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Youve got to fight the holiday-time urge to stay inside and drinkits much merrier to drink with other people at new and exciting places, dont you think? This week, try your hand at celebrating the season in a museum in Chelsea, a Williamsburg waterfront warehouse, a park uptown and a few other spaces guaranteed to make you feel warm inside. Unless thats just the whiskey.
Mickey and Mallory forever.
Natural Born Killers Dec. 3, Rubin Museum of Art, 150 W. 17th St. (betw. 6th & 7th Aves.), 212-620-5000; 9:30, Free with $7 bar minimum. Choreographer Sarah Michelson introduces Oliver Stones 1994 film, starring Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis (with a story by Quentin Tarantino and cameos from everyone ever) as Mickey and Mallory Knox, the road-tripping, serial-killing couple you wish you could drink with every day and sleep with every night. Bottom Line: The oddly formal venue choice may compromise some cult credibility, but wed never miss a screening of this baby, and neither should you.
Strangers and Other Angels Dec. 4, Sakura Park, enter park at W. 122nd St. and Riverside Dr., 877-672-4954; 3:30, Free. Bring a flashlight (were not sure why) to Compagnia de Colombari Theater Companys traveling, semi-interactive staging of the medieval mystery Second Shepherds Play. The production will weave in and out of doors throughout Morningside Heights, and end with singing, dancing and, most importantly, free food for everyone. Bottom Line: Going literally all over the map, this experience packs in something for everyone, including a plausible excuse to search the Columbia campus for impressionable co-eds.
Rumble Ghost Opens Dec. 8, P.S. 122, 150 1st Ave. (betw. E. 9th & E. 10th Sts.), 212-352-3101; 8, $20. Classic 1982 horror flick Poltergeist gets an indie makeover in Jack Fervers production of Rumble Ghost. In a group therapy session, seven performers regress to their childhood selves, but cannot blame this transformation on benevolent, television-speaking ghosts, so are forced to face their own dark and terrible psychoses. Bottom Line: Nothing is scarier than children.
The New Pornographers Dec. 6, Terminal 5, 610 W. 56th St. (at 11th Ave.), 212-260-4700; 8, $35. It would be worth the haul to the far west side for the lineup, featuring The New Pornographers and Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, as is. But toss in the fact that Pornographer Neko Case, who rarely performs live with the band, will be on stage and its practically a three-weeks-before-Christmas miracle. Right? Bottom Line: Pornographers and Pharmacists are some of the best people to spend your time with. Believe us.
Diamond Rings Dec. 4, Glasslands, 289 Kent Ave. (betw. S. 1st & S. 2nd Sts.), Brooklyn, 718-599- 1450; 8:30, $10. There is possibly no place more enjoyable to watch a show in town than from the balcony at Glasslands. Between the tables at which to rest our weary legs and the killer view of the cloud-covered stage (seriously), its hard to hate a show here. Luckily, tonights line-up, featuring electro pop Canadian heartthrob Diamond Rings as well as ArpLine and Body Language, will be instantly lovable and wont leave anyone sitting down. Bottom Line: We want to dismiss Diamond Rings single All Yr Songs as sappy playlist fodder for people in summer scarves, but we really cant help but love it. Check out a Q&A with him at NYPress.com.