Tip Sheet: June 5-9

Sure sign that summer is upon us: Too much fun to be had on any given weekend, starting with this one.

bq.jpgFor 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. grillinonthebay.org

For the Memoirists
At the first Brooklyn reading for the best autobiographical book ever, Six-Word Memoirs, brainchild of Brooklyn’s own SMITH Magazine, you can share your six-word tale alongside Amy Sohn and editors Larry Smith and Rachel Fershleiser. Park Slope Barnes and Noble, Monday June 9 at 7 pm, barnesandnoble.com

For the Art Appreciators/Partiers (a few choices)
1. Bushwick Open Studios, a weekend-long fest featuring art, music, a raucous cabaret, afterparties, bike and walking tours, film, and forums, all searchable online at artsinbushwick.org. Check out street artist Judith Supine’s solo show at English Kills (englishkillsartgallery.com) before it closes on Sunday.

m.jpg2. The Crest Hardware Art Show, where installations, photography, paintings and videos by 100 local artists like Mikal Hameed, whose work is pictured, will be displayed among the nails and caulk guns at Crest True Value Hardware June 7-July 11. On Saturday, drinks are on Peak Organic Brewing Co. and food is catered by the Taco Truck. Live music and hot rods, too. cresthardwareartshow.com

3. The Atlantic Avenue Artwalk, where you’ll find a real public park within Kim Holleman’s “Trailer Park,” adjacent to 529 Atlantic Ave., the start of the artwalk. Restaurants and bars are taking advantage of the foot traffic — $4 Bloody Marys at Trout! — and super, sustainable yoga clothier OMALA (400 Atlantic Ave., omalausa.com) celebrates its one-year anniversary with a storewide 25 percent discount all weekend and free massages from 2-5 pm Sat. atlanticavenueartwalk.com

yardout.jpgFor the Mac-n-Cheese Lovers
Anne Saxelby of Saxelby Cheesemongers and Kelly Geary of Sweet Deliverance serve up a downhome Mac and Cheese cookout at the Yard on Friday from 4-8 pm, with live bluegrass, Apollo wheat beer from Sixpoint and bourbon from LeNell’s, whose future in Brooklyn is uncertain (so enjoy her goods while you can). Get yer $25 tix here>>.

For the Do Good Foodies
Support breast cancer research by eating at local restaurants like Lunetta and Flatbush Farm, participants in Dining Out for a Cure, through June 30. diningoutforacure.com

t.jpgFor the Full-Length Fans
Mellow indie pop outfit Takka Takka — beneficiary of all that blog buzz in 2006, much of it run-off from friends and tour mates Clap Your Hands Say Yeah — is back with a new album, “Migration,” which it will preview in its entirety at the intimate and utterly hip Monkeytown (you may want to reserve early). Fri., June 6, 7:30 and 10 pm, monkeytownhq.com

For the Wii Athletes
Watch Wiimbledon at Barcade this Saturday, where free beer from noon-3 will encourage you to cheer on the virtual players. wiimbledon.net

krsone.jpgFor the Rock-n-Strollers
KRS-ONE kicks off the Summer Reading program at the Central Brooklyn Library Thurs., June 5 at 11, brooklynpubliclibrary.org. And AudraRox helms the first Carlyle Music Fest of rock, punk and bluegrass for all ages at The Yard on Sat., June 7, 1-9 pm. theyard.ws

For the Dancers
Watch and learn traditional dance from South African, Panamanian, Lebanese and Indian troupes in Fort Greene Park, Sun., 3-5 pm. brooklynartscouncil.org

Sent by Keith and Nicole.





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