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========= Parties & Events This Week:
1. Diamond Dogs Ski Club Happy Hour at Latitude: Thu. July 30
2. Ithaca Beer Tasting at David Copperfield's: Thu. July 30
3. Comedy Caliente at Comic Strip Live: Thu. July 30
4. Cathyland Birthday Show with Coverboy at Canal room: Thu. July 30
5. Tribute to The King of Pop at Saloon: Fri. July 31
6. NY Social Group Movie Watch Party: Midnight Cowboy: Fri. July 21
7. David Shapiro's Hamptons Parties:
a. Hamptons Weekend Kickoff at Dune: Fri. July 31
b. Lounge party at Madame Tong's Saturday, August 1
8. MurphGuide - Big City Beach Volleyball Tournament at Hudson Beach
Cafe: Sat. Aug. 1
Special Interests:
1. Fantasy Football Drafts at The Village Pourhouse
2. Spotlight Bar: Merrion Square
3. Spotlight Bar: Wicked Willy's
4. Quick Links
Party Planning with MurphGuide.com 1. MurphGuide Party Planner
Upcoming Events:
1. NY State Beer & Cheese Sail: Tue. Aug. 4
2. Gotham Girls Roller Derby: Sat. August 8
3. Grassroots musician's fundraiser at The Red Lion: Sun. Aug. 9
4. F-You Cancer at E. 13th St. Theatre: Sun. Aug. 16
5. The Saw Doctors at Highline Ballroom: Sun. Aug. 16
6. MurphGuide Annual Summer Party Cruise aboard The Temptress: Thu. Aug. 27
7. Brewtopia Great World Beer Fest: Sept. 4 - 6
8. Save the Dates
========================================================== Parties This Week: =============== Thursday, July 30
Diamond Dogs Ski Club Monthly Happy Hour
Diamond Dogs Ski Club invites you to
join them for their July Happy Hour
drink specials:
$3.50 Margaritas
$4.50 Cosmos and Apple Martinis
$3.75 Bud Lite.
space reserved on the 2nd floor
6:30 - 9:30pm
at:
Latitude
783 8th Avenue (Between 47th & 48th St.)
New York, NY latitudebarnyc.com
For more Happy Hours, check out our Happy Hours page: murphguide.com/happy.htm
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ mmm, beer! Get together with fellow NY beer lovers at the latest event
by the NY Beer Meetup Group... Thursday, July 30
Ithaca Beer Night
With special feature on Alphalpha.
All NY State Grown Hops and NY State Honey.
The additional Ithaca Beer in the draft selection –
Apricot Wheat, CascaZilla, Pale Ale, Flower Power IPA, Nut Brown, Smoked
Porter and White Gold.
7pm
at:
David Copperfield's
1394 York Ave. (74th St.)
New York, NY
(212) 734-6152 DavidCopperfields.com
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This Comedy is hot! Latin comics plus, Dave Attell tonight... Thursday, July 30 Comedy Caliente!
Breathtaking, hilarious Latin-American Comedy at the World Famous Comic
Strip Live
NYC's Best Latin-American Standup Comedy Show
Strong Humor and Strong Margaritas
Host Marc Theobold welcomes:
Marina Franklin
Dustin Ybarra
Erik Rivera
Sherrod Small
JJ Ramirez
plus NY legend Dave Attell
Comedy Caliente happens the last Thursday of each month.
Reservations required. 212-861-9386.
8:30pm
at:
Comic Strip Live
1568 Second Ave. (between 81st & 82nd St.)
New York, NY
(212) 861-9386 ComicStripLive.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A new weekly karaoke night starts tonight in the
Bronx with our friends Roberto & Zaida... Thursday, July 30
Lion's Roar Karaoke
Sing with the BEST singers, and with the BEST sound system
This and every Thursday
8pm
at:
702 Lounge
Mangia e Beve
702 Morris Park Ave.
Bronx, NY
(347) 621-2812 LionsRoarKaraoke.com
For more karaoke, check out MurphGuide's Directory of Karaoke in NYC Murphguide.com/karaoke.htm
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Happy Birthday to our friend, NY rocker Cathy Cervenka... Thursday, July 30 Cathyland Birthday Rock Show
Coveryboy
Playing classic 80s rock hits by
Journey, Benatar, Bon Jovi, Loverboy, Foreigner, Van Halen & more.
