Lecture “Happy Birthday, Charles Darwin”
On what would have been his 200th birthday, this lecture examines Darwin’s life and legacy.
Eat Out Whiskey Dinner
Ward off the cold at this wintry dinner, where French Culinary Institute students will serve six courses paired with single-malt whiskey.
Comedy The Nights of Our Lives
The UCBT’s humorous reading series, hosted by the fantastically funny David Martin, features stand-ups and improvisers waxing humorous about true-life tales.
Shouting Match “The Daily Beast: The Year in Politics”
Tina Brown’s news aggregator celebrates its first birthday with punditry from the likes of MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough and James Carville.
Books Victor LaValle
LaValle’s new novel, Big Machine, follows a homeless African-American man who is mysteriously summoned to what turns out to be a cult.
Clubs Felabration!
Voodoo Funk and Giant Step team up to honor Afrobeat provocateur supreme Fela Anikulapo Kuti, who would have turned 71 tomorrow.
Comedy I Eat Pandas: We Classy
Two improvising singers and one pianist promise to do in 20 minutes “what it takes Andrew Lloyd Webber years to do: crap out a musical from start to finish.”
Music Charles McPherson
Help the saxist celebrate his 70th birthday at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Club.
Comedy Laughing for Literacy
Comedians like Todd Barry and Wali Collins come out to support READ, an organization designed to help at-risk kindergartners and first-graders.
Music Os Mutantes
The fabulous and endlessly fascinating Brazilian ’60s band returns–this time with new songs.
Sex & Dating Stripped Stories
Hot chicks rhapsodizing about porn? Yes, please!
Film The Hurt Locker
Kathryn Bigelow’s gritty, nail-biting look at an IED defuser plying his trade in Baghdad is the Iraq War film we’ve been waiting for.
Drink up Dutch Kills
Sasha Petraske adds elbow room to his successful cocktail lounge formula in Long Island City.
Comedy Gravid Water
What do you get when you mix acting and improv? Laughs, for one, and this experimental format at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.
Music Diane Birch
Young NYC talent Diane Birch’s piano-driven songwriting shows remarkable maturity, not to mention sass. Catch her tonight at Joe’s Pub celebrating the release of her debut album, Bible Belt.
Theater Summer Solo Series
Stephen Payne raises the barfly in Bukowski and Beyond at this one-night-only performance, part of a series celebrating solo performances.
You know how it’s great when a “friend” becomes successful because they’re really talented, but they have to move away to follow that success? Blows, right?
Well, we’re worried this might happen to Flight of the Conchords‘ Kristen Schaal and her comedic partner, Kurt Braunohler.
They’ve just recorded a pilot episode of their Web series, Penelope the Pet Princess, in Britain. In case they’re across the pond for a while, try and catch them while they’re hot.
The pair is hosting a one-hour radio show on Raw Dog Comedy (SIRIUS channel 104 and XM channel 150) on Wednesday at 5pm, ending next week. And in honor of the so-not-dead wireless medium, we asked Schaal and Braunohler for their top five favorite moments in radio history. They love it so much they gave us seven:
The discovery of Planet Vultan after intercepting their good vibrations.
Beet boxing.
Caroline in the City radio play.
Washington’s announcement of independence from Great Britain.
1968: The first radio that made it to the moon! (I loved when it hit that golf ball!)
1972: The first radio that made it to the Marianas Trench. Radio never sounded as good as when it was two miles under the sea!
2068: The first radio becomes sentient and demands to be listened to
If you’d prefer to see them in the flesh, Schaal and Braunohler are hosting their variety show, Hot Tub, at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre every Thursday.
What it is: An eight-week introductory-level improv or sketch comedy class at the Upright Citizens Brigade Training Center.
Why it’s awesome: Want to follow in the footsteps of UCB founders Amy Poehler, Matt Walsh, Ian Roberts and Matt Besser? Taking a class at the theater’s Training Center, where you’ll learn long-form improv or how to write short, comedic scenes, is certainly a good start. So long as you’re committed to comedy: Skipping class and tardiness are no laughing matter, as both are grounds for getting kicked out (no, seriously!). Upcoming classes include Improv 101 (Tuesdays 2:30–5:30pm, starting July 14) with Ari Voukydis, who’s appeared on VH1’s Best Week Ever and Late Night with Conan O’Brien.
David Martin brings together comedians to tell true-life stories on a certain theme, and tonight Curtis Gwinn, Anthony Atamanuik, Joe Mande and Jenny Slate relate their experience of illness. Not only will these people have more outrageous stories than you, they’ll tell them better, too.
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