10:30am-1pm: 9 teams compete in 9 events (rubber chicken toss!) at the 2nd annual punk rope games. free iced coffee and coconut water for all. mccarren park, free to watch. awards ceremony + bbq w. $1 dogs and $2 burgers (veggie + meatie) at the gibson. >>
10am-5pm: chat with the designers and try out uhuru design's award-winning, $7,200 'cyclone lounger,' inspired by coney's cyclone roller coaster and made from recycled boardwalk wood, at the coney island history project's open house. free. >>
12-6pm: show off your wheels at city reliquary's 6th annual bike fetish day block party. bbq, bmx tricks, vendors, music, prizes (best mutant bike!), more. afterparty 6-10pm. for more two-wheelin' action, head to park slope's old stone house for an outdoor screening of bike-related short films, $5 suggested donation.
1-7pm: 6,000+ dancers of every imaginable style take over broadway, university and st. marks place for the 3rd annual nyc dance parade. culminates at tompkins square park for performances, lessons, more. free. >>
2pm: celebrate 3rd ward's 4th birthday with a bbq, live music, arts + crafts, workshops, synchronized cycling, more! >>
4pm-2am: littlefield turn's 1, parties with a full day of karaoke: yacht rock, soft rock and cow bell-style. free. >>
8pm (thru 9/18): the coney island film society's 'sci-fi summer' weekly screening series continues with john carpenter's the thing (1982). free popcorn. coney island museum, $5 >>
9pm (ends tonight): anya sapozhnikova's 'horror show' is 'circus meets ballet meets nightmare, built out of darkness, sex and hot jazz.' sold! house of yes, $20. >>
10pm-4am: donate a gently used paperback dictionary or thesaurus, get a free drink at the desk set's dance party/benefit for books through bars. plus, prizes and raffles. enids (greenpoint), free. >>
11pm-4am: lcd soundsystem's shows at terminal 5 are sold out, but you can still party with him and his friends when they spin at the highline ballroom afterparty. $5 adv, $8 door. >>
sunday
note: this event is saturday
11am-5pm: score $10 clothing and shoes, $5 sunglasses, books, and toys, plus 25% off all full-priced items at the williamsburg fred flare sample sale >>
11am-7pm: 50+ crafty vendors hawk handmade goods at the bust spring craftacular. first 250 people snag a goodie bag! warsaw, $2. >>
11am-9pm: wear your bridge on your sleeve: brooklyn tattoo offers $27 brooklyn bridge tattoos in honor of its 127th anniversary (normally $75-130). 99 smith st. >>
1-5pm (every sun thru 10/10): free kayaking season continues at the long island city boathouse >>
2pm: more crawfish in brooklyn this weekend at sycamore's crawfish boil. for $15, get elbow-deep in a bucket of crawdaddies and a pint of abita beer. >>
2pm: pups and their parents pedal from tompkins square to washington square park for free snacks, tofu dogs, vegan chocolate and drinks at transportation alternative's 3rd annual doggie pedal parade, free >>
6:30pm: the lost series finale party in the bell house's main room sold out ages ago, but you can still watch everything unfold for free in the front room with happy hour prices 5-7pm ($1 off everything, plus $5 sangria). get there early! >>
+ all weekend
9am-1:30pm: free fitness classes (yoga, capoeira, pilates, tai chi) continue at socrates sculpture park >>
10am-5pm (every weekend thru 10/10): free kayaking season continues at 72nd + the hudson river >>
10am-6pm: new bed-stuy outdoor market, 'the market at bedford village,' promises antiques, art and fashion >>
last chance: photographer christopher payne's exhibit of crumbling and abandoned mental hospitals. click gallery, free >>
last chance: step inside a 4' x 9' 'theatre for one,' a portable performing arts space for one performer and one audience member. duffy square (46th and b'way). free (donations accepted). >>
14 carroll gardens and red hook artists open their studios for the brooklyn studio tour >>
do-si-do in red hook! down home radio's 2nd annual brooklyn folk fest = nawlins jazz, jug bands, blues, african and mexican folk, workshops + a square dance. jalopy, $15/evening, $40/series, $5/afternoons. >>
explore 80 artist's homes, studios, galleries and theaters for the 2nd hell's kitchen artists studio tour. bonus: free closing party. >>
discover dozens of bands on diy labels + art galore at the third annual ny ear + ear fest. knitting factory, $17/day, $30/2-day pass. >>
the nyc popfest wraps it up at brooklyn's spike hill, bell house and littlefield. free-$15/day. >>
film series 'prehistoric special efects: the art of charles r. knight' concludes with the lost world (with live musical accompaniment by the alloy orchestra) and king kong. bam, $12. >>
beautiful (but pricey) williamsburg shoppe catbird throws a sidewalk sale featuring clothing, candles, more...most for under $20. bonus: free handmade chocolate birds for every customer! >>
save up to 70% off spring/summer merch at steven alan's semiannual sample sale, 87 franklin st. >>
