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Get Out: Tour a Landmarked Church, Celebrate the Brooklyn Bridge!

What to do this weekend

It’s Thursday. Do you know what you're doing this weekend?

Carroll Gardens Patch has the best bets for your free time. Check our picks for the activities to hit.

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When/ Where: Friday from 7 - 11 p.m. at Brooklyn Tattoo, 99 Smith St.

Why Go: Brooklyn Tattoo and Urban Folk Art Gallery co-host their 2nd annual birthday celebration for the Brooklyn Bridge, turning 128! Check out the group art show commemorating the Bridge.

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Or get a on Sunday!

Cost: Free

 

When/ Where: Friday at 8 p.m. at t, Gowanus

Why Go: Four great bands based in New Jersey, all friends and record label mates, take over the cavernous Bell House. They are: Real Estate, Julian Lynch, Big Troubles and Family Portrait

Cost: $12 adv / $14 dos

 

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When/ Where: Friday at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m. at Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral, 113 Remsen St., Brooklyn Heights

Why Go: A choral concert in a Brooklyn Heights Church sounds pretty classic. The chorus performs works from the "great masters of classical music to the innovative contemporary composers of our time."

Cost: $35 Preferred Seating, $15 Adult General Admission, $10 Children under 12 and Seniors

 

When/ Where: , 360 Schermerhorn St. on Saturday at 9 a.m.

Why Go: The New Baptist Temple is one site in the Sacred Sites Open House weekend, organized by the New York Landmarks Conservancy as part of the 25th Anniversary celebration. The church suffered a fire recently, and the church reopens for the first time.

Cost: Free

 

When/ Where: Brooklyn Lyceum, 543 Union St. in Gowanus, on Saturday at 7 p.m.

Why Go: Protues hosts a great Saturday night event: a three-dimensional soundscape. Four instruments are positioned at the four corners of the courtyard at Proteus, and the effect on the audience is that of "swimming through sound, the perception of the sounds changing as one’s pace and position changes." Wow!

Cost: $5


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