From: "Jeff Stark" <jstark@nonsensenyc.com>
Subject: nonsensenyc: 11.13 to 11.19
Date: November 13th 2009

Friday, November 13
* Port D'Or, Brooklyn
* Kai Altair�s Record Release Soiree, Brooklyn * A Benefit for Showpaper, Williamsburg * The Sage, Brooklyn
* Thunder Gumbo: Space Is the End and the End of Space Mountain, Brooklyn * 60x60 Dance, Manhattan
* Friday the 13th Strip Club Massacre, Brooklyn * Halloween Redux, Brooklyn
* Beyond, Manhattan

Saturday, November 14
* Mister Saturday Night, Brooklyn
* The Tranny Roadshow, Brooklyn
* Saving Face Dance Party, Brooklyn
* Old Croton Aqueduct Tour, Ossing
* 2012: Rise of the Ophucians, Brooklyn * Neptune, Long Island City
* World War I in 3-D With Theremin Accompaniment, Manhattan * Sue Rock Originals Rent Party, Brooklyn * Ceremony and Illustrated Lecture in Honor of Robert Fulton, Steamboat Pioneer, Manhattan * Zee, Manhattan

Sunday, November 15
* Beehive Design Collective Tour and Potluck Dinner, Brooklyn * The 4th-Annual Carnivorous Nights Taxidermy Contest, Brooklyn

Monday, November 16
* OCD Lectures: Psychedelic Shamanism, Williamsburg

Tuesday, November 17
* The November Samosa Crawl, Manhattan
* The Biking Rules PSA Competition and Festival, Brooklyn * Sonic Massage, Manhattan
* Zeroboy, Manhattan

Wednesday, November 18
* Cabaret Luxe, Manhattan
* Globular Cluster, Manhattan
* Witches in Bikinis, Manhattan

Thursday, November 19
* In Memoriam, Brooklyn
* Bingo-Ski, Manhattan
* Miss G Train Pageant, Williamsburg
* Journey to Another Dimension, Manhattan

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XXXXX FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 XXXXX

Port D'Or

I used to co-run Silent Barn. I will now be running most shows out of a storefront in Crown Heights, Brooklyn near Park Slope called Port D'Or. Our first event is a video screening called X is Just a Little Black Letter. The theme of the show is sexual horror, or the erotic sublime. There will also be performances by the bands Mother Earth and trytrycry, two bands whose work is closer to performance art than to music. Artists: Sasha Braunig, Matt Savitsky, Nina Schwanze, Dawn Frasch, Carlos Rigau, Johnny Rodgers.

Port D'Or
841 Sterling Place, Brooklyn
8p; $

***** Also on FRIDAY *****

Kai Altair�s Record Release Soiree

A burlesque, bellydancing, and music event at the House of Yes in conjunction with Kai Altair's debut EP, Star of the Sea.

Featuring sexy siren burlesque star Veronica Varlow, Copal, Paris Graphics and Output, Sera Solstice, Lady Circus, Nik Sin, the Reverend Burke Heffner, and DJ Joey Nova.

The House of Yes
342 Maujer Street, Brooklyn
9p�4a; $10
All ages
brownpapertickets.com/event/87656

***** Also on FRIDAY *****

A Benefit for Showpaper

With Pterodactyl, Fiasco, and more.

Death By Audio
49 S 2nd Street between Wythe and Kent, Williamsburg, Brooklyn 8p; $7
All ages
myspace.com/deathbyaudioshows

***** Also on FRIDAY *****

The Sage

The Sage is a hip hop puppet ballet inspired by Stravinsky's the Rite of Spring. Moving with the hot beats of DJ D Tweeds, the Sage explores concepts of musical and visual fusion while telling the tale of Little One and his marionette friends.

The Bushwick Starr
207 Starr Street, between Irving and Wyckoff, Brooklyn L train to Jefferson station
8p; $12, $8 kides
Continues through SUNDAY
hip.hop.puppet.ballet@gmail.com

***** Also on FRIDAY *****

Thunder Gumbo: Space Is the End and the End of Space Mountain, Brooklyn

Thunder Gumbo is a monthly event haphazardly mishmoshing while carefully combining several elements into a stew contrasting and corresponding flavors at an underground location on the second Friday of every month. There are new live bands, DJs, special performances, and guest lecturers every month, a wrong religious hookah lounge, delicious food, a nice beer on tap, antiques and special surprises.

With special live musical performance by Kagero, the Loose Roosters, Jellybean Fiasco, DJs Shakey / Barney Iller, Morphous, Tinseltown. Also futuristic face painting, ass-shaking flight attendants, doctor adventure, bone shattering dubstep, and mysteriously sonorific gypsies, of course lots of other last minute obscenities as well, including a barber and astro-biologist lecturer now.

255 McKibben, no. 406, Brooklyn
8p-late, $5 before 10p, $10 afterward (come early and don't be disappointed there are only 100 tickets) -- use password: nonsense thundergumbo.com

***** Also on FRIDAY *****

60x60 Dance

A one-hour multimedia extravaganza featuring an exciting mix of contemporary dance and electronic music. Embracing a grass-roots ideology, 60x60 Dance takes 60 one-minute audio works culled from an international pool of emerging and established composers and assigns them to an equal mix of 60 local choreographers assembled by Amiti Perry. The resulting collaborations are presented, without interruption, as a continuous one-hour performance synchronized to an on-stage analog clock.

Eclectic by nature, 60x60 Dance offers an unmatched diversity of styles, making for a fast-speed, electrifying one-of-a-kind performance that never ceases to surprise. Dance influences will range from ballet to postmodern movements, while music includes neo-romantic, folk, tech-house, noise, rock, and everything but the kitchen sink.

60x60 was originally conceived of as an electronic music project, collecting 60-second works by composers and sound artists from around the world. Since 2003, 60x60 has featured the work of more than 1200 composers in concerts spanning the globe. From the beginning 60x60 was a natural vehicle for collaborating with other art forms. Initially this included video, photography and sculpture. In 2007, 60x60 teamed up with choreographers and 60x60 Dance was born. Since then this unique collaboration has produced seven exciting shows, each featuring a different group of composers and choreographers.

World Financial Center Winter Garden
220 Vesey Street, Manhattan
12:30 and 7p; $free
artsworldfinancialcenter.com
voxnovus.com/60x60.htm

***** Also on FRIDAY *****

Friday the 13th Strip Club Massacre

Brooklyn Grange is throwing the fundraiser from hell. There will be food, there will be booze, there will be music, and there might even be strippers. Come dance, play and kill for a good cause.

With DJ Lauren Flax, Team Robespierre, Anamanaguchi, Wild Yaks, Triage, DJ Jon Santos, and Finger on the Pulse. Food and shot and beer specials.

Starr Space
110 Starr Street, Brooklyn
8p-4a; $10 admission, all to raise funds for Brooklyn Grange, our 1-acre rooftop farm

***** Also on FRIDAY *****

Gemini and Scorpio and Brooklyn Wonderland present:

Halloween Redux

This Friday the 13th, relive Halloween the way we meant for you to experience it two weeks ago. Brooklyn Wonderland created the all-out dance party component to our over-the-top two-loft Halloween extravaganza Masquerade Macabre until the cops shut it down just as the party got going. Now we get to do it even bigger and better than we'd initially planned. With handpicked DJs (alphabetical order): Dhundee, Dirty Finger, Moldover, Reaganomics, Shakey, Stone, and Stylus. Expect eclectic beats until the sun comes up. Live percussion by Blood Drums and Percussion Pete. Visuals by the Glassbead Collective. MC Nachy Bless. Delicious Dub Pies served all night; breakfast to follow if we ask nicely. Same amazing loft we partied in till morning on Halloween, with lots of cozy nooks plus crannies to chill, as well as a 2,000 square foot sprung wood dance floor and a 6,000 square foot roof. Yes, wear your Halloween costume. You know we will. This is a private space; please respect it by n ot making noise or loitering outside.

