December 18, 2007
Pencil This in
ART: Art, fashion and blogs meet tonight at the Met. In an exhibition entitled blog.mode: addressing fashion, viewers will be able to comment on what they see. It's "the first in a series of shows designed to promote critical and creative dialogues about fashion. The exhibition presents some forty costumes and accessories dating from the eighteenth century to the present." Visitors are then encouraged to share their reactions online or from a "blogbar" of computer terminals in the exhibition galleries. Pictured is one of the dresses -- you know you have comment about it.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art [1000 5th Ave] // $20
EVENT: Still haven't finished your shopping? It's almost time to start panicking -- and tonight MyOpenBar has a solution to your shopping woes. No, not alcohol. Well, yes alcohol -- but also a one-stop shopping mecca! You, fueled by free Bass, will encounter 18 independent brands in which to pluck your presents from. Be sure to bring some cash, and a donation for Toys For Tots.
6 to 11pm // 388 Broadway, 3rd Floor // Unwrapped toy or $5
MUSIC: The Onion seems to be having a lot of holiday parties this season. Tonight might be one of their biggest with Northern State and Celebration taking the stage. Their "rampage" goes to benefit 826NYC, so going will be like giving a gift -- and it'll probably get you on the "nice list," too.
7pm // Crash Mansion [199 Bowery] // $15
THEATER: Martin Denton calls David Henry Hwang’s Yellowface “startling, exquisite, and ultimately profound.” The first act concerns the 1990 scandal surrounding the transfer of the hit London musical Miss Saigon to Broadway. Hwang, who won a Tony for M. Butterfly, led protests against the production because one of the lead actors, Jonathan Pryce, was cast as a French-Vietnamese character. Yellow Face’s second act focuses on Hwang’s relationship with his father, the first Asian American to be granted a federal bank charter, and the false charges of espionage leveled against nuclear scientist Wen Ho Lee. According to Denton, Hwang and director Leigh Silverman keep “the play from ever feeling polemical and indeed the entertainment quotient is exceedingly high.” – John Del Signore
7pm // The Public Theater [425 Lafayette St] // Tickets cost $50
COMICS: Comics and comedy come together tonight at the 10th annual Comic Book Club. Join Brian Michael Bendis ("New Avengers," "Ultimate Spider-Man"), Ed Brubaker ("Captain America," "X-Men") and Matt Fraction ("Iron Fist," "Casanova") for a big 'ol geek-out. Bonus: SNL's Bill Hader will also be be on hand, as will singer Kimmy Gatewood.
8pm // Peoples Improv Theater [154 W 29th St] // $5




When I started reading this, I only looked at the picture out of the corner of my eye, and I swear to god it looked like a teetering pile of dog shit. I had to look at it full on because I couldn't figure out what that had to do with the blurbs.
I can't stop laughing.