8pm
Live Rock Star Karaoke
9:30pm
$5 Buds all night
$3 admission (mention coverboy at the door)
at:
Canal Room
285 W. Broadway (Canal St.)
(212) 941-8100
New York, NY
canalroom.com Cathyland.com
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our friends at Saloon are hosting this tribute to you know who... Friday, July 31
Tribute to the King of Pop
$100 cash prize for best moon walk
$100 cash prize for best impersonator
at:
Saloon
1584 York Ave. (between 83rd & 84th St.)
New York, NY
(212) 570-5454 SaloonNYC.com
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our friends Robert & Laura host events for this social group.
Their next event is a viewing party for a classic NYC film... Friday, July 31
The New York Social Meetup Group presents...
Midnight Cowboy
hosted by Robert
Group event to watch the classic film 'Midnight Cowboy' in a private room on
a large screen flat screen TV.
Mingling - 6pm
Movie will begin at promptly 7pm
with more social interaction after the film .
Food menu-Appetizers, Salads and Sandwiches.
*Drink specials- $2 off all select wines, mixed drinks and draft beer till
8pm.
at:
Stone Creek Lounge
140 E. 27th St. (between 3rd & Lexington Ave.)
New York, NY
StoneCreekNYC.com NYCsocialgroup.com/
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you are going to the Hamptons, our friend David can hook you up at
this weekly Friday night party,
or on Saturday night at Madame Tong's ... Friday, July 31
David Shapiro presents:
Hamptons Weekend Kick-Off Party
Mention David Shapiro for reduced cover charge & line preference
Bottle service reservations are also available
David's tables are always given some extra-special treatment
Top DJ spinning all night
Please call or text David directly 917-806-4171
to get on guest list or to reserve a table.
RSVP at Davidshapiro.net
11pm - 4am
at:
Dune
1181 North Sea Road
Southampton, NY
(631) 283-0808
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Saturday, August 1
Lounge party at Madame Tong's
Looking for a laid-back party destination?
Join us at Madame Tong's as we unwind at this casual but upscale venue
that attracts only the most sophisticated clientele.
David and his friends will be there at 11, but you can stop by earlier to
sample their top-notch Asian cuisine.
Thanks to Madame Tong's unique indoor-outdoor layout, you can enjoy the DJ
and dancing in the middle of all the action or sit outside to enjoy a breezy
late-summer night under the stars
RSVP to get on the guestlist:
davidshapiro.net
11pm - 3am
at:
Madame Tong's
256 Elm Street
Southampton, NY
David also has space available for rent in one of four houses in the
Hamptons.
Call 212 579-4844 for details. DavidShapiro.net
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We are having so much fun with these tournament, we
are doing another one.
New teams are always welcome. We have room for just 2 more teams this
week... Saturday, August 1
MurphGuide.com & BigCityVolleyball.com present...
NYC Beach Volleyball Tournament
4-person teams
$160 per team
includes a refereed tournament, lunch and prizes
Register on-line
bigcityvolleyball.com
Registration & check-in starting 9am
at:
Hudson Beach Cafe
Riverside Park (at W. 105th St.)
New York, NY
(917) 370-3448 PDOHurleys.com
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Other News: ========== Fantasy Football Drafts at The Village Pourhouse
Host your Fantasy Football Draft at The Village Pourhouse
The perfect Draft Experience:
Private Rooms, Rent Your Own Keg...
