Saturday night, I went to the Tumblr party and the i09 party. At the Tumblr party, I danced my butt off to the Eclectic Method. DJ/multimedia experience. It was so fun. Then I went to the Pure Volume House for the i09 party. I was excited to see MC Frontalot perform. Last year, I attended a screening of the documentary, Nerdcore Rising, which features Frontalot and his band as they tour around the country.
I wish I could go to see all these wonderful women sing and play this week, but I can’t clone myself yet. If you like pop, jazz, R&B or soul, then check out this ladies this week.
Wednesday, Feb 24: Lee Ann Westover at Cafe Steinhof 10:30PM Free.
Saturday, Feb 27: Erin and Her Cello at Rockwood Music Hall 7PM Free.
Saturday, Feb 27: The Mary Connolly Band at The Aces of Clubs. 8PM. $10
Saturday, Feb 27: The Sweet Divines with Tami Lynn. Southpaw 10PM. $10 adv/$15 door
Jan 14 Book party for Louisa Shafia’s new cookbook, Lucid Food: Cooking for an Eco-Conscious Life. at Jimmy’s 43. $22.50 adv. $25 at the door. It is also a fundraiser for Just Food. Price of admission includes a signed copy of the book and an sampling of small plates.
Jan 19 Stained glass artist Joseph Cavelieri is having an artist reception at THINK coffee. Work will include The Simpsons “Missing Episode” series and the Muscle Man series. (1 Bleecker St near Bowery) 7-9pm FREE
Jan 21 Jami Attenberg is back with a new novel, The Melting Season. Her first reading in Manhattan will be at the Barnes & Noble Tribeca (97 Warren Street). FREE
Not time sensitive but interesting: I love this song by Childish Gambino (AKA Actor Donald Glover), “Bitch Look At Me Now“. He raps over Grizzly Bear’s “Two Weeks”. Wow! Next, I hope he raps over the Dirty Projectors’ “Stillness Is The Move”.
I will be down in Atlanta this weekend, so I will be missing some stuff. Hope you have a wonderful pre-Thanksgiving weekend.
Thursday, November 19. Rachel Kramer Bussel’s erotica reading series, “In The Flesh” is celebrating its fourth anniversary with a star-studded reading including Abiola Adams, Lily Burana and Isobella Jade.
Friday, November 20. Shelley Nicole whose song, “Blak Girls” in the free BoldAsLove compilation is celebrating the release her EP with a show at Littlefield. $10adv $20 door
Saturday, November 21. Score! Clothing swap at 3rd Ward.
I’m back in New York City and the calendar is high octane until the middle of December.
Thursday November 12. Is it Obsolete? Debate about it at Word in Greenpoint. Anna Jane Grossman’s book about Obsolete objects is sparking a fun debate. Faye Penn from Brokelyn moderates. 7:30PM FREE
Friday November 13. Erin and Her Cello begins her residency at Rockwood Music Hall. New Songs. Special Guests. 7PM FREE
Playing until Thursday 19. The classic movie, The Red Shoes, is playing at The Film Forum.
Picture of one of the casseroles from Tuesday.
It is the high tide of the fall social season so take your vitamins and buckle up. Since you may need to rest up for next weekend’s Halloween parties, here’s three things I recommend for this week.
Thursday, October 22 There’s a global hip hop CMJ showcase at 92YTribeca 7PM.
Saturday, October 24 Vernon Reid will premiere a multimedia piece commissioned by WNYC called “Artificial Afrika” at the Winter Garden. FREE 8PM
Wednesday, October 28 is The Rejection Show. Hosted by Jon Friedman, the show features Wyatt Cenac who starred in the excellent movie, Medicine for Melancholy. 9:30PM $5
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Last week’s Niche List
Years ago, I had an email newsletter, then a blog named “Nichelle Newsletter”. Both of those extinct vehicles were used to spread the word about cool stuff and promote events that I love. It seems that a list is needed again, if only so that I can keep up with events I may be going to. Hopefully I will run this weekly on Tuesday nights/Wednesday mornings since that is the best time for me and I will only post up to five things. So here goes!
Friday October 16 Royal Flush party at Crash Mansion. Open Bar. 4 bands. (Sounds like a clusterf#@k, but I am a sucker for parties thrown by obscure magazines.) Topic? Animal? Anyone?!
Tuesday October 20 Emily Farris’ 5th Annual Casserole Crazy Party at Brooklyn Label. I will be judging the casserole contest along with Tom Mylan and Rachel Wharton. 6:30PM
Tuesday October 20 Erin and Her Cello performing at Googie’s (Upstairs at Living Room) at part of CMJ 11:30PM [Client]
Wednesday October 21 #140Conf Meetup at MSNBC Digital Cafe. I will be speaking. 5PM.
Friday October 23 New Work City First Anniversary Party. 200 Varick is my second home. 8PM
If you know me, then you may know Matt, so check out his Consortium List which usually comes out on Sunday nights.
Tuesday, I went to a Microsoft part at the lovely Park Avenue Armory. I was one of the lucky people to get a Zune HD for free. It’s a great media player, but I still need to figure out how it all works. Now, I can listen to radio again, so I hear Jay-Z’s “Empire State Of Mind” anytime I scroll over to Hot 97.
DJ Tiesto performed at the party, and though I am not a big fan of club music, I danced my ass off. Plus the carpet on the floor made it easy to jump around.
Afterward, the Boy and I went to Rodeo Bar for dinner and saw this group, The Ukeladies. They were fun!
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Nichelle likes Moo cards, originally uploaded by Rachel Kramer Bussel.
It’s Advertising Week, so I know Don Draper and the guys from Sterling Cooper will be out having cocktails and cozying up to new clients.(Ha!)
There are other things going this week including the Biddies on Monday and Neal Medlyn’s Kanye West show on Thursday.
Quirky Circus: Expect weirdness on Tuesday night at the Gershwin Hotel. Armitage Shanks, Zero Boy, Lady Rizo and Coney Island Sideshow folks. $10, 8PM
The Alcoholic: Jonathan Ames animated may seem redundant or ironic depending on when you catch him, but he’s doing a reading of new graphic novel this Wednesday at Book Court in Brooklyn at 7PM.
Cause For Drinks: Also on Wednesday, you can drink and give to a good cause at All Day Buffet’s happy hour at Gallery Bar. BTW, are you going to The Feast Conference on October 16? I am.
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Your vote-o-booth!, originally uploaded by nichellest.
This weekend, Brooklyn Hilary took photos for her new photo project, Voteobooth. BTW, Election Day is Tuesday November 4.
Also, The Lascivious Biddies who have a song called “Cast That Ballot” have a show next Monday September at the Zipper Theatre and I am going.