Date: February 5th 2010

Friday, February 5
* GalaGalactic, Manhattan
* Puppet Playlist No. 5: Country Music, Manhattan * Trifles, Manhattan
* Occupy Everything Now! Screening and Goodbye Party, Brooklyn

Saturday, February 6
* For the Love Of ... Manhattan
* The Amazing Super Formal Benefit and Adventure Spectacular, Manhattan * Art Book Swap New York, Manhattan
* Terminal Brooklyn, Brooklyn
* Brooklyn Wild Parrot Safari, Brooklyn * Anatomically Incorrect, Brooklyn
* Totally Freakin' Awesome, Brooklyn
* Hey, I'm Walkin' Here! Queens

Sunday, February 7
* An Unrehearsed Performance of the Scottish Play, Brooklyn * A Sunday Stroll, Manhattan
* No Parking on the Dancefloor, Brooklyn * The Love Show's Guide to Sex, Manhattan * Church of Craft, Brooklyn

Monday, February 8
* Open City Dialogue: Occult NY, Williamsburg

Tuesday, February 9
* Rock 'n’ Roll Auction, Williamsburg

Wednesday, February 10
* Skits 'n' Tits, Manhattan
* Art for Haiti NYC, Manhattan
* Death Bear, Brooklyn

Thursday, February 11
* Where They At, Manhattan
* Pyramid Scheme, Brooklyn

Wishlist
* Actors

Spectre
* Leakier Than Thou

Learning
* Mig With Kim

Help
* Immigration Equality

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Blue pumpkin.

XXXXX FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5 XXXXX

Squid Row presents:

GalaGalactic

From the bleeding edge of the known Universe, please join the inhabitants of the Cephalopoda Galaxy on a multi-venue, mutli-dimensional voyage.

First, allow yourself to slip through the worm-hole into the groundbreaking digitally animated alternative music show SonicVision. Secondly, Join the space squiddets as they colonize a luxurious lunar event space at Hudson Terrace.

With spacial grooves, deep, techy, electro, funky sexy tech house and adrenaline-pumpin’ breaks brought to you by Dexx (Squid Row), Tim Fielding (Squid Row), Lee Mayjahs (PEX), Nigel Richards (PEX). Intergalactic visuals by deepness and guests. Late-night luminescent capoeira performance by special guests.

Suggested attire: Out of this world supernatural space inhabitant, luminous mutant space goddess, exotic refugee sky creature, mod space bubble fantasm, silvery pie in the sky suits, space men, green men, glowing rings, stars, tubing, mirrors, molds and membranes, martians, space invaders, britelite, space hallucination, and pocket rockets.

Sonic Vision at Hayden Planetarium Space Theater 81st between Columbus and Central Park West, Manhattan 8p; $30 for everything, or $15 for Sonic Vision and $20 for Hudson Terrace

Hudson Terrace
621 West 46th Street, between 11th and 12th avenue, Manhattan (please use private east entrance -- not main entrance) 9:30p-4a; ; $30 for everything, or $15 for Sonic Vision and $20 for Hudson Terrace marobscuro@gmail.com

***** Also on FRIDAY *****

Puppet Playlist No. 5: Country Music

Puppet Playlist takes talented puppeteers and brilliant musicians and slams them together into an evening of live theater to stir the senses.

This month we bring you cowboys, heartache, whiskey, and hound dogs. Each puppeteer will chose a country song and create an original piece based on or inspired by that song. The playlist will also feature music by some of New York's most exciting young singer-songwriters.

Featuring pieces by: Lindsey "Z" Briggs, Ben Dziuba, Elizabeth Hara, Jon Levin, Marta Mozelle MacRostie, the Princes of Persuasion and Cardium Mechanicum, featuring Jenn O'Donnell, Jennifer Schmermund, and Ed Valentine.

Musical performers include: Robin Aigner, Dr. Charles Booth, Overton Hatfield II, Hawke and Owl, Anna Leuchtenberger and a Band of Varmints, Leah Siegel, and Matt Singer.

The Tank
354 West 45th Street, between 8th and 9th avenues, Manhattan 7:30p and 9:30p; $7
Continues on SUNDAY
puppetplaylist.com
thetanknyc.org

***** Also on FRIDAY *****

The Theatre of a Two-headed Calf's:

Trifles

The 1916 one-act by Susan Glaspell set at the scene of a bizarre murder in the Midwest in 1900. Those accustomed to Two-headed Calf’s loud, explosive and physically rigorous performances are in for a surprise. With Trifles, director Brooke O’Harra and composer Brendan Connelly team up with the new music ensemble Yarn/Wire to approach Glaspell’s text as part concert, part play, and part meditation on crime, empathy, and sisterhood.

Ontological Theater
131 East 10th Street, Manhattan
8p; $17, $14 student, $10 with discount code NONSENSE Continues through February 14
212 352 3101
ovationtix.com/trs/pr/702385

***** Also on FRIDAY *****

Occupy Everything Now! Screening and Goodbye Party

On the evening of November 18 the regents of the University of California voted to raise undergraduate tuition to more than $10,000 per year, a 32 percent increase. There was also the announcement of massive layoffs and furloughing. From November 18-20, students, faculty, and workers of the University of California at Berkeley striked, marched, and occupied buildings throughout the campus. People collected garbage and piled it in front of California Hall. Students and demonstrators battled police lines to attempt to enter the administration building. Average college students quickly became militants. Graduate students laid down books and hit the streets. Union members, students, and activists joined together in struggle. General assemblies became part of everyday campus life. Police and campus administrators lost control of the situation and the media looked in awe.

Brandon Jourdan went to document the events that unfolded at the UC Berkeley strike and is moving to California to document the ongoing situation.

Before a little party, Jourdan will be premiering a short documentary about the November student strike. He will be showing unseen footage from the Berkeley uprising and speaking about the situation in California.

East River Bar
97 South 6th Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn 8p screening, 10p-4a party; $5 suggested donation, no one turned away brandonjourdan.blogspot.com

XXXXX SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6 XXXXX

For the Love Of ...

It's an evening of dance plays. And there's a free dance lesson before the show and a dance party after the show. And a DJ and disco ball. And cool video projections. And interactive activities for the audience. Oh, and people being serenaded by ukuleles. It’s about loving a bookcase. It’s about being a beefcake. It’s about wanting too much. It’s dance, but it’s not dance. It’s choreographed emotion.

It's called For the Love Of ... and it's produced by the Anthropologists. Also, something unique: We are hosting a special benefit performance to aid in the relief efforts of Partners in Health (PIH) after the Haiti earthquake. The benefit will take place on February 6, following the 9:30p performance, and will include a reception with the cast and production team.

Clemente Soto Velez
107 Suffolk Street, Manhattan
9:30p; $25 advance, $30 door, and $10 goes to Partners in Health -- ticket includes drink Shows continue SUNDAY and February 11-14 cherietheanthropologists.org
theanthropologists.org
smarttix.com.

***** Also on SATURDAY *****

The Amazing Super Formal Benefit and Adventure Spectacular

The event will be held in an old two story theater in Tribeca. Throughout the evening you will experience the New Flesh Fashion Show, Party Armor Auction and raffle, hyper-sapien go-go boys and cocktail waitresses, and an a presentation by the Prince of the Future. The musical acts include DJs Kimyon, Cobra Krames, Feliz Cumbe, 2melo and Shaggy2k, and bands Vox Illuminati and Sistine Criminals. Other surprises are constantly being added.

Attire: Super black tie, tights and tuxes, capes, gowns, and masks.

Proceeds from this event will go to the New Flesh Work shop for developing durable yet inexpensive prosthetic components out of recycled and readily available materials utilizing manufacturing techniques viable in third world countries, war torn regions, and disaster areas.

279 Church Street, Manhattan
9p-4a, open bar before 10:30p; $30 door, $25 in Super gear, $20 presale via paypal manifold.in/2010/01/19/february-6th-2010/

***** Also on SATURDAY *****

Art Book Swap New York

Bring your art books and swap one-for-one with hundreds of donated art books. For more information about the Art Book Swap event, please contact

Museum of Modern Art, Cullman Education and Research Building 4 West 54th Street, between 5th and 6th avenues, Manhattan Noon-5p; $free
regencyartspress.org

***** Also on SATURDAY *****

Terminal Brooklyn

DJs Terminal Optic, Victor Vortexx, Justin Kaos, and guests. Food, fire, and friends.

Terminal
343-B Broadway, sshh; ring buzzer for entrance, Brooklyn 2a; $10
terminalbrooklyn@gmail.com

***** Also on SATURDAY *****

Brooklyn Wild Parrot Safari

What are wild parrots doing in Brooklyn? It's a long story. We'll inspect the Brooklyn Parrots' "Ellis Island." Their large nests around the soccer field represents the first major colony in Brooklyn. The site is easy to get to via public transportation. Allow some extra time, given that the MTA is doing lots of construction/train re-routing on weekends.

What to Bring/What to Wear Please bring a photo ID (this is required by Brooklyn College Security). Bring binoculars and a camera. We'll be exposed to outdoors so bring a hat/sunscreen if you have sensitive skin. Please feel free to wear anything except bright orange. For reasons that science has not yet explained, Monk Parrots freak out when you show them something orange.

