things i’m doing this weekend… that will include embracing my inner francophile and frozen drinks on rooftops in dangerously imbalanced proportions. allez les bleus!
(read on, and join me.)
THURSDAY
Summer DJ Boombox Residency, Brooklyn Museum, Prospect Heights.
the brooklyn museum brings its summer dj series into a larger-than-life dreamscape as natasha diggs and #soulinthehorn blasts their tunes on tom sach’s giant boomboxes. it’s a dance party and a museum exhibition all in one, so be ambitious here at the start of your weekend. multi task and dance your ass off and pretend that work is just a figment of your imagination. (set your alarm before you arrive, k?) 6-8pm, free. 200 eastern parkway. they call me mister boombastic.
Creative Writing al Fresco, Bryant Park Reading Room, Midtown Manhattan.
because anyone with even the slightest gift of words must use it. for all of the times you have witnessed something like this and been moved, permanently, for the rest of your life. learn how to channel your gift and increase your confidence to be bold enough and wild enough to share, in whatever capacity. and do it in the park among other movers and shakers and hear what they have to say. info here, 7-830pm, free. bryant park.
The Light Years Electrique at the Manhattan Bridge, Dumbo.
part of the year-long exhibition of electrical, mechanical sound pieces avoiding digital, light year presents electrique- a film projected onto the manhattan bridge telling a story through light, color, sound, and experience. all you need is here, free, 9-10pm, in the pearl st triangle by the manhattan bridge. you see what i’m sayin?
Funky Warsaw at The Warsaw, Greenpoint.
what the funk?? $1 well drinks for ladies and $2 beers for dudes. and although that is stereotyping and possibly causing some chic-fil-a-esque friction, I bet you they won’t mind who wants who or who wants what because it’s at the Warsaw- where peace is our treat(y). other than epic drink specials in a very unique setting, thursday night dj bobby j () plays all vinyl- sassy 60s soul, funky funk, power pip, and every other iteration of those genres. hear more here, 10pm, free at 261 driggs st. at the warsaw- where it was raw. (they are debating between the two slogans…)
FRIDAY
129th Annual Giglio Feast, Williamsburg.
if you’ve trying to determine which european heritage outdoor brooklyn festival to attend this weekend (see bastille day, below), let’s just say that this is the greasier, rowdier, guidoier option of the two. with unsafe carnival rides. and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. head to this 129th installment of maybe the most gentrification-resistant happening in north brooklyn, which since its inception has stood for a resistance to conform to cultural changes of new york livin’, which hey we can all jive with. it goes all week, the feast runs july 6-17th, so check the schedule here to decide how you want to giglio. what is a giglio.
Celebrating BIRTH at Weylin B Seymour’s, Williamsburg.
you’ve been dying to get a look inside the former williamsburg savings bank at the base of the williamsburg bridge ever since you realized you had to know someone super rich getting married to get inside. well, now it’s open, just for you. and only you. (and all of your closest friends) tonight’s opening of celebrating BIRTH features an art show and live music, 8pm-1am, free. 173 broadway. seymour butts.
SATURDAY
The Wild Honey is presents Two-Day Beehive at Riis Park
oh beehave. the wild honey pie just killing it all summer with their outdoor music events. this two-day pie special at riis park features all of these artists and you and me. of course. as soon as we beat everyone’s asses in cornhole (scroll down!) noon-7pm, saturday and sunday, free. the wild honey pie– sweet no matter how you slice it.
NYC Whiskey Fried Classic at the BK Expo Center, Greenpoint.
there are two ways to have your whiskey and fried foods this weekend, the down and dirty kind which usually consists of a beer and a shot special and some bodega finds, or i suppose the highbrow way. the brooklyn expo center brings an “upsale backyward party” for all of those times you’ve been in your backyard and thought, “hmm… the only thing we’re missing are some snooties snoots.” $85 gets you 3 hours of unlimited foods, funs, whiskeys and riskies, and the distinct absence of a backyard. tickets, here. choose either 130-4 of 630-9. $85 72 noble st, because nothing sounds more risky than an indoor backyard party.
PS1 Summer Warm-Up, Long Island City.
This LIC summertime party institution also has a permanent residency on my weekend guide, from now through labor day. so i recommend checking the schedule and either choosing based on the tunes or your own availability (this is not a “oh i have a few hours, i’ll check it out” kind of affair. it will take all of your saturday and at least 3/4 of the mental space of your sunday. and it will all be worth it.) tickets here. i’m already heatin’ up.
oh and don’t forget to check out the tent of secrets, located in the back of the arboretum in the sculpture garden.
