Bedford + Bowery

Tropical Goth presents: Publicist, Shredder
2015-07-16 22:00 - 23:00 (America/New_York) | Elvis Guest House, 85 Avenue A, New York, NY, 10009, United States
So usually we’re not much for DJs, but we break our own rules when they’re actually getting those knobs turnt. And we extra break our rules when we think something super rad is gonna be popping at Elvis Guest House. There’s a dance party going down presented by Tropical Goth, which means it’s gonna get freakin’ sweaty in there, guys. Thankfully the place resembles a giant bath tub, so we don’t think anyone will much mind.
Ultimate Goth Guide proto-pioneered “tropical goth” way back in 2011, but it wouldn’t be until years later that Brooklyn caught up with the blogosphere. A couple of Bossa Nova’s live-in DJs branched out to start their own series, Tropical Goth, that so far has thrown some nasty parties (see: one last month at TBA). They’ve certainly proven they can fill up large venues, but can they keep the festivities quality in a small-quantity space? We’re gonna go with probz. See: Publicist, bringer of minimalist house, dark techno vibes and Shredder, which reigns over the night with their caught-in-the-machine, straight up Satanic disco nightmares. Bring your riding crop, this one’s gonna get buck.
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Shakespeare in the Parking Lot’s “As You Like It”
2015-07-16 20:00, 2015-07-09 20:00 | Clemente Soto Velez Center, 107 Suffolk St., Lower East Side, New York, NY, United States
After construction of Essex Crossing bumped it from its home last year, Shakespeare in the Parking Lot will relaunch just three blocks away, in a parking lot behind the Clemente Soto Velez Center. From July 9 to 26, The Drilling Company, led by Hamilton Clancy of Orange Is the New Black, will imagine “As You Like It” in a “Steampunk paradise” every Thursday through Saturday.
Read more here.

Riis Park Beach Bazaar
2015-07-16 12:00 - 20:00 | Unnamed Venue, 157 Rockaway Beach Blvd. , Queens, NY, 11694, United States
Riis Park Beach Bazaar brings food, music, a bar, and vendors (including Brooklyn Star, Fletcher’s BBQ, and more) to Rockaway’s historic beach. There are free concerts on Saturdays and Sundays, and beach chair rentals.
The lineup:
20/Jul
INDUSTRY MONDAYS
Start 12:00 pm
17/Jul
RECKOUWACKY
Start 3:00 pm
18/Jul
REMEZCLA PRESENTS: PERREO
Start 1:00 pm
19/Jul
RPBB POP UP FITNESS
Start 9:00 am
19/Jul
REMEZCLA PRESENTS: PERREO
Start 1:00 pm
21/Jul
KILLER KARAOKE TUESDAYS
Start 5:00 pm
22/Jul
ROCKAWAY VOLLEYBALL LEAGUE
Start 5:00 pm
24/Jul
RECKOUWACKY
Start 3:00 pm
25/Jul
CAPTAIN, WE’RE SINKING
Start 1:00 pm
26/Jul
RPBB POP UP FITNESS
Start 9:00 am
26/Jul
SIMON & THE BAR SINISTERS/NIGHTBIRDS
Start 1:00 pm
28/Jul
KILLER KARAOKE TUESDAYS
Start 5:00 pm
29/Jul
ROCKAWAY VOLLEYBALL LEAGUE
Start 5:00 pm
30/Jul
BIRD’S THE WORD – NADA BIRD LLC PRESENTS
Start 5:00 pm
31/Jul
RECKOUWACKY
Start 3:00 pm
01/Aug
GET SUMMERED FT. JAMIE REGISTER & THE BOYS
Start 1:00 pm
02/Aug
RPBB POP UP FITNESS
Start 9:00 am
02/Aug
GET SUMMERED FT. CORINA CORINA
Start 1:00 pm
04/Aug
KILLER KARAOKE TUESDAYS
Start 5:00 pm
05/Aug
ROCKAWAY VOLLEYBALL LEAGUE
Start 5:00 pm
07/Aug
RECKOUWACKY
Start 3:00 pm
08/Aug
ROCKAWAY VOLLEYBALL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
Start 4:00 pm
08/Aug
DOWNEAST CIDER PRESENTS
Start 1:00 pm
09/Aug
RPBB POP UP FITNESS
Start 9:00 am
09/Aug
MILAGRO TEQUILA PRESENTS
Start 1:00 pm
11/Aug
KILLER KARAOKE TUESDAYS
Start 5:00 pm
14/Aug
RECKOUWACKY
Start 3:00 pm
15/Aug
RICK EAT ACID
Start 1:00 pm
16/Aug
RPBB POP UP FITNESS
Start 9:00 am
16/Aug
YOU BLEW IT
Start 1:00 pm
18/Aug
KILLER KARAOKE TUESDAYS
Start 5:00 pm
21/Aug
RECKOUWACKY
Start 3:00 pm
22/Aug
MYKKI BLANCO
Start 1:00 pm
23/Aug
RPBB POP UP FITNESS
Start 9:00 am
23/Aug
TIME OUT LIVE PRESENTS
Start 1:00 pm
25/Aug
KILLER KARAOKE TUESDAYS
Start 5:00 pm
28/Aug
RECKOUWACKY
Start 3:00 pm
30/Aug
RPBB POP UP FITNESS
Start 9:00 am
01/Sep
KILLER KARAOKE TUESDAYS
Start 5:00 pm
04/Sep
RECKOUWACKY
Start 3:00 pm
05/Sep
GET SUMMERED
Start 1:00 pm
06/Sep
RPBB POP UP FITNESS
Start 9:00 am
06/Sep
GET SUMMERED
Start 1:00 pm
08/Sep
KILLER KARAOKE TUESDAYS
Start 5:00 pm
11/Sep
RECKOUWACKY
Start 3:00 pm
13/Sep
RPBB POP UP FITNESS
Start 9:00 am
15/Sep
KILLER KARAOKE TUESDAYS
Start 5:00 pm
18/Sep
RECKOUWACKY
Start 3:00 pm
19/Sep
T PRESENTS
Start 1:00 pm
20/Sep
RPBB POP UP FITNESS
Start 9:00 am
20/Sep
T PRESENTS
Start 1:00 pm
22/Sep
KILLER KARAOKE TUESDAYS
Start 5:00 pm
25/Sep
RECKOUWACKY
Start 3:00 pm
26/Sep
TIME OUT LIVE PRESENTS
Start 1:00 pm
27/Sep
RPBB POP UP FITNESS
Start 9:00 am
27/Sep
TIME OUT LIVE PRESENTS
Start 1:00 pm
29/Sep
KILLER KARAOKE TUESDAYS
Start 5:00 pm

