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

Here and Elsewhere at the New Museum

New Museum 235 Bowery, Lower East Side, New York

This exhibition is New York's first gallery-wide exhibition of artists from the Arab world, and is appropriately (and devastatingly) dedicated to exploring the ethics of representation and the…

$16

Seaport Music Festival

South St. Seaport Fulton and Water Streets, new york

The festival’s 13th installment, located at Fulton and Water Streets while Pier 17 is redeveloped, will take place Friday nights from July 11 through August 29,…

Free

Brooklyn Night Bazaar

165 Banker Street 165 Banker Street, Brooklyn

It used to be that Brooklyn Flea had the lock on North Brooklyn mega bazaars, but the BK Night Bazaar upped the ante with live…

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Get Me a Guy at Under St Marks

Under St. Marks 94 St. Marks Pl., New York

New Yorkers are not only constantly dramatizing their own already rather dramatic love lives, but also adore consuming dramatizations of other such love lives: see Sex…

$18

Rooftop Films: '70 Hester Street'

Brookfield Place along the water between West Street and the Hudson River, New York

Casimir Nozkowski delves into the history of 70 Hester Street, which served as everything from a synagogue to a raincoat factory before his parents --…

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Rooftop Films: 'One Year Lease'

Brookfield Place along the water between West Street and the Hudson River, New York

In this winner of Best Documentary Short at Tribeca, a gay couple chronicles a year spent dealing with their cat-loving landlady. Like Shut Up Little…

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Rooftop Films: 'Unlocking the Truth

Brookfield Place along the water between West Street and the Hudson River, New York

Sadly, this documentary about the world's most famous sixth-grade metal band (straight outta Flatbush) is only three minutes long, but if Unlocking the Truth's set…

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Bayside! The Musical!

Theatre 80 80 St Marks Pl , East Village

This super raunchy send-up of everyone's favorite '90s show has seen drop-ins from the actors who played the original Mr. Belding and Screech. But even…

Fool's Gold Presents Nick Catchdubs & Friends

Webster Hall 125 E 11th St., New York City

Williamsburg label Fool's Gold presents this weekly hip-hop party featuring label head Nick Catchdubs. Reduced admission with RSVP.