Weekly NYC Events Calendar: Dec. 19 to Dec. 25
The Indypendent’s curated events calendar comes out every Wednesday online and once a month in print. Sign-up for our regular e-newsletter and you won’t miss a thing. If there is an event you want others to learn about let us know.
THRU DEC 21
11AM–6PM • FREE
MARKET: ARC Holiday Record Sale
The ARC is not-for-profit music library dedicated to collecting, preserving, and providing information about popular music from around the world. For a few weeks a year, it becomes the largest record store in NYC with thousands of LPs, CDs, cassettes, videos — anything and everything musical for sale.
ARChive of Contemporary Music
54 White St., Mnhtn
THRU JAN 12
SAT 4PM & 8PM, SUN 3PM, 6PM, 9PM • $60
DANCE: Daydreamers: An Immersive Dance Show
Choreographed by the Korea born, New York made choreographer Bo Park, the show intimately observes the coming of age of an island girl who snuck from Korea to New York and created a name as a reputable artist. Interdisciplinary in its nature, Daydreamers deftly exemplifies, like never before, the synergy created between dance, film, music, visual art, and photography. The audience is encouraged to move in the space while experiencing elements of art from all directions and all senses.
BAZA Studio
34-36 W. 32nd St., Mnhtn
THRU JAN 15
TUES, THUR–SUN 12PM–6PM • FREE
ART: No New Jails NYC — The Art & Design of a Movement
Design, art, movement, dance and cultural work have been critical to No New Jails NYC’s mission of imagining safety without prisons or police. Artists, filmmakers, poets and many more people have contributed their work to its campaign.
ABC No Rio in Exile at the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space
155 Avenue C, Mnhtn
ONGOING
THURS 5PM–7PM • FREE
HEALTH: Narcan Overdose Prevention Training
Every Thursday, Bluestockings hosts a free, walk-in harm reduction training and discussion on overdose prevention. Walk away from this narcan training with your own Naloxone kit and help support the community.
Bluestockings Bookstore, Café, & Activist Center
172 Allen St., Mnhtn
THURS DEC 19
8PM–11PM • FREE
POLITICS: Dem Debates: Round 6
Watch the sixth round of Democratic presidential primary debates at this activist-friendly pub.
Starr Bar
214 Starr St., Bklyn
FRI DEC 20
1PM–7:30PM • $6–$15, no one turned away for lack of funds
SCREENING: 1900
Two boys are born the same day, January 1, 1900, on the same Italian estate—one the grandson of a noble peasant, the other the grandson of a weak-willed aristocrat. One will grow into a rabble-rousing communist, leading his extended family through strikes and the upheaval of Mussolini’s rise; the other will grow into an ineffectual fop who sits on his hands as the fascists take over. Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1900, a Marxist epic that’s one part grandeur to two parts folly, posits the lives of these two characters as nothing less than the symbolic tussle for the soul of Italy in the first half of the 20th century.
People’s Forum
320 W. 37th St., Mnhtn
FRI DEC 20
5PM–9PM
PARTY: War Resisters League Holiday Party
Come join WRL for its annual holiday party and celebrate another year of fighting for peace.
VON
3 Bleecker St., Mnhtn
FRI DEC 20
7PM • $20
MUSIC: The Slackers, Pietasters, and Mephiskapheles
NYC ska kingpins the Slackers’ annual holiday party.
Webster Hall
125 E. 11th St., Mnhtn
DEC 20–DEC 21
7PM • $35–$50
MUSIC: Terry Riley Live at 85
For two unique evenings of music, Pioneer Works celebrates the renowned minimalist composer Terry Riley in his 85th year. Both nights will include performances from Riley and special guests, playing some of his most important works as well as improvising with longtime collaborators.
Pioneer Works
159 Pioneer St., Bklyn
MON DEC 23
6:30PM • FREE
PARTY: Moving Party
Join members of the Audre Lorde Project in organizing their move to new offices. Come through, make friends and share stories and laughs over dinner while you work together. Food and MetroCards provided. Contact info@alp.org for further details.
Audre Lorde Project
147 W. 24th St. 3rd Fl., Mnhtn