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Saturday, May 19
Lit Crawl NYC – Brooklyn Edition
“Where Literature Hits the Streets”
Lit Crawl started in New York in 2008 as an east coast extension of San Francisco’s Litquake.  Now held annually in Manhattan, this year Lit Crawl also includes a Brooklyn version, kicking off on Saturday, May 19, 2012.

Schedule:

Phase 1: 6 – 6:45 pm
1. Britain Live! A Liars’ League Salon
Zombie Hut (21+)
273 Smith St.
To celebrate the launch of its latest issue, Granta magazine teams up with Liars’ League NYC, the newest branch of the London-based salon which features actors performing new fiction. Actors will perform “The Gun,” a new story by Mark Haddon, and debut writer Sam Byers’ darkly comic story “Some Other Katherine.”

2. Knit Lit
La Casita Yarn Shop
253 Smith Street
Knitters knit. Writers write. And sometimes writers knit (or vice versa). Beth Hahn,Perri Klass, and Elinor Lipman do it all.

3. The Writing Program of Pratt Institute presents “Art School Confidential”
People’s Republic of Brooklyn (PRB) (21+)
247 Smith Street
Novelists Samantha Hunt (The Invention of Everything Else), James Hannaham (God Says No), and Thad Ziolkowski (Wichita) read artwork-inspired fiction.

4. Cambridge Writers Workshop Literary Cabaret
Ceol (21+)
191 Smith Street
Drawing from a literary treasure box of prompts, dialogue, and other surprises, hosts Diana Norma Szokolyai, Rita Banerjee, Gregory Crosby, and Leah Umansky will call up volunteer readers/performers for interludes of poetry, rants, and character sketches. It’s a literary masquerade where you don’t know which character from which century will make the next appearance.

5. Akashic Celebrates Spring Fiction
Camp (21+)
179 Smith Street
Celebrate fiction with readings by three of Akashic’s stellar authors: Shira Nayman (A Mind of Winter), Eliza Factor (The Mercury Fountain), and Lonely Christopher (The Mechanics of Homosexual Intercourse).

6. Literary Taboo with Electric Literature
Boat Bar (21+)
175 Smith Street
There are some things you should never admit about your literary history (like that you’ve never read Moby Dick or that you cried at the end of Harry Potter). And there’s plenty about literature that you should never say aloud. Join Electric Literature’s Recommended Reading for a night of Literary Taboo hosted by Seth Fried, author ofThe Great Frustration.

7. Brooklyn Writers Space: Say Anything
BookCourt
163 Court Street
Was everything really OK for Lloyd Dobler and Diane Court when the no smoking sign dinged off? Come find out what members of the Brooklyn Writers Space think happened after the ending of Say Anything. Terence Degnan, Jim Hanas, Heidi Schreck, Amy Sohn, and Kate Cortesi read original works.

Phase 2: 7 – 7:45 pm
8. Brooklyn College
Last Exit (21+)
136 Atlantic Avenue
Spend an evening with Brooklyn College’s MFA program and its next generation of poets, playwrights, and fiction writers. Featuring student and faculty readers from all three genres, it promises to be an action-packed night.

9. Tin House Presents: Science Fair
The Brazen Head (21+)
228 Atlantic Avenue
Tin House presents a Science Fair, with Michelle Legro, Rachel Riederer, and editors Rob Spillman and Emma Komlos-Hrobsky giving away cocktails and magazines to anyone science savvy enough to answer our trivia questions. Brief presentations from the latest issue, Science Fair, and lots of weird questions. And, yes, we’ll probably blow some stuff up.

10. The Coffin Factory Presents: The Dirty Parts
Boat Bar (21+)
175 Smith Street
Sexy bits of literature featuring readings from Justin Taylor and Steve Danziger.

11. PEN Poets: An Evening with PEN American Center
BookCourt
163 Court Street
Join us for a night of poetry, wine, and talk at Brooklyn’s beloved BookCourt, where poets and PEN Members Catherine Barnett, Monica Ferrell, and Cathy Park Hong will read from their new work and engage the audience in conversation.

12. NY Writers Coalition Day 10th Anniversary Reading
Micro Museum
123 Smith Street
NYWC, one of the world’s largest community-based writing programs, features work fresh off the pens from its unprecedented day of free writing workshops in iconic community spaces (the subway, Staten Island, parks, and more!). Special guest readers will join in the fun.

