Get Your Party On At These Inaugration Bashes

Today's the big day, and New Yorkers are celebrating in style. From low-key bar parties to huge post-inaugural bashes, there's an event for anyone ready in this historical event.

EVENT DETAILS AND VIDEO AFTER THE JUMP...

Time Out Inaugural Party at Thom Bar
Change is here -- have a beer! Join Time Out New York for a special Inauguration Day party at Thom Bar at Sixty Thompson Hotel in Soho. We'll be throwing back $5-$8 happy hour specialty cocktails, wine and beer until 10pm, with music spun by DJ Akalepse. No cover / must be 21+.

Harlem Inauguration Screenings
The inaugural festivities officially begin at 10am; the Schomburg Center turns on its TVs at 11:30am for the swearing-in ceremony. (The lineup includes performances by Yo-Yo Ma, Aretha Franklin and poet Elizabeth Alexander.) Another uptown option: East Harlem’s La Fonda Boricua dishes up tasty Puerto Rican fare and DJ tunes. (Oh, like you wouldn’t just love to hear a reggaetón cover of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”)
- FREE Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Blvd (Lenox Ave) at 135th St (212-491-2200). Tue 20 at 11am.
- FREE La Fonda Boricua Lounge Bar & Restaurant, 172 E 106th St between Lexington and Third Aves (212-410-7292). Tue 20 at 11am.

Even More Screenings!
City Hall is booked out (more than 2,000 people beat ya to it), so Trinity Church, York College and BAM Rose Cinemas are all opening their doors for live broadcasts. Space is limited.
- FREE Trinity Wall Street, 89 Broadway at Wall St (212-602-0800). Tue 20 at 11:30am.
- FREE York College, 94-20 Guy R. Brewer Blvd between Archer and Liberty Aves, Jamaica, Queens (718-262-3750). Tue 20 at 11am.
- FREE BAM Rose Cinemas, 30 Lafayette Ave between Ashland Pl and St. Felix St, Fort Greene, Brooklyn (718-636-4100). Tue 20 at 11am.

Brooklyn Inaugural Ball: A Benefit for P.S. 261
When the Bell House hosted a party on November 4, 2008, lines wrapped around the block. Here’s hoping we can grab some space at this big O lovefest, featuring a performance by Karen Gibson Roc and a rebroadcasting of the inaugural speech.
The Bell House, 149 7th St between Second and Third Aves, Gowanus, Brooklyn (718-643-6510). Tue 20 7–11pm, $75.

Goodbye Bush Bash
Before heading to Times Square to celebrate the end of Georgie’s reign, hit up this gig, organized via Facebook by students Ian Cioffi and Jon Russo. Perks include Bush-themed drink specials (might we suggest a Whiskey Sour Economy?) and a wall of Bush’s dumbest quotes. Around 10pm, organizers will take the party to Times Square for dancing in the streets.
- FREE Latitude Bar & Grill, 783 Eighth Ave between 47th and 48th Sts (212-245-3034). Tue 20 at 6pm.

Inaugural Ball at Smack Mellon
Join the art crowd for this giddy affair, replete with a buh-bye speech by “Dick Cheney,” performances by Nora York and DJ $mall ¢hange, eats courtesy of Red Hook ball-field vendors and gobs of Obama-themed art.
Smack Mellon, 92 Plymouth St at Washington St, Dumbo, Brooklyn (718-834-8761). Tue 20 7pm–midnight, $20–$25.

The Huffington Post in Residence: The Year Ahead with Arianna Huffington and Bloggers
From The Huffington Post Media star Arianna Huffington and guest Huffers Nora Ephron, Erica Jong, Barbara Ehrenreich, Trey Ellis, and Iraq and Afghanistan Veteran’s Association executive director Paul Rieckhoff discuss and forecast all things socio-political for the new administration.
92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave at 92nd St (212-415-5500, 92y.org). Wed 21 at 8pm, $27.