skint weekend

saturday
starts today: gov island free ferry service to bklyn (fulton ferry landing, base of bklyn bridge) >>
10am-6pm: housing works st fair. 1,000s of books, movies, cds for $1. clothing by the bag. crosby/prince >>
opens today, 10am-8pm: finally, miniature golf in bushwick! the putting lot, wyckoff/jefferson. $3-5 >>
3pm: francis ford coppola discusses his new, not-quite-autobiographical film ‘tetro’ @ apple soho, free >>
4pm: ‘mod 1960s dance party of epic proportions.’ learn the monkey, the swim... @ roosevelt isl., free >>
5:30pm: doc of dearly-departed resto ‘florent: queen of the meat market’ previews @ sva theater, $14 >>
6-9pm: hapa kitchen bbq: tamarack hollow pork + treats truck + djs @ gowanus’ bklyn yard, free (food $7) >>
7:30: queer filmmaker rosa von praunheim shows clips from his 70+ works, 'talks dirty.' anthology, $5-8 >>
7:30pm: cat power-esque holly miranda plays bell house, $12 >>
8pm: screening of space western serenity + dr. horrible's sing-along blog, loc. w. rsvp, $10 >>
8:30pm: faster, pussycat! sing! sing! attack of the b-movie cabaret. don't tell mama, $12 + 2 drink min. >>
9pm: floating kabarette = aerialists, djs, burlesque, variety @ galapagos, free >>
10pm: found footage fest’s bad movie night: ’80s sex romp ‘computer beach party,’ $10. terrible! >>
10pm: ‘mystery, history, murder + money’ bike tour. meet @ manhattan side of bklyn bridge, free >>
10pm: warhol + the cure + goldfrapp = celebrity art party shindig w. dj ray velasquez @ lpr, free >>
12am: ‘the great muppet caper’: john cleese. orson welles. baseball diamond. epic. @ sunshine, $9.99 >>

sunday
9am-1pm: tour de brooklyn = 23-mile bike ride through the borough, free >>
10am-6pm: party (+ eat!) @ philippine independence day festival. madison bet. 24/26 sts >>
11am-3pm: all-you-can-eat paella (+ rioja) @ paella parade cook-off, south st seaport, $25 (worth it) >>
11am-5pm: russian heritage fest: food, performances, food, dancing, food. brighton beach, free >>
11am: st patrick’s old cathedral turns 200: 19-c. parade, festival on mulberry st @ prince, free >>
12pm: gift bags, eats/drinks, pix w. the vulva mascot: brooklyn babeland turns 1 >>
2pm: how hitchcock, berkeley, others have abstracted nyc on film. mcny, free w. $6-12 admission >>
5pm: sign up for a ‘sonic excursion thru nyc’ at soundwalk-a-thon from issue project room >>
6-9pm: pros teach you to salsa, cha-cha and bachata @ let's dance, pier 1 at 70th st, free >>
8pm: byo music and signature dance move to teach everyone @ hi christina, wmsbg, $5 >>
9:30pm: john hodgeman reads 700 mole-man names. to music. of course he does. union hall, $10 >>
dark pm: full moon rides on the coney island cyclone. vampires + werewolves get $2 off >>

+ all weekend
50+ exhibits and events make up the atlantic avenue artwalk extravaganza >>
11am-5pm: dorothy parker society’s 11th annual parkerfest + roaring ’20s jazz lawn party @ gov's island >>
11am-6pm: museum of comic + cartoon art fest. screenings! indie presses! 69 reg. armory, $10-15 >>
11am-7pm: browse 300+ indie vendors at brooklyn renegade craft fair. mccarren park, free >>
11am-7pm: massive industrial furniture sale (cheap) from invisible dog factory, cobble hill >>
12pm-about 8pm: bam’s open-air souk marketplace. food, music, crafts from 150+ merchants >>
12-8pm: v is for vintage popup: 50% off ysl, dior, chanel, more, + home goods. free cocktails! soho >>
1-5pm: edible manhattan event: taste rick’s picks pickles + wine cellar sorbets + more @ conran shop >>

