Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That’s how the light gets in.
– leonard cohen.
Imperfect and shining. Cracked and resilient. Iridescent and strong. Take this feeling and momentum with you into the weekend, Brooklyn. Be more than you think you are, and always better together.
I’ve made a plan that I promise is all it’s cracked up to be. Come with me, won’t you? Your weekend guide is shining through.
THURSDAY
The Wild Honey Pie’s 7th Birthday Bash at Union Pool, Williamsburg.
so i have a confession to make- i want to be the wild honey pie. despite my generally sweet and definitively unbridled nature, and my tendency to respond quite well to a little heat, cornstarch, and when enveloped warmly in flaky pastry, i still can’t get in there. so, i’ll go to this. where there will be cake and games and performance and high brew coffee will have free coffee and coffee-infused cocktails to equally liven up and generally confuse your desired thursday night high. i’ll agree not to mind if you do. $15 all info here, 7pm-midnight, 484 union ave at union pool- pool me once, no shame in that.™
Sensory Speed Dating, House of Yes, Bushwick.
because it seems now that dating decisions are decided by impulsive reactions based on 5 photos followed by the very few nerve endings in our fingertip as it swipes right. house of yes, as always, offers us a refreshing and edgy alternative to anything in our normal lives. thursday’s events welcomes a more obtrusive yet let judgmental dating option. that you want to do, just close your eyes and stick out your tongue and trust me. it’s sensory dating. rely on none of your senses, just your perception. described in such better ways here. (hint: hold on to the blindfold) $25-30 2 wyckoff ave AT house of YES, there all senses say YES.™
Spanish Oil + Vinegar Tasting at Eastern District, Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
let’s be honest. there is always time for spanish wine because it’s always time for spanish wine. every waking hour. so when then do you make time for spanish olive oil and vinegar? eastern district in NoGreePo has our answer. thursday night, 5-7pm. free tasting of the aformentioned but oft-neglected delicacies. come interested, leave intrigued, then let’s all go get 2-for-1 or 4-for-2 G&T’s at el born to finally satiate or spark our spanish desires. 5-7pm at eastern district, 1053 manhattan ave. 5pm-toda la noche at el born, address. because you were el born this way.™
FRIDAY
Glamdammit presents The Brats, at Gold Sounds in Bushwick.
to live in brooklyn is to live vicariously throughout so many decades of influential music and wish we could forget fashion statements. well let’s just embrace all of them, friday night. our funky fresh favorites at glamdammit! bring us the brats, contemporaries of blondie and the ramones and the new york dolls and kiss, to say the least. jam the fuck out and forget your age and the year and remember, only, the beat. and of course that time is fucking relative. free, all other info here. 11am-4pm, 44 wilson ave. at gold sounds, where silent isn’t golden.™
Salsa Fridays at Subrosa, Meatpacking, Manhattan.
subrosa, literally beneath the rose, which is so everything that this club is and will be as soon as you arrive. just beneath the simple sweetness it exudes. stunning rhythm and subversive beats, and then your intentions will become nothing but hips and sweat and button downs. just go with it. live music, no cover. i’ll cover for you the next day. just DM me and express your need for an alibi. all info here. free every friday in november. 63 gansevoort ave.
Closing Week at Rooftop Reds at the Navy Yard.
this is the last week for open hours at rooftop reds. which, if you haven’t been reading or paying attention or altogether drinking wine at subpar altitudes, you need to be there. the only urban winery in the greatest urban area, and the wines, even without all of this, would speak for themselves. add hammocks and sunsets and ladder golf and corn hole and it all adds up to no excuses. they’ll be open friday 4-9pm, sat 2-10pm. plus there’s a damn goo dsale on wine. all info here, find them at 4th st at the navy yard.
