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 Mon 4/17 frontroom 8pm $10 to 20 sliding scale
New York Progressive Reading Series Launch
The Progressive Reading Series Is a Monthly Literary Event To Benefit Progressives Running For Congress In 2006. Every month we will raise funds for a different house candidate or organization.
In April Proceeds will benefit The Fighting Dems – Veterans continuing their service by running against Republican incumbents in 2006
Featuring:
Adrienne Miller, author of The Coast Of Akron
David Rees, author of Get Your War On
Jonathan Ames, author of I Love You More Than You Know
Paul LaFarge, author of Hausmann, Or The Distinction
Janice Erlbaum, author of Girlbomb
Hosted by Stephen Elliott author of Looking Forward To It: or How I
Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The American Political Process
  Mon 4/17 backroom 8pm $6
Ocularis presents
Anton Perich Presents: Starring Taylor Mead
In the early Seventies, Anton Perich produced/directed approximately twenty video movies, starring Taylor Mead, for his weekly cable TV show. At that time, when the tapes were repeatedly censored by the cable broadcast network, they created a major scandal within the world of television, and Ocularis is proud to present three of them this evening.
In The Aging Rock Star, Mead plays the title character planning a million dollar comeback when all of his former and current wives, along with his long lost daughter and her boyfriend, appear at his door asking for money. Claiming to be poor, he eventually seduces said boyfriend and sails off to Catalina.
Later, in Ulysses, Mead is cast as an unhealthy zillionaire who, after long travels from institution to institution, returns home to his luxurious, sprawling SoHo loft, only to find it transformed into a children’s camp, managed by his wife’s new husband. Dr. Tinkerbelle reintroduces her patient to his former wife and takes him through the mansion to meet a variety of characters, including some visitors from Transylvania.
And finally, in Washington Rasputin, Mead stars as a senile grandmother who owns CBGB and is heiress to a great American family fortune. Sometimes, she turns into the handsome Sylvester who pretends to be dead. As her aging grandchildren come out of the woodwork, they are subjected to Mead’s bizarre saga of the family history, one illustrated with somber portraits of their decadent ancestors hanging on the walls. And they have to sing for their dinner.
With an introduction by Anton Perich and Taylor Mead. More info at www.ocularis.net.
 Mon 4/17 frontroom 10pm FREE
Monday Night Burlesque
with Harvest Moon and the Cantankerous Lollies
The Cantankerous Lollies, headed by Harvest Moon, were established in SF in 1995. Known as the sexy sirens of burlesque, these lovely ladies can really kick their heels up! The Cantankerous Lollies are Peekaboo Pointe, Hot Totty, and Harvest Moon. They are often accompanied by the Fisherman's Famous Burlesque Orchestra.
 Tues 4/18 frontroom 8pm FREE
MURDERFIST Sketch Comedy
For the past four years, Murderfist has been located in Tallahassee, Florida, where weekly shows became a standard event for many Tallahassians. From sketches for the tried and true vaudevillian, to the grotesque, and to the depths of absurdity, we aim to challenge our audiences with laughter, and instigate thought through destroying the norms of acceptable, safe, and run-down comedy.
LINE UP
Henry Zebrowski
Tim Dean
Walter Replogle
Carly Goodspeed
Holden McNeely
Jeff Darland
www.myspace.com/murderfistNY
 Tues 4/18 backroom 8pm $7
Rapid
Response Team
The
Rapid Response Team is a group of writers, actors,
directors and tunesmiths who band together to
bring you the news. Join them as they present
evenings of new short theater and comedy ripped
from the headlines.
www.rapidresponseteam.org
 Tues 4/18 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 4/19 backroom 8pm $7 to $20 sliding scale
DEEP DISH TV Benefit Party
A celebration of the power of independent media and an attempt to keep it alive. Deep Dish TV has had their ‘Shocking and Awful’ series inducted at the 2006 Whitney Biennial: Day For Night- and it will be playing until May 28th. Despite this crazy success, Deep Dish is in desperate need of funding in order to stay alive! Hungry March Band (pictured) and a series of performers will be coming together to raise funds for Deep Dish TV.