(more skint friday listings below)

around town today
free bike fridays start on governor's island: borrow a bike + explore (thru 10/9) >>
thru 6/6: two days of art, music + food on the hook: red hook waterfront arts festival >>
thru 6/7: art, music, film... bushwick open studios + arts festival, free >>
thru 6/14: see 114 works (‘pig hunt,’ ‘boule d’or’) screen at the brooklyn international film fest >>
thru 7/4: cheer up! the anti-depressant festival @ brick theater. w. clowns. opening night free, others $15 >>
after 3pm, pay what you wish every friday @ ny aquarium in coney island >>
5:30-8:30pm: free bronx seaside trolley to bartow-pell mansion (live music) + city island (seafood). pelham bay stn, $5 >>
7pm: dr morbius + sinister invisible force = ‘forbidden planet’ @ nys for ethical culture, $5 sugg don >>
7:30pm: unemployed? bklyn rep opera $5 tix to verdi's 'masked ball,' reg $20. lyceum (slope), also 6/7, 12 >>
8pm: ‘lucky star’ skate party @ coney’s dreamland. wear madonnattire for discount, $12 + $5 skates >>
8pm: ‘the crow’ @ coney island usa , w. free popcorn. $5 >>
8:15pm: outdoor french film fest: 54 countries shot from the air = ‘home,’ central park (cedar hill), free >>
9pm: why do we scream at each other? it’s the prince sing-along @ legion, wmsbg, free >>
9pm: rockabilly burlesque + prom @ hell gate social (astoria), $5 >>
9pm: lee fields + the expressions (daptone) cd event w. a who’s who of neo-funkster, southpaw, $15 >>
9:30pm: jean cocteau's 'blood of a poet,' introduced by poet max blagg @ rubin museum, free w. $7 bar >>
10:30pm: let your bun down at dance dance library revolution. enids (greenpt), free >>
11pm: eli ‘paperboy’ reed + friends spin funksoul @ bell house, free >>

coming up
6/8 8pm: david byrne in prospect park for just $3 >>

sales, deals, freebies
it's national doughnut day! free do(ugh)nut @ dunkin’ donuts w. any drink purchase >>
12-8pm: v is for vintage popup: 50% off ysl, dior, chanel, more, + home goods. free cocktails! soho >>
ends sunday: trade in your old shaving cream for kiehl's ultimate @ their e-v shop >>
ends 6/6: 3-for-2 sale on sandals at target >>
buy one get one 1/2 off everything at payless (whose summer canvas kicks are spiffy this year) >>
free download: lee fields + the expressions 'ladies,' 'my world,' 'love comes + goes' >>
elvis costello's 'best of the first 10 years.' 22 songs ('alison', 'radio, radio', more) for only $5 >>

around town today
6/4, 11, 18, 25 5-6pm: metromix buys free booze on the hudson terrace (rsvp by 3pm) >>
6pm: nick yulman/bone conductor mechanical score silent features (meliès, maya deren) smack mellon, $5 >>
6pm: rsvp to raise a (free) glass to newish idea-drenched arts journal input. 1st/bowery >>
6:30pm: more free willy: shipwreck romance ‘the tempest’ previews in riverside park, 89/riv dr, $0 >>
7pm: free preview of sam mendes’ ‘away we go.’ email awaywego@thelmagazine.com >>
7pm: susie boyt reads from her obsessed-with-judy memoir 'my judy garland life' @ b+n tribeca, free >>
every thurs in june, 7pm: free outdoor yoga classes in marcus garvey park (harlem) from yoga bliss yoga >>
7pm: lucille ball is 1974’s ‘mame,’ but we’re going for boozy bea arthur (rip). chelsea classics, $7.50 >>
7pm: guillermo del toro + chuck hogan’s ‘the strain’ is on sale today. they’re at b+n union sq, free >>
7pm: charles leerhsen, ‘crazy good: the true story of dan patch, the most famous horse…’ bookcourt, free >>
8pm: british, catchy, cute as a button – jack penate @ pianos, $10 >>
8:15pm: faster, pussycat! sing! sing! attack of the b-movie cabaret. don't tell mama, $12 + 2 drink min. >>
9pm: welcome celeb blog musictoob with a drinky bash @ anchor (wv), free w. rsvp >>