SATURDAY
NY Adventure Club ventures into Jamaica, Queens.
all of new york is always just at our fingertips. even the hidden parts, the ones that seem completely unattainable… you just have to seek them with an open heart and mind. and as chance favors those who are prepared, prepare yourself for this event with (none other) than the ny adventure club. venture to the absolutely breathtaking and aptly spanish-inspired loews valencia wonder theater, in jamaice queens. all info here, 11am-1pm. 16511 jamaica ave.
Night at the Museum, MoMa ps1, Long Island City.
just because the weather is cooling doesn’t mean that we have to stop living and loving (and not necessarily in that order) at moma ps1. they bring us one of many in their nights at the museum series saturday night. wander around the museum, get lost intentionally. become part of the art. let your imagination precede you and recede into the landscapes, the sculptures, the everything of it all. you are it and it is us, if ever. tickets, etc etc etc $15, 8pm-midnight.
The Derbi. at your favorite soccer bar, in brooklyn or madrid.
this is such a classic tale. the team with a lot of heart and no funding who is kicking ass despite all odds, against a behemoth that knows not its own strength nor how to properly use it and its strongest warrior has impeccable hair and eyebrows. suspiciously impeccable… just like every story in sports, right? or something? it’s atletico v real madrid in the motherfucking calderon and once again, both the title for la liga and (at this point) the champions league are so beautifully and viciously within our reach. put your jersey on. meet me at banter bar and lets bleed our hearts our. 245pm, 132 havermeyer st. AUPA ATLETI.
Brew in Motion, Green Space in Long Island City, Queens.
let’s be honest, beer drinking makes us want to move, but it’s usually a slow, sloppy, completely off-beat tribal type of movement. from a tribe we’ve never met. so let’s leave that up to the professionals, eh? saturday’s event (near!) ps1 in LIC brings us contemporary dancers maya orchin, trina mannino, and meghan frederick, and a showcase of everything they are oh-so-much-better-than-we-are-at. but that absulutely doesn not mean we can’t drink beers and very emphaticaly shimmy (link!) our shoulders in solidarity.homebrewed beers from andrew berman, alex dolginko, and matt frederico, plus a special coffee beer collab with bodega coffee. tickets $25, can be purchased here. the show is 430-730 pm at Green Space, 37-24 24th Street.
BROOKLYN BAZAAR, Greenpoint.
mmm do you have any idea how often I get sick of commanding, week after week, that you hit up the brooklyn bazaar? NEVER. I absolutely never get sick of it. Because the bazaar is a beautiful gift, one that keeps giving, and give to it we must. this weekend it invites you to come dance and boogie down all night with diet cig, adult mom, and THICK, and all the other funky magic you’ve ever dreamed of – in the form of foods and games and karaoke and all the best prizes. free entry, right at your fingertips. all other details waiting for you right here. 150 greenpoint ave at the brooklyn bazaar, get weird.™
Elevation at House of Yes, Bushwick.
bring it back to the house of yes saturday night with satori’s monthly installation, elevation. it’s your best chance to make bad decisions this weekend to get there and be bad. it’ll feel so so good. tickets $25-40 purchased here. at house of yes- where they don’t take no for an answer.™
SUNDAY
First Weekend at the Holiday Market, Union Square.
yep. you have plenty of time to do your christmas shopping but man i love snaking around this beautiful and fleeting institution in new york, browsling or buying, living and dying, inser everything else i seem to always say. wy don’t you get a leg up this year? and also decide to embrace the holidays even before indulging yourself in turkey and stuffing and what promises to be unavoidable political discourse. the union square holiday market opens …, hours, this is your second reason to cross the river this weekend (i know, i’ve changed.) (i hate myself.)
Vegan Thanksgiving Pop-Up, Haymakers Corner Store, Williamsburg.
thanksgiving for most people means meats, and to the turducken folks it means a lot of meats. that doesn’t mean that vegans shouldn’t be folded into the fun… come to the vegan thanksgiving shop up saturday to be celebrated and included for your meat misvings this thanksgiving. just as long as your’e giving, right? it’s noon-4pm 176 ainslie st at haymakers corner store, all info here.
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