Brooklyn Urban Sanctuary
RSVP for location if you don't know it
11p-7a; $10 before 1a, $15 after
geminiandscorpio.com/events.html

***** Also on FRIDAY *****

Beyond

An evening of performance about endless possibility. Experiments in sound, movement and interactive visuals that speak of myth and dream of reality. With Ophra Wolf (concept, composition, dance, interactive visuals), Evan Mazunik (live soundpainting composition for movement and music), Donna Bouthillier, Danica Holoviak, Sarah Johannson Locke (dance), ZAHA (Justin Wood - woodwinds, Frantz Loriot - viola, Sebastian Noelle - guitar, Eric Eigner - drums), tomchess (oud & ney), artwork by Bina Altera and texts by Hel�n Cixous, Clarice Lispector, Euripides, and Machiavelli.

Shen Tao Studio
303 Park Ave., Suite 312, corner of 23rd Street, Manhattan 8-10p; $10-$20 suggested donation
infopursuethepulse.org
pursuethepulse.org/beyond.html

XXXXX SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14 XXXXX

Mister Saturday Night

This is Justin Carter from Easy Lover. I'm reaching out to say hello and introduce you to Mister Saturday Night, the loft party I'm throwing in Brooklyn. Mister Saturday Night is an underground party in the same spirit as the Lover -- good music in interesting spaces with an easy-going vibe.

This Saturday, we're settling into a nice, cozy loft on Broadway and Myrtle in Brooklyn. The place is great: plenty of room to spread out, dance and chat; room for our booming soundsystem (it sounds better than almost any club in New York, for real); and easy access from the train (the JMZ is just out the door, and we see it whizzing by the second-floor window all night).

Residents Eamon Harkin and Justin Carter will be dropping their disco, deep house and other sundries, and our special guest is Scott Grooves, a veteran Detroit DJ and producer who has somehow never played in New York. Word on the streets of the D is that we're all in for a treat.

1142 Myrtle Avenue, at Broadway, Brooklyn 10p-late, open beer bar from 10-11p; $8 advance, $10 before midnight with RSVP, $15 otherwise mistermistersaturdaynight.com

***** Also on SATURDAY *****

The Tranny Roadshow

Our Collective Resources presents a series on collectives and communities from November to January at two intentional communities operating DIY venues in Brooklyn. The series starts this Saturday with the Tranny Roadshow, a multimedia performance art show with a diverse collective of artists, singers, actors, storytellers, filmmakers, and more all identified as transgender who have banded together to take their collective artistic ferocity on tour. They perform and reflect on their history together and how and why they perform as a collective.

Stay for the after-party and dance with the likes of the fiercest transfolks this side of the country: Ignacio Rivera (of Queers for Economic Justice), Jamez Terry, Linda Bedore, Red Durkin, B.O.I. Sha, Twilight of the Idle, Samantha Buchanan, Kit Yan, others.

Surreal Estate
15 Thames Street, Brooklyn
L train to Morgan
8:30p doors, 9p show; $10
myspace.com/ourcollectiveresources
trannyroadshow.com

***** Also on SATURDAY *****

Saving Face Dance Party

Dear Friends, As some of you know I was in a nasty bike accident about a month ago, which resulted in severe damage to six of my front teeth. With a lot of help from my amazing artist friends we've put together an online art auction as a fundraiser. The auction will run November 10-14 and will end at a party in Greenpoint Brooklyn.

Please visit the auction website to see all lots of incredible work at very low prices. If you're not in the art-buying mood, please join me on the dance floor. There will be a raffle of more art, and other surprise goodies.

1155 Manhattan Avenue, fifth floor, Brooklyn 8:30-9:30p auction, 10p dance party, 11p raffle; $10 entry includes free beer johnjopolisgmail.com
blitheriley.net/auction

***** Also on SATURDAY *****

Old Croton Aqueduct Tour

Jean Horkans, a tour guide with the Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct, will lead a walking tour of the Old Croton Aqueduct in Ossining, NY. We will venture into the Aqueduct itself in addition to walking along its route above ground. Teachers and environment educators will get preference.

Construction on the Old Croton Aqueduct began in 1837 under the direction of chief engineer John B. Jervis. It was built to supply the city with clean drinking water from the Croton Reservoir located 38 miles north of Manhattan. Until that time New York City did not have access to a reliable supply of clean water. As a result, a major cholera epidemic devastated the city in 1832. Also, many of the buildings in NYC were made of wood at the time. Because of this, the Great Fire of New York burned down 700 buildings in 1835 since there were no fire hydrants or ready access to water to extinguish the fire.

Built by hand largely by Irish immigrants, the aqueduct is mostly a brick lined structure sealed with special water resistant mortar. It is horse shoe in shape and about 8 feet high by 7 feet tall. The water flowed to the city by gravity as its starting elevation at the Old Croton Dam was higher than NYC. The slope was a gentle 13 inches decline for every mile.

Water was first delivered into the city via the aqueduct in 1842 to much fanfare. The Bethesda fountain in Central park (72nd Street), was the site of a celebration with dignitaries present such as President John Tyler and Governor William Seward. Two reservoirs in the city collected the Croton water. The first was in Central Park at the present site of the Great Lawn, and the second was at the present site of the 42nd Street New York Public Library.

In 1890, a larger New Croton Aqueduct largely made the old one obsolete, but still it continued to carry water to the city until 1955. In 1987, a small section of the Old Aqueduct was reopened to supply water to the town of Ossining. Much of the Old Croton Aqueduct is still intact. Come see for yourself.

RSVP for exact location
Ossining, New York
10a; $?
RSVP to mm1566nyu.edu
aqueduct.org/

***** Also on SATURDAY *****

2012:Rise of the Ophucians

In the year 2012 a solar flare is going to hit the earth, killing billions and leaving the rest of us in darkness and anarchy. I haven't come to this conclusion based off research into the many different predictions of a cataclysmic event on 12.21.12. Rather I saw it happen in a vision; and since then I have confirmed it with beings from other dimensions in better controlled out of body experiences. So rather than just wait and die I am gathering cool people to rebuild society with. The 2012 events and festivals are fundraisers and a way to screen people for the final 2012, which will be a festival in a missile silo with full food, energy, and other provisions for 1 year..

Join 2k and NYCR for the fourth installment of 2012: Rise of the Ophucians. Featuring Audio Prophets, Dylan Drazen, Fetish Dolly, the Bass, Mike Saga, D:, Elektrik, Integrity vs Howhard, Candy Kid vs Smoke, Atom C vs Serious Black, Hocus Pocus vs Animus, Tom C THC vs 100 percent. Special UV fetish performance 1-2a by Fetish Dolly and NYCRavers Eyecandy. Awesome end of the world decorations by NYCRavers. Mind Blowing Visual Stimuli provided by PowerTrip Lighting and Audiolust.

HB
18 Commerce Street, Brooklyn
F or G to Smith/9th Street
9p-5a; $20 in costume with password Nonsense, $25 otherwise 18 and over

***** Also on SATURDAY *****

Neptune

A play about water; a Superhero Clubhouse production at the Flux Factory. A boy hears the voice of a god in his bottled water. A whale undertakes a harrowing journey to find Prince William. A beautiful mute girl swims naked in the flooded Hudson River.

