FRIDAY

8pm: it’s too cold to go to rock-rock-rockaway beach, so get your ramones fix at the observatory with the documentary end of the century: the story of the ramones with filmmakers jim fields, michael gramaglia, and john gramaglia, who stick around for q+a. $8.

9pm: celebrate friday the 13th with the undead at an 80s-themed zombie formal dance at the bell house. $12 adv, $15 door (admission includes a drink ticket).

10pm-1am: sing along with common people! belt out your favorite tunes at the 90s sing-along. legion, free.

SATURDAY
8am-4pm: ikea’s bring a friend day features free breakfast + bogo lunch, $200 gift card giveaways, chair massages, and customized design advice.

3-11pm: dozens of musicians play every single beatles song… on ukulele (!) at the 4th annual beatles complete on ukulele festival. feat. leah siegel, alyson greenfield, the jingle punks orchestra, more. brooklyn bowl, $10 (bring a uke to play at show start, get in free).

5-7pm: swap yourself a new wardrobe while enjoying drink specials at the thrift collective clothes swap. abigail café + wine bar (prospect heights), $15.

6pm-2am: the 12,000 square-foot gowanus ballroom transforms into a multi-staged visual art and performance venue for the gowanus art fair: keeping it small. one-act plays, bands, burlesque, more. $10, free before 7pm.

SUNDAY
7pm: the crappy cinema council watches crappy movies and makes fun of them. this month’s theme: puppets!. public assembly, free.

9pm: djs from the long-running freedom party and the rub face off for an evening of dance party fun at brooklyn bowl, $10-15.

ALL WEEKEND
12:15pm: after breakfast, watch the breakfast club at nitehawk. then get brunch? $11.

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Let's go big blue! Photo via BK Bowl.

OK, you’ve waited this long and what did you really expect? Spend the next 11 months thinking about how you should plan ahead next holiday so you’re not left short on Christmas eve. For that one last person on your list, here’s what you do: grab ‘em after brunch, throw on your preferred blues or greens and head over to Brooklyn Bowl to watch the high-stakes Giants/Jets matchup at 1pm (what the Post Daily News! called “EVE OF DESTRUCTION.”) Your $25 will get you each a two beers (maybe bring a few extra bucks for tip) or an eight piece pack of that famous fried chicken. And you can also bowl for free from 12-2 (with free shoes too)! Drinking + football + throwing a heavy ball at things = a great pre-holiday stress reliever.

FRIDAY

8pm: chanukah teams up with shmaltz brewing and christmas has smuttynose in their corner for the 4th annual chanukah vs. christmas battle royale of beer + burlesque at southpaw. $8 adv, $10 door.

SATURDAY
12-2pm (+12/27-29): score with free bowling and shoe rental at brooklyn bowl.

8, 10pm: celebrate christmas eve with ‘a purely coincidental night of klezmer’ at park slope’s barbes. $10 sug. don.

SUNDAY
newyorkology rounds up the museums, restaurants, clubs, ice rinks, zoos and shows open on christmas day

ALL WEEKEND
11, 3:30pm (last chance): red pandas, otters, meerkats and other animals unwrap holiday ‘presents’ filled with treats for our amusement. prospect park zoo, free with $8 zoo admission.

check out the insane dyker heights christmas light displays in the area between 80th + 86th st and 10th + 13th ave.

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FRIDAY

8pm: enter your secret stuffed mounted beaver collection at the secret science club‘s most bonkers event of the year- the 6th annual carnivorous nights taxidermy contest. bell house, $7.

8pm (+12/10-11, 15-18 @ various times): a charlie brown christmas – live accompanied by a jazz trio performing vince guaraldi’s classic score returns for the fourth year to brooklyn lyceum, $10/person, 4/$30.

10pm: ‘do they know it’s christmas?’ secret formula does, and they’re throwing a xmas pop sing-along and santa con pre-party to prove it. the singing continues with guerilla caroling around the ‘hood after. themed drinks, costume contests, free milk + cookies, more! union hall, $8.

SATURDAY
2-5pm: swap your vegan cookbooks, dvds and other animal rights material at launchpad’s benefit for woodstock farm animal sanctuary, free (rsvp)

12-6pm: the first 300 peeps get a free tote bag filled with swag at the fifth annual handmade holiday craft fair. 3rd ward, free admission.

8pm: toys and tiny instruments – whose gear includes everything from toy pianos to stylophones – play rock shop, $8.

8pm: bruce in the usa (‘the world’s #1 tribute to bruce springsteen and the e street band) are the closest we can get to the boss… and for a lot less. brooklyn bowl, $7.

SUNDAY
7pm: the crappy cinema council watches crappy movies and makes fun of them. we’re sensing that the cringe-inducing star wars holiday special will be a part of this month’s theme: the holidays. public assembly, free.

7pm: honky-tonk harmonies reign at the sweetback sisters‘ christmas sing-along. jalopy, $12 adv, $15 dos.

ALL WEEKEND
authors michael showalter, emma straub, josh ritter, many more give book recommendations, sign and help wrap and bag your purchases at brooklyn’s word holiday open house. bonus: free cider + donuts!

thru 1/9: save up to 90 percent off art and photography books and limited editions, plus get a free art book with purchases over $50 at powerhouse arena’s fire sale.

check out the skint’s 40+ traditional and not-so-traditional things to do this holiday season.

