WEDNESDAY: Referential Rockers
Tonight, get sweaty at Monster Island with Titus Andronicus. The hyper-literate emo-punk Jersey kids come complete with song titles like “Upon Viewing Bruegel’s ‘Landscape with the Fall of Icarus’” and “Albert Camus” and a corresponding 8.5 from Pitchfork, but don’t let that scare you — their live shows are legendarily fun. Local boys So So Glos and Chicago’s Smith Westerns open the show.

Lights, Action
Tonight at Zebulon, catch a free show from Francis and the Lights at 9:30 (we hear a rumor that Talib Kweli may show as well…turns out the rumor was just that). Get there early, since this is a small space and people have caught on to the electric sensation that is F&TL.

THURSDAY: Pre-teen Rhymes
At the age when the rest of us were playing with dolls or pretending to be astronauts, pint-sized P-Star–the focus of tonight’s Rooftop Films in Fort Greene–was convincing her father to let her be a rapper. P-Star Rising, a rags-to-riches story about an unusual father-daughter bond, will be screened on the lawn of Fort Greene Park; the film is preceded by a live performance by the preteen phenom herself. Rooftop Films needs to raise $70,000 by October to stay operational. Donate now to keep great shows like this coming in years ahead!

Wine Time
We’re doing another organic wine dinner at the Roebling Tea Room with Jenny & Francois. The winemaker, Alan Rouchard, is from Loup Blanc in Minervois and the wines are rich and complex reds, perfect for this fall weather. The Tea Room’s chef, Dennis Spina, is planning a fall inspired menu to highlight the wine and the bounty of fantastic local ingredients available right now. Tickets and more info.

SATURDAY: Survival of the Hip-est
Imagine Burning Man in Brooklyn, and you’ll have an idea of the all-out art fest and bacchanalia that awaits you in Sunset Park’s Bush Terminal, “aboard” the HMS Beagle–a massive loft where guests will “set sail” for the Galapagos Islands in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Origin of Species. Along with art installations and DJs, event planners Winkel and Balktick promise penguins, tortoises and other fantastical creatures. You on board? Get tickets before your bon voyage.

Fair Isle
Take a different kind of boat (the moving, ferry kind) to Governors Island for the Governors Island Art Fair. 150 independent artists and galleries display work in Building 12. The opening reception of the fair, which runs Saturdays in September, is from 3-6pm on the 5th. Bring a picnic and wander around the island after taking in the art.

SUNDAY: Move On
Each Sunday in September, Myrtle Avenue from Clinton to Emerson will be closed to traffic for Move About Myrtle for biking, walking, shopping, arts and dance classes, music, and other performances from 11am-7pm. Roller skates optional.

SUNDAY-MONDAY: Kegs & Cluckers
The Queens County Farm Museum is hosting a barbecue and campout at the farm that involves, in no particular order, smoked beer can chicken, fruit cobbler, DJ Sam Kim, all the Brooklyn Brewery Beer you can drink, Van Hayride (a twangy Van Halen cover band), actual hayrides, butcher Tom Mylan, butcher Brent Young, Sweet Deliverance, biscuits and gravy in the morning, sleeping under the stars and a cuddly campfire. The last one was hookup central, just saying. Oh, and the whole thing benefits the Queens Farm. Tickets and details.

TUESDAY: Mural Movies
If you haven’t made it to Greenpoint’s India Street Mural Project, tonight’s a great night to go. The few empty spaces between the six-artist collab will be filled with projections of films by six local filmmakers documenting the creation of the mural itself. After reminding everyone about how the mural came to be, the filmmakers and artists will stick around to answer any questions on the films and the art itself.

Mayoral Madness
Say what you will about Bloomberg, but at least he’s given New Yorkers something to talk about with controversial policies from the smoking ban to mayoral control of schools. MonkeyTown’s early show on Tuesday is a screening of “The Promise of New York,” a documentary about three “regular guy” candidates running against the billionaire mayor: a stand-up comic, a high-school math teacher, and a politico. Laughs are pretty much guaranteed, but so are more serious thoughts about a post-Bloomberg New York.

SPECIAL PLAN (A)HEAD’S UP: No Impact Man Brooklyn Premiere
Thursday, September 10, 7pm
Remember when we brought you the Brooklyn premiere of Food Inc.? We’re doing it again, but with a different movie. Colin Beavan is No Impact Man. He spent a year trying to reduce his family’s impact on the environment down to nothing, forgoing transportation, even public, morning coffee and even electricity. Doors open at 7pm for locally sourced snacks and a free local beer happy hour, film at 8pm, followed by a Q&A with director Justin Schein, co-director and producer Eden Wurmfeld. Tickets.

Sent by Chrysanthe, Casey, Nicole, and Annaliese. Photos courtesy of Bryan Bruchman (mural by Eve Biddle and Joshua Frankel) and superk8nyc via Flickr.