So we’ll suffer through the cold for a little longer, says the muskrat. We’ll keep bundling up and hunkering down and drinking hot toddies and keeping each other warm. And we’ll do it together. Because the only way to get through it is to keep moving and breathing and loving and doing all of the amazing things that make us feel alive. I’ve found a handful of those things, and I’ve put them together for you right here, in your Weekend Guide.
Come along now, no time to waste.
THURSDAY
Candle Making Workshop at Keap Candles in South Slope.
Wicked, baby. Wick it. Let’s face it, candles are expensive, but nothing brings warmth and light and love into our humble little shoebox apartments then a candle. Come learn the nearly lost art of candle making and pouring, and light your lover’s fire this Valentine’s Day with a warm, thoughtful gift that says, “Let’s heat things up, baby” that won’t burn a hole in your pocket. If I missed any good puns, please leave them below in the comment box. Info and tickets here, 67 35th st, unit C415 at Keap Candles candlemaking workshop; when you dip I dip we dip.™
And when you’re done, hunker down at Camperdown Elm, just down the street, and relax with a bottle of wine and all of the beautiful creations from Brad Willit’s heart and hands and wax poetic about the days before you knew how to make candles.
Tarot and Beers at Threes Brewing in Gowanus
It’s 2018. Remember when you promised yourself to open your soul up, to tap into the energy and the universe and intentionally and deliberately go in a spiritually intended direction? Ok fine, even if you didn’t, it never hurts to see what’s in the cards for you. Head to Threes Brewing tonight and have your tarot reading done by the lovely Readings by Rebecca and have a few of the best of Brooklyn’s brews. Tarot, 8-11pm.
FRIDAY
Rinsed Under the Influencer Immersive Experience, location TBA
Since the inception of this blog and way before that, in my inception as a wild child in the Brooklyn party scene, Rinsed has and still is the best party group in the borough. See and feel and live their evolution this Friday night with the follow-up to their first debut immersive party experience Dynamic Alpine Sexual. Set to the score of Rinsed’s debut EP, Snakes & Ladders, UTI delves into the lives of the Internet’s most tortured souls. The audience will be immersed in the story as it unfolds through live performance, video, and electronic music. Tickets include a hot beverage and free download of the original score. Get yours here for $15. Location TBA.
Groundhog Day Completely from Memory at Videology in Williamsburg
Groundhog Day is hard to keep up with. Now put 8 performers from Ten Bones Theatre Company on stage blindly to act out the film completely from memory after watching it just once, and requiring that they incorporate lines from the audience and also whatever sound effects are played by the tech booth. Goddamn, that’s hilarious. In the words of Ten Bones, “Love the movie? We got you covered. Never seen it? We got you covered. You think you saw it once and you kind of remember it? You’re probably in the show.” You don’t want to miss this. Tickets, $10 available here (and going fast!) Doors at 7:30pm.308 Bedford Ave.
Dance Lab at X Marks the Loft in Bushwick
Work out all the stresses of the week this Friday at Dance Lab. Move those hips, loosen those lips, sink those ships. This week start class in movement meditation practice of 5Rhythms, followed by ecstatic dance and sound meditation. Tickets, $21.83 available here, 7:30-11pm. 405 Johnson Ave.
PopGun Presents VICEROY, Sammy Bananas and friends at Elsewhere in Bushwick
Then completely lose your mind and body (but please, hang on to your soul) at this weekend’s best dance party at Elsewhere. PopGun Presents VICEROY, Wilki, Griffin Camper & Misawa, Zephyr Ann, Sammy Bananas, and Son of Lee. 10pm-4ish, just be ready to dance all night. Tickets, $15 available here. 599 Johnson Ave.
SATURDAY
Love Injection 3rd Anniversary Dance Party at Magick City in Greenpoint
Get bit by the love bug at Love Injection’s Third Anniversary. Because print is only as dead as we let it be and passion? Passion transcends paper and time and space. Give thanks, give back, and dance fucking hard to Paul Raffaele and Barbie Bertisch as they spin disco, funk, soul and house beats all night. 100% of proceeds go to Love Injection os Revel With A Cause baby. Tickets, $10, available here. 10pm-4am, 37 Box St.
Mermaid Lagoon Variety Show + Benefit at House of Yes, Bushwick
Come get in and under the sea for this variety show and immersive production to benefit the Billion Oyster Project and continue supporting Orca Network in their quest to retire Lolita, the 20-foot-long orca who has lived in an illegal tank at the Miami Seaquarium since 1970. Wear your best wintery-sea-inspired costumes and compete to be the best Ice Mermaid. Tickets, $15 available here. 7-10pm, 2 Wyckoff Ave.
Arctic Atlantis Party with Tedd Patterson and Steve Tek at House of Yes in Bushwick
Stick around or arrive at 10pm for the epic Arctic Atlantis dance party. From the creators themselves, “Dive into the deep and rediscover ATLANTIS, an ancient arctic kingdom submerged in seduction, myth and magic. Dance in your discovery, swim amongst the coral reefs of revelry, bask in wild waters and ride the tides with the fanciest fish, diamond-covered crustaceans, Merkings and Queens and every creature of underwater wonder.” Trust me, you’ll want to be in over your head. Tickets, $15 available here. 10pm-4am, 2 Wyckoff Ave.
SUNDAY
Super Burrito Superbowl Party at the Brooklyn Bazaar in Greenpoint
Super burritos, 50cent wings, a big screen, and not an overwhelming number of die-hard Patriots fans freaking out over every moment of the game. And you know what? Maybe, just maybe they play just a few minutes of the Puppy Bowl to give us all a bit of relief. (I really doubt this will happen, but we can dream.) Drinks flowing all night. Come. Free, register here. 6:30-11:30pm, 150 Greenpoint Ave.
3rd Annual Totally Superb Owl Party at House of Yes in Bushwick
Because everything they do immerses you into it fully and wholly, prepare to send yourself into the end zone, to climb every field goal post, to take the air out of all the naysayers, to dive into the puppy bowl water bowl, and to actually physically become a nacho. Yeah. For a real explanation and to claim your coveted $20 ticket, click here. It’s at happening at House of Yes, 2 Wyckoff Ave.
Indie Shuffle Showcase at Our Wicked Lady in Bushwick
Or to reject the NFL all together and take a proverbial knee against so much of the hypocrisy of this organization, head to Our Wicked Lady in Bushwick for their Sunday Indis Shuffle, with Ryan Egan, Saint Marilyn, and Parrot Dream. It’s $10 and while there won’t be any wings, there will be plenty of tail feathers shakin’ all night. Tickets here, 8:30pm-late. 153 Morgan Ave
See you out there, Brooklyn.
<3L.
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