I spend hours every week looking for the best and the brightest weekend events (Friday through Sunday). I make a list of all the things I’d like to do but probably won’t get around to. In addition to film, art, theater, shopping and music events I try to list other interesting non-categorizable happenings like this weekend’s Gatsby-style lawn party on Governor’s Island. To see the full list click on read more…
Gatsby-style lawn party on Governor’s Island
Saturday and Sunday (July 17 & 18): Charleston lessons, picnicing, vintage hat shopping, bake sales and rumble seat riding on Governors Island. The ferry departs at Battery Maritime Bldg., slip 7. Tickets ($7) online at brownpapertickets.com.
Siren Music Festival in Coney Island
Saturday, July 17, noon-9PM: The Village Voice presents the Siren Music Festival. Set against the backdrop of Coney Island, an area historically known for amusing the zillion this free, all ages, all day music festival showcases renowned and emerging artists on two outdoor stages. This year’s bands include: Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Matt & Kim, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Holy Fuck, Night Marchers and MORE.
Film
Inception, I Am Love, Cyrus, The Girl Who Played with Fire at Brooklyn Academy of Music; Despicable Me, Toy Story 3 in Digital 3D at Park Slope’s only movie theater.
Also at BAM: Cary Grant 2: A film festival of one of Hollywood’s most debonair leading men.
Theater
Piper Theater in Washington Park. Friday and Saturday at 8:30PM: Nocturnes; Saturday and Sunday at 8:30 PM: The Book of Liz by David and Amy Sedaris.
Art
Summer Group Show at Muriel Guepin Gallery in Cobble Hill. Her motto: “Affordable art near you.”
Belly Dancing
Saturday, July 17 at 2PM: Unveiled belly dancing showcase at the Bell House
Music
Sunday, July 18 5PM until 10PM: listening to scratchy 78 RPM records at the Bell House
More to come…
Thanks for writing in. Governor’s Island is the new go-to destination from what I hear.
I’m glad that there’s so much to do here in Brooklyn. I’ve been looking for things to do and places to go, pretty much ran out of romantic ideas,but this blog pretty much helped me. I am definitely going to see Despicable Me with my fiance. We are big kids at heart. Governors Island is a perfect place to go bike riding and over all a nice and beautiful historic Island too.