AARON DWORKIN: METAMORPHOSIS
 As founder and President of the internationally acclaimed Sphinx Organization and President Obama’s first member of the National Council on
the Arts, spoken work artist Aaron Dworkin continues to retain his personal “artistic hat”, exploring the modern aesthetic through the prism of multi-media presentation involving visual art, spoken word, and music.
This unique forum offers a synthesis of various arts forms and genres, offering an autobiographical sketch through Dworkin’s poetry, in synergy with classical music and photography. A wide variety of selections tell the artist’s personal story: offerings range from the perspective of a young boy visiting a concentration camp in “Dachau”, with the music of Barber’s timeless Adagio, to his reflections on a recent loss of his mother through “Picture Perfect”. The program will also showcase some a capella selections, authored by Dworkin. Familiar sounds of Beethoven and Massenet morph into a new multi-sensory experience, narrated by the Artist, who embodies diversity and innovation.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9
Doors: 6:00 pm, Show: 7:00 pm | $10 General Admission
SWISS MISS' CREATIVE MORNINGS
 CreativeMornings is a monthly speaker series and morning gathering of creative types. Each event includes a 15-20 minute lecture, followed by a 20 minute group discussion. Brought to you by Swiss Miss, a NYC-based design blog and studio.
FRIDAY, MARCH 11
8:30 am - 10:00 am | FREE!
NERD NITE SPEED DATING
 Hey fella, come find that smart sassy lass who’s been looking so hard for you all winter.
Hey lass, here’s your chance to find that fine smart fella with whom you can share another glorious springtime.
Then stick around for the Nerd Nite presentations– see below for details!
Hurry up, boys - we're almost sold out this week! Sorry, ladies are all full!
FRIDAY, MARCH 11
Doors: 6:30 pm, Show: 7:00 pm | $25 General Admission
NERD NITE: FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY!
 It’s our Nerd Nite NYC FIVE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY…crazy! Please come help us celebrate. How? Well, we’re going to blend some new presentations with a few old classics and magic. Yes, magic. And who doesn't love surprises?
Presentation #1
Who Let the Dogs Out? Out?
by Ben Sisto
Description: What won’t Meatloaf do for love? And more importantly, who let the dogs out? These are big questions for which pop music never told us the answers. While we may never know the answer to the former, learn from someone who has some insights regarding the dogs. This media-rich presentation will trace the history of the question-at-hand from its international success in the early 2000′s and back to its mid-80′s Miami Bass roots.
Bio: Ben Sisto is the Programs Director for Public Assembly, which fittingly occupies the former home of Galapagos. He’s spoken at gatherings such as Open Video Conference, World’s Fair Use Day, and Spectre: Event Horizon, and has been in some group shows at Artists Space, Printed Matter, Harvard, etc.
Presentation #2
Rock and Roll Ripoffs, Reinventions, Regurgitations, and Reduxes
by Nora Morrison
Description: The classic tale about 1950s pop music states that unscrupulous white musicians ripped off African American performers’ music and made a fortune. In many ways, yes. But cover songs were much more than just theft. Through cover songs, musicians exchanged ideas across boundaries of genre, race, geography, gender, era, and style. Rock musicians repurposed, mimicked, borrowed, rewrote, and rejected other musicians’ work via the cover song. So how did a French-Creole Haitian folk song turn into Little Richard’s “Keep a-Knockin’”? It’s complicated.
Bio: Nora is a fellow and lecturer in music at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, where she works mainly on 20th century pop and jazz. She is a veteran of the first Nerd Nite, where she presented on Michael Jackson’s messianic self-portrayal in his videos. It brings her great delight to be able to discuss more falsetto screams with her fellow nerds.
Presentation #3
Not going to say. But the historical significance of this presentation within Nerd Nite lore cannot be understated.