Cornhole Tourney at Jacob Riis Park, the beach.
remember the good old days when we used to be able to have cornhole tourneys at the brooklyn brewery before the skeeball association got involved and ruined everyone’s fun? well. head out to riis park saturday (bike there!) and get those swingin arms back into action. tourney helps kick off The Push, a new games area of the Riis Park Beach Bazaar and is from 12-6pm. there will be prizes and drinks and tank tops and the good news is, if you lose, you are still at the motherfucking beach.16702 Rockaway Beach Blvd, see you out there, scalawags.
The Hollows Eastyard presents Sound, Williamsburg.
HOLLOW!? ya heard? this progressive outdoor summer performance series focuses this week on the modern headache of performing electronically manipulated music. you know what that means? you get to hear some amazing musicians playing music the way they want to play it in a rad open-air space. and guess who is going to be there- brooklyin i’m tying darling salt cathedral. go, saturday. 2-930pm, late night yoga sesh 8-930, 151 bedford ave, the hollows– where you never leave feeling empty.
John Stamos Bobblehead Night at the Brooklyn Cyclones, Coney Island.
you know you’ve been meaning to head down to a brooklyn cyclones game for a while now and just needed that one extra incentive. it’s happening saturday- it’s john stamos bobblehead night. there will also be some residual fireworks from the 4th, and i think it’s also safe to say they’ve cleaned up the hot dog contest mess, but kept the remainder of the boardwalk quite dirty for some added coney island charm. tickets here, 1904 surf ave. brooklyn cyclones– get twisted, have a ball!™
SUNDAY
Roofpop! at Mccarren Park Hotel, Greenpoint.
you cannot look at that picture and tell me you aren’t going to go to this. sunday, at this little paradise above mccarren park, free pool party. 1-8pm plus special sunset happy hour 5-7pm with $1 oysters, $5 rose, $7 prosecco and a hell of a lot of other deals that you absolutely can’t say no to. dj’s stefonix, brendan, and bianca spinnin it all day. 160 north 12th st. finish the weekend right, or start it up all over again. because time is fucking relative.
The Hustle at Word Books, Greenpoint
mmm it seems that this week’s weekend guide theme, in addition to booziness and bougieness, is jumpstarting your career in professional writing. we look to local bookstore word for inspiration here with their every-other-month series the hustle where writers discuss the art of the hustle- or how the fuck you balance writing with everything else in your life, especially time and the need for feed yourself. this month’s featured authors will be David Tomas Martinez (Hustle), Sassafras Lowrey (Lost Boi), and Kendra Eash. info here, 2pm at word books, 126 franklin st. Wasn’t born hustlers, I was birthing ’em
15th Annual Bastille Day Celebration with Bar Tabac, Fort Greene.
just because US and Canadian independence data are over does not mean that we need to stop celebrating freedom. Bastille day is Sunday and we have the freedom in this country to be shameless Francophiles. celebrate at charming bar tabac in boerum hill and the surrounding city blocks for an all-day festival featuring multiple bocce ball courts, tons of french delicacies, and all the chilled rose and champagne you could ever wish for. plus accordions. and berets. and antoinne griezman. this is one of the biggest bastille celebrations in north america so until we can all head east, meet me there. all info here. noon-6pm, 128 smith st. sunday is not the day to be le tired.
THE EUROCUP FINAL. 3pm. everywhere.
you want france to win, got it? why you may ask? because of this. resitution, my friends. let’s all watch together at one of my favorite places and laugh in his pretty little loser face.
banter bar, williamsburg.
lake st, greenpoint.
berry park, williamsburg.
Pina Colada Day, errrywhere.
we aren’t 18 anymore, but that doesn’t mean we can’t celebrate pina colada day. frozen drinks have matured a bit and made a massive resurgence in Brooklyn and Sunday is going to be hot. cool down at any of these local watering holes that boast about their slushies-
broken land, greenpoint.
105 franklin st.
extra fancy, williamsburg
302 metropolitan ave
beast of bourbon, bed stuy.
710 myrtle ave.
bushwick country club, bushwick.
618 grand st.
glady’s, crown heights
788 franklin ave
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