18 Brooklyn Events You Can’t Miss This Weekend
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Cheers to the freakin’ weekend!
— Friday July 29th, 2016 —
BAM Animation Block Party
30 Lafayette Ave at BAM
Time: All Weekend
Price: Varies
East Coast’s premier animation festival returns for its 13th annual edition, showcasing international films, award winners and experimental shorts.
The Art of Rap
3052 W 21st St at Ford Ampitheatre at Coney Island Boardwalk
Time: 5:30pm
Price: Varies by seat
The Art Of Rap Festival follows in the footsteps of Ice T’s critically acclaimed documentary “The Art Of Rap” and this year’s line-up includes Public Enemy, Ice-T, Naughty By Nature, Mobb Deep, Grandmaster Melle Mel & Scorpio, Epmd, The Sugarhill Gang And Kurtis Blow.
Brooklyn Lobster Fest
470 Driggs Avenue at The Hall
Time: 6pm
Price: $15 for General Admission, $35 for General Admission and Lobster Platter
What better way to start the weekend than with, a cool happy hour, live music and seafood!
Brooklyn Getdown Music Festival
3050 Stillwell Avenue at Coney Island Art Walls
Time: 6pm – Midnight
Price: $13 – $27
This festival is all about the love of music and how it brings people together so become united with an impressive roster of the world’s most acclaimed dance music DJs and singing artists.
Angélique Kidjo Live
141 Prospect Park at BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn Festival
Time: 6:30pm
FREE
Enjoy the transcendent sounds of Ms. Kidjo in this Celia Cruz Tribute with Pedrito Martinez.
New York Aquarium Boardwalk Brews
Surf Avenue at W. 8th at the New York Aquarium
Time: 7:30pm – 11pm
Price: starts at $25
Boardwalk Brews is a beer tasting and specialty food event with a focus on local breweries and beloved Brooklyn-based food trucks. Attendees will enjoy activities including a live DJ, photo booth, and visiting with some of the aquarium’s amazing animals, including sea otters, sea lions, tropical fish, and more.
Throwback Friday
2 Wycoff Avenue at House of Yes
Time: 9pm
Price: $15, FREE before 11pm w/ RSVP
The best of the 80’s, 90’s or 2000s all in one night. Each room themed to throwback perfection- old school hits, bongs in the basement, regrettable fashion choices and fads that have come and gone and come back even harder.
— Saturday July 30th, 2016 —
Economic Empowerment Seminar
820 Hancock Street at P.S. 5 Dr. Ronald E. McNair School
Time: 9am
FREE
If you have a small business and looking for information on how to get it off the ground then this workshop is for you. Learn the trade and how to network with others at this event presented by Bishop Hezekiah Walker & The Love Fellowship Tabernacle.
Who Shot Sports: A Photographic History, 1843 to the Present
200 Eastern Parkway at The Brooklyn Museum
Time: 11am-6pm or 11am- 10pm
Price: $16
Take a journey through the years of sports with the photographers that took the most historic pictures at this exhibit.
Whiskey Wars Factory Tour
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63 Flushing Avenue at Bldg 92
Time: 4:30pm – 6pm
Price: $15
In the 19th century, Marines were dispatched from the Navy Yard to crack down on illegal whiskey distilling in what became known as the WHISKEY WARS. Today, Kings County Distillery is proudly making moonshine and more on premises. Join BLDG 92 and Kings County Distillery on a tour and tasting, that explores whiskey scandals of the past and the resurgence of the industry today.
Kickstarter Summer Festival
Fort Greene Park near the Prison Ship Martyr’s Monument
Time: 5pm – 10pm
FREE
Enjoy the day with games, food, music, workshops and more from the Kickstarter community.
New York’s Young & Powerful & VisionPledge Summer Meet & Greet
76 St. Marks Avenue at Flatbush Farm
Time: 6pm
FREE
New York’s Young & Powerful and VisionPledge will host their first summer Meet & Greet to address issues facing the urban community and present their comprehensive solution – focused action plan.
The Grand Paradise
383 Troutman Street at The Grand Paradise
Time: 7pm
Price: $110 – $150
Be whisked away to a tropical paradise at this immersive theater experience.
— Sunday July 31st, 2016 —
Non-Toxic B/W Film Processing Using Coffee and Beer
33 Flatbush Avenue at Genspace
Time: 10am
Price: $70
Learn a cool way to process film using products from the Brooklyn Brewery.
Unwind In Style ~ 3 days of Yoga
68 Jay Street at Trunk
Time: 10:30am
Price: $17
Relax and unwind before the work week begins at this yoga class with instructor Trina Morris.
Hangry Garden
510 Driggs Avenue at Hangry Garden
Time: 11am
FREE
Not your average “grab & go” eating experience, but more so a one-stop shop incorporating many up and coming mobile food vendors alongside live music, art installations, and games such as shuffleboard and foosball.
Magic at Coney!!! – The Sunday Matinee
1208 Surf Avenue
Time: Noon
Price: $5 in advance, $10 at the door
Magical Promotions, together with Coney Island USA, presents an afternoon of fun and wonder for the entire family. “Magic at Coney!!!” is a magical variety show highlighting a vast array of magicians; featuring illusionists, escape artists, mentalists and close-up magicians from around the world.
Moshood 22nd Anniversary Celebrations
698 Fulton Street at Moshood
Time: 6pm
Price: $20
Celebrate the legendary designs of Moshood at their celebration of 22 years in Brooklyn.