Arrested Development Bingo
2015-07-15 21:00 - 22:00, 2015-07-08 21:00 - 22:00 | Videology, 308 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Calling all never nudes! And just regular AD fans, too. Hang out with your friends (and make new ones–how can you not love a stranger in jorts?) while watching Arrested Development and playing bingo. How it works is you look for things like the stair car and the banana stand, and if that’s on your bingo card, you put down a chip. Win a game and you’ll get either a free drink or frozen banana. But come as a never nude and you’ll get both automatically.

Professor Thom's Trivia Night
2015-07-15 20:00, 2015-07-08 20:00 | Professor Thom’s, 219 2nd Avenue, East Village, NY, United States
Teams of 6 or less compete in this weekly trivia night at Professor Thom’s.

On Andy Warhol: Wayne Koestenbaum in Conversation with Stephen Koch
2015-07-15 19:00 - 21:00 | McNally Jackson, 52 Prince Street, New York City, NY, United States
Discover an Andy Warhol who is “anything but the removed observer of most popular accounts” with critic, poet and CUNY professor Wayne Koestenbaum, whose writing style has been described as “an impossible lovechild from a late-night, drunken three-way between Joan Didion, Roland Barthes, and Susan Sontag.” He’ll be joined by Stephen Koch, author of Stargazer: The Life, World and Films of Andy Warhol, for an in-depth discussion about the enigmatic pop artist.

Talk: Annie Liontas On 'Let Me Explain You'
2015-07-15 19:00 - 20:00 | The Strand, New York
What would you do if you believed you had only 10 days to live? Now, what would you do if your dad thought that and in response sent scathing emails to all his family members about how they should better live their lives? That’s the premise of Annie Liontas’ novel Let Me Explain You, told from the perspective of a proud Greek restaurant owner, his two daughters, and the many other voices that come together to create “a big, rollicking, tender novel with a truly original comic voice,” as described by celebrated short story writer George Saunders. Join Liontas for a conversation with Dana Spiotta, author of Stone Arabia. Buy a copy of Let Me Explain You or a $15 strand gift card to attend the event, which will admit one person.

Drunken Smartass Olympics
2015-07-15 19:00, 2015-07-08 19:00 | Dempsey’s Pub, 61 East 2nd Ave., East Village, NY, United States
New York’s longest-running weekly quiz is held every Wednesday at Dempsey’s Pub. The quiz features 51 questions on topics ranging from ancient history to contemporary pop music, as well as “the best-curated audio round in the city.” Bar food and drink specials serve as mental fuel.