Open Bar Packages:
3 Hour Top Shelf Open Bar. $50 per person
3 Hour Mid Shelf Open Bar. $40 per person
3 Hour Bud Light & Well Open Bar. $35 per person
3 Hour Bud Light Open Bar. $30 per person
Open Bar & Food Packages:
The Touch Down:
3 hour Mid-shelf Open Bar & 5 Appetizer Platters Refilled. $65 per person
The Field Goal: 3 Hour Bud Light & 5 Appetizer Platters Refilled. $50 per
person
The Safety: 3 Hour Bud Light & All-You-Can-Eat Wings. $35 per person
*packages do not include tax & service fee.
Two locations: Village Pourhouse
64 Third Ave. (11th St.)
East Village
New York, NY
(212) 979-BEER and Village Pourhouse
982 Amsterdam Ave. (between 108th & 109th St.)
Upper West Side
New York, NY
(212) 979-BEER Villagepourhouse.com
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Spotlight Bar: Merrion Square
Merrion Square announces new happy hours & specials:
Happy hour
Mon - Fri 10:30am to 7pm
$3 domestic bottles
$3.50 import bottles
$4 draft beers
$4 well drinks
$4 glass of wine
Check out their
beer menu
Every day specials: Monday to Sunday
Free order of wings with every pitcher of beer ordered
7pm to 11pm plus all day Saturday & Sunday
Saturday & Sunday daytime special from 12pm to 6pm:
Free burger,sandwich & wrap with every two drinks ordered per person
And $3.50 Rolling rock drafts every night
at:
Merrion Square
1840 Second Ave. (95th St.)
New York, NY
(212) 831-7696 MerrionSquareNYC.com
Contact Karl for private parties For more Spotlight Bars, check out
MurphGuide.com/bars ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Spotlight Bar: Wicked Willy's
Every weekend you can rock out with the best local & touring bands
until 11pm and then get down all night to some of the hottest DJ's in New York
City.
What sets Wicked Willy's apart from other bars in the neighborhood are
the drink prices. At Happy Hour, the entire bar is half off until 9pm., 7 days a week. Sports fans can enjoy games on a ten foot movie screen and 9 plasma
flats screens.
There is always something going on at Wicked Willy's: - Every Day Happy Hour: 1/2 price drinks 4pm - 9pm - Live Music on Wednesdays, Fridays & Saturdays - Karaoke on Tuesdays & Thursdays. Get a free drink if you are brave
enough to sing. - Beer Pong Tournament Every Monday with $7 pitchers. Compete for a
$50 bar tab. - Beer Pong & Flip Cup available every night
Wicked Willy's 149 Bleecker St. (bet. Thompson & LaGuardia Pl.) New York, NY (212) 254-8592 myspace.com/wickedwillysnyc
Brewtopia Great World Beer Festival: September 4 - 6 in NYC Brewtopiafest.com
Hoboken Bar Network: Hoboken`s premier on-line bar guide Hoboken-bar.net
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Plan Your Party with MurphGuide.com: ===========================================
New Party Planner on MurphGuide.com Have you had a chance to check out the MurphGuide Party Planner
Need help finding a spot for your birthday? What about office parties, reunions or fundraisers? In our continuous efforts to "connect the fun to the fun people" we invite you to try our party planner:
1. Go to
http://murphguide.privatepartynyc.com 2. Select the neighborhood you want to have your party. 3. Fill in your contact information. 4. Select the party criteria: Date, # of people, private room? open
bar? food? 5. Click "Submit"
You will get an email with some party suggestions.
Note: Since this is an automated system, the email may end up in you
"bulk folder", so please be sure to check there.
