To Do in Dumbo
Free bike valet parking, a show in the shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge… Sounds like Movies with a View, but it’s the Brooklyn Bridge Park’s new Music at the Bridge series, featuring bands presented by area venues like Union Hall and Issue Project Room. It begins tonight with the Barbès-curated […]

Red, White and Booze
From East River views to local craft brews, Brooklyn does Fourth of July right. During the Battle of Chicken and Beer at the Brooklyn Lyceum, the fried chicken is endless, the Brooklyn Lager is all-you-can-drink, and the break dancing should not be attempted at home. At The Yard, hipsters celebrate their independence […]

When I was growing up in the sticks, one of my favorite summertime activities was dragging the TV and VCR out to the backyard (courtesy of a very long extension cord), setting up lawn chairs and watching movies outside with friends on warm summer evenings. Turns out, when you grow up and move to […]

How often does this happen: You check out the lineup of the city’s free outdoor concerts — SummerStage, Prospect Park’s Celebrate Brooklyn, JellyNYC’s Pool Parties, the Seaport Music Fest, Siren — and don’t recognize half the bands’ names. So for our latest mix we asked Matt Tyson of the fantastic, and fabulously revamped music […]

Good thing Saturday’s the longest day of the year. With all that time you can catch the Mermaid Parade in Coney at 2, have a drink at the new Beer Island (on Stillwell between Surf Ave and the Boardwalk), then hear live music at the Newkirk Ave. eco-themed Block Party, courtesy of […]

ROY G. BIV + LGBT
Saturday Brooklyn Pride (brooklynpride.org) in Prospect Park will kick start a day of revelry, leading up to the nighttime parade on 7th Ave. and after parties on 5th. Dads will have to vie for attention during the Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket’s Father’s Day Strawberry Shortcake Eating Contest. Wonder who’s going […]

Sure sign that summer is upon us: Too much fun to be had on any given weekend, starting with this one.
For the Grillmasters
Compete in the RUB-sponsored,Grillin’ by the Bay cookoff in Sheepshead Bay this Saturday — or just eat the charred masterpieces of bigtime barbecuers like The Rhode Island Anchormen, last year’s winners. […]

If the closest you’ve come to experiencing the Delta Blues is through the White Stripes, the coming week will bring original masters like Robert “Wolfman” Belfour and Jimmy “Duck” Holmes, and those influenced by them, straight to Brooklyn.
The bluesmen and women are here via the Mississippi Delta Heritage Project, an ambitious program by a […]

Worth Staying in Manhattan For
On Friday night the classic art-punk outfit Wire (have a listen here) opens the Seaport Music Festival, the free outdoor concert series with the city’s best views (check out the stellar schedule at seaportmusicfestival.com). On Saturday from 6-8 pm, the public’s invited to the opening reception for David Byrne’s massive installation, […]

Sundance heads back to Brooklyn this Thursday, May 29, for ten days of screenings, performances and talks celebrating some of 2008’s best selections in Park City, Utah. This is the third year the Robert Redford-helmed fest has set up shop at BAM, and if you’ve never been, you’re missing an opportunity to catch amazing […]