Music

25 Dec 2011

Slavic Soul Party at Barbès on Tuesday

You may be tempted to take it easy in between the holidays and New Year’s Eve, but I always say it’s better to keep your celebratory momentum up or you may risk running out of steam. A night with Slavic Soul Party is the perfect way to keep the party

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21 Dec 2011

Whipper Snapper has a Happening Happy Hour

I found a great place for Happy Hour in San Rafael that I can swoop by for a drink and some cheap appetizers on my way back to the city after work. Whipper Snapper is the perfect spot for meeting the girls for a pitcher of Sangria and some tapas. They offer

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20 Dec 2011

Zach Rogue Lights the Chanukah Candles Tonight @ Tikva Records

Only one week left for the Idelsohn Society for Musical Preservation’s pop-up Jewish record store, Tikva Records, in the Mission (3191 Mission St.). Read all about it in Aidin Vaziri’s Chronicle article). Music? Jews? You know how much I like both of those things. So the first ever Jewish pop-up

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16 Dec 2011

Levy’s Presents: A Vintage Tea and Swing Dancing Party for FREE

Picture an afternoon filled with swing dancing, tea, finger sandwiches and jazz music on vintage New York City subway trains. This Saturday, December 17th, Levy’s Unique New York will make this offbeat combination a reality. Beginning at 12pm, folks will gather at the F line’s 2nd Avenue Station on the

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15 Dec 2011

FREE This is the Kit Show tonight at The Delancey

Hey, you there. Yes, you. The you sitting there wondering if you’re too old to make some kind of collage out of magazine clippings and give it to your mom as a holiday present to save money, or the you wondering if eating out for lunch will ever graduate beyond

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15 Dec 2011

Last Beat Church of 2011 Tonight

For a lot of Americans, the holiday season is the only time people actually go to church. And for the other lot of us, there is another kind of church that is a bit more hedonistic than Midnight Mass. Come lose your religion tonight, Thursday, December 15th, for the last

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13 Dec 2011

SantaCon = Surreality

There’s something about being surrounded by thousands of people dressed up like Santa Claus in Washington Square at 3 p.m. on a Saturday afternoon that felt like I was in some weird movie. I saw red in every direction I looked for blocks and blocks. The setting sun gave a

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13 Dec 2011

See Art Collective “My Barbarian,” FREE at NYU This Thursday

I don’t know about you, but I like my social and political commentary with some rhinestones and jazz hands.  For this reason, Los Angeles-based collective My Barbarian is totally awesome.  Using theatrical performance and video installations to comment on historical dilemmas and current political crises, the trio– Malik Gaines, Jade

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