FRIDAY, MARCH 11
Doors: 8:40 pm, Show: 9:00 pm | $10 General Admission
FLOATING KABARETTE
Kelly Dwyer of Kill the Band, Miss Tickle, and Harvest Moon
“If you want your low necklines with a highbrow gloss, head for Galapagos to catch the Floating Kabarette.” – Brooklyn Paper
“Some of New York City’s best performers.” – The New York Times
Floating Kabarette is a unique weekly variety show featuring the very best of New York City’s cabaret, burlesque, music, circus, skill & feats, aerial/trapeze, and performance art communities.
Its polished, well-produced show fills up the space with alluring narratives of society and culture. Floating Kabarette aims to leave audiences scintillated, empowered, inspired, and -most importantly - entertained. Tonight’s show includes the fantastic Jenny Rocha and Her Painted Ladies, Kill the Band, Miss Tickle, Harvest Moon, the amazing Jan Manke.and your outrageously hilarious hosts, Olga & Bjorn. Ask for the evening's $9 Fizzy Fjord drink special!
 
Jan Manke Olga and Bjorn
SATURDAY, MARCH 12
Doors: 10:00 pm, Show: 10:30 pm | $10 General Admission
FILM NIGHT: CHARLIE CHAPLIN IN "CITY LIGHTS"
Film Nite at Galapagos! Tonight we present Charlie Chaplin in City Lights (1931), a charming classic rated by the American Film Institute as the #11 Greatest Movie of All Time. Enjoy pizza from Grimaldi’s for $4/slice! Come watch the film and then take a stroll in Brooklyn Bridge Park – bring a blanket to snuggle up and admire the spectacular view of Manhattan!
“Charmingly simple story of The Little Tramp who meets a lovely blind girl selling flowers on the sidewalk who mistakes him for a wealthy duke. When he learns that an operation may restore her sight, he sets off to earn the money she needs to have the surgery. In a series of comedy adventures that only Chaplin could pull off, he eventually succeeds, even though his efforts land him in jail. While he is there, the girl has the operation and afterwards yearns to meet her benefactor. The tear-inducing closing scene, in which she discovers that he is not a wealthy duke but only The Little Tramp, is one of the highest moments in movies.”
TUESDAY, MARCH 15
Doors: 7:30 pm, Show: 8:00 pm | $5 General Admission
Also coming up at Galapagos:
St. Patrick's Day Burlesque
Friday, March 17
Doors: 8:00 pm, Show: 9:00 pm | $10 General Admission
Galapagos presents St. Patty's Day Burlesque! Enough with enduring the typically sloppy crowds - break out your best green duds and check out our lucky charms! Our dancers will be your sexy, sashaying guides to the end of the rainbow. Featuring Madame Tickle, Miss Rosebud, Eden and special guests. Hosted by Bjorn, who is truly Irish at heart.
Detour New Music
Friday March 18
Doors: 7:00 pm, Show: 8:00 pm | $10 General Admission
DETOUR presents its second installment of new music for the Prelinger Archives, with 3 works from its debut concert, and 6 new premieres. Works by Alex Temple, Brian Mark, Jeremy Howard Beck, Jennifer Stock, T.L. Hine, Tom Swafford, Ian Dicke, and Jeffrey Parola.
The concert will feature the DETOUR New Music Ensemble, which had its debut premiere at Galapagos on January 21, 2011. Vince Peterson, director of Choral Chameleon, ...will be the guest conductor for this event. In addition, DETOUR welcomes UK artist James Bester as a special guest.
GUMBO (Gay. Dumbo. Party.)
Friday March 18
Doors: 10:00 pm | $5 before 11 pm, $10 after 11 pm
GUMBO is every first and third Friday of the month at Galapagos from 10 pm - 4 am.
It's a "Critics' Choice" for gay nightlife at Time Out NY, Next Magazine writes,
"A place for grown up gays to play? Pencil us in!" and Out.com raves, "One of
the hottest new gay parties in NYC." Tickets available at door only.
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ABOUT GALAPAGOS ART SPACE
Galapagos Art Space strives to cultivate and develop arts and culture while enabling audiences to engage in intellectual and social dialogue. It maintains a stable of resident artists, with whom development it actively participates by offering guidance on marketing, programming, and technical detail. Most of its activities take place within the Galapagos headquarters based in DUMBO, Brooklyn.
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