There are more events in our weekly calendarSubmit Greenpoint events, too!

WEDNESDAY 8/06
* SummerScreen Presents The Big Lebowski @ McCarren Park (Bedford Ave & North 12th St) 6pm, FREE, With live music before the film presented by Showpaper, More info
* Rooftop Films Presents Forest of the Dancing Spirits
 @ Socrates Sculpture Park (32-01 Vernon Blvd) 8pm, FREE, Filmmaker Linda Västrik provides a glimpse at a culture so ancient that its denizens still inhabit the mythic world, More info
* Arrested Development Bingo
 @ Videology (308 Bedford Ave) 8:30, FREE, Come as a “never-nude” and get a free drink and a frozen banana, More info

THURSDAY 8/07
* Kickstarter Presents: New Trends in Sci-Fi & Fantasy Fiction @ Kickstarter HQ (58 Kent St.) 7pm, FREE, Five SF/F editors—and successful Kickstarter creators—speak about their work, new trends in the genre, and tips for publishing your own SF/F stories, RSVP
* Festival de Cine @ St. Paul’s Lutheran Church (334 South 5th St) 8pm, FREE, El Padrecito screens as part of the Latin American Film Festival in a patio that was once in the shadow of the now-demolished Commodore Theater, More info
♫ Funky Warsaw @ Warsaw (261 Driggs St.) 10pm, FREE, DJ Bobby J plays all vinyl, 60’s soul, funk, power-pop, pop-pop, post-apocalyptic punk, and pre-historic hip-hop, More info

FRIDAY 8/08
The Pizza-Themed 10-Minute Play Festival 
@ Legion Bar (790 Metropolitan Ave) 8pm, FREE, Five notable NYC writers create pizza-themed short plays; free pizza for all attendees!
♫ Latino Punk Fest 2014 @ The Acheron (57 Waterbury St) 7pm, $15, With Rebuschaos / Gusano / Eske / Anazasi / Generacion Suicida / Pura Mania, RSVP
♫ Rinsed: Surveillance @ Secret Williamsburg location, 11pm, $25, With Julio Bashmore / Illich Mujica / Dan Wender / Blacky II, Buy tix

SATURDAY 8/09
* Local Organic @ Word Bookstore (126 Franklin St) 6:30pm, FREE, The Greenpoint Writers Group returns with the latest installment of their reading series, More info
* House of Screwball Presents Sicilian Sex Ghost Lectures @ Catland (987 Flushing Ave) 7pm, $5 suggested, Lecture by Paul Koudounaris, author of Empire of Death and Heavenly BodiesRSVP
* Multiplicity: City As Subject / Matter @ UnionDocs (322 Union Ave) 7:30, $9, An international survey of artworks sharing an interest in the politics and poetic potential of contemporary urban environments, More info
♫ Climate Change: Party to Stop It @ Secret Project Robot (389 Melrose St.) 8pm, $7, Performances by  Friend Roulette and Field Guides; proceeds go to nonprofit student organization CliMates, More info
* Body Paint Night @ Denart Body Paint Studio (232 North 12th St) 9pm, $25, Mix and mingle with artists, models, photographers as you become a living canvas for one of the artists, Buy tix

SUNDAY 8/10
♫ Sundays on the Roof @ Output (74 Wythe Ave) 2pm, $15, Punch Drunk Love with Frank & Tony, Eirikur, Buy tix
* Women’s Self-Defense Class @ Traditional Okinawan Karate (248 McKibben St) 4pm, FREE, Learn self-defense techniques to escape a violent altercation, and discuss how to reduce your chances of getting into one in the first place, RSVP
* Southside Stories: Audio Walk Launch
 @ Bedford Ave & North 7th, 6pm, FREE, See the neighborhood with fresh eyes during this immersive audio journey featuring the residents of Williamsburg’s Southside, RSVP

MONDAY 8/11
* Arts in Bushwick Summer Mixer @ Brooklyn Fire Proof (119 Ingraham St.) 7pm, FREE, Meet the Arts in Bushwick organizers and learn about opportunities to get involved with Bushwick Open Studios, RSVP
* Midnight Murakami
 @ Word Bookstore (126 Franklin St) 10:30pm, FREE, Count down the minutes until the release of Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage with readers sharing their favorite Murakami passages, More info

TUESDAY 8/12
* Bad-Ass Monarchs
 @ The Bedford (110 Bedford Ave) 7pm, FREE, In the Society for the Advancement of Social Studies‘ third-annual Battle of the Bad-Asses, the audience will decide which historical monarch is the most badass of all, RSVP
♫ The Sandwich Show
 @ Muchmore’s (2 Havemeyer St) 8pm, cost: 1 sandwich, With Turnip King / Lazyeyes / Ghost Pal / No Ice / Eric VitoffRSVP

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