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| | NIGHTLIFE Black Diamond Drinking  Robert Caplin for The New York Times The lounge and restaurant of the Aspen Social Club, which opened this fall, attempt to recreate the upscale Colorado vibe. Temps are frigid, and — blame the economy! — you just can’t swing the ski house in Gstaad, or even the weekend in Aspen, this year. Seth Kugel has a local solution: hit a couple of atmospheric bars instead, where the pricey chalet vibe will at least simulate high-flying. For a lower-rent winter wonderland — think Bear Mountain instead of the Alps — visit Camp on Smith Street. It’s got “the blazing fireplace, the trophy heads (including one dangerously close to the blazing fireplace), the kayak in the corner, the rough-hewn wooden walls,” he writes, and “you can even order s’mores supplies.” “Antlers and S’Mores, for That Urban Ski Lodge Feel,” by Seth Kugel
MUSIC Your Web Life, Live and OnStage
The folks behind the Web sites where you waste your work day — Stereogum.com and Videogum.com — present their own awards show, the Gummies, tonight at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. The categories include Best Album, Most Overrated Act and Best Movie, but whatever: you’re there for the show. Deerhunter, whom Jon Pareles says has a “hazy aura that enfolds both psychedelia and Sonic Youth,” will perform, alongside the local favorites Violens and Bell. The comedian Max Silvestri hosts. “Major Chords, Massed Harmonies,” by Jon Pareles ART, FILM, NIGHTLIFE Great Leap Forward
Once a month, MoMA stays open late on Monday, and adds a cash bar for your art-viewing pleasure. Tonight there’s extra incentive to stop by: the blogger Allison Reimus, of jumpinginartmuseums.blogspot.com, is organizing a jump in front of the jump-worthy Pipilotti Rist exhibition. Turn up around 6:30, and you’ll still have plenty of time left over for the exhibits and a screening of “The Dark Knight,” part of the museum’s “Contenders” series. For more site-specific video, head to Chelsea Market, where Rooftop Films will be showing selections from the Wholphin collection, like a Michael Cera short and “Nutkin’s Last Stand,” a documentary about the furry face-off between American and British squirrels. Free beer while it lasts. “Jumping for Art,” by Steven McElroy FILM Soul on Ice
A. O. Scott calls “Slap Shot,” a 1977 comedy in which Paul Newman plays a hockey coach, “an underrated and indispensable touchstone in a magnificent career.” It gives Newman an opportunity to indulge his “mean, mischievous and unruly impulses,” all set against a seamy 70s background. Plus, he’s, uh, sex on skates. The film screens tonight only as part of BAM’s mini-retrospective. The Week Ahead — Film, by A.O. Scott SHOPPING Look Down. They Need Gifts Too!
Slowly but surely you’ve ticked off most of the people on your list. Who’s left? The little ones. Ellen Tien has some kid-friendly recommendations, many of which “are handmade, planet-friendly and interactive” — a bamboo racing car, corduroy leggings, blocks, and a rubber space ball. “Childlike Simplicity Makes a Comeback,” by Ellen Tien |
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