Monkey: Journey to the West

A fitting way to open Manchester's first-ever international festival, "Monkey: Journey to the West" is Damon Albarn's and Jamie Hewlett's (co-creators of Gorillaz) stage adaptation of an ancient Chinese legend . Dubbed a "circus opera" complete with 45 Chinese acrobats and Shaolin monks (some strung from wires), it's very likely to be an entertaining and amusing collaboration between these British producer/artists and their Chinese counterparts. …

Flavorpill’s One Step Beyond Party

Tonight the American Museum of Natural History is home to a party hosted by Flavorpill. The second night in their One Step Beyond series, the event takes place in the Rose Center for Earth and Space from 9pm-1am. There will live performances by Hess is More and Brooklyn-based Foreign Islands as well as DJs Devlin and Darko of Spank Rock fame, Aaron Lacrate of Milkcrate …

The Creators Series: Ticket Giveaway

Tomorrow Unlimited presents the first annual Creators Series, a multidisciplinary conference that highlights emerging creative cultures and social change through discussion panels, musical events and a free art exhibition. The series will be held over successive weekends starting in New York and ending in Los Angeles. Bringing together some Cool Hunting favorites, the Social Interfaces Panel of the series will investigate new platforms of creative …