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Tip Sheet: Nov. 11-Nov. 17

WEDNESDAY: Putting the Art in Party
Support a good cause–and enjoy some of Berry Park’s quality German beers–at tonight’s North Brooklyn Public Art Coalition. The ten dollar cover goes towards the expenses for Jason Krugman’s Living Objects, a new site-specific installation featuring LED-lit figures, due to open in McCarren Park on November 22. New York-based Baby Soda will be providing music, and upscale nibbles will come from Lokal and Blender. A raffle, for items like Fine & Raw Chocolates and Kinkillerie jewelry, will add to the night’s excitement.

Any Wale You Want It
Tonight is the Grand Meeting of the Corduroy Appreciation Club, on the date which most resembles corduroy, 11/11, with many-waled revelry including keynote speaker Sloane Crosley, an accordian band, Sixpoint beer, an award presentation, and other “strange rituals” (including the unveiling of a Corduroy Club iPhone app). Make sure to wear at least two items of the revered corduroy. Get tickets ($11.11, of course) for the event in the garage at the Great American Can Factory. Doors at 7, program starts at 8:11pm.

THURSDAY: Outdated Debate
Nearly everyone we know has traded in postal mail for Gmail and their Walkmen for iPods and, judging from our commute, the Kindle is rapidly taking over the role books, magazines, and newspapers used to serve. Anna Jane Grossman’s new book, OBSOLETE: An Encyclopedia of Once-Common Things Passing Us By, is an attempt to document the things we thought would last forever–cursive writing, keeping plans, getting lost–before technology and society render them obsolete. Tonight at WORD, Grossman will read from her book, followed by a debate moderated by Brokelyn’s Faye Penn on whether or not these things will stand the test of time. Drop by or email WORD for your chance to participate, and win prizes from places like WORD and Permanent Records.

Nordic Wonders
Cirkus Cikor, a Cirque du Soleil-esque troupe from Sweden, brings its surreal antics to BAM Nov. 12-15. In their show “Inside Out,” aerialists and actors perform mesmerizing tricks with champagne bottles and toy horses to the beat of a live electropop band. We have a pair of tickets to the Saturday matinee–just email us with the subject “gravity-defying” and we’ll pick the winner tomorrow.

FRIDAY: In a Lather
Skinnyskinny (whose soaps we wrote about way back in 2007!) is opening a brick and mortar store today at 129 Roebling St. with a greater selection of eco-soaps and new items like organic T-shirts and pillows. Stop in and mention Brooklyn Based, and receive 15% off your (delicious-smelling) purchase.

Opera Options
Italy meets Poland at a special performance in Greenpoint. The Regina Opera, a small opera company based for forty years in Boro Park, will be performing scenes from “Rigoletto,” “La Boheme,” “Le Nozze di Figaro” and “Il Giuramento” at the Polish Slavic Center at 177 Kent Street Friday at 6pm. If the opera sampler platter isn’t enough for your tastes, the Regina Opera will perform their take on “Don Giovanni” in Boro Park in the last two weekends of November.

Classic Reading
Fort Greene’s new Greenlight Bookstore helps celebrate the 10th anniversary of NYRB Classics, publishers of beautifully packaged reissues of previously out-of-print classics, with a reading featuring three notable local authors. Jhumpa Lahiri (The Namesake) and Matt Weiland (State by State) will read from the NYRB Classics for which they wrote introductions, while L.J. Davis will read from his 1971 novel, A Meaningful Life, which NYRB reissued. A wine and cheese reception follows the reading, which begins at 7:30pm. RSVP.

Until SATURDAY: Sex and Savagery
Les Liaisons Dangereuses, and its classic tale of seduction and brutality, has been remade easily dozens of times since its publishing in the 18th century, from 1988’s Academy Award-nominated Dangerous Liaisons to the legendary Cruel Intentions. Tonight, check out the newest incarnation, Quartett, at BAM. This highly-stylized production features Isabelle Huppert as the cunning and cruel Marquise de Merteuil, and is performed in French with supertitles.

