the winner of the debate. Also included: special menu items.
RPM Underground
244 West 54th Street, Manhattan
6-11p;
21 and over
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Also on FRIDAY *****
Latin Folk Night Music Salon
Join us at Lightning Society Lofts for a music salon, featuring the sounds of Latin American and Mediterranean folk genres originating from Cuba, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, and Spain. Songs and stories of resistance and heartbreak will be explored by Flamenco singer, Julia Patinella, guitarist Dustin Carlson, and other special guests in an intimate venue. This is a treat not to be missed.
Lightning Society Lofts
245 Varet Street, side alley entrance, take illuminated staircase up to third floor, Brooklyn
8p, 8:30-11p music; $15
viewcy.com/e/latin_folk_night__mu
Also on FRIDAY *****
Contra Dance for All With Brooklyn Contra and Torrent
Join Brooklyn Contra and Torrent! New York's newest contra dance band is Nadia Gaya (accordion), Sarah Stefanski (fiddle) and Ross Parker (piano). Torrent's driving rhythms and exciting tunes will get you on your feet and dancing!
Caller Carl Levine will weave it all together, delighting new and veteran dancers alike!
Camp Friendship
339 8th Street, Brooklyn
7:30p lesson, 8p dancing; $15 regular, $12 student
brooklyncontra.org
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8 XXXXX
Cat’s Eye Cabaret Dear KittyHawk
Are you confused about your love life? Lost as to why you are single? Seeking advice on how to know if this one is the one? Renowned advice columnist Dear KittyHawk is here to answer your questions. Join host KittyHawk Boone and our cast of aerial and burlesque artists for an evening of relationship questions, advice, and mistakes. With Fey Tality, Colleen O’Banion, Mara the Cat Bear, Debra Delorean, Bobby Fishnets, Dickie Smalls, and Minnie D’ Moocha.
The Deep End
1080 Wyckoff, Brooklyn
6:30p doors, 7p show; $15 online, $20 door
brownpapertickets.com/event/4498617
Also on SATURDAY *****
D20 Burlesque's Annual Slash Fic Spectacular
Come February we at D20 Burlesque like to celebrate the month of love in the weirdest and nerdiest way we can imagine, with a burlesque show focusing on burlesque tributes of some of your favorite character's lustful longings! This year we are entering our 5th year of this wonderful nonsense and we have quite a show in store for you all to celebrate!
The show will include burlesque performances by Bugalu Boogie, Anja Keister, Mx Macabre, Regal Mortis and Mr. Mortis, C'etait BonTemps, Logan Laveau, Chevy Lace, Rosemary Maybe, and Stella Cheeks. All this plus geeky go-go from Noctua, DJ Betty Brash spinning tunes, and themed cocktail concoctions.
The Parkside Lounge
317 East Houston Street, Manhattan
7p; $17-27
21 and over
d20burlesque.com/events
Also on SATURDAY *****
Ambient Church: 100 Years of Theremin
The New York Theremin Society Orchestra, Dorit Chrysler, A Tribute to Clara Rockmore.
Bushwick United Methodist Church
1139 Bushwick Avenue, Brooklyn
7p doors, 8p show; $?
ambient.church/events/100-years-of-theremin
Also on SATURDAY *****
The Flirt and Flow Show: Tough Love Edition
Join us for an evening of hoops, hips, and handcuffs as the Flirt and Flow Show gives ya some tough love with a BDSM-themed burlesque and flow arts variety show. Featuring performances by Anadelia, Rose Quartz, and Caresse Deville.
The Footlight
465 Seneca Avenue, Ridgewood, Queens
$15, or $10 with door code "hoops and handcuffs"
Also on SATURDAY *****
Full Moon Music Session
Must They Also Be Gods presents a celebration of Black History Month. Come out to Full Moon Music Session, a celebration of black liberation and unity through music. Performances by Kalon Black Sun and G.Brunot. DJ set by Muse of Fire.
Flux Factory
39-31 29th Street, Long Island City, Queens
7-11p; $10
347 379 5821
Also on SATURDAY *****
Butt Dream
Butt Dream is New York’s only comedy show in a lingerie store. Hosts Julie Mitchell and Brian Bahe bring you a sultry, empowering, and even sexy comedy show for once. The comedians are bae. Come to laugh, leave with a harness. It’s free and BYOB. This month’s show features Maddy Smith, Ziwe Fumudoh, Nick Chambers, Charlie Bardey, Sagar Bhatt, Natalie McGill, and Lexie Grace.
