New York Fringe Fest 2014
2014-08-08 12:00 - 22:00, 2014-08-09 12:00 - 22:00, 2014-08-10 12:00 - 22:00, 2014-08-11 12:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | Multiple venues, NY, United States
It’s that time again, folks. The time when the world’s most avant-garde and experimental theater types descend on the East Village and Lower East Side for a fortnight of moderately insane adventure know as the Fringe Festival. The 18th edition of the Fest will be deluging the metropolis with playful peculiarities from August 8 to 24. Highlights include The Mormon Bird Play, Fatty Fatty No Friends, Fuck You! You Fucking Perv! and much, much more.

Seaport Music Festival
2014-08-08 19:00 | South St. Seaport, Fulton and Water Streets, new york, NY, United States
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, and will include performances by Big-Ups (whose frontman we spoke to back in January) Tropicalismo-influenced Boogarins (an Other Music Recordings artist), Black Bananas (featuring Jennifer Herrema of Royal Trux), Brooklyn indie-pop outfit Snowmine, Pitchfork darling Torres, and more. Here’s the full schedule:
Friday, Jul 11
PROTOMARTYR, ALVVAYS
7PM
Friday, Jul 18
CALVIN LOVE, LAS ROSAS
Friday, Jul 25
TORRES
7PM
Friday, Aug 1
SNOWMINE, THE CASKET GIRLS
7PM
Friday, Aug 8
BLACK BANANAS, SHOCKWAVE RIDERZ
7PM
Friday, Aug 15
BOOGARINS, JACCO GARDNER
7PM
Friday, Aug 22
DEAD GAZE
Friday, Aug 29
JOANNA GRUESOME, BIG UPS
7PM
More: Seaport Music Festival’s Free Outdoor Shows: Big Ups, Black Bananas and More

Brooklyn Night Bazaar
2014-08-08 19:00, 2014-08-09 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.

Bayside! The Musical!
2014-08-08 20:00, 2014-08-09 20:00 | Theatre 80, 80 St Marks Pl , East Village, NY, United States
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 if you’re not treated to a celeb cameo, this parody is even better than the real thing.
Related: The Saved By the Bell Musical Is Back

Fool's Gold Presents Nick Catchdubs & Friends
2014-08-08 23:00 | Webster Hall, 125 E 11th St., New York City , 10003, United States
Williamsburg label Fool’s Gold presents this weekly hip-hop party featuring label head Nick Catchdubs. Reduced admission with RSVP.

Saved by the 90s at LPR
2014-08-08 23:00 | le poisson rouge, 158 Bleecker St., New York, NY, United States
The Bayside Tigers, a self-described “90s party band” that was formerly a fixture at Canal Room, has been known to rip through 4 Non Blondes covers, and they’ve also seen cameos from previous cast members — namely Dustin “Screech” Diamond. Expect heavy doses of Third Eye Blind as the ’90s come flooding back.

Flea Market Betty
2014-08-09 10:00 - 17:00, 2014-08-10 10:00 - 17:00 | NY
This flea market organized by commercial real estate broker Jill Pescatore offers a mix of food, used and locally designed clothing, crafts and accessories. Read more here.

Steve Keene's Brooklyn Experience
2014-08-09 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

Hester Street Fair
2014-08-09 11:00 - 18:00, 2014-08-10 11:00 - 18:00 | Corner of Hester and Essex Street, Hester and Essex, Lower East Side, NY, United States
Manhattan’s counterpart to Brooklyn Flea has expanded into Seward Park this year, which means more food and vintage and craft vendors. Among those debuting this season are Hudson & Charles (a conscientious West Village butcher shop selling porchetta sandwiches, pork brats, Cubanos, and chili), Zha (the Asian fried riceball spot that popped up at Zucker Bakery on Saturdays, which will offer specials like Korean chicken and waffles), Ssam BBQ (your choice of Korean-style beef, pork, or chicken wrapped in lettuce), An Artistic Taste (a catering chef who’s cooked at The Plaza and Four Seasons does dishes like lobster and truffle mac).
More: Hester Street Fair Returns April 26

Smorgasburg
2014-08-09 11:00 - 18:00 | East River State Park, Williamsburg, NY, United States
Every week, rabid foodies bounce from stall to stall at this cornucopia of food vendors, each with their own gimmick. There tend to be lines at the trendy vendor of the moment (Mighty Quinn’s, Ramen Burger) but with 100 vendors in play, there’s no way to leave hungry. In fact, Mario Batali has called this Brooklyn Flea offshoot “the single greatest thing I’ve ever seen gastronomically in New York City.”

Here and Elsewhere at the New Museum
2014-08-09 11:00 - 20:00, 2014-08-10 11:00 - 20:00, 2014-08-11 11:00 - 20:00 | New Museum, 235 Bowery, Lower East Side, New York, NY, United States
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 status of images as instruments of political consciousness. Bringing together 45 artists and collectives from over 15 countries, from North Africa to the Gulf, Here and Elsewhere presents a sweeping, riotous portrait of a heterogeneous region heretofore underrepresented in the NYC art world.