SATURDAY: Leave It Be
If you have leaves and clippings from your yard (lucky you!) to get rid of, check out the Brooklyn composting locations of LeavesNYC’s Project Leaf Drop at gardens around the borough.

SUNDAY: Chocolate Samplers
They’ve already brought you the brewtastic Brooklyn Beer Experiment and the scrumptious Brooklyn Cheese Experiment. Now Theo Peck and Nick Suarez have teamed up with Food52’s Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs to bring you what might be their best competitive cook-off yet: the Brooklyn Chocolate Experiment. From 1pm to 5pm at the Bell House, entrants will compete to win Best Chocolate-Based Dish in three different categories: sweet, savory, and drink. The best part? You get to judge the entries by tasting them all. Get tickets soon as they’re sure to sell out (free Rogue chocolate stout and Van Leeuwen ice cream with ticket!).

TUESDAY: Bike NYC
New York City’s Transportation Alternatives has been advocating for the use of bikes and public transportation for the past 25 years, long before green travel became the mainstream cause it is today. The organization’s new campaign, Biking Rules, gets a boost at BAMcinematek with a PSA Competition and Festival, an evening-long program of jury-selected short films advocating for bicycling in New York. A reception courtesy of Brooklyn Brewery follows the screening, which starts at 7pm. Get tickets.

PLAN AHEAD: Next Wednesday the Farm on Adderley joins with Kelso of Brooklyn to present a special three-course beer-pairing dinner, featuring four Kelso beers hand-picked by the brewery’s brewmaster. The dinner, which will feature the fresh, seasonal ingredients the Farm is known for, has limited space, so reserve a spot now by calling 718-287-3101.

Triple Play
You can’t go wrong with a night of coffee, chocolate, and wine, next Thursday as a part of 303GRAND’s 3-week Perk Street lounge & events series (free wifi and coffee during the day). Join us on November 19 for a coffee cupping from Gimme!, Fine & Raw chocolate, and drinks, and it’s free with RSVP!

Sent by Chrysanthe, Casey, Nicole, and Nina. Photos courtesy of Jason Krugman and rikomatic.

Published on November 11th, 2009 under Everything.


