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Poor Folks Specials-

Check out these sites for great free things

Freenyc.net for everything
myopenbar.com for booze
artcards.cc for openings
Theskint.com not all free, but mostly


Recommended art stuff
Most, but not all galleries are closed Sunday and Monday and usually open 11-6
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Check with artcards.cc for openings, chelseaartgalleries.com for shows...
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Great Tiki Artist Josh Agle, aka Shag at Jonathan Levine gallery, 529 west 20 st. 9th Fl.
Thru jan 8
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Asia Society Museum's exhibition Yoshitomo Nara: Nobody's Fool is on display in New York until Sunday, January 2
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art opening
Avner Ben-Gal
Smackville
11 November - 23 December, 2010
Bortolami | 520 West 20th Street | New York | NY | 10011
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art opening 6 to 9 pm
The Hole
104 Greene Street New York, NY 10012
POSTERMAT: DECEMBER 18, 2010 - JANUARY 15, 2011 - POSTERMAT, a big holiday poster show including two hundred new artist posters in the 104 Greene Street space.We will present special limited edition posters from artists both infamous and new to the scene.

If someone has forwarded this list to you and you want to get it yourself, send an email to hipstertravelnycpicks-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Poor Folks Specials-
Check out these sites for great free things
myopenbar.com for booze
artcards.cc for openings
Theskint.com not all free, but mostly


Recommended art stuff
Most, but not all galleries are closed Sunday and Monday and usually open 11-6
********************
Check with artcards.cc for openings, chelseaartgalleries.com for shows...
also******************
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Great Tiki Artist Josh Agle, aka Shag at Jonathan Levine gallery, 529 west 20 st. 9th Fl.
Thru jan 8
also******************
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Asia Society Museum's exhibition Yoshitomo Nara: Nobody's Fool is on display in New York until Sunday, January 2
also******************
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art opening
Avner Ben-Gal
Smackville
11 November - 23 December, 2010
Bortolami | 520 West 20th Street | New York | NY | 10011
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art opening 6 to 9 pm
The Hole
104 Greene Street New York, NY 10012
POSTERMAT: DECEMBER 18, 2010 - JANUARY 15, 2011 - POSTERMAT, a big holiday poster show including two hundred new artist posters in the 104 Greene Street space.We will present special limited edition posters from artists both infamous and new to the scene.

Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Copycat Cover Song night presents:
Copycat is Coming to Town: A tribute to Rankin Bass
10 PM to 4 am
With DJ Xerox
and Special Guest DJ Captain Heartlock
Tonight we will pay tribute to the great animated holiday season shows
of our youth, Frosty, Rudolph, Santa Claus is Coming to Town and more
from the production team Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass.
Tonights Musical Guests
Michael Lynch
Big Sir from Whooping Crane
Seth Kessel
plus more TBD
Holiday Craft table by UltraFresca and Luna Star
Lindsey slings the Drinks
$5 Snowballs cocktails all night!
Candy canes!
Free
at Ottos Shrunken Head
538 East 14 Street
New York, NY
L train to 1 ave

Thursday, December 23, 2010
free at ottos
REAL GONE's Holiday Cheer & Hot Grog edition comes 1 day early this
year ~*~Thurs, Dec. 23rd~*~
Capt. Heartlock & Kittybeat spin all varieties of psych, garage,
freakbeat, international exotica, soundtrack nuttiness and soul.
The back room has been fully restored to it's pagan splendour:
9pm Big Death Scene
myspace.com/thebigdeathscene
9:40: The Electric Mess
www.myspace.com/theelectricmess
10:20 Rastus Kain (NYC Blues)
www.rastuskainband.com
Otto's Shrunken Head
538 East 14th St., NYC
(bet Ave A and B)
Never a cover!
REAL GONE
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The Sweet Divines' Holiday Soul Spectacular!
Thursday, December 23 · 8:30pm - 11:30pm
The David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center
61 West 62nd Street
New York, NY
Special guests: Maxine Brown and Eli "Paperboy" Reed
Admission is FREE!
Shows at 8:30 and 10:30.
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Glittermaggeddon - Xmas Edition!
Thursday, December 23 · 8:00pm - 11:00pm
Location public assembly
70 North Sixth
Brooklyn, NY Hey all! There are four great bands at this xmas extravaganza! Come down and check them out!
Persephonees bees
ultrabunny
low society and more
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Chills and Fever, oldies night!!!
10:00pm
Silk road, 597 Manhattan ave, Brooklyn
Join Djs Cowboy Mark and Tony for killer rock'nroll, soul, garage, R&B,doowop Rockabilly and oldies!
Pre-Christmas fun!
starts at 10pm ( 597 Manhattan ave,right outside the Nassau G)