Featuring a screening of Deep Dish TV’s ‘Fallujah’ (29 minutes), which is being re-released on DVD, and a question and answer with Brandon Jourdan, one of the film’s directors. Following the Q and A, come and drink and party with the Hungry March Band (pictured), enjoy video installations from the Glass Bead Collective, and dance to beats from several badass DJs.
"It is a sobering indictment of global democracy at gunpoint and on its own makes the Biennial essential viewing." -- UK Financial Times
"This fantastic series is the most comprehensive look at the war! Buy it and use it as an organizing tool." -- Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now
 Wed 4/19 frontroom 8:30pm FREE
SLACK REPUBLIC
SLACK REPUBLIC, hailing from Atlanta, serves up punky indie rock with a deep
groove and a defiantly DIY aesthetic.
www.myspace.com/theslackrepublic
 Wed 4/19 frontroom 10pm FREE
The Hazzards Makeout Party
Galapagos' favorite ukelele rockers (pictured) host a monthly event filled with music and comedy.
Tonight, they appear with The Couriers.
Thurs 4/20 7pm frontroom FREE
JEZEBEL MUSIC presents
BLACK SPOON
appearing with Kat Hayman and The Secret Life of Sofia
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 4/20 7pm backroom $10
ALPER YILMAZ PROJECT
Alper Yilmaz Project is an ensemble establishedin 2005 for Alper Yilmaz's debut album project, bringing together New York's foremost musicians. The Project not only gives the band members absolute freedom of expression, as well as providing them with more harmonic and rhythmic flexibility, but also serves as a platform to which each musician contributes equally and freely. The general framework of the band's music is outlined by the compositions of Alper Yilmaz.
 Thurs 4/20 10pm $5 suggested
SUPERFEST 2: An experimental/rock/free-jazz/dance-party/multi-media blowout
Curated by Seth Misterka and Casey "plusultra.us" Zap
Featuring performances by
Paper Legs-- http://www.heatretentionrecords.com/
Jeff Arnal Group-- http://www.generaterecords.net
Sam Hillmer-- http://www.zzzsss.com/
Lonely Ghost-- http://www.myspace.com/lonelyghost
Katie Brennan and The Holy Bones-- http://www.theholybones.com/
Jason Cady- pictured - http://www.myspace.com/jasoncadyandtheartificials
Kevin Uehlinger Trio
with
Projections by Nicole Jacquis-- http://www.projectilearts.org/nicole
and
DJ Fingersnap on the decks
 Fri 4/21 7.30pm frontroom FREE
IPECAC KISSES: An Evening with James Bradford
Actor/Singer James Easter Bradford brings his fresh perspective on relationships and the music biz to Galapagos. Fresh off of filming his VH1 reality show "Crushed Out," hear his unique funk-punk acoustic jam as he tells stories of betrayal, jealousy and pink-and-brown Nike shoes. Special guest Max Christopher.
"I LOVE HIS CD!" - Margaret Cho
"The not-yet famous but soon to be infamous James Bradford rocks the stage with an explosive, Sandra Bernhardesque attitude and killer pipes." - A&U Magazine
http://www.jamesbradfordmusic.com
http://www.maxylvania.com
 Friday 4/21 @ 8pm backroom
$10 in advance/$12 at the door
(also April 21 & 28)
>>! A Galapagos resident artist!
RIP ME OPEN:
A World Premiere Play
by Desiree Burch, Michael Cyril Creighton, Kyle Jarrow, and Brian Mullin
Part of our Evolve theater series!
TICKETS NOW ON SALE! Click here to purchase.
She's a private dick who's seen it all.
He's a blonde bombshell waiting to explode.
In this filthy, lonely city, some secrets just can't stay hidden.
Rip Me Open follows two wise-cracking, desperate souls as they investigate a strange sexual act in a case of threatened violence and psychosexual intrigue. Drawing on influences from Dennis Cooper to Haruki Murakami to Double Indemnity, Rip Me Open combines pulse-pounding mystery with crackling comedic dialogue and several original songs.
