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WHERE TO
FRIDAY
June 14
Play ball!
Come to Coney
Island to see Brooklyn’s
beloved minor
league baseball team
kick off the new season!
The Brooklyn
Cyclones will take on
their rivals from the
across the river —
the hated Staten
Island Yankees. No
matter how the
match turns out, we
all get to celebrate
with fireworks after
the game!
7 p.m. at MCU Park 1904
Surf Ave. at W. 17th St. in
Coney Island, (718) 449–
8497, www.brooklyncyclones.
com. $14–$17.
SATURDAY
June 15
Go, go
Gowanus!
Brooklyn’s Nautical
Purgatory comes alive
today! The Gowanus
Visions Festival will
bring dance performances
to the waterside
at 2 p.m.; you
can take kayaking
trips along the waterway
with the Gowanus
Dredgers Canoe
Club from 1–4 p.m.,
and roots musician
Colin Langenus will
play at the group’s
Clubhouse at 5 p.m.
1–6 p.m. at Gowanus
Canal Dredgers Canoe
Club Boathouse (165
Second St. between Bond
Street and the Canal in
Gowanus, www.gowanuscanal.
org). Free.
TUESDAY
June 18
Wilde time
The New York Classical
Theatre brings its
delightful, mobile
production of Oscar
Wilde’s play “The
Importance of Being
Earnest” to Brooklyn
Bridge Park tonight.
Kristen Calgaro and
Connie Castanzo (pictured)
have wonderful
comic timing as
Gwendolyn and Cecily,
so we cannot wait
to see how they will
take on the male roles
— which they will do
Wednesday, Friday,
and Sunday nights.
7 p.m. at Brooklyn Bridge
Park, Pier One (Old Fulton
Street at Furman Street in
Dumbo, www.nyclassical.
org/earnest). Free.
WEDNESDAY
June 19
Cheers!
Raise a glass at the
“But I’m a Cheerleader”
Drink or
Dare Party, which
takes the 1999 queer
cult classic and adds
a drinking game and
interactive elements.
The movie, which
stars Natasha Lyonne
as a lesbian teenager
who finds love with
another girl while at
a gay conversion
camp, is a candy-colored
delight — with
Ru Paul out of drag!
7:30 p.m. at the House of
Yes (2 Wyckoff Ave. at
Jefferson Street in
Bushwick), www.houseofyes.
org. $15.
THURSDAY
June 20
Hoop
dreams
The Archway Under
the Manhattan Bridge
was finally cleared out
10 years ago, and
Dumbo will celebrate
the anniversary with
an extravaganza of
performances by artists
who have taken
the stage there over
the last five years,
including the Brown
Rice Family, the Maybelles,
the White
Wave Dance Company,
and hula-hoop
troupe Big Sky Works
(pictured).
5 pm at Manhattan Bridge
Archway Plaza (155 Water
St. between Adams and
Pearl streets in Dumbo,
www.dumbo.is). Free.
EDITORS’ PICKS
NINE DAYS IN BROOKLYN
FRI, JUNE 14
TALK, CONFESSIONS OF A TRUE
CRIME ADDICT: James Renner
celebrates our obsession with true
crime and shares weirdly funny
stories about his life hunting serial
killers and hosting crime shows. $15.
4 pm. EastVille Comedy Club 487
Atlantic Ave. between Nevins Street
and Third Avenue in Boerum Hill,
(347) 889–5226, www.eastvillecomedy.
com.
MUSIC, BESHKIN ALBUM RELEASE
SHOW: The electronic artist
launches his debut album “Aisle of
Palm.” $15 ($12 in advance). 6 pm.
Elsewhere (599 Johnson Ave. at
Varick Avenue in Bushwick), www.
elsewherebrooklyn.com.
MARKET, BROOKLYN ART BOOK
FAIR: A fair dedicated to showcasing
publications, original artwork, and
editioned work by underrepresented
and emerging artists and writers.
Free. 6–9 pm. McCarren Park Pool
Deck (776 Lorimer St. between Driggs
Avenue and Bayard Street in
Williamsburg), www.bkabf.info.
THEATER, “ANTIGONE IN FERGUSON”:
Theater of War Productions
fuses a dramatic reading of
the Greek tragedy by Sophocles
with live choral music performed by
activists, police offi cers, youth, and
concerned citizens from Ferguson
and New York City. Free. 7 pm. St.
Ann’s Church 157 Montague St. at
Clinton Street in Brooklyn Heights,
(718) 875–6960.
THEATER, “ROMEO AND JULIET”:
Shakespeare’s tragedy of starcrossed
lovers and their battling
family gets a modern-dress, outdoor
production from Smith Street Stage.
Free. 7:30 pm. Carroll Park (Carroll
Street at Smith Street in Carroll Gardens),
www.smithstreetstage.org.
MUSIC, NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
CONCERT IN THE PARK: The orchestra
plays work by Very Young
Composers, Rachmaninoff, Copland,
and Rossini. Followed by fi reworks!
