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This weekend: MJ b’day bash, Floyd from The Machine, Pool Parties’ last dip

FRIDAY
8pm: Talk dirty to me: get tips and hints for keeping us your partner hot in the bedroom. bonus: free lube samples! Babeland (Park Slope), free.
9pm: The Machine (honing their Pink Floyd skills for 20+ years) perform a mix of Floyd standards @ Brooklyn Bowl, $15
5pm-3am (thru [...]

This weekend: Free BBQ, free cupcakes, free music, cheap pie

FRIDAY
5-7pm (every fri-sat in august): Yay for free barbeque! the Bell House has a new patio, serves up free burgers + hotdogs. plus: $3 Newcastles and vodka lemonades all night. (via email)
8pm: Rooftop Films: doc. The Last Train Home follows one family during the [...]

This weekend: Peepshows, Sharon Jones, yacht rock and finding a roommate

FRIDAY
7pm: Experimental organist Marco Benevento performs an original score to Roger Corman’s 1960 adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s House of Usher (starring Vincent Price). White Magic sets the tone. Prospect Park bandshell, $3 suggested donation.
8pm: The Playboys of the Western World and White Wedding [...]

This weekend: Cheap cheesecake, Celebrate-BK headliners, Animation Block Party

FRIDAY
Junior’s Cheesecake celebrates 60 years with 60-cent slices of heaven (reg $5.99)
7:30pm: The Swell Season (you remember them from Once) bring their folk-rock stylings to Prospect Park’s Bandshell, $3 sugg donation.
8pm (thru sun): BAM and Rooftop Films present the “Animation Block Party,” showcasing [...]

This weekend: reRun theater, campy gorilla films, Flashdance

FRIDAY
6:30pm: DUMBO gastropub reBar opens reRun, a 60-seat indie-screening room featuring a full bar and gourmet snack counter (popcorn with bacon or duck fat!). $10/screening.
9pm: ‘SUP Magazine issue release party with Hooray for Earth (channeling O.M.D.), Twin Shadow, Regal Degal. Open Svedka bar 9pm [...]

This weekend: Pool Parties!, BBQ Blowout, video game theater

FRIDAY
8pm: Opening night preview and party for The Brick Theater’s “Game Play: a Celebration of Video Game Performance Art”, running thru 7/25. Free.

8pm: Ren and Stimpy writer/director co-creator Bob Camp shares stories and shows some cartoons at Observatory, $5.
8pm (thru Sun): It started [...]

This weekend: (Ben) Franklin St. bar crawl, Contraband Cinema, hot-dog eating!

FRIDAY
Thru 7/8: ‘Contraband Cinema’ series: BAM presents 27 political films that touch on everything from animal rights to political movements (and Rocky IV). Q+A sessions include former Black Panther Party member Kathleen Cleaver. $12.
SATURDAY
Today only, Old Navy solid-colored flip flops are just $1 (coupon).

5-11pm: [...]

This weekend, fests: Northside, Jell-O molds, stinky cheese, Afro punk, more

FRIDAY
Thru Sun: The L magazine’s Northside Festival takes over North Brooklyn: 30+ venues, dozens of galleries,  hundreds of bands. Free-$19.
SATURDAY
Thru Sun: Enjoy a car-free Bedford Ave filled with music, skill-sharing, walking tours, a picnic, more at the Williamsburg Walks street festival.
Thru Sun: 6th annual Afro Punk Fest: bmx, art, [...]

This weekend: Mermaid Parade, BK Salsa launch, Fame under the stars

FRIDAY
Thru 9/12: Exhibition of 50 of Andy Warhol’s late paintings includes artwork from his Last Supper series and his collaborations with Basquiat. Plus, curator Joseph Ketner lecture/q+a Sat 2pm. Brooklyn Museum, $10.
SATURDAY
2, 6pm: King Lou Reed and Queen Laurie Anderson join the procession down Coney’s Surf Ave for the 27th Annual [...]

This weekend: Greenpoint bazaar, Brooklyn Pride, a bee-tanic garden birthday

FRIDAY
Thru 6/13: Governors Island is overrun with tons of artwork and performances for Figment. Rent a free bike to cruise around the island every Friday, or ride your own there with Brooklyn by Bike. Free admission and ferry ride.
8:30pm: Tonight’s “Nerd Nite” (the last one [...]