Please e-mail me if you want to attend. Note: there is no rain date for this trip. I ordinarily do not cancel the tour unless the forecast is for sustained inclement weather in which birds will not fly.

Brooklyn College's Hillel Gate
Hillel Place and Campus Road, Brooklyn
11a-12:30p; $free, but bring good bird feed and other treats: finch food or millet RSVP: stevebrooklynparrots.com
brooklynparrots.com/2005/03/what-are-wild-parrots-doing-in.html

***** Also on SATURDAY *****

Anatomically Incorrect

Closing party for an on-site collaborative drawing installation by Anastasia Akulinina/Kaerfkrahs, Brian Butler, Downer, Faro, Scott Ferguson, Fish McGill, Maxwell Piersol, Cardon Webb, and Eunjeong Yoo. Local Brooklyn-based metal band of graphic designers, Descender, will be performing. With live drawing performance from local Red Hook artists, Todd Von Ammon and Nate Luce. Free food and drink.

Lucky Gallery
176 Richards Street, Brooklyn
6-9p; $free
luckygallery.com

***** Also on SATURDAY *****

Totally Freakin' Awesome

90s variety show. A night of live performance givin’ some mad props to the flyest decade ever: the 90s. This show is all that and a bag of chips, as we’re bringing back some of the most off the hook entertainment of the 90s. Featuring phat beats, “fly” aerial, and hella fresh humor, this night of variety is the shiznit. Stick around after the show and get jiggy with it with our 90s dance party featuring hits by Ace of Base, Boyz 2 Men, C+C Music Factory, En Vogue, and more. Enjoy 90s inspired refreshments by Love Girl such as gushers, dunkaroos, mountain dew and capri sun. Word up. Talk to the hand. Show me the money.

Featuring performances by Lady Circus, Spazz Hands, Andriana Santiago, Celine Dion, Nikki Borodi, Maia Ramnath, Power Rangers, Band of Bicycles, Jeff Seal and Chris, Claire deLuxe, Diana DeLuna, the Amazing Amy, Butt Kapinski, and more. 90s music and dance party afterward.

House of Yes
342 Maujer, near Morgan, Brooklyn
L train to Grand station
8p doors, 9p show; $10-20 sliding scale houseofyes.org/events/totally-freakin-awesome/

***** Also on SATURDAY *****

Hey, I'm Walkin' Here!

A series of exploratory perambulations through the five boroughs. Or, less pretentiously: Get off your butt and come walk around the city with us.

Looks like we might have a white Saturday, so come spend the day frolicking in the freshly fallen snow out in the wilds of eastern Queens. 22 miles: Flushing, Willets Point, Whitestone, Beechhurst, Auburndale, Jamaica, Richmond Hill.

Also, there are only going to be two more walks after this one. Matt's leaving town at the end of March to start a nine-month-long walk across the country.

Meeting point: Southwest corner of Main Street and Roosevelt Avenue, Queens 9:30a; $free
matt.burnsomedustgmail.com
burnsomedust.com

XXXXX SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7 XXXXX

An Unrehearsed Performance of the Scottish Play

Wanna see what happens when a bunch of half-assed artists, crusties, random audience members, and other non-actors put on Shakespeare's cursed play?

Black metal, improv noise, projections, bad luck, beer, and free food are all expected to make an appearance.

Show up on time if you want to be in the play, but please don't study lines in advance. Don't even watch the movie.

13 Thames
13 Thames Street, first floor, Brooklyn 6p; $free, BYOB
twitter.com/13thames
twitter.com/freakflagpromo

***** Also on SUNDAY *****

A Sunday Stroll

Walk the length of Manhattan in one day with people as nuts as you are. 13.5 miles long. The walk ends at Inwood Hill Park with sunset. Hosted by New York couchsurfers.

Bowling Green Park
11 Broadway, Manhattan
4,5 trains to Bowling Green station
10:45a meet-up, 11a walking; $free
Contact Lauren 215 806 4114 to meet up during the day

***** Also on SUNDAY ******

No Parking on the Dancefloor

A party simply about dancing. If you are on the floor, you must be dancing. That simple. Life is that simple really. This month we had longtime NYC crateaholic selectros Brown Bum (well technically East Orange) and Alfreako as well as Small Change with a few specials.

House of Yes
342 Maujer, near Morgan, Brooklyn
L train to Grand station
7p-midnight; $5-500 suggested donation

***** Also on SUNDAY *****

The Love Show's Guide to Sex

A monthly evening of provocative modern dance, cabaret, comedy and magic. Featuring: Angela Harriell's Love Show Dancers, Devout Dancing Duo, Group Hug, the Comedic Wizardry of Fantastic Genius, mystifying illusions by the Great Dubini, hosted by David F. Slone, Esq. Monthly

The Slipper Room
167 Orchard Street, at the corner of Stanton Street, Manhattan 9p doors, 9:30p show; $5 admission
212 253 7246
theloveshownyc.com
slipperroom.com

***** Also on SUNDAY *****

Church of Craft

Oh deep dark cold winter, why are you so cruel? Why do you make we want to curl up in a ball and never go outside again? The way I deal with my winter blues? I make myself get out and see your beautiful happy crafty faces. Our time together is like wood on the fire in my sleepy wind chapped soul. Feed yourselves and your comrades this month by coming together to craft.

It is true, the sewing machines have been fixed. The labs come equipped with your basics: scissors, tape, pens, thread, but I encourage you to bring supplies that you want to work with in addition to what is there.

Our meeting will be the usual casual drop in affair, come any time, bring anyone, bring anything you are working on or come & just check out what everyone else is up to. Snacks are welcome.

Etsy Labs
55 Washington Street, Suite 512, Brooklyn 2-6p; $free/donation
etsy.com/storque/etsy-news/all-about-etsy-faq-series-welcome-to-the-e tsy-labs-936/ spacecraftbrooklyn.com/

XXXXX MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8 XXXXX

Open City Dialogue Occult NY

Or, how I used my bar mitzvah money to buy a Ouija Board. With Mitch Horowitz. Long before the Aquarian Age hit California, America’s laboratories of spiritual experiment were in the tenements of Hell’s Kitchen, the Burned-Over District of central New York State, and the ghostly hills of the Hudson River Valley. Mitch Horowitz, author of the acclaimed new history Occult America, will explore his encounters with New York’s astonishing -- and frequently overlooked -- role in spreading esoteric spirituality throughout America and the modern world. We’ll meet occult New Yorkers ranging from Edgar Allan Poe and Madame H.P. Blavatsky to lesser known but hugely influential personas such as the 19th century Poughkeepsie seer Andrew Jackson Davis and the colonial-era medium called the Publick Universal Friend. (And along the way discover why a nice Jewish kid from Queens came to embrace “the other side.”)

Mitch Horowitz is the editor-in-chief of Tarcher/Penguin and the author of Occult America: The Secret History of How Mysticism Shaped Our Nation (Bantam). Open City Dialogue (OCD) is a bi-monthly lecture series curated by Greenpoint resident James Hook, and unraveling on alternating Mondays in the backroom of Pete’s. Short (35-40 minute) lectures are woven together from the common thread of people’s obsessions, with guests coming from all over Greater New York.

Pete’s Candy Store
709 Lorimer Street, Brooklyn
7:30p; $free

XXXXX TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9 XXXXX

Rock 'n’ Roll Auction

The Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls presents its Annual Rock 'n’ Roll Auction, hosted by Mr. Murray Hill and featuring performances by Kaki King, camper band Saffire, as well as special surprise guests.

There will be silent, live, and online auctions of fine goods and services, including guitars signed by Sheryl Crow, Rosanne Cash, Amy Ray and Kaia Wilson, and a microphone signed by Tori Amos. There will also be special items for auction from Brooklyn Brewery, New York School of Burlesque, NYC Food Film Festival, Gotham Girls Roller Derby, Pimps and Pinups Salon, plus jewelry, kid stuff, autographed CDs, gift certificates and more. For a preview of select auction items, please visit website.

Knitting Factory
361 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn
8p; $25 includes bidding paddle, drink specials, proceeds benefit Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls, a non-profit music and mentoring program for girls and women in New York City

XXXXX WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10 XXXXX

Skits 'n' Tits

New videos, new burlesque, and comedy guests including Kristen Schaal, Dave Hill, and more. Also a super secret special guest you won't believe.

Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery, between Houston and Bleecker, Manhattan 10p; $5 advance, $8 door
bowerypoetry.com

***** Also on WEDNESDAY *****

Art for Haiti NYC

In light of the current situation in Haiti, Art for Haiti cordially invites you to attend a show and art auction to benefit Doctors Without Borders’ (Medecins Sans Frontieres/MSF) Haiti relief. Through the efforts of MSF, we can directly and positively affect human lives on the ground. 100 percent of the funds will go directly to Doctors Without Borders.

Art work available by: Melanie Baker, Jesse Bercowetz, Louise Bourgeois, Kate Gilmore, Taylor McKimens, Tom Otterness, Judith Page, Dread Scott, Andy Warhol, and many, many more.

