Larry Clark’s “they thought i were but i aren’t anymore…”
2014-06-25 10:00 - 18:00, 2014-06-26 10:00 - 18:00, 2014-06-27 10:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Luhring Augustine Gallery, 531 West 24th St., new york, United States
Earlier this year Larry Clark practically gave away hundreds of his snapshots and then celebrated his birthday with many rounds of free beer. But this is the main event: on Saturday, Luhring Augustine launches an exhibition of his work from 1961 to the present, starting with his earliest portrait (taken with a camera he borrowed from his mom) and also including his more recent sculptures and paintings.
More: Hey, Kids! Larry Clark and Harmony Korine Are Showing Their Work

Manhattan Film Festival
2014-06-25 13:00 - 22:00, 2014-06-26 13:00 - 22:00, 2014-06-27 13:00 - 22:00 | Quad Cinema, 34 West 13th Street, New York, NY, United States
The Manhattan Film Festival was founded in 2006, and showcases the work of independent filmmakers in order to help them reach a broader audience. In 2013, it was named by Moviemaker magazine one of 25 “coolest film festivals in the world.” The MFF also prides itself on coming up with creative solutions to help filmmakers pursue their careers, including a Filmmaker Revenue Sharing Program. This year, the festival boasts an eclectic mix of features, documentaries and short films. See the schedule here.

Classic Album Sundays at Baby's All Right
2014-06-25 18:00 - 21:00 | Baby’s All Right, 146 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY, United States
This international series of listening parties for classic albums amounts to a night of listening to a Pandora-like selection of music inspired by or related to the album, a word from the moderator, and a playing of the album that’s 100 percent free of interruptions from your GPS system. Tonight, in honor of Gay Pride: Grace Jones’s “Nightclubbing.”

Kim Gordon w/Raymond Pettibon
2014-06-25 19:00 - 20:00 | The Strand, New York
If you missed Raymond Pettibon’s exhibition of surfer paintings back in April, this is yet another chance to enter his warped pop-art world: the Venice, Calif.-based illustrator has just published a new book, Raymond Pettibon: To Wit, that documents his time as a sort of artist in residence at the David Zwirner gallery in Chelsea, and reproduces many of the drawings and paintings — of icons like Bob Dylan, Joe DiMaggio, and Bazooka Joe — that he created for an exhibition there last summer.
The book contains an interview with Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon, and the two will reprise their talk live in the Strand’s Rare Book Room on June 25, at 7 p.m. You’ll just have to buy a copy of the book or a $20 Strand gift card in order to attend.
Read more: See Kim Gordon Chat With Raymond Pettibon About His New Book

"King Kirby" at Comic Book Theater Fest
2014-06-25 19:00 - 21:00 | Brick Theater, 579 Metropolitan Ave, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY, 11211, United States
From the director: “’King Kirby’ is a play about the life of Jack Kirby, often called the ‘king of the comics,’ who had a career and a life that spans almost the entire 21st century. Every important moment in comic history is pretty much relatable back to him. He drew his way out of the Jewish ghetto of the Lower East Side, he fought in France during WWII, and he created or co-created characters like Captain America, the X-Men, Thor, Avengers, and for that matter, he helped create romance comics. It’s a drama that takes place from when he was about 12 to 80. He died in 1992. And the point of the play is that a lot of people think that entertainment and pop culture just kind of gets cranked out by this faceless corporate machine, when in fact, it’s real human beings with real flesh-and-blood stories who make this stuff happen, and this is one of the most important people doing it, and yet very few people know his name.”
Read more:
3 Comic-Book-Inspired Dramatists Name Their Favorite Comics and Plays

The Big Terrific at Cameo Gallery
2014-06-25 20:00 - 22:00 | Cameo Gallery, 93 North 6th Street , Brooklyn , 11211 , United States
Gabe Liedman, Max Silvestri and Jenny Slate host this weekly standup night featuring big name drop-ins like Aziz Ansari and Zach Galifianakis.

White Lung at Saint Vitus
2014-06-25 20:00 - 23:00 | Saint Vitus Bar, 1120 Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11222, United States
Feminist punk is having a moment, and White Lung is right in the mix. With this show, the Canadian band releases its third album, Deep Fantasy, which has been getting lots of positive press. Lead singer Mish Way has a thing for Courtney Love, and it’s obvious that Hole is a big influence on this latest release.

Play/Date
2014-06-25 20:15 - 23:55 | Fat Baby, 112 Rivington St, New York
Interactive and immersive, Play/Date isn’t really a show as much as an experience: it takes place at a lounge (Fat Baby in the Lower East Side), where the audience can either sit or meander while they watch performers move around the bar and perform a series of short plays. Sure, the plays’ subject—New York dating—has been beaten to death. But Play/Date is less about the stories and more about the interaction between the audience and the actors. Did we mention you’re encouraged to drink while you watch? Sold.