Comedian/performers Desiree Burch and Michael Cyril Creighton star in this darkly funny world premiere play, created and developed with director/playwright Brian Mullin and OBIE Award-winning playwright/songwriter Kyle Jarrow.
Click HERE for more info on the show.
 Fri 4/21 backroom 10pm $15, $12 advance
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...
Sxip Shirey * Drew “the Fool” Richardson * Jennifer Miller * Harvest Moon * Nicholas Flair * Ellia Bisker
More on this acclaimed circus at www.bindlestiff.org
Purchase tickets now at Smarttix.com - CLICK HERE!
 Fri 4/21 frontroom 10pm $10, $8 in advance
Jack
and the Beanstalk
an experimental musical with puppets by Natalie Weiss
TICKETS
NOW ON SALE! Click here to purchase.
Hand,
shadow, and over-life-size puppets. Hot girls and schizophrenics.
Turntables and accordions. Get ready for your favorite fairy tale
to be gutted by Subway Sandwich Artists and re-stuffed with strap-ons
and dusty vinyl in: Jack and the Beanstalk, a hilarious sample-based
musical by Natalie Weiss. Jack's hometown, a peaceful land of
dumpster-diving drag queens and roller-skating nymphs, is turned
on its head when a conglomerate of condominium-heaving corporate
Giants follow Jack down his beanstalk. Inspired by the unlawful
dispossession of 70 year-old Brooklynite Phyllis Mascia, who plays
Mother Goose, Jack and the Beanstalk is an irreverent, musical
look at development, displacement and penis envy.
 Friday 4/21 12am FREE
FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHT CLUB DANCE PARTY with DJ BOYRACER
First rule: don't talk about friday nite fight club. Second rule: don't talk about friday nite fight club.
Art. Violence. Disco. Plus staged combat brought to you by fight choreographer Christi Waldon.
It's ass-kicking and kung fu movies set to music.
With live choreographed fights from Christi Waldon.
With free screenings of movies in the backroom!
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 Sat 4/22 6:30pm frontroom FREE
ITP-NYU Collective Presents
What do you get when you throw together VJ/DJ/String Quartet/Nintendo/Old School Techno?
A group of artist/ innovators from the Interactive Telecommunications Program
(ITP) at NYU will perform an array of interactive audio/visual works, exploring relationships between sound and image, as well as new ways to create and perform music.
Performers include: Paul Feder (with Sam McCoy), David Hindman, Tristan
Perich, Zach Layton, Mauricio Melo, Ram Subramanian, Stephen Schaum, and Leah Wechsler
 Sat 4/22 7pm backroom $10
CABARET CUCARACHA
The Funky Bitches Fantastique host the evening and sing a wild array of original songs along with their band -- Los Tramway Rockers.
 Sat 4/22 10pm frontroom $10
See and Be Scene presents:
"THE LONG AWAITED PLAYING DEAD RECORD RELEASE PARTY"
Featuring special guest performances by NYC rock and roll blues quartet "Rider" fronted by rock goddess Brooke Gengras; Cinematic, atmospheric indie rock by local faves "Slowlands" and Rock and Roll Karaoke from "Bunnie England and the New Originals"!!
"Playing Dead" will treat us to a set from the brand new album and The DJ Formerly Known As Bob keeps our toestapping all night!
http://www.myspace.com/playingdead
http://www.myspace.com/ridertheband
http://www.slowlands.com
http://www.bunnieengland
http://www.c-n-b-cn.com
Sat 4/22 1am backroom FREE
CUSP OF POWER PARTY
Late-night music extravaganza! featuring:
Rock 'n' roll by The Killing Fields
Heartbreaking melodies by The Shivers
and the "post-soul" experimental diva Clapperclaw
www.myspace.com/thekillingfields
www.cdbaby.com/cd/shiversmusic
www.myspace.com/clapperclaw
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