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FRIDAY

7, 11:11pm: ‘these go to eleven’… spinal tap, followed by skype q+a with band members nigel tufnel and derek smalls (christopher guest and harry shearer) at 7pm screening. bam rose cinemas, $12.

8pm: musicians incl. julee cruise, chris butler (the waitresses), mike fornatale (the left banke), more play literal adaptations of the songs from spinal tap. rock shop, $10.

9pm: trixie little and the evil hate monkey bring striptease, magic, circus, singing, and ‘brilliant stupidity’ to southpaw, $10 adv $15 door.

SATURDAY
10am-7pm: 35+ artists open their studios to the public for brooklyn open studios, free

2pm: bring your bestest savory pie to compete in the brooklyn kitchen’s contest/greenpoint soup kitchen fundraiser. $5 to compete or taste and vote.

8pm: filmmaker ronni thomas gives an illustrated lecture on the history of absinthe and other elixirs of fin de siècle paris. (yes, lushes, there will be samples and free absinthe) follwed by a francophile music-filled after party. observatory, $10.

8pm: the shimmering synths of aislyn, genghis hans and shapeless shadow fill union hall, $5

10pm: bamcafe’s new comedy night features adira amram, hari kondabolu, rick younger and rob stern. bamcafe, free.

SUNDAY
7pm: the crappy cinema council watches crappy movies and makes fun of them. this month’s theme: trailers. public assembly, free.

8pm: alt-rock band fishbone play brooklyn bowl, $10 adv, $15 dos

ALL WEEKEND
the zero film festival features films by self-financed filmmakers, art installations, live performances and dancing at the tribeca grand, 54 water st and galapagos. free-$15.

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FRIDAY
various times (thru sun)

7-10pm: join fellow brokelynites at mission dolores for brokelyn’s t-shirt launch party. free to hang, but a $20 t-shirt gets you 2-for-1 beers, plus other 2-for-1 deals when you wear it (robicelli’s cupcakes, drinks at bocca lupo, ropes class at brooklyn borders, more).

9pm (+ sat): fashion, live music, theatre and dance are combined for the 9th annual williamsburg fashion weekend. windmill studios nyc (287 kent ave.), $10.

SATURDAY
11am-1pm: pay what you like for homer fink’s hidden brooklyn heights walking tour.

12-11pm: paper garden records’ ‘multiverse playground‘ combines a music festival with comedy and interactive art. free vitamin water and pbr all day. 104 emerson place (clinton hill), $8.

7pm-midnight: cobble hill csa local roots hosts its first-ever food + music fest: cooking demos, a mozzarella-making lesson and performances by heavens gate, air waves, more. $7.

11pm: drum + bass musician-producer ltj bukem brings the beats to brooklyn bowl, $10 adc, $12 dos.

SUNDAY
9/18 10am-6pm: brooklyn’s been the most literary borough since walt witman settled in brooklyn heights. follow in his footsteps at the annual brooklyn book festival where dozens of authors take part in free lectures + readings.

12-10pm: bikers and body-art aficionados convene at the 25th annual tattoo + motorcycle show @ coney island usa (free). plus, the last freakshow of the season @ 6pm ($10).

5-8pm: $1 from each beer and skee-ball game at skee for md goes to raise funds for the muscular dystrophy association at williamsburg’s full circle bar. raffles, prizes, giveaways, plus free cupcakes from kumquat cupcakery. 318 grand st off havemeyer, free admission.

8pm: ‘under pressure’ queen + david bowie sing-along! themed drinks, costume contest, and a pre-show screening of clips. union hall, $8.

ALL WEEKEND
thru 9/25: most events during ny craft beer week are pricey, but you can still enjoy quality brews for just $3 each at 110 bars across the boroughs with purchase of a $10 passport.

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FRIDAY
8pm

10pm: burlesque gameshow ‘this or that!’ celebrates its 10th anniversary (and final show) with performances, giveaways, more. sideshows by the seashore, $15.

SATURDAY
11am-5pm: purveyor of all things cute fred flare lures crowds with pizza + snowcones for its warehouse sale in greenpoint.

12:30-11:30pm: 23 established and emerging female musicians incl. holly miranda, xylos, mira stroika, and sweet soubrette play the tinderbox music festival. knitting factory, $15 adv, $18 door.

1pm-?: williamsburg diy venue monster island throws a summer block party complete with a dozen bands, open studios, two art installations, a barbecue, djs,more. 128 river street, near nort 3rd, free.

6-10pm: pencil? handlebar? full beard? the fourth annual beard + moustache competition celebrates them all at coney island usa, $15.

8pm: it’s classic album cover band night at brooklyn bowl: cheap trick or treat does live at budokan (cheap trick), the major toms do live at leeds (the who) and believers do hot august night (neil diamond). $5.

SUNDAY
2, 4:30, 7, 9:30pm: bam marks the 10th anniversary of 9/11 with free screenings of woody allen’s manhattan. bam, free.

3, 4pm: a chamber ensemble from the string orchestra of brooklyn commemorates 9/11 with two free concerts: one at 3pm of barber’s adagio of strings at st. ann’s church (brooklyn heights) and the other at 4pm at 85 south oxford space (fort greene) of schumann’s piano quintet, op. 44.

3-6pm: sample wine and snack on food pairings at brooklyn winery’s harvest 2011 preview party. free (rsvp).

ALL WEEKEND
thru 9/25 (various times): ‘amuse bouche: a ny clown theatre festival hors d’oeuvre’ continues at the brick theater. $15.

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