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Libation at Sullivan Room is a global-soul dance party deejayed by Ian Friday. The soiree’s host, Manchildblack (hmmm…), suggests arriving when the doors open to scope out potential “multiracial, polysexual” hookups at the bar for the first hour (that’s when the two-for-ones go down). Later, it’s all about dancing, or as he puts it: “You won’t get anywhere sitting on the sidelines.”
Sullivan Room, 218 Sullivan St between Bleecker and W 3rd Sts (212-252-2151). Every second and fourth Thursday of the month at 10pm, $10.

Isn’t it hard to meet somebody during a burlesque show? Not during intermission at This Is Burlesque. The complimentary “P.I.N.K. Pastie” shots contain guarana, sure to kick sex drives into high gear (as is the hot bod of TIB star Angie Pontani, Miss Exotic World 2008). And, as Pontani relates, everybody’s type attends: “We had one night where there was a guy celebrating his 80th birthday sitting next to the Strokes.”
Corio, 337 West Broadway at Grand St (212-966-3901). 8pm, $25.

Since 1999, gay party Pop Rocks! has unabashedly embraced the motto “Booze, Boys and Britney.” The midtwenties crowd at this radio-surveying weekly shindig can be found gyrating on the sweaty floor or enjoying $2 well drinks (till 11pm) on Bar 13’s heat-lamp-fortified roof. Wherever you may find them, count on your coguests to be “fun, flirty and cute,” as one single soul puts it.
Bar 13, 35 E 13th St at University Pl (212-979-6677, myspace.com/poprocksnyc). 10pm, free.

“Cheestastic pop music, no matter how cynical or cool you are, just makes you have to dance. Oh, and Bar 13 has an awesome roof deck for conversation, smoking or just cooling off.”
—Benjamin Solomon, seen at Pop Rocks!

“Hipsters, musicians, fans of bluegrass, closet banjo players, girls who want a twirl or two…” No, this isn’t the cast of Deliverance—it’s Dock Oscar’s snapshot of the wide array of people who attend his Kings County Opry—a rotating, old-style country showcase. He recommends eyeing the eclectic bunch between sets, at the front bar or outside—Bloomberg be damned—in the “smoking zone.”
Freddy’s Bar & Backroom, 485 Dean St at Sixth Ave, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn (718-622-7035). Every third Thursday of the month at 8:30pm, free.

—Colin St. John

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