Chug for the children
Village Pourhouse, 64 Third Ave.; (212) 979-2337
Kicking off a new holiday tradition, the Village Pourhouse will throw Beer Ball 2007 – a celebration of, well, you can probably guess, at 7 p.m. on Tuesday. Tickets are $50, and they buy samplings of eight different beers including cider malts, stouts, porters and Lambics, all of which will be explained by a beer sommelier. There will also be appetizers and desserts, and some proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to Toys for Tots. Sign up at pourhousenyc.com
Waddup, Ninja?
Ars Nova, 511 W. 54th St.; (212) 868-4444
Being a ninja in the modern age just isn’t easy, or so says Ars Nova’s production of “Happy Sunshine Kung Fu Flower.” The one-night-only play (Thursday at 10 p.m.) details the comedic trials and tribulations of Japanese ninjas hired by the Chinese government to manipulate the American psyche by infiltrating American showbiz, government and media. Is there nothing the world’s evildoers won’t do in their hatred of our freedom? Tickets are $15 at smarttix.com
Putting the ‘i’ in piano
Legacy Recording Studios, 509 W. 38th St.; (212) 473-5330
Since pianos can be a bit cumbersome, avant-garde artist An-Ting Chung simply replaced the big, heavy box of keys with 56 singers, in an a capella symphony called “Inside the 100-foot Piano.” In it, she assigns the 56-notes of Glenn Gould’s version of Bach’s “Goldberg Variations” to specific singers who stand six feet apart circling the audience, thus creating true surround sound. Hear audio from the performance Thursday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., and tickets are $15 ($7 for students).
You ought to be in pictures
Trump Plaza, at 60th Street and Broadway
Tommy Hilfiger and Glamour editor Suze Yalof Schwartz invite NYC women to pitch their specific goals and ambitions for consideration in the magazine’s new documentary series, “Glamour Reel Docs.” Hollywooders TBA will help in producing a film about the three most intriguing candidates as they set out to make their dreams come true. (Glamour’s last film series, “Reel Moments,” attracted participants including Jennifer Aniston, Gwyneth Paltrow and Rosario Dawson.) Tapings are noon to 2 p.m. and 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, and starting tomorrow, written submissions can be filed at glamalert.com/dreamingcontest
A merry metrosexual Christmas
Dunhill, 711 Fifth Ave.; (212) 753-9292
How do you get men to shop? Hold a happy-hour shopping party at Dunhill on Thursday, from 6 to 9 p.m with complimentary scotch, free cigars from Davidoff and complimentary shaves from Truman. But will freeloading attendees actually spring for the upscale British store’s custom-made suits, cuff links and timepieces? That’s where the free booze comes into play. Call to R.S.V.P. by Wednesday.