Crooked Disco is back again this month with a full roster of blazin' talent, free booze, and clothing giveaways. Tonights I am crazy excited to bring Alexander Technique to the decks. Founding member of DJs Are Not Rockstars, along with Princess Superstar, Alexander has helped define NYC Electro. Alexander's unique sound combines the pulsating bass and distorted sound of electro with tribal, pounding rhythms of classic New York House and Booty influences from Chicago. The energy that comes out is wild, and not to be missed. Next up we've got DLake and Symbol are Claire Huxtable bringing that new club sh!t direct from Baltimore. One part MC and one part DJ, Claire Huxtable are a non-stop tornado of club bangers. Classic house, electro, baltimore, booty... if it gets you movin' then their on it. Expect big things from these two in 2008. And taking on live duties are Attorney St's own Old Money, the MC duo that's been burnin' up the blogosphere as of late. No standard issue hip hop here, as Cambridge and Scheme drop some next level rhythms over funked up electro beats. Check out their recent love over at Discobelle for more gritty details and an exclusive remix from Crooked Disco's own DJ Morsy. Residents DJ Morsy and DJ Kester hold down the bookends of the night with classic house, new disco and who knows what early and some dirty dancefloor anthems (imma try and drop some new baseline jammers and old school acid breaks if people don't freak out... Morsy'll probably save my a$$ with rock tinged electro and wobbly, dubsided daggers) until they turn on the house lights. And don't forget, we're giving out fresh threads all night from our good friends Yuhzimi over in Switzerland, and we've got free vodka from 10-11 to get your party started right! $5 on the RSVP list and more at the door, so make sure you RSVP now! Read More...

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The NYC Department of Parks & Recreation teams up with the National Gardening Association to host NYC GROWS Garden Festival The event will offer a wide variety of family-friendly free activities and practical garden demonstrations. Main tent activities will begin at 10 a.m., with a new activity every half hour." Click here for full schedule and details. All Ages. Read More...

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Over 100 community organizations come together today to spread love (it's the Brooklyn way) and peace through music, art, poetry, dance, film, spoken word, and hip hop. All day there will be discussions, workshops, and performances from the likes of Abiodun (Last Poets), Aja Monet (Def Poet), Dragons of Zynth and more. Check the site for full details. All Ages. Read More...

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In Clifford Bret's "introduction to circuit bending course, participants will learn the basics of circuit bending. Organizational skills and soldering will be demonstrated. Other skills to be developed include pin pointing bends and taking an ordinary keyboard and making it into an opto theremin. Using variations of the "starmate" style keyboard, participants will be urged to explore with photo-resistors and alligator clips to find unique possibilities. After the fun of exploring these versatile keyboards, participants will stabilize and optimize their creation by heat shrinking the connections." Part of this weekends Bent Festival Read More...

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What do I love more than a dance class? A free dance class! For those of you not dressing up and boozing tonight check out a free absolute beginner workshop in Argentine tango. "Featured in Vogue, the National Herald Tribune, and The Economist, TriANGulO specializes in Argentine tango, the original, more intimate predecessor to international ballroom-style tango. Founder Carina Moeller is a professional dancer with training in modern dance and ballet who has worked and studied with such tango greats as Fabian Salas, Pablo Veron, and Mingo Pugliese. Known for her engaging and precise teaching style, Carina creates a stress-free atmosphere that is particularly appealing to novice dancers." Read More...

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"Whether you think it’s inspired or just plain nuts that contrabass flutist/composer Ned McGowan wrote a piece made almost entirely from construction site noises, one thing is certain: it works—and works brilliantly. So do his other furiously fun and eclectic deconstructions of musical categories—coming to BAM as part of the American Composers Orchestra’s OutFront! series." Full details here. Read More...

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"Bird beak is an artist collective comprised of young New York based artists. For the second year Bird Beak is hosting their annual one night only Party/ Art Exhibit. So get ready for some incredible art, music and free drinks provided by Goose Island Beer Company. This show features new work by April Bushnell, John DeLaO, Chris Duffy, Nick Dyball, Cecilia Granata, Seth Mulvey, Ray Sell, Heather Sporing, Tuffer Weidner & Brendan Winick" Read More...

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We're very happy to let you all know that another museum is getting in on the free action. The Bronx Museum of Art invites you to walk their halls as part of their free First Fridays. Tonight's celebration creates the perfect soundtrack to celebrate Women's History Month and the opening of The Bronx Museum's exhibition Making It Together. An all female line-up including DJ Moni (Ubiquita-NYC), Shanelle Grabiel (HBO’S Def Poetry Poet), and Grupo Yaya (Bomba, Plena and Roots Music) provide words and sounds by and for women. All ages. Read More...

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I beginning to believe that Pour is single handedly trying to turn us all into winos! For bazillionth week in a row they are offering daily wine tastings after work and this time they are even adding food into the mix! "What better way to wrap up winter and welocome in spring than with a little wine drinking. Or, in this case a lot of wine drinking. For two straight weeks, Pour will be serving up some of their best vinos for free! There will be different wines each night paired with food too!" Read More...

