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FILM: Cult classic Valley of the Dolls will screen tonight at the Rubin Museum, with an intro from none other than Alan Cumming. The 1967 film stars Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, and Sharon Tate as three glamorous women who "will do whatever it takes to get to the top. Based on the Jacqueline Susann bestseller, this final film in the 'The Proverbial Pictureshow' series illustrates the Bhutanese proverb “Medicine, if taken with knowledge; poison, if abused.” More details here.

Friday // 9:30 p.m. // Rubin Museum // $7 bar minimum

PARTY: New York Comic Con is in town and the Kidrobot folks say that means so are all of their friends. Time to celebrate! "Come to the Kidrobot New York store for an evening with Sket One, Huck Gee, Mr. Shane Jessup, Pon, Clutter, and other amazing artists! Food, drinks, music and art will be provided, plus tons of special items for sale for one night only."

Friday // 6 to 8 p.m. // Kidrobot [118 Prince St] // Free

MUSIC: "Adult Swim is hosting a free music event especially for fans at the Santos Party House. Hosted by Jon Glaser, New York based writer and star of Adult Swim's new show Delocated!, the event will feature a solo performance by Andrew W.K. and also a performance by New York's very own Cheeseburger." Note the early start time—sounds like a crazy way to start off the weekend!

Friday // 6:30 p.m. // Santos Party House [100 Lafayette] // Free

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THEATER: One of the few pleasures of winter in New York comes when one begins spotting posters for Richard Foreman's new extravaganza pasted around town. This year's theatrical mindfuck is a collaboration with avant-garde composer John Zorn called Astronome: A Night At The Opera. We're told that it is, indeed, an opera, "with Zorn’s recorded score dominated by ecstatic groans, grunts and babbling. Onstage we witness the initiation of a group of people into a world where ambiguous behavior alone leads to freedom—perhaps under the tutelage of the necessary 'false messiah.'" No film is involved this year, but the "colorful, picaresque set resembles something out of an Architectural Digest from Hell." You can't see that in Houston! (Or can you?) — John Del Signore

Saturday // 8 p.m. // The Ontological Theater at St. Mark’s Church [131 East 10th St at 2nd Ave] // $25

EVENT: Target and the Brooklyn Museum celebrate Black History Month at their montly First Saturday event this Saturday. Come for a Film and Discussion with Diva Dutch who "explores how culture connects Black women across time and space"; or a Dance Conversation between Bill T. Jones and Elvis Mitchell, an African Art Gallery Talk with Kevin Dumouchelle, a Young Voices Gallery Talk, a film (Lackawanna Blues) or a Book Club meeting discussing Pamela Newkirk "Letters from Black America" with the author herself. Details for all events can be found here.

Saturday // Various Times // Brooklyn Museum

MUSIC: Gene Ween is feeling better and is finally playing that Music Hall of Williamsburg show he had to postpone. Tickets are still on sale, so if you're a Ween fan, or a Gene fan: get one now!

Saturday // 8 p.m. // Music Hall of Williamsburg [66 N 6th St, WIlliamsburg] // $22

FOOD: Williamsburg's Union Pool will be red hot this Sunday when the annual Chili Takedown turns up the heat. 30 contestants will be "fighting to the death" in the competition, and your $10 admission gives you a voice in who gets crowned the winner. Of course, that also means you'll have to eat samples of all thirty chilis, but sacrifices must be made in this new era of responsibility. — John Del Signore

Sunday // 4:30 p.m. // Union Pool [484 Union Ave, Williamsburg] // $10

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By Jen Carlson in Arts and Events on February 6, 2009 1:03 PM

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rcltrh

Now you get outta my way because I've got a man waiting for me. Yeah? Well that's better than the fags you usually hang around with. At least I never married one! You take that back! *cat-fight ensues*

I try each day to be a little more like Helen Lawson and less like Neeley O'Hara.

KiljoyWasHere

"New York Comic Con and the Kidrobot folks say that means so are all of their friends."

I keep reading this and cannot fathom what it is supposed to mean.