This is Neptune, a collaged fairy tale about how we adapt to a changing world. Join Superhero Clubhouse for the world premiere of a playful, dark theatrical adaptation of H.C. Andersen's the Little Mermaid - features original music by Brielle Korn and transforms the raw space of the Flux Factory into the Hudson River, the English Channel, and New York City in 2080.

Flux Factory
39-31 29th Street, Long Island City, Queens N,W trains to 39th Avenue station
7p; $paywhatyoucan
Continues through November 22
superheroclubhouse.org/Neptune.html

***** Also on SATURDAY *****

World War I in 3-D With Theremin Accompaniment

As part of Neke Carson's continuing series of art cabaret events, Robert Munn and Sara Cook will present their 3-D Projection show of Stereoscopic images of World War 1 with Avant Garde`electronic Theremin accompaniment.

The images are from Mr. Munn's extremely rare personal collection of 200 glass plate stereo photographs of the conflict. These 95 year old, emulsion-on-glass stereo plates were manufactured in France between 1914-1918 and present a graphic, uncompromising view of the brutality and devastation of the World's first modern war. The immersive effect provided by the 3-D projection combined with Mr. Munn's provocative live performance on the Theremin assures the audience a startling experience difficult to soon forget.

Gershwin Hotel
7 East 27th Street, between 5th and Madison, Brooklyn 8p; $10 includes 3-D glasses
718 824 1052
depthography.com

***** Also on SATURDAY *****

Sue Rock Originals Rent Party

I'm wondering if you can list the fundraiser party Sue Rock is having for her non-profit that supports local rape shelters in Crown Heights. Sue runs a clothing studio that works with reclaimed materials and donates all profits to nearby shelters. She is in danger of losing her space and is throwing a party this Saturday to help pay rent. There'll be great music, great food and free goodie bags for the first 25 people to RSVP.

1069 Bergen Street, between Nostrand and Rogers avenues, Brooklyn 8p-midnight; $10 admission
347 365 8747
suerockoriginalsyahoo.com
suerock.blogspot.com
myspace.com/suerockdesigns

***** Also on SATURDAY *****

The Manhattan Borough Historian's Office Cordially Invites You to a:

Ceremony and Illustrated Lecture in Honor of Robert Fulton, Steamboat Pioneer

With Michael Miscione, Manhattan Borough Historian; Travis Bowman, Fulton author; Jack Putnam, South Street Seaport Museum historian; Mary Habstritt, President of the Society for Industrial Archaeology; Norman Brouwer, author of the International Register of Historic Ships; and others will say a few words. Severe inclement weather will cancel the event.

Gather at the Trinity Church graveyard Broadway and Wall Street, Manhattan
11:30a; $free

***** Also on SATURDAY *****

Zee

A rigorous mindscape; a hallucinatory architecture of light; a dream machine. An enclosed space is filled with a dense, odorless fog that completely obscures the walls, floor and ceiling. Individuals freely roam this environment, while flickering light filters through the haze, inducing hallucinations and sensory distortions within each viewer. A droning soundscape intensifies this full-immersion experience, shifting dynamically according to changes in the color, frequency and intensity of the light.

Exhilarating and meditative, Hentschl�ger's pulsing, stroboscopic and mind-altering Zee pushes the boundaries of human perception and creates an intensely riveting audiovisual journey.

Important information: Anybody with the following conditions should not attend ZEE: photosensitive epilepsy; asthma, breathing and heart problems; abnormal blood pressure; migraine & headaches; all kinds of eye & ear diseases; claustrophobia or anxiety. Pregnant women are also advised to refrain from attending. Please note: The artificial fog being used is proven, even in extreme intensities, not to be of any health risk; the stroboscopes used in the show are standard theatrical units.

3LD Art and Technology Center
80 Greenwich Street, near Rector Street., Manhattan 2-9p, project begins on the hour and the half hour, approximately 20 minutes; $?, closed to the general public -- you must RSVP for entry Continues on SUNDAY
ps122.org/performances/zee.html

XXXXX SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15 XXXXX

Beehive Design Collective Tour and Potluck Dinner

The Hive brings its tour to Brooklyn this Sunday stopping at Surreal Estate to show new art work from the Mesoamerica Resiste campaign, addressing free trade, militarism, resource extraction, and related issues. These hard working bees give us a preview of a new work depicting the true cost of coal and reflect on the impact of their many graphics campaigns over the years.

Beehive celebrates nearly 10 years of working collectively on international educational graphics campaigns, regional mosaic murals, and an apprenticeship program, and the local revitalization the old Machias Valley Grange Hall in Maine. Beehive crafts picture-lecture workshops to be understood by anyone and deconstructs complex issues shaping our world, using bio-regionally accurate depictions of animals and insects as metaphors to link cultural and ecological diversity.

Stay for the potluck dinner afterward and learn more about the collective and their search for wannabees to work with them.

Surreal Estate
15 Thames Street, Brooklyn
L train to Morgan station
6-8p; $5-10 sliding scale
myspace.com/surrealestatenyc
beehivecollective.org

***** Also on SUNDAY *****

The 4th-Annual Carnivorous Nights Taxidermy Contest

Calling all science geeks, nature freaks, and other rogue geniuses. Enter your taxidermy to win. Show off your beloved moose head, stuffed albino squirrel, sinuous snake skeletons, jarred sea slugs, and other specimens. Compete for prizes and glory.

The contest will be judged by our panel of savage taxidermy enthusiasts, including Robert Marbury, co-founder of the Minnesota Association of Rogue Taxidermists, and Dorian Devins, WFMU DJ and Secret Science Club co-curator.

Prizes for best stuffed creature, most interesting biological oddity, and more. Don�t miss the feral taxidermy talk by beast mistress Melissa Milgrom, author of the forthcoming book, Still Life: Adventures in Taxidermy. Plus: groove to taxidermy-inspired tunes and video.

Contest Rules: The contest is open to taxidermy (homemade, purchased, found), preserved and jarred specimens, skeletons, skulls, gaffs, and beyond. (Note: Wet specimens must remain in their jars.) Entrants: Please email to pre-register, and arrive at 7p to log in your beast or specimen. Share your taxidermy (and its tale) with the world.

The Bell House
149 7th Street, between 2nd and 3rd avenues, Brooklyn 7:30p; $4
secretscienceclubgmail.com

XXXXX MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16 XXXXX

OCD Lectures: Psychedelic Shamanism

My good friend, Filmmaker Caveh Zahedi (I Am a Sex Addict) -- will present a lecture as part of the OCD lecture series that I host at Pete's Candy Store in Brooklyn, on the subject of psychotropic drugs. Caveh has spent 20 years experimenting with these drugs -- he even made a TV series about his investigations, called Tripping with Caveh --and tonight he will tell you all about what he's learned. With lots of Audio Visual goodness.

Pete's Candy Store
709 Lorimer Street, Brooklyn
7:30p; $free
petescandystore.com/open%20city%20dialogue/ocd.html

XXXXX TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17 XXXXX

The November Samosa Crawl

In India and Pakistan, they call it the samosa, in Ethiopia and the Middle East, it is the sambusak or the sanbusa, and even Cornish pastries and English meat pies are considered close relatives. At the end of the day, regardless of pronunciation, geography, or citizenship, everyone calls it delicious.

Please join us for the November Samosa Crawl. We will meet at the northeast corner of Madison Square Park near the Chester Alan Arthur monument. Look for the group of hungry strangers. Feel free to bring friends or make new ones.

Samosa scorecard and map will be provided. Pay as you go. Come hungry, leave happy.

