I was looking at the NYC To Do List calendar today and realized that out of the entire month of July, Friday the 31st is the only day with NOTHING listed to do. Comment and let me know what's going on that day so we can fill it up. I mean, it's a Friday, so surely something is happening.
As for tonight's events:
I will be checking out the free screening of West Side Story (a personal favorite) at the Elevated Acre. I am sad, though, that I will be missing out on seeing Harold & Maude (another favorite) at Bryant Park. And if movies don't get you excited, Skeletons are playing a free show at Zebulon tonight. No excuses for staying in!
Lotsa Luv,
Mindy
Monday, July 20, 2009
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Mindy's Mid-Week Crap
Not to be outdone by The Ging, I too have a few things up my sleeve for this week!
Wednesday:
I plan to be flat out ballsy and try and go to TWO free events in one evening.
First I will whisk down to Stuy-Town for a FREE performance by Kaki King from 6-9pm, and will then make the scramble to McCarren Park via the L train to catch the FREE showing of Evil Dead 2 (where hopefully Alyssa will somehow manage to save me a seat? wink?).
Thursday:
Bruar Falls without a doubt - we are in agreement there! But if you for some reason do not want to go (though I cannot fathom why), there is a FREE Kronos Quartet concert at Prospect Park Bandshell that looks pretty great - check out Celebrate Brooklyn for more details.
Friday:
Stark & Nimo play another set at Goodbye Blue Monday, in case you miss the Thursday show.
Saturday:
For those that could care less about Siren Fest this year (myself included), there are some cool FREE events happening for the 2009 Big Draw. I specifically would want to attend this at the World Financial Center Winter Garden from 11am-4pm:
A little Andre in the morning may be in order so that I can gather my senses, and then I will be off to the FREE Dirty Projectors show at the Williamsburg Waterfront!
Whew, Okay, Done.
xoxo,
Mindy
Wednesday:
I plan to be flat out ballsy and try and go to TWO free events in one evening.
First I will whisk down to Stuy-Town for a FREE performance by Kaki King from 6-9pm, and will then make the scramble to McCarren Park via the L train to catch the FREE showing of Evil Dead 2 (where hopefully Alyssa will somehow manage to save me a seat? wink?).
Thursday:
Bruar Falls without a doubt - we are in agreement there! But if you for some reason do not want to go (though I cannot fathom why), there is a FREE Kronos Quartet concert at Prospect Park Bandshell that looks pretty great - check out Celebrate Brooklyn for more details.
Friday:
Stark & Nimo play another set at Goodbye Blue Monday, in case you miss the Thursday show.
Saturday:
For those that could care less about Siren Fest this year (myself included), there are some cool FREE events happening for the 2009 Big Draw. I specifically would want to attend this at the World Financial Center Winter Garden from 11am-4pm:
Join Suzanne Bocanegra in creating drawings on outdated and recycled music scores that will immediately be performed in ongoing improvisations by the renowned American string group, Flux Quartet.Sunday:
Location:
Between Vesey and Liberty Streets and West Side Highway and the Hudson River
A little Andre in the morning may be in order so that I can gather my senses, and then I will be off to the FREE Dirty Projectors show at the Williamsburg Waterfront!
Whew, Okay, Done.
xoxo,
Mindy
Midweek Update
It's Tuesday! And there is "nothing" to do. I call bullshit.
It's time for another FREE Secret Science Club at Bell House!
Tonight's speaker is Dr. Donald Johanson, the finder of Lucy the " 3.2-million-year-old early hominid—in the Afar region of Ethiopia. With about 40 percent of Lucy's skeleton intact, she represented a new species, Australopithecus afarensis." (Secret Science Club, July 5, 2009).
I know, too much nerd in one sentence for most of you. But if you miss Dr. Johanson's talk tonight about human development and evolution you can at least check out Lucy's remains at the Discovery Time Square Exposition.
Wednesday, is hump day. And if you're not humping or looking for a little something to set the mood; there's another Drink and Draw at 3rd Ward. With booze, boobies, and charcoal pencils. For $15, ($10 with a friend or date?) you can drink as much PBR as you want and sketch a live model as fast as you can. Bring your own art fart supplies.