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I am so happy someone finally got around to doing this. We've been approaching bars for a while about power hour but no takes. I mean, beer pong is running rampant in the city but there is nothing better then downing a 6-pack of beer in an hour (I think its actually 7.5 cans if your counting) with your friends. Tonight's pre-gamathon features a romp through 60 Neptunes produced tracks thanks to the good folks at TheseArePowerfulHours.com and - while the beer is not free - you can get in the game for $15 for a six pack and shot of whisky to kick it off. Or you can play at home and download the mixtape here. Track list below (really? they did Rump Shaker.. I love that song). 21+ Read More...

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"BRAINWAVE is an extravaganza of art, music, and ideas running from January to June 2008. BRAINWAVE asks how art, music, and meditation affect the brain and offers countless answers in more than a hundred public events, ranging from contemporary art shows to a cinema series to cutting-edge concerts, performances, talks, and panels." Tonight is their weekly screening series and it features a beautiful kleptomaniac, a psychoanalyst, a sinister hypnotist, and the murder of a rich socialite, in Otto Preminger’s classic noir film Whirlpool (1949). Read More...

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The Philadelphyinz have found themselves a home-away-from-home at The Lucky Cat. Every first Friday Apt One and Skinny Friedman trek up from the city of brotherly love to play what's described as "roller skate music, rap about diamonds, 80s jams for special ladies, futuristic dance music by dudes in tight pants, spiced out thug club tracks --oh, and Bell Biv Devoe." I mean how can you go wrong? Read More...

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Lose your lingerie tonight over at Savalas for Panty Raid. The boys of Flagrant Fowl records, DJs Cousin Cole and Pocketknife, show up and play the jams that will make you lose your head... and possibly your knickers! Read More...

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Every weekend should involve at least one can of Sparks and a free, live show featuring Livefastdie, Hunchback and Cheri Love Affair is just the excuse to pop into Cakeshop tonight for some free tunes and cheap booze. Nick Gazin and Viking Thrust DJ rock and roll and other things inbetween. 21+ Read More...

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"Visionary artist and co-founder of the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors in NYC--a creative sanctuary for art and meditation--Alex Gray discusses his multi-dimensional paintings that weave anatomical drawings with tantric, psychadelic symbols. The talk will be presented by the Temple of Understanding, an interfaith nonprofit dedicated to promoting cooperation and friendship amongst different faiths around the world through interfaith education...BRAINWAVE is an extravaganza of art, music, and ideas running from January to June... [which] sks how art, music, and meditation affect the brain and offers countless answers in more than a hundred public events, ranging from contemporary art shows to a cinema series to cutting-edge concerts, performances, talks, and panels."" Read More...

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"Fun, bold and unpredictable, Whitney Live showcases an eclectic variety of cutting-edge performers." Tonight features a collaboration between the genre-bending ensembles So Percussion and Kneebody. "ffortlessly blending the improvisational skill of jazz with the swagger of hip hop and the conviction of rock, Kneebody has created a cohesive voice that is at once singular and familiar. Their organic, postmodern instrumental music imparts "an epic, trans-generational gravity." So Percussion creates new visual and aural experiences by pulling percussion instruments out of their usual contexts. The group’s educational initiatives have resulted in residencies with composition departments at Princeton, Harvard, and Columbia University, and their collaborations include a project with the electronica duo Matmos." Read More...

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This Friday a special Fun performance as The RZA of Wu Tang Clan takes to the stage at Studio B. Also on preforming tonight are Team Facelift, the Stationary Set, Blood Red Sun, Murder Mystery Music, Paul Holmes and the Great Depression, plus resident DJs Rok One and Eamon Harkin with Synapse. Phew, that was a lot of names. Should be packed with both Fun and people tonight so don't forget to RSVP for your free entry. Read More...

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And for our second Brainwave event of the evening check out a screening of Slaughterhouse Five. "Billy Pilgrim becomes 'unstuck in time' and is able to experience different stages of his life, including his time as a prisoner of war during the allied fire-bombing of Dresden in WWII and as a peculiar specimen in a zoo in Tralfamadore, a far away planet. David Vellman, a philosophy professor at NYU that specializes in ethics and practical reasoning, will introduce the adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s classic novel." Read More...

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If you are looking for something a little more posh and swanky this is probably the party for you. Roomservice invites you to Made To Order Fridays with tonight's very special guest DJ AM! Spinning alongside him will also be Eli Escobar. Read More...

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Somewhere between funk, soul, afro punk, and shoegaze lie Brooklyn up-and-comers Apollo Heights. Maybe it's afro-gaze, maybe neo-soul but with influences as far and wide as Cutris Mayfield and The Jesus and Mary Chain you would expect suspect something sporadic but the result is a succinct, soulful wall of noise. Tonight they take the early slot at the weekly Rock and a Hard Place party along with 4 other bands (below). 21+ Read More...

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