601 West 26th Street, at 11th Avenue, 8th floor, Manhattan 7p doors, 8:30p auction; $free, accepting cash, check, or credit (all checks should be made out and credit cards will be charged to Doctors Without Borders) infoartforhaitinyc.com
artforhaitinyc.com

***** Also on WEDNESDAY *****

Death Bear

We all have someone or something we would rather just forget. Things fall apart. Love hurts. Dreams die. But when you summon Death Bear to your door, you can rest assured that help has come. At first you may be intimidated by his stature and color (7 feet tall with a hard, black bear head, black jumpsuit, and black boots), but absorbing the memories of others is a dark art, and Death Bear must present himself appropriately for this solemn duty. Death Bear will take things from you that trigger painful memories and stow them away in his cave where they will remain forever allowing you to move on with your life. Give him an ex's clothes, old photos, mementos, letters, etc. Death Bear is here to assist you in your time of tragedy, heartbreak, and loss. Let Death Bear help you, and absorb your pain into his cave.

Serving Brooklyn, text for appointment
$free
Continues THURSDAY
347 742 2293
clubanimalsnyc.blogspot.com

XXXXX THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11 XXXXX

Where They At

A multimedia archive of New Orleans Bounce, by Aubrey Edwards and Alison Fensterstock. Opening with with bounce DJ Lefty Parker and performance by Vockah Redu.

The Abrons Arts Center is proud to announce Where They At, an exhibition that portrays the founders, architects, and players in the regional rap known as bounce music, a phenomenon born out of New Orleans housing projects. Mardi Gras Indian chants, brass band beats, and call-and-response routines equally inform bounce music, which almost invariably samples the Showboys’ Drag Rap (aka Triggerman) and features lyrical patterns that focus on sex, parties and dancing. It invites -- even demands -- audience participation by calling out dance steps or prompting replies.

Photographs, oral histories, and video footage compiled by Aubrey Edwards and Alison Fensterstock document the passing of seminal beats from New Orleans music traditions to a new generation in the late 1980s and the creation of this new voice in Southern roots music. Where They At features portraits culled from the larger archive of bounce artists to focus on women and the gay and transgendered men in early New Orleans hip-hop and Sissy bounce, such as Mia X, Magnolia Shorty, Big Freedia, and Sissy Nobby. The exhibit draws a line to the present-day diaspora, as Hurricane Katrina has scattered a once tight-knit bounce community whose music only existed at home -- a home that has been redefined physically and culturally.

Abrons Arts Center
466 Grand Street, at Pitt, Manhattan
6-9p; $free
212 598 0400
abronsartscenter.org

***** Also on THURSDAY *****

Pyramid Scheme

A collaboratively curated group show of lens-based art. A group show of friends and friends of friends who make lens-based work. These emerging artists collaboratively curate the show. Talena Sanders invited the initial six artists, and each invited artist invited one more friend. From photography to prepared slide projections, the only criteria are that the production or presentation of the work involves some type of lens.

Participating artists include Beatriz Diaz, Charles Griffin Gibson, Atticus Jackson, Manuel Molina Martagon, Michael McDowell, Andrew J. Piccone, Talena Sanders, William Santen, Richard and Roland Schütz, Bo Wang, Shane Ward, Leigh Wells, and Dan Zev. Featuring dancer Suzana Stankovic.

Page Not Found is a member run, home like, speakeasy, event space, alternative gallery, restaurant, and all around experiment station. We believe that some of the greatest evolutions come through creative minds in multiple disciplines sharing drinks, ecstatic moments and conversations.

Page Not Found
RSVP for address, Brooklyn
7p; $?
859 576 2381
dinosaur.fightgmail.com
joejigsawsoul.com

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• Rubulad Sweets for the Sweet, February 12
• Gemini and Scorpio's Valentine's Russian Baths, February 13
• Fire Sale: NYC Firefighter Date Auction, February 18
• Flux Factory Inaugural Building-Wide Exhibition and Gala, February 19
• Cherylympix, February 13
• Friends with Benefits, February 20
• We'll Never Have Paris Variety Show 4, February 28

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Also, a note about better rock shows. Nonsense does not straight list rock shows in New York unless they occur in tandem with puppet shows or jump rope tournaments or in subway tunnels or in graveyards. For listings of good shows, especially shows that feature independent bands at quality venues like Death by Audio and those booked by hard-working promoters like Todd P or Sleep When Dead, consult resources like ohmyrockness.com, brooklynvegan.com/, sleepwhendeadnyc.com/calendar/, or the lively New York Happenings listserve on Yahoo groups launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/nyhappenings/. For the most exhaustive list of underground shows at unusual venues, track down a copy of the extremely useful -- and handsome -- Showpaper.

***** ONGOING: FRIDAYS *****

• Neo Futurists present Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind. Thirty original plays in 60 minutes. Also on SATURDAYS. The Kraine Theater, 85 East 4th Street, Manhattan. 10:30p; $11 plus the roll of a six-sided die, $15 presale. nynf.org
• Manhattan Critical Mass. Union Square, 17th Street and Broadway, Manhattan. Last FRIDAY of the month. 7p; $free.
• Brooklyn Critical Mass. Grand Army Plaza entrance to Prospect Park, Brooklyn. Second FRIDAY of the month. 7p; $free.

***** ONGOING: SATURDAYS *****

• Floating Cabaret. Trapeze, burlesque, song, dance. Hosted by Olga and Bjorn. Galapagos Art Space, 16 Main Street, Brooklyn. 10p doors, $10. 718 222 8500. galapagosartspace.com.
• Night Kayaking Tours, Manhattan and Brooklyn. Explore: Coney Island submarine, creepy Governors Island, gross Gowanus Canal, and money-making Manhattan. Website: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddrw24x5_167dxdpf3d9
• Rock and Roll 101. Watch music documentaries projected on the wall. St. Jerome's, 155 Rivington, between Clinton and Suffolk, Manhattan. 4-9p; $free.
• Barefoot Boogie: No shooze no booze. The Boogie is a not-for-profit alcohol-free event that happens every second and fourth SATURDAY of the month. Insight Meditation Center, 28 West 27th Street, 10th floor, buzzer No. 27. 8:30p-12:30a. barefootboogie.org

***** ONGOING: SUNDAYS *****

• CrazyTown / Locoville. Odd open mike hosted by Steph Sabelli. Weirdoes welcome and encouraged. Under St. Marks Theater, 94 St. Marks, at First Avenue, Manhattan. 9p sign up-1a; $free.
• Grub. A cheap, simple dinner for strangers and co-conspirators. Rubulad home base, 338 Flushing, at Classon, Brooklyn. G train to Flushing or Classon stations, J,M,Z to Marcy, B61 bus to Flushing. First and third SUNDAYS, 6:30p doors, 7p dinner; $pay what you want, and bring your own booze. suckapants.com/grub.html
• Church of Craft, group crafting. Etsy Labs, 325 Gold Street, third floor, Brooklyn. 2-6p; $free. churchofcraft.org/
• NYC Bike Polo. No experience needed. We'll show you how to play. We have mallets and balls; bring your bicycle. 1:30-5p-ish (or later if it's really nice out); $free. Sara D. Roosevelt Park, Broome between Chrystie and Forsyth, Manhattan. groups.myspace.com/NYCBIKEPOLO

***** ONGOING: MONDAYS *****

• The Big Quiz Thing. NYC's live trivia spectacular. Crash Mansion, 199 Bowery, at Spring, Manhattan. Two Mondays a month. 7p doors; $7, $200 grand prize.
• Demonstration of the Great Organ, there are five organs in the beautiful St. John the Divine church up on Amsterdam Avenue, but the most impressive is the Great Organ. The head organist is giving a demonstration on how the organ functions. 1p; $free. Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 1047 Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan.
• Glasslands Gallery Variety and Game Night. All ages, free sangria 8-8:30p, live music, video, and bingo. The Glasslands Gallery, 289 Kent Avenue, between South 1st and 2nd streets, Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 8p; $free. glasslands.blogspot.com/ and myspace.com/theglasslands
• Aerial Open Work Out. Come play in 29 feet of vertical fun. Use our silks, lyras, and trapezes, or rig your own. 8-10p; $15, Sky Box, 342 Maujer Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, L train to Grand Street. 585 507 1770. RSVP to skybox.info@gmail.com
• Show and Tell. Each performer gets seven minutes. Writing contest and Beer Walk for free beer. Hosted by the O'Debra Twins. Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, Manhattan.

***** ONGOING: TUESDAYS *****

• Jugglers Anonymous: The Pratt Chapter. All ages and abilities welcome to practice juggling and related arts. Student Union, Pratt Institute (200 Willoughby Ave, Brooklyn) 7:30-11p $free jugglenyc.com/clubs.html

***** ONGOING: WEDNESDAYS *****

• Drink N Draw. Art. Nudity. Beer. We provide the beer and the model, you bring your drawing tools of choice. 3rd Ward, 195 Morgan, Brooklyn. Second and fourth WEDNESDAYS 8-10.30p; $15, or $20 for two. afenton3rdward.com, 3rdward.com/.

