Where To Get Your Bingo On
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<p>Bowery Poetry Club</p><p>A longstanding favorite on the bingo enthusiast circuit, this <a href="http://www.bowerypoetry.com/#Event/100017">competition-cum-variety show</a> is hosted by over-the-top drag queen Linda Simpson (who also hosts a Saturday night bingo party at <a href="http://lepoissonrouge.com/events/artist/1099">Le Poisson Rouge</a>) and bespectacled comedian Murray Hill. Expect lots of audience participation, scatological humor, and prizes in the vein of VHS pornos. </p><p>Mondays, 7:30pm, free admission and $2 bingo cards, happy hour 7-8pm </p>
<p>Underground Rebel Bingo Club </p><p>After <a href="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/08/a-british-bingo-sensation-looks-for-a-home-in-new-york/">hopping the pond</a> from England last year, the URBC has exploded in popularity and made a semi-permanent home at <a href="http://www.thebellhouseny.com/calendar.php">The Bell House</a>. "You everywhere and nowhere but wherever we are we're playing dirty secret hardcore muthafuckin' Rebel Bingo on the down low," their <a href="http://rebelbingo.inticketing.com/events/142260">website claims</a>. And that pretty much says it all. </p><p>Venue and time sort of a secret, but they'll be at <a href="http://www.thebellhouseny.com/calendar.php">The Bell House</a> this Saturday, 9pm, $5-15 </p>
<p>The Standard Grill</p><p>Every Sunday, the hordes of pretty young things who pack seemingly every square inch of The Standard's real estate take a break from their Boom Boom Rooming and their not eating and whatever else they (or don't) do to play some <a href="http://content.standardculture.com/tagged/bingo">good old-fashioned</a> board games instead. But since this is still The Standard, there's still <a href="http://www.facebook.com/media/set/fbx/?set=a.10150140087423385.324355.98007263384">ridiculous things</a> going on, and fancy-pants prizes like champagne and designer handbags. </p><p>848 Washington St., (212) 645-4100, Sundays, 11pm. $25 per person minimum order </p>
<p>Lips</p><p>For the more flamboyantly inclined, there's also the weekly "<a href="http://lipsnyc.com/lips_shows.html">Bitchy Bingo</a>" night at Midtown gay cabaret Lips, hosted by "The Mean and Bitter Ginger Snapt." Reserve a table for dinner between 7:30 and 8:30, watch the drag queens belt out their Broadway-inspired revues, and let the game begin around 10. A big hit for bachelorette and birthday parties. </p><p>227 E. 56th St., (212) 675-7710, Wednesdays, dinner reservations at 7:30, 8, and 8:30pm, $15 food minimum per person</p>
<p>Play Along At Home</p><p>Can't make it out? That's okay, too! Play along at home with these <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/hipsterbingo">handmade cards</a>. </p>