Edition 12: The 'Low Down ✨
Hey friends,
Are you ready to kick off 2024 with a bang? I always say I feature events in this newsletter that I’d personally like to attend. However, this edition’s first event is one exception: I may come from a Turkey Trot family but I am certainly NOT a Polar Plunger. That said, I’m including it for the brave souls out there… Happy New Year!
🧊 Polar Bear Club New Year’s Day Plunge
🎼 University Glee Club of New York City – 257th Members’ Concert with Voices & Sirens of Gotham
✍️ Jami Attenberg: 1000 Words w/ Kristen Arnett, Alexander Chee, Mira Jacob, & Emma Straub
🕯️ Candlelight: A Tribute to Adele
🧀 In-Person Raclette Party & Cheese Pairing
😂 Ronny Chieng: The Love To Hate It Tour
🍸 Zero Proof Cocktail Making Class
💃 AirOtic Soirée: A Circus-Style Cabaret Dinner Show
🎭 Sleep No More (Closing on 2/25!)
🧊 January 1 at Coney Island: Polar Bear Club New Year’s Day Plunge – “Each year on January 1, members of the Coney Island Polar Bear Club and anyone else brave enough to participate venture into the frigid waters at Coney Island. Watch hundreds of daring souls plunge into the Atlantic Ocean, where the temperature of the water hovers right above 40 degrees Fahrenheit, and the air temperature can be well below freezing. The event is free, but in lieu of admission, participants are encouraged to donate to community organizations.” [Free]
🍆 January 6 and February 11 at The Public Theater: Never Sleep Alone – “Celebrity sex and dating guru Dr. Alex Schiller (Roslyn Hart) is back with a new edition of Never Sleep Alone, a comedy show/dating event where people laugh, learn and literally hook up. Audience members who sit in the front PLAYERS section may be called onstage for blind dates, flirtatious games, and consensual make-outs with fellow singles. (And if a hot hook-up isn’t incentive enough, audience members who join Dr. Alex onstage get free champagne and a golden condom that grants them VIP access to the after-party!) Those seated in the VOYEURS section can simply sit back and enjoy the show if they’re not into that level of participation. Everyone, however, will get to sing along to a live band and follow the doctor’s orders from their seat.” [$60]
🎼 January 6 at Lincoln Center: University Glee Club of New York City – 257th Members’ Concert with Voices & Sirens of Gotham – “The University Glee Club of New York City, founded in 1894, is thrilled to perform their 257th Members’ Concert at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall. From contemporary choral classics such as ‘Ring Out Wild Bells’ and ‘The Pasture’, to sea songs and pop music, the program covers an impressive breadth of musical genres. Joining the UGC will be singers from the Voices of Gotham and the Sirens of Gotham, two barbershop choruses from NYC.” Note: FOTN Pierson will be singing with UGC! [$50 with code “UGC”]
🎤 January 8 at The Bell House: The Moth StorySLAM – “The Moth StorySLAMs are storytelling competitions where the stage is open to any and all with a story to tell on the evening's theme…FIRST IMPRESSIONS: Prepare a five-minute story about initial encounters. Blind dates, fixer-uppers, catfish, and long-lost twins. When your gut instincts were proven right, or when you unfairly judged a book by its cover. Day one at a new job, new school, or new city. The stinky cheese was actually scrumptious. The singer with the gravelly voice that you grow to love. The indelible mark made upon meeting somebody for the first time.” [$20]
🌱 January 11 at The Sill Cobble Hill: Propagation 101 Workshop – “You'll learn the different propagation methods and how to successfully propagate any of your plants. Take your plant knowledge to the next level! Propagation is an inexpensive and rewarding way to grow your plant collection. We will cover everything you need to know to propagate your houseplants at home—from taking cuttings to coaxing new roots to growing in water, soil, and more. Each attendee will be able to bring home a new plant cutting from the class. After the workshop, mingle and chat with fellow attendees or shop for additional plant care supplies to take home some essentials. Plus, enjoy an exclusive discount on your purchase!” [Free]