#ANTSinNYC
2015-07-15 12:00 - 19:00, 2015-07-14 12:00 - 19:00, 2015-07-13 12:00 - 19:00, 2015-07-12 12:00 - 19:00, 2015-07-11 12:00 - 19:00, 2015-07-10 12:00 - 19:00, 2015-07-09 12:00 - 19:00 | Three Kings Studio, 754 Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11222, United States
Can you think of an activity you’ve completed every single day for two years? While I’d struggle to even claim taking a brush to my molars that consistently, South African miniaturist Lorraine Loots extended hers (brush, not molars) to 730 photorealistic watercolor paintings, the prints of which will be on display at Three Kings Studio in Williamsburg.

Dirty Looks Festival: 'Practice of Everyday Freedom'
2015-07-15 08:00 - 17:00 | Unnamed Venue, NY, United States
This “roaming screening series” has set up shop in venues across New York City and unofficially dubbed July queer cinema month. The organizers are calling it “a series of queer interventions” in the form of performance art, but mostly cinema inside LGBT cultural landmarks, art institutions, DIY spaces, and even in places where the ghosts of queer past linger, like defunct bathhouses and former meeting spots. Screenings are showcasing not just classics of gay cinema but recent efforts by local up-and-comings.
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Movie Trivia at Videology
2015-07-14 20:30 - 22:00, 2015-07-07 20:30 - 22:00 | Videology, 308 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Every Tuesday night, gather your movie-loving friends for six rounds of trivia at Videology in Williamsburg. They present different categories throughout the night, like quotation, tagline and clip identification. Every week the winning team gets a free round of drinks, and at the end of the season the top three teams from the combined rounds win big prizes like a $150 bar tab. Word to the wise: get there early to snag a table.

'Apocalpyse Chow' Dinner Series
2015-07-14 08:00 - 17:00 | NY
Nightlight, an ongoing project of Flux Factory “explores creative uses of the sun” at the Bed-Stuy Community Garden. Flux Factory has teamed up with New York Restoration Project to install an oven that cooks food solely with the power of the sun. For three Tuesdays in July, a different chef or team of cooks, chosen by the Nighlight crew, will prepare a free meal. And don’t expect hot dogs and corn. Past meals have included dehydrated kumquats, beef tongue, and fresh ricotta cheese.
Each dinner is accompanied by some form of entertainment. The next to last Tuesday in July, Nightlight will incorporate a solar-panel workshop into the menu of pork shoulder and vegetables, both served by a local solar educator, Cynthia Tomasini.
Events start at 7pm except for July 21, which starts at 6:30pm.
Read more here.

Live Rock and Roll Karaoke at Arlene's
2015-07-13 22:00 | Arlene’s Grocery, 95 Stanton Street, New York, NY, 10002, United States
When you get on stage with the Arlene’s World Famous Live Rock and Roll Karaoke Band, you know they’ve got your back — they’ve gotten drop-ins from Sebastian Bach, Adrian Grenier, Jim Carrey (who did Radiohead’s “Creep”), and they regularly perform at SNL after-parties. These guys might just know the solos to some GNR songs better than Slash.

Trans Pecos Experimental Music Series
2015-07-13 20:00 - 22:00 | Trans-Pecos, 915 Wyckoff Ave, NY, United States
Diamond Terrifier‘s experimental and outsider music series is one of those rare things: a free music event at a venue space (there is a one drink minimum but, whatever, you were totally gonna buy that beer anyway). This isn’t quite an open-mic night, but the kind of attentiveness and risk-taking and newness it inspires makes it similar. Swap out amateurs for seasoned musicians who are trying out their less seasoned material and you’ve got Practice.
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Film: 'Ornette Coleman: Made in America'
2015-07-13 19:30 - 21:00 | Spectacle Theatre, 124 S. 3rd St., Brooklyn, NY, 11249, United States
From July 17 to 23, the Williamsburg micro theater will screen Shirley Clarke’s 1985 documentary Ornette: Made in America as well as Conrad Rooks’s 1966 experimental work Chappaqua. The latter, a psychedelic cult film featuring appearances by Ginsberg, Burroughs, and Ornette himself as the Peyote Eater, will be screened with Ornette’s original score, rather than the Ravi Shanker one that appeared in the finished version.
Read more here.

