i’ve dreamt up the perfect fall weekend for you brooklyn.
dive in.
THURSDAY
Nicolas Jaar at Brooklyn Steel in Greenpoint.
this third night was added because nicolas jaar is so so damn good, and brooklyn steel is the perfect venue to hear his sound. get tickets NOW before they sell out and go. doors at 8, shows at 9 with opener actress. 319 frost st.
Fears and Beers at the Brooklyn Brewery, Williamsburg.
listen. we were all here for the ebola outbreak that grew from the already disease-infested lanes of the gutter and out into our fair borough. let’s not wait until the next epidemic hits. go drink beers and learn about infectious diseases from the experts at Eco Health Alliance. take sips from other people’s cups. don’t wash your hands after you use the toilette. let’s test the theories presented and make this event… the sickest. $20 gets you unlimited beers and advice on disease prevention, and i’m pretty sure ithey’re going to mention steering clear of public bowling alleys. #getyourbodyoutofthegutter (haha jk i fucking love that place.) info and tickets here, 79 N 11th st.
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. (this is getting weird.) (i’m drinking rose). YEP, the diamond’s weekly pop-up dinner welcomes good friend 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
Kweendom 2nd Anniversary Party at Pete’s Candy Store in Williamsburg.
everyone’s favorite big gay comedy group is celebrating their second birthday this friday and will be taking over the back room at pete’s candy store for a night of gay joke telling, awkward coming out stories, embarrassing hook-up tales and all other gay things that would make mike pence cringe. which, inevitably, means the rest of us will find it wildly entertaining. the celebration goes from 7-9pm and is free, with all donations going towards the montrose center’s hurricane harvey disaster relief efforts. so come, give a little, get a little. all info here, 709 lorimer st at pete’s candy store.
Beach Lovers Photo Show Closing Party at the Picture Farm Gallery in Williamsburg.
everything is exposed in new york, but we tend to let it all go at the beaches where we shed our clothes along with our inhibitions and throw caution into the winds and our bodies into the waves and, consequently, each other. someone has been capturing those rather intimate moments on film over the years, photographer erica reade has been snapping lovers at coney island and the rockaways on film. and i don’t know about you but i spent quite a few days their in the buff sooo things could get interesting. the closing is this friday from 7-10pm so it’s your last chance to get in a little of that summer lovin’. free drinks from tito’s. find yourself there and then try to find yourself, you know… there. captured. 25% of all sales will go to relief efforts in Puerto Rico. 338 wythe ave.
New York Cider Week Kick-Off at Bad Seed Cidery Tasting Room in Prospect Heights.
get to the core of your love for the big apple with this week-long and city-wide festival. friday marks the opening day but the events go through the 29th. your best option tonight is the grand opening of the tasting room for bad seed cidery in prospect heights. their cidery is located upstate, but all 20 ciders will be on tap and only $5 each friday. 1-5pm at 585 franklin ave. check out the full event schedule here and squeeze all of the goodness out of the big apple.
SATURDAY
Bonobos Undie Run in Manhattan.
i get so damn sick of running out of undies in between laundry days. let’s get the upperhand for once and run in our undies instead of out of, at the bonobos undies run this saturday. it’s a multicharity event collaborating with Fuck Cancer to promote men’s cancer awareness and prevention. so come, drop your pants, and take part in this 2-mile run and after party at houston hall. 12-4pm, $20 to run. reserve your spot here. meeting point is at the pier 40 picnic house, 92 hudson river greenway. this is your best #reasontocrosstheriverthisweekend and ALSO your second best #reasontotakeyourpantsoffthisweekend so. get after it.
Smith Street Soup Festival in Boerum Hill.
FINALLY we have an answer to sweet little RG3’s nagging question. HOT SOUP! where they got it?! well mister griffin, it’s down on smith street, this saturday, at the 8th annual smith street soup festival. that’s right. all of your favorite ‘hood restaurants will be serving up the soups you’ve probably never ordered from their restaurants (because who gets the soup?), and they’re guaranteed to give you that warm, cozy thrill that only soup can provide. somehow. 5 tastings for $7, 12 tastings for $15. tickets will be sold at the corners of Bergen, Butler, and Union street, so go get your sip on. all info here, 1-4pm, on smith st.
Gowanus Open Studios, all up in Gowanus.
embark upon a tour of the wonderous and oft-inspiring art studios of gowanus. they are all open to you, brooklyn. saturday and sunday. head to the hub first at trestle gallery and wander from there among 300+ artist studios. noon-6pm, saturday AND sunday! info and maps here and hey if you accidentally find yourself at threes brewing, that’s damn ok too. live music and brews nerry washed down an art exhibit more sweetly. 168 7th st.
NYC Cupcake Run, in Astoria.
there comes a point when we need to just take things as they are. runners and running enthusiasts, let’s get behind (or hey kenyans, in front of!) the new york marathon. baking fanatics, let’s do a little NYC cupcake tour. those who fit both of these descriptions and feel the need to have their cake and run with it too? ya gotta keep ‘em separated. please. come on. just have your run and then dessert, or dessert and then go running. there’s no need for a cupcake run. there isn’t. if you agree, read about it here and roll your eyes along with me. yeah, that’s the only option here. no participating, no more info. no start and end time, no location. that’s it. goodbye. (oh and ps, these rules don’t apply to the aforementioned undie run, because instead of adding some kitschy … to the event, the undie run is actually taking something away from it. which is more than ok by me, especially if it’s of the clothing variety)
SUNDAY
Domingo de Barbacoa at North Brooklyn Farms in Williamsburg.
on saturdays and sundays in mexico, friends and families get together to share and enjoy barbacoa, or seasoned meat wrapped in banana leaves, that has been slowly roasting since the night before in the earth. let’s bring that same spirit to brooklynsunday with a very spirited event from mezcal union and local mexican favorites tacombi and monopolio taqueria. they’ll be serving up barbacoa, beern, and mezcal at the sharing tables in the shadow of the williamsburg bridge and with whatever scent will be coming off the east river wafted in all afternoon. seriously though, this place is magical. there will be music, dancing, barbacoaing and plenty of mezcal. tickets, $60 available here. all proceeds go towards hurricane relief in mexico so go and #revelwithacause brooklyn. 1-4pm, 320 kent ave.
The Wild Rye Rumpus Pig Roast at New York Distilling Company in Williamsburg.
and now for an american version of the event above, heard to wild rye rumpus’s pig roast and rye whiskey celebration. it will mark the end of new york rye week, so get your fill and pair it with a roast and all the fixins by hometown bbq. the pigs were fed rye whiskey mash, so overall i think they’re kind of taking this a little too far, but hey… i bet they’ll taste damn good and maybe make you a little tipsy. tickets and info here, 2-530pm at NY Distilling Company, 79 richardson st.
Giant Pumpkin Weekend at the New York Botanical Garden, in the Bronx.
what is it about fall that makes us all want to immediately embrace every aspect of the season? leather jackets and spiked cider and oversize sweaters and acorn squashes appearing on every menu and talking about going upstate and yeah i mean, i don’t hate it man. get into it and almost upstate at the giant pumpkin weekend at the new york botanical gardens. it’s a fall festival of very large proportions with live music and a seed harvest (grow your own monster!), a trick-or-treat trail and spooky scarecrows. make this less family-friendly by bringing a bota full of wine and getting lost in the garden with your lover. all info here, 11am-6pm sat and sun. 2900 southern blvd,
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