13. Armchair/Shotgun’s Old-Timey Radio Show
61 Local (21+)
61 Bergen Street
Armchair/Shotgun, along with authors Dolan Morgan, Zachary White, and Alanna Bailey, perform a radio drama. Live! On Stage! “With Sound Effects and Everything!” It’s the Armchair/Shotgun Old-Timey Radio Hour. (Or rather, 45 minutes…)

After Party
8 p.m. on
61 Local (21+)
61 Bergen Street
Party lit-style with DJ Gregoire (Greg Young of the Bowery Boys: NYC History), local beers on tap (including some great Sixpoint brews), and Crawl author book sales by itinerant bookshop, Bibliolotry.

Superfly presents…
The Great Googa Mooga

Food vendors:
Arancini Bros, Baked, Baohaus, The Big Banana, Big Gay Ice Cream, Blue Ribbon, Brindle Room, Brooklyn Soda Works, The Burger Joint, Calexico, Char No. 4, Co., Cookin’ With Coolio, Colicchio & Sons, Craft, Crawfish Monica, Crif Dogs, DBGB Kitchen and Bar, Dickson’s Farmstand Meats, Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, Dirty Bird To Go, Do or Dine, DuMont Burger, Frankies 457 Spuntino, Eat Me Sweetly, Free Bread, Gatherer’s Granola, Georgia’s Eastside BBQ, Hill Country Barbecue Market, James, Joe, Joe’s Pizza, Joseph Leonard, Juice Press, Kasadela, Katzie Guy-Hamilton of New York Central, Kombucha Brooklyn, Kutsher’s Tribeca, The Lobster Place, Landhaus, La New Yorkina, Liddabit Sweets, Little Muenster, Luke’s Lobster, Maharlika, M. Wells, The Meat Hook, Melt Bakery, Mile End, Millefeuille Bakery Cafe, Momofuku Milk Bar, Mother-In-Law’s Kimchi, Num Pang Sandwich Shop, people’s pops, Porchetta, Red Hook’s El Olomega, Pupusas, Red Rooster Harlem, Roberta’s, Russ & Daughters, Saxelby Cheesemongers, Seersucker, Simply Chicken by Jean-Georges, South Brooklyn Pizza, Souvlaki GR, The Spotted Pig, Sugarbuilt Cookies, Sullivan St Bakery, Third Rail Coffee, Tia Pol, Vinegar Hill House, Variety Cafe, Wooly’s,

Beer:
Modeled after the ornate Oktoberfest tents, the GoogaMooga beer tasting pavilion will feature over 30 different domestic and foreign craft beer makers. Garrett Oliver, the brewmaster of Brooklyn Brewery and one of the world’s foremost authorities on the subject of beer, has curated the beer pavilion.

Garrett has curated a different kind of beer experience featuring some of his favorite breweries.

Wine:
The wine tasting tent features over 100 wines from around the world, presented by the Winemakers, Importers, and Regions. Paul Grieco, of Hearth Restaurant, Terroir, and Summer of Riesling enlisted a team of NY’s top sommeliers to guide guests through the weekend of wine tasting.  Attendees will have the opportunity to purchase a taste size or glass size of over 100 wines at the Winery, Importer, and Regional tasting stations.

Music:

Saturday, May 19
The Roots
Holy Ghost!
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
The Pedrito Martinez Group
Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens
Bear Hands
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Unchained “the Mighty Van Halen Tribute”
Fort Lean

Sunday, May 20
Daryl Hall & John Oates
Fitz & the Tantrums
Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires
Escort
Lez Zeppelin
Peelander-Z
We Barbarians
Lucius

The tournament is down to the finals, to be played on Saturday, May 19, 2012 between Munich’s FC Bayern and Chelsea of the English Premier League.  More info at uefa.com

Saturday, May 19, 2012
FC Bayern vs. Chelsea
UEFA Cup Final
2:45pm ET, live from Munich

Here are some NYC bars that will be showing the match:

Nevada Smith’s is recognized as NY’s football headquarters.  While the new Nevada Smith’s is still under construction, Nevada Smith’s is holding “Away Games” at Webster Hall.  In addition to the UEFA Cup Final, they will start the day early, showing the npower Championship Final, live from Wembley at 10am, with Blackpool and West Ham competing for the final promotion spot into the Premier League. Also at 10am they will show the Scottish FA Cup Final, the Edinburgh Hibernian FC vs. Heart of Midlothian F.C. (Hibs vs. Hearts).  Then, the Heineken Cup rugby final (Ulster vs. Leinster) at noon.
at:
Nevada Smith’s (away days):
temporarily at Webster Hall:
125 E. 11th St. (bet. 3rd & 4th Ave.)
New York, NY
(212) 353-1600
NevadaSmiths.net
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Firefly
54 Spring St.
(bet. Lafayette & Mulberry)
New York, NY
(212) 966-8716
FireflyNYC.com
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Chelsea vs. FC Bayern
at:
Pig n Whistle
165 W. 47th St.
(between 6th & 7th Ave.)
New York, NY
(212) 302-0112
PignWhistleTS.com
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Slainte
304 Bowery
(bet. Bleecker & Houston St.)
New York, NY
(212) 253-7030
SlainteNYC.com

