Events on Thursday, December 18

Anticon Anniversary feat. Themselves w/ Yoni Wolf, Buck 65, Sole, and Alias

Music: Hip-Hop

Anticon Anniversary

Thursday 12/18 @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn

Esteemed honky-tonk hip-hop label Anticon celebrates itself tonight with two MCs — Buck 65 and Alias — who can spit tales... 

The Capstan Shafts w/ Lame Drivers

Music

The Capstan Shafts

Thursday 12/18 @ The Charleston

Dean Wells' deeply-burrowing, straight-to-tape tunes for the Capstan Shafts evoke lo-fi legends like Sebadoh, Guided By Voices, and Apples in Stereo.... 

Rear Windows

Special Event

Rear Windows

Thursday 12/18 @ BAMcafé

Taking its title from Alfred Hitchcock's opus on voyeurism, Rear Windows salutes the curious art that comes from keeping your eyes... 

Ongoing Events

<em>The Firemen's Ball </em>(1967)

Film

The Firemen's Ball

Thursday 12/18 @ BAM Rose Cinemas

Made during the Czech New Wave's abbreviated springtime, The Firemen's Ball was "banned forever" in Czechoslovakia after the Soviet invasion in... 

<em>Black Watch</em>

Theatre

Black Watch

Thursday 12/18 @ St. Ann's Warehouse

If you're lucky enough to score a coveted ticket to Black Watch's limited run, you're in for one helluva show. Based... 

Gilbert & George

Art

Gilbert & George

Thursday 12/18 @ Brooklyn Museum of Art

The original living artworks, Gilbert & George, come to the Brooklyn Museum in the form of more than 80 photographs. In... 

C215: <em>Junk Store</em>

Art

C215

Thursday 12/18 @ Ad Hoc Art

Parisian artist C215 has been peeking from the shadows on a cross-continental level, and he's ready for his first stateside solo... 

<em>The Brooklyn Block Party</em>

Art

The Brooklyn Block Party

Thursday 12/18 @ Ad Hoc Art

Block parties are a classic Brooklyn fixture, but the Ad Hoc gallery puts a special twist on it: this one is... 

James & Karla Murray: <em>Counter/Culture: The Disappearing Face of Brooklyn's Storefronts</em>

Art: Photography

Counter/Culture: The Disappearing Face of Brooklyn's Storefronts

Thursday 12/18 @ Brooklyn Historical Society

From its sprawling industrial dead zones and rusty shipyards to its rolling parks and sought-after blocks of brownstones, Brooklyn wears many... 

Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch: <em>Bamboo Blues</em>

Dance

Pina Bausch

Thursday 12/18 @ BAM Howard Gilman Opera House

Tanztheater is one of the most dynamic styles of contemporary dance, incorporating a collage of music, dialogue, and stage design with... 

Ice Skating in Prospect Park

City Gems

Ice Skating in Prospect Park

Thursday 12/18 @ Wollman Rink

While it's always hard to simply shrug off those long, warm summer days and dive right into winter, the small perks... 

<em>The Deville's Holiday Special</em> feat. Pufferella and Ad Deville

Art

Deville's Holiday Special

Thursday 12/18 @ Factory Fresh

This holiday season, Factory Fresh founder Ad Deville gives you a look at his own burgeoning body of work alongside that...