TROUBLE FOR MARKET HOTEL

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Over the weekend, the beloved DIY venue and cultural center known as Market Hotel got busted not once, but twice by NYPD. While this is a major bummer and puts our pals at Mr Saturday Night and other great weekly booking spots in a bit of a bind, all is not lost

Hopes remain to transition Market Hotel into a licensed, non-profit community space. It's going to take alot of effort from Market management, the larger DIY community, and fans of affordable and all ages live music to make that happen. If there's any way you can contribute to the efforts to bring market up to code, help with legal issues, or do anything else that can speed the process, please contact themarkethotel@gmail.com. Also, please go ahead and unfriend all the undercover cops on your Facebook friends list. That'd probably be a good idea anyway

Let's hope this doesn't represent a deliberate effort to crack down on DIY spaces in Brooklyn. These spaces are vital to the economic and cultural health of the neighborhoods and communities that many, including myself, are proud the be a part of. Losing them would be a shame. Let's not let that happen.

REASONS TO GO OUT TONIGHT

Hey guys, it's an events post. Remember those? Things to do in NYC tonight are go:

If I have to explain to you why this will be fun, then I probably have to explain what fun is, too. I'm not up for that, so trust me. RSVP is closed, but $15 for a party like this is no hustle.

The always awesome Mr. Saturday Night (almost) always costs $20, or $15 if you had the good sense to RSVP, which you should make a habit of doing for this weekly. And tonight only that gets you your two esteemed host DJs, plus Larry Heard, an original godfather of Chicago house. Open beer bar 10-11, too. I'm poor this week, can you tell? Anyway, I don't talk about this weekly enough, but that's only because it's too good. Makes me feel small and weak.

Kiss Brooklyn, Ironsides, Free Magic, and Whitney Fierce are asserting that, despite all evidence to the contrary, Brooklyn Can Dance. To drive the point home, the even named their event that. Love it when people stand behind their convictions. A bunch of talented DJs being intentionally eclectic is bound to be a good time, so check it out.

And on a sad note, the last Cave party is happening tonight. This venue has played host to any number of upcoming acts of every variety over the past few years and will be sorely missed by all. Rest in peace, dear basement loft venue.