Sat, Jan 2: Brooklyn Museum: Target First Saturdays party series w/dancing w/DJ Mr Jonathan Toubin (9pm – 11pm), Cordero (live 5pm), Daphne Brooks (lecture 6pm), Stepping Out Studios (dance class 6pm), live nude model sketching (6:30), Hedwig and the ANgry Inch (6:30), Masquerade Ball (7pm), Gallery talk on transformation theme in Bddhist art (7:30), John Sellers discussing his book “Perfect From Now On: How Indie Rock Saved My Life” (9pm), karaoke (9pm), 5pm – 11pm, all ages, FREE: New York Night Train’s Mr. Jonathan Toubin participates in the kickoff of the new monthly Brooklyn Museum Party, First Saturdays. This evening’s theme is “Transformation” and will include a live performance by bilingual indie rock band Cordero (5pm), a lecture about the women of funk rock and the aesthetics of James Brown by Princeton English/African-American Studies professor Daphne Brooks, group waltz lessons in preparation for the evening’s Masquerade Ball by Stepping Out Studios (6pm), “a live (and quite possibly nude) model will be available to sketch” (6:30-8:30pm), a screening of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” John Cameron Mitchell’s 2001 film about an East Berlin boy who undergoes a sex-change operation in order to marry and flee to the West (6:30), The Masquerade Ball (7pm), a talk on the theme of transformation in Buddhist art (7:30pm), a discussion by John Sellers of his new book “Perfect From Now On: How Indie Rock Saved My Life.” (9pm), Karaoke (9pm), and a dance party featuring New York Night Train conductor Jonathan Toubin’s trademark 45 rpm “maximum rock and soul” sound (9pm – 11pm). Here’s a link to the event on the Brooklyn Museum’s website

then, the train pulls into the station for a couple weeks of maintenance. here are the January events so far:

Weds, Jan. 6: Motor City, NY Night Train Weds w/guest DJ Derek Stanton of Awesome Color
Thur, Jan. 7: Enid’s: Thursday Thump with guest DJ Derek Stanton of Awesome Color
Fri, Jan 8, Home Sweet Home: Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down with extra Special surprise guest DJ
Weds, Jan. 13: Motor City, NY Night Train Weds special b-day party w/Mr. Jonathan Toubin
Thu, Jan 14, Enid’s: Thursday Thump with Josh Frankfort of Los Angeles’ KXLU Radio
Fri, Jan 15, Home Sweet Home: Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down with Mr. Jonathan Toubin
Sat, Jan 16: Asbury Park, NJ: Asbury Lanes Soul Clap and Dance-Off
Weds, Jan. 20: Motor City, NY Night Train Weds w/Mr. Jonathan Toubin
Thu, Jan 21, Enid’s: Thursday Thump with Alex Moyer and Avi Spivak
Fri, Jan 22, Home Sweet Home: Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down with Mr. Jonathan Toubin
Weds, Jan. 27: Motor City, NY Night Train Weds w/Mr. Jonathan Toubin
Thu, Jan 28, Enid’s: Thursday Thump with NICOLE ATKINS and Lea Fishman (Nouvellas)
Fri, Jan 29, Home Sweet Home: Shakin’ All Over Under Sideways Down with Mr. Jonathan Toubin
Sat, Jan 30, Glasslands: Soul Clap and Dance-Off w/Mr. Jonathan Toubin

and loads of excitement in the coming year including Mardi Gras in New Orleans, SXSW in Austin, West Coast Soul Claps, Ivy League action, and much much more

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