✍️ January 11 at St Ann’s Church: Jami Attenberg: 1000 Words w/ Kristen Arnett, Alexander Chee, Mira Jacob, & Emma Straub – “In 2018, novelist Jami Attenberg, faced with a looming deadline, needed writing inspiration. Using a bootcamp model, she and a friend set out to write one thousand words daily for two weeks straight. They opened this practice to Attenberg’s online community and soon hundreds then thousands of people started using the #1000WordsofSummer hashtag to track their work and support one another. What began as a simple challenge between two friends has become a literary movement—write 1,000 words per day without judgment, or bias, or concerns about writer’s block, and see what comes of it.” [$10]
👹 January 18 at Littlefield: Shrek Entirely From Memory – “Ten Bones Theatre Company is back for their next installment of the Entirely From Memory series! Performers will attempt (and most likely fail) to recreate “Shrek”, without the aid of scripts, rehearsals, or sobriety. All they will have will be their memory, a recent viewing of the film, and a lot of wigs.” [$12]
🕯️ January 19 at Candlelight: A Tribute to Adele – “Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in New York. Get your tickets now to discover the music of Adele at Church of the Heavenly Rest under the gentle glow of candlelight.” [$50+]
🧀 January 20 at Murray’s Cheese Shop: In-Person Raclette Party & Cheese Pairing – “Join us for this one-of-a-kind event to celebrate National Cheese Lover’s Day! You’ll start by enjoying a raclette party featuring complimentary wine and a raclette bar—you build your perfect plate of accompaniments, and we’ll drape everything in melted raclette. After you’ve enjoyed this Alpine delight, a Murray's expert will lead you in a guided cheese tasting exploring our pairing principles.” [$130]
🪩 January 26 at DROM: Schtick a Pole In It – “From comedians Dan Goodman and JoAnna Ross comes NYC's best and only, Comedy and Pole Dancing show. As featured in the NYTimes, TimeOutNY, and AMNY Schtick a Pole In It starts with a comic and ends with a pole dancer. 5 comics and 5 dancers. Comics tell jokes. Pole dancers pole dance. They’re not strippers, it’s not burlesque. It’s an aerial dance with a side of crazy gymnastics and death-defying tricks that make your jaw drop. Every Weekend we have a musical theme and this time it’s a surprise. It's our 11th Anniversary and we are bringing the show! We've done Britney, Zeppelin, Rammstein, SNF, GNR, Dua Lipa, who's next? I will say this we have not done her. If you don't see shows like this why are you paying the NYC rents?” [$40]
😂 January 27 and February 8 at Radio City Music Hall: Ronny Chieng: The Love To Hate It Tour – “Ronny Chieng is a stand-up comedian, actor, and Correspondent on ‘The Daily Show’. In addition to two Netflix stand-up comedy specials, Ronny has starred in ‘Crazy Rich Asians’, Marvel's ‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’, ‘M3GAN’, ‘American Born Chinese’, ‘Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.’, ‘Vacation Friends 2’, ‘Joy Ride’ and will star in the upcoming Hulu series ‘Interior Chinatown’.
🍸 January 28 at TALEA Williamsburg: Zero Proof Cocktail Making Class – “Do you want to start making your own non-alcoholic drinks at home but aren't sure where to start? Are you curious about some of the ingredients you find on zero-proof cocktail menus at bars and restaurants? Or are you just looking for a fun booze-free January activity? TALEA and Third Place invite you in for an evening of Zero Proof Cocktail making. In this class, you'll learn the basics of cocktail making, get an intro to non-alcoholic spirits and botanicals, and make your own zero-proof cocktails! The ticket includes light snacks, spirit samples, and two non-alcoholic cocktails.” [$65]
💃 Weekends in January at HK Hall: AirOtic Soirée: A Circus-Style Cabaret Dinner Show – “AirOtic Soirée is back! Buckle up: you’re in for the ride of your life! Join a cast of world-class acrobats every week for a cirque-style cabaret and aerial dinner show! AirOtic Soirée has taken over the world and is now on its way back to Manhattan! Experience a night of immersive burlesque entertainment telling a story of love, passion, and sensuality!” [$50+]
🎭 Closing (!!) on February 25 at McKittrick Hotel: Sleep No More – “The McKittrick Hotel is home to the world-famous production of Sleep No More, a “site-specific, immersive experience” that blurs the line between audience and actor, stage and seating. It began previews in March 2011 and has been continuously extended over the past decade. But as the lights fade out on its 5,000th performance Sleep No More will conclude its nearly 13-year run on February 25, 2024.” [$150]
Who’s down?
xx
Anna