The most events are on Friday and Saturday this week. Enjoy the list, it's a quick read this week!

Thursday:
+ Performance: Duke Riley "Those Who Are About to Die Salute You: Naumachia - Live Roman Naval Battle" mandatory toga dress code at Queens Museum of Art (New York City Building)

Saturday:
+ Benefit: "Overboard: A fundraiser for FIGMENT" at Figment (Battery Maritime Building ferry slip)
+ Performance: "Media Jam: bring your own projector: show up - plug in" at Dutch Kills Gallery

Tuesday, August 11

Screening: "Mechanics of the Brain" V.I. Pudovkin, 1926, 64 mins, presented by Annette Michelson at Light Industry
Brooklyn, Misc.: 220 36th Street, floor 5, $7, 7:30pm

Wednesday, August 12

Jamison Sarteschi "GOO'Z" at Gallery Onetwentyeight
Chinatown/LES: 128 Rivington street, b/w Essex & Norfolk, 6-8pm

Screening: "The Glass House (2009)" Director: Hamid Rahmanian, Length: 92 mins at Chelsea Art Museum
22 street: 556 W 22 street, $15, 9pm

Artist Talk: China Marks, Heather Johnson, Patricia Dahlman, Tanya Hartman, Vandana Jain, Yoko Inoue "Threads: Interweaving Textu[r]al Meaning" at Center for Book Arts
27 street: 28 W 27 street, floor 3, $10, 6:30pm

Screening: "Tulpan" 2008, directed by Sergei Dvortsevoy at Socrates Sculpture Park
Queens: 32-01 Vernon Blvd, pre-screening performance 7pm, screening begins at sunset

Thursday, August 13

Annick Ligtermoet "De Verontrustende Wereld" at SUNDAY L.E.S.
Chinatown/LES: 237 Eldridge street, b/w stanton & east houston, 7-9pm

Mika Azegami "my story: their own personality" at bob gallery
Chinatown/LES: 235 Eldridge street, 7-11pm

MeKaniKdolls, Seyhan Musaoglu at Sapphire Lounge
Chinatown/LES: 249 Eldridge street, b/w houston & stanton, 7-11pm

"Selected Works from Pilliod Records" at Morgan Lehman Gallery
28 street: 317 10 avenue, b/w 28 & 29 street, 6-8pm

Matthew Jensen "Nowhere In Manhattan" at Chashama
44 street: 112 W 44 street, 6-9pm

+ Performance: Duke Riley "Those Who Are About to Die Salute You: Naumachia - Live Roman Naval Battle" mandatory toga dress code at Queens Museum of Art (New York City Building)
Queens: Flushing Meadows Corona Park, 6-9:30pm

Friday, August 14

"Hanging Out at No Rio" at Artists Alliance Inc. (Cuchfritos project space)
Chinatown/LES: 120 Essex street, b/w delancey & rivington, 4-6pm

"Potluck BBQ" at ABC No Rio
Chinatown/LES: 156 Rivington street, b/w Clinton & Norfolk, 6-9pm

"Second Friday's" at Williamsburg Gallery Association (WGA)
Brooklyn, Williamsburg: 302 Bedford avenue, suite 81, many galleries throughout williamsburg will be open, 7-9pm

Adam Taye, Ben Berlow, Ben Needham, Chris Burnside, Chris McGee, Jessica Witkin, Sam Martineau, Sarah McDougald Kohn, Tania Cross "Outside the Time Zone" curated by Christopher Rawson, Julian Calero at Camel Art Space
Brooklyn, Williamsburg: 722 Metropolitan Avenue, 7-9pm

Performance: Asuka Ohsawa, Christine Young, Daniel Dueck, Ema, Jim Avignon, Jon Burgerman, Roman de Milk & Wodka "Brooklyn Bailout Burlesque" at Factory Fresh
Brooklyn, Bushwick: 1053 Flushing avenue, b/w Morgan & Knickerbocker, 7-10pm

Performance: "Passport Fridays 2009: 5th International Outdoor Film, Dance & Music Series" at Queens Museum of Art (New York City Building)
Queens: Flushing Meadows Corona Park, 6:30-10pm

Saturday, August 15

+ Benefit: "Overboard: A fundraiser for FIGMENT" at Figment (Battery Maritime Building ferry slip)
Downtown: 10 South street, slip #7, $20, 10pm-4am

"Please Be Welcome" curated by Damian Weinkrantz at Fuse Gallery
5 Street: 93 Second avenue, b/w 5 & 6 streets, 7-10pm

Alexander May, Andres J Laracuente, Charles Harlan, Davida Nemeroff, George Raggett, Georgia Gray, Grayson Revoir, Halsey Rodman, John Bianchi, Joshua Smith, Julia Weist, Locu Dodd, Martha Mysko, Miles Huston, Nick van Woert, Pam Lins, Patrick Walsh 3, Per Billgren, Peter "Sculpture Sabbath" curated by Jory Rabinovitz at Cooper Union (Peter Cooper Park)
7 Street: 7 E 7 street, 2-7pm

"Milton Glaser's SVA: A Legacy of Graphic Design" at SVA (Visual Arts Gallery)
26 street: 601 W 26 street, floor 15, 6-8pm

"Summer Group Exhibition" at Joshua Liner Gallery
28 street: 548 W 28 street, floor 3, 6-9pm

Closing reception: Donald Silverstein "Solstice" at Gallery Sakiko
68 street: 155 W 68 street, suite 1127, 6-8pm

Tom Smith "Double Vision" at Eyelevel BQE
Brooklyn, Williamsburg: 364 Leonard street, 6-9pm

Performance: "Variety Show" Live musical performances, readings, short plays, and dancing, Hosted by Andrew and Chas at The Putting Lot
Brooklyn, Bushwick: 12 Wyckoff avenue, 7pm

Workshop: "Batik Wax Fabric Printing" at Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, Misc.: 200 Eastern Parkway, $15, 2-4pm

Book Signing: Audrey Anastasi, Joseph Anastasi at Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition (BWAC)
Brooklyn, Misc.: 499 Van Brunt street, 2-4pm

+ Performance: "Media Jam: bring your own projector: show up - plug in" at Dutch Kills Gallery
Queens: 37-24 24th street, Suite 402, 8-11pm

Sunday, August 16

Closing reception: And more, Andrew Steinmetz, Ben Dowell, Brina Thurston, Cassie Thornton, David Smith, Erica Magrey, Erika Somogyi, Jennifer Sullivan, Marianna Ellenberg, Mira Dancy, Rachael Morrison, Ryan Roth, Shabd Simon-Alexander "Group Show/Garage Sale" at Heist Gallery
Chinatown/LES: 27 Essex street, b/w grand & hester, noon-6pm

Lecture: Jerry Paffendorf at Jack the Pelican Presents
Brooklyn, Williamsburg: 487 Driggs avenue, 6pm

Monday, August 17

Jazz-minh Moore "Prozess" at Lyons Wier Gallery
20 street: 175 Seventh avenue, at W 20 street, 6-9pm

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