The Weekend Guide | 8-11 June 2017

fact: the former president of brooklyn made it a point to put a different slogan on every entry and exit point to the borough in an effort to define it, to explain it, to make it into a brand. and well marty, i think you overshot it a bit.

but what does it actually mean? it means that brooklyn has something undefineable. he was trying to put it into words, he was trying to find something that fit all of our eclectic tastes, desires, passions, activities… trying to define the collective we. which inherently is something too unique to put into words. and never is this more evident than in the things we choose to fill our free time with. this weekend’s activities range from a full moon party with resplendent star costumes required, to a down-home pot luck and square dance; from a full breakfast and bocce festival to doing corpse pose on a yoga mat among the dead. a smorgasboard of events as colorful as the borough’s inhabitants.

so brooklyn, i’m trying, too… not to define you, but to ignite you, to excite you, to move you. let this be your entry. get in here. come on, get in.

(get in.)

THURSDAY

Drumline Party and Concert with Los Cumpleaños and FogoAzul play Under the Archway in Dumbo

under the archway of the brooklyn bridge is where the magic happens, in my opinion. this historically magestic space is acoustically nearly perfect and feels like a secret club you and your pals formed when you were kids. plus, like, a bunch of other really cool kids too. tonight’s performance brought to you by live at the archway promises to get your hearts racin’ and your feets chasin’ after them beats. the brazilian all-female drumline fogoazul kicks things off at pearl st and then marches toward the archway in a grand procession with los cumpleaños, a colombian salsa and caribeño band with a psychadelic new-wave edge. this is everything you’ve ever wanted a thursday night to be. trust me. show goes from 6-9pm, all info here. it happens under the archway.

Bao International DInner Night at the Diamond, Greenpoint. 

FRIDAY

A Taste of the Brooklyn Americana Music Festival under the Brooklyn Bridge in Dumbo.

I rode up on the americana festival last year on a bike ride to red hook and was pulled in by the beauty and cultural authenticity of the sound. the beautiful storytelling and folksy charm brought me right back to the old dominion, and the backdrop of the entire manhattan skyline was like, pretty cool too and stuff. the festival isn’t until summer’s end even saying that gives me a fright), but you get a little taste this weekend. five hours, five bands, and it’s all free. schedule and info here, it takes place in dumbo, under the archway of the brooklyn bridge.

The Unit J Music Experience at Northside Festival, Bushwick. 

SATURDAY

The BreakFestival, a festival for breakfast! in Industry City.

Industry City Courtyard Films present Trapped: Uncanny Short Films.

The Beer and Taco Get Down in Long Island City.

Summer of Love Festival at the Onderdonk House with House of Yes, in Bushwick (ok so technically it’s ridgewood, just three blocks from House of Yes!).

SUNDAY

Free Yoga at the Evergreen Cemetery in Bushwick.

sweat out the demons of your hangover among the spirits of the evergreen cemetery sunday with free yoga. feel grounded and connected and at least alive in comparison… which is more than i can say about how i feel around 10am on most sundays. all info here, 10am-1115am. at yoga in the cemetery – gives a whole new meaning to savasana™

 

NY Transit Museum Party on Wheels, in Downtown Brooklyn.

the transit museum is one of the greatest gems of this city. they celebrate this sunday with a party on wheels, giving you the chance to experience and interact with one of the most pervasive and historic aspects of our city, the public transportation system! and there will be birthday cake! and face painting! and a chance to ride on a 100-year old vintage train from the museum platform to hoyt-scherm and BACK (or back in time, you don’t know man. you really don’t.) all info here, it’s 9-11am. which is damn early. (but not for the past. it’s real late for the past). be part of history at the ny transit museum, at the corner of boerum place and schmermermermerhorn.

 

The Music of James Bond at Django at the Roxy, Tribeca.

here it is, your only reason to cross the river this weekend. there is something so captivating about the django. the cave-like subterranean jazz lounge beneath the roxy hotel has an intimate, sexual, and slightly dangerous vibe. thus it is the absolute perfect setting for shaken not stirred: the music of james bond concert and caberet. come and get lost in a performance from another era through the musings of broadway’s natalie p. johnson and pj griffith, accompanied by performances by amy gordon and the romanovas. then, maybe, get lost in the eyes, lips, and arms of a dangerous lover. tickets, $30 available here. show is 8-10pm. 2 6th ave, the django at the roxy.

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