Welcome to The Week In Geek, presented by the NY Geek Culture Examiner every Friday. She sifts through myriad event listings so you don't have to to bring you the best in NY's geeky offerings!
This calendar runs from Friday to Thursday.
ALL WEEKEND
GEEK THEATER LOVERS!
Fight Fest - schedule varies, check website - $18 - if you love kung-fu movies, Klingons, or b-movies from the 60s, chances are you love watching people fight. Check out this theater festival devoted entirely to stage combat and watch people pummel each other guilt-free! The Brick Theater (575 MetroVisit The Brick website for the schedule.
FILM GEEKS!
2nd Annual Zero Film Festival - schedule varies, check website - $5-10 - check out the final days of the first film festival devoted exclusively to self-financed filmmakers. Visit the Zero Film Festival website for schedule and showtimes.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11th
HORROR GEEKS/STEAMPUNKS!
Edgar Allan Poe Celebration - 12:30-2:00PM - FREE - celebrate the master of gothic horror's 200th birthday at this special event featuring Louis Hobson from the Broadway musical, Next to Normal, and Broadway legends Tammy Grimes and Fritz Weaver. St. Peter's Church (619 Lexington Ave, Manhattan)
FILM GEEKS!
Samurai Vendetta: A Chronicle of Pale Cherry Blossoms - 7:30PM - $5 - you know the Japanese legend of the 47 Ronin, right? Kazuo Mori's film focuses on one of those angry dudes. Check it out at the Japan Society (333 E. 47th St, Manhattan). Visit the Japan Society website.
LIT GEEKS!
Biblioball - 8:00PM - $20-25 - get your groove on with your fellow book nerds to five bands and 11 DJs at The Bell House (149 7th St, BK)! Brought to you by the literary-minded aesthetes of the Desk Set. Visit the Desk Set website.
SCI-FI GEEKS/FILM GEEKS!
2001: A Space Odyssey - MIDNIGHT - $12 - Stanley Kubrick's classic sci-fi film is best appreciated on the big screen! Check it out at the IFC Center (323 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan). Visit the IFC Center website.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12th
FILM GEEKS!
Joseph Cornell short film screening - Program 1: 4:30PM/Program 2: 6:30PM - $8 per screening - you might know Joseph Cornell for his collage boxes at the MoMA, but he was also a found-footage filmmaker! Check out some of his titles from "Rose Hobart" (1939) to "Joanne, Union Square" (1955). Anthology Film Archives (32 Second Avenue, Manhattan). Visit the Anthology Film Archives website.
COMIC GEEKS!
Katie Sparaco exhibit - 7:00PM - FREE - enjoy fine art (and some fine wine!) while perusing comics at Bergen Street Comics as they host an opening night reception for their exhibit of paintings by New York artist, Katie Sparaco. Visit the Bergen Street Comics website for details.
TV GEEKS!
Sesame Street: A Celebration! (Day 1 of 2) - begins at 2:00PM - $11 per screening - Celebrate the 40th Anniversary year of Sesame Street by checking out some wonderful Sesame Street-related films! 2PM: Follow that Bird; 4:30PM: Sesame Street Film Festival; 6:50PM: The World According to Sesame Street (the brilliant doc about how Sesame is produced all over the world); 9:15PM: Jim Henson & Friends: Inside the Sesame Street Vault. BAM Rose Cinemas (30 Lafayette Ave, BK). Visit the BAM website.
SCI-FI GEEKS/FILM GEEKS!
District 9 - 8:30PM - $10 - One of the best films of this past year, not to mention one of the best films about aliens coming to Earth ever made, appreciate it on the big screen one more time at the Museum of Modern Art (11 W 53rd St, Manhattan). Visit the MoMA website.
The Dark Crystal - 10:00PM - $12 - the Jim Henson fantasy epic that scared the crap out of you as a kid is back on the big screen! 92YTribeca (200 Hudson St, Manhattan). Visit the 92YTribeca website.
