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The Weekend Guide | 5-8 July 2018

It’s summer in the city and I’ve found all the hottest ways to embrace it right here in your weekend guide. Spread love, make love, shake it up, dance all night. I’ll show you how.

 

Let’s do this.

 

 

THURSDAY

ramen railroad

Ramen Railroad Pop-Up at the Diamond in Greenpoint

There have been a lot of soupy spots trying to noodle their way into the Greenpoint food scene recently and only one who has made a very noticeable disappearance. Ramen Railroad has left it’s station at Budin (just before Budin somehow left its own station…) and is now popping up effervescently at Greenpoint’s favorite beer bar. Come have a bowl at the Diamond tonight from 7pm-until they run out of stock. Meet me there, let’s have a beer and share noodles and secrets in the gondola. Info here, 43 Franklin St. 

 

 

sex trivia

Sex Trivia at Starr Bar in Bushwick

Having sex is easy. Asking questions about sex? Not as easy. VagEsteem and Miss Vixen will make it all much easier for you this Thursday at Sex Trivia. Test your knowledge, learn some new tricks, make eyes at a stranger and silently agree to do bad things to each other after the event, win prizes (read: sex toys) and learn to use them on yourself and others. It’s competitive foreplay in public with strangers and you want to be there. Teams of 2-8 people, depends on how you like it. Come alone or with a group. Wear underwear or don’t. Tell the group about it as soon as you sit down. Trivia starts at 6pm. Info here, 214 Starr St.

 

 

 

FRIDAY

dfa summer hot dog

DFA Summer Hot Dog at Elsewhere in Bushwick

This is not a hot dog, it’s a dance party. Its a summer dance party thrown by DFA records so it’s much much better than a hot dog. Dj sets by Tim Hoey (Cut Copy), Holy Ghost!, Nancy Whang and Juan Maclean will keep your buns on the dance floor, all night, on a rooftop in Bushwick. Tickets, $20 available here. Doors at 5pm. 599 Johnson Ave. It’s ok, you can get a hot dog beforehand.

 

 

 

 

FRANCE vs URUGUAY

Do french things. Start at 10am. Here, use my crepe recipe. Make crepes. Make love. Wear a raspberry beret and because it will be warm, don’t wear much more. Then watch my World Cup pick (fuck you Russia) kick some ass at 10am. At home, or put pants on and go to one of these very fine establishments. Allez Le Bleu!

 

 

the lot radion presents patrick higgins

The Lot Radio + Other People present Patrick Higgins at the San Damiano Mission in Williamsburg

Nicholas Jaar’s record label Other People teams with The Lot to bring you the magic sounds of Patrick Higgins, an avant-garde composer, into the approachably-holy walls of the San Damiano Mission in Williamsburg. You’ve been meaning to go to confession anyway, so consider this a really awesome way to multitask. His sound has been described as “post apocalyptic but builds to a very intimate and introspective emotional finish,” which sounds so so much better than what you’ve likely been filling your ears with this week. Tickets, $15 available here. ($20 at the door). Doors at 8, show at 9pm. 85 N 15th St.

 

 

Friday Night Fireworks at Coney Island

You don’t have to reserve your love of pyrotechnics and American things for just one day a year. Head to Coney Island this Friday and every Friday home game to celebrate baseball, hot dogs, beers, and a damn good fireworks show at the end of the game. Swing by the Coney Island Brewery first and have a pregame pint. Tickets available here. Games are at MCU Park, the brewery is at 1904 Surf Ave.

 

 

 

SATURDAY

Beauty Fire Sale at the New Women Space in Bushwick

Instead of feeling sad and helpless regarding the situation in our country right now, do something beautiful to help. The city’s best beauty editors have teamed up to clean out their beauty closets for a good cause. Come browse exclusive sales and products you can’t find anywhere else. It’s $15 suggested donation to attend, all proceeds going to RAICES Family Reunification Bond Fund so go, #revelwithacause. Plus, there will be flash tattoos, reiki, tarot. 10:30am-3:30pm. Info here. 188 Woodpoint Rd.

 

 

dear summer bbq

Dear Summer BBQ at the Well in Bushwick

Dear Summer, don’t ever leave us. The best way to make it stay is to embrace the heat, the life, the love at events like this one at the Well. It’s their 9th Annual Dear Summer Barbecue and that means a day-to-night party with FREE food, amazing djs, drinks, and yes plenty of indoor space when you need to cool down and boogie down in the ac. Party starts at 2pm, free food will happen at 6pm. Tickets start at $5 so get yours here now. 272 Meserole St.

 

 

dali burlesque

The Persistence of Nudity: A Tribute to Salvador Dali Burlesque, in Coney Island

Because we live in Brooklyn, our perception of attraction and seduction are peppered with an edge. We like our sex to be accompanied by strangers and costumes, our art to be immersive and interpretive, and our nighttime activities to be clandestine, persistent, and memorable. Just like fucking Salvadore Dali (you choose if that fucking was used an active verb or adjective…) His paintings are interpretive, addictive, sensual and subversive. and Burlesque at the Beach brings you a multi-sensory experiential tribute to his work that will open up all the corporal drawers of your subconscious to leave you breathless and misplaced, for the first time, again. It all happens Saturday night, 1208 surf ave, tickets $15 right here. “Take me, I am the drug. Take me, I am hallucinogenic.” – the man. (you don’t have to tell me twice)

 

 

cityfox experience at brooklyn mirage

The Cityfox Experience at the Brooklyn Mirage in Bushwick

If you haven’t been to the Brooklyn Mirage, this is the night to do it. And if you have, well, then you get it. This amazing venue hosts their second of three Cityfox parties, welcoming Andhim, H. O. S. H., Rodriguez Jr and more all into the magic space so you and all your friends can dance all night and feel alive. Tickets, $45, available here. 5pm-4:30am, 140 Stewart Ave.

 

 

 

SUNDAY

daft brunch at the mirage

Daft Brunch at the Brooklyn Mirage in Bushwick

Find a way to sneakily sleep at the Mirage and wake up for Daft Brunch. Or, you know, just come back on Sunday. Chase your hangover away and feel like Daft Punk is playing at your house, your house. Brunch, dance party, AND a swap & shop sustainable fashion market. Bring your old duds. Get in someone else’s pants. Feel good about it. Make them feel good about it too. We’re all helping to save the world together. The event is free. 11am-6pm. Info here. 140 Stewart Ave.

 

 

our wicked lady third birthday party

Our Wicked Lady’s Third Birthday Party in Bushwick

It’s weird when you’re invited to someone’s kid’s 3rd birthday. Come to a much cooler 3rd birthday party and celebrate one of the best venues in town’s anniversary with a badass rooftop party. Get a permanent tattoo. Drink frozen drinks. Dance all night. Get half off your entire check (by closing it with the Cinch app). Keep the spirit of this amazing space alive for many years to come. Info here. 153 Morgan Ave.

 

 

Keep keeping it real, Brooklyn.

<3L.

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