coming up
6/5: it's national doughnut day! free do(ugh)nut @ dunkin’ donuts w. any drink purchase >>
6/5 6am: rise ’n shine for john legend @ gma’s concert series. rumsey playfield, free >>
6/11-13: buy a $20 access bracelet, get discounts all over soho (h+m, tretorn, vosges, etc.) >>

sales, deals, freebies
5-7pm weekdays: $5 munch menu (duck eggs, cheese curds) @ joedoe, munch + drink = $3 >>
ends today: win a $1,200 dinner for 2 to 6/8 citymeals fundraiser from seriouseats.com >>
6/5-7 12-8pm: v is for vintage popup: 50% off ysl, dior, chanel, more, + home goods. free cocktails! soho >>
you need a wacky taco coin pouch, $4.95 >>
national park service announces fee-free weekends this summer for 100+ parks >>
win tix to the smithereens @ bell house 6/26 from fips >>
win tix to camera obscura (6/24) + peter murphy (7/7) via themusicslut >>
free download: missed those dancing days @ union hall last week? download britney cover 'toxic' >>
free download: ziggy marley’s (feat. paul simon) 'walk tall' >>
free download: the sounds’ ‘dorchester hotel’ >>

around town today
new street sweets truck hits midtown: croissants, cookies, cupcakes, more. 55 st 5/6 aves >>
12:30pm: nyt’s john tierney talks to christopher buckley on ‘losing mum+pup: a memoir.’ bryant park, free >>
1:30pm: andy warhol’s ‘harlot’ has factory’s mario montez playing jean harlow. odd, campy. moma, $6-10 >>
6pm: biz oracle john talbott on book 'the 86 biggest lies on wall st' + the economic crisis. b+n 5 ave/46 st >>
7pm: sam ‘winslet’ mendes on his new coming-of-age-in-your-30s film 'away we go.' apple soho, free >>
7pm: broadway baritone brian stokes mitchell performs, rockefeller park, free >>
7pm: ‘outstanding short films from international festivals 2009’ is just that. moma, $6-10 >>
7pm: stonewall + 40: the women. authors discuss milestone’s role in lesbian politics. b+n 82 st/b'way, free >>
7pm: ‘woodstock.’ director’s cut! new footage! guests (director, musicians) a go-go! fslc, $25 but worth it >>
7:30pm: batwalk! soak up battrivia and batsightings in fort greene park, free >>
8pm: attn, buffyheads: it’s the sunnydale high school class of 1999 reunion! galapagos, $10 >>
8pm: trash-rockers sex slaves’ release party for 'wasted angel’ @ santos party house, $10 includes cd >>
8:30pm: eva weissman's solo dance piece feat. the prose of gertrude stein. merce cunningham studio, $8 >>
9pm: haunting julianna barwick kicks off june pianos residency, loops and layers her voice. $8 >>
10pm: cibo matto’s yuka honda plays her synthy low-key pop @ the stone, $10 >>
12am: meet guillermo del toro/chuck hogan as their vampire epic ‘the strain’ goes on sale, b+n slope, free >>

coming up
6/4,11,18,25 5-6pm : metromix treats you to an hour of free booze on the hudson terrace (rsvp by 3pm ) >>
6/4,6: faster, pussycat! sing! sing! attack of the b-movie cabaret. don't tell mama, $12 + 2 drink min. >>
6/5: it's national doughnut day! free do(ugh)nut @ dunkin’ donuts w. any drink purchase >>
6/6-7 11am-7pm: the brooklyn renegade craft fair is back! shop, mingle, look cute. mccarren park, free >>
6/25-30: get hitched for $500 (incl. cake, champagne toast) at the brooklyn pop-up wedding chapel. martha-sponsored! >>