***** ONGOING: THURSDAYS *****

• The Greenpoint Shredder, 15 minutes of one-on-one conversation. You show up, we sit down, you have some tea or juice if you like (no coffee, sometimes cookies). You talk. We listen. The topic is up to you. You can also be silent. In any event whatever is said during the conversation goes immediately after the 15 minutes are gone to our Giant Information Shredder. It is forgotten. Email for address, G train to Nassau station. 8-9p; $free. greenpoint.shreddergmail.com
• Carmine Street Jugglers. All levels welcome to practice juggling and related arts. 7:30-9:30p. Tony Dapolito Recreation Center, corner Varick and Clarkson, Manhattan. Club is free, but building requires NYC Parks and Recreation membership ($free-$75 per year). jugglenyc.com/clubs.html
• The Lower East Side Community Choir, a non-auditioned choir that believes that everyone can sing and that singing together in harmony with others is essential for personal and community health and vitality. Our repertoire is eclectic. If you love a cappella music and want to be able to join a drop-in gathering of like minded people, then this is for you. Lower East Side Girls Club, 56 East 1st Street, Manhattan. 7-9p; $donations. ubuntuchoirs.net/locator_United_States.php
• Private Ear Audio Theatre: Radio Plays. 8:30p; $?. Brooklyn Lyceum. privateear.org
• $mall ¢hange and House of Yes present: No Parking on the Dancefloor. Next party: July 30. A party bringing it back to dancing. Basically we do not have any kind of dogma or judgment. Do what feels comfortable to you and be respectful to those around ya, that's basically all we ask. Different DJs every time. House of Yes, 342 Maujer, near Morgan, Brooklyn. Every third THURSDAY, 9ish-midnightish (starts/ends early); $5-10 suggested donation. NOTE: This event is every third Thursday, not every Thursday. Also, sometimes they cancel the event for some reason or another. You should check first: smallchange666@gmail.com
• Carmine Street Jugglers. All levels welcome to practice juggling and related arts. 7:30-9:45p. Club is free, but building requires NYC Parks and Recreation membership ($0-$75 per year). jugglenyc.com/clubs.html
• Rocky Sullivan's Pub Quiz, with Quizmaster Scott M.X. Turner. 8:30p; $free admission, potable prizes. Rocky Sulivan's, 34 Van Dyke Street, Brooklyn. rockysullivans.com/quiz.html

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What have you been wishing for? Collaborators, grant monies, a new home? Please send brief listings to Alita at alitanonsensenyc.com. We only list available apartments, lofts, studios, and one-off rentals -- not spaces wanted.

***** ARTY STUFF *****

• Actors wanted: For the Sweet Cheat, a site-specific, post-apocalyptic theatrical trespass based on a short story by Rick Moody, adapted and directed by Jeff Stark. With much of Manhattan decimated after a dirty bomb explodes in Union Square, 20 percent of the population is addicted to a drug that allows perfect memory recall. Reporter Kevin Lee's assignment: Is it true you can get to the future on Albertine? His research turns up a more compelling question: What connection does he have to the blast -- and the drug itself? Actor breakdown: 1. Kevin Lee: Asian male, mid to late 20s; a reporter addicted to his subject. 2. Cassandra: Female microbiologist, drug addict, and possibly Kevin Lee's mother. 3. Serena/Tara: Female, mid to late 20s; sun-kissed college girlfriend/ spunky receptionist. 4. Eddie Cortez /Ricky Martin: Male, 20s to 40s. Enterprising drug dealer; 90s pop star. 5. Ernst Wentworth: Male, 30s to 50s. Professor and researcher of the Albertine epidemic. 6. Bob/ B ike Messenger 1/ Grad Student 1: Male, 20s-30s. Jilted husband/ Eddie Cortez's henchman/ Ernst Wentworth's researcher. 7. Deanna/ Bike Messenger 2/ Grad Student 2: Female, 20s-30s. Religious office worker/ Eddie Cortez's henchman/ Ernst Wentworth's researcher. 8. Irving Paley/ Ferryman: Male, early 30s. New York filmmaker/ boatman. Shows run April 24-25 and April 30-May 1 at an extraordinary abandoned building just outside of New York City. This is not a theatrical space. There are no permits. Please be prepared for an extremely unorthodox guerilla production. There will be an additional public reading on March 31 in Troy, New York. Auditions are Friday, February 12, Saturday, February 13, and Sunday, February 14, by appointment only. Auditions consist of sides from the play. For an audition time, please email a photograph of yourself or links to online documentation of recent work and a few words about yourself to jstark@nonsensenyc.com, and please put SWEET CHEAT in the subject line. This is a non-union production. Negligible pay.
• Reconstruct Art needs to borrow your paintball gun. We are hosting a fundraiser (for our art therapy work in New Orleans: myspace.reconstructart.org) and would like to incorporate paintball blasts into our live graffiti portion (people can fire at the painted canvas for a donation of $5). If you know anyone who might be able to loan out their piece for one night for a good cause, please contact sharkbrains(at)gmail.com. See: reconstructart.org,
• BK Farmyards wishes for folks to help us raise some funds through throwing a dinner party. We are raising funds for a new Farm at the High School for Public Service. We will be turning the school's 1-acre lawn into a thriving, productive, and educational farm. The Farm will provide fresh affordable food for the community, while providing educational and employment opportunities for the students. We are reaching out to you, movers and shakers, to shake up the town a bit. Our Kickstarter Campaign needs some love and heavy petting. We have to reach $10,000 by February 26 or we don't get any of the money already pledged: zip, zilch, bupkiss. We realize times are tough, that belts have been tightened everywhere, but there is something you can do. 1. Invite your friends over to dinner to share your grandma's lasagna recipe you've been wanting to try. Be creative: The party can be a sit-down dinner or a buffet-style cocktail party. BK Farmyards will either help you cook dinner or bring either Roasted Beet Martinis or Lemoncello Sours for the group (your choice). Please give us seven days notice for the drinks. 2. Ask each dinner guest to sponsor us. If you have six people pledge $25, you have brought us $150 closer to our goal. If you have 20 people milling around cocktail-style, and they pledge $25, you have brought us $500 closer to our goal. 3. Photograph the dinner party, and we will feature you on our website. 4. Pledge the total at the end of the night to our Kickstarter Campaign: Notice in the campaign that if you raise $150, we will bring you a grocery bag of recycled materials full of our favorite farmers' produce. We can make it to our goal, with your help, one dinner party at a time. We can bring materials to your dinner party to show people what we do and why it is important. Contact Elizabeth (Bee) Ayer, Bee(at)BKFarmyards.com, 917 589 6619.

