10 posts tagged “events”
Planet magazine continues to celebrate it's landing in New York City with a party next Wednesday. From their email invitation:
I've been receiving their missives for awhile now, have never read the magazine, but have been impressed by the meaning of what they're trying to do.We hope you’ll make it out for part 2 of the ongoing celebration of our arrival in New York City, which will culminate with a specially themed “Welcome to New York” issue of PLANET Magazine at the end of 2007.
Welcome to New York is dedicated to everyone who has ever come to New York City in search creative and personal freedom, to pursue their art or just the art of living, and this includes just about everyone we know -- from every corner of the earth -- as well as a pantheon of inspirations from the recent and distant Manhattan half-life.
Welcome to New York! Can't wait to see the special issue
To help commemorate the blackout of 2003, Tonight's NYC has organized a pub loll dubbed BlackoutNYC. On the evening of Monday, Aug. 14, bars across the city will douse their lights, light candles, and offer drink specials.
I didn't live here in 2003; I lived in Boston and was largely unaffected. But I've heard many a tale about long walks home, hanging out with neighbors on the front stoop, and an increased sense of community connection. If you missed out, too, here's one way to fake it: Get your drink on... in the dark!
This is quite a ways into the future, but the NYC Vintage Paperback and Collectible Book Expo comes to the midtown Holiday Inn (440 W. 57th St.) on Sunday, Oct. 1.
If you work in a technology-related business or field, you might find the new New York City Tech Events calendar useful. The collaborative service features "professional and social events for the tech and new media community."
Jim Munroe, one of my
favorite Canadians, will be in Brooklyn in early August for one of
the Rooftop Films screenings. This weekend'spromising Animation Block Party is closer on the horizon, but Aug. 6's program also looks solid. Jim's four-minute short "Yoga Deathmatch" will be among more than a dozen independent shorts shown.
Cinders (103 Havemeyer St., Williamsburg) will host an issue release party for the eighth edition of The Drama, an art magazine, at 8 p.m., Saturday, July 22. Meet the staff and pick up a free copy of the new issue. There will also be musical performances by Colin from usaisamonster, Benji Cossa, and Jacob from the Double.
Every so often, I will post about upcoming events in New York City
that I think are promising and worth promoting. If you want me to
consider an event for possible mention, feel free to let me know about
it via my Vox email link. (That
doesn't mean that this is an eventblog. Many days could pass without
the New Yorkest highlighting an event. New Yorkests -- readers -- can
and should still tell me about events.)
I will feature events I think are worth going to, events I plan to
go to, events I don't intend to go to, events I would never -- ever --
go to (not in a million years), events friends are organizing, events
friends are involved in, and events I am involved in -- or organizing.
Furthermore, I will also go to some, but not all, of the events mentioned. (For example, I did not go to this event
even though I fully intended to.) I will go to some events I don't
mention. And I may not post about an event after the fact, even if I went to or
participated in it. Then again, I just might.
In short, these are cool events -- but I can't promise a mention, before or after, regardless of whether I, in fact, go.
This is part of being a New Yorker, I believe. There is so much going on in this city. As important as it is to partake of as many opportunities as possible, it is also important to merely have many opportunities. To paraphrase the band Rush, "If you choose not to participate, you still have made a choice." I could have gone. I decided not to.
You can -- and should -- choose to go to the events I mention. Or not.
You, after all, are a New Yorkest.
New York Post reporter Mandy Stadtmiller will join Rebecca Ciletti, Heather Fink, Jess Wood, Val Kappa, and Kristin Plater this evening (Sorry for the late notice!) for Chicks and Giggles at Mo Pitkin's House of Satisfaction (34 Avenue A). The show starts at 8 p.m. and costs nothing.
You know what they say: "A smile costs nothing, but gives a lot." So give, already!
On July 22, Giant Robot Gallery (437 E. 9th St.) will kick off the Three Way Tie for Last group show featuring the art of Keith Jones, Jeffrey Brown, and UglyDolls. There will be a reception at 6:30 p.m., Saturday, July 22, and the show will run until Aug. 23.
GRNY is the east coast outpost of Los Angeles-based Giant Robot,
one of the best independent magazines published today. While I'm most
familiar with -- and already appreciative of -- Brown's comic book
work, Jones's art looks like the real need-to-see here. Should be
amazing in larger formats.
The 10th Annual New York Internation Fringe Festival isn't far off -- it kicks off Aug. 11 -- but you can still get your experimental theater game on before the fest begins via the Summer Play Festival.
While
SPF isn't as large or active as FringeNYC, it still offers some
interesting options. There's just more than a week left in this year's
SPF, and I'm intrigued by Victoria Stewart's play Hardball. Sneak in some seats before the end of the month!