Meet at the corner of East 26th Street and Madison Avenue, Manhattan 6:30p; $free
burningspatchgmail.com
bit.ly/Hj6K8
nycfoodcrawl.blogspot.com

NOTE: We listed this incorrectly last week. Sorry for the error, and we hope we didn't send anyone out on what must have turned into a freelance hunt for samosas. Please check our work all the time. We make a lot of mistakes.

***** Also on TUESDAY *****

The Biking Rules PSA Competition and Festival

Transportation Alternatives presents a special evening screening of Public Service Announcements (PSAs) to promote why Biking Rules in NYC. Over 80 artists submitted new and creative images, documentaries, narratives and animations that promote safe, civic-minded cycling as part of T.A.'s Biking Rules campaign. Come see the premiere of jury-selected PSA entries at BAMCinematek. The evening will include prizes and a special reception afterward with free beer.

BAM
30 Lafayette, at Ashland, Brooklyn
7p; $10?
bikingrules.org/tickets

***** Also on TUESDAY *****

Sonic Massage

Come experience a touch-less, kaleidophoinc Sonic Massage from the aggregateofsonichypnotists of Wollesonic Laboratories using the latest array of sleep grinders, rain carousels, heliophones, rotorifics, wind wands, and magic cat boxes. For those who want to keep their eyes open the evening will also feature special kaleidoscopic projections by Vidkidz.

Gallery 151
350 Bowery, between Great Jones and 4th Street, Manhattan Continues TUESDAYS through 2009
8:30p; $free

***** Also on TUESDAY ******

Neke Carson and Michael Wiener presents:

Live from the Gershwin Living Room

Step right up folks. Join vocal acrobat, comedian and East Village superhero Zero Boy as he takes his nephew (aka you) on a ride through Coney Island�s past, present and future in an audio-visual adventure. Visit Dreamland, Luna, and Steeplechase Park. Ride the Colossus. Soar on the Parachute Jump. Ride the roller coasters and swim in the clean and pristine aural waters of Zero Boy's vocally animated cartoon.

The Gershwin Hotel
7 East 27th Street, Manhattan
8p; $10

XXXXX WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18 XXXXX

Cabaret Luxe

Emerging from the dark corners of New York City�s underground, Cabaret Luxe brings to the stage acts of sinister hedonism inspired by the nightclubs of Weimar Berlin, the advent of American punk, Dada, decadence, and art born from the liberating freefall of economic uncertainty.

Featuring the eclectic sounds of Amour Obscur and Dorothy Darker�s carnal sideshow of burlesque performers, Cabaret Luxe immerses you in a world of ferocious beauty and vintage vice.

Down with the rat race. Art triumphs. Our first installment we take over the back room at the most divine of dives

Parkside Lounge
317 East Houston Street, Manhattan
9p; $10
myspace.com/cabaretluxe
myspace.com/amourobscur

NOTE: We were also wrong about the date on this event and listed it incorrectly last week. Again, sorry.

***** Also on WEDNESDAY ******

Globular Cluster

A rousing evening of errant sonic submersion with interpretative dance contest. Audience members wishing to participate in the contest will be notified on which song to begin their machinations. The band Globular Cluster will select as winner, the person providing the best interpretation of their song. The prize is your choice of: a T-shirt, a spot in the band, or an order of crab rangoon.

The Yippie Museum
9 Bleecker, between Bowery and Elizabeth, Manhattan 7p; $free
myspace.com/globularcluster
yippiemuseum.org

NOTE: We have no idea if this is tongue-in-cheek or straight faced, so you take your chances either way.

***** Also on WEDNESDAY *****

Witches in Bikinis

Opening night for NYC Horror Film Festival. Live music, horror movie shorts between sets. Bands/performers: Hayley Griffiths, Witches in Bikinis, Tarantinos NYC, M-16.

BLVD
199 Bowery, at Spring Street, Manhattan 9p; $10
nychorrorfest.com/news.php

XXXXX THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19 XXXXX

In Memoriam

Glass Bandits present their first fully devised play. Told in 13 acts, Memoriam explores the story of a troupe of actors on the last leg of their vaudeville tour. On the last night of their show, relationships hit a breaking point, while the lines between what is real and what is scripted begin to blur. A true collaboration, the project is an assembly of text, clown, music, and dance. This rag-tag show is not to be missed. With: Andy Bean, Caitlin Bebb, Christopher Devlin, Hollye Gilbert, Carl Holder, Carter Hudson, Leon Pease, and Craig Strube.

House of Yes
342 Maujer Street, Brooklyn
L train to Grand Street station
9p; $?
Continues through SUNDAY
theglassbandits@gmail.com

***** Also on THURSDAY *****

Bingo-Ski

The miracle of birth. That�s the theme of the next installment of the madcap game-night Bingo-Ski. In addition to the usual fun and games (which are held in an old-world party room), drag-queen Scorpion hostess Linda Simpson celebrates her birthday. Plus there�s a special baby on board performance by the gloriously uncoordinated Dazzle Dancers, including very, very pregnant Cherry Dazzle (a.k.a. Cary Curran) in her final public appearance before she becomes a mommy.

Also appearing is talented organist Paul Leschen, providing music to win to. And let's not forget the fabulous Bingo-Ski crew -- domineering babushka Violet Temper, mysterious DJ Horski (clad in a horse mask) and flirty Bingo Boyski Matthew Camp. A full bar is available (including a two-for-one Happy Half-Hour from 7:30 to 8p) and players can order yummy Ukrainian food.

Ukrainian East Village Restaurant (in the party room) 140 Second Avenue, between St. Mark�s Place and 9th Street, Manhattan 7:30p doors; $5, $10, $20 (the more you pay the more cards you get) 212 614 3283

***** Also on THURSDAY *****

Miss G Train Pageant

Featuring the Crowning of Miss G Train. Music by DJ Stacher. Special guest judges: Fiona Gardner, Miss Subways photographer; Abbie Borod, Beauty Pageant Coach; and Ed Coffey, NYC transit expert.

Is the G train your local subway that you love to hate? Or hate to love? Do you ride it everyday to work, to see a loved one, or out on the town in one (or two) of the outer boroughs?

The G train is perhaps the most under-appreciated train in the system. It has some of the most unpredictable and slowest service, sketchiest platforms, and rails that refuse to turn westward to the high society of Manhattan. And that is why The City Reliquary, museum-for-the-people, will host a spectacular pageant to crown the first ever Miss G Train.

Contestants: Send us a description of what being Miss G Train means to you, and why you fit that description to a G, along with a photo to missgtrain@cityreliquary.org by Monday, November 16. Feel free to add supplemental materials as you see fit, such as a song or poem you've written, a story or souvenir from one of your favorite G train rides. If you become a finalist, you will be required to attend the pageant to be in the running for the Miss G Train title. Finalists are encouraged to "dress the part" by wearing a costume of their choice; hipster vogue, commuter chic, or pageant-perfect ballgown on the night of the event.

City Reliquary Museum & Civic Organization 370 Metropolitan Avenue, at Havemeyer, Williamsburg, Brooklyn 7-10p; $?
cityreliquary.org/you-could-be-our-next-miss-g-train/

***** Also on THURSDAY *****

The Free Art Society presents:

Journey to Another Dimension

The Free Art Society is having a fun-raiser for their 6,000 square foot warehouse project: "Another Dimension." The festivities include free pizza, free drink, free spiritual revelation, live music by Andrew Zapanta and the Fearless, fire dancing, hula hooping, performance art, poetry, art raffle, a silent art auction with art by Nicolina, Chris Soria, Melissa White, and Shaina C Donovan, trivia with prizes, a dance party, and fun.

