MUSIC
Guitar Center
25 W 14th St
Between 5th and 6th Aves
Thur 6-9pm
212-463-7500
And ya don’t stop. Hip-Hop heavyweights Chuck D, Rob Swift, Buckshot and DMC converge on Union Square’s Guitar Center to school your puny minds with some discussions, hands-on tutorials and live performances. Please check all n**words, h**words, b**words and shriveled shock jocks at the door.
FILM
Tribeca Drive-In
World Financial Center Plaza
Sat 8:30pm
Free
Tribeca’s under-the-star screening of Planet B-Boy, a gritty breakdancing documentary, promises to be 100% free of Jamie Kennedy. Hit the plaza early for free breakdancing lessons, performances by Ken Swift, and a Beatbox Orchestra tribute to James Brown. Hosted by graffiti legend Fab Five Freddy. Catch the trailer here.
VELVET ROPE
Tribeca Premiere Parties
Tenjune
26 Little W 12th St
Between 9th Ave and Washington St
Fri 8pm
You know all those hot premiere parties for Tribeca? You’re not invited. But you can crash ‘em if you know where to look. On Friday, Tenjune hosts the party for Minnie Driver’s Take; on Saturday, the party for Woddy Harrelson’s The Grand hits Lotus. Just IMDB the films’ producers and use their names at the door.
MORNING AFTER
Blakkat May Day
Tompkins Square Park
7th St and Ave A
Sun 2-6pm
Free
When the winter’s away the raver-hippie lovechildren come out and play. Blakkat’s annual daytime May Day powwow kick-starts the spring with tech/acid/hardcore riffs from Atomic Babies, Collin Strange? and Jason BK to scare the living doldrums out of you. Slap on the sunblock and BYOBB (Bring Your Own Brown Bag).
FOOD
Big Reds & Barbecue
The Beard House
167 W 12th St
212-627-2308
Sat 7pm
For a measly $155 ($125 for members), you can wine and dine with Frank Ostini and Gray Hartley of The Hitching Post, of Sideways fame. And if you’re as fussy as Miles, you’ll be glad to hear that Merlot is not on the guestlist.
SHOPPING
Billion Dollar Babes
The Altman Building
135 W 18th St @ 6th Ave
April 27th, Noon-9pm
Sat 9am-5pm
Sun 11am-4pm
If you’re VIP, then you’ll get first dibs on punching that too-thin, no-good socialite for that Vivienne Westwood dress. Otherwise, you’ll have to wait for Saturday and Sunday before you can snatch duds from the likes of Alvin Valley, YA YA, and TIBI. Tough life.
Noon Entry: BDB Platinum Members only. Sign up here.
3PM Entry: BDB Gold Members only. Sign up here.
5PM Entry: VIPs
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