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Stout
133 W. 33rd St.
(bet. Sixth & Seventh Ave.)
New York, NY
(212) 629-6191
StoutNYC.com

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UEFA Cup Final at The East End
$25 wristband special: 11:30am – 4pm
Unlimited Coors & Miller Lite Pints
& 1/2 price Wings
at:
The East End
1664 First Ave.
(between 86th & 87th St.)
New York, NY
(212) 348-3783
EastEndBar.com

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Gatsby’s
53 Spring St.
(bet. Lafayette & Mulberry St.)
New York, NY
(212) 334-4430
GatsbysNYC.com

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Molly Pitcher’s Ale House
1641 Second Ave. (85th St.)
New York, NY
(212) 249-3068
MollyPitchersNYC.com

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Slattery’s Midtown Pub
8 E. 36th St.
(bet. Madison & Fifth Ave.)
New York, NY
(212) 683-6444
SlatterysMidtownPub.com

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The Australian
20 W. 38th St. (between Fifth & Sixth Ave.)
New York, NY
(212)869-8601
TheAustralianNYC,com
4 Big Screens & 5 Plasmas
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but wait, there’s more…

Blind Pig: 233 E. 14th St. (between 2nd & 3rd Ave.) New York, NY (212) 209-1573.

The Central Bar: 109 E. 9th St.  (bet. 3rd & 4th Ave.) New York, NY (212) 529-5333.

Dewey’s Flatiron: 210 Fifth Ave. (between 25th & 26th St.), New York, NY. (212) 696-BEER

Third & Long: 523 Third Ave. (35th St.) New York, NY (212) 447-5711

Van Diemen’s: 383 Third Ave. (between 27th & 28th St.) (212) 532-1123

Kennedy’s: 327 W. 57th St. (Between Eighth & Ninth Ave.) New York, NY. (212) 399-3900.

McCormack’s: 365 3rd Ave. (bet. 26 & 27 St.) New York, NY. (212) 683-0911.

The Playwright Celtic Pub: 732 Eighth Ave. New York, NY. (212) 354-8404.

Mustang Harry’s: 352 Seventh Ave. (bet. 29th & 30th St.) New York, NY (212) 268-8930

P.D. O’Hurley’s: 174 W. 72nd St. (between Columbus & Broadway) New York, NY (212) 873-1900

Lansdowne Road: 599 Tenth Ave. (between 43rd & 44th St.) (212) 239-8020 New York, NY

The Mean Fiddler: 266 W. 47th St. (bet. Broadway & Eighth Ave.) New York, NY 212 354-2950

Mercury Bar East: 493 Third Ave. (between 33rd & 34th St.) New York, NY (212) 683-2645

The Brooklyn Folk Festival will feature the best in old-time string-band music, folk, blues, song writers, bluegrass, Klezmer, Caribbean and Balkan folk music, songwriters and much more
RSVP via facebook
May 18 – 20
at:
345 Jay St. (between Metrotech and Willoughby St.)
Brooklyn, NY
BrooklynFolkFest.com

Schedule:

Friday, May 18
6:30pm doors open
7:30pm Woody Guthrie’s 100th Birthday Sing
8:30pm Elizabeth Butters
9:15pm Michael Daves featuring Noam Pikelny
10pm Dennis Lichtman’s Brain Cloud
10:45pm Peter Stampfel & the Ether Frolic Mob
11:30pm The Whiskey Spitters
12:15am Four O’Clock Flowers
Afterparty:
Official Folk Fest after party at:
The Jalopy Tavern
317 Columbia St. (between Woodhull & Hamilton St.)
Brooklyn, NY
JalopyTavern.biz

