the winner is:
andrea l.
the winner will be notified via email today with details for entry to the show. didn't win this time? tix are still available on the bell house website.
around town today
thru 8/8: big rodent's production of willy s' 'measure for measure.' $10 w. code 'nycblog' + $1 beer >>
wed/sun thru 8/9: work out like pilobolus, a.k.a. world's strongest dancers @ david barton chelsea. free for non-members (rsvp) >>
12:30pm: believer/mcsweeney’s authors on how to write, publish fiction w. ‘this american life’’s starlee kine, bryant park, free >>
6-9pm (+ weds thru 8/26): mcny throws a ’20s speakeasy on the terrace. music, cocktails. $10-12 = 1 drink, access to exhibitions >>
6:30pm: salute the sun during free yoga (all levels) at the plaza @ 66th st >>
7pm (thru 8/9): asphalt orchestra play free marching concerts w. music by bjork, mingus, zappa @ b’way plaza, free >>
7pm: madison square music oval lawn series presents the post-bop of john scofield trio >>
7pm: mikhail kalatozov captured the odd world of batista’s cuba in ’64’s brilliant ‘i am cuba,’ screening @ summerstage, free >>
7pm: woody-esque snl scribe simon rich presents his book ‘free range chickens’ (w. surprise guests) @ mcnally jax, free >>
7:30pm: paul giamatti plays himself in the very meta ‘cold souls.’ director q+a post-screening @ 92yt, $12 >>
7:30pm: lincoln center out of doors fest kicks off w. dave brubeck on 50th (!) anni of his ‘time out,’ damrosch pk, free >>
8pm (wed-sat thru 8/15): mark twain-inspired play ‘the report of my death’ aboard the docked lilac steamship, pier 40, $18 >>
8pm: dj shakey's warper party has 17+ electronic music performers, workshops, interactive art. the delancey, free >>
8:30pm: luis garay + buenos aires dance co. perform @ claire shulman playhouse (qns). free (rsvp) >>
8:30pm: what do you mean, ‘you people?’ riverflicks screens ‘tropic thunder’ w. free popcorn, pier 54/14th st, free >>
8:30pm: ‘drums along the mohawk’ (1939) shows john ford finding his film feet. pier 1/70th st >>
(due to rain, fame has been rescheduled for 8/26)
9pm: missed meschiya lake last night at barbès? she’s @ radegast (wmsbg) w. her little big horns tonight. free + $5 half-liters of suds >>
9pm: brooklynbased brings you 'hoop (there it is)': a summertime dance party + hula hoop jam bell house, $5 >>
9pm: yacht rock party on the tall ship clipper city, w. smooth sounds of loggins et. al. dress nautical! pier 17, $10, cash bar >>
coming up
8/6 7:30pm: epic! blow 25 candles for ‘purple rain’ w. a singalong screening, hosted by live disco outfit escort @ prospect park, $3 >>
8/6 7:30pm: what could be more summery than hall+oates @ coney island? free >>
8/6 9:30pm: work on your crane kick for the raspberry bros. send-up of 'the karate kid' @ comix, $15 adv ($20 dos) >>
sales, deals, freebies
lollyphile has boozy lollipops (absinthe, bourbon, white russian, and, um... maple bacon). get 15% off with code 'whatsnext' >>
free 1-day membership to pure yoga for duck news readers (from pure food + wine's sarma melngailis) >>
groupon alert: 3 pilates mat classes at re:ab studio for $39 (reg $75) >>
you live here, but have you ever seen a live taping? newyorkology has 411 on taping tix for snl, colbert, more >>
union hall/bell house giving away a pair of show tix every day this month on twitter >>
win tix to the brooklyn electronic music fest on 8/8 by going here and here
win a a vinyl edition of ben harper's 'white lies for dark times' from themusicslut >>
free mp3 download: a sunny day in glasgow's 'ashes - grammar - ashes maths' >>
10 free mp3 downloads (thom yorke, mission of burma) from flavorwire >>
