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Monday, September 15, 2008

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Live at Lincoln: Spring Awakening

Posted: 15 Sep 2008 09:00 AM CDT

FreeNYC Event ImageThis may be the closest we can get you to the smash hip music Spring Awakening, but tonight's discussion and performance at Barnes and Nobles in Lincoln Center is perfect for theater buffs and music lovers alike. Tony Award winning composer Duncan Sheik - of said Spring Awakening - discusses the show's score with lyricist Steven Sater Afterwards the cast performs an intimate performance and signs books/CDs. Read More...

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Nest / Beautalism Book Release Party

Posted: 15 Sep 2008 09:00 AM CDT

FreeNYC Event ImageMore party than book event, Deitch Projects celebrates the release of Dash Snow and Dan Colen's Nest and Kembra Pfahler's Beautalism tonight with live performances by The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black and Cheeseburger at the Santos Party House space. Dash Snow and Dan Colen host along with special guests Armen Ra on theramin and Edgar Oliver. Expect the art community out in full force, as usual. More on the books below. Read More...

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Brooklyn Independent Cinema: All Shorts

Posted: 15 Sep 2008 09:00 AM CDT

FreeNYC Event ImageThe Brooklyn Independent Cinema Series continues this evening with a program of five daring, short films. The program includes Pinapple Express' Director David Gordon Green's film school short, Will You Roughhouse My Lather?, and Benh Zeitlin's ambitious abitious Glory at Sea in which "post-Katrina New Orleans who build a raft to reunite with their missing loved ones at the bottom of the sea." 21+ Read More...

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Danielle Parente

Posted: 15 Sep 2008 09:00 AM CDT

FreeNYC Event ImageDanielle Parente is so new she doesn't have any songs on imeem for me to play for you, nor does she have her own website. But that shouldn't keep you from checking out this up-and-coming singer tonight at the lovely Canal Room. Her ethereal, floating songscapea conjure up similarities to Emilíana Torrini or perhaps a bit of Feist. Support tonight in the form of pianist Grant Reed and Si:Se's own Carol C on the tables. Read More...

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Unbinding Our Lives

Posted: 15 Sep 2008 09:00 AM CDT

FreeNYC Event ImageTonight, The Living Theatre presents a free reading of Unbinding Our Lives and other plays by G.L. Horton. "This script, which is carefully researched, documents the experiences of Chinese women who immigrated to the US between 1849 through 1940. While it reveals appalling practices, it is also documents hope and the American experience." All Ages. Read More...

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Bourbon and Beer

Posted: 15 Sep 2008 09:00 AM CDT

FreeNYC Event ImageHere's a new one in our sites but all the keywords are there, free bourbon, free bluegrass, and our beloved Park Slope (okay, 18th st is pretty close to Sunset Park but who's counting.) All that said we're down to see what the newly opening Ellis Bar and two hours of the before-mentioned free bourbon and free bluegrass is a great way to try it out. Plus, there are small plates to order and a "recession special" of homemade chili and bread for $8 should I get hungry or rot-gut from all the drinking. If anyone goes, let us know what you think. 21+ Read More...

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