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NINE DAYS IN BROOKLYN
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Float on: Musician Spencer Ludwig throws the final party of his sixmonth
residency at Williamsburg’s Freehold on June 28. The final
“Le Trumpet” event will feature Ludwig’s brass band, drag queens,
burlesque performers, and more.
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WHERE TO
FRIDAY
June 28
To die for
This weekend is your
last chance to see the
Morbid Anatomy
Museum’s exhibit
“Heaven, Hell, and
Purgatory: Visions of
the Afterlife in the
Catholic Tradition,”
and at tonight’s Summer
Garden Party
you can chat with the
curators and artists,
listen to music, and
sip a drink while you
check it out.
7–9 p.m. at Fort Hamilton
Gatehouse (Fort Hamilton
Parkway at Micieli Place in
Windsor Terrace, www.
green-wood.com). $15.
SATURDAY
June 29
Phair play
Rock goddess Liz
Phair (pictured), who
broke through with
“Exile in Guyville” in
1993 and has been
consistently awesome
ever since, will
play the Bric Celebrate
Brooklyn! stage
tonight, alongside
Ted Leo and the
Monsters and Brooklyn
pop-rocker Caroline
Rose.
7 p.m. at Prospect Park
Bandshell, enter at Ninth
Street and Prospect Park
West in Park Slope, (718)
683–5600, www.bricartsmedia.
org/cb. Free.
SUNDAY
June 30
Dog days
Spend your afternoon
watching adorable
doggies walk
the red carpet!
Today’s Bark Avenue
Adopt-a-thon will
pose its puppers in
style, so you can spot
your next fur-ever
friend. And if you
already have a canine
companion, you can
try a class in dogdancing,
step into a
pooch photo booth,
and send your pup
across an agility
course.
1–5 p.m. at Carroll Park
(Court Street between
Carroll and President
streets in Carroll Gardens,
www.badassbrooklynanimalrescue.
com). Free.
WEDNESDAY
July 3
Bike curious
Author Mark Hunnibell
will discuss his
annotated re-issue of
the 1921 book
“Across American by
Motorcycle,” and his
upcoming attempt to
recreate the journey
on a painstakingly
restored 1919 Henderson
four-cylinder
motorcycle. Join him
for a night of readings,
food, drinks,
and music.
7–10 p.m. at Triumph
Brooklyn 105
Metropolitan Ave.
between Wythe Avenue
and Berry Street in
Williamsburg, (718) 690–
3522, www.triumphbrklyn.
com. Free.
THURSDAY
July 4
Hot diggety!
The world’s greatest
sports competition
returns to Coney
Island! Nathan’s
Famous Hot Dog Eating
Contest will once
again pit iron-jawed
athletes against each
other to claim the
coveted Mustard Belt.
Last year Joey Chestnut
chomped down
an astounding 74
dogs to retain his title
— can he do it again?
Head to the People’s
Playground to find
out!
10:45 a.m. at Nathan’s
Famous Surf Avenue at
Stillwell Avenue in Coney
Island, www.nathansfamous.
com. Free.
EDITORS’ PICKS
FRI, JUNE 28
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.
SPORTS, BROOKLYN CYCLONES VS.
LOWELL SPINNERS: $14-$17. 7 pm.
MCU Park 1904 Surf Ave. at W. 17th
St. in Coney Island, (718) 449–8497,
www.brooklyncyclones.com.
MUSIC, CELSO PINA: With Dos Santos
and Riobamba at the Bric Celebrate
Brooklyn! Festival. Free. 7:30 pm.
Prospect Park Band Shell Prospect
Park West and Ninth Street in Park
Slope, (718) 965–8900, www.bricartsmedia.
org/cb.
MUSIC, SCREAMING FEMALES AND
SWEARIN’: $20 ($16 in advance).
7:30 pm. Industry City Courtyard
1-2 (238 36th St. between Second
and Third avenues in Sunset Park),
www.cityfarmpresents.com/summerseries.
COMEDY, CANAL YARDS PROJECT:
Free comedy in Industry City with
host Emily Duke and some of the
city’s best comedians. Free. 8 pm.
Frying Pan Brooklyn (51 35th St. between
Second and Third Avenues in
Industry City).
MUSIC, “LAMINALS II”: Charmaine
Lee premieres a new long-form
piece for solo voice. Free. 8 pm.
Issue Project Room 22 Boerum Pl.
at Livingston Street in Downtown,
(718) 330–0313, www.issueprojectroom.
org.
