20 Things You Must See And Do This Summer
JULY
08
Keith Haring: 1978-1982 closes
This exhibition, focused on the pop- and street-artist’s early career, is what everyone in Brooklyn’s been talking about all spring. Don’t be left out.
Brooklyn Museum, $12,
200 Eastern Parkway, Prospect Heights
09
Bensonhurst’s 350th Birthday
At this game against the Jamestown Jammers, the Brooklyn Cyclones let everybody run the bases to celebrate the sesquitricentennial (which was actually last December) of the Dutch buying the land that became the town of New Utrecht.
MCU Park, 7pm, $9,
1904 Surf Avenue, Coney Island
10
Dirty Projectors
With the much anticipated follow-up to their 2009 breakout Bitte Orca set to be released in July, Dirty Projectors will be one of the most talked about bands of the season—which wouldn’t mean much if, under the fearless leadership of singer-guitarist-composer Davey Longstreth, they weren’t also so deserving.
Prospect Park Bandshell, 7pm, $30,
Prospect Park
11
Cruel Intentions
This late-90s favorite—which features both Buffy and Pacey!—launches SummerScreen, an otherwise 80s-dominated weekly outdoor film series.
McCarren Park, sundown, FREE,
N. 12th Street at Bedford Avenue, Williamsburg
14
BUSTA RHYMES
The 8th annual, weeklong Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival draws to a close with this headliner concert. The day’s festivities will also include a tribute to the late Adam Yauch, aka MCA, RIP.
Brooklyn Bridge Park, 12pm,
Pier 3, Brooklyn Heights
21
Iceage
High-energy punk rock, replete with driving guitars and lots of snotty shouting, hasn’t been the style most commonly associated with Brooklyn’s contemporary rock scene. Fortunately, this rowdy band of young Danes is making a rare appearance on our shores to show us what we’ve been missing.
285 Kent, 8pm,
285 Kent Avenue, Williamsburg