Lucky Peach Magazine had a gallery opening last night at the Bleecker Street Arts Club and Santa was there projectile vomiting into everyone's cup.

I got the best secret Santa gift ever. What did you get?

Dustin Yellin and Pioneer Works had a holiday party over the weekend. I was invited into Mr. Yellin's studio to see up close how he builds his three dimensional glass composite collage paintings.

Gawker had its holiday party last week and these are some of the characters that were actually on our guest list.

Turn that cherry out, turn that cherry out. I want you to, turn that cherry out, turn that cherry out.

'Tis the season to put dying trees (or those that never lived) in your home and cover them with things that sparkle (so they seem more alive?). We want to see your trees! Send us pictures!

Seasick Mama performing at a party hosted by Maker Magazine, F/A/M, and Curious Yellow Design. She is pretty awesome.

io9 and the American Museum of Natural History hosted a special screening of Dark Universe last night. Neil deGrasse Tyson['s voice] lead us on a journey through the ever expanding universe of dark energy, dark matter, red shifts, and all things that make one feel incredibly inconsequential and scared that something much more advanced than ourselves is somewhere out there.

The Paris Review had a party last night celebrating the publication of its winter issue. Their parties are always fun—they have a great office with amazing art on the walls, guests always drink too much, there are books everywhere, but they let people smoke inside and I still smell like cigarettes.

Lorin Stein, the editor of The Paris Review and Sadie Stein, the publication's deputy editor, share a surname but are not related.

Kenmare just East of Elizabeth Street

New York based indie-dance band Estate and Tokyo based band, Liquid Pegasus just released a 3-D gif music video for their single Tendency. The piece was shot by Josh Johnson on a Nimslo, one of the first consumer level three dimensional cameras to hit the market. Each exposure shoots 4 images from slightly different angles across the space of 2 full 35 mm exposures. The end result is pretty cool.

Austin McCormick's Company XIV and The St. At Large have put together a titillating evening of nipple pasties, opera singers, circus performers, jock straps, confetti, and dancers all for the holiday season! Nutcracker Rouge is a Baroque-Burlesque rendition of the traditional ballet that has Balanchine rolling in his grave, and audience members dancing in their pants. The show runs through January 5, 2014, if you are in town you should check it out.

(Image of Supreme Court Justice Ginsberg by Steve Petteway via wikimedia.org)

I went to a hootenanny in Ridgewood, Queens on Monday night and it was great. Noah Block-Harley, Hubby Jenkins, Feral Foster, Jackson Lynch, Blind Boy Paxton, Maggie Carson from Spirit Family Reunion, and Sean McMahon, pictured above, gave incredible performances. Here are a couple of videos and audio tracks from the night.

George Venson is always busy making things.

BUTT Magazine hosted a "night club experiment" at Secret Project Robot on Saturday night to celebrate the publication of its 2014 calendar. These were the four best dressed guests.