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Your event guide
Here's a snapshot of our favorite things to do in New York. |
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New York
Jun 30-Jul 6, 2009
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Hopefully your bosses are as generous as ours, and you all have a blessedly long holiday weekend to look forward to at the end of this week. There's plenty to put a spark in your step — just maybe not the traditional fireworks display you've come to expect. Without a Macy's barge on the East River this year, BK residents like myself will have to stake out a Hudson viewing spot. But there's something else on the horizon beside the pyrotechnics: a pretty sweet party, thanks to your favorite cultural resource. Flavorpill is launching a new bi-monthly shindig, High Rollers, at Brooklyn Bowl next Friday (July 10). Score super-cheap presale tix (an exclusive offer to our readers, because we love ya) before they sell out; then catch Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt!, O'Death, Justin Carter and Eamon Harkin, and — if you're lucky — a strike or two.
- Leah Taylor, Managing Editor
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The urban-grilling savior
It's tough to get your char on in the urban jungle. While we enviously imagine our 'burb-dwelling counterparts in a constant state of cookout, we're stuck heating up leftovers with the window open. The venerable Weber Co. hopes to change all that with the new Q140 — an efficient, portable, electric grill designed especially for the city-dwelling grillmaster.
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SPECIAL FEATURE
Win and fly with Virgin America
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Virgin America has partnered with Le Tourment Vert to bring the Green Fairy on board, and the first taste could be yours. To win two tickets on the airline, just email us or tweet @Flavorpill your chosen city within the Virgin America network and tell us why you'd love to travel there in five words or less. (Tag your tweet #LTVabsinthe.) This contest is open to everyone, so spread the word. Entries close on July 31. »
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READING
Colum McCann: Let the Great World Spin
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Tuesday June 30 (7pm)
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Barnes & Noble (33 E 17th St, 212.253.0810)
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Colum McCann launches a book tour for his fifth novel — a braided tale that begins with Philippe "Man on Wire" Petit and his grand tightrope stunt of 1974 between the Twin Towers. McCann found inspiration for the book in James Joyce and his depictions of the "messy layers of human experience." As Let the Great World Spin unfolds, he deftly reveals the extent to which the lives of the tightrope-onlookers intersect, and the implications of these connections. Tonight, the author hits the Union Square outpost of Barnes & Noble to read from this latest work.
- Nora Oppenheim
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Head to the Swift Hibernian Lounge on East 4th Street for the afterparty.
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ART
Creative Time presents Steve McQueen: Deadpan
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Wednesday July 1
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44 1/2 (Broadway & 44th St)
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This July, as part of the ongoing 44 1/2 series, Creative Time recontextualizes Steve McQueen's Deadpan, a restaging of a classic Buster Keaton gag in which a house collapses around an individual who is left unharmed. Presented on MTV's outdoor, gilded screen, in the heart of media-saturated Times Square, the silent film's examination of slapstick cinematic conventions promises to take on new meaning. The 4.5-minute Deadpan screens daily, at the top of each hour.
- Noémie Bonnet
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MUSIC: DJ
The Wurst Boat Party feat. Brennan Green and My Cousin Roy
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Thursday July 2 (11:30pm–4am)
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The Half Moon at Skyport Marina (E 23rd St & FDR Dr, 212.571.3304)
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$25 / $20 advance
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Summertime boat parties are as common as ice-cream trucks, but Wurst Records' version is one of our favorites. It's a tradition to kick off the Independence Day weekend with the Wurst cruise, which sails at midnight and involves several hours of debauchery on the East River. You can party knowing there's no work the next day — which means you'll probably wake up on Sunday, July 5, with sparkler burns in weird places and wondering what the heck happened. This year, superb space-disco purveyors Brennan Green and My Cousin Roy rock the boat (har!) for only 200 guests, so buy a presale ticket or you may get left at the dock.
- Anna Balkrishna
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FILM
A Musical Marathon
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Friday July 3
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The Film Society of Lincoln Center (70 Lincoln Center Plz, 212.875.5600)
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Lincoln Center marks a half-century of existence with this three-day paean to the musical, America's most fanciful contribution to the arts. The 20 films on slate represent six decades of gotta-dance pageantry, with no bagatelles to be seen. Singin' in the Rain jump-starts a TGIF schedule that includes Bob Fosse's Weimar-era masterwork Cabaret and another midnight opportunity to memorize Purple Rain. Come Saturday, Busby Berkeley's madcap flair is on full-scale display in The Gang's All Here, while luck delivers twofold for Frank "Pal Joey" Sinatra with Rita Hayworth and Kim Novak. And Sunday is simply hubba-hubba worthy, with Marilyn Monroe in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes — or, if you prefer, Gene Kelly, as he goes balletic in New York and Paris.