2001: A Space Odyssey - MIDNIGHT - $12 - Stanley Kubrick's classic sci-fi film is best appreciated on the big screen! Check it out at the IFC Center (323 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan). Visit the IFC Center website.
INTERNET GEEKS!
Eye Candy For Strangers - 10:00PM - $5 - Learned Evolution and Vimeo bring you a video series that presents the best in web videos on 10 enormous high-def screens. Better than that cat on YouTube that plays piano. After the videos comes a rocking dance party! Brooklyn Bowl (61 Wythe Avenue, BK). Visit the Brooklyn Bowl website.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13th
TV GEEKS!
Sesame Street: A Celebration! (Day 2 of 2) - begins at NOON - $11 per screening - Celebrate the 40th Anniversary year of Sesame Street by checking out some wonderful Sesame Street-related films! Noon: Big Bird in China & More; 2:00PM: The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland; 4:30PM: A Special Sesame Street Christmas; 6:50PM: Sesame Street at 40: Milestones on the Street; 9:15PM: Sing! Sesame Musical Moments. BAM Rose Cinemas (30 Lafayette Ave, BK). Visit the BAM website.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 14th
LIT GEEKS!
The Moth StorySlam - 8:00PM - $7 - the famed live storytelling organization, The Moth, is holding their weekly open mike, where audience members sign up and have 5 minutes to wow the audience with their best true story focusing on the week's theme. This week's theme: GIFTS. Southpaw (125 5th Ave, BK) Visit The Moth website.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15TH
FILM GEEKS!
Inglorious Basterds released on DVD - $34.98 - you can now bring home Quentin Tarantino's amazing and hilarious Jewish revenge film! If you haven't yet seen it, do yourself a favor and pick it up. Brad Pitt gives a wonderful performance, but it's Christoph Waltz (as Nazi colonel, Hans Landa) and Melanie Laurent (Shoshanna Dreyfus) who steal the film. The 2-disc set features a making-of documentary of Eli Roth's film-within-a-film, Nation's Pride.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16TH
COMIC GEEKS/SEX GEEKS!
Scarlett Takes Manhattan discussion - 7:30PM - $5 - join artist Molly Crabapple and writer John Leavitt at the Museum of Sex (233 5th Ave, Manhattan) for a discussion of their saucy collaboration, the Gilded Age era graphic novel, Scarlett Takes Manhattan. They will discuss the book as well as the history of sex and the performing arts in NYC with moderator, writer Trav S.D. Complimentary Original Sin cider! Visit Molly Crabapple's website.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17TH
COMIC GEEKS!
NY Comic Con Holiday Tour - NOON-3:00PM - FREE - the New York Comic Con crew is touring the city promoting the con and bringing holiday cheer in the form of movie freebies, raffles for comics-related toys, and gift certificates for $5 off NYCC tickets! Midtown Comics - Times Square (200 W 40th St, Manhattan). Visit the NY Comic Con website for details on the whole tour.
Comic Book Jones' 2nd Anniversary Celebration! - ALL DAY - FREE - this quality comic shop in Staten Island is celebrating its 2nd anniversary with a day-long party that includes a 25% off everything sale and an amazing signing schedule that includes: Ben McCool (writer of Image's upcoming title Choker!), Mike Cruz (Million Dollar Eyes), Evan Dorkin (Beasts of Burden, Milk & Cheese), Bryan J.L. Glass (Mice Templar), Ken Haeser (Living Corpse), Lauren Monardo (Ham & Eggs, Venture Bros.), and MORE! But the party doesn't end with the signing. Once the doors close for the day, there's an after-party at Cargo Cafe on Bay Street! Staten Island comics fans, represent! And to those in the other boroughs, consider checking it out, as it's a fabulous store with a really involved staff, a great events space, and a calendar that will keep any geek busy! Comic Book Jones (Harbor Plaza - 2220 Forest Avenue, Staten Island). Visit the Comic Book Jones website.
Have a geeky week!
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