***** SPACES *****

• We are looking for someone to sublet our place from March 15-April 15. We have a great space for a couple or two friends who are looking for a creative sanctuary off the 7th Avenue Q line which is only four stops to Union Square. Or the 2/3 Brooklyn Museum/ Eastern Parkway stop. We are just a few blocks to Prospect Park, the library, the Brooklyn Museum, farmers market, and Park Slope. The rent is $1700, which includes all utilities and wireless internet. The most important thing is that you be kitten friendly. We are located on the bottom floor of a brownstone. The layout is railroad style, but it doesn't have to be for there is access through a hallway to the kitchen. There are three large rooms, a kitchen with a table that can easily fit eight people and a garden view. The bedroom is cosy and quiet, roughly 15 by 15 and the main parlor (equipped with a record player and a wonderful record collection, 1970s electric organ, harmonium, large desk to work on, plants and a gi ant Afghanistani rug to sprawl onto) is gigantic. Not to forget the bathroom which is large enough to do cartwheels in. The apartment will be fully furnished, with all the trimming so you would just need to bring clothes and some creative projects to work on. This is a very quiet apartment and perfect for anyone who is looking for solace or a place to focus or work. Contact Thomas, thomas.vanbuskirk(at)gmail.com.
• Room Available: We have a very sunny 11 by 15 room with north and east exposure, three windows, hardwood floors, closet and your own private bathroom with a bathtub available for immediate rent in a newly renovated three-bedroom apartment on Broadway and Hart Street in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Five minutes from the JMZ Myrtle-Broadway stop. Sunny and large living room and eat-in kitchen. The apartment is warm and cozy. We are two video artists/filmmakers in their 30s and a filmmaker/actor in his 20s. We are all active in our fields, easy-going, responsible, creative, and fun. We have an extremely sweet and cute house cat named Boots. $750 plus $50 per month covers all utilities including heat, gas, electric, and wi-fi. $750 security deposit required. Call Christian Austin 347 571 3745 or Olga M 917 664 1258. Serious inquiries only please.
• Attention Artists, Yoga Practitioners, Meditators, and Healers: A unique beautiful housing opportunity is currently available at Brooklyn Urban Sanctuary, a 7,000 square foot loft in Prospect Heights, walking distance to Prospect Park and the 2, 3 and A, C trains. Over the last 10 years, our space has held experiments in residential community living alongside a diverse array of cultural and recreational events. For the last year and a half we have been refining our aesthetic with a long term goal of becoming a fortress of true sustainability in Brooklyn. A few of the concrete plans in the works towards this goal are: a green roof/vertical farm and significant production of our own food, community potlucks and cooperative meal preparation, regular yoga and meditation classes as well as other enriching workshops, a weekday/daytime co-working community and new business incubator, an ongoing three-month artist in residence program, and a curation system for maintaining clean an d serene residential space. Residents enjoy downright luxurious accommodations: 3,000 square foot living room with springboard dance floor, home theatre with video projector, a forest of plants, prayer alter, acoustic piano and more; spacious kitchen with an industrial 10-burner stove, dehydrators, blenders, food processors, and built in dishwasher; floor to ceiling black granite tiled shower room with large bath; washer/dryer; wifi; and clear space that could be turned into a woodworking shop, sewing/costume making station or art studio. There are room space shares in two large sunny rooms furnished (or unfurnished) currently available starting at $800 a month (bills not included). Both rooms have a large window going out to the atrium and contain a wooded loft creating a substantial upstairs space. The catch is that these rooms are in small part shared with a female business professional who doesn't live here but pays for office space and storage. The upside is this arrangement provides much more affordable rent. We are looking for solid, creative, warm-hearted tenants to join our community in 2010. This space holds tremendous potential to live and create in accordance with your wildest dreams. We seek residents who dream big AND have the resources and dedication to make those dreams a reality.  Infinite room for collaboration here for like minded souls who wish to do something truly amazing this year. Please contact ellarozin(at)gmail.com or call 347 413 1887.
• Room Available in two bedroom in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Room is $700 per month. I'll need a one month deposit. Bills are approximately $100 a month on top of that. I'm looking for someone long-term but a sublet could work depending on the situation. Room is unfurnished. Eight-minute walk to the Atlantic Avenue/Pacific Street stops on the 2 3 4 5 M N R Q W trains, the Hoyt-Schermerhorn stop on the A C G trains, and the Bergen St. stop on the F G trains. Lots of restaurants, shopping, deli across the street, etc. My roommate is gone as of Sunday February 7. You could move in anytime between the 7 and 14 or so. The room is big -- around 12 by 12 with a big closet. On the back of the building with a fire escape. Windows overlook the gardens and yards of our rich neighbors. Includes a free air conditioner. There's common area in the middle with a well-equipped kitchen, couch, table with four chairs, TV/DVD in an armoire so it's not staring at you, and of course a bathroom (with tub). We have wifi but no cable TV, though we do get some channels free. My room is on the other side of the kitchen/common area (no walking through) separated by double doors. I am an actor/musician/model/creative nomad. I travel often for work and for fun. Sometime I rent my room for short periods to a roommate-approved subletter, sometimes I don't. There's two awesome cats in the apartment that will need some love if you move in. When I am gone, I expect whoever moves in to empty the boxes and check on their water and food. Please be OK with helping to care for them. That's part of the deal of moving in. Might have room for one more cat but they'll freak out with a dog. I'd ideally like someone who wants to hang out sometimes. The last couple people who've lived here have been shut-ins with their bedroom door always closed, and it just kills the vibe of the whole place. I like to think the apartment is a home, not just a place to live. I don't need to be BFF with you, though being friends and hanging out in the living room or outside the apartment sometimes would be nice. Boys or girls are fine. Would consider a couple. Gay straight trans whatever is cool. Just please pay rent and bills on time. And I need someone to help with the cleaning! Drives me nuts when I'm the only one cleaning anything. Creative fun responsible people welcome! When you reply, please include a little bit about yourself and any links you might think would be helpful. I'll send on photos. Contact Jess, smartistartist(at)gmail.com.

XXXXX SPECTRE PRIORITY XXXXX

Before we had a name, the Spectre Event Horizon Group used to meet at a bar to commiserate and trade what our business friends like to call best practices. The group has expanded since then, but it remains focused on smartening the crowd mind. There are no subject limits; our favorite is the incredible sci-fi present, or anything that goes toward a better understanding of human behavior and our universe's ecology. Our simple intent is to connect good minds with as much quality mind-blowing information as we can freely locate and create a space for the informal trade of specialized investigative research, presented for the non-specialist.

The Spectre email list, which is a separate group from this column, is a moderated open forum. People are encouraged to join and to post. The list is compiled for Nonsense by J. Sinopoli. Contact us at spectre.event.horizon.group gmail com or spectregroup.org. Here's some of what came in this week:

***** Leakier Than Thou *****

spectregroup.wordpress.com/2010/02/03/leakier-than-thou/

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Wikileaks Business Model

Whistleblower Repository Goes on Strike youtube.com/watch?v=4o2ZGk1djTU
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8490867.stm "WikiLeaks, a whistleblower website that allows people to publish uncensored information anonymously, has suspended operations owing to financial problems. Its running costs including staff payments are $600,000, but so far this year it has raised just $130,000. WikiLeaks has established a reputation for publishing information that traditional media cannot. The website claims to be non-profit and relies on donations. A statement on its front page says it is funded by "human rights campaigners, investigative journalists, technologists and the general public."

Labor Dispute
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikileaks#Notable_leaks guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2010/jan/29/wikileaks-shut-down "Its tremendous success has meant the site has often struggled under the volume of users. It has faced down governments, investment banks and the famously litigious Church of Scientology but paying its operating costs has proved its undoing. As of today instead of reading government secrets and details of corporate malfeasance all visitors to the site will see is an appeal for cash. The site won Index on Censorship's 2008 freedom of expression award because it's an invaluable resource for anonymous whistleblowers and investigative journalists. But Wikileaks is not just a tool for journalists, it allows ordinary Kenyans to read a confidential report detailing the billions their former president allegedly siphoned from the country's coffers. Its repository includes controversial military documents including the US rules of engagement in Iraq and an operating manual issued to army officers in Guantánamo Bay. It has put corporations on notice that the costs of unethical behaviou r are immeasurable in PR terms because it amplifies the Streisand effect, the social media phenomenon that punishes those who use the courts to suppress or censor information, by ensuring it has a much wider reach."

Overworked, Undervalued
wikileaks.org/
"To concentrate on raising the funds necessary to keep us alive into 2010, we have reluctantly suspended all other operations, but will be back soon. We have received hundreds of thousands of pages from corrupt banks, the US detainee system, the Iraq war, China, the UN and many others that we do not currently have the resources to release. You can change that and by doing so, change the world. Even $10 will pay to put one of these reports into another ten thousand hands and $1000, a million."

Support Technically
"Wikileaks is currently overloaded by readers. If you support our mission, you can help us by integrating new hardware into our project infrastructure or developing software for the project. Become patron of a WikiLeaks server or other parts of our technology, adding more pillars to the stability and balance of the WikiLeaks platform. Servers come trouble-free and legally fortified, software is uniquely challenging. If you can provide rackspace, power and an uplink, or a dedicated server or storage space, for at least 12 months, or software development work for WikiLeaks, please write to wl-supporterssunshinepressorg"

Support Legally
"Individuals or organizations wishing to donate lawyer time write to wl-legalsunshinepressorg"

Going Galt
mirror.fem-net.de/CCC/26C3/mp4/26c3-3567-en-wikileaks_release_10.mp4 stefanmey.wordpress.com/2010/01/04/leak-o-nomy-the-economy-of-wikileaks/ Q. So, you strike?
A. Yes, it's similar to what unions do when they go on strike. They remind people that their labour has value by withdrawing supply entirely. We give free and important information to the world every day. But when the supply is infinite in the sense that everyone is able to download what we publish, the perceived value starts to reduce down to zero. So by withdrawing supply and making our supply to zero, people start to once again perceive the value of what we are doing. Q. Do you urgently need money?
A. We have lots of very significant upcoming releases, significant in terms of bandwidth, but even more significant in terms of amount of labour they will require to process and in terms of legal attacks we will get. So we need to be in a stronger position before we can publish the material.

Pay Settlement: Leaked Data Back Up, for Now wired.com/threatlevel/2010/02/wikileaks-meets-cash-goal Wikileaks Meets Its Minimum Cash Goal
"The whistleblowing site Wikileaks has apparently raised the money it needs to continue operating, for the time being, according to a message the organization sent out Wednesday night on Twitter. "Achieved min. funraising goal; we're back fighting for another year, even if we have to eat rice to do it," read the tweet."

Disclaimer
secure.wikileaks.org/
You submit a document for us to publish and, in order to maximize its impact, distribute amongst our network of investigative journalists, human rights workers, lawyers and other partners.

We will publish and keep published the document you submitted, provided it meets the submission criteria. Your data is stored decentralized, encrypted and as a preserved historic record, accessible in full by the public. The information you submit will be cleaned by us to not be technically traceable to your PDF printing program, your Word installation, scanner, printer. We also anonymize any information on you at a very early stage of the WikiLeaks network, and our services neither know who you are nor do they keep any information about your visit. We will never cooperate with anyone trying to identify you as our source. In fact we are legally bound not to do so, and any investigation into you as our source is a crime in various countries and will be prosecuted.

XXXXX LEARNING XXXXX

We look for the sort of classes you circled in college course catalogs but never managed to fit into your schedule. And we also look for the kind of things that no college could teach. Cheap and eclectic is the rule, though all rules get broken occasionally, and we especially love workshops, round-tables, and teachers who won't take your work out of your hands and show you how to do it right. One-time listings are categorized, with general recurring classes at the end. We thrive on your suggestions, so make sure to tell us about upcoming classes that you think are nifty-keen.

Learning is compiled and edited weekly by Libby Sentz. Send listings, announcements, and corrections to her at libby(at)nonsensenyc.com.

