Tuesday 3/14 8PM FREE

+ ULTRA PRESENTS: THE WITNESSES WELCOME HOME BASH!
LIVE: The Witnesses, TK Webb, & Tomorrows Friend + DJ Margart The Muncheimer!

Great indie rock just for you!

The Witnesses <http://www.the-witnesses.com>
"The Witnesses spent two weeks of dark nights in the barn pulling the roots of rock n' roll out of the dirt and making their 2nd full-length. Sleazy and dirty garage rock n' roll ala The Dolls, Richard Hell, Jagger / Richards. "If The Witnesses were scratch n' sniff the police would be alerted" - NME

TK Webb <http://www.thesocialregistry.com/artist_pages/tkwebb.html>

Tomorrow's Friend <http://www.tomorrowsfriend.com/> - pictured

Wed 3/15 6pm frontroom FREE

Artworld Digest Launch Party

Artworld Digest Magazine, a new art publication for new artists is throwing a launch party for Unambiguous, its first annual printed exhibition. There will be three bands, The Damien Pratt (7:30), Suzan Hurtuk (8:15) and Alderbat (9:15) and 1 comedian -- Andrew Wright (8:30) as well as a pool installation by Brooklyn artist Annie Varnot.

RSVP at www.artworldigest.com/party

Wed 3/15 7pm backroom $7

Ella Veres Studio presents
Fanging My Way Thru America
or What Do Vampires Have To Do With Transylvania?
A Photography Exhibit and Dramatic Reading

with soundscapes by G-Stompz

The event will combine Farewell My Transylvania! a photography exhibit of the real people and land of Transylvania, a performance of their stories, and a dramatic reading of Fanging My Way Thru America - monologues and skits that testify to the life of immigrant Transylvanians here in America.

www.ellaveres.com

>>! A Galapagos resident artist!
Wed 3/15 10pm FREE

The Hazzards Makeout Party

Galapagos' favorite ukelele rockers (pictured) host a monthly event filled with music and comedy.

With special guest Bishop Allen! www.bishopallen.com

 

Fri 3/17 8:30pm $10 in advance, $12 at door

POINT BREAK LIVE:
The Cult Hit Returns for a Special St. Patrick's Day Show!

Point Break LIVE!, the absurdist stage adaptation of the 1992 Keanu Reeves extreme-sports blockbuster, surfs into Galapagos for an exclusive one-month engagement.

The show, which garnered a “Seattle P-I Best of Seattle 2004” award, as well as rave reviews across the nation, tells the story of former College football star Johnny Utah—Keanu Reeves in the film—in pursuit of the bankrobbing, skydiving, bare-hand-fighting adrenaline-junkie-cum-Zenmaster Bodhi Sattva (Patrick Swayze—here played by Gearick Matthies), and features armed robbery, big-wave surfing, car chases, explosions, and no less than two extended skydiving sequences.

Best of all, the starring role of Keanu will be selected at random from the audience each night, and will read their entire script off of cue-cards!

Seattle P-I Theatre Critic Joe Adcock noted that, “the worse it gets, the better it gets,” and, in singling it out for a Best of 2004 award, praised the play as, “Sensationally idiotic.”

THIS SHOW IS SOLD OUT, BUT TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE EXTENSION IN APRIL! CLICK HERE!

Fri 3/17 frontroom 10pm $7

Cinematic Underground

Returning to Galapagos after a near sellout show in November is The Cinematic Underground. Drawing inspiration from the theatre, architectural theory, archaic literary structure, children's book illustrations, and Radiohead, they'll set out to once again present the story of their debut concept narrative, Annasthesia, live:

a precise tragedy of the recent past told through the combination of many artistic disciplines; a rock show resembling a novel; a nerve-touching autopsy of existence: a story of love and escape

http://www.thecinematicunderground.com

"If Coldplay's last album was an innocent, underage beer, Annasthesia is heroin."
-Ian Mathers, Stylus Magazine

"Lyrically beautiful. Mind blowing. A masterpiece of a tale."
-Chad Mitchell, Paste Punk

Fri 3/17 backroom 10pm $15

Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Cabaret
Every Friday at 10pm, March 17-April 28 ... click here for more info!

Every show features Bindlestiff Family Cirkus co-founders Stephanie Monseu (Philomena) and Keith Nelson (Kinko the Clown / Mr. Pennygaff) along with an amazing lineup of entertainment legends.

Tonight, it's also...
Baby Dee * Angelo Iodice * Hillary Chaplain * Magic Brian * Little Brooklyn

More on this acclaimed circus at www.bindlestiff.org

Purchase tickets now at Smarttix.com - CLICK HERE!

