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Mon
3/6 8pm
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Ocularis:
Mary Ellen Bute Centennial
This
year marks the centennial of pioneering
animator Mary Ellen Bute. Responsible for
some of the earliest abstract films in America,
and later one of the first artists to use
oscilloscopes, she is also known for her
collaborations with the likes of Norman
McClaren and Leon Theremin, among others.
This evening, we present a selection of
nearly all her shorts. Teaming the formal
rigor of Oskar Fischinger with the zip of
a Merrie Melody, Bute's visual music is
renowned for its brilliant use of color,
light, and lyrical geometries.
With
an introduction by writer and historian
Cecile Starr.
Work
to be screened: Synchrony, 5 min, 1932;
Rhythm in Light, 3 min, 1934; Synchrony
No. 2, 6 min, 1935; Dada, 3 min, 1936; Parabola,
9 min, 1937; Escape, 4 min, 1937; Spook
Sport, 8 min, 1939; Tarantella, 5 min, 1940;
Polka Graph, 4 min, 1947; Color Rhapsody,
6 min, 1948; Imagination, 3 min, 1948; New
Sensations in Sound, 3 min, 1949; Abstronic,
7 min, 1952.
And
be sure to check out Bute's feature-length
adaptation of Finnegan's Wake later this
week at the New York Public Library's Donnell
Media Center. The screening, which also
includes her later animation Mood Contrasts,
will be held on Saturday, March 11 at 2:30
PM.
More
info at www.ocularis.net.
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A Galapagos resident show!
Mon
3/6 8pm
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Smut
The
New York Times writes
about SMUT, "It's art that should carry a
Parental Advisory label, with some of New York
City's best writers and performers."
With
Jack
Kukoda (comedian/writer) www.kukoda.com
Zac Hug (playwright) & Alexis Rehrmann (writer)
Sara Jo Allocco (performer/comedian) www.sarajoallocco.blogspot.com
Rachel Shukert (playwright/performer) www.bushwickhotel.blogspot.com
Hosted by Michael Cyril Creighton www.perpetuallynauseous.blogspot.com
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Mon
3/6 10 pm
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MISS GALAPAGOZANGA
Amateur
burlesque contest
Hosted
by Mr. Murray Hill, "the hardest-working
middle-aged man in show business," hosts
our hot burlesque competition the first Monday
of every month. Think you've got what it takes
to win the rhinestone crown and a cash prize?
(Past winners have taken home around $250!)
Then kick those legs up. Bat those lashes. Bust
out that boa, baby! Both genders welcome!
DJ Tikka Masala spins late into the night!
With
guest performers Rachael Johns, Mitsu Salmon,
Olivia Hayes, and reigning queen Harley Dear!
Wanna
compete? Please email booking@galapagosartspace.com,
subject: Amateur Burlesque Competition.
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A Galapagos resident artist!
Tues
3/7 10pm
backroom FREE
Variety Shac
VARIETY
SHAC IS ANDREA ROSEN, CHELSEA PERETTI, HEATHER
LAWLESS, AND SHONALI BHOWMIK.
Bringing you sketch comey and funny films.
See shorts and more at VARIETYSHAC.COM
 Tuesday
3/7 10PM FREE
Brooklyn
Comedy Company
BCCO
spotlights industry renowned standup comedians
plus notable up and comers every week, with
no drink minimum or cover charge. It's diverse
and witty stand-up, served straight-up, and
we're proud to have it here at Galapagos!
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 Wed
3/8 8pm
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Soundpainting
Evan
Mazunik conducts the New York Soundpainting
Orchestra in live composition. This highly skilled
ensemble of professional musicians is known
for its intensely physical and audience participatory
performances. www.isaacwardell.com
- www.nyspo.com
 Wed
3/8 8pm
frontroom FREE
Love
Ahoy! Live Dating Game
The
Love Boat sets sail on a collision course with
The Dating Game in New York City's only live
action nautical-themed game show whereby three
lucky contestants compete for the coveted title
of "First Mate".Join
your hosts, the legendary ladies man Jake Stronghorn
and the "Red Hot Redhead" Miss Allison,
along with Captain Schtüpping and the rest
of the S.S. Hot Yacht crew for this hour-and-a-half
long variety show, which features schmaltzy
songs, hilarious sketches and titillating burlesque
as part of the on-board entertainment. Special
guests include Nerve.com dating advice columnist
Erin Bradley, aka "Miss Information". The
lucky couple will be set adrift on a sea of
love with a romantic dinner for two generously
provided by Sweetwater Restaurant in Brooklyn.Love
Ahoy! is a FREE monthly event every second Wednesday
of the month. Sponsored by Sweetwater Restaurant.
Wed
3/8 10pm
frontroom FREE
Isaac Wardell
Isaac
Wardell combines rich sonic colors through multiple
keyboards and samples with the pop sensibilities
of british invasion bands of the 1960s. He has
recently relocated to Brooklyn from Tennesse
via California, and brings his newly formed
band with him to Galapagos.
