Your Ideal Week

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Happy Pride

June 22 - June 28

I don’t even know what to say about this week. First we’re putting babies in internment camps in the name of getting funding for that stupid, racist border wall and then, in the face of mounting public outcry over what feels like straight up Nazism, the administration abruptly changes course and prohibits the practice of separating families. Who is running this show, anyway? Ugh, I know who is and I hate it with every scintilla of my being-- a thin-skinned dictator wannabe whose only skill is creating chaos. And what about the 2,500 kids who have already been taken from their parents? What is going to happen to them? Has any one of the ghouls who were defending this abomination of a policy until 5 minutes ago come up with any solutions to this totally avoidable nightmare borne of their sloppy racism? To top off the horrific stuff we’ve all had to read and watch this week, I’ve worked until midnight every night and had to get a root canal, so my mood isn’t spectacular. And it certainly wasn’t helped by my binge-watching of the new season of Marcella this weekend because, while great and pretty scary this time around, the show is a constant reminder of how losing one’s mind and grounding isn’t actually that far outside of the realm of possibility.

But the weekend is coming and it’s time to cheer up, Charlie, because there are lots of distractions to keep our minds off the grim news of the day for a least a few hours here and there. Tonight, The Moth storytelling hour is happening in Green-Wood Cemetery, which is a pretty idyllic setting for something like that if you ask me, and the World Cup continues and Pride Week is going on all over the place. My mom has recommended the Giacometti exhibition at the Guggenheim, so if the mood strikes I might make a trip up there over the next week, and if I can carve out the time I’d love to make a rhubarb and strawberry pie with all the bounty I’m seeing in the farmers market these days. There’s tons more to keep me busy, and we’ve listed out a few of our favorite ideas for getting the most out of this first week of summer. Stay strong, take a break from Twitter for at least a little while every day, and get yourself outside a bit-- it does wonders for your sanity. See you next week!

—Kate Hooker 

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

Friday, June 22
WILLIAMSBURG, Wythe Hotel, Queer|Art|Pride, 7:30pm, $12 and up • GOWANUS, Time's Up group ride to Coney Island (various meeting points), 7-8pm, free

Saturday, June 23
WILLIAMSBURG, The Total Williamsburg Immersion, noon-1pm check-in at Rocka Rolla, Immersion runs till 6pm, $15-$25 • PROSPECT PARK, Prospect Park Soiree, $50

Sunday, June 24
BROOKLYN NAVY YARD, Rooftop Reds, Ribs and Rosé dinner, 4-8pm, $50 • {sponsored} GOWANUS, Small City, Buying into Brooklyn: Open House Edition, $10, 11:30am 

Monday, June 25
FORT GREENE, BAM, NY premiere of Leave No Trace, $25-$30

Tuesday, June 26
NORTH BROOKLYN FARMS, Tuesday Night Yoga, 6:30pm, free

Wednesday, June 27
EAST VILLAGE, Joe's Pub, Happy Ending Music and Reading Series with Amanda Stern, 7pm, $30

Thursday, June 28
GOWANUS, Littlefield Dance for Justice, $20

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