Saturday, December 6

Gong show Galapagos! The Galapagos Art Space in Dumbo (home to more than upwardly mobile procreative types these days, we hear!) hosts the Gong for Good Show, wherein intoxicated Brooklynites perform slapdash variety acts for the purpose of sending Christmas to an orphanage in Guatemala. “I didn’t want them to have to cut corners with their Christmas fiesta,” said altruistic organizer and Greenpoint denizen Julianne Schrader. “I started doing this as a fund-raiser because I didn’t want to be investing such effort into just throwing a party. I figured, ‘Why not Gong for Good? People seem into it.’” She added that this year’s acts include “a Janis Joplin Tribute Act named Pearl, a hula hoop act, a sketch comedy skit called Santa Baby, a traditional Indian dance and who the hell knows what else we’ll drum up. I’m afraid I’ll have to embarrass myself with some sort of act.” We hear strippers are always a sure hit! Not that we want to know why, but a rule explicitly prohibits liquids onstage. Bummer.

[Gong for Good, Galapagos Art Space, 16 Main Street, Dumbo, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., www.gongforgood.com]

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