The Rack Shack
155 Central Avenue, Brooklyn
M train to Central station
8p; $free
eventbrite.com/e/butt-dream-a-free-comedy-show-tickets-91925677175
Also on SATURDAY *****
Live Comedy, Live Cats
In this star-studded and hilarious night, Mary Phillips-Sandy (host of the Let's Talk About Cats podcast) and Kelli Dunham (ex-nun genderqueer stand-up comic) join forces to celebrate the release of Kelli's newest comedy album, Not the Gym Teacher, which contains no less than 24 percent cat-related material. There will be comedy, storytelling, the notoriously specific Cat Quiz, special guests, extra special prizes, and of course cats. Pre-save Kelli's album, be the first to hear the 24 percent cat material and be entered to win some amazing prizes. Who Kelli Dunham, celebrating the release of new album Not the Gym Teacher, Shane O'Neill, Elizabeth Whitney, and Mary Phillips-Sandy and Lizzie Jacobs of Let’s Talk About Cats.
Brooklyn Cat Café
76 Montague Street, Brooklyn
7p; $20 benefits the Brooklyn Cat Café
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facebook.com/events/2003623256450394/
Also on SATURDAY *****
The Children's Cinema
This afternoon, as an homage to both Cinema 16 and the adventurous, underestimated sensibilities of little cineastes, Light Industry will recreate the inaugural program of the Children’s Cinema, which originally screened on February 16, 1958 to a sold-out audience at the Beekman Theatre in Manhattan. In the varied selection one encounters Cinema 16’s ongoing commitment to experimental and documentary cinema, but here calibrated especially for pint-sized audiences: Len Lye’s vibrantly polychromatic animation Rainbow Dance; Lotte Reiniger’s The Grasshopper and the Ant, which recounts Aesop’s fable through intricate cut-out silhouettes; the Eames Office’s puppet film Parade; and Shirley Clarke’s early study of public amusements, In Paris Parks. The program rounds out with The Balloonatic, Buster Keaton’s aeronautical caper, reportedly a big hit with the Beekman crowd.
Light Industry
155 Freeman Street, Brooklyn
2p; $8
information]at]lightindustry.org
Also on SATURDAY *****
Hard Copy
Ambient social network Are.na launches two recent hard copy projects. Print.are.na is a software tool for converting Are.na user channels into discrete paperback, print-on-demand books. The project was initiated by the Poetic Justice group founded by Ekene Ijeoma at MIT Media Lab to support the activities of the Black Mobility and Safety in the US course. Callil Capuozzo created the first print.are.na using bindery.js by Evan Brooks. Mindy Seu designed and facilitated the current version and will deliver a short software demo.
Are.na Annual, edited by Meg Miller, is a printed collection of posts commissioned for the Are.na blog. Writers include Will Freudenheim, Mindy Seu, Claire Evans, David Reinfurt, Gary Zhexi Zhang, Cory Arcangel, Rachel Rosenfelt, Meg Miller, Toph Tucker, Jasmine Lee, Laurel Schwulst, Becca Abbe, Eric Li, Danielle Robinson, Andy Pressman, Omayeli Arenyeka, Leo Shaw, Karly Wildenhaus, and Willa Koerner. Discounted copies of the Are.na Annual will be available for $15. Juices from The Snowman Deli will be served.
O-R-G small softwares
38 Ludlow Street, Basement, Manhattan
3p; $15
o-r-g.com/shop/hard-copy
Also on SATURDAY *****
Gas Station Horror
One of New York's longest-running improv shows begins its final five performances with all-new clips, prizes, and free candy. Gas Station Horror takes the silliest clips from the most ridiculous B-movies and allows comedians to finish the scenes in new and hilarious ways. They don't show the gory parts so this is a perfect show for both horror nerds and horror noobs. Special Guest: Bill DiPiero.