Arrested Development Bingo
2014-06-25 21:00 - 22:00 | Videology, 308 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Calling all never nudes! And just regular AD fans, too. Hang out with your friends (and make new ones–how can you not love a stranger in jorts?) while watching Arrested Development and playing bingo. How it works is you look for things like the stair car and the banana stand, and if that’s on your bingo card, you put down a chip. Win a game and you’ll get either a free drink or frozen banana. But come as a never nude and you’ll get both automatically.

Steve Keene's Brooklyn Experience
2014-06-26 11:00 - 17:00, 2014-06-27 11:00 - 17:00 | Central Library, 10 Grand Army Plaza, New York, NY, 11238, United States
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 Steve’s work will be on display in the Central Library’s grand lobby from June 12th until August 29th, while Steve will painting live (in his trademark, production-line style) in Grand Army Plaza every Thursday, Friday and Saturday between June 19th and August 16th.

Read more:
Steve Keene, Who Did Cover Art For Pavement, Is Painting in the Street

Women & Trans Bike Repair Class
2014-06-26 18:30 - 19:30 | 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 like Schiller teach an intro to bikes: types of bikes, parts, safety, and repair. The following week, the class learns about cables, gears, and shifting. The third class teaches all about bearing systems and how to adjust, clean, and replace them. The fourth and final class covers wheels.
Read more:
This Bike Repair Class Puts the ‘Trans’ in Transportation Alternatives

Sideshow Goshko at KGB: Mike Daisey
2014-06-26 19:00 | KGB Bar, 85 E 4th St, New York, NY, 10003, United States
Leslie Goshko hosts this monthly storytelling show that has seen appearances by Steve Burns, Jackie Kashian, Chris Gethard, Tom Shillue, and, of course, B+B favorite Dave Hill. Always with the same format: four storytellers each receive 10 minutes of performance time, with Goshko generously going third to settle the crowd after intermission. Also, four supremely difficult trivia questions are asked and Goshko always gives away a bottle of Sideshow Sauce (aka Three Buck Chuck wine from Trader Joe’s).
Tonight:
Mike Daisey (award-winning monologuist, Late Show with David Letterman, The New York Times)
Elna Baker (This American Life, author “The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance”)
Catie Lazarus (“Employee of the Month,” The New York Times, The Moth)

More: Sideshow Goshko Celebrates 5 Years of Comedic Storytelling and ‘So Much Alcohol’

Nathan Deuel and Friday was the Bomb
2014-06-26 19:00 - 20:00 | WORD Bookstore, 126 Franklin St, Greenpoint, New York, United States
In 2008 Nathan Deuel,Village Voice and Rolling Stone editor, moved with his wife Kelly McEvers (a foreign correspondent) to Saudi Arabia. The couple’s first child had just been born when the Arab Spring erupted. McEvers was posted in Baghdad, while Deuel took his young daughter first to Istanbul and then Beirut.Friday was the Bomb: Five Years in the Middle East is Deuel’s first book, and an account of his time spent in the volatile region. Deuel will be reading from the memoir, taking questions, and signing copies.

"Mining the Moon"
2014-06-26 19:00 - 21:00 | Brick Theater, 579 Metropolitan Ave, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY, 11211, United States
From the writer: “It’s fantasy-based story about the president, who is a werewolf, and who has halted the spinning of the moon, so the moon’s always full and he can stay in power. He’s deposed, and with the help of his friend, who’s a talking horse, he tries to find his way back to the moon and to the source of his werewolf people. It’s very much a satire and a fantasy in a humorous way, about power and corruption and environmental themes. It’s a weird blend of puppet theater and kabuki theater.”
Read more:
3 Comic-Book-Inspired Dramatists Name Their Favorite Comics and Plays

Bingo at Crocodile Lounge
2014-06-26 20:30 - 22:00 | Crocodile Lounge, 325 E. 14th St, East Village, NY, United States
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 with drinks, as usual.

Limitless: A Marina Abramovic Tribute
2014-06-26 21:00 - 23:00 | Sideshows by the Seashore, 1208 Surf Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Last time Bushwick Burlesque put on this tribute to performance artist Marina Abramovic, Zoe Ziegfel did a piece titled The Stripper is Present. Read more about it here.

Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
2014-06-26 21:00 - 23:00 | Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue, East Village, New York, 10009, United States
This Oscar-winning crime caper follows the trail of a top cop (Gian Maria Volonte) who kills his mistress (Florinda Bolkan), then tests whether he’ll be charged with the crime. The corruption-riddled and flashback-strewn satire is a suspenseful, angry examination of systematic misconduct and impunity for those in power. The screening is part of “The Italian Connection: Poliziotteschi and Other Crime Films of the 1960s and 70s,” a series focusing on Italy’s noir-ish urban cop flicks of that era.

Hated: G.G. Allin and the Murder Junkies
2014-06-26 21:30 - 23:30 | Nitehawk Cinema, 136 Metropolitan Ave, New York, United States
Punk rock sensation G.G. Allin was renowned for his outlandish live performance antics—which involved defecating on stage, self-mutilation, nudity, and attacking audience members. He typically ended sets smeared in various bodily fluids. Despite poor reviews, Allin attracted a cult following over his career, as he strived to inject a little danger into rock. He eventually died from a drug overdose while this 1993 biopic was in post-production. Hated was the first film from director Todd Phillips (Old School, Starsky & Hutch, The Hangover), and he will be present for a Q&A after the one-night-only screening.

Questlove's Bowl Train
2014-06-26 23:00 | Brooklyn Bowl, 61 Wythe Avenue, Williamsburg, United States
Questlove (The Roots) was omnipresent even before he got a gig as bandleader of The Tonight Show, but somehow he manages to show up for this weekly dance-a-thon at Brooklyn Bowl. The sprawling dance floor gets packed with older tourists and younger locals.

"Football Head" at La MaMa
2014-06-27 10:00 - 23:30 | La MaMa, 68 East 4th St. , East Village, New York, NY, United States
Visual artist, performer, and gay stage icon Chris Tanner brings true-life tales, and, in his words, “humiliating stories of the sexual awakening of a nerdy art queen,” to the stage in Football Head. Tanner sings and tells the stories, accompanied on the stage by three doo-wop singers and collaborator Lance Cruce. The show is first and foremost about his family, intermingled with shame, guilt, and celebration thrown in for good measure.

The Bicycle Film Festival
2014-06-27 13:00 - 22:00 | Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue, East Village, New York, 10009, United States
The Bicycle Film Festival is just what one might expect: a festival devoted to films featuring this beloved form of transport. The fest originated at Anthology Film Archive in 2001, and has since whirred through over 60 cities worldwide; it now returns to its birthplace for its 14th reiteration. This year’s selection will see the beautiful machine appearing in an eclectic array of shorts and features: peddled across southern Africa in Lucas Brunelle Goes to Africa, under the bony (and drug-free) bottoms of the Argos-Shimano team as they wend their way through the 100th Tour de France in Clean Spirit, and wielded by wildly talented (but under-appreciated) women professionals in Half the Road.Hop on your trusty two-wheeled steed and get over here, stat.

Brooklyn Night Bazaar
2014-06-27 19:00 | 165 Banker Street, 165 Banker Street, Brooklyn, NY, United States
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 music, DJs, arcade games, a room full of ping-pong tables, and even mini golf. As for the vendors, you’ll see a lot of jewelry, sunglasses, and crafty incense burners. The bow ties made out of Legos that we once saw here should give you a pretty good idea.

Liveness and Cinema: An Illustrated Lecture
2014-06-27 19:30 - 21:00 | Union Docs, 322 Union Ave, NY, United States
Sam Green’s documentary The Weather Underground (seen in the above clip) earned him an Oscar nomination in 2004, but recently he’s been focusing on “live documentaries.” The screenings of these works (for example The Measure of All Things) are accompanied by in-person narration and live music, taking inspiration from old travelogues, the Benshi tradition and TED talks. Now, Green will be giving a lecture at Union Docs about the history of combining film and performance (one timeless, the other ephemeral), and the work of current day practitioners.

Rooftop Films: 'Five Star'
2014-06-27 20:00 | Metrotech Commons, 5 MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, NY, United States
If you missed this one when everyone (including us) was buzzing about its Tribeca premiere, here’s your chance to see it for free. Keith Miller’s new one is loosely based on the life of a five-star general in the New York Bloods, who also stars in the movie.
More: 12 Movies to Watch Outdoors at the Rooftop Films Summer Series

La Haine
2014-06-27 20:30 - 22:00 | Tompkins Square Park, East Village, NY, 10009, United States
Head to Tompkins Square Park on Friday night for a couple of hours with classic French bad boy Vincent Cassel. Sound romantic? It won’t when you factor in Parisian riots, police brutality, macho retribution and its inevitable fallout. With this black and white 1995 drama directed by Mathieu Kassovitz, Films on the Green continues its exploration of French cinematic emblems of masculinity.
