Friday, July 07, 2006

Weekend Goodies

1907, gelatin silver ; 20 x 38.5 in., panoramic photograph.
from the Library of Congress's American Memory project.

Friday July 7th
Passport Fridays at the Queens Museum of Art, an outdoor series featuring live music, film screenings, and performing arts. Theme: Mexico. 6:30 - 10 pm. [Queens Museum of Art]

Reggae musicians Barrington Levy and Patrick Junior at Prospect Park’s Celebrate Brooklyn, 7:30. $3. [FreeNYC]

Rooftop Films presents Shorts with the Rural Route Film Fest at Automotive High School, 50 Bedford Ave, Williamsburg. 8:30 - Live Music by Fat Worm of Error, 9:00 - Films. [Rooftop Films]

Terset record release party, the female post-punk/hardcore trio, complete with cake, ice cream, party hats, balloon animals, games, clowns, and other performers and oddities. Also playing: Noblesse Oblige, Man in Gray, and Up the Empire. Brooklyn Lyceum, 227 4th Ave, 7p-midnight; $8 [Link]

Wallace & Gromit at Hudson River Park, Pier 46 (just north of Christopher St). Sundown (about 8:30ish) [River Flicks]

Coney Island Parachute Jump lights up, 9pm. Fireworks to follow. [Brooklyn Record]
Saturday July 8th
Transit Museum in downtown Brooklyn celebrates 30th birthday by charging the original fare of $.50 for adults and $.25 for kids [Brooklyn Record]

Toshi Reagon & BIGLovely at Prospect Park, 7:30 pm. $3. [Celebrate Brooklyn]

Gotham Girls A Go-Go beach party fundraiser, 235 W 23rd St, 8p-1a; 8-10p $5, $10. [Gotham Girls Roller Derby]

Femmes Fatales art and music event at 49 Bogart Street, Brooklyn (L train to Morgan Ave) "We don't cook. We don't clean. We just make art." 8-9p gallery opening, 9p party; $free before 9p, $5 after 9pm [Link]

Rooftop Films presents Heather Courtney's Letters from the Other Side at The Old American Can Factory, 3rd Ave/3rd St in Gowanus. 8:30 - Live music by Jose Moura Modern Bossa Band; 9:00 - Film. [Rooftop Films]

Also, check out the Brooklyn Record’s weekend roundup for more events.

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