ART, YASMINA NYSTEN, OPENING
RECEPTION: The Brooklyn painter
has her fi rst solo show of paintings of
urban scenes. Free. 8–11 pm. Tornadothings
Art Gallery and Boutique
(35 Meadow St., #101 at Bogart
Street in Bushwick), tornadothings.
store.
FILM, “MUSTANG”: A free, outdoor
screening of a Turkish fi lm about fi ve
sisters who get locked away from the
world. With English subtitles. Free.
8:30 pm. Transmitter Park (Greenpoint
Ave. at East River Waterfront
in Greenpoint), www.townsquare-
Coney Island, (347) 702–8553, www.
coneyislandhistory.org.
TOUR, CITI BIKE UNLOCKED: Learn
how to navigate the Citi Bike system
and get the most out of those nowubiquitous
blue bikes. Every participant
will receive a free 24-hour
Citi Bike pass. Free. 2 pm. DeKalb
Public Library 790 Bushwick Ave. at
DeKalb Avenue in Bushwick, (718)
455–3898, www.brooklynpubliclibrary.
org.
MUSIC, CREW LOVE NY: Featuring
Soul Clap, Wolf and Lamb, Life On
Planets, and the Fitness and Pony.
$40 ($25 in advance). 3 pm. Industry
City Courtyard 1-2 (238 36th St. between
Second and Third avenues in
Sunset Park), www.cityfarmpresents.
com/summerseries.
MUSIC, THE CONSTITUTION, A SECULAR
ORATORIO: Singers perform
portions of the United States Constitution,
the Bill of Rights, and subsequent
amendments. $35. 4 pm.
Behind the Door 219 Court St. between
Wyckoff and Warren streets
in Cobble Hill, (718) 624–3310,
vpropera.org.
SPORTS, BROOKLYN CYCLONES VS.
LOWELL SPINNERS: $14-$17. 6 pm.
MCU Park 1904 Surf Ave. at W. 17th
St. in Coney Island, (718) 449–8497,
www.brooklyncyclones.com.
THEATER, “A MINUTE FLOWERING”:
An original series of experimental
short plays, based on myths and
given a queer twist. $15. 7 pm and
10 pm. The Baumann 41 Varick Ave.
at Harrison Place in Bushwick, (914)
413–0536.
THEATER, “ROMEO AND JULIET”:
7:30 pm. See Friday, June 28.
COMEDY, OPEN FLAME WORLD
PRIDE: A special World Pride edition
of the queer comedy show and
mixer. Benefi ting Fierce NYC. $10
($8 in advance). 8 pm. Littlefi eld
(635 Sackett St. between Third and
Fourth avenues in Gowanus), www.
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NIGHTLIFE, LE TRUMPET: Trumpetplaying
bandleader Spencer Ludwig
throws a wild party, featuring drag
queens, burlesque performers, and
unexpected antics. Free. 9 pm. Freehold
45 S. Third St. between Kent
and Wythe avenues in Williamsburg,
(718) 388–7591, www.freeholdbrooklyn.
com.
NIGHTLIFE, THIS PARTY IS KILLING
YOU, WORLD PRIDE EDITION:
Dance to music from queer icons,
see a performance from drag diva
Vanna Deux, and catch a secret
guest performer at this wild party.
$20 ($15 in advance). 11:45 pm.
Brooklyn Bowl 61 Wythe Ave. between
N. 11th and N. 12th streets in
Williamsburg, (718) 963–3369, www.
brooklynbowl.com.
SAT, JUNE 29
MUSIC, PAN IS SWEET 2019: The most
talented steel bands from around
the borough compete with arrangements
of your favorite songs. $25–
55. 7 p.m. Roulette 509 Atlantic Ave.
at Third Avenue in Boerum Hill, (917)
267–0363, www.roulette.org.
MARKET, SIDEWALK SALE!: Clothing,
housewares, jewelry, books, and
more. Free. 10 am. Sidewalk Sale
(Eastern Parkway between Franklin
and Bedford avenues in Crown
Heights).
BROOKLYN’S AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
DAY PARADE: The Long
Island Assembly of the Knights of
Columbus holds a patriotic march
with bag pipers, fl oats, color guards,
vintage cars, Boy and Girl Scout
troops, and veterans. Free. 11 am.
Court Street From Bergen to Luquer
streets in Carroll Gardens, (718) 833–
4928, newyorkknights.com.
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.
SALVATION BY THE SEA: An exhibit
about immigrants who settled in
Coney from the 1870s to the 1920s.
Free. 1–7 pm. Coney Island History
Project 3059 W. 12th St. between
Surf Avenue and the Boardwalk in
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