Neighborhood: December 2006 Archives

Obviously it's better to party in Brooklyn than Manhattan (ahem), but where to go? ABL will probably be house-partying it, but if you must go out, here's some parties within walking distance of our apartment (and maybe yours):

• Abilene: Party for $65 from 9 p.m. to 1a.m. for $65, which includes an open bar and a down-home Southern feast of fried chicken, mac and cheese, veggie beans and cornbread
• Minibar: no answer!
• Brooklyn Social: open late, no cover, "plenty of sparkling drinks to go around"
• Zombie Hut: regular bar,  no cover charge
• Angry Wade's:$35 gets you a 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. open bar, which includes everything on tap, house drinks, and champagne toast at midnight
• Issue Project Room: $30 nets performances by Hill Niblock, Katherine Liberovskaya, Rebecca Moore, Sarah Ibrahim, Bradley Eros, Stephan Moore, Diana Slattery and Jim Pugliese Phase III--starts at 8 p.m.
• Ceol: "We're having a party ... DJ, champagne toast, giveaways and all that stuff" (no cover)
• Camp: Party, appetizers and s'mores on the house with no cover.
• Boat: "Open and just open." It will be decorated with sparkling wines for "the moment"
• Moonshine: The party includes New Year's karaoke from 1am -4am , but not before the midnight PBR toast. There's also a few bands next door  at the  guitar shop.
• Lido: $35 for all you can drink from 10pm to 2am with DJ
• Brazen Head: "Just champagne at midnight"
• Kili: "We're having a party; there's no cover charge"
• Magnetic Field: $15 for three live bands, the A Bones, the Swingin' Neckbreakers, the Great Gaylord

Have parties? Leave them in the comments.

Dennis and I are happy to be back home, but less happy about going to work. Hope everybody had a great Christmas and holiday. We're working on a best of ABL '06. Cheers!

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Looks like the fine folks at Halcyon are starting a new party series over on the Gowanus. The pre-launch event is tonight. This could prove to be an interesting year ahead for entertainment in the neighborhood.

SATURDAY DECEMBER 16th

In March 2007 Mean Red and Binary Art will be launching a new event series entitled "The Future is Beautiful" that will be focusing on the intersection of Interactive Art and New Music. Come and pre-celebrate the launching of this new event series Saturday December 16th, 2006 with a night of live performances, featuring the sounds of electro-rock to electro-pop.

Live Performances by:
The Skeletons (Ghostly, Shinkoyo)
The Big Digits (Boston, Bodies of Water, Art & Crafts Records)
Mon.Key.Pod (Brooklyn, 210 Cook)

DJ Sets by: Machinedrum (aka tstuart) (Brooklyn/Miami, NormRex)
Saheer (Tokion)
Praveen (PercussionLab, NeoOuija)
Video Installation by Collin M Palmer from Surround
Visual Atmosphere by CTRL Labs
$5 w/RSVP or $10 without
RSVP to rsvp@thefutureisbeautiful.com

Directions available at www.meanredproductions.com