Your Ideal Week

Image: New York Philharmonic

An Embarrassment of Riches

June 15 - June 21

What’s up, Brooklyn? How’s it going this week? I, for one, have spent the past 5 or so days totally immersed in true crime documentaries on Netflix, so nothing really new on this end. I am legally and morally obligated to watch the new episodes of the docuseries about the Staircase Murders on Netflix because (fun fact alert) I spent the first 3 years of my life living next door to Michael Peterson (pre-murders), and his kids are heavily featured in my baby album, but holy schnikes have any of you guys watched this Evil Genius show? Why do I have no recollection of an absolutely insane pizza bombing bank heist story from 2003— seems like the kind of thing that might stick with you, right? While we’re on the topic of pizza, did you happen see that the Staten Island Yankees have been renamed the Pizza Rats for 5 games and they have merch?! I’ve got my eye on this hoodie, personally.

If you’re looking for fun things to do this weekend, may I suggest Saturday’s annual Mermaid Parade in Coney Island? It is really the best, if you’ve not yet had the pleasure of seeing hundreds of people in ambitious, highly creative costumes just getting weird by the beach for a day. Also, Dead & Co is at Citifield both nights this weekend, which is a great opportunity to check out that Mikkeller brewery outpost near the stadium that we’ve mentioned before.  If you fall in love with it, you can head back on Tuesday night for a special dry-aged steak and beer dinner with King of Meat himself, Pat LaFrieda.

Upset about the state of the world these days? Not a real question, obviously, because of course you are-- the news is bleak dystopic nightmare. Anthony Bourdain's suicide last week hit people really hard, not just because he was beloved and wonderful and so much fun to watch and read, but because he represented an adventurous, open-minded, empathetic spirit that feels perilously close to extinction right now. We literally are putting children in camps and ripping babies away from breastfeeding mothers, and you can let everyone know how disgusted by it you are on your way home from work tonight at a 5:30pm protest organized by Families Belong Together Brooklyn. Or, you can enjoy an evening of art, performance, and cheap tattoos at Party to Protect Our Lives, which benefits Moms Demand Action, at Littlefield on Saturday night.

It’s supposed to be a scorcher on Monday, so enjoy the relatively temperate spring weather this weekend, check out the rest of our ideas of ways you can while away the time, and have a fantastic Ideal Week.

—Kate Hooker 

Thursday, June 14
DUMBO, Live At The Archway, 6:00pm, Free

Friday, June 15
DUMBO, Sands Street Plaza, World Cup viewings, 11am and 2pm, free • PROSPECT PARK, Philharmonic in the Park, 8pm, free

Saturday, June 16
WILLIAMSBURG, Spuyten Duyvil, Goods from the Garden Oxbow tap takeover, $25, 11am • GREENPOINT, North Brooklyn Boat Club, Public Paddle, 12-4pm, free, • WILLIAMSBURG, The Grange, Rooftop Dinner, $125 • GOVERNORS ISLAND, Jazz Age Lawn Party, $35

Sunday, June 17
GOVERNORS ISLAND, Jazz Age Lawn Party, $35

Monday, June 18
GOWANUS, Parklife, The Sting, 8:30pm, free

Tuesday, June 18
BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK, Pier 6, Open Run, 6:45pm, free

Wednesday, June 20
FORT GREENE, BAM, Sorry to Bother You, BAMcinemaFest opening night, 7:30pm, $25+

Thursday, June 21
BUSHWICK, Guadalupe Inn Vinyl Happy Hour, Free • PROSPECT PARK, BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival, Aimee Mann, 6pm gates

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