WEDNESDAY 5/23
* Is Greenpoint Safe? – Public Discussion @ Anella backyard (222 Franklin St) 7-8:30pm, 40% of NYC’s garbage is sent to North Brooklyn. Newtown Creek is a designated Superfund site. Greenpoint is home to one of the largest underground oil spill in the continental U.S., and the Meeker Ave contaminant plumes release hazardous vapors into residences, drink specials, Q&A focused on making the neighborhood a safer place to live, RSVP
♦ Energy Erupting @ Yes Gallery (147 India St) Opening Reception 6-10pm, works by Charles Hecht
♦ We Are All Anonymous @ Triple Canopy (155 Freeman St) 7pm, $5, Gabriella Coleman, David Auerbach, and James Grimmelmann discuss the culture and politics of anonymity online, More info
THURSDAY 5/24
• Newtown Creek Public Health Assessment Meeting @ Warsaw (261 Driggs Ave) 7-9pm, NYSDOH & ATSDR will present the Newtown Creek public health assessment, More info
♫ Elliot and The Ghost/The Wicked Tomorrow/The Dead Roses @ Union Pool (484 Union Ave) 9pm, RSVP
♫ Brooklyn Bass presents Nooke Jones @ Kinfolk Studios (90 Wythe Ave) 10pm, Nooka Jones of Percussion Lab will be laying down the deepest of house and the lowest of bass music, RSVP
FRIDAY 5/25
♦ 3rd Annual Brooklyn Bridge Birthday Celebration @ Brooklyn Tattoo/Urban Folk Art Gallery (101 Smith St) 7-11pm, A Brooklyn Bridge themed group artshow. Artists of varying mediums and background converge to honor the Brooklyn Bridge. Graffiti artists, illustrators, photographers, comic makers, painters, printmakers and on and on.
♫ The So So Glos / Lost Boy / Life Size Maps / Big Ups @ 285 Kent, 8pm, All Ages, $10, RSVP
SATURDAY 5/26
♫ Black Dice/Extreme Animals/Call of the Wild @ Secret Project Robot (389 Melrose St, Bushwick) 3-8pm, Outdoor yard party and show with watermelon drinks and BBQ, RSVP
♦ Weather Eye @ Fowler Arts (67 West St, #216) 6-9pm, a collaborative exhibition of paintings and poetry by brothers, James Vanderberg, a Brooklyn based artist, and Peter Vanderberg, a poet from Long Island, More info
♫ Country And Blues Night @ Pete’s Candy Store (709 Lorimer St) 8pm, Tito Deler (Harlem) / Hick’ry Hawkins & The Panty Sniffers / Los Bastardos Magnificos (Miami, FL) / Brownbird Rudy Relic
SUNDAY 5/27
♫ Allison Weiss/Conversations with Enemies/Automotive High School @ Death By Audio (49 S. 2nd St) 8pm, All Ages, $7, RSVP
MONDAY 5/28Â
• Memorial Day – Eat a hot dog, it’s good for you!
* Greenpointers’ Pick
♫ Music
♥ Pheremones Likely
♦ Art Event