Two Boots Tavern
384 Grand Street, Manhattan
8p-2a; $10

XXXXX UPCOMING XXXXX

• Rubulad, November 20
• Dances of Vice, Grand Shipwreck Ball, November 20-22
• Cranksgiving 11, November 21
• Fluxgiving, November 26
• Santacon, , December 12

XXXXX ONGOING XXXXX

Nonsense is too long. The great thing about the internet is that it doesn't really cost much to run long listings and exhaustive descriptions. It turns out that's ... exhausting. After several complaints and a little deliberation, we're trying a new format: On the first Friday of the month we will run updated ongoing listings in each section: events, learning, and help. Other weeks we're going for leaner, meaner sections. If you're desperate for something to do on an off-Tuesday night we suggest you either look back a few issues ago in your inbox, or poke through our online archives, which you can find under the subscribe page.

XXXXX WISHLIST XXXXX

What have you been wishing for? Collaborators, grant monies, a new home? Please send brief listings to Alita at alitanonsensenyc.com. We only list available apartments, lofts, studios, and one-off rentals -- not spaces wanted.

***** ARTY STUFF *****

• BabySkinGlove seeks trapeze silks for November 19. Performance collective wants to borrow your simplest set-up for trapeze silks to be used at Glasslands for the ultimate queer dance party show. We can get you in free or arrange an art exchange or make out with you. Or all of the above. We also need an intern. Please contact BabySkinGlove(at)gmail.com with any help.
• Call for Artists: Apply to the annual Galapagos Artist in Residency program with IAAb Switzerland! Submissions to our six-month residency in Switzerland are now open, and due by November 15. The best project or use will be rewarded with a six-month stay near Basel Switzerland, via our Swiss partners, the IAAb. The exchange program is open to artists of all disciplines who originate from New York City or who are participating regularly at regional exhibitions for more than two years, irrespective of their age and nationality. See: galapagosartspace.com/naturalselection.html.
• I'm looking for artists, musicians, DJs and performers to participate in Urban Myth: Jersey City 2010. Send me proposals, specs, plans, etc. The theme is Jersey City's rich culture: its nightlife, its cafes, its churches, its ethnic communities, its legendary past, its 111, its museum, its Uncle Joe's, its rave at Liberty Science Center. I'm also looking for volunteers who want to help this project grow. Date: March 2010. Contact lexleonard(at)lexleonard.com.

***** SPACES *****

• One bedroom available in three-bedroom apartment in Fort Greene, for December 1. We live on Adelphi Street, close to Park Avenue/Navy Yard/Fort Greene Park/Bicycle Station. We are on the top floor of a three-unit building, and we're friendly with the other housemates. The room available is 12 by 12, with a south-facing window and closet. The open living room and kitchen area has a stereo, turntables and spots for your records and magazines, but no TV (you're welcome to bring your own). There is free laundry in the basement, along with storage space for some of your stuff. Full access to the backyard and garden, where we throw summer barbecues. Plenty of room for bicycles in the hallways and basement. Our landlord lives a couple blocks away and is on top of fixing things when they break. You'll be living with Lloyd, a 27 year-old working DJ, and James, a 26 year-old woodworker, bike shop employee, and DJ. Despite having 5,000-plus records in house, we don't bring the party h ome, and tend to listen to music in our own rooms. We're not neat freaks nor slobs, but there tends to be piles of vinyl around when we are packing for gigs, which then get sorted into the shelves back within a couple days. We've been here for two years, and our housemates were here for seven years before that, leaving only to move in with their respective significant others. We really love our house and the neighborhood, and are looking for someone that would like to share it with us for some time to come. Rent is $733 per month plus utilities (electric is $20 a month, stove gas is $5, and internet shared with second floor is about $5) plus $733 deposit to move in. Interested? Please tell us a bit about yourself: jamesmulry(at)gmail.com. NOTE: the best backyard barbecues.
• Room Available: $450 per month plus utilities. Real old school live-work artist loft. We want the best of both worlds -- a serious and productive work environment and a comfortable home with lots of common living space. We are one 23 year-old ex boat-captain, sculptor, printmaker, beam wrassler; one 28 year-old seamstress, amateur rope swing and bicycle mechanic; one 28 year-old painter. The apartment is a duplex in a small warehouse building. Each floor is approximately 800 square feet with 11-foot ceilings. Upstairs is the living floor with an open plan kitchen-living room. The bottom floor is the studio floor. The bedrooms are all lofted with 3 and a half foot ceilings. We are keeping the floor space as open as possible to make sure there's enough room for big projects and to spread out as needed. This space is still evolving with room and ideas for things like a snuggle booth in the living room, tandem rope swings, a rooftop garden next spring. Our ideal new mate has pl enty of creative energy, is low key and laidback, and is out in the world doing things. Be comfortable with loft living, some noise, and dance parties in the kitchen. One half-block from JMZ at Myrtle, supermarket and laundry across the street. Contact Robyn, hastr683(at)newschool.edu. NOTE: the best dance parties in the kitchen.
• Share large two-bedroom apartment with one part-time roommate for $1,050. $1,250 for couples. This is a large (900 square feet) sunny apartment, just a few blocks from Grand Army Plaza. The bedroom in question is furnished, but I would be happy to store that furniture if someone had their own they wanted to use. I am a mature male, adjunct NYU professor, filmmaker-activist, living in the city approximately three days a week, sometimes four. When I am in the city I am generally over-busy and hardly home. There is a cat that lives in the apartment full-time, and would need feeding and care on the days that I am away. The layout of the apartment is ideal for this kind of arrangement. I am open to a long-term arrangement, but initially would want a trial period of three months to see how things work out. Rent is inclusive of all bills. Contact Mark, akawildman(at)gmail.com.
• Large bedroom available for sublet in sunny, lovely two-bedroom Greenpoint apartment: early/mid December-June 30 (with possibility of a few more months in summer if it works for all parties). The apartment is great to live in, sunlit throughout with sit-down kitchen, tar patio, cozy living room, nice bathroom with super deep bathtub and lots of hot water, laundry downstairs. No smoking inside. Excellent heat in winter, clean, relaxed environment. Bedroom is 11 by 13, with two windows, furnished with super comfortable queen bed, large desk, full closet, bookshelves. $875 per month. First, last, and deposit to move in. Grocery, coffee shop, park, all amenities a block away. G train (Nassau) down the street / L train (Bedford) a nice walk away. Friendly mellow neighborhood. Share with easygoing, thoughtful, clean, fun guy in late 20s. Need someone who can commit to end of June. It's worth it, you'll love living here. Photos upon request. Email a bit about yourself: a.rollefson @yahoo.com
• We are a kick-ass, loving and supportive group of artists who are looking for an equally kick-ass new roomie. We have a coveted vacancy in our one-of-a-kind loft. Storefront ground access and huge 14-foot windows, skylights and lush plants galore, this place is a breath of fresh air. In the heart of Williamsburg, the Trapeze Loft sits on the edge of the water and the edge of an era. Email for exhaustive details. Available December 1, all bills and utilities included. One month's rent ($1025), security deposit, four-month minimum stay. The Trapeze Loft is extremely convenient to Manhattan, only one stop into Brooklyn, blocks from the Bedford L train. Also nearby are the JMZ trains.. Contact kathleenmroberts(at)gmail.com.
• There is an opening come December first in my loft apartment in Bushwick. It is in a newly renovated loft building located on Flushing and Knickerbocker Avenue. The space is beautiful with southeast-facing windows, which line the entire length of the apartment. The 13-foot tin-pressed silver ceiling gives the place even more light and charm. There are hardwood floors, a cast iron bathtub, and tons of plants. I am a freelance photographer, female, 26, and I would prefer to live with another female. I am very laidback, but enjoy a clean and peaceful living environment. The apartment is a three-bedroom and there is another girl, 30, who is an art director/photographer. We are two great personalities -- love to laugh, relax, creative and expressive hard-working people. There are tons of great places to eat very good food in the area, always parking downstairs, and lots of new businesses opening up. There is access to a beautiful rooftop. My place is located off the Morgan stop on the L train, a three block walk and five stops to Manhattan. The room is the largest in the apartment, with a lofted bed, dresser, and closet. It is $750 not including utilities. The furniture is free for you to use if you like, please send a reply and come see the place! Contact saramayti(at)gmail.com.
• One room available in a gorgeous loft space in Fort Greene/Navy Yard, Brooklyn. December 1. Long-term preferred. An industrial, super creative neighborhood, which has blended in nicely with the existing diverse populace. High ceilings, beautiful wall of windows overlooking the one green section of the navy yard [the view overlooks federal, yet abandoned property, so there will be no Miami-esque condos built there!], rooftop access complete with unusual views of Brooklyn. Equidistant betwixt both G train stations, Classon and Clinton/Washington -- although cycling/blades/skateboard are proven superior methods of transport for the area. Rent is $900 plus utilities. Proximity to Pratt, plethora of shops, Fort Greene park, awesome bagels, Rubulad, Brooklyn Flea, the BQE. This has been my most favorite place that I've ever lived in Brooklyn -- it is special. Contact Deb, missdeborahyoon(at)gmail.com.
• Really Nice Art Studio Share Available, Clinton Hill, $165. Share our awesome work studio at 20 Grand Avenue between Park and Flushing, in Clinton Hill Brooklyn, near the Navy Yard. Accessible by B61 bus, bike, or G train to Classon or Clinton-Washington. Very close to Pratt Institute, DUMBO, Myrtle Avenue shops and restaurants. Available immediately (pro-rated) or December 1. It's a large open shared studio with four of us currently, and some partial walls. You and I would split my corner. Tall airy ceilings, two windows. It's on the second floor with a nice freight elevator. I have a sewing table and some materials which can be consolidated onto shelves. There's plenty of room for a desk/worktable and a little bit of storage for you. We have our own bathroom/sink. Share with two painters, a letter press guy (hasn't moved in yet) and me, I make hats and accessories. This is a great deal -- I looked for a year before I found it ... the other studiomates and I are rarely in at this point, also. I will mostly be there Tuesdays/Thursdays/Fridays. I can show the place Thursday or Friday this week, please send me your available times on those days. Contact Alita, alita(at)nonsensenyc.com.