Free. 8 pm. Prospect Park Long
Meadow North (Enter at Grand
Army Plaza at Eastern Parkway in
Prospect Park), prospectpark.org.
MUSIC, BLONDE REDHEAD: The New
York rock band plays, with Ludovic
Alarie opening. $40 ($30 in advance).
8 pm. Industry City Courtyard 1-2
Find lots more listings online at
BrooklynPaper.com/Events
a new IPA, which launches today
with a party featuring a disk jockey
live performances. A portion of sales
goes to Seniors in a Gay Environment.
Free. 2–10 pm. Coney Island
Brewing Company (1904 Surf Ave.
at W. 17th Street in Coney Island),
www.coneyislandbeer.com.
MUSIC, RICH MEDINA: A dance party,
also featuring Shareef Keyes and the
Groove as part of the Bric Celebrate
Brooklyn! Festival. Free. 3 pm. Prospect
Park Band Shell Prospect Park
West and Ninth Street in Park Slope,
(718) 965–8900, www.bricartsmedia.
org/cb.
ART, CREATIVE CHICKS ART EVENT:
An all-female art show featuring
photographers, canvas painters, a
movie screening, and a performance
by Shenna Music. With an open
bar. $25 ($20 in advance). 5–8 pm.
Beyond Studios Brooklyn (272 Seigel
St. between Bogart and White
streets in Bushwick), www.hellotittienyc.
com.
ART, “I COME TO THIS PLACE”
OPENING RECEPTION: A group
exhibition that explores abstraction
in art as a chain of histories that
align, unpack, communicate, and
translate connections. Free. 6 pm.
Smack Mellon 92 Plymouth St. at
Washington Street in DUMBO, (718)
834–8761, www.smackmellon.org.
MUSIC, PANDA BEAR: Animal Collective
member Panda Bear plays
tunes from his solo album “Buoys”
outdoors. $35. 7 pm. Open Air (235
Randolph St. between Gardner and
Scott avenues in Bushwick).
COMEDY, PICTURE THIS!: Cartoonists
draw the stories of stand-up comics
as they deliver their routines. With
Natalie Palamides, Sydnee Washington,
Jess Salomon, and more. $8. 7
pm. Union Hall 702 Union St. at Fifth
Avenue in Park Slope, (718) 638–
4400, www.unionhallny.com.
See 9 DAYS on page 12
(238 36th St. between Second and
Third avenues in Sunset Park), www.
cityfarmpresents.com.
MUSIC, BROOKLYN INTERNATIONAL
MUSIC FESTIVAL: Two days of musical
traditions and styles representing
Venezuela, Serbia, Nepal, Mali,
China, Haiti, and more, all playing in
Red Hook. $20–$30. 8 pm. Jalopy
Theatre 315 Columbia St. between
Hamilton Avenue and Woodhull
Street in Red Hook, (718) 395–3214,
www.jalopy.biz.
COMEDY, KNAPSACK: The monthly
stand-up show features Shalewa
Sharpe, Carmen Christopher, Maddy
Smith, and Alex English. Free. 8
pm. Crystal Lake 647 Grand St.
between Manhattan Avenue and
Leonard Street in Williamsburg, (908)
601–0186, www.crystallakebrooklyn.
com.
MUSIC, IKEBE SHAKEDOWN: The
instrumental band brings its blend
of 1970s soul, raw psychedelic style,
and cinematic Western soundtracks
to the stage at a 10-year-anniversary
show. $15. 9 pm. Rough Trade NYC
64 N. Ninth St. between Kent and
Wythe avenues in Williamsburg,
(718) 388–4111, www.roughtradenyc.
com.
SAT, JUNE 15
MARKET, FAD FARE: A culinary market
of locally sourced food brands .
Free. 11 am–6 pm. The Invisible Dog
Art Center 51 Bergen St.. between
Smith Street and Boerum Place in
Boerum Hill, (917) 775–4636, fadmarket.
co.
TOUR, A WALT WHITMAN WALKING
Norman Blake
TOUR OF DUMBO: Trace Whitman’s
steps along the Brooklyn waterfront
as portrayed in his visionary
poem “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry.””
$15–$20. 11 am. Fulton Ferry Landing
(Old Fulton Street between Furman
Street and the water in Dumbo),
www.brooklynhistory.org.
ART, SPRING! COILED AND READY!:
The Spring show from the Brooklyn
Waterfront Artists Coalition, along
with the Recycle exhibit of upcycled
art, and Wide Open 10, a national
juried show. Free. 1–6 pm. Brooklyn
Waterfront Artists Coalition 499
Van Brunt St., near Reed Street in
Red Hook, (718) 596–2506, www.
bwac.org.
THEATER, “ANTIGONE IN FERGUSON”:
2 pm and 7 pm. See Friday,
June 14.
LGBTQ, PRIDE 365 CAN RELEASE
AND PARTY: Coney Island Brewery
teamed up with the NYC Gay Craft
Beer Lovers Meetup Group to make
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