The Pit
123 East 24th Street, Manhattan
10:30p; $15
thepit-nyc.com/events/gsh
Also on SATURDAY *****
Ten-Foot Rat Cabaret: NYC’s Dance Music Comedy Art Show
Brazilian classical guitarist Thalys Peterson, performance-art dancer Leesa Liquidsteel and Yoga-contortionist McKenzie Dreher, Off-Broadway showtune belter Melissa Grace and dark postmodern Burns and Allen husband-and-wife comedians Moe and Mary join other regular in-house performers at this "bucket-list NYC experience," running since 2013 at Under St. Marks Theater.
Under St. Marks Theater
94 St. Marks Place, between 1st Avenue and Avenue A, Manhattan
10:30p; $10
tenfootrat.com
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9 XXXXX
The Skint presents:
Free Academy Awards Screening Party
Make your way down our red carpet to the photo booth, talk about your outfit with our fashionista interviewers, settle in with a glass of champagne, and try your hand at predicting the winners with our online voting ballots (most correct picks wins a prize). We'll have themed-drink specials and free popcorn all night, and there'll be food available for purchase from Parklife Taqueria.
Littlefield
635 Sackett Street, between 3rd and 4th avenues, Brooklyn
6p doors, 6:30p Red Carpet Pre-Show, 8p awards show; $free, RSVP for a free glass of champagne
eventbrite.com/e/theskintcom-presents-free-academy-awards-screening-party-registration-89677639233
Also on SUNDAY *****
Game On!
Come hang out at Interference Archive for an afternoon of games, music, and tasty snacks. We’ll bake our favorite treats, put on our favorite tunes, and pull out a few board games from our archive collection -- as well as from our collections at home. Feel free to bring your favorite game to teach others.
Interference Archive
314 7th Street, Brooklyn
noon-7p; $15 adult, $10 kids
interferencearchive.org/game-on/
Also on SUNDAY *****
My Dentist's Son
There are stories in our lives that don't exactly fit. Magical occurrences that challenge our notion of reality, synchronicities nearly impossible to fathom, and otherworldly experiences that defy the boundaries of what we think is possible. Our narratives of life have little room for these anecdotes, regardless of their beauty or significance.
Our hope is to create a sacred space where we can collectively revel in these tales of magic and wonder, and to engender a more beautiful world where these occurrences are met with awe and respect. And to drink beer. My Dentist's Son is a place for stories that don't fit. Come share your tales of magic and miracle.
Pete's Candy Store
709 Lorimer Street, Brooklyn
3-4:30p; $free
Also on SUNDAY *****
Big Irv’s
This Valentine's Day season Big Irv's is here to show you all the love. We put together a whole new showcase of the best storytelling this side of the East River. Big huge talent in a teeny tiny bodega!
Featuring Gastor Alamonte, Jeff Simmermon, Jiji Lee, Vara Cooper, Vernon Payne, and Sean O’Brien. Host Adam Selbst. This show is fun, free, and BYOB. Also featuring the Big Irv's opening band Captain Zorich.
Big Irv’s
381 Hooper Street, corner of South 1st Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
7p doors, 7:30p show;
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10 XXXXX
Escape from Cartoon World
In a one-of-a-kind, live-action/animation crossover stage show, a car crash leaves a troubled couple stranded in a cartoon world. If you saw Space Jam and thought... this should be performed live... then you're a crazy idiot who will love this show!
Written by Jared Eimicke
Directed by Matt Czap
UCBT Hell's Kitchen
555 West 42nd Street, Manhattan
9p; $9
hellskitchen.ucbtheatre.com/performance/72540
Also on MONDAY *****
The Society for the Advancement of Social Studies Presents: Sexy History
Like that ex that keeps on texting, history is bound to repeat itself and here we are again with our sixth annual Sexy SASS. Topics include the Worst Breakups in History, Ayn Rand: Fountainhead of Love, and Aphrodite’s Aromas, paired with a sampling of five historic fragrances.
Caveat
21 A Clinton Street, Manhattan
6:30p doors, 7p show; $12 advance, $15 door
caveat.nyc/event/sass-presents-sexy-history-2-10-2020
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11 XXXXX
Let’s Talk About (Sex and) Your Ex
Let’s talk about (SEX and) your EX! is sure to be a spicy event just in time for Valentine's Day. In this interactive workshop and lecture, social psychologist and author Dr. Kelly Neff addresses the rise in non-monogamous relationships, the pitfalls of online dating, gender fluidity, female orgasm, robotic sex partners and more.