Comedy Night at Knitting Factory
2015-07-12 21:00 | Knitting Factory Brooklyn, 361 Metropolitan Ave , Williamsburg, United States
Hannibal Buress used to host this weekly showcase of up-and-coming comics, but now the duties fall on Clark Jones (who has toured with Buress), Will Miles, and Kenny DeForest. Get there early (doors open at 8pm): the event is free and has seen big-name drop-ins like Louis CK and Chris Rock, so the Knit’s front bar tends to get packed.
Related: Watch Hannibal Buress (Attempt to) Do ‘Rapper’s Delight’ With Method Man

MoMA PS1 Warm Up
2015-07-12 15:00 - 21:00 | MoMA PS1 Courtyard, 22-25 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City, NY, 11101, United States
This classic summer party brings cutting-edge DJs and experimental music acts to the courtyard of MoMA PS1 for some beer-soaked festivities amidst art installations. The ticket price lets you peruse the art inside, as well.
Here’s this year’s lineup:
June 27
Pachanga Boys / Kompakt + Hippie Dance / Berlin, Germany + Mexico City, Mexico
Eclair Fifi / LuckyMe / Edinburgh, UK
Samantha Urbani (Live) / New York, NY + Los Angeles, CA
Amnesia Scanner (Live) / Amnesia Scanner / Amnesia Scanner
Black Madonna / Smart Bar + Argot / Chicago, IL
July 4
Nicky Siano / The Gallery – Music that created Disco / New York, NY
Virgo Four (Merwyn Sanders Live) / Rush Hour + Trax / Chicago, IL
Cut Copy DJs / Cutter Records / Melbourne, Australia
Galcher Lustwerk b2b DJ Richard / White Material / New York, NY + Berlin, Germany
Bobbito Garcia a.k.a. Kool Bob Love / Álata Records / New York, NY
July 11
Bok Bok / Night Slugs / London, UK
Corbin & Bobby Raps (Live) / St. Paul, MN
Jam City (DJ set) / Night Slugs / London, UK
Despot (Live) / Queens, NY
Helix / Night Slugs / Miami, FL
Sheen / Night Slugs / London, UK
July 18
Boys Noize / BNR / Berlin, Germany
Busy P b2b Boston Bun / Ed Banger Records / Paris, France
A.G. Cook / PC Music / London, UK
Danny L Harle / PC Music / London, UK
Lafawndah (Live) / New York, NY
Lotic / Tri Angle Records + Janus / Berlin, Germany
July 25
Baauer / LuckyMe / Brooklyn, NY
Skepta (Live) / Boy Better Know / London, UK
DJ Slimzee / Slimzos Recordings / London, UK
Sicko Mobb (Live) / Polo Grounds + RCA Records / Chicago, IL
Vision Fortune (Live) / ATP Recordings / London, UK
Dark0 / Lost Codes + Rinse / London, UK
August 1
Tiga / Turbo Recordings / Montreal, Canada
Bob Moses (Live) / Domino / Brooklyn, NY
Gavin Russom (Live) / Ecstatic + DFA Records / New York, NY
Jaakko Eino Kalevi / Domino + Beats In Space / Helsinki, Finland
Frank & Tony / Scissor & Thread / Brooklyn, NY
August 8
Moritz von Oswald / Basic Channel + Maurizio / Berlin, Germany
Atom™ (Live) / Raster Noton + The Bunker New York / Santiago, Chile
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (DJ set) / Nice Age / London, UK
Jlin / Planet Mu / Gary, IN
Dorian Concept / Ninja Tune / Vienna, Austria
Rabit / Tri Angle Records / Houston, TX
August 15
Untold (Live) / Hemlock Recordings / London, UK
Vessel (Live) / Tri Angle Records / Bristol, UK
Ninos Du Brasil (Live) / Hospital Productions + DFA Records / Vittorio Veneto, Italy
Cut Hands (Live) / Blackest Ever Black / Edinburgh, UK
French Fries b2b Bambounou / ClekClekBoom + 50 Weapons / Paris, France
August 22
Andrés (DJ set) / La Vida + Mahogani Music / Detroit, MI
Kyle Hall / Wild Oats / Detroit, MI
Pender Street Steppers / Mood Hut / BC, Canada
Hashman Deejay / Mood Hut / BC, Canada
Laraaji (Live) / All Saints + Warp Records / Harlem, NY
August 29
Matias Aguayo (DJ set) / Cómeme / Santiago, Chile
Kingdom / Fade to Mind / Los Angeles, CA
D∆WN (Live) / Our Dawn Entertainment / New Orleans, LA
Murlo / Mixpak / London, UK
FALSE WITNESS / #KUNQ / Brooklyn, NY
Additional Artists to be announced
September 5
Artists to be announced

Le Bingo! w/Linda Simpson
2015-07-11 18:45 - 21:30, 2015-07-04 18:45 - 21:30 | le poisson rouge, 158 Bleecker St., New York, NY, United States
Drag queen Linda Simpson, who got her start in the East Village’s Pyramid Club in the ’90s, has been hosting bingo for years. Each evening features multiple rounds of bingo with “goofball prizes” shown off by a drag version of Vanna White. The Wheel of Chance gets spinned for drink specials.
