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REMINDER: Sure, there's another storm on the way, but strap on those snow boots and head to the Bell House this Sunday to warm up with us at our Peace on Earth event. Music, egg nog, Santa, a tree...it'll all be there. Bring some canned food and/or toys as a donation.
MOVIE: Yep, we're gonna keep pushing this one. It's the perfect night to come in from the cold and catch a movie and this is the last screening of Wild Combination at MoMA, the documentary on the life and music of Arthur Russell. Even if the name isn't familiar to you, you'll want to see this doc and will likely end up craving more. Read our interview with the late musician's partner, Tom Lee, and you'll know what we're talking about.
Friday // 8 p.m. // MoMA [11 W 53rd St] // $10
MUSIC: Extra Life, who we've talked about/to before, is playing at Market Hotel tonight. Best live act of 2008? We think so! It's work the walk in whatever wintry mix is happening later tonight, but if you miss them you can catch singer Charlie Looker at our show on Sunday.
Friday // 8 p.m. // Market Hotel [1142 Myrtle Ave, Brooklyn] // price tba
BENEFIT: Arise Collective presents "Drive for the Stuy" tonight, a fundraiser event in partnership with the Bed Stuy Campaign Against Hunger in Bed Stuy. The food and clothing drive will feature live hip-hop, dancing, spoken word, live grafitti, and a silent auction, and it's hosted by Toni Blackman. Flyer here.
Friday // 7 to 11:30 p.m. // St. Phillips Episcopal Church [334 MacDonough St, Brooklyn] // 3 cans of food
DANCE-THEATER: Bamboo Blues, the latest work from world-renowned choreographer Pina Bausch, is inspired by Indian dance and her eye-opening visits to the Subcontinent in 2006. Take a glance at the video on BAM's website; it looks absolutely sumptuous. Germany's Die Zeit wrote, "To experience this is to be moved, to be carried out of the hall into another world." And Stan Richardson at nytheatre.com raves: "I am writing this in the hope that you will not make the same mistake that I did. I spent 11 years in New York City before I went to see a piece by Pina Bausch at the Brooklyn Academy of Music... She is an entire theatrical education in two-and-a-half hours." ENDS TONIGHT. – John Del Signore
Saturday // 7:30 p.m. // BAM Howard Gilman Opera House [30 Lafayette Ave] // Call (718) 636-4100 for tickets.
MUSIC: The Mugs, Mussels, Limbs and Red Tag Rummage Sale are all at Cake Shop this weekend. While we haven't seen the latter live, we can certainly vouch for the other three, so get ready for a long night of music!
Saturday // 8 p.m. // Cake Shop [152 Ludlow St]
COMEDY:Professional wrestling is pretty wacky in and of itself. Then there's UCBW, the Upright Citizen Brigade Theater's regular comedy wrestling sendup show that takes that ridiculousness to the next level with characters like Frat Boy, Cakeface and Con Edison's Uncle Eddie. And then, there's the UCBW's holiday show Hanukkaos, where they take that absurdity to the next, next level (omega level?) with what they bill as "The Festival of Fights featuring Eight Crazy Matches." In the true holiday spirit, the main event features Anne Frank battling Adolf Hitler. Mazel tov, UCBW. - Billy Parker [ed. note: Billy is also portraying Hitler at this event.]
Saturday // Midnight // UCB Theatre [307 W 26th St] // $5
SHOP: Still looking for that perfect gift? The Brooklyn Indie Market is pulling together another designers market under the tents in Brooklyn this weekend. Arts! Crafts! And 15- 20% of the proceeds from sales (which will be doubled by a matching grant from Independence Community Foundation) will go to St. John’s Bread and Life, Brooklyn’s largest emergency food provider. You can shop and feel good about it!
Saturday and Sunday // 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. // Smith and Union Streets, Carroll Gardens // Free
THEATER: Focus groups, those omnipotent arbiters of taste responsible for the dumbing down of, well, pretty much everything, get a delicious skewering in Jim Neu's play Gang of Seven. Choice line of dialogue from one self-satisfied taste-maker: "Uncommitted is the new black, and I’ve learned to be proud." There's a rave review of the hour-long show, which ends today, in the Times, where Andy Webster calls it "an engaging torrent of intriguing ideas and dizzying wordplay... a heady froth of provocation...By the end you may not have retained all of the play’s notions, but your brain will be abuzz with them." – John Del Signore
Sunday // 2:30 p.m. & 8:30 p.m. // La MaMa [74A East 4th St] // $18
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