 Wed
3/8 10pm
backroom $12
Albert
Pla with Matacerdos
In
the era of "genres", Albert Pla is
an anomaly. If his music is difficult to categorize,
so are his performances. He has come to be known
as a singer-songwriter that neither fears controversy
nor goes after it as a selling strategy. Matacerdos,
his most recent live show, marks his New York
debut. The show includes accompaniment by guitarist
Diego Cortés (Mike Oldfield, Santana,
Larry Coryell, Paco de Lucía) and Judit
Farrés on computer, keyboard, clarinet,
Peruvian cajón and chorus. Featuring
popular songs like Joaquín el Necio,
El Gallo, Lola, Yo quiero que tú sufras,
Chatarrero, La dama de la Guadaña, El
lado más bestia de la vida (his cover
of Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side"),
El bar de la esquina, Los ojos, Carta al Rey
Melchor, and El sol de verano. For
more information on Albert Pla go to: www.albertpla.com
"
Albert Pla situates himself once again on the
edge of an abyss with a theatrical show that
goes against the grain of norms and political
correctness in terms of sex, homosexuality,
prison, exaggerated love, drugs, AIDS, death…
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 Thurs
3/9 8pm
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Two
Dollar Radio Open House
Two Dollar Radio is a publishing company whose
aim is to reestablish the literary, cultural,
and artistic spirit that once pervaded the industry
before corporate/media consolidation ran amok.
Two Dollar Radio maintains a website that promotes
our books as well as the other art forms that
we cherish and respect, providing a forum for
talented artists and musical acts on the rise.
Two Dollar Radio's Open House will feature art
and live music performances from artists and bands
who appear on twodollarradio.com.
-With the band Kervin and the artists Maggie Suisman,
Eliza Jane Wood, Matt James.
"The creativity and vitality of punk and
other underground/outsider art scenes is increasingly
visible across the indie publishing spectrum,
from stalwarts like Soft Skull and AK Press to
newer companies like Two Dollar Radio..."
-JOHNNY TEMPLE, Editor in Chief of Akashic Books,
in The Book Standard.
www.twodollarradio.com
Thurs
3/9 8pm
FREE
 Jon
Langford"The
underlord of contrarian pop." - Rolling
Stone"Immediate
as bulletins from a sinking ship..." - Greg
Kot, Chicago Tribune"Smart,
cynical and still impassioned about the state
of humanity, Langford has recharged his music
by stripping away any indulgences." - Jon
Pareles, New York Times
Devilishly crafted and scarily melodic, GOLD BRICK
is Langford's third solo album and the proper
follow-up to 1998's Skull Orchard. It finds him
back with ROIR, the pioneering New York label
that released The Mekons' classic New York album
in the late 80s. Collaborating with a band that
includes Pine Valley Cosmonauts John Rice &
Pat Brennan, Waco Brother Alan Doughty, Jean Cook
and Dan Massey, this is probably Langford's most
consistent and coherent recording to date. While
2004's ALL THE FAME OF LOFTY DEEDS (Bloodshot)
took about a week to record and was described
as "an Alt-Country Ziggy Stardust" GOLD
BRICK is a far more lush & expansive project
that draws parallels between the bloody birth
of America and the seismic shifts of today's globalization.
Sub-titled LIES OF THE GREAT EXPLORERS and COLUMBUS
AT GUANTANAMO BAY, it's just as much about America
and its way of life as it is about Langford's
own search for community within those bounds.
Jon taps into universal themes of exile, exploitation
& extremism by observing and participating
in quintessentially American activities as a Welsh
expatriate-from the strip joint to the strip mall
and every bar in between. He even has balls enough
to cover Procol Harum's classic "A Salty
Dog." Thurs
3/9 10pm
FREE
Wicked
Awesome
A monthly indie-rock dance party featuring a rotating
line-up of guest DJs, performers, and giveaways
from Soundgirl.com.
Hosted by T. Cole Rachel and Trevor Kelley. With
the band SANDY & THE SHARK PRINTS.
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A Galapagos resident
artist!
Fri
3/10 8pm $10 in advance/$12 at the door
Also
Fridays
March 17, 24, 31 Neal
Medlyn:
SUPERSTAR DUETS
Part of our Evolve
theater series!
Performance art superstar Neal Medlyn presents
a program of duets with other performance
art superstars -- including Adrienne Truscott
of the Wau Wau Sisters, Kenny Mellman of Kiki
and Herb, downtown celeb Dynasty Handbag,
plus ironic dance stars VIDS. Five unique
evenings of in-your-face entertainment, riffing
on R. Kelly, H20, gender, lookin' for beats,
and monsters. And blood. It's a whole different
duet, and a whole different show, every night!
Tonight: Neal appears with DYNASTY
HANDBAG!
"Daring!" -Time Out New York"A
stream-of-consciousness striptease... like
Jim Carrey on caffeine, being electrocuted"
-NPR"A
quirky and appealing performer" -The
New York Times
www.nealmedlyn.com
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tickets now at Smarttix.com - CLICK
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