WHASSUP: LOTSO FUN EDITION

 

This edition offers a fair gathering of outings for the coming week. You got your music, you got your laughs, you got your food—a well-rounded sampler of things to do in our fine hood.

It's time to hold dear those memories of outdoor activities and embrace the cooler temperatures that are slowly creeping in. That doesn't mean you can't have fun. Don't go at it hermit-style by locking yourself in your apartment and eating bon-bons until you've lost feeling in your toes and none of your skinny jeans fit. Get out there and celebrate life!

What's going on in the hood this week? Whassup? This is WHASSUP: 

Thursday, 10/2, Storewide Tasting Night, Whole Foods Brooklyn: I’ve plugged this in the past, but I feel that it’s time for a comeback. I plan to treat it like the Home Town Buffet in retribution for every fucking $7 pepper I’ve had to buy at this place. FREE, 5pm-6pm

Friday, 10/3, The Mess Around—Soul and Funk Dance Party, The Rock Shop: I defy you to show me someone who doesn’t like throwing down all funk-like. Not possible. Everybody love it. $5, 10pm

Saturday, 10/4, Italian Surf Academy and Los Crema Paraiso, Littlefield: Italian Surf Academy adds music to a bunch of B movies from the 60’s, tosses it all in the blender, and voila—and audio/digital masterpiece. Los Crema Paraiso is good too. $15, 6:30pm doors, 7:30pm show

Sunday, 10/5, Rogue Taxidermy Fair, The Bell House: Ugh. Gross. I’ve never been one for stuffing the carcass of an old fury pal, or making art out of road kill. The folks at the Taxidermy fair will bedazzle your goat. $10-$30, 3pm

Monday, 10/6, Mike Birbiglia: Working it Out, Union Hall: This is on funny dude. That’s the best pitch I can give you on this one. Don’t go if you hate laughing? Nope! I got nothing. $20, 6:30pm doors, 7pm show

Tuesday, 10/7, Shakespeare’s Sonnets, BAM: Join the Berlinger Ensemble as they brilliantly reimagine Shakespeare’s sonnets, morphing them into a pop-opera. tickets start at $25, 7:30pm

Wednesday, 10/8, The Big Quiz Thing, The Bell House: Eh—there’s questions, and answers, and trivia, maybe some prizes, and drinks, and winning. You’ve heard it all before. $10, 7pm doors, 8pm show