10am-3pm (thru 12/16): catch a trip back in time on a vintage bus along the m42 route, $2.25 fare >>
6pm: always-versatile oscar-winner meryl streep discusses playing margaret thatcher in the iron lady with filmmaker phyllida lloyd. apple soho, free. >>
6pm: lou reed joins suzanne vega and author tao lynn at wfmu's 'seven second delay' live broadcast comedy + variety hour. ucb, $5. >>
7pm: iconic celebrity photographer annie leibovitz presents pilgrimage, her new collection of landscape and object photos from her travels. book court, free. >>
7pm (+ 12/15 @ powerhouse arena): shmaltz brewing company owner jeremy cowan shares his business memoir craft beer bar mitzvah (and some of his tasty brews) at strand. free with purchase of the book or a $10 gift card. >>
7-9pm: new york’s bravest and hunkiest sign copies of the 2012 new york city firefighters calendar at babeland soho >>
7:50pm (+12/16, 17): meet filmmaker charles evans jr. and film subject victor denoble at a screening of addiction incorporated, a doc. about how denoble became the first to blow the whistle on the tobacco industry's intentions to make cigarettes 'maximally addictive.' film forum, $12.50. >>
8pm: writer-comedian catie lazarus hosts 'employee of the month', a talk show featuring people who love their jobs. tonight: muppeteer eric jacobson (aka grover, miss piggy, fozzie bear), social activists the yes men, broadway's kerry butler (beauty and the beast, xanadu). ucb, $5 >>
8pm: commune with the 'ghosts of rejections past' at this month's installment of jon friedman's 'the rejection show,' featuring turned-down material from members of the onion news network, eliot glazer, elna baker, and michelle collins. littlefield, $5 adv, $8 dos. >>
8pm: rhododendron quartet and boston-based noncensemble peform the music of xenakis, cage, krause, more. douglass street music collective (gowanus), $10 sugg. don. >>
8pm (+ thru 12/17): cabaret star justin 'vivian' bond's annual holiday concert, austerity measures: a snow job for the masses, promises interpretations of songs by kate bush, lcd soundsystem, sparklehorse, more, and 'to make you feel good about feeling bad'. abrons art center, $25. >>
8pm (+ 1/11): see all your favorite disney characters as you've never seen them before at lady scoutington's disney burlesque cabaret + sing-along. bowery poetry club, $10 ($8 in costume). >>
8pm (thru 1/12): stranger than fiction and doc nyc screen seven award-contending films. tonight: semper fi: always faithful, followed by q+a with director rachel libert and subject master sgt. jerry ensminger. ifc, $16. >>
9:30pm: ucb presents jurassic park: the musical! and 'this is not a sketch show: a sketch show'. clever girl... $5 (rsvp). >>
coming up
12/15 5-9, 6-8pm (thru 12/17): opening receptions for sva's mfa computer arts and fine arts open studios, free >>
12/15-17 5pm-1am: the brooklyn night bazaar returns with independent merchants and food vendors, plus performances by the hold steady, fucked up, midnight magic, titus andronicus, lcd soundsystem's james murphy (dj set), more. 149 kent ave (williamsburg), free admission, $10-22 for bands. >>
12/15 7:30pm: no office holiday party? no problem! brooklyn based, brokelyn, fucked in park slope, and the skint combine seasonal forces to give you one: mistletoe, a sexy st. nick hot santa photobooth, optional secret santa, kurt braunohler, live-band karaoke, dj colleen crumbcake spinning soul/funk/80s new wave/90s hip hop, more. $3 punch 7:30-8:30pm, $5 after. littlefield, $5. >>
12/15 7:30pm: cuddle magic, the milkman's union, and lady lamb the beekeeper come to union hall for an evening of sparse, melancholy indie rock. $10 adv, $12 dos. >>
12/15 8pm: pearl and the beard bring their tight harmonies and unique instrumentation to the bowery ballroom, $15. >>
12/15 8:30pm: the popgun holiday party gives the stage to north highlands, bell, parlovr, and leisure, glasslands, $10. >>
12/16 10:30pm doors, 11:30pm show: yeah yeah yeahs, stabbing eastward (tunde adebimpe + ryan sawyer), royal baths, and rotating djs perform a benefit concert for new york night train's jonathan toubin, who was critically injured in an accident in portland. brooklyn bowl, $25+. >>
sales, deals, freebies
30% off select shirts, ties, and gifts at thomas pink >>
save 30%, plus get free shipping at the nine west snow daze sale >>
up to 60% off on coats, boots, pillows, more, plus save an extra 25% on clearance and get free shipping at the macy's one day sale >>
ends today: get $25 restaurant.com gift cards for just $2 each with promo code 'stocking' at checkout >>
thru 12/21: save 60% on boots and outerwear, plus get free shipping at anne klein >>
see company xiv's snow white at the bond street theatre thru 1/15 for $18 (reg $35) >>
panasonic's dmp-bdt210 integrated-wi-fi 3d blu-ray dvd player is $129 on amazon ($200 list) >>
free mp3: this american life episode #47: 'christmas and commerce' >>
group deals
$20 worth of fresh vegan holiday treats at stogo in the east village for $10 >>
$20 to spend on ice cream, shakes, and smoothies at emack + bolio's in the upper east side for $10 >>
$19 for a kosher deli meal with two sandwiches, two soups, and two sodas at one of four mendy's restaurant locations ($40 value) >>
$65 worth of gourmet soaps from lathergy in midtown for $18 >>
men's gift package or 6 individual soaps from lathergy in midtown for $11 ($33 value) >>
10 drop-in boot-camp classes at brooklyn bad ass fitness for $19 ($63.50 value) >>
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