Saturday, May 19
11:45am Doors open
12pm Book Reading:
Scott Alarik “Revival: A Folk Music Novel” and Ray Allen, Folklorist at Brooklyn College “Gone to the Country: The New Lost City Ramblers”
1:30pm Jackson Lynch
2pm Workshop: Kentucky Banjo Styles with Brett Ratliff
2pm The East River String Band
2:45pm Jessy Carolina and the Hot Mess
3pm WORKSHOP: Tennessee Blues Mandolin with Ernie Vega
3:30pm M. Shanghai String Band
4:15pm Harmonica Competition
5pm Bodoma
5:45pm The Calamity Janes
6:30pm Willy Gantrim
7:15pm Piedmont Bluz
8pm The Feral Foster
8:45pm John, Eli, Walker and Jack
9:30pm The Little Brothers
10:15pm Cherven Traktor
11pm Blind Boy Paxton
11:45pm Whistling Wolves
12:30am Veveritse
Afterparty:
Official Folk Fest after party at:
The Jalopy Tavern
317 Columbia St. (between Woodhull & Hamilton St.)
Brooklyn, NY
JalopyTavern.biz

Sunday, May 20
11:45am doors open
12pm – 2pm WORKSHOP:
Vocal Harmony Duos and Trios Workshop Taught by Emily Eagen and Don Friedman
12:30pm – 2pm KIDS:
Jarana Beat Family Concert Kids under 14 are free!
2:30pm Alan Friend and Friends
3:15pm Heather Wood, Alice Backer and Bob Malenky
4pm Square Dance
5pm Pat Conte
5:45pm Wretched Refuse String Band
6:30pm Brotherhood of the Jug Band Blues
7:15pm Brett Ratliff & the Giant Rooster Sideshow
8pm Pat Conte & Joe Bellulovich
8:45pm Alice Gerrard & Beverly Smith
9:30pm Lydia Sylvia
10:15pm Litvakus
11pm Stephanie Nilles
Afterparty:
Official Folk Fest after party at:
The Jalopy Tavern
317 Columbia St. (between Woodhull & Hamilton St.)
Brooklyn, NY
JalopyTavern.biz

Monday, May 14: Devils at Rangers: Game 1 – 8pm
Wednesday, May 16: Devils at Rangers: Game 2 – Game 2
Saturday, May 19: Rangers at Devils: Game 3 ‎- 1pm
Monday, May 21: Rangers at Devils: Game 4 – 8pm
Wednesday, May 23: Devils at Rangers: Game 5 – 8pm
Friday, May 25: Rangers at Devils: Game 6* – 8pm
Sunday, May 27: Devils at Rangers: Game 7* – 8pm
*if necessary

If you are going to the Rangers games, here are some spots close to Madison Square Garden for pre & post-game festivities:

Directly underneath The Garden in Penn Station, LIRR level:
Tracks Raw Bar & Grill
Penn Station, LIRR level
33rd St. & 7th Ave.
New York, NY
(212) 244-6350
TracksBarGrill.com
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Showing the games on 35 HDTVs. Steps away from MSG. Free “Blue-Shirt” shots with every Ranger goal.
at:
Stout
133 W. 33rd St. (bet. Sixth & Seventh Ave.)
New York, NY
(212) 629-6191
StoutNYC.com
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Right next door to Stout, showing the game live on 12 large HD screens:

Feile
131 W. 33rd St.
(bet. Sixth & Seventh Ave.)
New York, NY
(212) 695-1122
FeileNYC.com

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Mustang Harry’s
352 Seventh Ave. (between 29th & 30th St.)
New York, NY
(212) 268-8930
MustangHarrys.com

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Mustang Sally’s
324 Seventh Ave. (28th St.)
New York, NY
212) 695-3806
mustangsallysny.com

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Rogue Restaurant & Bar
757 Sixth Ave. (between 25th & 26th St.)
New York, NY
(212) 242-6434
RogueNYC.com

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Pig n Whistle
202 W. 36th St. (Seventh Ave.)
New York, NY
(212) 239-4820
pignwhistleon36th.com

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The Houndstooth Pub
520 8th Ave.
New York, NY
(212) 643-0034
houndstoothpub.com

If you are not going to the game, here are some TV viewing locations in NYC:

Hockey at Third & Long

Third & Long has become one of NYC’s premier hockey viewing locations, so you will be sure to find plenty of Rangers fans to watch with you.
$4 Molson Canadian, LaBatt’s Blue & Coors Light during all NHL playoff games
at:

Third & Long
523 Third Ave. (35th St.)
Murray Hill
New York, NY
(212) 447-5711
ThirdandLongNYC.com

The Gael Pub: 1465 Third Ave. (bet. 82nd & 83rd St.) New York, NY (212) 517-4141.
Free shot for every Rangers goal. $13 pitcher of Miller Lite, $4 Shots of So Co lime.
$4 16oz Miller lite cans.

The 13th Step: 149 Second Ave. (between 9th & 10th St.) New York, NY (212) 228-8020
32 High-Def flat screens. 1/2 price drinks until 9pm.

