12pm: tickets go on sale today to see french musician yann tiersen 4/28 at mhow >>
12-8pm (ongoing): swat away the winter blues with free badminton at open house gallery's indoor pop-up park 'park here', free >>
4-8pm (last chance): 200 works spanning almost seven decades are displayed for moma’s de kooning retrospective. free 4-8:30pm fridays (reg $25). >>
6pm: compare love to a mad dog from hell amongst other spurned poets and drunks during the annual charles bukowski tribute reading at the cornelia street cafe. arrive early to sign up; $7 admission includes a drink. >>
6-8pm (thru 4/2): the neue galerie celebrates its 10th anniversary with an exhibition of pieces from the co-founder's private collection (cézanne, klimt, picasso, more). free first friday hours 6-8pm (reg $20). >>
7:30pm: tonight's kings county comedy hour at bushwick's vaudeville park features jon friedman ('the rejection show'), ilana glazer, mike recine, jamie lee, beth mcgregor and hosts matt koff + meghan o'neill. free. >>
8pm: 'nerd nite' launches their new magazine with a party featuring presentations, djs, dancing, more. galapagos, $11.11. >>
8pm: bonjour! sing along to your favorite tunes from beauty and the beast and compete against other fans in the trivia, costume, and egg-eating contests. bell house, $10 adv, $12 dos. >>
8pm (thru 1/8): 'focus dance', a week-long showcase of eight dance companies, continues at the joyce. keigwin + company, kate weare company, monica bill barnes + company, more. $10+. >>
8pm (+ 1/7-9, 11-14, 18-21): award winning play samuel + alasdair: a personal history of the robot war presents an alternate reality in which the cold war was decided by a massive robot invasion. new ohio theatre, $15-18. >>
8pm (thru 1/29): the new york guitar festival kicks off with a live 30th anniversary re-imagining of brian eno's tribute to the nasa moon landings, apollo: atmospheres and soundtracks, performed by itsnotyouitsme, larry campbell, david torn, noveller, tortoise's jeff parker, and phish's mike gordon. wfc, free. >>
10pm: techno party the bunker celebrates its nine year anniversary with chicago house legend derrick carter, dutch synthster legowelt, derek plaslaiko, more. public assembly, $20. >>
10:30pm (every fri + sat): the new york neo-futurists kick off a new season of too much light makes the baby go blind (30 plays in 60 minutes) at the kraine theater, $11 + the roll of a 6-sided die >>
11pm: celebrate elvis’s birthday (a couple of days early) with the lustre kings at rodeo bar, free >>
11:59pm: busking trio moon hooch kicks off a six-month residency at knitting factory, $8 >>
thru 1/7: the museum at fit displays 100 garments and accessories from daphne guinness's personal collection. designers incl. mcqueen, lagerfeld, galliano, dior, valentino, more. 7th ave @ 27th st., free. >>
1/6-10: the annual association of performing arts presenters (apap) annual conference means tons of free and cheap performances throughout the city. some picks:
american realness @ henry street settlement
coil @ ps122
culturemart @ here
dance gotham @ skirball
dance new amsterdam
reverb dance @ baruch performing arts center
under the radar @ the public
sales, deals, freebies
7-9pm: brooklyn industries celebrates the new year at their soho location with music by tayisha busay, free beer + snacks, and a mega sale. free (rsvp). >>
save up to 70% on men's apparel at union square's rothman's moving sale >>
2-for-1 tickets are now on sale for broadway week 1/7-2/4 (anything goes, chinglish, porgy and bess, the lion king, mama mia, memphis, relatively speaking, wicked, more) and off-broadway week 1/30-2/12 (avenue q, fuerza bruta, rent, silence! the musical, more, more)
group deals
2 fandango movie tickets and a $10 subway gift card for $24 ($34 value) >>
get a $10 ben + jerry's gift card for $5 >>
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