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WHERE TO
FRIDAY
Aug. 23
Life is shorts
Come party in a
graveyard, at the final
summer screening in
the Rooftop Films
series at Green-
Wood Cemetery. The
closing night will feature
a collection of
six strange short
films from around the
world, with live music
before the show, and
a dance party sponsored
by Ketel One
vodka and Corona
beer afterwards.
8:30 pm at Green-Wood
Cemetery Fifth Avenue
and 25th Street in
Greenwood Heights, (718)
210–3080, www.rooftopfilms.
com. $16.
SATURDAY
Aug. 24
Fur is in
Dress up your pup
and let it walk the red
carpet at the annual
“Doggy Fashion
Show” outside of
Freddy’s bar. The
street will be shut
down until 9 p.m. as
part of the Fifth Avenue
Summer Stroll, so
after the show you
can grab a drink, play
lawn games, or join
an outdoor yoga
class.
5 pm at Freddy’s Bar 627
Fifth Ave. between 17th
and 18th streets in
Greenwood Heights, (718)
768–0131, www.freddysbar.
com. Free.
SUNDAY
Aug. 25
Soul city
Afropunk still has
tickets available on
Sunday, when the
annual festival of
black music, fashion,
and culture will run
all day in Commodore
Barry Park. Performance
highlights
of the day will include
soulful saxophone
player Kamasi Washington
(pictured),
singer-songwriter
FKA Twigs, and
industrial hip-hop act
Death Grips.
11 a.m. at Commodore
Barry Park (Flushing
Avenue between Navy
Street and N. Elliott Place
in Fort Greene, www.afropunkfest.
com/brooklyn).
$70.
TUESDAY
Aug. 27
High life
Enjoy a happy hour in
the sky, at the next
installment of the
Wythe Hotel’s Sunset
Songs free concert
series at its sixth-floor
bar. Tonight’s show
will feature former
Brooklynite John
Errol, who has gone
from alt-folk to pop to
a country-tinged
industrial ballad titled
“Dead Man Walking.”
Find out where he’s
going next at this
relaxed rooftop show.
6 p.m. at Wythe Hotel 80
Wythe Ave. at N. 11th
Street, sixth floor, in
Williamsburg, (718) 460–
8000, www.wythehotel.
com. Free.
THURSDAY
Aug. 29
Free style
The gigantic exhibition
of graffiti art
“Beyond the Streets,”
has extended its run
through Sept. 29, and
to celebrate, it will
open for free on Aug.
29. Drop by the twofloor
exhibit and
check out Shepard
Fairey’s 30th anniversary
artwork, a special
Beastie Boys installation,
and an installation
from superflat
artist Takashi
Murakami.
11 a.m.–8 p.m. at Twenty
Five Kent 25 Kent Ave.
between N. 12th and N.
13th streets in
Williamsburg, (718) 213–
8554, www.beyondthestreets.
com. Free.
EDITORS’ PICKS
FRI, AUG. 23
MUSIC, THE BEST OF THE ‘90S: With
Myrtle Avenue’s Summer Series.
Free. 5–8 pm. Myrtle Avenue Plaza
(484-550 Myrtle Ave. between Steuben
St. and Emerson Pl.)
MUSIC, JAZZY JAZZ FESTIVAL: A
weekly outdoor jazz festival honoring
the Legendary Eddy Grant. Free.
7–10 pm. Medgar Evers College
1650 Bedford Ave. at Crown Street
in Crown Heights, (718) 344–7865,
events.cuny.edu/cec/jazzy-jazzfestival.
ART, “THE TOWER”: An exhibit of
more than 75 artists, each working
from the same image of a water
tower. All art $125. Free. 7–10 pm.
ShapeShifter Lab 18 Whitwell Pl.
between First and Carroll streets in
Gowanus, (646) 820–9452, www.
shapeshifterlab.com.
ART, “CONEY ISLAND” BY TOM
KANE OPENING RECEPTION: The
photographer shows off his images
of the seaside neighborhood. Free.
7–9 pm. Coney Island USA 1208
Surf Ave. at W. 12th Street in Coney
Island, (718) 372–5159, www.coneyisland.
com.
FILM, ROOFTOP SHOTS, CLOSING
NIGHT: The fi nal Rooftop Films
screening will be a series of short
fi lms, with music before the screening
and a dance party afterwards.
$16. 8:30 pm. Green-Wood Cemetery
Fifth Avenue and 25th Street
in Greenwood Heights, (718) 210–
3080, www.green-wood.com.
FILM, SPIDER-MAN INTO THE SPIDER
VERSE: The Oscar-winning
animated fi lm about a black Brooklyn
teen who becomes a superhero
gets an outdoor screening. Free.
