WEDNESDAY: Outstanding in our Field
Seats for the Brooklyn Premiere of Food, Inc., which we’re hosting at The Bell House tonight are sold out, but there will be some standing room only tickets sold for $10 on a first come, first served basis. We’ll open the doors for standing room at 7:45, movie at 8, Q&A following with director Robert Kenner, and $3 beers from Brooklyn Brewery. The movie opens on Friday, and to tide you over we have a copy of the book Food, Inc., to give away. It’s a companion guide to the film that outlines how to change our food system, with essays by Michael Pollan, Marion Nestle and Joel Salatin, among others. The twelfth reader to correctly identify the four plants that are profiled in Pollan’s Botany of Desire wins a free copy. We’ll also have books for sale at the Bell House.

THURSDAY: Get Serious
At first glance an animated short about an old philosophical question has little to do with the remake of Miami Vice, but The Film Society at the Gowanus Studio Space begs to differ. The screening is free, beer is cheap, and you’ll just have to roll with their premise. Series curator Andrew Cleary (he’s been seen on stage at UCB Theater many times) will offer introductory remarks to shed some light on the theme “Are You Serious?”

FRIDAY: Shakespeare (Tickets) in Brooklyn
One of the better-kept secrets of the Public Theater’s annual free Shakespeare in the Park series is that, twice each summer, the theater gives out tickets in our very own borough–meaning that while you’ll still have to stand in line all morning to get seats, you can stay in Brooklyn to do it. Tickets for tonight’s showing of Twelfth Night–starring Anne Hathaway–will be given out at 1pm at 651 Arts; be sure to get in line early.

Pop Nostalgia
As part of their twentieth anniversary celebration last year, power-pop veterans The Posies played a number of shows in Spain (home to their label, Houston Party Records) during which they played their breakthrough 1993 album, Frosting on the Beater, in its entirety. The idea was such a hit that the band has continuing playing the whole album–deemed one of the top 15 American power-pop albums ever–at shows in the States. Get tickets to catch them at the Bell House, with openers Tally Hall.

Mobile Peeps
This Friday is 3rd Ward’s opening for Sex Cells, a group show of dirty photos, videos and texts taken by people nationwide via cell phone. The show is free, and they’ll have complimentary drinks and music by DJ Alden F. Fonda and Unicornicopia. Spy on the voyeurism from 7-10.

SATURDAY: Run with Pride
Brooklyn Pride’s 13th annual gay pride celebration kicks off bright and early with a 5K run in Prospect Park, at 9am; 50 percent of the $20 entrance fee will be donated to Park Slope’s Center for Anti-Violence Education. If that’s too early — or athletic — for you, the celebration continues with a street festival at 11am, followed by a parade down 7th Avenue at 7:30pm. All festivities start at the Bartel-Pritchard Circle at 15th Avenue and Prospect Park West.

Art Ware
From noon through 9pm on Saturday, over a hundred local artists will show off their hardware-inspired art at the 8th annual Crest Fest, a multi-media exhibit at Williamsburg’s famed Crest Hardware (558 Metropolitan) and Macri Park. Along with the art on display, there’ll be food, drinks, live music (including BB friends In Cadeo) and art and design vendors on hand to entertain the masses.

BB Does Northside
Make sure to pop by the Gothamist/Brooklyn Based Northside showcase at Public Assembly from 2-7pm. We have six fab bands, and will move the festivities over to The Gutter for the afterparty with drink specials (with badge or ticket), DJ, dinner, dessert, and, of course, bowling.

With the Band
Fans of concert posters can meet the designers behind the merch desk at Word bookstore in Greenpoint, which hosts the artists featured in Gig Posters: Rock Show Art of the 21st Century at 4pm.

SUNDAY: Open House(s)
As part of the Victorian Flatbush House Tour, 10 restored homes in the historic Victorian Flatbush district–between Flatbush and Coney Island Avenues, just south of Prospect Park–will open their doors to visitors for the afternoon. The self-guided tour starts at 1pm; advance ticket sales end at 3pm Saturday.

Little Big Top at Sea
The best big top for your buck is actually a historic barge in Red Hook that seats about 150. Located aboard the Waterfront Museum, CIRCUSundays is super intimate, and the performers always top-notch. This Sunday brings an international troupe including a third generation comedic acrobat from Milan, an English juggler, and a Parisian who’s trained clowns on every continent (including for Cirque du Soleil). It’s like cabaret for the kiddies, and a great excuse to get out to Red Hook for the day. Get tickets to the 1 or 4pm show this Sunday; it’s only around for 3 more Sundays this month.

Greene Gardens
If you don’t already have garden envy, you will after taking this Sunday’s Fort Greene Garden Walk. On the tour: ten private gardens, including one with a reconstructed Roman ruin, three community gardens, Irondale Theater, graffiti art made from moss, and a commercial rooftop featuring a beehive and chicken coop (where you can meet urban beekeeper John Howe in person!). Tickets and the self-guided map must be picked up at Greene Grape Provisions or Greene Grape itself, which, when they open at noon, will be serving apertivos — prosecco with a splash of soda, a slice of orange, and aperol, made with rhubarb and other botanicals, to get your garden party started.

Sent by Chrysanthe, Brian, Nina, and Nicole. Photos courtesy of Konrad Fielder, Topenga on Flickr, and Deborah Grosmark.