sales, deals, freebies
10am: first 500 people get a free mini-cupcake @ 14 st bet. university + 5 ave >>
2pm: free iced coffee @ au bon pain >>
6pm: yet more free mini-cupcakes for 500! 23 st bet. 7/8 aves. >>
6-10pm: up to 70% off gen art sale. $15 ticket includes free wine + beer + cosmetic makeovers >>
8pm: shop items donated by colin cowie, jonathan adler, simon doonan, more. housing works chelsea >>
thru 6/7: 50% off organic, ‘fair made’ rags from veja, fin, katherine hamnett @ house of organic >>
6/14: $25-45 tix (inc. $45 for orchestra) to nyc ballet. proceeds to benefit dancer's emergency fund >>
mondays 6/8 thru summer: 50% off all wine bottles @ beppe >>
manhattan users guide rounds up sales: b’way panhandler, decorator depot, more >>
groupon alert: 3 dance classes for $25 (reg $51) @ alvin ailey extension >>
check out gridskipper's map of nyc cheap eats (not the usual suspects, either) >>
check out nyt’s profile of cheap-eats blogger zach brooks of midtown lunch >>
win tix to pj harvey + john parish @ the beacon on 6/9 from ear farm >>
livenation drops ridiculously insulting fees on lawn tickets to summer shows for 1 day only >>
free download: walking tours of film + tv locations in nyc >>
free download: bon iver's ‘skinny love’ >>
free download: bat for lashes’ ‘pearl's dream’ >>
free download: andrew bird's 'oh no' >>

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around town today
all day: marriage = poison for michel piccoli, brigitte bardot in j.l. godard’s ‘contempt’ @ fiaf, $7-10 >>
11am-3pm: try tastes of 50 downtown restaurants (les halles, delmonico’s) for $3-6 @ chase manhattan plz >>
12pm: ‘smokin’ joe frazier on fights w. muhammad ali & the ‘thrilla in manila.’ b+n 5th ave/46 st, free >>
6pm: audience swoons as david sedaris reads from ‘when you are engulfed in flames.’ strand, free>>
7pm: celebrate the 1st zero-gravity wedding. party, eat space food sticks @ the kush, free >>
7pm: stonewall @ 40: authors on the milestone. martin duberman, felice picano, more b+n 82+b'way, free >>
7:30: disturbing history = avant-garde docs taking history from unusual angles. light industry (sunset p) $7 >>
8pm: experts on hidden truths of navigating the nyc grid: urban travel (adult ed.) @ union hall (slope), $5 >>
10pm: french singer/electronica purveyor emilie simon lights up lpr, $15 >>

coming up
6/3 6-10pm: up to 70% off gen art sale. $15 ticket includes free wine + beer + cosmetic makeovers >>
6/6, time tbd: departed-resto doc ‘florent: queen of the meat market’ to preview @ sva theater on w. 23 >>
6/9-13: brooklyn pride, culminating with parade on saturday, 6/13 @ park slope, free >>
6/12 9pm: air sex world championships (ny finals): like air guitar but w. nookie @ highline ballroom, $15 >>