8:45 pm. Narrows Botanical Gardens
(Enter on Shore Road between Bay
Ridge Avenue and 72nd Street in
Bay Ridge), www.narrowsbg.org.
MUSIC, ALEX LAHEY: The Australian
musician plays music from her fi rst
album “The Best of Luck Club.”
Kingsbury opens. $15. 9 pm. Music
Hall of Williamsburg 66 N. Sixth St.
between Kent and Wythe avenues
in Williamsburg, (718) 486–5400,
www.musichallofwilliamsburg.com.
New York Avenue in Crown Heights,
(718) 774–1002.
FILM, SMARTPHONE SECURITY 101:
Find out how to protect your smartphone
by using its built-in encryption.
Free. 3 pm. Brooklyn Public
Library’s Central branch 10 Grand
Army Plaza between Eastern Parkway
and Flatbush Avenue in Prospect
Heights, (718) 230–2100, www.
bklynlibrary.org.
WATERFRONT HEROES: Meet nine
heroes who have helped preserve
the New York City waterfront’s culture,
see an exhibit of their work,
and hear live seafaring music. $10
($7 in advance). 4–7 pm. Waterfront
Museum Barge 290 Conover St.
near Reed Street in Red Hook, (718)
624–4719, www.waterfrontmuseum.
org.
FREDDY’S DOGGY DRESS-UP FASHION
PARADE: Dress up your dog
and take a free photo outside of
Freddy’s Bar. Part of the Park Slope
Summer Stroll. Free. 5 pm. Freddy’s
Bar 627 Fifth Ave. between 17th and
18th streets in Greenwood Heights,
(718) 768–0131, www.freddysbar.
com.
PARK SLOPE SUMMER STROLL:
Park Slope’s Fifth Avenue shuts
down from Prospect Avenue to
18th Street, with free yoga classes,
face-painting, bouncy houses, lawn
games, and more. Free. 5–9 pm.
(Fifth Avenue between Prospect Avenue
and 18th Street in Park Slope),
www.parkslopefi fthavenuebid.com.
FILM, “THE LEGO MOVIE 2”: A family
movie night, presented by Council
Member Mathieu Eugene and the
NYC Parks Department. Free. 8 pm.
Ditmas Junion High School 62 East
Eighth St. between Ditmas Avenue
and Cortelyou Road. in Flatbush,
(718) 287–8762, council.nyc.gov/
district-40.
COMEDY, BIG BREAK STAND-UP: A
comedy showcase hosted by Charlie
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SAT, AUG. 24
TALK, INFANT AND CHILD CPR
TRAINING: Learn infant and child
accident prevention, CPR, and common
fi rst aid treatment. $85–$100.
10 am. Classeteria (284 Suydam St.
between Irving and Knickerbocker
avenues in Bushwick), classeteria.
nyc.
OUTDOORS, NORTH BROOKLYN
BOAT CLUB PUBLIC PADDLE: Take
a canoe tour with views of Manhattan,
tasty beverages and snacks on
hand, and friends and neighbors
gathering on the shores of Newtown
Creek. Free. Noon–4 pm. Manhattan
Avenue Street End Park (1205
Manhattan Ave. at Newtown Creek
in Greenpoint), northbrooklynboatclub.
org.
ART, ON THE TIDES OF TIME: Paintings
by Robert Gould and poetry
by Gerald Wagoner. Free. 1 pm.
Gowanus Dredgers Boathouse (165
2nd Street in Gowanus), gowanuscanal.
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
Coney Island, (347) 702–8553, www.
coneyislandhistory.org.
THEATER, “ROSENCRANTZ AND
GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD”: Tom
Stoppard’s existential comedy about
minor characters in “Hamlet,” with
two women in the title roles. $20.
2 pm. The Brick 575 Metropolitan
Ave. between Union Avenue and
Lorimer Street in Williamsburg, (718)
907–6189, www.bricktheater.com.
THEATER, “NO BRAINER OR THE
SOLUTION TO PARASITES”: A riproaring
musical which portrays our
road to national madness as a bad
trip to Hades. Free. 2 pm. Sunset
Park Sixth Avenue at 44th Street in
Sunset Park, (212) 254–1109, www.
theaterforthenewcity.net.
MINOKAN FESTIVAL: An event celebrating
the Lakou Soukri tradition,
including food, dancing, drumming,
singing, and more. Free. 2–6 pm.
Wyckoff House Museum (5816 Clarendon
Rd. at Ditmas Avenue in East
Flatbush).
GET CIVIC MINDED: Assemblywoman
Diana C. Richardson (D–Crown
Heights) hosts her monthly series
bringing together community leaders,
organizations, and constituents
to discuss community issues. 2–4
pm. M.S. 61 400 Empire Blvd. at
Callum Preston
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