DC Adventures
Friday
Belgian Beer Festival (Thurs – Sun)
Event type: “Beer... Now there's a temporary solution.” --Homer Simpson
Location: Et Voila (5120 MacArthur Blvd. NW, DC)
Time: 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Cost: the price of a beer
Fete de la Musique
Event type: Music Day!
Location: Alliance Française (2142 Wyoming Avenue NW, DC)
Time: 5:30 PM – 11:00 PM
Cost: FREE
High and Low
Event type: Akira Kurosawa’s cinematic genius on display
Location: Freer Museum (Jefferson Drive at 12th Street, SW)
Time: 7:00 PM
Cost: FREE
Saturday
Fête de la musique
Event type: Summer Solstice Celebration (take 2)
Location: La Maison Française (4101 Reservoir Rd NW, DC)
Time: 4:00 PM – 12:00 AM
Cost: $8.00
Old Town Arts and Crafts Festival and Volunteer Fair
Event type: Street Fair
Location: 301 King Street, Alexandria
Time: Saturday, 1:00 -6:00 PM and Sunday, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Cost: FREE
Reel Portraits Double Feature: American Graffiti and Splash!
Event type: Pop culture classicsLocation: National Portrait Gallery (750 9th Street Northwest, DC)
Time: Saturday, 1:00 PM
Cost: FREE
Sunday
Millennium Stage: The Funk Ark
Event type: African and Latin funk/dance music
Location: Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (2700 F Street, DC)
Time: 6:00 PM
Cost: FREE
Nordic Jazz Rooftop Evening
Event type: Rooftop Jazz Soirée, reception with passed hors d' oeuvre & cash bar
Location: House of Sweden (2900 K Street, N.W., DC)
Time: Saturday, 6:00 PM
Cost: $25.00
Looking Ahead:
Silver Docs Film Festival: June 20 – 26
NY Adventures
Friday
Battle of the Boroughs: Ultimate Battle
Event type: Season Two finale of Battle of the Boroughs
Location: Greene Space (44 Charlton Street, on the corner of Charlton and Varick)
Time: 7:00 PM
Cost: $15.00 and $30.00
** Meshell Ndegeocello will be in da house**
Step to the High Line Festival (thru June 18, Festival Showcase June 18)
Event type: Step it up, step show
Location: Diller - von Furstenberg Sundeck, on the High Line near West 14th Street.
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Cost: FREE
Images Of Neil - Joel Bernstein & Henry Diltz
Event type: limited edition prints of Neil Young
Location: Morrison Hotel Gallery Soho (124 Prince Street, NY)
Time: 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Cost: FREE
Northside Festival (Thurs – Sun)
Event type: Indie Concert Extravaganza (250 indie bands)
Location: Williamsburg and Greenpoint
Time: 4:00 PM – 12:00 AM
Cost: $5.00 - $18.00
Planet Connections Theatre Festivity: Inversion of the Baby Snatchers
Event type: Theatre for a cause
Location: Gene Frankel Theatre, 24 Bond St
Time: 3:30 PM
Cost: FREE
** for you facebook kids: https://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/event.php?eid=124259697655525**
Saturday
28th Annual Mermaid Parade
Event type: Wanna be Mermaid exhibitionists on parade
Location: Coney Island’s Surf Avenue (starting at West 21st Street)
Time: 10:00 AM
Cost: FREE
Brasil Guitar Duo
Event type: Check out the video
Location: Barbes (376 9th St., Brooklyn)
Time: 7:00 PM
Cost: $10.00
Brooklyn Cyclones Home Opener
Event type: Baseball, hot dogs, and fireworks what more does your summer need
Location: MCU Park (1904 Surf Avenue, Brooklyn)
Time: 6:30 PM
Cost: $8.00 - $16.00
Bubble Battle
Event type: Because you were to scared to participate in the pillow fight, you’ll regain your honor by joining the bubble battle
Location: Coney Island boardwalk & W 8th St (near the south entrance to the Aquarium)
Time: 6:00 PM
Cost: FREE
Governor’s Ball Music Festival
Event type: Girl Talk, Pretty Lights, Empire of the Sun, Big Boi, Passion Pit . . .
Location: Governor’s Island
Time: First show at 12:15 PM
Cost: $95.00
Hitchcock’s Dial M for Murder in 3-D (thru June 23)
Event type: Hitchcock in 3-D what more do you need . . .
Location: Film Forum (209 W Houston St, New York)
Time: 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30
Cost: $12.50
Total Smith Street Immersion
Event type: Drinking in the Streets
Location: Smith Street (Carroll Gardens + Boerum Hill)
Time: 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Cost: FREE but immersion card needed to participate and only 500 are available, so pick up your card today!
Sunday
Bang on a Can Marathon
Event type: 13 HOURS OF LIVE MUSIC! And one of my favorites!
Location: World Financial Center, Winter Garden, New York
Time: 11:00 Am – 12:00 AM
Cost: FREE
** kicks off the 2011 River to River Festival**
Looking Ahead:
Giant Step Presents: Thievery Corporation with Raphael Saadiq, Dam-Funk & Master Blazter: Friday, June 24th (Willamsburg Waterfront)
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