Beer + cheese + a yacht equals... Tuesday, August 4 Chelsea Brewing Company presents... Beer & Cheese Sail NY State Beer & Cheese Sail Tickets: $85 includes 2-hour event aboard a classic pilot schooner, either the Adirondack or
the Imagine Sail through New York Harbor Three custom-made Chelsea Brewing Company brews, expertly paired with three specially chosen New York State cheeses to
match Exquisite views from the Hudson River and New York Harbor Sights include the NYC skyline, Battery Park, Ellis Island, and the
Statue of Liberty. Purchase tickets on-line at zerve.com/sailnyc/beer Hosted by Ian Phillips, Beer Ambassador of the Chelsea Brewing
Company. post-sail tour of:
Chelsea Brewing Company Pier 59, Chelsea Piers New York, NY (212) 336-6440 ChelseaBrewingCo.com
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our friends at Gotham Girls Roller Derby hold
monthly bouts. This month: Bronx vs. Manhattan... Saturday, August 8
Gotham Girls Roller Derby
Bronx Gridlock vs. Manhattan Mayhem
$19.75 General Admission in advance, $23 at the door
VIP front row 'crash zone' tickets (no children) - advance only - $29.75 tix@gothamgirlsrollerderby.com
Doors at 6:30, opening whistle at 8:30pm
at
Hunter College Sportsplex
Lexington Ave. & 68th St. (SW Corner)
New York, NY
The Gotham Girls After-Party, as always, held at:
Manitoba's
99 Avenue B, between 5th & 6th St.
following the bout.
Gothamgirlsrollerderby.com
Gotham Girls hotline (888) 830-2253
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is a grass-roots fundraiser for a friend in need... Sunday, August 9
Benefit for Tom Curiano and Katia Bassanini
Veteran NYC drummer Tom Curiano's beloved wife Katia is battling ovarian
cancer.
Please come out and help them fight the good fight.
It will be a great night of non stop music, friendship, and good vibes.
Prizes, raffles...and special guests.
Appearances by :
The Itinerants, The Demolition String Band and more
suggested donation: $20
at:
The Red Lion
151 Bleecker St. (Thompson St.)
New York, NY
(212) 260-9797
RedLion-NYC.com
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our friend Dominique is producing this show, and you're invited... Sunday, August 16
F-You Cancer
One man show starring Rob Hawke
Help raise Thyroid Cancer funds and awareness
The play is an hour with a 15 minute question and answer session.
After the play stay and enjoy drinks and appetizers.
(Everything is included in the ticket price)
Tickets are $30 and must be bought before the show.
Purchase tickets online at
ticketleap.com
Produced by Dominique Faber
8pm
at:
E. 13th St. Theatre
136 E. 13th St.
New York, NY
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Saw Doctors new single "She Loves Me" will be released on Fri. July
24.
They come to NYC in August... Sunday, August 16
The Saw Doctors
Tickets: $45
available at Ticketweb.com
General admission: Standing Room
Doors open at 6pm
8pm show
at:
Highline Ballroom
431 W. 16th St. (between 9th & 10th Ave.)
New York, NY highlineballroom.com
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is our annual event where we bring the readers of MurphGuide
together for a party cruise... Thursday, August 27, 2009
Annual MurphGuide Summer Cruise
$65 in advance, $70 at the dock
Price includes open bar, hot & cold buffet,
DJ & cruise in NY harbor aboard The Temptress
Dance to the tunes of DLJ
Rain or shine
boarding: 6:30pm, departs: 7pm
return: 10pm
aboard:
The Temptress
World Yacht Marina
Pier 81 (12th Ave. & W. 41st St.)
New York, NY
Call 917 627-0858 for more info. and group rates
Murphguide.com/cruise
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our friends Bill & Keith, aka The Beer Brothers, are putting on another
Brewtopiafest... Brewtopia Great World Beer Festival
Friday, September 4 - Sunday, September 6
For the 1st time ever, due to demand, this year's GWBF will be three days
They have moved the venue this year to the Park Avenue Armory to better suit
the visitors needs.
Tickets are on-sale now at
Brewtopiafest.com 4 sessions:
Friday 6 - 10pm,
Sat: 12 - 4pm and 5 - 9pm,
Sunday 12 - 4pm
at:
The Park Avenue Armory
643 Park Ave.
New York, NY
===================================================== Save the Dates:
Mark your calendar for the following upcoming events.
More details to follow in future newsletters & on our website...
Thursday, August 27: MurphGuide Annual Summer Cruise
September 4-6: Brewtopia Great World Beer Festival
September 12: Riverside Park Oyster Festival
Thursday, Sept. 24: Adam's Angels Salute to Firefighters at Saloon
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