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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 »

Don’t recognize this trio? It’s These Are Powers, the group you should see instead of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs this summer. Big-name ticket prices can be out of control, and you can end up sitting a mile from the stage. If the music is all you’re after, there are ways to take in near-name-brand sounds for closer to garage-band prices. Can’t swing Bob Weir, Lil’ Wayne, Depeche Mode or Bob Dylan either? See our other budget band swaps for free and low-cost sound-alikes. 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 »