Or if you aren't so artistically inclined there is the second, I know I didn't mention the first, FREE SummerScreen (formerly in the McCarren Park Pool now on McCarren's ball fields). Wednesday's showing is Evil Dead 2, you don't have to be an artist to appreciate the beauty of gore, comedy and an army of zombies.
And Thursday, last but not least, I'll demand your attendance at the amazing show happening at Bruar Falls! For ONLY $5 you'll be able to listen to the picnic in winter sounds of Jason Anthony Harris, the absurdly post-pop Stark and Nimo, the cool insanity that is Afuche, and the "unpredictable" Hi Red Center.
Be There or Be Lame!
-Alyssa
(quotation about Hi Red Center is from Pitchfork.com)
It's time for another FREE Secret Science Club at Bell House!
Tonight's speaker is Dr. Donald Johanson, the finder of Lucy the " 3.2-million-year-old early hominid—in the Afar region of Ethiopia. With about 40 percent of Lucy's skeleton intact, she represented a new species, Australopithecus afarensis." (Secret Science Club, July 5, 2009).
I know, too much nerd in one sentence for most of you. But if you miss Dr. Johanson's talk tonight about human development and evolution you can at least check out Lucy's remains at the Discovery Time Square Exposition.
Wednesday, is hump day. And if you're not humping or looking for a little something to set the mood; there's another Drink and Draw at 3rd Ward. With booze, boobies, and charcoal pencils. For $15, ($10 with a friend or date?) you can drink as much PBR as you want and sketch a live model as fast as you can. Bring your own art fart supplies.
Or if you aren't so artistically inclined there is the second, I know I didn't mention the first, FREE SummerScreen (formerly in the McCarren Park Pool now on McCarren's ball fields). Wednesday's showing is Evil Dead 2, you don't have to be an artist to appreciate the beauty of gore, comedy and an army of zombies.
And Thursday, last but not least, I'll demand your attendance at the amazing show happening at Bruar Falls! For ONLY $5 you'll be able to listen to the picnic in winter sounds of Jason Anthony Harris, the absurdly post-pop Stark and Nimo, the cool insanity that is Afuche, and the "unpredictable" Hi Red Center.
Be There or Be Lame!
-Alyssa
(quotation about Hi Red Center is from Pitchfork.com)
Friday, July 10, 2009
"What's going on tonight?"
Q: How many times have Mindy and myself gotten the question, "What's going on tonight?"
The answer is countless.
Why do you think we made a blog with information, reviews and CALENDAR WITH EVENTS COMING OUT OF ITS BEHIND?!
Now, no one I know can use, "I didn't know about that show/event?" as an excuse. It's on the calendar!
So let me now share some tips on how to stay connected to the NYC To-Do List. Firstly, sign up for a Google calendar! It's quick simple and kicks Outlook's ass. You can have email reminders for events sent to yourself, handy right?
Secondly, there is the crazy invention since the dawning of the blogosphere called RSS feeds? If you use Google Reader, Bloglines, My Yahoo!, any feed reader or have a bookmark tab on your web browser (they all have that right?) you can subscribe to the NYC To-Do List blog posts. It will provide you with the most up to date information and rants Mindy and myself have blogged. Just go to the bottom of this page and select "Subscribe: Posts (atom)". But don't get to addicted to RSS feeds or else you may not be able to enjoy all the amazing shit going on in the outerwebs (a.k.a. the place beyond your computer screen or "reality").
Speaking of which, here are some ways to spend your weekend and feed yourself at the same time!
Friday July 10th, TODAY!
The charming and talented Jason Anthony Harris will be playing a FREE show at Goodbye Blue Monday this evening at 9pm. Hungry too? Order some of the sandwiches and cafe eatery Goodbye Blue Monday provides and enjoy the show!
Saturday July 11th, Tomorrow.
Afuche, who we know and love (and not just because we know them) is playing with Rimsky and Hungry Hands in Ryan's Basement. To enter this show you'll need to know someone else who is attending, if you know Mindy or myself personally give us a ring! The show is FREE but donations are always accepted (donations in the form of cash or beer are especially appreciated). Cheap eats right around the corner at Fresco Tortillas, I'm sure members of Afuche will join me in giving Fresco their stamp of approval.
