Your Ideal Week

Photo by Regina Mogilevskaya

Summer lovin.

August 17 - August 23

Another hot August Thursday, another chance for us to share with you all of our best picks for squeezing the most fun out of the Ideal Week that lies ahead. . . But before we get to that, I think we should all take a few minutes to throw on our favorite Aretha song and pay tribute to the loss of one of the greatest voices we’ll ever know. I am actually writing this from Maine, and on my (seemingly interminable) car ride up here on Saturday I was flipping through the radio stations and singing along to the random tunes I came across at the top of my lungs (and terrifying my canine road trip companion), and I happened to have a pretty incredible session with “You Make Me Feel LIke a Natural Woman” and it was awesome. RIP to a true legend and queen.

Speaking of uncannily exceptional pipes, Thom Yorke just announced a tour that will bring him to Kings Theatre in November, and tickets go on sale today so you will want to move fast on those if that’s your thing. And while we’re looking ahead, Greenlight Bookstore is hosting a slate of offsite fall author events with some wonderful writers like Barbara Kingsolver, Gary Shteyngart, and Anne Lamott, and tickets are available now. Sadly, Celebrate Brooklyn! Has closed up shop for the season, but there are still outdoor movies to check out and the Rockaways to sunbathe at and our Total Red Hook Immersion this Saturday to sip cold beers at and gorge on ice cream and gelato, so make sure you take advantage of this time while it’s here. Or, you can hole up and binge watch Castle Rock on Hulu the way my sister and I did when it rained all day this week. And I’ve now heard from the millionth person in my life that the Giacometti show at the Guggenheim is really more than worth making the trek to the UES, so that’s what I’d do if I were in town (you can even do it this Tuesday, when it's open till 9pm). The dog days of summer are your oyster folks, so hop to it and make each one count.

We’ve got lots of suggestions of ways for you to pass the time between now and next Thursday—check ‘em out below. I’ll be sure to eat a lobster for you guys and send southward best wishes for an Ideal Week for the ages. See you back here next Thursday!

—Kate Hooker 

 

 

Friday, August 17
CONEY ISLAND, Ford Amphitheater, Beach Boys, 7pm,  $18 •GOWANUS, The Bell House, A Drinking Game NYC, 7pm, $15

Saturday, August 18
RED HOOK, The Total Red Hook Immersion, 12-6pm, $15 • GREENPOINT, See/Saw magic show, 7pm, $74 • DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN, Alamo Drafthouse, Wet Hot American Summer movie party, 6:30pm, $16  • GOWANUS, Littlefield, Tinder Live, 8pm, $15

Sunday, August 19
INDUSTRY CITY, Salsa Sunday, 1-6pm, FREE • RED HOOK, BWAC Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Affordable Art Auction, 4-5:30pm

Monday, August 20

Tuesday, August 21
UPPER EAST SIDE, Guggenheim, Summer Tuesdays, extended hours until 9pm, $25

Wednesday, August 22
CHELSEA, Highline Ballroom, Daybreaker, 6-9am, $25-$40

Thursday, August 23
DUMBO, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Wonder Woman screening, 6pm, FREE

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