around town today (friday)
today thru 10/18: indie rock musical comedy about the invention of the vibrator, 'oh my!,' irt theater, $18 >>
various times: 'no nice girl feels like that.' 'splendor in the grass,' film forum, $12 >>
11am-2pm: wfc restaurant's offer tastings (mini-burgers, dumplings, more) for $1-5 @ the wfc restaurant showcase >>
6pm: mira 'monsoon wedding' nair discusses her upcoming amelia earhart biopic 'amelia' @ apple soho, free >>
7pm: no age perform their original soundtrack to jean-jacques annaud’s 1989 film 'the bear' @ newmuseum, $15-20 >>
7pm: 'nerd nite' returns with talks on jewish gangsters, real-life zombies, and the cultural impact of swingers. galapagos, $10 >>
7pm: panel discussion on musician and architect iannis xenakis feat. david lang, steven schick, others, miller theater, free >>
7pm: japanese lo-fi rockers shonen knife show us how it's done @ santo's, $12 >>
7-10pm: grab free wine + beer @ 3rd ward's opening reception for 'the best emerging photographers,' free >>
8pm: michelle l'amour's 'naked girls reading' takes on banned books in its east coast debut w. pinchbottom burlesque (incl. miss coney island 2010 gigi la femme) madame x, $15 >>
8pm: haunty wailer leah siegel performs @ rockwood music hall, free >>
9:30pm: fassbinder's visually arresting, melodramatic 'the bitter tears of petra von kant' screens @ rma, free w. $7 bar min >>
midnight (thru 10/17): don't say his name three times... watch tim burton's 'beetlejuice' @ landmark sunshine, $9.99 >>
midnight (fridays thru 11/28): ifc's monty python midnights kick off with 'the holy grail' (of course!), $12.50 >>