XXXXX SPECTRE PRIORITY XXXXX

Before we had a name, the Spectre Event Horizon Group used to meet at a bar to commiserate about the news and trade what our business friends call best practices. The group has expanded since then, but it remains premised on smartening the crowd mind. There are no subject limits; our favorite is our sci-fi present, and we like anything that goes toward a better understanding of human behavior and ecology. Our basic idea is to connect minds with mind-blowing information and create a space for the informal trade of specialized investigative research, presented for the non-specialist.

The Spectre email list, which is a separate group from this column, is a moderated open forum. People are encouraged to join and to post. This section is compiled for Nonsense by J. Sinopoli. Contact us at spectre.event.horizon.groupgmail.com or spectregroup.org. Some of what came in this week:

***** Future Safety Measures *****

http://spectregroup.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/future-safety-measures/

No Provision Against Acts Of God (Or Of God-Particles) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgs_boson http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/05/lhc_bread_bomb_dump_incident/ http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2009-11/bread-loving-bird-shuts-down-lhc Baguette Dropped From Bird's Beak Shuts Down the Large Hadron Collider (Really) "The Large Hadron Collider, the world's most powerful particle accelerator, just cannot catch a break. First, a coolant leak destroyed some of the magnets that guide the energy beam. Then LHC officials postponed the restart of the machine to add additional safety features. Now, a bird dropped some bread on a section of outdoor machinery, eventually leading to significant over heating in parts of the accelerator. The LHC was not operational at the time of the incident, but the spike produced so much heat that had the beam been on, automatic failsafes would have shut down the machine. This incident won't delay the reactivation of the facility later this month, but exposes yet another vulnerability of the what might be the most complex machine ever built. With freak accident after freak accident piling up over at CERN, the idea of time traveling particles returning from the future to prevent their own discovery is beginning to seem less and less far fetched."

Retrocausality
http://edms.cern.ch/file/342513/LAST_RELEASED/AOC_E.pdf http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/science/space/13lhc.html The Collider, the Particle, and a Theory About Fate "More than a year after an explosion of sparks, soot and frigid helium shut it down, the world's biggest and most expensive physics experiment, known as the Large Hadron Collider, is poised to start up again. In December, if all goes well, protons will start smashing together in an underground racetrack outside Geneva in a search for forces and particles that reigned during the first trillionth of a second of the Big Bang. Then it will be time to test one of the most bizarre and revolutionary theories in science. I'm not talking about extra dimensions of space-time, dark matter or even black holes that eat the Earth. No, I'm talking about the notion that the troubled collider is being sabotaged by its own future. A pair of otherwise distinguished physicists have suggested that the hypothesized Higgs boson, which physicists hope to produce with the collider, might be so abhorrent to nature that its creation would ripple backward through time and stop the collider before it cou ld make one, like a time traveler who goes back in time to kill his grandfather.

Holger Bech Nielsen, of the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen, and Masao Ninomiya of the Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics in Kyoto, put this idea forward in a series of papers with titles like "Search for Future Influence From LHC," posted on the physics Web site arXiv.org in the last year and a half. According to the so-called Standard Model that rules almost all physics, the Higgs is responsible for imbuing other elementary particles with mass. "It must be our prediction that all Higgs producing machines shall have bad luck," Dr. Nielsen said in an e-mail message. This malign influence from the future, they argue, could explain why the United States Superconducting Supercollider, also designed to find the Higgs, was canceled in 1993 after billions of dollars had already been spent, an event so unlikely that Dr. Nielsen calls it an "anti-miracle." Dr. Nielsen admits that he and Dr. Ninomiya's new theory smacks of time travel, a longtime interest, which has become a respectable research subject in recent years. While it is a paradox to go back in time and kill your grandfather, physicists agree there is no paradox if you go back in time and save him from being hit by a bus. In the case of the Higgs and the collider, it is as if something is going back in time to keep the universe from being hit by a bus."

Long Odds
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/09/19/lhc-first-magnet-failure/ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/10/14/spooky-signals-from-the-future-telling-us-to-cancel-the-lhc/ "In their December 2007 paper -- before the LHC tried to turn on -- they very explicitly say that a "natural" accident will come along and break the LHC if we try to turn it on. Well, we know how that turned out. But NN have an ingenious suggestion for saving us from future accidents at the LHC � which, as they warn, could endanger lives. They propose a card game with more than a million cards, almost all of which say "go ahead, no problem." But one card says "don't turn on the LHC!" In their model, the nonlocal effect of the imaginary part of the action is to ensure that the realized history of the universe is one in which the LHC never turns on; but it doesn't matter why it doesn't turn on. If we randomly pick one out of a million cards, and honestly promise to follow through on the instructions on the card we pick, and we happen to pick the card that says not to turn it on, and we therefore don't -- that's a history of the universe that is completely unsuppressed by their mechanism. And if we choose a card that says "go ahead," well then their theory is falsified. (Unless we try to go ahead and are continually foiled by a series of unfortunate accidents.) Best of all, playing the card game costs almost nothing. But for it to work, we have to be very sincere that we won't turn on the LHC if that's what the card says. It's only a million-to-one chance, after all."