sales, deals, freebies
groupon alert: $10 for $25 at bistro chat noir (e 66th st) >>
fabuless.com is live! everything is $1.99 or less @ this cheapo bling/accessories site from girlprops >>
win a $1,200 street food dinner for two to the 6/8 citymeals-on-wheels fundraiser from seriouseats.com >>
thru 6/12: get an extra 20% off sale items @ shoes.com (men + women). use code ‘sale’ >>
save 50% on select items @ armani exchange's once-a-week 'last chance' sale >>
3.1 phillip lim takes 40% off in soho >>
get lonely planet’s san francisco city guide for iphone free (reg. $16) >>
thru 6/20: burt’s bees giving away 1000 lip balms a day to celebrate their 25th anniversary >>
‘six feet under’: get the compete series boxed set on dvd for $98 (reg. $180) >>
thru 6/6: 3-for-2 sale on sandals at target >>
free download: school of seven bells’ 'face to face on high places (jesu remix)’ >>
free download: the raveonettes’ ‘dead sound’ >>
free download: the phenomenal handclap band's ‘fifteen to twenty’ >>
free download: emilie simon's ‘fleur de saison’ (+ win tix to her 6/17 show @ public assembly) >>

around town today
thru 6/30: uptown arts stroll. dozens of events/exhibits (a singaglong requiem, texas swing) above 155th >>
thru 6/6: 5 days left to see sophie calle's exhibit about her ex’s breakup email >>
thru 6/6: also closing this week is picasso @ gagosian >>
4:30/6:50/9:15pm: jean-luc godard collab w. d.a. pennebaker(!). plus: rip torn! ‘one p.m.’ bam, $7-11 >>
6-8pm: flight club = 4 craft beers + 4 murray ’s cheeses for $10 (+ $3 sixpoints all night) @ bell house >>
6pm: gloria steinem, isabella rossellini join suzanne braun on ‘50 is the new 50’ @ b+n linc triangle, free >>
7pm: ex-russian deputy prime minister alfred kokh, co-author igor svinarenko on ‘a crate of vodka’ @ b+n tribeca, free >>
7pm: bklyn indie cinema screens brent stewart’s portrait-of-harmony korine doc ‘the lonely,’ barbès, free >>
7:30pm: paul auster reads, talks to ‘granta’ editors about new work @ the new school, $5 >>
7:30pm: swoon to death vessel’s weird sound and alto vocals (yes, that’s a dude). bell house, $10 >>
9:30pm: mia riddle residency @ pete's candy store. download her ‘city song,’ ‘hurricane’ + ‘echo’ free >>

coming up
6/3 10am: first 500 people get a free mini-cupcake @ 14th bet. university + 5th >>
6/3 6pm @23rd bet. 7th and 8th: first 500 people receive a free mini cupcake >>
6/3 8pm: shop items donated by colin cowie, jonathan adler, simon doonan, more. housing works chelsea >>
6/5-6: you’d think this 1985 gem couldn’t get more wondrously cheesy, but you'd be wrong. 92yt, @10 >>
6/6 8pm: rooftop screening: ‘serenity’ + dr. horrible's sing-along blog benefit equality now, loc. tbd, $10 >>
6/10-7/12: anne hathaway does shakespeare in the park: ‘twelfth night’ >>
6/14 3pm: snap up sexy librarian wear @ mode merr fashion show spectacular. bell house, $10 adv >>
6/12 6:15pm: times square’s 1,500-person bubble battle is based on this dr. seuss book. byo bubble maker. free >>

sales, deals, freebies
buy 1 get 1 @ baskin robbins w. coupon (thru 6/21) >>
win tix to see dresden dolls’ amanda palmer + coraline’s neil gaiman from time out new york >>
non-required (but highly enjoyable) prep for rooftop screening of 'serenity': ‘firefly’ on hulu >>
up to 40% off puma footwear, apparel + accessories >>
70% off spring ready-to-wear, shoes and jewelry @ marc jacobs (soho) >>
save fashion pop-up gets a two-week extension, drops prices another 30% >>
today only: all hunter boots are $49.95 @ 6pm.com >>
100s of t-shirt designs are $5 at threadless’ summer heatwave sale, thru 6/8 >>
free download: 22 itunes songs from nylon magazine (santigold, phoenix, passion pit, more) >>
free download: 5-song jazz sampler (miles davis, dinah washington + more) >>
reminder: thru 6/30: free wine, desserts, $$ off @ nyc restaurants via budget travel's restaurant month >>

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