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FOOD: Drinking With the Professor: a Look at Jerry Thomas and His Liquid Legacy: Join cocktail maestro Dave Wondrich as he shares recipes from his latest book, Imbibe! plus a few that were cut in the editing process. Wondrich has an in-depth knowledge of nineteenth-century classic cocktails, so step up and taste the benefits. - Laren Spirer
Friday // 6:30pm // Astor Culinary Center [399 Lafayette St] // $75, tickets available online
THEATER: As you surely know by now, Under the Radar ends this weekend. Most of the shows take place at the Public Theater, but one bright blip on the screen is found uptown, where the acclaimed Classical Theater of Harlem is presenting “a radical re-envisioning” of Trojan Women by Euripides. “Set in the imagined wreckage of Penn Station, the show integrates testimony from survivors of recent civil wars in Sierra Leone and Liberia and questions: if there is truth in the Greek concept of tragedy, in which cycles of order are governed by fate, then doesn't it stand to reason that the catastrophic disaster always happening somewhere else will some day happen here?” Uptown Flavor has a good review. – John Del Signore
Friday // 7:30pm // Harlem Stage Gatehouse [150 Convent Ave. @ West 135th St] // Tickets cost $25; use code UTR
MUSIC: Union Hall hosts of night of must-sees this evening. Come early for opener Laura Marling (who's apparently the new Lily Allen or Kate Nash or something). Stick around for The Lovely Sparrows, Lucinda Black Bear and Melomane.
The Lovely Sparrows, "All My Little Words" (Magnetic Fields cover)
Friday // 8pm // Union Hall [702 Union St, Park Slope]
MOVIE: "Brainwave is an extravaganza of art, music, and ideas." They question how "art, music, and meditation affect the brain and offers countless answers in more than a hundred public events, ranging from contemporary art shows to a cinema series to cutting-edge concerts, performances, talks, and panels." The events run through July, and tonight is they'll be screening Altered States. Yep, that Altered States.
Friday // 9:30pm // Rubin Museum of Art [150 W 17th St] // Free, $7 bar minimum
THEATER: The acclaimed Italian company Teatro Del Carretto is in town until the end of next week with their adults-only production of Pinocchio. Renowned for their rich theatricality, which blends spoken word, movement, puppetry, masks, shadows, and sound effects with fantastic tales, the ensemble performs only in Italian but selects familiar stories that transcend the language barrier. Here they treat Pinocchio as an “enchantingly dark, surreal adult tale of a wooden puppet who becomes an adventuresome real man in a world full of very real dangers.” Daniel Kelley calls it “alternately hilarious and horrifying, with an ensemble that is so in tune and energetic as to leave you breathless.” – John Del Signore
Saturday // 7:30pm // La MaMa [74A East 4th St] // Tickets cost $20.
MUSIC: After a night at Mercury Lounge, Morning 40 Federation brings their "hybrid of punk, jazz and what New Orleans old-timers call fonk-coalesced" to Bar Nine. The band was "born and bred in New Orleans' Ninth Ward neighborhood, formed in 1997 as a drunken quasi-dare by Josh Cohen and Space Rickshaw, saxophonist and trombonist, respectively." They invite you into their world of "boozy camaraderie, and tales of the assorted noble lowlifes, space cadets, and other crazies that populate the parallel universe version of New Orleans nightlife, far off the beaten tourist path."
Saturday // 9pm // Bar Nine [807 9th Ave] // $10
PARTY: It's Bowie Ball! Get your glam rock on at the annual event. There are more details for this thing than we could ever list here, but here are some highlights: there will be a whole lot of deejays (including THE Michael T), live performances, burlesque, glam rock makeovers and finally, Project Runway's Christian Siriano, Jack Mackenroth and Kevin Christiana. Fierce! More info here.
Saturday // 10pm // Don Hill's [511 Greenwich St] // $10 with costume, $15 without
MOVIE: Speaking of Bowie...when he got together with Jim Henson for the 1986 film Labyrinth, only good could come of it! Toss Brooklynite Jennifer Connelly in the mix, and you've got a cult classic in the making. This Saturday enjoy the goblin-y goodness all over again.
Saturday // 12am // Sunshine [141 E Houston St] // $10.74
DRINK: Forget eggs florentine and Sunday brunch, take a hair of the dog approach this weekend and head to a beerfest. Hop Devil hosts a strong ale festival with over 15 beers at 8%+ alcohol. Warning: this will probably Monday that much harder.
Sunday // noon to 6pm // Hop Devil Grill [129 St Marks Place] // No cover
MUSIC: What better way to end the weekend than listening to the sweet sounds of Andrew W.K. tickling the ivories. He takes the stage for a solo piano show this Sunday. Also on the bill are: Endless Boogie and Jeffrey Jensen.
Sunday // 10pm // Pianos [158 Ludlow St] // $8
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