Off the Wagon: 109 MacDougal St. (between W. 3rd & Bleecker St.) New York, NY (212) 533-4487.
Showing all games, all season. Half price bar on beer, drinks & shots until 8pm.

3 Sheets Saloon: 134 W. 3rd St. (Sixth Ave.) New York, NY (212) 777-1733.
19 HDTVs. Half price bar until 8pm.

Slainte: 304 Bowery , New York, NY (212) 253-7030.
12 HDTVs, and a large HD projector, plenty of space and beer special.

Firefly: 54 Spring St. (bet. Lafayette & Mulberry) New York, NY (212) 966-8716.
Sports lounge with 16 HD large screen TVs with Surround Sound.

Smith’s Bar: 701 Eighth Ave. (44th St.) New York, NY (212) 246-3268.
Pre-game happy hour. classic Times Square bar with 14 HDTV’s.

The House of Brews: 302 W. 51st. St. (Eighth Ave.) New York, NY (212) 541-7080.

Blind Pig: 233 E. 14th St. (between 2nd & 3rd Ave.) New York, NY (212) 209-1573

Stone Street Tavern: 52 Stone Street. New York, NY (212) 785-5658
Showing the game on 7 HDTVs.

Bierhaus: 712 Third Ave. (45th St.) New York, NY (646) 580-2437.
One large screen in the German bier hall.

Hurley’s Saloon: 232 W. 48th St. (bet. Broadway & Eighth Ave.) New York, NY (212) 765-8981.
Plasma & large screen TVs throughout the bar.

Bourbon Street: 40-12 Bell Blvd., Bayside, NY (718) 224-2200.
Showing ALL Rangers games, with drink specials at the bar.

Austin’s Steak & Ale House: 82-70 Austin St., Kew Gardens, NY (718) 849-3939

Jake’s Dilemma: 430 Amsterdam Ave. (between 80th & 81st St.)  New York, NY (212) 580-0556

Rangers fans on Meetup.com can join The NY Rangers fans meetup group.

The Manhattan Cocktail Classic
May 11 – 15, 2012
Part festival, part fête, part conference, part cocktail party – the Manhattan Cocktail Classic is an annual celebration of the myriad points of intersection between cocktails and culture. With over one hundred events spread across five days and five boroughs, the Manhattan Cocktail Classic offers a vast array of unique experiences to enthusiasts and professionals alike, expanding the very definition of what constitutes a “cocktail event”.

The five days of cocktail inspired events kicks off on Friday, May 11 with a gala at the New York Public Library (sorry, it’s already sold out).

Here are links to the events for the rest of the week:
Saturday, May 12

Highlights include:
Barrelfest on historic Stone Street.
Gentleman’s Cocktail Crawl (a north and south version)
The Second Annual British Invasion (at the NoMad Hotel)
Ladies Behind Bars at Pegu Club
Why Rye? at The Shanty
The Dick & Jane Cocktail Experience at Dick & Jane’s
The Rum Diaries at Mothers Ruin
Declaration of Beer Independence at Terroir Tribeca
A Suburban Tiki Safari at Lani Kai
Cocktails for the Rest of Us at The Rum House
and more.

Sunday, May 13
Highlights include:
Pork Out Punch Party at Union Pool
Unusually Yours at Dutch Kills
A Taste of Contemporary Scotland in New York at Highlands
Barrel Aging Cocktails at The Beagle
and more.

Monday, May 14

Highlights include:
The USBG Mixing Star USA Cocktail at The Tippler
You Choose the Next Iron Bartender at Huckleberry Bar
Cocktails for the Bookworm at Bookmarks
Tour de Jerez at Viktor & Spoils
Urban Tiki, Redefined at PK NY
and more.

Tuesday, May 15
Highlights include:
The Indie Spirits Expo at Crimson
Not Just Your Mama’s Margarita’s Anymore at Mayahuel
Sweet & Bitter at Raine’s Law Room
and more.

Full details & tickets at manhattancocktailclassic.com

Business Exchange

Want to make a better deal? Contact Erin beforehand at 212 755 8383
or
IrishExitNYC.com
6-9pm
at:
The Irish Exit
978 Second Ave.
(between 51st & 52nd St.)
New York, NY
(212) 755-8383
IrishExitNYC.com

$5 cover
9pm
at:
Bull’s Head Tavern
295 Third Ave. (bet. 22nd & 23rd St.)
New York, NY
(212) 685-2589
BullsHeadTavern.com

See MurphGuide’s interview with Jim Roberti here.