***** LEARNING: FRIDAY and SATURDAY*****

Introduction to Bouffon

A fun, two-day introduction to the joyous and naughty world of Bouffon, led by Eric Davis (aka Red Bastard). In the world of Bouffon, the audience is the joke. Bouffons show no vulnerability. Their great joy is to parody the audience, its values and flaws. This pack of grotesque outsiders engage and parody the audience with great joy, intelligence, and charm. To play as Bouffon, is to celebrate contrast and paradox! They are disgusting, yet beautiful. They hate you, yet they flatter you. The Bouffons are the ultimate manipulators! In this workshop, participants will explore connecting with the audience, parodying societal maladies and hypocrisy, creating a physical character, playing upon contrasts of theme and rhythm, and being 100% present and captivating.

Simple Studios
134 West 29th Street, 2nd floor. Manhattan Friday 6-10p and Saturday 1-5p; $160
ericdavis1(at)gmail.com

NOTE: A respected source says this instructor is a masterful performer. It's nice to learn from the best.

***** LEARNING: SATURDAY *****

Beginning MIG Welding With Kim

It's back: The class that made Madagascar Institute famous. Impress your friends, your older brother, and that cute bartender with your tough new skill. This three-hour intro to welding will teach you the very basics of MIG welding and familiarize you with the tools you’ll need to finish a project -- the grinder, the chop saw, etc. Bring leather gloves and eye protection, and wear heavy-duty all natural fibers (jeans and a long-sleeve shirt). No open-toed shoes; boots are ideal. Polyester and nylon will melt onto your skin if hot molten metal drops onto them, and ouch that hurts. You will get dirty.

Madagascar Institute
217 Butler Street, Brooklyn
1-4p; $50 ($10 materials)
Pre-register: classes(at)madagascarinstitute.com madagascarinstitute.com

***** LEARNING: Also on SATURDAY *****

Poetry Workshop: Winter Inspiration

In this two-part workshop, led by Susan Hartman, students will draw inspiration from the tropical flowers and waterfalls of the Steinhardt Conservatory and the wintry garden outdoors. This class is ideal for beginning poets as well as more experienced ones—and for those who simply want to jump-start their writing. We'll be reading and discussing poems by contemporary American masters and works in translation. Students' work will be critiqued in a supportive atmosphere, and creative assignments will be given.

Brooklyn Botanic Garden
900 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn
Two Saturdays
2-4p; $38 (member), $44 (nonmember)
bbg.org

***** LEARNING: SATURDAY AND SUNDAY *****

Letterpress Intensive

In this weekend intensive, students explore basic to advanced hand typesetting. Whether you are a beginner discovering the elegance of working with movable metal and wood type, or a more advanced student extending your current artmaking practice, you will have a block of time to experiment and create beautiful cards, prints, and broadsides. You will also increase your knowledge of operating a Vandercook proof press. Led by Mindy Belloff.

Studio on the Square
32 Union Square East, studio 310, Manhattan Saturday and Sunday, 10a-4p
$225, plus $20 materials fee
917-412-4134
intimapress.com

***** LEARNING: SUNDAY *****

Yoga for the Animal Life in Haiti

Jivamukti Yoga School presents Yoga for Haiti with teachers Cassandra Rigney, Dechen Thurman, Jules Febre, Matthew Lombardo, Monica Jaggi, Rima Rabbath, and Ruth Lauer-Manenti. Musical accompaniment by Kelly Britton. Haiti's situation is obviously very dark for all beings as they suffer the aftermath of the earthquake. It is common during natural disasters for aid to be focused only on human beings as there is a great need for food, water, shelter, and medicine. However, many animal beings who are also in the same situation tend to be forgotten during a disaster. Jivamukti is joining forces with P.E.T.A (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) and ARCH (Animal Relief Coalition for Haiti) to relieve the suffering of animals affected by the earthquake. P.E.T.A, with the help of funds raised by the Jivamukti Yoga School community, will be working to aid as many animals as possible in the shortest amount of time.

9:30-10a: Meditation, prayer, and chanting for healing and restoration. 10a-noon: Yoga Asana class. Noon: Vegan brunch starts at the JivamukTea Café. The first 100 people to register will get Kelly Britton's CD Refuge, and the first 50 people will also get Ruth Lauer-Manenti's MP3 CD An Offering of Leaves. Plus, more than 20 in-class private sessions will be raffled off during the program.

Jivamukti Yoga School
841 Broadway, 2nd floor, Manhattan
9:30a-noon, followed by lunch; $75 donation jivamuktiyoga.com/fms/index.html

***** LEARNING: Also on SUNDAY *****

Hacking the Chumby Device

The Chumby device is a tiny Linux-powered computer that acts as an alarm clock, Internet radio, and streaming data-delivery device. It runs a widget engine on top of Adobe Flash with content from a variety of big and small websites. We've got one at NYC Resistor that sits on the main work table and gets used for Pandora streaming and showing pictures of neat hacks people have made. NYC Resistor member Ben Combee has been hacking on the the Chumby for a few months and he's ready to share his experience. This class includes details on getting shell access to the device, running scripts like the NYCR Doorbell, creating new Flash-based widgets using free tools, running native apps that take over the Chumby's interface, and using the Chumby as a Web server. You don't have to have one to take the class. You can make and test widgets entirely on your own desktop using the "Virtual Chumby." Bonus: Class attendence comes with a $20-off coupon good toward the purchase of a Chumby One d evice. Ages 18 and up.

NYC Resistor
397 Bridge Street, 5th floor, Brooklyn
2-4p; $50
nycresistor.com
eventbrite.com/r/ereg

***** LEARNING: Also on SUNDAY *****

Classic Beauty Showgirl Act Development Series

This six-week, women-only series will focus on developing the fine art of classic striptease, with glamour and mischief. Create a classic burlesque number that is beautifully and fully developed. Connect to the history of burlesque and the dazzling women who created the art of showgirl ecdysiasm in this very special class. Learn to be as playful or as intense as you feel, while being a "glorified girl" in burlesque finery. We will focus on burlesque striptease from the 1920s-1960s. You'll learn about showgirl makeup and hair and how to select boas, gloves, fans, corsets, fringe, lingerie, stockings, and more, plus how to handle and care for them. You will make your own pair of rhinestone pasties and learn multiple techniques for applying rhinestones. You'll learn about headpieces and hair ornaments. There will even be a shopping assignment which will guide you through New York's amazing garment district, showing you where the pros shop and discussing how to get the best deals on pricey items like swarovski crystals and ostrich feather fans. You'll learn how to gracefully and powerfully convey mood, tone, and expression specifically for showgirl burlesque. Class includes Jo Weldon's instructional DVD of your choice: Burlesque Dance, Striptease, or Fan Dance. Series will be followed by a student showcase performance.

The Slipper Room
167 Orchard Street, Manhattan
(location subject to change, so signup for their email list) Six Sundays
4-7p; $295
Pre-register: schoolofburlesque.com

***** LEARNING: Also on SUNDAY *****

TIG Welding

TIG is the welding method used for the most technical and demanding welding applications—from aerospace to drag racers. It has a certain mystique and a reputation for being the last type of welding one should try to master. But teachers here believe it allows the learner to see exactly what is going on as a weld is executed, up close and without being showered in splatter. As such, this class is being offered to anyone willing to find out the hard way that metal gets hot when you weld it. Led by Ben Mortimer.

Madagascar Institute
217 Butler Street, Brooklyn
1-4p; $50 ($10 materials)
Pre-register: classes(at)madagascarinstitute.com madagascarinstitute.com

***** LEARNING: Also on SUNDAY *****

Free Dialogue Writing Class

Gotham Writers' Workshop presents this free dialogue writing workshop, led by Paul Zimmerman.

McNally Jackson Books
52 Prince Street, Manhattan
6-7p; $free
writingclasses.com/communityevents/index.php/index.php

***** LEARNING: WEDNESDAY *****

Organic Sculptural Techniques

We'll cover two sculpture practices utilizing the strange bounties of the sea. First, learn to use the organic, simple and amazing seaweed-based mold-making material called alginate. Alginate molds are precise enough to capture individual fingerprints, hairs on the face, and pores on the skin. Because alginate is organic, it is ideal for casting other organic surfaces, especially the human form.

The second half of the workshop introduces the ancient technique of small-scale mold-making and bronze casting, using the fossilized backbone of a cuttlefish as our mold material and a torch. After casting is complete, students will learn finishing techniques for bronze. Students will leave with a small scale metal object and an understanding of how to replicate the process. Led by Max Goodman.

3rd Ward
195 Morgan Avenue, Brooklyn
Two Wednesdays, February 10 and 17
7-10p; $135 (members), $165 (nonmember) NOTE: Mention Nonsense NYC when you register (deadline February 5) for a 10% discount. 3rdward.com/calendar

***** LEARNING: THURSDAY *****

Hanging Yourself

Master carpenter Andre van Hoek will demonstrate various hanging techniques and help workshop participants understand the mysteries of this complex art, such as which fasteners and techniques are most appropriate for hanging objects on walls of various materials, how to find hidden beams, and more. Mirrors, shelves, and paintings will rejoice in your shining competence. RSVP by Tuesday, February 9.

