Whatever your feelings about Bowery Presents, they’re bringing great shows to The Music Hall of Williamsburg, which opened last week. We’ve yet to visit ourselves (though the wacked-out Brazilian trio Bonde Do Role this Saturday is tempting), and at least two BB readers may get there before us, because we have two free tickets next Wednesday, Sept. 19, for Atlanta outfit The Black Lips, a twangy, fun, garage/noise-rock band known for committing some crude acts on stage. They’ve toned down their antics as of late, but the first person who can name the funniest thing they’ve set on fire on stage gets two free tickets (just hit reply with the answer). 66 N. 6th., musichallofwilliamsburg.com

Elsewhere in da hoods:

During the Conflux Festival, tomorrow through Sunday, 100 or so artists and urban explorers will invite the public to look at the city in a new light (we’re simplifying it a bit — the full spiel is here.) Think street performances, installations, and walking tours like Samara Smith’s Anyplace Brooklyn, an hour-long audio tour through downtown Brooklyn filled with candid interviews from locals who are losing their homes to eminent domain to folks who remember what life was like pre-Metro Tech. It will replace that vague notion of yours about what Brooklyn is becoming with something concrete. RSVP for the tour here. After Saturday, download the mp3s from her site, anyplacebrooklyn.com, which goes live tomorrow.

Another surprising environment, on view through Oct. 21, is the “Blind Spot” installation at the English Kills Art Gallery in Bushwick. After reading the artists’ description (here), we expected something entirely different, but the experience was still incredibly visceral and slightly spooky, like walking into a real-life haunted house. To say more would ruin the surprise. 114 Forrest St., near Flushing Ave., L to Morgan Ave.

Other fantastic things happening this weekend: The Brooklyn Book Festival, which we wrote about here, Steve Baldwin’s Parrot Tour (read about the Brooklyn ‘boids here), and the last performances of Il Tabarro, the opera on the Red Hook tugboat that will please even non-opera buffs because of its length (one hour) and the incredible access it gives you to the waterfront. For optimal views and time on the water, pay more for the wine-and-cheese pre-party, and save yourself a dead-center seat (details here and here).