FRIDAY
8, 10pm: celebrate christmas eve with ‘a purely coincidental night of klezmer’ at barbes. $10 sug. donation.
SATURDAY
8pm: live band karaoke contest, free doughnuts, drink specials, more at ‘jewltide‘. southpaw, $10.
8:30pm: brooklyn bowl’s annual jolly bowl is soundtracked by live bands playing tribal tunes. $10. Read the rest of this entry »
FRIDAY
7pm: textile arts center’s kimberly hall discusses the appeal of handmade items, followed by a silent auction for scarves crafted by ‘virgin’ knitters. free wine + cheese! gowanus.
9pm (doors): this month’s dig deeper ‘60s soul party at southpaw features syl johnson (his 1967 ‘different strokes‘ has been sampled by wu-tang clan and others) and the sweet divines. southpaw, $15. Read the rest of this entry »
SATURDAY
10am-5pm: last chance to enjoy the brooklyn flea outdoors this season before it moves indoors to one hanson
1pm: enjoy an hour-long chamber music concert on a floating barge at the foot of the brooklyn bridge. free.
6:30pm: the zero film fest closing party features all flowers in time from tarnation’s jonathan caouette, starring chloë sevigny. plus musical guests school of seven bells, natureboy and a dj set from bear in heaven. bonus: free booze! nutroaster studios, $12 adv/$15 door. Read the rest of this entry »
FRIDAY
thru sat: the annual cmj festival wraps things up. bonus: tips for scoping out the freebies.
thru sat: pitchfork’s answer to cmj, #offline, concludes with titus andronicus, matthew dear, javelin, more. brooklyn bowl, $10.
9pm: the gutter takes its movie series up to eleven with this is spinal tap. $9 admission includes two sly fox beers (stonehenge replicas not included). Read the rest of this entry »
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 Saturday): Puppets Jazz Bar (South Park Slope) is facing the possibility they may have to close their doors. help to keep them open at this two-day fundraiser. no cover, pay what you can. Read the rest of this entry »
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 on Wednesday, but there are still 3 days and 39 singer/songwriters + bands to go at the 4th annual Local Correspondents Music Festival. Park Slope’s Bar4, Free. Read the rest of this entry »
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 Mermaid Parade (free). Stay ’til 6pm to get your minor league baseball fix for a fraction of the cost of the majors at the Brooklyn Cyclones first home game ($8-16). Bonus: fireworks! Read the rest of this entry »
Aquatic animals are the theme for two of this weekend’s offerings (sort of). The New York Aquarium (Surf Ave. at West 8th St.) is having its weekly Donation Friday, when admission is, yes, by donation from 3 p.m. to closing. Or for some Aquatically-themed education of a very different nature (several natures, actually), try out NERD NITE, Friday night at 8:30 at Galapagos Art Space (16 Main St.), where you can take in presentations on Godzilla, Korean pop music and the harp. Read the rest of this entry »
If it’s spring in Brooklyn, there must be an open-studio event somewhere. This weekend there are two: an art crawl in Bushwick, where you’ll see the likes of this elegantly twisted painting from Hannah Mishin (That girl’s on a mission!) along with work presented by 249 other galleries and artists. Open studios are tomorrow and Sunday from noon to 7. Get more info and a downloadable map here. Then there’s the Atlantic Avenue ArtWalk, with loads of artists and deals at 35 area restaurants. From 1 to 6 p.m. tomorrow and Sunday. Read the rest of this entry »
