Steve Keene's Brooklyn Experience

Central Library 10 Grand Army Plaza, New York

Steve Keene, speed painter extraordinaire and cover artist for Pavement and Soul Coughing among others, is Brooklyn Public Library's artist-in-residence for the summer. An exhibition of…

Free

"Quality of Life"

BOSI Contemporary 48 Orchard Street, New York

Daniel Bejar, Ethan Breckenridge, Claudia Cortinez + Carlos Vela-Prado, Aliza Nisenbaum, and Reka Reisinger all display work dealing with their particular vision of the good…

Women & Trans Bike Repair Class

Time's Up! Brooklyn

The workshop, held every Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in Williamsburg, has four classes beginning the first Thursday of the month. During the first class, mechanics…

Nan Goldin: I Remember Your Face

Quad Cinema 34 West 13th Street, New York

Nan Goldin shot to fame with her visceral, heart-wrenching photographs of the drug-addled, sex-strewn lives of her East Village “tribe” in the late ’70s and early…

$11.00

Vans House Party

House of Vans 25 Franklin Street, Brooklyn

Summertime is decidedly a time for lounging, but the official season of Leisure Club also means a slew of free events, not least of which…

Must RSVP

The Moth StorySLAM: Breathless

Housing Works Bookstore Cafe 126 Crosby St., NY

Housing Works Bookstore Cafe hosts famed storytelling contest The Moth. Ten participants compete to tell their best stories on the theme "breathless." Get there early…

$8

Jon Gnarr at The Strand

The Strand New York

Jón Gnarr, the zany mayor of Reykjavík, will discuss his new memoir, Gnarr!: How I Became the Mayor of a Large City in Iceland and…

$15

"The Perfect 46" at Sunshine Cinema

Sunshine Cinema 143 East Houston St, NY

LES Film Festival director Shannon Walker describes The Perfect 46 as “a sci-fi film about this guy who creates a test to see if your genetics are a…

$12.50

Dead Stars and Slothrust at Union Pool

Union Pool 484 Union Ave., Brooklyn

The Brooklyn band celebrates the release of its new album and its Williamsburg-happy new video. Opening up is Slothrust, whose loud/quiet/loud sensibilities echo the Pixies…

I'm Pretty Fucked Up

Clubbed Thumb 195 Chrystie Street, New York

Written by Brooklyn playwright and New Mexico native Ariel Stess, I’m Pretty Fucked Up is a play about three high school friends who skip class…

$18

Bingo at Crocodile Lounge

Crocodile Lounge 325 E. 14th St, East Village

Remember Bad Grampa at the bingo parlor? That's this. Win bar tabs and shot rounds. Oh, and Croc Lounge will be giving out free pizzas…

Free

Biz Markie @ Brooklyn Bowl

Brooklyn Bowl 61 Wythe Avenue, Williamsburg

Biz Markie’s got what we need. That is, a very special DJ set at the Bowl. Seriously, hip-hop fans look no further—the clown prince himself…

$8