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Outrage over the weekend shutdown of Rockaway’s city beaches made the cover of the Daily News (excuse to put a bikinied hardbody on the front page, much?), but fans of Patti Smith and James Franco found more welcoming sands over at Fort Tilden during the kickoff of the “Rockaway!” art festival.
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Listen up, transportation nation! The next few months are going to be a trip, no matter what your preferred mode of hitting the road.
Maspeth World of Wheels
Saturday, June 21, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. at Knockdown Center, 52-19 Flushing Ave., Ridgewood, Queens
The above video teaser alone is worth the price of admission ($5) to this auto show curated by artists including Grayson Cox, Elizabeth Ferry, Jeff Degolier and Michael Merck, who was last seen producing the Knockdown Center’s flea market. Among the “100 carcentricities” promised are a steamroller, Honda festishists, “scary tow trucks and impressive Lamborghinis,” a Playgirl van and some artists confronting the “automobile as our nation’s long standing symbol of manifest destiny and superfluous ingenuity.” Music by The Dangles and The Golden Grass from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
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This subway ride to the beach might just be more fun than the beach itself. On Jul 12, hop aboard a train made up of 1930s R1/9 cars for a two-hour trip to the Coney Island boardwalk.
We dig Dead Stars, we dig music videos involving sad puppets, and we dig bands hitting the beach. Above: all three in one irresistible little package.
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Fort Tilden, screening tomorrow at Northside Festival, depicts a pair of naive, privileged, and self-obsessed friends journeying to the Rockaways. It’s a sunny, snarky quest to some very funny places.
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Not only did Rockaway just get an ice-cream sandwich stand, but this weekend it got an art gallery on the strip where Sayra’s, Uma’s, and The Rock all opened in the past year.
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Until now, the best way to get an ice cream sandwich fix in Rockaway Beach was by snagging an It’s-It at Rippers. But a new artisanal ice cream maker just blew that out of the water.
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Last week a retired NYPD detective allegedly lost his gun at the East Village gay bar Phoenix NYC after he put the firearm on the sink so he could throw up, forgetting about it for several hours. [NY Post]
This weekend, a contestant named Rajkumar showed off his Bollywood dance moves and much more to win the Smallest Penis in Brooklyn Pageant, at King’s County Bar in Bushwick. NSFW photos here. [Brokelyn]
Over a two-hour span early this morning in Williamsburg, four people were arrested for painting graffiti on Broadway. [Gothamist]
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Trust us, the roads don’t look anything like this right now. (Photo: Daniel Maurer)
Staying in town this Memorial Day weekend? Count yourself lucky. Being stuck in the city is way better than being stuck in traffic, or — worse yet — in a Hamptons club, waiting for your friend to stop talking to that bro in the pink shirt so she can give you a ride back to the timeshare. Here’s over a dozen things you can do this weekend, starting with the next best thing to a cat cafe. Have a groovy weekend — we’ll be back here Tuesday.
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