PS1 Warm-Up
2014-08-09 15:00 - 21:00 | MoMA PS1, 22-25 Jackson Ave, Long Island City, NY, 11101, United States
The lineup of this annual courtyard rave features a lot of new blood. Plus sets from Todd Edwards (a producer on Daft Punk’s last album), techno legend Robert Hood, Norwegian DJ/producer/musician Cashmere Cat (who sold out Music Hall of Williamsburg last year), the great Pantha du Prince, and a live set from industrial act Vatican Shadow of Hospital Productions, which closed its East Village store back in 2011 but soldiers on as a record label.
According to PS1′s release, M. Wells Dinette will serve cocktails and “grab-and-go summer fare,” and there’ll be rotating stage installations by CONFETTISYSTEM, Chen Chen and Kai Williams, Fort Makers, Fort Standard, Nightwood, and The Principals.
Below is the lineup for the parties.
June 28
A/JUS/TED / Under the Shade / New York, NY, USA
Dimitri From Paris / Gomma, Defected Records / Paris, France
Pantha du Prince (live) / Rough Trade Records / Berlin, Germany
DJ Spoko / True Panther Sounds / Atteridgeville, South Africa
Mumdance / Tectonic Recordings / London, England
July 5
DJ EZ / One Recordings / London, England
Todd Edwards / Echo Park Records / Los Angeles, CA, USA
Champion / Formula Records / London, England
Jam City / Night Slugs / London, England
J-CUSH / Lit City Trax / New York, NY, USA
July 12
Mister Saturday Night: Eamon Harkin & Justin Carter / Mister Saturday Night Records / New York, NY, USA
Cibo Matto (live) / Chimera Music / New York, NY, USA
Archie Pelago (live) / Mister Saturday Night Records / New York, NY, USA
Gabriel Garzón Montano (live) / Styles Upon Styles / New York, NY, USA
Auntie Flo / Huntleys & Palmers, Permanent Vacation / London, England
July 19
Robert Hood / M-Plant / Detroit, MI, USA
Objekt / Hessle Audio / Berlin, Germany
Rrose / Eaux / New York, NY, USA
Vatican Shadow (live) / Hospital Productions / New York, NY, USA
Container (live) / Spectrum Spools, Liberation Technologies / Providence, RI, USA
Young Male / White Material / New York, NY, USA
July 26
Cashmere Cat / LuckyMe Records, Pelican Fly / Oslo, Norway
Total Freedom / Fade to Mind / Los Angeles, CA, USA
GoldLink (live) / Squaaash Club / Washington, DC, USA
UNiiQU3 / Lit City Trax / New Jersey, USA
Suicideyear / Software Records / Baton Rouge, LA, USA
August 2
Daniele Baldelli / Eskimo Recordings / Italy
Charanjit Singh (live) / REProduce / Mumbai, India
Simian Mobile Disco (live) / Anti Records / London, England
Hiro Kone (live) / Group Tightener / New York, NY, USA
Maria Chavez / Software Records / New York, NY, USA
August 9
George FitzGerald / Domino, Man Make Music / Berlin, Germany
Martyn / 3024 / Washington, DC, USA
Leon Vynehall / Aus Music / London, England
Aurora Halal (live) / Mutual Dreaming Recordings / New York, NY, USA
Matrixxman / Spectral Sound / San Francisco, CA, USA
August 16
Supa Dups and Willy Chin of Black Chiney Sound / Black Chiney ​Music Inc. / Miami, FL, USA
Special Guest MC to be announced
Dubbel Dutch / Mixpak / New York, NY, USA
Visionist / Lit City Trax, PAN / London, England
Blazer Sound System / Channel Uno / New York, NY, USA
August 23
Kevin Saunderson / KMS Records / Detroit, MI, USA
Éclair Fifi / LuckyMe Records / Scotland, UK
DJ Earl / Teklife / Chicago, IL, USA
Shamir (live) / GODMODE / Las Vegas, NV, USA
The Range (live) / Donkey Pitch / Rhode Island, USA
Gifted & Blessed (live) / Gifted & Blessed / California, USA
August 30
Benji B / Deviation, BBC Radio 1 / London, England
Dām-Funk (live) / Stones Throw Records / Pasadena, CA, USA
DJ Marfox / Príncipe, Lit City Trax / Lisbon, Portugal
Tessela / R&S Records / London, England
Dutch E Germ / UNO NYC / New York, NY, USA
Avalon Emerson / Icee Hot, Spring Theory Records / Berlin, Germany
September 6
Special Guests to be announced
Evian Christ (DJ set) / Tri Angle Records / London, England
Lone (live) / R&S Records / UK
Sophie / MSMSMSM / London, England
Forest Swords (live) / Tri Angle Records / Liverpool, England

