OH DEER: WELCOME TO THE WEEKEND

state swinger sharif rocking my sunglasses. Hey Antlered Friendies,

After a comfy late summer nyc lull, we're back in business and ready for the last shouts of summer. We're gonna get chased by cops; drink giant beers in the backyard; get rowdy as hell for the kids to my favorite Brooklyn bands Japanther and Matt & Kim; and enjoy a Todd P experiential art party and generally get tanked and love life. That's right. Welcome to a Brooklyn weekend. As narrowly-escaped death sucka (suckapants.com) would say: "this is why you live here."

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1) Critical Mass! Be there. 4 meeting points or more, you know the drill. Union square for newcomers. 7pm sharp. Ride on.

7pm. free. Tonight is the anniversary of the crackdown on crit mass at the RNC last summer.

http://www.times-up.org/calendar/calendar.php

2) Post Crit-Mass Bicycle film festival & live music. Screening of Still We Ride, Warriors, Monster Track VI and other bicycle movies.

$8, online or at the door. @ Automotive High School: 50 Bedford Avenue, On the lawn.

3) Backyard Rock Show

Ringers, Cause Commotion, Rumors of the Goddamn Rattlesnake & Poorboy Johnson appearing. Sounds wonderfully Pratt-tastic.

186 Franklin at the corner of Willoughby and Franklin. 8pm

718.594.6626 for more info

4) Also at 8pm Parts & Labor & friends at the Cake Shop 152 Ludlow $6.

5) Rock & Roof extravaganza. Goodbye John. * I Farm

** Pile of Face *** Palomar

**** The Forms

Rock DJs inside the loft between and after the bands | Electronica DJs on the roof the whole damn time. $2 cans of beer at the East River Music Project fundraiser bar. @ 805 Driggs bet. s4th and s5th, NE corner, 3rd floor. 9pm. http://www.ohmyrockness.com/VenueDetail.cfm?VenueID=267 $3 at the door while the bands are playing /$1 donation suggested afterwards to pay for the PA

6) Happy BDAY James Fucking Friedman @APT

Refuse! residents Ben Dietz and James F#$%^*g Friedman return to APT this Friday for their monthly Refuse! party, and this month, they’re celebrating JFF’s birthday with a bevy of special guests! NYC’s own Max Pask and Kaiser P will hit the decks in a sonic free-for-all along with the Refuse! kids... expect a mix of rock classics, dance favorites, electric-tinged stormers, and a whole mess of ass-moving, hands-in-the-air party jams! Plus expect to get in the birthday festive mood with drink specials! 10pm. FREE @ APT: 419 West 13th Street

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The only thing you should have in your schedule:

Soner On and The Holster present, “FOR THE KIDS” a music & art benefit for Free Arts NYC JAPANTHER MATT&KIM LEADERS NULLSLEEP BLAST ZONE

At the rooftop venue at OfficeOps 57 Thames Street, corner of Knickerbocker & Thames L train to Morgan Avenue, 8pm $7 – ALL PROCEEDS GO TO FREE ARTS NYC *Free Arts NYC is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing the healing powers of the arts into the lives of abused, neglected and at-risk children and their families. Through painting, dance, drama, writing, music, sculpture, photography and other outlets of creativity, Free Arts volunteers help children and families express emotions, gain self-confidence and develop positive methods of communication.

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From Todd P & Glasshouse, an outdoor, kid friendly, community art supporting event from 5-midnight.

WILLIAMSBURG COMMUNITY EXPERIENTIAL ART & MUSIC FESTIVAL WILLIE MAE ROCK CAMP FOR GIRLS www.williemaerockcamp.org KYP MALONE (of TV ON THE RADIO) TOMORROW’S FRIEND (acoustic) www.tomorrowsfriend.com CAKES OF LIGHT www.myspace.com/cakesoflight LEVI KRANTZ Hasidic cantor & percussionist CAMERON HULL www.cameronhull.com DRAGONS OF ZYNTH ARTANKER CONVOY www.thesocialregistry.com STARS LIKE FLEAS (AS MUTE WITNESSES) w/ KYP MALONE www.starslikefleas.com AWESOME COLOR GREAT SALSA & POLISH ROCK/FOLK BANDS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD OPEN MUSIC JAM HOSTED BY MEMBERS OF THE OFAYS www.ofays.com [ MISS WILLIAMSBURG DINER ] 206 Kent Ave @ North 3rd | Williamsburg, Brooklyn L-Bedford/G-Metropolitan/JM -Marcy | 5PM | all ages + booze, but bring ID

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TUESDAY AUG 30

The inimitable Stache & Black Label Ben, whose bike riding capabilities awe us all, will be spinning at Darryl Nau’s SHIT HAMMERED party on Tuesday. Don’t miss it. They’re Djing with a fucking stereo bike!

Upstairs at HAPPY ENDING 302 BROOME ST. (bet. Forsyth and Eldridge) With your Host / DJ Darryl Nau Resident DJ Bastard

Guest Dj Stache

Darryl said: “James and Ben from BLBC are djing but ben is djing w/ the stereo bike stereo and only DJing w/ TAPES! It's gonna be a blast!” (obviously we’d all be total asses to miss this one.)

WEDNESDAY AUG 31

BROOKLYN SHAKERS at Wooster Arts Space in Soho, a group exhibition featuring painting and photography by Jaishri Abichandani, Eric Ayotte, Lisa di Donato, Jon Elliott, Gwenessa Lam, TOD SEELIE and curated by Kathleen Smith. August 31 - October 1. Please join us Wednesday, August 31, from 6 to 8 pm, for the artist's reception at 147 Wooster Street between Houston and Prince Streets, 212-777-6338. Afterparty @ Mangiami, 9 Stanton Street, between Bowery and Chrystie. Appetizers provided. Cash only bar. Djs spinning.

Matt & Kim playing afterward at the Delancey.

with love from antlers.

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