You don't know us personally?
Check out Huggabroomstock at Goodbye Blue Monday, there is a huge BBQ and music festival from 2pm to late night! Bring something to throw on the grill.
Sunday July 12th, The Day After Tomorrow (is a horrible movie).
Moviehouse @ 3rd Ward is BACK! And they are doing a FREE screening of two raunchy sketch comedies; Titsburg and Who Died? - The Frank Zip Story. Before the screening grab some more than "just a slice" of pizza at Roberta's (it's a little pricey but so delicious) and right near the Morgan L stop.
You are a broke hipster?
Your solution is at the Bushwick Country Club, from 2pm to 4pm FREE Ice Cream.Net and Bushwick Country Club have teamed up to provide you with FREE BBQ and FREE Maker's Mark Milkshakes while it lasts. Shoot some putt putt after stuffing yourself with some grilling and milkshakes. You'll still have time to make it over to the Moviehouse Screening, too!
And we would like to thank Heidi for her lovely posting about us on Skirts and Tights! This a shout out in response to a shout out. Hell yes! Even old school MTV didn't have that many shout outs at once!
-Alyssa
The answer is countless.
Why do you think we made a blog with information, reviews and CALENDAR WITH EVENTS COMING OUT OF ITS BEHIND?!
Now, no one I know can use, "I didn't know about that show/event?" as an excuse. It's on the calendar!
So let me now share some tips on how to stay connected to the NYC To-Do List. Firstly, sign up for a Google calendar! It's quick simple and kicks Outlook's ass. You can have email reminders for events sent to yourself, handy right?
Secondly, there is the crazy invention since the dawning of the blogosphere called RSS feeds? If you use Google Reader, Bloglines, My Yahoo!, any feed reader or have a bookmark tab on your web browser (they all have that right?) you can subscribe to the NYC To-Do List blog posts. It will provide you with the most up to date information and rants Mindy and myself have blogged. Just go to the bottom of this page and select "Subscribe: Posts (atom)". But don't get to addicted to RSS feeds or else you may not be able to enjoy all the amazing shit going on in the outerwebs (a.k.a. the place beyond your computer screen or "reality").
Speaking of which, here are some ways to spend your weekend and feed yourself at the same time!
Friday July 10th, TODAY!
The charming and talented Jason Anthony Harris will be playing a FREE show at Goodbye Blue Monday this evening at 9pm. Hungry too? Order some of the sandwiches and cafe eatery Goodbye Blue Monday provides and enjoy the show!
Saturday July 11th, Tomorrow.
Afuche, who we know and love (and not just because we know them) is playing with Rimsky and Hungry Hands in Ryan's Basement. To enter this show you'll need to know someone else who is attending, if you know Mindy or myself personally give us a ring! The show is FREE but donations are always accepted (donations in the form of cash or beer are especially appreciated). Cheap eats right around the corner at Fresco Tortillas, I'm sure members of Afuche will join me in giving Fresco their stamp of approval.
You don't know us personally?
Check out Huggabroomstock at Goodbye Blue Monday, there is a huge BBQ and music festival from 2pm to late night! Bring something to throw on the grill.
Sunday July 12th, The Day After Tomorrow (is a horrible movie).
Moviehouse @ 3rd Ward is BACK! And they are doing a FREE screening of two raunchy sketch comedies; Titsburg and Who Died? - The Frank Zip Story. Before the screening grab some more than "just a slice" of pizza at Roberta's (it's a little pricey but so delicious) and right near the Morgan L stop.
You are a broke hipster?
Your solution is at the Bushwick Country Club, from 2pm to 4pm FREE Ice Cream.Net and Bushwick Country Club have teamed up to provide you with FREE BBQ and FREE Maker's Mark Milkshakes while it lasts. Shoot some putt putt after stuffing yourself with some grilling and milkshakes. You'll still have time to make it over to the Moviehouse Screening, too!
And we would like to thank Heidi for her lovely posting about us on Skirts and Tights! This a shout out in response to a shout out. Hell yes! Even old school MTV didn't have that many shout outs at once!
-Alyssa
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