Ride the NYC Beach Bus to Jacob Riis Beach

NYC Beach Bus Meeker Ave & Union Ave, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

A mere $12 gets you from Williamsburg to Jacob Riis and back.  Starting July 4th and driving straight through Labor Day, this Rockabus competitor will…

Ride the NYC Beach Bus to Jacob Riis Beach

NYC Beach Bus Meeker Ave & Union Ave, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

A mere $12 gets you from Williamsburg to Jacob Riis and back.  Starting July 4th and driving straight through Labor Day, this Rockabus competitor will…

Hester Street Fair

Corner of Hester and Essex Street Hester and Essex, Lower East Side

Every Saturday through the end of October, the Hester Street Fair will be peddling artisanal food, vintage clothing, jewelry, crafts and home-wares in a vibrant outdoor marketplace.

Hester Street Fair

Corner of Hester and Essex Street Hester and Essex, Lower East Side

Every Saturday through the end of October, the Hester Street Fair will be peddling artisanal food, vintage clothing, jewelry, crafts and home-wares in a vibrant outdoor marketplace.

New Museum Block Party

Sara D. Roosevelt Park Lower East Side, New York

The New Museum’s annual outdoor bash features a make-your-own-sea-creature trading cards station, all-day dance performances, and history lessons on the Bowery. It’s free, and also includes complimentary admission to the museum for the day.

Free

Eastville A-List Comedy Line-up

Eastville Comedy Club 85 E. 4th St., East Village, New York

Three sets of of big name comedians like Janeane Garofalo and Christian Finnegan  rotate weekly at this East Village laugh den.

Eastville A-List Comedy Line-up

Eastville Comedy Club 85 E. 4th St., East Village, New York

Three sets of of big name comedians like Janeane Garofalo and Christian Finnegan  rotate weekly at this East Village laugh den.

Eastville A-List Comedy Line-up

Eastville Comedy Club 85 E. 4th St., East Village, New York

Three sets of of big name comedians like Janeane Garofalo and Christian Finnegan  rotate weekly at this East Village laugh den.

Eastville A-List Comedy Line-up

Eastville Comedy Club 85 E. 4th St., East Village, New York

Three sets of of big name comedians like Janeane Garofalo and Christian Finnegan  rotate weekly at this East Village laugh den.

Game Play 2013

Brick Theater 579 Metropolitan Ave, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

A month-long theater festival featuring "cutting-edge works that lie at the intersection of video-gaming and performance." Shows include Dot, A Video Game with No Winner, in which "synchronized sounds and images, played by a “game console” built and programmed by the artist, and controlled by retro videogame joysticks" tell a story, and That Cute Radioactive Couple: A Post-Apocalyptic Comedy, which is "inspired by post-apocalyptic and dystopian video games like Fallout, Wasteland and Bioshock," and "has bittersweet fun with end of the world." - Brick Theater. Showtimes vary; see schedule.

$15

Game Play 2013

Brick Theater 579 Metropolitan Ave, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

A month-long theater festival featuring "cutting-edge works that lie at the intersection of video-gaming and performance." Shows include Dot, A Video Game with No Winner, in which "synchronized sounds and images, played by a “game console” built and programmed by the artist, and controlled by retro videogame joysticks" tell a story, and That Cute Radioactive Couple: A Post-Apocalyptic Comedy, which is "inspired by post-apocalyptic and dystopian video games like Fallout, Wasteland and Bioshock," and "has bittersweet fun with end of the world." - Brick Theater. Showtimes vary; see schedule.

$15

Odd Future at Williamsburg Park

Williamsburg Park 50 Kent Avenue, Brooklyn

Brat-rap provocateurs Odd Future stir shit up for Hot 97 DJ Peter Rosenberg's 2nd Annual Birthday Show. Meek Mill opens.

$52.80

Jews of Today Opening Reception

7 Dunham 7 Dunham Place, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

"109 presents Jews of Today, a new book from Brooklyn-based artist Michael Levin exploring the nuances and contradictions of Hasidic ritual dress through a series of…

Plastic Art for A Healthy Ocean

Bushwick Coffee House 44 Wilson Avenue, Bushwick, Brooklyn

Ocean activists are reappropriating deadly pollution and transforming into art with a plastic sculpture competition. The winning artist receives $100 for themselves and another $100 to donate to their aquarium of choice. Live music by the Sea Monsters, naturally, to follow.

Free

Here Lies Love

The Public Theater 425 Lafayette, East Village, New York

"Within a pulsating dance club atmosphere, David Byrne and Fatboy Slim deconstruct the astonishing journey of Filipina First Lady Imelda Marcos retracing her meteoric rise to power and subsequent descent into infamy and disgrace at the end of the People Power Revolution. Here Lies Love is a 90-minute theatrical experience. Set within a dance club atmosphere, audiences will stand and move with the actors. Comfortable shoes and clothing are recommended. Dancing is encouraged." - The Public Theater

$95

Here Lies Love

The Public Theater 425 Lafayette, East Village, New York

"Within a pulsating dance club atmosphere, David Byrne and Fatboy Slim deconstruct the astonishing journey of Filipina First Lady Imelda Marcos retracing her meteoric rise to power and subsequent descent into infamy and disgrace at the end of the People Power Revolution. Here Lies Love is a 90-minute theatrical experience. Set within a dance club atmosphere, audiences will stand and move with the actors. Comfortable shoes and clothing are recommended. Dancing is encouraged." - The Public Theater

$95

Here Lies Love

The Public Theater 425 Lafayette, East Village, New York

"Within a pulsating dance club atmosphere, David Byrne and Fatboy Slim deconstruct the astonishing journey of Filipina First Lady Imelda Marcos retracing her meteoric rise to power and subsequent descent into infamy and disgrace at the end of the People Power Revolution. Here Lies Love is a 90-minute theatrical experience. Set within a dance club atmosphere, audiences will stand and move with the actors. Comfortable shoes and clothing are recommended. Dancing is encouraged." - The Public Theater

$95

Here Lies Love

The Public Theater 425 Lafayette, East Village, New York

"Within a pulsating dance club atmosphere, David Byrne and Fatboy Slim deconstruct the astonishing journey of Filipina First Lady Imelda Marcos retracing her meteoric rise to power and subsequent descent into infamy and disgrace at the end of the People Power Revolution. Here Lies Love is a 90-minute theatrical experience. Set within a dance club atmosphere, audiences will stand and move with the actors. Comfortable shoes and clothing are recommended. Dancing is encouraged." - The Public Theater

$95