LOT LIC Music & Film Fest
2014-08-09 15:00 - 21:00 | LOT LIC, 43-29 Crescent St, Long Island City, NY, 11101, United States
The LOT LIC Music & Film Series is an eight-week summer party in Long Island City. It’s a free event, with music on Saturdays and film on Thursdays. We know what you’re thinking: no G train service will make it impossible to go. Not true! You can take the 7 to Court Sq. or the N to Queensboro Plaza and it’s a quick jaunt from there. This week’s performers are Sinkane, Takuya Kurodaand DJ D-Felic. 43-29 Crescent St, Long Island City, Saturdays from 3-9 p.m.; Thursdays from 6-10 p.m., tickets free
MUSIC
August 2
SINKANE • TAKUYA KURODA • DJ D-FELIC
August 9
STREETS OF LAREDO • WALKING SHAPES • DJ BRENNAN GREEN
August 16
TAYLOR McFERRIN • JENNAH BELL • DJ RICH MEDINA
August 23
SMALL BLACK • KEVIN MORBY • DJ SPUN
August 30
FREDERICKS BROWN • SILVER feat. EDDIE HENDERSON • DJ NICKODEMUS
September 6
HOLLIS BROWN • JONNY FRITZ • DJ SCOTT EWALT
September 13
WIDOWSPEAK • ALEX BLEEKER AND THE FREAKS • DJ ALEX FROM TOKYO
September 20
SUGARMAN 3 • NAOMI SHELTON AND THE GOSPEL QUEENS
& DAPTONE RECORDS FAMILY DJs

FILM
August 7
CHOP SHOP
(2008) USA – Directed by Ramin Bahrani
August 14
POLYESTER
(1981) USA – Directed by John Waters
August 21
STRICTLY BALLROOM
(1992) Australia – Directed by Baz Luhmann
August 28
THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE
(2003) Canada/Belgium/France – Directed by Sylvain Chomet
September 4
LO QUATTRO VOLTE
(2010) Italy – Directed by Michelangelo Frammartino
September 11
PARIAH
(2011) USA – Directed by Dee Rees
September 18
WILD STYLE
(1983) USA – Directed by Charlie Ahearn

The Quantum Eye at Theatre 80
2014-08-09 17:00 - 18:30 | Theatre 80, 80 St Marks Pl , East Village, NY, United States
Mentalist Sam Eaton performs in this weekly magic and mentalism show that explores the limits of perception and deception.

Le Bingo! w/Linda Simpson
2014-08-09 18:45 - 21:30 | le poisson rouge, 158 Bleecker St., New York, NY, United States
Drag queen Linda Simpson, who got her start in the East Village’s Pyramid Club in the ’90s, has been hosting bingo for years. Each evening features multiple rounds of bingo with “goofball prizes” shown off by a drag version of Vanna White. The Wheel of Chance gets spinned for drink specials.

What I Did For Love at UCB East
2014-08-09 22:00 | UCB East, 153 E 3rd St , East Village, NY, United States
Some of Upright Citizens Brigade’s top improvisers grill audience members for love life details then perform comedic versions of their tales. Performers include, 30 Rock writer, Tracey Wigfield, and The Daily Show writer Zhubin Parang among others.

Coney Island Laser Show
2014-08-09 22:00 | Sideshows by the Seashore, 1208 Surf Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Far out, dude! Laser spectaculars are hard to come by in NYC. This homegrown one isn’t as polished as the ones you saw in the planetariums of your youth (though you do get free laser glasses), but the live pre-show entertainment, at 10 p.m. in the Freak Bar, includes rock/disco DJs, and a “psychedelic sideshow” featuring “freaks, geeks and wild women,” Plus, you get a free bumper car ride at El Dorado with advance tix.
July 12: The Beatles
Aug 9: Grateful Dead
Sept 13: Pink Floyd, Best of Echoes

Mr. Choade's Upstairs Downstairs
2014-08-09 22:00 | Slipper Room, 167 Orchard St, Lower East Side, NY, United States
This long-running variety show merges sideshow/vaudeville acts, go-go girls, comedy, and burlesque, often to raunchy effect (performers include Donny Vomit of Coney Island Sideshow fame and Evil Hate Monkey of Bushwick Burlesque fame). Doors open at 8 p.m.

Brooklyn Flea
2014-08-10 10:00 - 17:00 | 50 Kent, 50 Kent Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United States
This sprawling market offers food, clothing, accessories, knick knacks, furniture, bikes, crafts, artisan products and tons more. It’s become so synonymous with New Brooklyn that Marc Spitz opened his book Twee with it.

Related: Brooklyn Flea Returns to Williamsburg (With New Vendors!) This Sunday

Pop-Up Roller Rink at 50 Kent
2014-08-10 14:00 - 19:00 | 50 Kent, 50 Kent Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United States
The Gotham Girls Roller Derby are setting up a pop-up rink where you can rent skates, take lessons, and mingle with some badass roller girls.

Trivial Dispute at Alligator Lounge
2014-08-11 21:00 | Alligator Lounge, 600 Metropolitan Ave, Williamsburg, NY, United States
Photo: Gavin Thomas
Crocodile Lounge’s Brooklyn brother hosts its weekly trivia night every Monday (free pizza included!)
