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Nov 16

NACHO! HO! HO!

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Live streaming from Knockdown Center, visual artists Kenya (Robinson) and Doreen Garner bring their show #trashDay to Clocktower Radio. #trashDay elevates the vernacular of urban fiction, reality television, gossip publications, social dance, and fashion, and uses it as a point of departure for satire and social commentary.

Join us for a celebration of the prodigal return of the #trashDAY duo, with holiday seasonal turn-ups, and nachos. A whole buffet of nachos, salsas, veggies, and cheeses. Plus thought enemas, that #trashDAY Cocktail and Ratchetpiece Theatre. Join us in the “Barry Booth” and get your gravelly voice on, or deliver your 10 dollar gift at guest check-in to register for the Second Annual NACHO-HO-HO Gift Exchange. Fun will be had, minds blown and shit talked. L’chaim up in this bitch and Santa ain’t safe — it’s not our fault nobody celebrates Kwanzaa.

Cassette mixtapes featuring the Best of #trashDAY are available for purchase before and during the event.

#SantaAintSafe #RudolphCanGetItToo #AgressiveChristmasStockings #MuleTideGreetings

Presented in partnership with Clocktower Productions, a non-profit art institution working in the visual arts, performance, music, and radio. More info at clocktower.org.

Event will be followed by NachoHH Afterparty featuring DJ Black Helmet in the Ready Room

Oct 25

Armada Fania

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A DJ night and record digging pop-up from Fania, the NYC label founded in 1964 that launched some of the biggest Latin stars of Salsa and Afro-Carribean sounds, the likes of Celia Cruz, Larry Harlow, Bobby Valentín, and Héctor Lavoe. Armada Fania is a special event presented in partnership with the Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival. The musical lineup spans a variety of musical styles championed by Fania, including headliner Kenny Dope, the world renowned DJ/producer and Brooklyn native whose career spans over 30 years and founded the influential Masters at Work (with Louie Vega); acclaimed LA DJ/producer Jose Marquez known for his infectious global dance rhythms; Uproot Andy, one half of the popular NYC tropical bass DJ team Que Bajo; the eclectic Puerto Rican pan-pop sister DJ act Nina Sky (aka Nicole and Natalie Albino); and the leading latin boogaloo expert DJ Turmix, who helped reinvigorate the latin boogaloo scene in NYC since arriving from Barcelona in 2008. First-generation Puerto Rican artist Carlos Rolón/Dzine, who is internationally recognized for his elaborately crafted paintings, sculptures and site-specific installations, will exhibit a special piece at the pop-up celebrating Fania’s illustrious history. A special retail pop-up market will be filled with Fania’s famed vinyl catalogue.

For more info visit: www.armadafania.com

ABOUT FANIA:

Fania is the most transcendental label in the history of Latin music.  Home to a roster of iconic music stars, these artists offered a cornucopia of styles that surpassed the boundaries of traditional Latin music and set the path for the genres of Latin big band, Afro-Cuban jazz, boogaloo, salsa and Latin R&B.  By bringing together the eclectic vision of Dominican bandleader Johnny Pacheco with the business savvy of Lawyer Jerry Masucci, Fania created a unique sound: the apex of tropical music, combined with the swing of big band jazz and the gritty vibe of American R&B. The label provided an artistic heaven for a young generation of musicians who were inspired to experiment with new musical formats.   It also gave birth to a musical group, the legendary Fania All Stars that changed the history of Latin Music.  www.fania.com.

 

Oct 07

The Qweendom Ball

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Qween Beat in collaboration with Loveless Records Presents:
QWEENDOM BALL
“INTERNATIONAL ROYALTY”Categories:
Face: 
Africa ($$)
“My crown too heavy like the Qween Nefertiti!”
Sell it up close and personal with a natural beat inspired by an African Qween.Runway:
Europe ($$$)
“Qween of London, Qween of France, Qween of Spain, You’ll go insane!”
Bring it to the runway with the poise and presence of a Qween. Represent your country of choice with a European effect.Hands:
Asia ($$)
To be Asian Royalty it takes deep concentration, and mental penetration like hand performance. Show us how royal you are through your hand performance!Performance:
America ($$$)
The America’s have never had a true monarchy. Our royalty reigns over music & pop culture.
Give the judges a performance they’ll never forget and collect your crown.
Female Figures bring it like one of the Qweens of Rap, Pop, or Soul.
Males figure choose to bring it like the Kings of Rap, Pop, or Rock.

OTA Realness: 
OPEN TO ALL ($$)
Bring it as you like!