XXXXX LEARNING XXXXX

We look for the sort of classes you circled in college course catalogs but never managed to fit into your schedule. And we also look for the kind of things that no college could teach. Cheap and eclectic is the rule, though all rules get broken occasionally, and we especially love workshops, round-tables, and teachers who won't take your work out of your hands and show you how to do it right. One-time listings are categorized, with general recurring classes at the end. We thrive on your suggestions, so make sure to tell us about upcoming classes that you think are nifty-keen.

Learning is compiled and edited weekly by Libby Sentz. Send listings, announcements, and corrections to her at libbysentz(at)me.com.

***** LEARNING: FRIDAY *****

Yoga Classes at YogaLocal Launch Party

Sadie Nardini and Alex Auder lead yoga classes at this party for YogaLocal, a GPS-based directory of all the city's yoga studios and their schedules. Expect live music, open bar, yummy appetizers, goodie bags, and more aural and visual stimulation than you know what to do with.

Urban Zen Center at the Stephan Weiss Studio 711 Greenwich Street, Manhattan
6:15p-until; $20 advance, $30 door
yogalocal.com

***** LEARNING: Also on FRIDAY *****

African Sabar Dance

Senegalese Ndeye Gueye, winner of the 2004 Isadora Duncan Award for best choreographer, guest teaches Babacar's Sabar dance class November 13-15 to help raise funds for this summer's Global Artistic Cultural Exchange trip to Senegaland, the Gambia West Africa.

Chelsea Studios
151 West 26th Street, Manhattan
Friday 8-9:30p, Saturday 6:45-8:15p, Sunday 5-6:30p; $15 globalartisticculturalexchange.org/home.php babacarsabar(at)yahoo.com

***** LEARNING: SATURDAY *****

Build Your Own Retro Computer

Vince Briel of Replica-1, Micro-KIM, and PockeTerm fame, will show you how to build one of these three kits: PockeTerm (a VT100-compatible terminal board using the Parallax Propeller chip along with a PS/2-compatible keyboard and a VGA monitor), replica 1 (a recreation of Steve Wozniak's original Apple I computer using many of the original chips, plus modern connectors for hooking up to monitors and keyboards), Micro-KIM (the original development board for the 6502 CPU, includes on-board keypad and LED display). You'll also get a short intro to working with the Parallax Propeller microcontroller chip that's used on both PockeTerm and replica 1. Propeller is great for projects involving video display and processing of multiple signals. Order the kits separately on the Briel Computers website before the class or contact Vince to reserve one.

NYC Resistor
397 Bridge Street, 5th Floor, Brooklyn
1-4p; $35
brielcomputers.com/workshop.html
eventbrite.com/org/52408308?s=1381583

***** LEARNING: Also on SATURDAY *****

Ziji Art Class

Ziji Art is a four-week multi-disciplinary workshop led by Nuala Clarke focusing on the development and growth of creative practice in our daily lives with an emphasis on interdependence and its importance to making relevant and sincere work. Class includes meditation, visualization, artmaking, reflection, and discussion. Open to all levels of meditation and artmaking experience.

The Interdependence Project
302 Bowery, Manhattan
4-6:30p, November 14 and 21, December 5 and 12 $60 for four-class session ($40 for students, unemployed, monthly donors; workstudy also available) patrick(at)theidproject.org
nualaclarke.com
theidproject.org

***** LEARNING: Also on SATURDAY *****

Open Source Design Conference at Wordcamp NYC

Graphic and interaction design are two fields critical to software development that (unlike code) have not yet nourished a successful collaboration model. Eyebeam honorary resident Mushon Zer-Aviv presents and leads a discussion on the subject with examples from the Wordpress community, his own work, and the research done in his Open Source Design class taught in Parsons� AAS Program in Graphic Design.

Baruch College (CUNY)
55 Lexington Avenue, Manhattan
11:30a; $40 for two-day conference
eyebeam.org/this-week/09-11-12/november-14-beyond-sharing-open-source-design-wordcamp-nyc 2009.newyork.wordcamp.org

***** LEARNING: Also on SATURDAY *****

Houseplants 101 Series: Greening Your Workspace

Now that the leaves are disappearing outside and the mornings are getting darker, your workspace needs some green. Not only do indoor plants brighten up a dreary workplace, but they can filter the air and improve your mood at work. This class will help you find plants that love exactly the amount of light, humidity, and other conditions in your office or workspace.

Brooklyn Botanic Garden
1000 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn
Saturday, November 14
10:30a�1p; $30 member, $35 nonmember
bbg.org/edu/adult/

***** LEARNING: SUNDAY *****

By Foot or By Truck: Food Grown in Brooklyn

Annie Hauck-Lawson, co-editor of the book, "Gastropolis: Food and New York City," will read excerpts describing her childhood hunting wild edibles in Brooklyn, and Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis will discuss and present a slide show of their Brooklyn-based farm-on-wheels, Truck Farm, and other urban farm adventures. Truck Farm will be parked out back for viewing.

Proteus Gowanus
543 Union Street
3-5p; $free
proteusgowanus.com

***** LEARNING: Also on SUNDAY *****

Build Your Own Vacuform Machine

If you�ve ever wanted to create a quick one-sided mold, a nice case for your latest electronics project, a handle for that raygun, or a body for that RC robot that�s lurking around the garage, you�ve probably wanted to use the magical powers of vacuum forming. In this class we�ll put together our own vacuum forming jigs using laser cut parts (provided with the class) and learn to use them. We�ll use some heat guns and the assistance of a shop vac to get everything working and we�ll all come back with awesome little plastic replicas that will impress even the most discerning IRC channel. Everyone will take back their own vacuum forming jig but will need a vacuum cleaner and a heat gun to operate it at home.

NYC Resistor
397 Bridge Street, 5th Floor, Brooklyn
1-4p; $120 (includes materials for vacuform machine) nycresistor.com

***** LEARNING SUNDAY *****

Free Introduction to Algorithms Lecture

This Introduction to Algorithms course is available through MIT�s OpenCourseWare project, a web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity. The class uses the text �Introduction to Algorithms� which you may want to pick up or borrow from a friend. We�ll try to scrounge up a couple copies to have on hand. This event series is free, but if you enjoy it please consider donating to the MIT OpenCourseWare project!

NYC Resistor
397 Bridge Street, 5th Floor, Brooklyn
5-6:30p; $free
nycresistor.com

***** LEARNING: WEDNESDAY *****

Abstracting from Nature: Theory and Practice

This four-session course examines some of the ways in which modern and contemporary abstract art can be influenced by nature. Explore painting and drawing methods through assignments both in the classroom and out. Abstraction, seen through the processes of some of our best-known painters, may indicate an unconscious knowledge of beauty, infused through nature and present in the austere application of color, line, form, and texture. Specific exercises, lectures, and observations from BBG gardens will articulate nature as a source of inspiration. A supply list will be sent to you upon registration.

Brooklyn Botanic Garden
1000 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn
November 18; December 2, 9, 16
6-9p; $112 members, $128 nonmembers (includes materials fee) bbg.org

***** LEARNING: THURSDAY *****

Incorporating a Business in NYC

Are you a creative considering incorporating your business? We will decode the jargon and side-step the sales pitches in this three-hour workshop so even the least business savvy among us can make an informed decision about incorporating a business in New York City. Learn the difference between an LLC, an S-Corp, and a corporate seal; the basic advantages of different for-profit and nonprofit corporate structures; how to find solid information online; how to find affordable legal help if they need it; and where to start if you want to do it yourself. We will discuss how artists can use fiscal sponsorships as an alternative to starting a nonprofit. Led by Erik Fabian, the principle at Double Happiness LLC, a marketing consulting and experience design firm. Mention Nonsense NYC when you register (deadline November 16) for a 10 percent discount.

