around town today
thu 2/7: the 7th annual cool new york 2010 dance festival features 60 companies and choreographers performing in an intimate setting. white wave (dumbo), all free >>
6pm: learn all about gotham's garbage at this slide lecture by the dept of sanitation's anthropologist-in-residence robin nagle and ben miller ('fat of the land'). bloomingdale library (w 100th st), free >>
6:30pm: ayala fader discusses her 'mitzvah girls: bringing up the next generation of hasidic jews in brooklyn' (2009 national jewish book award for women's studies) with hasia din. tenement museum, free (rsvp) >>
7pm: oyster growers karen rivara and jim markow talk about growing oysters and demonstrate their shucking skills with 600-800 peconic pearls and mystics to share. jimmy's no. 43, $20 >>
7pm: vegans gather for a cruelty-free bake sale to benefit animals in haiti. drink specials and giveaways. angels and kings, free >>
7pm: new event 'slideshow + tell' seeks to educate and entertain you with various takes on a central theme. tonight's topic: your environment. pete's candy store, free >>
7:30pm: tonight's non-motivational speaker series confronts the clichés of modern brooklyn with amy 'prospect park west' sohn, orthodox bike evangelist baruch herzfeld, and brooklyn-based digital doctor dr. jay parkinson. jla, free >>
7:30pm: denmark's oh no ono and brooklyn's the depreciation guild bring some big sounds to cozy union hall, $10 >>
8pm: comedy! bacon cupcakes (from kumquat cupcakery)! free! @ coco 66 >>
9pm: seattle-based kate tucker rolls into town for a series of shows. catch her tonight @ pete's candy store (also the living room 1/30), free >>
9:30pm: ?uestlove spins so you can get down at brooklyn bowl, $7 >>
sales, deals, freebies
11am-2pm (thru 2/5): the restaurant week truck serves up $6 soup ($1 goes to the haiti relief fund) from the sea grill: (gingered sweet potato and lobster bisque) and nice matin (butternut squash leek soup with cranberry beans and sage croutons) >>
sneak peak at new zeppole, funnel cake and cannoli purveor led zeppole >>
soho's clic bookstore is having a 50% off sale on select books >>
groupon alert! get $100 of italian cuisine and booze at soho's via dei mille for $50 >>
save 30% on your brunch or dinner bill at the west village's braeburn >>
get a facial for $25 at smooth synergy (reg $120) >>
free mp3: young boys 'bring 'em down' >>
free mp3s: 3 versions of oldie and goodie 'high heels but no soul' >>
free mp3s: emmanuelle seigner 'femme fatale' + benjamin biolay and alka 'je partiral comme on revient' >>
last day to enter to win tickets for 'troop beverly hills: the experience' @ bell house! >>
