Here are some art, film, music and other things happening in NYC so you can Have a Good Weekend. Drop your suggestions in the comments or to tips@animalnewyork.com.
FRIDAY 78 °F LOW 60 °F
In theaters: Hendrix biopic Jimi: All Is By My Side starring Andre 3000; Björk: Biophilia Live at IFC.
Andrew Durbin’s “Mature Themes” book launch with readings Harry Burke and Juliana Huxtable, a screening of Reifying Desire 6 by Jacolby Satterwhite and a new video by Jesse Darling. (7pm, free, Manhattan)
Crushed Out, Crazy & the Brains, Feral Foster, Wild Bore and Savants at Palisades. (7pm, $5, Brooklyn)
Borges: Obras Completas / The Complete Works a projected word-search containing the entire literary output of Jorge Luis Borges, at DUMBO Arts Festival. By ANIMAL favorite Daniel Temkin. (7pm, free, Manhattan)
Best of Lost & Found Film Club at Spectacle. (7:30pm and 10pm, $5, Brooklyn)
Beach Fossils, Heavenly Beat, Axxa/Abraxas at Baby’s All Right (8pm, $20, Brooklyn)
Dankira: Meskel dance party with DJ Sirak dance party celebrating the Ethiopian holiday at Bushwick’s best Ethiopian joint, Bunna Cafe. (11:30pm, $10, Brooklyn)
SATURDAY 82 °F LOW 62 °F
Throw Vision, Ava Luna, Bueno, Amory Sivertson, Great Mason at Freshkills Park. (11am, Free, Staten Island)
Seymour: An Introduction screening at the New York Film Festival. (12pm, $20, Manhattan)
Dreyer’s Vampyr with a live score at Nitehawk. (12pm, $16, Brooklyn)
The New New Wave: Exploring Indie Games and Indie Film at the New York Film Festival. See ticketing info. (12:3opm, free, Manhattan)
American Medium Sound Series #3: Digital/Analog Parallelism sound art and experimental music (7:30pm, free, Brooklyn)
Laurie Anderson and The Kronos Quartet at BAM. (7:30pm, $20, Brooklyn)
“Dance With Me”: Outlaw Ritual, Radio Jarocho, Skarroñeros, The Church Committee and Consumata at Black Bear Bar (8pm, $10, Brooklyn)
Lee Ranaldo and The Dust, Metal Mountains, Tall Firs at Union Pool. (9pm, $15, Brooklyn)
SUNDAY 82 °F LOW 62 °F
Printed Web #2 Launch and Artists’ Talk at the NY Art Book Fair, MoMA PS1. (1pm, free, Queens)
The Last Hijack at New York Film Festival, Lincoln Center Online Multi-Media experience and feature film. (1:30pm, $20, Manhattan)
Movies You Play: The Future of Interactive Cinema at the New York Film Festival. See ticketing info. (4pm, Free, Manhattan)
Good God! Soul Sundays w/ DJ Guyanna Ross + Friends, Listen In contributor Tim Pioppo spins soul at Alaska Bar. (6pm, free, Brooklyn)