TODAY: BULLETS OVER BROADWAY, WRESTLING MANIA, THE BIG SHRINK, STRANGER THAN FICTION around town todayfree opening reception:group show: fact of the matter @ 1285 avenue of the americas art gallery >>6:30pm doors, 7:30pm show (rescheduled from 1/21): attend a live taping of ask me another, nprs monthly radio show of puzzles, games, and trivia hosted by ophira eisenberg and featuring music by jonathan coulton. tonight: sarah janssen, editor of the 2014 world almanac. the bell house, $15 adv, $20 door. >>6:30pm: find out what were learning about mars and mercury from the american museum of natural historys director of astrovisualization carter emmart. hayden planetarium space theater, $15. >>7pm: authors alan light (the holy or the broken), glenn kenny (rogerebert) and rob sheffield (turn around bright eyes: the rituals of love and karaoke) discuss pop culture phenomena: what turns a song into a hit, a musician into an icon, and a movie into classic. word, free. >>7pm: get a behind-the-scenes look at broadways upcoming bullets over broadway musical, based on woody allen’s film. the greene space, $15. >>7:30pm doors, 8pm show: wrestling mania: mike edison (former publisher of high times and editor-in-chief of screw), professional wrestler and commentator top shelf troy nelson, comedian casey salengo and pro wrestling manager/sideshow freak bobby phobia lampoon the best of the worst of 80s and 90s pro wrestling. union hall, $6. >>8pm: sharon spell hosts the big shrink comedy/variety show with guests hari kondabolu (conan, totally biased), jen kwok (mtv), claire ayoub (smart girls) and chris lamberth (the mundane festival podcast). ucbeast, $5. >>8pm: jenny jaffe hosts the camp time comedy show at the pit with guests bridey elliott (letterman), josh gondelman (@seinfeldtoday) and nick packard. $10. >>8:30pm: the free monthly backfat comedy/variety show upstairs at cobble hills 61 local welcomes the lucas brothers (the lucas bros moving co.), emmy blotnick (nikki + sara live, best week ever), david finkelstein, musician daniel koren and hosts emily winter, janet manley and john payne >>8:30pm: seth herzogs sweet comedy show features guests jeff ross (the roastmaster general), sheng wang (john oliver, comedy central), michelle wolf (seth meyers writer,girl code) and co-host carlton. the slipper room, $7. >>thru 3/18: ifcs stranger than fiction documentary series and filmmaker q+a kicks off the winter season with finding the funk, narrated by questlove of the roots. $16. >>check our website for a list of ongoing eventssales, deals, freebiessponsored: snag $15 tickets (reg. $25.00) to beertown -- part civic ceremony, part theatrical pageant, then at once a choose your own adventure / murder mystery dinner party -- at 59E59 theaters. >>get tickets to the 9th annual nyc coffee and tea festival at the 69th regiment armory 3/22-23 for $10 (plus ticket fees, reg $20) >>take a 3-session survivor school course from destination backcountry adventures for $129 ($274 value) >>downton abbey seasons 1-3 on dvd and blu-ray are on sale for $15.49-20.99 each ($34.99-54.99 list) on amazon >>subscribe to the skint daily emailfollow the skint on facebook and twitter
Posted on: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 18:19:20 +0000
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