What’s on the menu this weekend? Only everything you’ve been craving all week. How do I know? Because I know you. And I know you’ve been craving pork buns and beer, bathtub gin, Narragansett with a shark attack on the side, doing drugs on the high seas of the Hudson, and the release of a beer that just don’t care what’s in your pants.
And if you haven’t been craving those things, well, ok. Just do it buffet style then. Try a little of everything and then go back for more of the good stuff.
Your weekend guide is now being served. Dig in.
THURSDAY
Japanese Breakfast, Radiator Hospital, and Long Beard at the Warsaw in Greenpoint
Go. See. Live. Music. And…. Go do it in an old Polish social club that still serves pierogis and the cheapest bud heavies in town. The Warsaw hosts Japanese Breakfast, Radiator Hospital, and Long Beard tonight and you should be going. Tickets are still available for $18 right here. Doors are at 8pm. 261 Driggs Ave.
Broken Spoon Pop-Up Dinner at the Diamond in Greenpoint
Sometimes I feel like my entire life is just one big search for pork buns. and then, sometimes I don’t. regardless I get really fucking happy when I find them, and especially when they roll their little pillowy buns of joy right into the backyard of my favorite spot in Brooklyn, and inevitably pair themselves up with a perfect beer and each finds its way into my hands and then straight down the hatch. YEP, the Diamond’s weekly pop-up dinner welcomes good friend Chef Roos from Broken Spoon and all of the meatballs and buns your greasy little hands can grab and all the beers your saturated little liver can handle. Eat em up, drink em up, beat em up (at shuffleboard) then meet me in the gondola where we will share pork buns and secrets. #porkbunsandsecrets 43 Franklin St.
FRIDAY
Greenpoint Open Studios Launch Party at Java Studios in Greenpoint
Greenpoint is the best neighborhood in the city, and I’m not just saying that because I live here. It’s a fact. Get to know why this weekend when over 400 resident artists in town open the doors of their studios to you. Celebrate the weekend Friday night at the launch party at Java studios with tacos, cocktails, music, dancing, wine, love. All the good things. Free to attend, RSVP here. 7-10pm, 252 Java St.
Prohibition Disco at House Of Yes in Bushwick
Damn it feels good to be bad. To get out there and cause a little mischief, to do something that isn’t allowed. But in a city that welcomes all of your darkest desires with open arms, what can we do to quench this craving to cause trouble? Drink a 32oz fountain drink with a plastic straw?? No. We go to the House of Yes’s Prohibition disco. We drink gin from a bathtub. We gamble all night, on love and on the craps table. We dress up like flappers and whisper sweet nothings into the ears of smooth-talking men. We make bad decisions. It’s all going down from 10pm-4am. Free entry before 11, costumes required. Info here. See you there. 2 Wyckoff Ave at the House of Yes, where they put the sensual in consensual.™
Jaws with a Narragansett at Videology in Williamsburg
What better way to celebrate the opening of the city’s beaches by watching Spielberg’s best saltwater thriller with an ice cold beer New England in your hand and fear in your heart and a little voice in your head repeating “this couldn’t actually happen, not at the Rockaways at least…” Videology will be showing Jaws Friday night and including a ‘gansett with your tickets, so go, if you dare. Tickets, $20 available here. Film starts at 9pm. 308 Bedford Ave.
SATURDAY
Coke Yacht’s Maiden Voyage with RINSED in The Hudson River
Listen, don’t shoot the messenger. Or, you know, pass judgment on the messenger’s extracurricular activities because of an event she’s reporting about. Just come to this party, breathe in that sweet salty air on the Hudson River and inhale anything else you want. Our favorite party group rinsed throws the dopest underground parties in the city, and nothing is more underground than those that are floating on water. In a boat. With your friends and rad djs and an afterparty at Le Bain that we will all commandeer and then sail that ship way way way way way into the sunrise. Tickets, here, but they are going insanely fast I hear. so get yours and let’s set sail, baby. Boat leaves at 7pm, with or without you.
Crown Finish Caves Cheese Pop-Up at the Pixie and the Scout in Cobble Hill
Did you know they’re making cheese in a cave in Crown Heights? Well, if you didn’t, it’s not like you’re surprised right? Within that magical cheese cave they also throw secret concerts and you can win a ticket to the next one and sample some of their amazing cheeses Saturday night. And in doing so, you’ll be helping to fight end gun violence in our country, Go, revel with a cause, eat cheeses, win tickets to secret concerts among the cheeses. Info here. It’s happening from 5:30-7:30pm at 325 Bergen St.
See A Film At Greenwood Cemetery in Sunset Park
Netflix and Chill is meant for people who live in the suburbs and have absolutely no other forms of entertainment around. Not for people who live in the best city in the entire fucking world. Do I seem mad? Because I am mad. Feed your cinematic fetish Saturday night in a graveyard on a blanket with your lover sharing popcorn and secrets because you can. Because you chose to live here. Now be rewarded by choosing to do cool shit. They’ll be showing Damsel (does it matter? No. It doesn’t.) Tickets, $12 are available here and are 25% off with code BUTTERSCOTCH so now you have no more excuses. Film starts at 8 so arrive early.
Paradise at Brooklyn Mirage in Bushwick
If you live in this city you’re naturally a thrill-seeker. You’re never satisfied, you’re always seeking, and you sure as hell don’t sleep. When the city sleeps, you sleep. (or something like that) And on the weekends, that means you’re looking for the best dance party the city has to offer. And that’s why you’re here, right? Trust me when I say that this will be the best party this weekend. Brooklyn Mirage is that dream of a party space in Bushwick and Saturday night they welcome Jamie Jones and friends to spin all night and help you move those hips and sink those ships well into the wee hours. Tickets are $55 and going oh so fast. Get yours here now. 5pm-4:30am, 140 Stewart Ave.
Greenpoint Open Studios this weekend, all over Greenpoint
It’s the best weekend to spend time in the best neighborhood in Brooklyn because over 400 resident artists will be opening the doors of their studios and hearts and creative psyche to you. Come in. Learn. Watch. Drink. Listen. Share. It’s all here for you. Map, events, and info here. It’s happening all day Saturday and Sunday, so get going.
SUNDAY
Brooklyn Pride Party and Gender Neutral Release at Threes Brewing in Gowanus and Greenpoint
In this sex-positive revolution we’re having it’s important to remember that beer isn’t just for the boys anymore. It isn’t just for the girls either. It’s for the trans, queer, lesbian, gays, bisexuals, and it’s for the spirit, the rainbow, the light and the life in all of us. Kick off Pride week at Threes Brewing this Sunday and sip their newest can release Gender Neutral. We’ve come al long way, baby, and there’s still a lot further to go but now let’s celebrate by drinking a progressive beer and then peeing wherever the hell we want. I mean, well you know what I mean. Find it at both Threes locations in Gowanus and Greenpoint. DJs, dancing, food, beers, joy, from 4-9pm. Info here.
Dyeing Demonstration with Molly George in Greenpoint
Getting the Sunday Blues kind of makes me want to dye. Feel the same way? Come to this Indigo Dyeing demo and learn how to turn your dingy whites and all of your dull days into something fresh. It’s party of Greenpoint Open Studios, which you should have been participating in all weekend. Info here.
Greenpoint Open Studios Closing Party at Northern Territory in Greenpoint
Finish your weekend the way you started it at the GOS closing party. Close the doors to over 400 local artists studios and shops but not on your heart. Never on your heart. Go celebrate, commiserate, inebriate. Do it all on a rooftop, at sunset. Info here. 6:30-11pm. 12 Franklin St.
See you out there, Brooklyn.
<3L.
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