The Weekend Guide | 3-6 August 2017

this just might save your life. or, at least your weekend. it’s hot as hell out there, brooklyn, but all i see is sunshine and opportunity and i’m bringing it all to you, weekly, to help keep you afloat. this weekend will have you take you through a multi-sensory food adventure with strangers while blindfolded, strapping back on those roller skates and jitterbugging around in your leisure suit, going on an artistic stoop crawl in bed stuy, and having secret cocktails at a secret festival with a few hundred of your closest friends. i’ve dropped you a line or two (or let’s be honest, about 1204 lines… i’m long-winded) but come on,  dive in before this ship (and the summertime) set sail.

and also because i’m almost running out of flotation device puns.

#flotationdevicepuns

THURSDAY

Thursday Night International Pop-Up Dinners Present: Madhi Food, at The Diamond, Greenpoint.

the diamond in greenpoint feels like your coolest friend’s house. that one that always has a bunch of amazing beers you’ve never heard of in the fridge and always has their doors open and a big backyard that you can chill in all day, every day. with an antique gondola in it… this week’s international pop-up dinner welcomes madhi food and promises an exotic menu of mexican delicacies that will pair oh-so-perfectly with the beers they have on draft. take a peek out of all the magic that is madhi food’s instagram and then tell me you aren’t hungry. and curious. dinner starts at 7pm, all info here. and no, you don’t have to be mad high to be part of it… (but it would be a lot cooler if you were) #meetmeinthegondola  43 franklin st.

Lust, Brains, and Taste at the Museum of Food and Drink, Williamsburg. 

SoFar Sounds Secret Rooftop Show in Greenpoint.

sofar sounds, a music movement dedicated to bringing the sound back to shows and throwing pop-up concerts in unorthodox settings all over the world, will be bringing the magic to an intimate venue in greenpoint friday night. it’s apparently “date night” so bring whoever you felt up at the MoFaD event above. sign up for tickets here. shows feature 3-4 dynamic artists and they are all byob, so bring a beverage along with the funk. (which of course, you don’t leave home without, right?) 8-11pm, location will be off the greenpoint ave stop. #sofarsogood

FRIDAY

Roller Wave at House of Yes, Bushwick.

disco ain’t dead baby, it’s alive in all of us. set it free friday night at house of yes’s roller wave skate party. from the funky-fresh people of Studio50, it will be a magical evening of roll bouncing, boozing, and boogying. **disco looks required for entry, to get in your getup to get down. tickets, $10 available here. 2 wyckoff ave at house of yes,

Mew plays Music Hall of Williamsburg. 

SATURDAY

5th Annual Stoop Art Crawl in Bed Stuy

Brokelyn Beach Club in Coney Island.

Kairos Market at the Brooklyn Art Library.

kairos market celebrates the makers of our wondrous and boundless town in the best way possible. their markets feel like a festival-market-gallery-party all fell into a cocktail shaker together and poured out into a perfectly balanced and brilliantly colorful drink just for you. showcasing over 15 artists in the bk library, there will be free wine and music and love. all info here.

Alvin W. Hall, Jr: Chromes, an Exhibition at the Bushwick Community Darkroom.

SUNDAY

Secret Summer Festival in Long Island City.

farm-to-table is something i like to get down with, but farm-to-glass sounds so so much better. head to the secret summer festival sunday, the city’s only cocktail festival. this event also brings together food, music, fashion, performances, and a hell of a lot of craftily concocted cocktails. tickets are pricey but this event is going to be dope so find some more monies. all info here, it goes down from 4-10pm.

 

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