Proteus Gowanus
543 Union Street, Brooklyn
7p-? , $15
proteusgowanus.com

***** LEARNING: Also on THURSDAY *****

Modern Background to Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit

Most Marxists take Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit to be a crucial text for understanding Hegel’s dialectical method and much more that was quite important to Marx and Engels. Reading and understanding it is, however, a daunting task without quite a bit of background, especially in 17th- and 18th-century philosophy. This 10-session course covers some of the fundamental texts and ideas of European philosophy from the 17th and 18th centuries that lead up to Hegel’s thought. In the first half of the course, special focus will be given to Spinoza, Leibniz, and Hume, as leading up to the period of classical German philosophy. The second half will focus on some key issues in classical German philosophy, focusing especially on Kant, Fichte, and Schelling. The seminar is great even for beginners with little or no background who want to get to know the story of what European philosophy of the 17th and 18th century was grappling with, and for those who want to better understand H egel, and thereby Marx. Led by Russell Dale.

The Brecht Forum
451 West Street, Manhattan
10 Thursdays
5:30-7:30p; $95-$125 (sliding scale)
212-242-4201
brechtforum.org

***** LEARNING: UPCOMING *****

• Leathering with Melissa at the Madagascar Institute. Sunday, February 28. 6-9p. classes(at)madagascarinstitute.com. madagascarinstitute.com
• Decorative Paper at the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts. Manhattan. Saturday, February 13. 10:30a-4p. 646-416-6226. rbpmw(at)efanyc.org

***** LEARNING: ONGOING *****

NOTE: The Ongoing section of LEARNING now runs only on the first Friday of each month. Mark all classes of interest in your calendar.

BODY

• Free African dance classes with Sandella at Booker T. Washington Middle School gym. Manhattan. Fridays 6:30-8p. $free. 212-942-3566. (Class airs Wednesdays 2p on Time Warner Channel 56.)
• Tao Yoga and Tsa Lung (The Shamanic Yoga of Zhang Zhung) led by Lama Ji at Surreal Estate. Brooklyn. Tao Yoga Saturdays at 10a; Tsa Lung Tuesdays at 5:30p. $donation. surrealestatenyc(at)gmail.com
• Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu at Triskelion Arts. Brooklyn. Training is centered on jissen gata combat fighting. Membership is selective, but you may attend the first class free. Saturdays 5-7p, Sundays 2–4p. triskelionarts.org/events.htm#classesoffered
• Afro-Haitian dance with Julio Jean at Ripley-Grier Studios. Manhattan. Saturdays 6:30-8. $10. jeanjulio(at)gmail.com
• Haitian, African, Afro-Caribbean, Samba dance and much more at the new Djoniba Dance and Drum Center. Manhattan. Daily, various times. $17. djoniba.com
• Flirting with Burlesque at the School of Burlesque. Manhattan. Thursdays 7-8p. $15. schoolofburlesque.com
• Tribal Fusion bellydance class with Fayzah at Battery Dance Studios. Manhattan. Tuesdays 5:30-7p. $20. dancespiral.com or fayzahfire(at)gmail.com
• Contemporary dance, hip-hop, belly dance, and much more at Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation. Brooklyn. Various days and times. $12. 718-636-696
• Congolese dance with Funmilayo at Resurgent Fitness, Brooklyn, Wednesdays 6:30-8p; at Boy's Harbor Conservatory, Manhattan, Thursdays 7:30-9p; and at Alvin Ailey Extension, Manhattan, Sundays 4:30-6p. $varies. fushadance(at)aol.com or krosebud14(at)hotmail.com
• Open company class with Perceptions Contemporary Dance Company, intermediate/advanced. Brooklyn. Thursdays 5-6:15p. $12. RSVP at perceptionsdance.com.
• Balkan folk dance at the Hungarian House. Manhattan. Wednesdays 6:30-8p; $12. nycfolkdance.org
• Introduction to House Dance with Linda La Naija at Black River Dance. Harlem. Fridays 6-7:30p; $14. blackriverdance.com
• The Art of the Samurai Sword with Raab Rashi at The Workman’s Circle/NYR Studios. Manhattan. Thursdays 6-7p; $free intro lesson, $15 beyond. swordclass.blogspot.com
• Capoeira, a Brazilian martial art and dance, with Capoeira Angola Quintal. Manhattan. Various days; $15. afrobrazilarts.org/newyorkcapoeira/index.htm
• Parkour workshops. Manhattan. Sundays 4p; $15+. nyparkour.com
• Aerial classes (silks, trapeze, lyra, pole dance, ballet) at the Sky Box at House of Yes. Brooklyn. Monday through Saturday; $15. theskybox.org/classes
• Aerial yoga. Manhattan and Williamsburg. Various days; $20. aerialyoga.com
• Group tightwire walking, foot-juggling, and more at Trapeze Loft. Williamsburg. Sundays 5-6p; $25. thetrapezeloft.com
• Trampoline at Streb Lab for Action Mechanics. Brooklyn. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays 7-8:30p; $25. streb.org/V2/school/adults.html
• Co-ed nonsexual naked yoga. Manhattan. Various days; $?. groups.yahoo.com/group/coyoga/

BRAIN

• Free open craft/hack nights at NYC Resistor. Brooklyn. Thursdays 6-9p; $free. nycresistor.com/2008/11/22/open-craft-hack-nights-on-thursdays/
• Free math studies at the School of Mathematics, which cultivates a natural, stress-free environment where everyone can explore, study, and discover mathematics. Prior knowledge is not assumed. Brooklyn. Various days; $free. thewe.net/math
• Writing with constraints at the Writhings Society. Practice writing with arbitrary, sometimes mathematical, rules invented by the French group Oulipo and others; no experience necessary. Brooklyn. Wednesdays 6:30-8:30p; $5+. proteusgowanus.com
• Study Hall (a workplace for writers and thinkers) at Proteus Gowanus. Brooklyn. Mondays through Fridays, 10a-5p. $50 a month, includes free WiFi, free coffee, and free home-baked bread. proteusgowanus.com

HANDS

• Assorted artstar classes at the Madagascar Institute! Brooklyn. Various times; great prices. madagascarinstitute.com
• Free casual ladies bike repair workshop at Velo Brooklyn. Bushwick. Saturdays 4-6p; $free. marin.tockman(at)gmail.com
• Free Craft-On (fun with yarn, thread, and more) with Church of Craft. Brooklyn. Various days; $free. churchofcraft.org/2008/10/01/welcome-nyc-crafters/
• Free bicycle repair classes at Time's Up! Manhattan and Brooklyn. Various days. $free. times-up.org/index.php?page=bike-co-op
• Free home-improvement classes, from tiling to drywall repair, at Home Depot stores. Saturdays and Sundays; $free. homeimproverclub.com/workshops.aspx?Type=3
• The Fixers Collective is a social experiment in improvisational fixing and mending. Participants bring their broken objects and put them on a large, common fixing table and share ideas and techniques for repairing, mending, enhancing, or repurposing the objects. Brooklyn. Thursdays 6-9p; $5. proteusgowanus.com/main/fixers-collective
• Figure drawing at Brooklyn Artists Gym. Mondays 6:30-9:30p and Saturdays 12-3p; $8+. brooklynartistsgym.com/events.html#workshops
• Guinean Rhythms drum class with Ibrahima Kolipe Camara at Chelsea Studios. Please bring a drum. Manhattan. Fridays, 6:30-7:30p. $15. kolipe81(at)yahoo.com; 646-897-2293
• Beading classes at Brooklyn Bead Box. Various days; $varies. brooklynbeadbox.com/classes.html
• Classes in the needle arts at Brooklyn General Store. Various days; $varies. brooklyngeneral.com/shop/classes/
• Knitting and spinning classes at the Yarn Tree. Various days; $varies. theyarntree.com/studio/classes/
• Mosaic workshops. Manhattan. Wednesdays 1-4p and 6-9p; $100 for four-class workshop. newyorkartworld.com/things/things-mosaic.html
• Wheel and handbuilding classes at La Mano Pottery. Manhattan. Various days; $300 for eight-week class. lamanopottery.com
• Studio Sundays: Intergenerational Programs at Museum of Arts & Design. Manhattan. Sundays 2-4p. $10 (includes admission and materials) 212-956-3535.madmuseum.org
• Females-only African drum class at Oduduwa Cultural Arts Center. Jamaica, Queens. Sundays 11a-noon. $10. balletintlafricans.com

GRAB BAG

• 3rd Ward offers multi- and interdisciplinary courses in visual art, technology, and fabrication. Various days; $varies. 3rdward.com/classes
• Gearilla!, a street theater workshop (on bikes). Various locations. Tuesdays 2p; $10+. monicahunken.com/classes.html
• Creative arts classes at Spoke the Hub. Brooklyn. Various days; $varies. spokethehub.org
• First aid for cats and dogs. Manhattan. Saturdays 10-2p; $65 (if purchased online). nyredcross.org/viewclass.php/prmCID/32/month/08/year/2009

XXXXX HELP XXXXX

It is a wonderful thing, to help. Helping strengthens communities and allows you to meet new friends. With that in mind, we look for one-day volunteer opportunities with no long-term commitment required. We want to be open to fresh ideas and think of help in a broad way. These listings could include anything from a large-scale day-long service project to a local theatre company that needs volunteers for load-in; from an artist looking for film extras to a community garden that needs a few extra hands. Our goal is simply to help groups or individuals that serve the greater good in small but significant ways. Unique and interesting job opportunities are acceptable fare for this section as well. Looking for ways to help out? Need volunteers to get your own community project off the ground? Know of any existing opportunities? Send your requests to Rob Voigt at robpastyvoigt(at)gmail.com.