Friday, December 24, 2010
Heebonism
@ Fontana's
Heebonism Returns to Chinatown
The post-Chinese food calorie burner the Travel Channel called "one of the largest, glitziest, rowdiest and most untamed shindigs in the world" is back at Fontana's this Christmas Eve. Heeb Magazine's Heebonism brings Jews and gentiles together in celebration of that nice Jewish boy's 2010th birthday. The revelries include "Strip Dreidel," led by co-sponsors KinkyJews, surprise guests, musical entertainment, drink specials, and much more fun than your Christian friends will be having with their families.
Heebonism will feature:
DJ's Tropical Jeremy, Joshua Gabriel and DJ Kool Jew • Dolchnakov Brigade (Shlomi Lavie, Henry Turtle, The Mexican Wrestler, Clark Silkmer, RAT!)
Open bar from 8-9 and $4 vodka drinks from 9-10
What: Heebonism Christmas Eve Bash
Where: Fontana's, 105 Eldridge Street, New York, NY 10002 
 When: Christmas Eve, Friday, December 24-25, 8 p.m. to 3 a.m. 
 Tickets: $15 with RSVP by December 22nd to heebonism@heebmagazine.com, $20 at the door
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Xmas for Techno Orphans (For all those stuck in town on the 24th!)
It's the 7th Annual Xmas for Techno Orphans.
This time we'll be celebrating @ Bar 13.
It's going to be santechnotastic. So wear your santa suit and be ready to boogie like a naughty elf.
Your Lovely Techno Orphans:
Sacha Robotti [Klasse, Berlin]
Eddie Krilov [Musique Risquee, Airdrop]
Lera [Sonic Pleasures]
Los [Land of Los]
Gio [Audio Confessions]
Aly Salah [Permute]
POT-LUCK 9p-12a (Bring some food to share with everyone)
OPEN BAR 9p-10p (Vodka)
This is a real xmas party. We'd like to have people get together and enjoy it fully.
No Cover
Bar 13 - 35 East 13th Street (Corner of University Place)
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Blankfest 2010
Friday at 9:00pm - Saturday at 4:00am
Location Bruar Falls
245 Grand Street (between Driggs & Roebling)
Blankfest 2010
Please come join us Xmas eve and bring a blanket for a free shot.
There will be drink specials all night.
$3 beers
$5 beer and shot
We also need people with cars to help hand out blankets to the homeless.
If you need a blanket feel free to swing by to pick one up.
So far we have collected 700 blankets that need to be distributed to all the people in the new york area.
Thank you for all the bands who played for Blankfest 2010 to help collect all the blankets.
Special thanks to Frank Wood and for all the people who helped to be a part of Blankfest.
p.s. Please feel free to bring food for everyone


Saturday, December 25, 2010
Chinese & a Movie
@ 92YTRIBECA
Instead of eating Chinese take-out alone at home and hoping something besides A Christmas Story would be on TV, head to 92YTribeca for good company, good eats and hilarious movies. Enjoy an all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet, and two great David Zucker/Leslie Nielsen masterworks, with booze available at the bar.
2pm - Doors
2:30pm – Airplane!
4pm – The Naked Gun
Food from 2pm until it is all gone.
$25 in advance/$30 at the door
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free at ottos-sez its happening....
THEE MIDNITE MONSTER HOP!
Mike Mortician & guests spin the rockabilly voodoo & rhythm'n'ooze from 10pm to oblivion! With some of the most incredible, Psycho-Rock-a-Billy bands performing from all over the world!



Sunday, December 26, 2010
at pianos upstairs
FREE DINA SEIDEN in "GET YOUR BOX OFF"
9PM ONE LADY BAND feat. Kerry from Two Tears8 PM


Tuesday, December 28, 2010
FREE Holiday Shindig With The Jigglers, Twin Guns & Dead Tricks
Tuesday, December 28 at 8:30pm - December 29 at 12:00am
The Bowery Electric
327 Bowery & 2nd st
New York, NY
As a Special Appreciation to all our guest throughout the year and to our friends who have joined us at the shows I would like to offer a FREE Show and an Open Vodka Bar from 10pm-11pm.
There'll be Boozing, Dancing,Trash, Punk, Garage, Strobe, Sleezy Sax, and Dizzy Lads!!
Yep It's cold outside but we'll all be warm inside shaking our asses off to the Sweet Sweet Sounds of The Jigglers, Dead Tricks, And Twin Guns With Opening act by The Purple Hearts.
Hosted by Lisa Lush.
♪ Live Music starts at 8:30pm and there's A Bar Drink Special of $4 Buds or $6 Bud + Shot.
The Purple Hearts 8:30-9:00
Twin Guns- 9:10-10pm
The JIgglers-10:10-11pm
The Dead Tricks-11:10-Midnite