Third Ward
573 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn
7-10p; $65 members, $85 nonmembers
3rdward.com/3rdwardclasses/intro-to-studio-recording.html

***** LEARNING: UPCOMING *****

• Study Hall at Proteus Gowanus will include workspace, WiFi, PG discounts, perks, coffee, and homemade bread. Brooklyn. Weekdays 10a-5p. Sign up by November 16. proteusgowanus.com
• Mixing green cocktails at Astor Center's CKTL Jam at The Lounge. Manhattan. November 23, 6-10p. Use promo code JAM09 by November 17 for 15% discount. astorcenternyc.com
• The 17th Annual African Diaspora Film Festival. Deadline for VAP and regular passes is November 15. nyadff.org

XXXXX HELP XXXXX

It is a wonderful thing, to help. Helping strengthens communities and allows you to meet new friends. With that in mind, we look for one-day volunteer opportunities with no long-term commitment required. We want to be open to fresh ideas and think of help in a broad way. These listings could include anything from a large-scale day-long service project to a local theatre company that needs volunteers for load-in; from an artist looking for film extras to a community garden that needs a few extra hands. Our goal is simply to help groups or individuals that serve the greater good in small but significant ways. Unique and interesting job opportunities are acceptable fare for this section as well. Looking for ways to help out? Need volunteers to get your own community project off the ground? Know of any existing opportunities? Send your requests to Rob Voigt at robpastyvoigt(at)gmail.com.

***** HELP: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14 *****

Divabetic - Makeover Your Diabetes

This event combines diabetes education with complimentary salon and spa services for women and men affected by diabetes; it is free and open to the public. This will be our third year in New York City and a particularly exciting event, as it coincides with World Diabetes Day, when people and organizations across the globe raise awareness of diabetes.

We are looking for 30-40 volunteers to assist with event flow and support needs throughout the day, including guest registration and event guides. Volunteers are expected to be available to participate at the event from 11:30 AM - 4:00 PM, in order to receive training and assist with set-up, and all volunteers will receive a free lunch, training, and a T-shirt!

Riverside Church, 90 Claremont Drive, Manhattan 11:30a-4p
Alana Rogers, arogers(at)biosector2.com bit.ly/1SR1tD

***** HELP: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15 *****

Adoption Day

Have you been thinking about adopting a cat? Well, now�s the perfect time to make the move. This Sunday, take a drive out to Jersey for an adoption day hosted by Animals Need You/Kindness Corps. There�s lots of cats in need of good homes!

Animals Need You is a non-profit humane organization, dedicated to alleviating the plight of homeless and abandoned animals, and is staffed entirely by volunteers. They rescue animals in need, and provide them with food, shelter, and medical treatment as they prepare for adoption into suitable homes.

Petco, 201 Prospect Ave., West Orange, NJ 11a-4p
973-420-2981

***** HELP: Also on SUNDAY *****

Vietnamese Health Fair

Join the Indochina Sino-American Community Center (ISACC) in helping educate the Chinatown community about healthcare! Volunteers are being asked to help with teaching, translating, give advice, or hand out literature about health disparities in the Asian community.

If you can help in any way, little or large, please let us know. This event is just one of the ways ISACC is assisting immigrants and refugees integrate to society's mainstream by providing them with programs, services, and activities to achieve economic self-sufficiency.

170 Forsyth St., Manhattan
10a-3p
dkwateng(at)pace.edu, 212.346.1877

***** HELP: on the Internet *****

Stories on Death in the Family

I am working on a theater project and for it I need a couple of true-to-life, humorous, or even just bizarre tales about Death in the family. Of course any family death is a hardship in some manner, but, quite often, something bizarre or funny happens, as if it's there to relieve the tension... I�m not looking for jokes or just one funny little moment -- I need stories.

I need to portray you the same way you portray the story. So I need to HEAR the story, be it through an audio file, a phone call, or a meet-up here in NYC (coffee and a snack is on me). While all names will be changed, the story must be YOUR story told from your point of view. Feel free to be opinionated, funny, heck, impersonate your family members if it makes sense to.

Please include your age, gender, location, background -- it's all integral yet not important in terms of choosing stories. There is no compensation, but should I get this produced you and several friends/family will be invited to see the show for free. In your e-mail please include at least your first name and a phone number if comfortable -- that way, if I have any questions, or need something clarified, I can ask you.

deathproject1(at)gmail.com

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John Duncan Performance

Here is a great opportunity to participate in a vocal performance created by John Duncan, a leading artist in the field of experimental sound and contemporary music. John Duncan is looking for 20 people who are open-minded and are not professionally trained in voice or theater but feel comfortable using their voice. The only time commitment besides the performance is a 15 minute audition with John Duncan on November 20th, the day before the performance. Performers also get to be audience members for an exciting night of experimental music for free:

A Fantastic World Superimposed on Reality: (a select history of experimental music). Curated by Mike Kelley. Organized and co-curated with Mark Beasley. Produced and presented by Performa, live presentations and works by: Bruce Nauman, Tony Conrad, Max Neuhaus, Joan le Barbara, Shelley Hirsch and Christian Marclay, Johanna Went, John Duncan, Airway, Destroy All Monsters, plus other works and guests.

Gramercy Theater, 127 East 23rd Street, Manhattan Saturday, November 21
6p-midnight
Sign up with Brel Froebe, brel(at)performa-arts.org

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Intern Needed for House of Yes Christmas Spectacular

This show is a festive yet absurd, in-your-face variety show, and we guarantee it will be overflowing with glitter, glamor, sex, comedy, synchronized dancing and outrageous musical theatre!

There's lots of work to do in preparation for this fabulous show, and we could use your help - getting materials, creating props and costumes, promoting, organizing, decorating and basically making sure everything runs smoothly. Our shows are December 4th, 5th, 10th, 11th, and 12th at 9pm. It would be great to have you assist at every show, but most importantly, we need help with preparation in the coming weeks. We can also offer perks such as custom clothes/costumes from Make Fun, aerial lessons at Skybox, stilt lessons and/or free admission to future House of Yes events! We will also cover your transportation costs, if needed.

This is a great opportunity to be a part of an inventive and collaborative show from start to finish at the House of Yes. It will look good on your resume, you'll make some amazing new friends, and it could even count as school credit if you are studying Theatre.

If interested, please reply to kaeburke(at)gmail.com with your availability, expertise, interest and a phone number. We look forward to working with you!

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Thanksgiving Meals Help

• November 21-23. This Thanksgiving, Children of the City will be operating a program called Boxes of Love which provides a 25lb box of food and either a turkey or ham to needy families in the community. On Saturday November 21, volunteers go to our partner in Queens to assemble the Thanksgiving Dinners; on Sunday November 22 we need a group to help unload a truck, and assemble the Boxes of Love Thanksgiving Dinners, then distribute them to families who come to our facility to receive one. bit.ly/4hztO
• November 22. The Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty is seeking a volunteer with cooking experience to instruct a group of 10-20 volunteers in preparing a Thanksgiving Dinner for our low-income and senior clients. Experience preparing kosher meals is a plus. bit.ly/1Uwz9x
• November 26. The Latino Center on Aging will hold again on its traditional Thanksgiving Day Meal for the Elderly program, one of the most important events of the year to the NYC Latino senior community. We need helping hands to serve Thanksgiving Day meals to seniors without family. bit.ly/rXi5X

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