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February 27, 2009 in Upcoming Events to Consider | Tags: Alela Diane, Alphabeta, BAM, Blitzen Trapper, Bowery Ballroom, City Reliquary, Culture Caravan, Daphne Uviller, Depression, Dress Your Wounds, Egyptian Art, Eric Kraft, fingerless gloves, Funky Child, Gallery Talks, Harlem Jazz, Jazz, Joshua M. Lutz, KGB Bar, Lillie Ruth Bussey, Marx Brothers, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Rockmarket, P.O.E.T., Plants and Animals, Shamari Rookca, singer Monet, The Clox | 2 comments
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Happy Friday everyone! I hope you’re as excited as I am that it’s 55 degrees this afternoon! Enjoy it because I hear the weekend is going to be wet and cold.
Tonight check out New York Rockmarket’s recommended show– Blitzen Trapper, Plants and Animals, and Alela Diane at Bowery Ballroom.
If you’re in the mood for more old-school hi-jinks this evening the City Reliquary Museum and Civic Organization is having a ‘Modern-Day Depression Era Benefit‘ complete with Depression-era movies (ie. The Marx Bros), a DIY fingerless gloves station, landlords to throw pies at (?!) and of course Harlem Jazz.
Saturday afternoon check out the pop-up market ‘Funky Child‘ at Alphabeta. There will be music and artwork spanning the range from awesome to really really weird. Enjoy the madness!
Saturday evening if you’ve never spent an evening at the Metropolitan Museum of Art you should go this weekend. There’s something magical about being in the Great Hall after the sun has set, with music being played on the balcony and the tourists mostly gone. For an added bonus Saturday evening check out the free Gallery Talk on the Egyptian version of the good life:
The Good Life in Ancient Egypt
Egyptian art, a testament to the good (proper) life lived by the tomb owner, depicts his or her desire for a good (pleasurable) life after death. Discover how diverse representations of good lives evolved with the changing mindset of Egyptians.
Marissa Schlesinger
Free with Museum admission
7:00 p.m., Gallery Talk Stanchion, Great Hall
Saturday night enjoy the nu-jazz sound of the lovely young musician Monet for free at BAM.
Deep soul and nu-jazz take flight on flute in the breezy sound of multi-instrumentalist Monet, performing tracks from her critically-acclaimed debut album Essence and her upcoming release Awakening.
Sunday is the last day to register for next week’s ‘Swamp Cabbage Wild Game Tasting Fundraiser,’ which you really won’t want to miss. ‘Swamp Cabbage, a Dark and Sweaty Documentary’ directed by Hayley Downs and Julie Kahn gives us a unique look at Florida Cracker culture. It involves coleslaw wrestling, among other things. You have to see it, just go.
But to get back to this Sunday… If you haven’t been to the KGB Bar for their Sunday Night Fiction series this is a good night to go; Daphne Uviller and Eric Kraft will be reading from their respective novels while you sip on Russian beer.
Have a great weekend everyone and be sure to let me know if you have events to add or events for next week that I should post!