Sat 3/18 8pm frontroom $8

TribalHybrid:
an Urban Convergence of the East Coast Tribal Dance & Music Scene with Alchemy Dance Theater and Raquy and the Cavemen

A night of contemporary global dance and music – celebrating the alchemy of tradition and innovation…tribal and urban…ritual and spectacle.

TribalHybrid is a forum for new growth, new fusion, new synthesis in the world of NYC contemporary global performance. It's a new evolution that crosses the boundaries of tribal bellydance, contemporary dance, Middle Eastern music, rock music, and beyond.

Alchemy Dance Theater creates a moving collage across cultures, from the ancient to the modern. Their energetic and sinuous style samples from the traditional dances of countries from India to Morocco to Spain and mixes them with elements of contemporary dance from butoh to hip hop.

Raquy and the Cavemen blend the exotic instruments and complex musical traditions of the Middle East with the intensity and power of a rock band. Their electrifying and organic performances explode with dense layers of driving percussion, electric guitar and bass, and the haunting melodies of the ancient ney flute and the violin-like Iranian kamanche.

Also performing are three inspiring troupes from the local tribal fusion bellydance scene: the Alchemy Tribal Collective, Daughters of Ishtar, and SoMaFeRaFiRe.

For more info visit www.alchemyperformance.com and www.raquy.com

>>! A Galapagos resident artist!
Sat 3/18 8pm backroom $10 in advance/$12 at the door

Galapagos Art Space & The Ontological-Hysteric Incubator
Present 'East Meets West,' Hosted by:
JOHN MORAN...and his neighbor, SAORI

"With a one-hour show, he has reaffirmed his reputation as one of the most important (and underrated) figures in the avant-garde scene." - Timeout NY

"Moran is a modern day Mozart." - The Boston Globe

Together, 'JOHN MORAN...and his neighbor, SAORI' will ride wave after wave of psychotically disparate emotions this month, and yet basically 'keep it together' as they stumble their way through a variety of 'avant garde' things and you sit on your drunken ass judging!

With a Choreography by: ABBY CHAN-YANG
...AND a Monthly Special-Guest Curated by: 'THE ONTOLOGICAL-HYSTERIC INCUBATOR'

John Moran has generally been considered the protege of composer Philip Glass, having been discovered by Mr. Glass at a young age. His strangely avant garde operatic works have featured performers such as Iggy Pop, Uma Thurman, Julia Stiles, Allen Ginsberg and many others. 'The New York Times' have consistently referred to him as "...one of the leading vanguards of American music-theater.", describing his works as, "phenomenal." These multi-disciplined works are stange and notoriously difficult to classify...like 'Disneyland' on acid.

Saori Tsukada is a classically trained ballet-dancer and gymnist from Tokyo. She has lived in New York the
past 6 years, after moving to America alone, and speaking no english. Since that time she has made built a strong reputation, performing with groups like International WOW co., director Aya Ogowa and a host of New York performance ensembles.

Together in 2006, Moran and Saori have performed at The Kitchen, Galapagos, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, The Knitting Factory, The Ontological-Hysteric Theater, The Philidelphia-Fringe, and various theaters around the country. They have recently been invited to perform in China and The Dublin-Fringe Festival. This year they are also teaching 'Advanced Soundtrack for Theater', at Tisch/NYU.

Purchase tickets now at Smarttix.com - CLICK HERE!

Sat 3/18 10pm frontroom FREE

Uncomun

Music. Film. Dance. Party.
UNCOMUN curator Nevaris drops his massive funk rock sounds.
Indie songstress Cathie Russo performs original songs from her EP.
Monstermind performs their original spoken-word-electro-jazz.
Hawk kicks out reggae jams.
Doron Lev and Kenya Flow drop underground hip-hop.
The hottest MC in NYC, Friday Nite.
And all the way from the west coast, MC Ayinde Howell.

Plus dj speedrail dropping his signature disco-not-disco and makeout jams for the ladies, and vj full stealth mixing live video throughout the night, also for the ladies.

Sat 3/18 10pm backroom $6

Snap Pusher

Snap Pusher creates music that is rock-based, but they do not hesitate to mix in a bevy of other elements. When it comes to live performances, Snap Pusher always goes the extra mile to ensure that viewers walk away from the gig feeling like they saw a good performance and not just a band playing music. Guest performers and theatrics are a staple of Snap Pusher shows -- but they never let their showmanship get in the way of creating good music.