Community Corner

Five Things to Do This Week

Our picks for great events in the neighborhood.

Monday

Since 2008, Cumbiagra has been hosting legendary dance parties throughout New York’s Lower East Side, Brooklyn, Mexico and beyond. Though Cumbiagra is largely inspired by the Colombian dance style known as cumbia, their music has developed into a synthesis of styles, and at . 

Tuesday

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If you’re thirsty, come on its Tuesday after all, join other beer enthusiasts at to for free.

Wednesday

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Come to the for be interviewed by Jason Diamond.

Thursday

Make sure you don’t miss the at Flatbush Ave Ext & Myrtle Ave. Come hear the funk-punk-metal-ska septet Fishbone do their thing at noon.

Friday

, put on at the Gowanus Ballroom, offers a chance to explore the urban unconscious of the Gowanus Canal, to reimagine the past, decipher the present and envision possible futures. Artists working in the neighborhood––some long-time fixtures, others recent arrivals––are breathing new life into a once stagnant and decaying quarter.


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