Whether it's a couple looking to explore non-monogamy, or singles seeking to explore the depths of their sexuality, this event is sure to satisfy. Dr. Kelly Neff's new book, Sex Positive: Redefining Our Attitudes to Love and Sex (Watkins, February 2020) releases the same day as the event and autographed copies will be available for purchase after the event. See below for event details and an attached press release for the book. Would love to be featured!
What: Let’s talk about (SEX and) your EX! Rewrite Your Story and Live Your Most Sex Positive Life, an interactive Sex Positive workshop and lecture with Dr. Kelly Neff.
When: Tuesday, February 11, 2020 // 7:00pm (Doors open at 6:30)
Caveat
21A Clinton Street, Manhattan
7p; $15 advance, $20 door
caveat.nyc/event/lets-talk-about-sex-and-your-ex-2-11-2020
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12 XXXXX
In My Feelings
Another way to love, to move, to release, and to grow. House, dance, and poetry reflective of feelings about love and relationships, in a stunning Red Hook converted warehouse.
In My Feelings is an improvisational hip-hop dance performance using prompts and poetry about relationships and emotions that surpass love when dealing with Valentine’s Day in the 21st century. With the music mixed by MX oops and inspired by house, drum and bass, and afrobeat rhythms, we’ll offer a variety of artists and perspectives on the good and bad of Valentine’s Day. Showcases eight dancers and two poets.
Showcasing Stephen Hill, Alaynia LaPorte, Donnica Hamlet, and Ginaury Vásquez from the ChoreoJoey project. Also featuring collaborating with Nadia khayrallah and Kareem Woods. This is ChoreoJoey project’s fifth year together as a dance company. We use historical narratives and jazz & west African dance as a tool to create and present ballets and performances such as this one.
Converted Warehouse
RSVP for exact Red Hook address, Brooklyn
F, G trains to Carroll Street Station
7p; $15
artery.is/showcases/in-my-feelings
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13 XXXXX
Brooklyn Psychedelic Society Movie Night
Join Brooklyn Psychedelic Society for their first movie night, featuring the highly acclaimed documentary Trip of Compassion followed by a Q and A with Rock Doblin (via Skype). We'll also be showing two short, 20-minute psychedelic documentaries made by local filmmakers Sean Dunne and Cass Greener. It'll be held at the lovely Stuart Cinema and Cafe in Greenpoint.
Sweet Nothing and Joshua Tree are both created by local Brooklyn-based filmmakers Sean Dunne and Cass Greener. They've also produced 10-plus other documentaries including American Juggalo, Oxyana, Cam Girlz, and Florida Man. Trip of Compassion was directed by Gil Karni.
Stuart Cafe and Cinema
79 West Street, Brooklyn
7-10p; $20 online, $25 door
bit.ly/2S3ZSBJ
veryape.tv
Also on THURSDAY *****
Animal Farm
Adapted by Brandon Walker from the novel by George Orwell. The animals on a farm drive out their master and take over and run the farm for themselves. The experiment is successful, except that someone has to take the deposed farmer's place. Leadership devolves upon the pigs, which are cleverer than the rest of the animals. Unfortunately, their character is not equal to their intelligence. This dramatization remains faithful to the book's plot and intent and retains both its affection for the animals and the incisiveness of its message.
This play is being performed by an ensemble of just four actors, which results in a fast-paced, tightly drawn interpretation of this timely story.
Cast/Creative Team for ANIMAL FARM: Starring Laura Clare Browne, Erin Cronican, William Ketter, and Brandon Walker. Directed by Erin Cronican and Brandon Walker. Sound Design by Brandon Walker. Costume Design by Erin Cronican.
The Seeing Place at the Paradise Factory
64 East 4th Street, basement, Manhattan
7p; $20
Continues through February 23
theseeingplace.com
Also on THURSDAY *****
Fifth Annual BackFatlorette
In this live game show, Last Comic Standing meets the Bachelorette. Four single comedians compete in a series of comedy challenges to win the heart of Shaelyn, an accomplished, single lawyer and this year's lovely BackFatlorette. The winning comedian will receive an all-expenses paid dream date with Shaelyn, and the chance to find love right before Valentine's Day. This year's comedian contestants are Randall Otis, Tim Bridge, Tom Delgado, and Greg Warner. Hosts and creators of BackFat Variety shows are Larry Mancini and Emily Winter.
