saturday
details are trickling in about the 6th annual idiotarod shopping cart race... >>
thru 2/4: preview the vintage posters up for auction (winter sports, tourism, hunting, more) at swann auction galleries (via newyorkology) >>
6pm: bangin’ bhangra + brass put a ny spin on an indian wedding processional band. red baraat celebrate their cd release party @ lpr, $12 adv ($15 door) >>
7pm: seattle-based kate tucker caps off her new york visit with a stop at the living room, free (1 drink min) >>
7pm: launch party and signing for new vertigo comic 'joe the barbarian' with artist sean murphy. bergen st comics, free >>
8pm: field music play a makeup of their re-sceduled 12/3 show at the bell house. with the spinto band and the mugs. $12 >>
8pm: diehard celebrates lead singer liz schroete's birthday with a special 90's alt-rock cover show (think replacements, oasis, green day, etc.... not alice in chains, candlebox, silverchair) at union hall, $8 >>
8pm: boston post-punkers mission of burma are still going strong! catch 'em tonight at bowery ballroom, $20 ($30 2-day pass) >>
9pm: enjoy free two boots pizza while you watch circus acts and bands (including javelin) @ the house of yes. $10 >>
midnight: director's print of the uncut version of sam rami's classic 'the evil dead'@ landmark sunshine, $9.99 >>
12:10am: 'danny's not here, mrs. torrance' 'the shining' screens @ ifc, $12.50 >>
sunday
3pm: mozart’s requiem may not have been written entirely by the master, but it's still awesome. the bcco tackle it at brooklyn heights's church of st. ann and the holy trinity. $10 >>
7-10pm: 23 composers play their own works in a 3-hour marathon concert (with breaks... phew!) @ drom, $10 >>
8pm: the hasidic hendrix? the sephardic santana? you decide as israeli rocker yosi piamenta presents a tribute to jimi hendrix @ southpaw, $12 advance, $20 door. >>
8pm: lady gaga will wear something outrageous, taylor swift will have kanye blockers, mary j. blige and andrea bocelli will sing 'bridge over troubled water' to raise money for haiti, and the person with the most correct picks wins a bottle of bubbly at huckleberry bar's grammy awards screening. free >>
8pm: more cover bands at brooklyn bowl! schism (tool), facelift (alice in chains), battle of los angeles (rage against the machine), rat salad (black sabbath). $10 >>
9pm: honky-tonk harmonies reign as the sweetback sisters perform at jalopy. $12 >>
9-11pm (sundays): get a free margherita pizza with purchase of 2 glasses of wine or beer at west village wine bar pasita >>
+ all weekend
ends 1/31: rude mechanicals theater company's 'rough sketch' = comedy about the cutthroat world of animated g-rated entertainment. 59 e. 59th, $18 >>
thru 2/7: restaurant week continues >>
there's a new kid on the block: the central park zoo welcomes a newborn mini-nubian goat. cute! $10 >>
