Friday, September 18

TODAY: FAT CITY, BLIND EAR, MISS CONEY ISLAND PAGEANT

around town today (friday)
all over nyc, parking spaces become mini-parks of all types for park(ing) day nyc >>
4-8pm (thru 4/12) : monet's 'water lillies' is on display @ moma (free 4-8pm fridays, reg $20) >>
6-9pm (thru 1/17): new georgia o'keeffe exhibit opened at the whitney yesterday. pay-what-you-wish tonight (reg $15) >>
6-10pm: opening reception for trevor traynor's photos of hip hop artists: 'i shoot people,' powerhouse arena, free >>
7pm: nathan 'firefly' fillion discusses the upcoming season of his show 'castle' @ apple soho, free  >>
7:30pm: journalists pete hamill and george kimball introduce john huston's 'fat city' @ film forum, $11 >>
7:30, 9:30pm (+ 9/19): the found footage festival vol. 4 @ anthology film archives, $12 admission includes a beer >>
8pm: blind ear's real-time composers transform into dj's, bringing loops, laptops and dancers to brooklyn lyceum, $12 >>
8pm: the 2nd annual nerd night nerdtacular. what more can you say? galapagos, $12 >>
8pm (+ 9/19): the brooklyn fashion festival takes over the knitting factory, $12.50 >>
9:30pm: tim curry, eileen brennan, martin mull, lesley ann warren, christopher lloyd, michael mckean, and madeline kahn. 'clue' screens @ rma, free w. $7 bar min >>
10pm: the 7th annual miss coney island pageant @ sideshows by the seashore, $15 >>
midnight (+ 9/19): see stanley kubrick's '2001: a space odyssey' on a big screen already, ifc, $12.50 >>

sales, deals, freebies
today-9/22: get up to 90% off @ williamsburg design store future perfect's first warehouse sale in 6 years >>
get a 70-minute facial @ isalon for $60 (reg $120) >>
stuff for under $21 from mug (g.v. orchestra tickets, banned books slide bracelet, more) >>
house passes biggest overhaul of student aid program since the 1960's >>
win tix to the epicurious 'ultimate nyc lunch break' 9/30 >>
free mp3; the feelies ' let's go' >>
free mp3: devo 'satisfaction' >>