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1. Catch an interview with Gawker\u2019s Hamilton Nolan, then discuss, laugh and get quizzed on politics with Allen McDuffee and John Flowers at 61 Local\u2019s\u00a0Politics & Pints<\/a>. (Tuesday)<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Win free shots and a $50 bar tab just for being your brilliant self at The Grand National\u2019s\u00a0Trivia Tuesdays<\/a>. (Tuesday)<\/p>\n

3. Legendary lady comics like Phoebe Robinson and Jean Grae will read to you at\u00a0The Bell House<\/a>. (Tuesday)<\/p>\n

4. Mark Adams, a man who wrote a whole book about searching for Atlantis,\u00a0talks with the similarly deranged John Hodgman<\/a>\u00a0about the whole journey at WORD. (Tuesday)<\/p>\n

5. Park Slope Food Coop is screening\u00a0Seeds of Death<\/a>,\u00a0a film about GMOs. You can probably guess what the filmmakers think of them. (Tuesday)<\/p>\n

6. Talk about the creativity and social responsibility that goes with making art in public spaces at this\u00a0Kickstarter panel<\/a>. (Tuesday)<\/p>\n

7. Mike Lewis and the comics at Kings County Saloon will make sure\u00a0The Party<\/a>\u00a0will be the funnest one in town. (Tuesday)<\/p>\n

8. Hear\u00a0<\/span>George Hodgman\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0brave tale of going from New York to Amurrka in Bettyville.\u00a0(Wednesday)<\/span><\/p>\n

9. Congratulate yourself for getting halfway through the week with\u00a0hump night<\/a>, a dance party featuring all those danceable genres, plus Prince. (Wednesday)<\/span><\/p>\n

10. All the research time you put into doing keg stands over the years will finally pay off at\u00a0Beer Geek Trivia<\/a>\u00a0at Glorietta Baldy. (Wednesday)<\/p>\n

11. Learn recipes you\u2019ll never make at\u00a0a launch party for\u00a0FUDS: A Complete Encylofoodia<\/em><\/a>, a book of fake recipes parodying the BK food scene\u2019s more outr\u00e9 menu items. (Wednesday)<\/p>\n

12. If you thought\u00a0Opera on Tap<\/a>\u00a0made you cultured, just wait until they\u2019ve sing-taught you the history of the genre. (Thursday)<\/p>\n

13.\u00a0VideoTALE<\/a>\u00a0is making storytime the wild multimedia experience it was meant to be with comics like Rob Cantrell and Justin Perez. (Thursday)<\/p>\n

14. Relive your horrifying middle school slow dance memories at\u00a0CLOSER<\/a>, a party for bodies just trying to lean and sway on other bodies. (Thursday)<\/p>\n

15. This launch for a Kanye biography is more important than whatever you were planning, so just cancel your wedding or the birth of your first child and go\u00a0respect artistry<\/a>. (Friday)<\/p>\n

16. Do some finger snapping and head nodding as poets like Allison Geller and Paige Taggart share their latest work at\u00a0Roots Poetry Series<\/a>. (Friday)<\/p>\n

17. Catch a\u00a0live reading of\u00a0Superman Lives\u00a0<\/em>at Videology<\/a>, the Superman movie that Kevin Smith wrote and in an alternate universe, was actually directed by Tiim Burton and starred Nicolas Cage. (Friday)<\/p>\n

Source: brokelyn.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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