A New Year's Eve fit for Kings
Haven’t figured out exactly where you’ll be when that big glittery ball drops and we bid farewell to 2011 and ring in 2012, crossing our fingers that the Mayan Calendar is just a sham and drowning our residual anxiety in cheap champagne? No problem — check out our roundup of all the best New Year’s Eve happenings all across the great County of Kings.
Paris is bumpin’Celebrate the new year in style — Parisian style, that is — at the legendary Floating Kabarette New Year’s Eve blowout featuring sexy burlesque acts, marching ballads, and a dashing decor tailored to transport you back in time to history’s sauciest party scene — 1920s France. The best part? There’s no cliche, midnight ball drop at this classy cabaret — expect a troupe of scantily clad dancers to descend on velvet ropes instead.
Galapagos Art Space [16 Main St. between Water and Plymouth streets in DUMBO, (718) 222-8500] Dec. 31 at 9:30 pm. Tickets $150. For info, visit www.galapagosartspace.com
Tick-tock countdownConsider spending the most exciting night of the year with Deer Tick. No, not the gross blood-sucking kind that attaches itself to your leg while you hike through tall grasses — ew. No, we live in a city, remember? We’re talking about Deer Tick the rock band, which will charm your pants off with its folk-rock wiles, along with Dead Confederate, Virgin, and J. Rody Walston and the Business.
Brooklyn Bowl [61 Wythe Ave. between N.11th and N.12th streets in Williamsburg, (718) 963-3369] Dec. 31, $60. Doors at 6 pm, show at 8 pm.
Park sparksThis wouldn’t be a New Year’s roundup without an obligatory — and well-deserved — plug for the spectacular fireworks display at Grand Army Plaza. Snag a seat along Prospect Park West and watch the sparks fly — literally — over the
majestic Soliders and Sailors’ Arch.
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The shindig for the Insight Bowl on Tuesday night wasn't the typical small-talk affair, filled instead with belly-laugh stories, slaps on the back, mutual admiration. Even with their teams facing each other three days later, the coaches at Oklahoma and
Check out the Water Street Restaurant, nestled in the belly of DUMBO and just a few blocks from the bridge. The best part? Start your night off with Water Street's midnight champagne toast — and keep the party going until bar closes at 4 am.
Stretch & Belly Dance Combo Beginners' Class – Club Round, 7120 Windsor Lake Parkway. 7:30-9 pm Classes every Mon., Wed. & Fri. Registration/info: 815-639-0312. Adventure Club – Jarrett Center, Byron Forest Preserve District, 7993 N. River Road, Byron.
From the tiny, weathered rais (captain), in pale blue gallibaya and snow-white turban, to the comic belly-dancing maître d', we were looked after by the gentlest of crew on the delightfully silent gaff-rigged boat (towed by tugs when not sailing) and
Stretch & Belly Dance Combo Beginners' Class – Club Round, 7120 Windsor Lake Parkway. 7:30-9 pm Classes every Mon., Wed. & Fri. Registration/info: 815-639-0312. Adventure Club – Jarrett Center, Byron Forest Preserve District, 7993 N. River Road, Byron.