20 Things You Must See And Do This Summer
AUGUST
01
Kurt Andersen
The Spy co-founder turned NPR host reads from (and signs) his new novel True Believers. We always have trouble reconciling his voice to his author-photo, so this would be the perfect opportunity to get them aligned in your mind.
BookCourt, 7pm, FREE,
163 Court Street, Cobble Hill
19
My Morning Jacket
It’s been a little while since we’ve been head-over-heels in love with a My Morning Jacket album—their dalliances with prog have been… difficult for us to swallow—but when given the opportunity to see them on the water in Williamsburg with 7,000 of our closest (and highest) friends, we’ll take it.
Williamsburg Park, 6:30pm, $49.50,
50 Kent Avenue, Williamsburg
19
Newspaper Fiction: The New York Journalism of Djuna Barnes closes
Don’t miss this collection of newspaper writings and drawings from the sometimes sensationalistic writer, a 20th-century almost-icon whose journalism often blends with fiction to produce stories packed with color and intrigue.
Brooklyn Museum, $12,
200 Eastern Parkway, Prospect Heights