To-Do: Spring Fling!

Have a spring fling with some fun, creative types:

TUESDAY, MAY 4 @ 8:30PM: "I'm Rubber, You're Glue...," a free comedy show hosted by Amber Tozer and  Jen Kirwin at the Laugh Lounge.  Guests include Tom McCaffrey, Allison Castillo, Rob Paravonian, and Susan Prekle.  Says Jen, "Most of these people have been seen on television and all have impressive resumes, but bragging is beneath us."

NEW: TUESDAY, MAY 4 @ 9PM: S.O.B.'s Reggae Concert/Benefit for Black Uhuru founding member Mykal Rose and local radio stations with reggae programming.  On August 8, 2002, Mykal (Michael) Rose, reggae superstar and first reggae Grammy winner, was detained at the Miami airport because his identity was assumed to be that of Michael A. Rose, a Jamaican national who is a fugitive from justice.  The entertainer, Mykal (Michael) Rose has been released. However he is still plagued by legal fees and an uncertain US status. He has also been placed on the United States High-Alert Terrorist List (US-HATL). Proceeds to aid Mykal (Michael) Rose's legal fees and support of two of New York's most independent and outspoken radio stations, WBAI and college station WUSB. With a line-up of legendary reggae musicians; Sister Carol, Carlton Coffee, Ras Karby, Haile Unlikely, Junior Jazz and Errol Moore, The Free Michael Rose-Save WBAI & WUSB Benefit is the convergence of the reggae community to support one of its own along with independent radio and raise its voice against many of the national security inconsistencies occurring in this country after September 11th.

NEW: THURSDAY, MAY 6 @ 6PM: New works by photographer Katie Murray open at Jen Bekman.  The gallery shows mostly emerging artists working in a variety of mediums, and it's always worth a look.  Highly recommended.

THURSDAY, MAY 6 @ 7PM: Launch party, reading and fundraiser for the literary journal Small Spiral Notebook at KGB, 85 E. 4th St. 2nd Avenue. 7PM. $10 snags you get a copy of the print edition and makes you eligible for amazing raffle prizes! Readers include: Maggie Estep, Daniel Nester, Amy Benson, Felicia C. Sullivan & Meredith Broussard. Possible guest appearance by Jonathan Ames.

FRIDAY, MAY 7 @ 12PM: Fridays @ Noon, free performances by emerging choreographers.  Today's theme is symbols and metaphors in dances.  Julie Collins shows Offering, a quartet that examines a community. In Lost at Sea, Sasha Soreff presents a moving meditation on life near the ocean. Heather Harrington explores issues of identity in a duet set to music by Quentin Chiappetta. 92nd St. Y.

TUESDAY, MAY 11 @ 7:30PM: Cupcake, the reading series for New York's best women writers. Danyel Smith reads from More Like Wrestling.

THURSDAY, MAY 13 @ 7PM: A reading at Barbes with Clay Mcleod Chapman and Lawrence Krauser followed by a Screening of Craig Macneill's short film "Late Bloomer" based on a Clay Mcleod Chapman short story with music by One Ring Zero. 

FRIDAY, MAY 14 @ 7PM: Fernanda Porto @ Joe's Pub, $15.  Composer-singer-musician-programmer Fernanda Porto was one of the first musicians in Brazil to experiment with electronica and traditional Brazilian music, creating an original blend of samba, bossa nova and drum 'n' bass that was credited with revitalizing Britain's languishing drum 'n' bass scene when her hit single "Sambassim" was released there in 2002. "Fernanda Porto's siren song reinvents samba for the drum 'n' bass generation." -Time Out New York

THURSDAY, MAY 20 @ 9PM: A new exhibition of paintings and mixed-media work by Jes Cannon opens at Bouche Bar, with a concurrent web project at Day14.com. 

ONGOING, WEEKENDS THROUGH JUNE 27: Brooklyn Waterfront Artist's Coalition - Pier Show 12 @ 499 Van Brunt St. Red Hook Pier, Brooklyn.  May 8 - June 27 . Open on weekends from noon to 6pm.