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weekly events march 13-19
For ticketed shows, the box office will open
30 minutes prior to showtime.
Advance tickets available to select events
through www.smarttix.com
or 212 868 4444


this week: monday - tuesday - wednesday - thursday - friday - saturday - sunday


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Mon 3/13 8pm backroom $6

Ocularis:
Bruce McClure: Thwarted, Throttled, Thrown and Then Thump

An evening of live performance and discussion by 'paracinema' artist Bruce McClure. Since 1994, when he started designing discs for an updated phenakistiscope (animation device that dates back to the 1830s), artist and architect Bruce McClure has amassed a body of work that uses the occasion of film projection to create a visceral hybrid of vaudeville, installation and cinema. Drawing on the experience of Harold Edgerton's stroboscopic flash and the flicker films of recent decades, McClure has developed his own lexicon of intervaled light, reveling in the grammar of its repetition to evoke altered states of consciousness.

For this lecture-demonstration, the artist will premiere a new work, prepared specifically for Ocularis, and discuss the techniques of its effect. Special attention will be given to the morphology of the 16mm projector and the emancipating effect of obstructions to its ordinary functions. An inventory of his expanded cinema tools, optical soundtracks, and performance issues will be discussed. Dialogue is encouraged between the audience and artist.

"This presentation will consist of works that articulate the willful glow of the projector bulb while shunning the cozening effect of cinema. The camera is now off our backs and film, typically an intermediate agent, takes on a new identity. Here the projector will be our dutiful companion perched over our shoulders motoring through time with the beat of intermittent light. Film, once criticized as out of focus, becomes recognizable. The projector, whose machinery, optics, and sound system have been shunted to the wayside, re-enter the theater not as cinema's silent and faithful servant, but as a star." - Bruce McClure

Curated and facilitated by Nick Hallett.

More info at www.ocularis.net.

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Mon 3/13 8pm frontroom FREE

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 Jami Attenberg, Jacquelyn Landgraf, Jane Ormerod

Hosted by Desiree Burch (pictured)

 

Mon 3/13 10pm frontroom FREE

Monday Night Burlesque
with an All-Star Lineup:

Julie Atlas Muz, Lucky, and Selena Vixen!

Some of NYC's biggest burlesque stars hit the stage in a big big burlesque blowout!

"Dancer/choreographer Julie Atlas Muz gives us a rethinking of the burlesque mentality. Muz's best works warily take on the strip-teaser's ditzy salaciousness with an almost medically altered horror at its heart." -Philadelphia City Paper


 

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

Tuesday 3/14 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 3/15 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


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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

 




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Thurs 3/16 7pm backroom $10

How Women Won Abortion Rights: Film Screening

In celebration of women's history month, With a Vengeance (1989, 40 minutes, Lori Hiris & Nina Baehr), a film on the history of the struggle for reproductive freedom since the 1960s, will be screened, followed by a presentation and discussion.

"With a Vengeance" is a powerful look at the strength and breadth of the women's movement. Rare archival footage and interviews with early abortion rights activists, including members of Redstockings and the JANE Collective, are intercut with young women's testimony. Presentation on the history of the abortion rights movement and a discussion with the audience will follow film. Hosted by the Women's Liberation Birth Control Project, affiliated with Redstockings Allies and Veterans.

Proceeds to benefit the Women's Liberation Birth Control Project.

www.birthcontrolproject.org



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Thurs 3/16 7pm frontroom FREE

Jezebel Music Presents Hula and more

Jezebel Music’s March Feature: Hula

Openers: Doug Keith, Olive and Black Hair

The Jezebel Music Feature brings to Galapagos this independent music promotion company’s artist of the month.

Jezebel Music, based in Williamsburg, finds and promotes top quality independent music. For more information go to www.jezebelmusic.com

Thurs 3/16 10pm free

Win, Lose, or Draw!

A monthly event: hipster versions of your favorite game shows.

This week, it's Win, Lose or Draw -- your favorite art-based game show!

Hosted by Jesse Ballgame and Miss Lola Belle.





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Fri 3/17 8pm backroom $10 in advance/$12 at the door