***** HELP: SATURDAY *****

Winter Jam NYC

Just in time for a snowy day, Central Park will host Winter Jam NYC on Saturday, our annual winter festival event. Winter Jam NYC will feature many exciting activities, including a snowboard course, cross-country ski and snowshoeing areas, local Greenmarket vendors, snowboarding and skiing lessons, ice hockey, trampoline acrobats, and more.

Volunteer your time - we are currently seeking Parks volunteers for this great event. If you are interested, please shoot us an e-mail. All volunteers will be given lunch and a Parks winter hat. We look forward to seeing you at the Jam.

Central Park
11a-4p
April Rodriguez, april.rodriguez(at)parks.nyc.gov

***** HELP: TUESDAY *****

Taste of Hope

Grand Central Neighborhood is committed to bringing homeless individuals off of the streets and into permanent housing. Operating out of our Mainchance Drop-In Center, we provide Midtown's homeless with a multitude of services to help them meet their needs and allow them to break through their barriers toward housing and employment. We are pleased to announce our second annual Taste of Hope event, featuring desserts from around New York City area.

You are invited to share in this experience with us. This celebration will include dessert tasting, refreshments, a full cash bar and raffles will be held throughout the night. Suggested $20 donation will be collected at the door. If you would like to donate desserts, volunteer at the event, or even just attend, please send us an e-mail.

2nd floor, 432 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan
7-9p
gcncommunity.org
maura.gcn(at)gmail.com.

***** HELP: THURSDAY *****

Photographer for City Hall Wedding

We’re getting married at City Hall with a few friends next Thursday, and we’re looking for a photographer. If you’re interested and can meet up with us before Thursday then let us know.

bit.ly/9xCPO1

***** HELP: THURSDAY *****

Housing Works Has Heart

Come and feel the love at Housing Works' Valentine's Day-themed transgender fashion show. A $15 donation at the door will show you the most fabulous fashions and benefit the Transcend: Transgender Empowerment Group. We need volunteers to assist with set-up, as well as greeting guests and serving refreshments, or just show your support by attending the event.

157 East 23rd Street, Manhattan
4:30-9:30p
housingworks.org
volunteer(at)housingworks.org

***** HELP: THROUGH the SPRING *****

Immigration Equality Intern

Immigration Equality, a national, non-profit organization that advocates for the rights of same sex couples in US immigration law is seeking a volunteer or intern to assist with clerical, data, and legal duties. We have a pro bono LGBT-asylum program wherein we directly represent asylum-seekers from all around the world or place them with private attorneys who represent them for free. We are committed to securing asylum for those who have been persecuted in their home country on account of their sexual orientation, transgender status, or HIV-status.

Currently, Immigration Equality is in need of a volunteer or intern who can commit to helping our legal department for roughly 10-20 hours per week for the duration of the spring. Foreign language skills are a plus, especially Spanish, but not required. Knowledge of Microsoft Office is required. Additionally, any experience working with either LGBT, HIV-positive, or immigrant communities would be helpful. If you are interested in applying, please e-mail us your resume.

Dalicea(at)immigrationequality.org

***** HELP: SOON *****

BeforeIDieIWantTo

BeforeIDieIWantTo is an art and cultural project that gets people to take Polaroids of themselves, writing a thing they want to do before they die in the white space. I need someone fluent in Japanese to double-check translations for portion of the project done entirely in Japan. It shouldn’t take more than an hour, and you will be showered with praise. Please see the website for more information or e-mail me if you can help.

beforeidieiwantto.org
mail(at)beforeidieiwantto.org

***** HELP: also SOON *****

Thesis Research

My name is Rowena and I'm a graduate student at Columbia, currently working on my thesis on helping in-need families become more financially empowered. Have you ever worked in any capacity with Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), Food Stamps, or any other tax assistance or income support programs? If so I'd love to talk to you. I also want to talk to you if you are on food stamps or have filed for EITC. All responses will be used strictly for research purposes only. Email me if you are interested.

rkt2108(at)columbia.edu

***** HELP: UPCOMING ******

• February 12. The Freegan Bike Workshop is an all-volunteer run, horizontally-organized bicycle recycling, building, and repair workshop in NYC. For two years we ran out of a small space in midtown Manhattan; then for the next two years we operated as part of the 123 Community Space in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn (123communityspace.org). Unfortunately, the 123 Space lost its lease last September, so since then, we have been without a home. The good news is, we are having a big party on February 12th to fundraise for acquiring a new space. We are working towards opening a new shop in the spring, preferably in the same area of Bed-Stuy. So we are looking for new volunteers to help - to not only help with our party but to stick around so we can build ourselves a new space again. If you can build or fix bikes, or if you just love bikes, or even if you want to build other things in our space - be in touch. Leave your name and phone number, and we'll talk soon. bit.ly/caWMMv
• February 12. One Brick NY's fundraiser for relief efforts in Haiti. Come have a drink and meet fellow volunteers at Sidebar, 118 E. 15th Street in Manhattan. 15% of food and drink purchases and 100% of direct donations will go to Partners in Health for their relief efforts in Haiti. The suggested donation at the door is $10. Partners In Health (PIH) has been working on the ground in Haiti for over 20 years, and has been providing emergency medical services in Port-au-Prince and the surrounding region since the earthquake. bit.ly/bA4xq0
• February 14-17. Volunteer at Toy Fair. Toy Fair is the largest toy and game fair in the country where manufacturers from all over the world bring their products and especially introduce new ones. It is, however, an industry-only trade show, so if you want to get in, you need to know someone. If you have at least 4 hours to volunteer on February 14, 15, 16, and/or 17 to pass out catalogs and demonstrate board games and card games at our booth, this is your chance. In addition to a pass to attend any of the 5 days of the Fair, you will also receive one of our games as a thank-you gift. You will need to be available for a 2-hour training session some time before the 14th. bit.ly/bM11f2

***** HELP: ONGOING (posted the first week of each month) *****

NEW

• National Language Service Corps: Use your language skills to help others. nlscorps.org

SOCIAL

• Street Project: Serve at the University Soup Kitchen, Saturdays from 11:45a - 3:30p. streetproject.org/eventarchive.php
• St. John's Bread and Life: Help with the Soup Kitchen, Mobile Soup Kitchen, or Food Pantry. breadandlife.org/volunteer.htm
• GiveGoodGet Project: Recognize people doing good for their community. facebook.com/givegoodget
• Gallop: Therapeutic riding program for individuals with diabilities. gallopnyc.org
• RightRides and SafeWalk: Late night rides - help to increase safety in our communities. rightrides.org
• The Fortune Society: Volunteer to teach reading, writing and math to former prisoners and young people facing prison time. 212 691 7554 x250 or fortunesociety.org
• Samitarians: Volunteer for a suicide-prevention hotline. samaritansnyc.org/volunt.html
• The Rock Dove Project: Connects health care practitioners who offer cheap/free services with seekers of those services. rockdovecollective.org/project
• New York Cares: Attend an orientation to learn about volunteer opportunities. www.newyorkcares.org/volunteer
• Books Through Bars: Sends books to prisoners all over the country. Mondays and Thursdays 7:30-9:30p and Sundays 5-8p. abcnorio.org/affiliated/btb.html
• Food not Bombs: Serves vegan food in Tompkins Sq Park. Sundays 1p on. abcnorio.org/affiliated/fnb.html
• Volunteer Referral Center: Get your interests, skills, and schedule availability matched with a non-profit organization that needs your help, for free. volunteer-referral.org
• City Harvest: Help feed the homeless by volunteering at a special event. cityharvest.org
• Housing Works: Provides housing for individuals affected by HIV and AIDS. Volunteers of all types needed. housingworks.org
• New York Road Runners: Work with kids, help out at a race, and more. volunteers.nyrr.org
• Computers for Youth: Help this organization increase the educational resources available to low-income youth. cfy.org
• El Museo del Barrio: Help this Latino cultural institution with one of their many awesome events. bit.ly/4U1UG6, elmuseo.org

CREATIVE

• NY Street Opera: Non-profit musical theatre. Light administrative duties. cheron.g.cowan(at)gmail.com or nystreetopera.com
• NY Artists Unlimited: Brings theatre and art to under-served audiences. nyartists.org
• Stoked Mentoring: Mentor kids through skateboarding, surfing and snowboarding. infostoked.org
• 826NYC: Volunteer as a writing tutor for 826NYC.org

POLITICAL

• Transportation Alternatives: Biking, walking, and public transit advocacy. Office volunteers needed. elena(at)transalt.org or transalt.org
• lowercased democrats: Design a citywide public meeting house, support a petition drive. lowercased.org

ENVIRONMENTAL

• Project Safe Flight: Rescue disoriented and injured birds and help migratory birds. volunteernycaudubon.org
• Brooklyn Animal Rescue Coalition: Help with dog walking and cat petting. barcshelter.org
• Time's Up!: Direct-action environmental advocacy. times-up.org
• The New Jersey Tree Foundation: Help plant trees in Newark, events most Saturdays. newjerseytreefoundation.org

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