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Sonny Vincent

Music: Punk

Sonny Vincent 

Today @ Don Pedro's

 Far be it from us to try and make amendments to the iconic history of late 1970s Lower East Side punk... 

NYC Popfest 2012

Music: Pop

Popfest

Tomorrow @ Various locations

A labor of twee love, this unabashedly upbeat music festival returns for its sixth year. Over its course, NYC Popfest has... 

Laura Miller and Jean-Christophe Valtat

Books: Release Party/Signing

Laura Miller and Jean-Christophe Valtat

Tomorrow @ BookCourt

For those of you concerned about the future of books, and book culture, and lively literary discourse, we recommend an evening... 

Bushwick Book Club: <em>The Great Gatsby</em>*

Cultural Hybrid: Reading

Bushwick Book Club

Tomorrow @ Goodbye Blue Monday

Bushwich Book Club, the most original book club/party in New York, will tackle F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel with original musical discussion... 

Brooklyn Folk Festival

Music: Festival

Brooklyn Folk Festival

Friday 5/18 @ Downtown Brooklyn

It is a rare and beautiful day when we can square dance in downtown Brooklyn, and we love it. Now it... 

Michael T. Fournier,&nbsp;Michael DeCapite, Tobias Carroll, and Mike Faloon

Books: Reading

Michael T. Fournier, Michael DeCapite, Tobias Carroll, and Mike Faloon

Friday 5/18 @ Book Thug Nation

Michael T. Fournier wrote the 33 1/3 book for the classic Minutemen album, Double Nickles on the Dime, so it's hardly... 

David Rees and John Hodgman

Books: Discussion

David Rees and John Hodgman

Friday 5/18 @ Public Assembly

David Rees quit his life as a political cartoonist to move to Hudson, NY and sharpen pencils.  People seem baffled and intrigued by... 

Turing Machine

Music: Rock

Turing Machine

Friday 5/18 @ Union Pool

Turing Machine spent over a decade being one of the many projects of the late drummer Jerry Fuchs.  With names on... 

The Great GoogaMooga

Cultural Hybrid: Fair

The Great GoogaMooga

Saturday 5/19 @ Prospect Park

What do you call an amusement park of food and drink presented by the producers of Bonnaroo? The Great GoogaMooga of... 

Brooklyn Bike Jumble

City Gems

Brooklyn Bike Jumble

Saturday 5/19 @ Old Stone House

Brooklyn has become a bicycle Mecca in the last decade, and what better way to kick off the best riding season... 

Lit Crawl Brooklyn

Books

Lit Crawl Brooklyn

Saturday 5/19 @ Zombie Hut

 The popular Lit Crawl finally makes its way to Brooklyn, and takes place all across the beautiful Carroll Gardens neighborhood.  The... 

Comet Gain

Music: Indie

Comet Gain

Saturday 5/19 @ Public Assembly

NYC Popfest makes its return, and on the third night the yearly fest that celebrates all things twee is featuring British... 

Bobby Conn / R. Stevie Moore

Music: Indie

Bobby Conn / R. Stevie Moore

Saturday 5/19 @ 285 Kent Ave

 It's a rare treat to see two true underground greats on the same bill, but the spaced out post-glam of Bobby... 

Natural Selection presents S.P.Y

Music: DJ

Natural Selection

Saturday 5/19 @ Public Assembly

Tonight, Natural Selection presents Hospital Records' S.P.Y, a drum and bass pro who honed his sound in his native São Paulo... 

Geneva Jacuzzi

Cultural Hybrid

Geneva Jacuzzi

Saturday 5/19 @ House of Yes

Geneva Jacuzzi brings her dark lo-fi take on 1980s new wave to Brooklyn for a performance that's been labeled as "Bauhaus-esque,"... 

Largehearted Lit: Dylan Hicks and Thad Ziolkowsky

Cultural Hybrid: Reading

Largehearted Lit: Dylan Hicks and Thad Ziolkowsky

Tuesday 5/22 @ Word

 Largehearted Boy's popular series that mixes books and music returns with Dylan Hicks and Thad Ziolkowsky. Hicks will read from his...