- Jason Jude Chan
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MORE FLAVOR: Party
WarmUp Kick-off feat. Daniel Bell w/ Reagenz
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Saturday July 4 (2–9pm)
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P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center (22-25 Jackson Ave, 718.784.2084)
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We look forward to the kickoff of P.S.1's WarmUp season with almost as much giddy anticipation as our six-year-old nephew does his birthday. Every Saturday this summer, partiers, dancers, ravers, art hounds, moms, pops, kids, and tots gather to let loose in the museum's courtyard — this year featuring the winning installation Afterparty, including a series of "cooling chimneys" to keep revelers out of the heat. The season's lineup looks incredible, and today is no exception: minimal-techno kingpin Daniel Bell headlines (you might remember his mesmerizing set at our One Step Beyond party at AMNH), while Reagenz offers a spacey, ambient-electro collab between Jonah Sharp and David Moufang (aka Move D). Bring some sunscreen, and don't forget, MoMA members and LIC residents get in free!
- Leah Taylor
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The Beach Party is the perfect WarmUp afterparty. An easy walk from P.S.1 takes you to Justin Carter, Probus, and Eamon Harkin's DJ dance party on the waterfront — tonight with special guest Robin Hood.
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MORE FLAVOR: City Gem
we know the secret of the colors: an ambient audio adventure through the lower west side
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Sunday July 5 (noon–5pm)
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Spring Street (Spring St & Avenue of the Americas)
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Part of being a New Yorker — or any city-dweller, really — means finding some equilibrium between thick-skinned, non-plussed cynic and adventurous, whimsical sprite. It takes some of each to truly thrive here, but sometimes we forget the latter. Luckily, Jeremy Dalmas is here to reawaken our imaginations. His ambient audio adventure is sort of like (one of our faves) Forgotten NY brought to life, or an Art Mobs-ish take on Manhattan itself; simply download the two-hour long audio tour, then head to the starting point. You can experience the narrated wonder-walk at any time, but this weekend, if you start within the appointed times, you'll end at a picnic where you can meet the artist and your fellow tourists.
- Leah Taylor
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There's no post-tour picnic on the Fourth, for obvious holiday reasons.
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MUSIC: Soul/R&B
Saul Williams w/ Janelle Monáe, Dallas Austin, and Elevator Fight
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Monday July 6 (3–10pm)
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BAM (30 Lafayette Ave, 718.636.4100)
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We fell head-over-heels for Janelle Monáe after watching the extended music video/mini-movie for her single "Many Moons." The buddy of Big Boi (she's guested on OutKast tracks) and recent GRAMMY nom is a funky sparkplug of a singer who updates old-school soul/R&B in ways that make us think "female Andre 3000." Lauded local wordsmith Saul Williams also takes the stage — likely as his 2008 album alter ego, the half-alien, half-poet Niggy Tardust — with his whirlwind lyrics, aggressive vocals, and synths. And Dallas Austin, a seasoned hip-hop and R&B producer (TLC, Blu Cantrell, and MJ himself) could also have some worthwhile tricks up his sleeve.
- Leah Taylor
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This free show is part of BAM's Afro-Punk festival; skateboarding and BMX competitions also take place all day, adjacent to the stage.
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MORE FLAVOR: Party
Flavorpill presents High Rollers at Brooklyn Bowl feat. O'Death w/ Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt! and DJs Justin Carter and Eamon Harkin
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Friday July 10 (9pm)
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Brooklyn Bowl (61 Wythe Ave, 718.963.3369)
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$15 / $10 Flavorpill presale
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Spread the word: Flavorpill is back in the events game. Presenting High Rollers, our new, bi-monthly (every other month, that is) shindig at awesome new Williamsburg venue Brooklyn Bowl. On Friday, July 10, we're doubling down with bowling and bands, because the Bowl is much, much more than just a few parallel lanes. Boasting a full stage and killer sound system, the space has plenty of room to host renowned party-starters Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt!, Sunday Best! DJs Justin Carter and Eamon Harkin, and country punks O'Death. So whether you come looking to knock down some pins, knock back a few brews, or just get rowdy on the dance floor — we've got you covered.
- Leah Taylor
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These cheapo presale tix will go fast — there's a very limited quantity available only to Flavorpill readers. Tickets are on sale starting Tuesday, June 30, at noon.
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About Us |
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Cultural Partner
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Editors
MANAGING EDITOR
Leah Taylor
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Jason Jude Chan
Stephan Paschalides
Andrew Phillips
PUBLISHERS
Sascha Lewis
Mark Mangan
SENIOR EDITORS
Jake Lancaster
Doug Levy
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