skint weekend

saturday
11am: vegans vs carnivores, firemen vs cops + more: great coney island tug of war, beach @ w. 10 st, free >>
11am-6pm: prep your castoffs for score! = massive free swap on the gowanus canal >>
12-4pm: clowns, ragtime, bluegrass, oyster workshops… @ governor's island opening day festival, free >>
2:30pm: tour street art w. 15-mile graffiti ride, starting in brooklyn under williamsburg bridge >>
12-5pm: watch the hair! ‘streets of brooklyn in film’ conference examines boro’s role onscreen. li uni, free >>
1-6pm: see photos of brooklyn when mobster ‘crazy joe’ gallo reigned (’50s-’70s), work gallery, free >>
2pm: open bowling tourney + bbq @ gutter (bk). $20 entry incl. shoes + burger. or buy a pitcher + eat free >>
4pm: roosevelt island music series presents sly, old-timey alex battles and the whisky rebellion, free >>
6pm: mcsweeney’s + smith mag present comedy/music/lit w. todd barry, eugene mirman, amy tan… @ highline, $12 >>
8pm: ‘grease’ skate party @ coney island's dreamland, $10 w. grease attire +$5 skate rental >>
8pm: sam raimi’s dark ages romp ‘army of darkness’ screens @ coney island usa , free popcorn, $5 >>
8:17pm: manhattanhenge’s half-sun on the grid. best viewed from east ends of 14, 23, 34, 42, 57 sts >>

sunday
8am: happy 100th, queensboro bridge! celebrate w. a free walking tour >>
10am-4pm: heady, spicy $3 bites in a mosque parking lot: indonesian food bazaar. 31 ave/48 st, astoria >>
10am-2pm: buy a bike, swap parts, more @ the brooklyn bike jumble flea market, park slope >>
12pm-12am: bang on a can marathon: 12 hrs of ear-bending music w. ryuichi sakamoto + more, wfc, free >>
2pm: boozy baritones, sloshed sopranos: opera on tap is a real party @ highline ballroom, $10 >>
3-7pm: share food, skills, music, clothing, books, other @ really really free market. judson church, free >>
3:30 & 4:30pm: sitelines site-specific dance perf. series kicks off w/ zvidance, governors island, free >>
4:30pm: ny scooter club presents scooter block party. bbq, live music, raffle… scooters! bell house, free >>
5pm: free for all classical concert series presents pianist anne-marie mcdermott. get tix @ 12pm, town hall >>
8:17pm: manhattanhenge part deux: full sun on the grid. best viewed @ east ends of 14, 23, 34, 42, 57 sts >>

+ all weekend
see works in progress by 80+ artists at brooklyn open studio weekend. red hook/carroll gdns, free >>

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