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MUSIC: There's no better way to end the week by heading over to the Seaport Music Festival on a Friday evening. Sit on the pier with a glass of wine and watch some bands as the sun goes down. The water and ships provide the perfect summer backdrop. Tonight Fujiya & Miyagi will get you moving with some dance beats and Black Moth Super Rainbow will stick to the synth-rock.

Friday // 7pm // South Street Seaport, Pier 17 // Free

THEATER: Dude, some crazy theater company is performing Dark Side of the Moon with 7-foot tall puppets!!! Oh wait... Sorry; it’s actually Dark of the Moon, which was a Broadway hit in 1945. But it still sounds pretty far-out: set in Appalachia’s Great Smoky Mountains, it tells the mysterious tale of a girl’s doomed love for a male witch, or warlock! Since she lives in a super-uptight Christian community, you can guess what kind of hot crucible she finds herself trapped in. It ends this weekend. Giant puppets? Come on! - John Del Signore

Friday // 8pm // chashama [217 E. 42nd St.] // Tickets cost $15.

EVENT: It's another First Friday at the Guggenheim. Check out the pretty pictures, drink, listen to music, reenact scenes from Night at the Museum...you know the drill.

Friday // 9pm to 1am // Guggenheim [1071 5th Ave] // $25, free for members

ART: RE-RUN is "a contemporary installation that celebrates the renegade spirit and energy of running in the 1970s. The installation is set within the context of a three-dimensional wooden modular structure, and based on alternative architecture from the 70s." Expect to see 77 panels featuring vintage Nike Running images, photography, graphics, and a series of specially commissioned artwork. Get your best kicks on and head over there...

Note: the opening reception is also the official afterparty for the Boredoms drum extravaganza (see below).

Saturday through July 22nd // 11am to 7pm, Opening reception Saturday at 8pm // The powerHouse Arena [37 Main St, Brooklyn] // Free

EVENT: Boredoms have spent over twenty years pushing boundaries musically and otherwise. Saturday they will hold a once-in-a-lifetime performance featuring 77 drummers (something to do with it being 7/7/07) in Brooklyn Bridge Park. The show will also include performances by First Nation and Soft Circle and DJ sets from Gang Gang Dance. The 77-minute 77BOADRUM performance will take place just before sunset. More info here.

Saturday // 4pm to dusk // Empire-Fulton State Park, Dumbo // Free (rsvp here)

COMEDY: Laughable Hype alums, Aziz Ansari and John Mulaney, bring the funny to Carolines on Broadway this Sunday. Laugh it up before the work week starts again! Tickets are still on sale.

Sunday // 8pm // Carolines on Broadway [1626 Broadway] // $22.25

MUSIC: Last week we headed over to McCarren Park Pool for the first time this year, check out our video on the day here. This weekend, we'll be headed back! Along with the dodgeball, the slip n' slide and the sun...there will also be more live music. Check out The Octopus Project, Erase Errata and Dan Deacon this Sunday, as Mark Ronson deejays between sets.

Sunday // 2pm // McCarren Park Pool, Williamsburg // Free

THEATER: The enchanting Spiegeltent is back – albeit not the same exact tent – in its breathtaking little nook on the river’s edge at the South Street Seaport. While there’s plenty of music to look forward to under the old mirrored big-top (O’Death anyone?), their risqué and risky avant-burlesque extravaganzas are not to be missed. Last year’s hit Absinthe was uncorked again this week; in describing it the Times urged readers to “imagine Cirque du Soleil as channeled through Rocky Horror Picture Show and painted by George Grosz." A new show this year is La Vie, featuring seven renegades from Cirque du Soleil in a “theatro-batic show hand-crafted for the Spiegeltent.” - John Del Signore

All Weekend & Beyond // Check Spiegelworld for showtimes. // Pier 17 at the South Street Seaport // Ticket prices vary.

Photo via Gulshan's Flickr.