Caveat NYC
21A Clinton Street, Manhattan
6:30p doors, 7p show; $10
caveat.nyc
Also on THURSDAY *****
Joe the Shark and Cherry Pitz present:
A Hotsy Totsy Burlesque Tribute to the Ladies of Disney
The Slipper Room
167 Orchard Street, Manhattan
7p doors, 8p show; $15
21 and over
slipperroom.com
hotsytotsyburlesque.com
Also on THURSDAY *****
The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies
The Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies celebrates its 10th anniversary of offering classes in horror history, theory, and production this spring, with an electrifying slate of illustrated lectures by some of the genre’s most renowned scholars, filmmakers and luminaries. We are proud to announce the Spring 2020 lineup for our New York branch.
First up on February 13 is scholar Kate Robertson with Man-Eater: Cannibal Women in Film, which explores how these films capture ever-present social anxieties about the tense and endlessly complicated relationship between gender, hunger, desire, sex, autonomy and power.
Film Noir Cinema
122 Meserole, Greenpoint, Brooklyn
7-9:30p; $12 advance, $15 door $45 for full-season pass
miskatonicinstitute]at]gmail.com
miskatonicinstitute.com/events/man-eater-cannibal-women-in-film-nyc/
Also on THURSDAY *****
Heartflux Hotel
Where hearts don’t break, they’re only in flux. Flux Factory invites you to check in for a one night get away where together we’ll dance out all the things that have been building up in your bleeding heart. We’ll have signature delectables, and art installations to get you going, with sounds from Satele and Toothchoir to whisk you away. Curated by Cameron Granger and Carlos David TC, in connection with After You.
39-31 29th street, Long Island City, Queens
ADA Accessible and close to the E,M,R,W,N and 7, not far from the F or G
9p; $free
fluxfactory.org/event/heartflux-hotel
Also on THURSDAY *****
Red Flags: A Queer Comedy Showcase
Red Flags is brashly queer and joyously unpredictable. Every second Thursday the Red Flags (Andy, Jovough, and Nora) bring you the scariest, hottest, queerest comedy show at Otto’s Shrunken Head. What is a “red flag” you ask? We’ll tell you. Upon entering the show, you jump into the world of red flags -- bring a date, celebrate your eccentricities, buy a drink, and have a laugh! Every show features an all-queer lineup of NYC’s most promising developing comics. February's line up features Lorelei Ramirez, George Civeris, Kile Atwater, and Hannah Schneider. Hosted by Nora Jefferies, Jovough Jackson, and Andy Ward.
Otto's Shrunken Head
538 E 14th Street, Manhattan
7:30p; $free
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14 XXXXX
Twisted Dating Game
This Valentine's day, join us at The Way Station for a very different kind of celebration. Contestants from the audience are invited to vie for the affections of an eligible bachelor or bachelorette in a round of our dating game. Answer five questions, get the audience on your side and win a date, or go home with one of our consolation prizes.
Before, after and between each round of the game enjoy performances from resident danger crew Twisted Circus, as we glass walk, tap dance and tassel twirl our way into your hearts. Featuring performances by Romeo the Dapper Daredevil, Kita St Cyr, Graham Stockdale, and in her Twisted Circus debut, Rose La Belle. It's a night for singles, couples, throuples, or polycules; all are welcome at Brooklyn's Nerdvana.
The Way Station
683 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn
8:30p doors, 9p show; $20
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Also on FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14 *****
Soft Core
Things are getting steamy in Queens this Valentine’s Day, as Soft Core returns to QED Astoria with a screening of yet another awesomely bad soft-core adult film, while New York City’s quickest comedians riff over it Mystery Science Theater 3000-style.
Celebrating its second anniversary to the day, Soft Core has been a local favorite at QED since its inception, attracting comedy fans but also a welcoming amount of curious couples. Comedians Jenn Wehrung and Chris Gersbeck host. You can watch a promo video to get an idea of how the show goes here.
Don’t worry, the sex scenes aren’t explicit, and even then, the scenes are edited down so we can focus on what’s really important: the story. Featuring live riffing by Jenn Wehrung, Charles McBee, Matt Fishman, Wendi Starling, and Chris Gersbeck.
QED Astoria
27-16 23rd Avenue, Astoria, Queens
11p; $10 in advance, $12 door
21 and over
347 451 3873