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A raffle, for items like Fine & Raw Chocolates and Kinkillerie jewelry, will add to the night’s excitement. Any Wale You Want It Tonight is the Grand Meeting of the Corduroy Appreciation Club, on the date which most resembles corduroy, 11/11, with many-waled revelry including keynote speaker Sloane Crosley, an accordian band, Sixpoint beer, an award presentation, and other “strange rituals” (including the unveiling of a Corduroy Club iPhone app). Make sure to wear at least two items of the revered corduroy. Get tickets ($11.11, of course) for the event in the garage at the Great American Can Factory. Doors at 7, program starts at 8:11pm. THURSDAY: Outdated Debate Nearly everyone we know has traded in postal mail for Gmail and their Walkmen for iPods and, judging from our commute, the Kindle is rapidly taking over the role books, magazines, and newspapers used to serve. Anna Jane Grossman’s new book, OBSOLETE: An Encyclopedia of Once-Common Things Passing Us By, is an attempt to document the things we thought would last forever–cursive writing, keeping plans, getting lost–before technology and society render them obsolete. Tonight at WORD, Grossman will read from her book, followed by a debate moderated by Brokelyn’s Faye Penn on whether or not these things will stand the test of time. Drop by or email WORD for your chance to participate, and win prizes from places like WORD and Permanent Records. Nordic Wonders Cirkus Cikor, a Cirque du Soleil-esque troupe from Sweden, brings its surreal antics to BAM Nov. 12-15. In their show “Inside Out,” aerialists and actors perform mesmerizing tricks with champagne bottles and toy horses to the beat of a live electropop band. We have a pair of tickets to the Saturday matinee–just email us with the subject “gravity-defying” and we’ll pick the winner tomorrow. FRIDAY: In a Lather Skinnyskinny (whose soaps we wrote about way back in 2007!) is opening a brick and mortar store today at 129 Roebling St. with a greater selection of eco-soaps and new items like organic T-shirts and pillows. Stop in and mention Brooklyn Based, and receive 15% off your (delicious-smelling) purchase. Opera Options Italy meets Poland at a special performance in Greenpoint. The Regina Opera, a small opera company based for forty years in Boro Park, will be performing scenes from “Rigoletto,” “La Boheme,” “Le Nozze di Figaro” and “Il Giuramento” at the Polish Slavic Center at 177 Kent Street Friday at 6pm. If the opera sampler platter isn’t enough for your tastes, the Regina Opera will perform their take on “Don Giovanni” in Boro Park in the last two weekends of November. Classic Reading Fort Greene’s new Greenlight Bookstore helps celebrate the 10th anniversary of NYRB Classics, publishers of beautifully packaged reissues of previously out-of-print classics, with a reading featuring three notable local authors. Jhumpa Lahiri (The Namesake) and Matt Weiland (State by State) will read from the NYRB Classics for which they wrote introductions, while L.J. Davis will read from his 1971 novel, A Meaningful Life, which NYRB reissued. A wine and cheese reception follows the reading, which begins at 7:30pm. RSVP. Until SATURDAY: Sex and Savagery Les Liaisons Dangereuses, and its classic tale of seduction and brutality, has been remade easily dozens of times since its publishing in the 18th century, from 1988’s Academy Award-nominated Dangerous Liaisons to the legendary Cruel Intentions. Tonight, check out the newest incarnation, Quartett, at BAM. This highly-stylized production features Isabelle Huppert as the cunning and cruel Marquise de Merteuil, and is performed in French with supertitles. SATURDAY: Leave It Be If you have leaves and clippings from your yard (lucky you!) to get rid of, check out the Brooklyn composting locations of LeavesNYC’s Project Leaf Drop at gardens around the borough. SUNDAY: Chocolate Samplers They’ve already brought you the brewtastic Brooklyn Beer Experiment and the scrumptious Brooklyn Cheese Experiment. Now Theo Peck and Nick Suarez have teamed up with Food52’s Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs to bring you what might be their best competitive cook-off yet: the Brooklyn Chocolate Experiment. From 1pm to 5pm at the Bell House, entrants will compete to win Best Chocolate-Based Dish in three different categories: sweet, savory, and drink. The best part? You get to judge the entries by tasting them all. Get tickets soon as they’re sure to sell out (free Rogue chocolate stout and Van Leeuwen ice cream with ticket!). TUESDAY: Bike NYC New York City’s Transportation Alternatives has been advocating for the use of bikes and public transportation for the past 25 years, long before green travel became the mainstream cause it is today. The organization’s new campaign, Biking Rules, gets a boost at BAMcinematek with a PSA Competition and Festival, an evening-long program of jury-selected short films advocating for bicycling in New York. A reception courtesy of Brooklyn Brewery follows the screening, which starts at 7pm. Get tickets. PLAN AHEAD: Next Wednesday the Farm on Adderley joins with Kelso of Brooklyn to present a special three-course beer-pairing dinner, featuring four Kelso beers hand-picked by the brewery’s brewmaster. The dinner, which will feature the fresh, seasonal ingredients the Farm is known for, has limited space, so reserve a spot now by calling 718-287-3101. Triple Play You can’t go wrong with a night of coffee, chocolate, and wine, next Thursday as a part of 303GRAND’s 3-week Perk Street lounge & events series (free wifi and coffee during the day). Join us on November 19 for a coffee cupping from Gimme!, Fine & Raw chocolate, and drinks, and it’s free with RSVP! Sent by Chrysanthe, Casey, Nicole, and Nina. Photos courtesy of Jason Krugman and rikomatic. Published on November 11th, 2009 under Everything.
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