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The Blip Festival 2009 takes place at:
The Bell House • http://www.thebellhouseny.com/
149 7th Street
Brooklyn NY US 11215
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There are nightly concerts Thursday, December 17 - Saturday December 19th, as well as workshops, art installations, and film screenings.
All events are ALL AGES.
8bitpeoples
8bitpeoples, based in New York City, is a collective of musicians and artists dedicated to exploring the audiovisual style of low-bit video games and home computers. Championing this aesthetic, 8bitpeoples has become an internationally recognized hub of well-respected creative activity, and has become a driving force in advancing the growing, international chip music scene.
8bitpeoples and its individual members have been featured in Wired, The New York Times, MSNBC.com, Rolling Stone, The Wire, MTV.com, BBC Click, The Los Angeles Times, GameSpot, Nintendo Power, XLR8R, frieze, FuseTV, NPR's The Next Big Thing, de:bug, Austin Museum of Digital Art, and recently appeared in the documentary "8 Bit", which premiered last October at New York's Museum of Modern Art.
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The Tank
The Tank is a non-profit organization, bringing compelling cultural productions to New York City for over four years. With an eye for the offbeat and left-of-center, The Tank, located in Tribeca, has provided New York with rare glimpses into new and unusual movements in art, such as the Bent Festival, an annual event focusing on the subversive practice of circuit-bending. A forerunner to the Blip Festival, the Bent Festival has enjoyed attendance in the thousands, and has been the subject of two feature-length documentaries.
The Tank's adventurous programming has been covered by CNN, the BBC, ABC World News Now, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Associated Press, The Village Voice, and many others.
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New York City consists of 5 boroughs: Manhattan in the middle with other boroughs and New Jersey surrounding it: Bronx above, Queens and Brooklyn to the East, and Staten Island below.
Most of Manhattan follows the grid street system: avenues run north-south (uptown-downtown) with 1st Ave all the way East, and 12th Ave all the way West. 5th Ave divides Manhattan into East and West sides so an address on East 47th street is to the East of 5th Ave. Some unnumbered avenues include Madison, Park, and Lexington on the East side between 3rd and 5th avenues and Avenue of Americas (6th Ave), Central Park West (8th Ave facing west side of Central Park), and Columbus Avenue (9th Ave north of 59th St) Broadway runs diagonally across Manhattan. Streets run east-west (cross-town) and are numbered consecutively, increasing as you go uptown (north) from Houston St. Below 14th St the streets are named so it is best to know the cross-section.
Best way to get around is subway - trains run all day, all night and unless it's really late they run frequently (but do not expect a regular reliable schedule). One-way trip anywhere within subway and bus system is $2, and it might be worth to get a unlimited ride day pass ($7) or a week pass ($24) if you plan on using it a lot (valid for bus rides too.) Subways are safe and convenient, but can get crowded and are quite loud. On weekends some trains don't run or skip stops, so look for information signs on platforms and listen for announcements when on the train.
Instead of taking a hop on/hop off touristy bus you can take one of NYC buses to explore neighborhoods through the window:
- M5 bus will take you from West Village (W Houston St) through Chelsea, Midtown West, Upper West Side through Riverside Park to Grant's Tomb.
- M1 bus starts off in Financial District goes up through East Village, Midtown East, Museum mile (5th Ave by Central Park), and up to Harlem.
Another alternative is taking a cab: hail one of the official yellow ones on any corner. By law they are required to take you where you tell them too, so don't take no for an answer! Pay what's on a meter plus some gratuity except when going to airports (mostly set price.)
Also, view our food recommendations.