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WEDNESDAY 5/2
♦ Birds & Other Animals @ Dandelion Wine (153 Franklin St) 8-10pm, Opening Reception for Artist Scott Chasse, paintings of birds & other animals, RSVP
THURSDAY 5/3
* Lincoln Restler Campaign Launch Party @ Brooklyn Winery (213 North 8th St) kick off Lincoln Restler’s Reelection Campaign as State Committeeman and District Leader for the 50th Assembly District, More info
♫ Funky Warsaw @ Warsaw (261 Driggs St.) 10pm, DJ Bobby J plays all vinyl, sassy-ass 60’s soul, funky funk, power-pop pop-pop, post apocalyptic punk, and pre-historic hip-hop
• Grand Opening: Beloved (674 Manhattan Ave) More info
• Crooked Man/ Hazel Rah/ Theologian/ Lost Coves @ Saint Vitus (1120 Manhattan Ave) 8pm, $10, BUY TIX
FRIDAY THRU SUNDAY (5/3-5/6)
• NY Food Book Fair @ Wythe Hotel (80 Wythe Ave) $15+, The first ever New York Food Book Fair is a celebration of cookbooks, memoirs, magazines, science, food systems, agriculture, urban design and food art and culture, More info
FRIDAY 5/4
* Penny Social @ Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (275 No. 8th St) 6pm, Hosted by: Kelly Pakowski. This event is for Adults only. Tickets are $8.00 in advance, and $9.00 at the door. Coffee and cake available with admission, plus a door prize ticket. Lots of great prizes including a Walt Disney World Vacation for a family of 5 as a grand prize, More info
• St. Stanislaus Kostka Drama Club Presents Grease @ St. Stanislaus Kostka School (12 Newel Street)
♦ A Mouth that Might Sing @ Pierogi (177 North 9th St) 7-9pm, Opening reception for artist Ryan Mrozowski, More info
♦ Represent @ The Habitat (988 Manhattan Ave) 7pm, a solo exhibition of drawings and video by Nick Hartman
♫ The Death Set/ Wild Yaks/ Total Warr/ Rompers/DJ Dityfinger @ Shea Stadium (20 Meadow St, Bushwick) 8pm, $8, all ages, presented by Bike in the Kitchen
♫ Bare Mutants/ Outer Minds/ DJ Vashti @ Union Pool (484 Union Ave) 9pm, RSVP
SATURDAY 5/5
• 5th Annual Go Green! Greenpoint Earth Day Festival @ McCarren Park, 11am-5pm, eco-friendly artists, crafters, educators, and community groups, as well as educational displays, Greencycle swap, art exhibits, contests for kids, and enviro-friendly handmade wares, more info
• Cinco De Mayo @ Papacito’s Backyard (999 Manhattan Ave) 11am-4am, mariachi, surf rock, cheap beer, tequila, margaritas, all day, all night, more info
• Greenpointers Cinco De Mayo Launch Party @ Greenpoint Heights (278 Nassau Ave) 9pm, Celebrate the launch of this website, meet the contributors, eat tacos, drink margaritas, Greenpoint photo booth, prizes, music by Cowboy Mark! RSVP
SUNDAY 5/6
• Discover Williamsburg Walking @ Greenpoint Renaissance Center (2 Kingsland Ave) $20, Explore the former Greenpoint Hospital Site, Old Bushwick Green, St. Nicholas Church, Jennings Hall, Huber and Hittleman’s Brewery, and other historic landmarks. Led by Historian John Dereszewski, BUY TIX
♫ NY Night Train Happening: Welcome Back Jonathan Toubin Dance Party @ Brooklyn Bowl (61 Wythe Ave) 8pm, JONATHAN TOUBIN, derailed for five months after an accident in Portland is feeling better and on his way home to Brookyln to return to what he does – throwing down the wildest 45rpm dance vinyl you’ve never heard, RSVP
MONDAY 5/7
* OCD Lecture: The Biggest Apple @ Pete’s Candy Store (709 Lorimer St.) 7:30-9pm, FREE, panel discussion by journalist Amy on population trends, urban planning, and the conceptual limits of density here in the Big Apple.
♫ Total Warr/ Hello Phones/ Rimar/ RobertCop @ Glasslands Gallery (289 Kent Ave.) 8:30pm, $10, BUY TIX
TUESDAY 5/8
♦ WAGMAG Brooklyn Art Guide Benefit @ The Boiler (191 No. 14th St.) 7-9pm, a great event for art lovers in the area, with approximately 100 pieces of artwork generously donated by local galleries and artists for the raffles, BUY TIX
* Greenpointers’ Pick
♫ Music
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