Oct 07

Monster Mash & New York Night Train’s Haunted Hop

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TWO OF THE BEST HALLOWEEN PARTIES COMBINE TO HEED A HOLY NIGHT OF HORROR! Jonathan Toubin / New York Night Trains HAUNTED HOP vs Alana A Amram‘s MONSTER MASH

HAUNTED HOUSE with Phantom Creep Theatre LIVE, Max Roseglass & Adam Fithers’s KISSING BOOTH, Gregory Stovetop’s LAND OF 1000 SCARECROWS, Stephanie García’s SCREAMING HORSES, Gary Balaban’s CINEMA OF SIN, Joseph Jagos’s DUNKING BOOTH OF BLOOD, Andy NotAnimal’s CANDY APPLES, Kara Kinsey’s TAROT, Alana Amram’s WITCH HUT & SPIDER DEN, Jenn Warren’s BALES OF HAUNTED HAY

7pm to 11pm
MONSTER MASH: live bands perform in costume as their favorite musicians
with Rocky Horror Picture Show Time Warp Dance Contest!!

11pm – LATE
THE HAUNTED HOP!!!
Dance to the Haunted 45’s of DJ’s Jonathan Toubin / New York Night Train & Josh Styles with DEMON GOGO DANCERS!

MIDNIGHT COSTUME CONTEST!
Prizes very generously provided by:
Littleneck, REBEL ROUSER, Metropolis Vintage & MAIN DRAG MUSIC

Oct 02

Internet Yami-Ichi

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The Internet Yami-­Ichi is a free-­to-­attend flea market where people gather and exchange “Internet-­ish” things in real life. Originating in Tokyo, the Internet Yami-Ichi was founded by artist duo Exonemo and their online art collective IDPW and has traveled to over ten cities including Berlin, Moscow, and Seoul. One year ago, the first ever Internet Yami-Ichi in the United States took place at Knockdown Center. The market featured over 130 vendors and 1,500 attendees.

Special Internet bar menu!
– Apple: 100% Apple juice (non-alcoholic, non-organic)
– <br>: beer
– Netscape Margarita: Blue Margarita with lime
– Forex on the Beach: Sex on the beach (Price changes in real time using randomized software)
– Overshare-er: Mountain dew + skittles + vodka
– 90’s Internet Bubble: Alcoholic bubbles blow in your face!
– Internal Server Error: Tomato juice + Beer foam

 

After party:
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Sep 29

Sundays Cycle Club

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A free bicycle tour of local galleries hosted by Orgy Park, Knockdown Center, Transmitter, and other neighborhood friends! Cyclists of all experience levels welcome.

Stay tuned for our route and our October date.

 

 

Aug 23

Aya Rodriguez-Izumi: Offering

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“Offering” is the latest one-on-one interactive piece created by Aya Rodriguez-Izumi. In it, the participant is lead through a ritual with the artist where a story from their personal history is transformed into an offering within the performance. It deals with the idea of sacrifice and the concept of being initiated into a created community whether it be a religious group, a counter culture revolution or a secret society. By giving a personal tale from the participant’s life, they are taken on a journey that explores the experience of loss.

Please join us for the second iteration of this performance. RSVP to dnahere@gmail.com. Please arrive at Knockdown Center at 6:30pm to be assigned a time slot. The first 25 RSVP’s will get guaranteed entrance to the performance so sign up early!

Presented as part of the exhibition MAMI, curated by Ali Rosa-Salas and Dyani Douze

Aug 08

Plates of Cake, Honey Radar…

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For the past few years Honey Radar, from Philadelphia by way of Indiana, has released cassettes, cd-rs, and lathe-cut singles at a breakneck pace, turning heads in underground rock circles. Blank Cartoon – their first LP for What’s Your Rupture? records – was released this past May to high acclaim, with Pitchfork naming it one of the “best underground garage rock albums of 2016.” They will be joined by Brooklyn’s Plates Of Cake whose third album Becoming Double was released earlier this year garnering favorable comparisons to The Soft Boys, The Go-Betweens, and Nick Lowe. Also on the bill is Baltimore’s Other Colors who play “exploratory pop” and have a new record out on Friends Records, as well as NYC-based Bronze Float, whose understated rock has been compared to Arthur Russell, Skip Spence and Sebadoh.

Jul 05

Fake Accent presents: RUDE GYAL (Mami)

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A fête of the feminine future with an audio/visual ‘spiral up’ for the closing of MAMI with a blessed lineup of womxn-identified DJs.

☯THE FAKE ACCENT COLLECTIVE☯  hosts a special evening as we call upon Mami Wata for wealth, wisdom, emotional guidance, and sexual liberation.

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