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REMINDER: Figment is on Governors Island today, Saturday and Sunday! Of course, the Gay Pride Parade is also this weekend...more on that later.

MUSIC: Hopefully the weather will hold out for the two great outdoor shows tonight. Over in Brooklyn Elvis Perkins takes the stage along with Cold War Kids and Sam Champion. Head over there and Celebrate Brooklyn, whydon'tcha.

Friday // 7 p.m. // Prospect Park Bandshell [9th St & Prospect Park West] // $3 suggested

Meanwhile, the Seaport Music Festival has A Place to Bury Strangers, King Kahn & the Shrines and Black Acid. On top of all that music, they've also got a view of the Brooklyn Bridge waterfall! What more could you ask for?

7 p.m. // South Street Seaport, Pier 17 // Free

THEATER: How’s this for a rave? "I cannot remember so wholeheartedly wanting a piece of theatre not to stop." So says Kate Copstick of Edinburgh's The Scotsman in reference to LaSanta, a multidisciplinary show that’s now at the impeccably curated Ontological-Hysteric Incubator series. The work of “image based” theater company Sintroca, La Santa “explores the aura, sensuality and sanctity of women through the idea of altered states… using the earliest conventions of theatre to achieve the techniques of cinema. Curtains, lighting, puppets, tableaux-vivant, scrims, hand cranked mechanisms and double cast actors create deep focus, shutters and jump cuts, while stylized choreography and movement feel like camera pans and zooms.” – John Del Signore

Friday // 8 p.m. // Ontological-Hysteric Theater at St. Mark’s Church [131 East 10th street] // $17

ART: Artist Taeyoon Choi thinks that taking pictures has become a “tedious act from yesterday”. Clearly not afraid of machines taking over the world, he questions why cameras can't just snap a photo themselves. His latest project goes on display tomorrow; "he’s created a robotic duck that’s programmed to detect the flash from nearby cameras and respond by taking pictures of it’s own. The photos can then be printed out on the spot, or uploaded via wifi." Called the Magical Image Digesting Duck, it's a part of Dewar’s underwritten “Tourists and Travelers” exhibit going on at Eyebeam Studios. Choi and the duck will lead an expedition from Eyebeam to Central Park this Saturday!

Saturday // 2:30 p.m. // Eyebeam Studios [540 W 21st St] // Free

MUSIC: Last Year Les Savy Fav brought a baby on stage to the CitySol show, this weekend the festival returns sans cute baby -- but with plenty of good bands, comedy and art. Plus, you can learn more about the prospect of a solar-powered New York. Tomorrow catch The Acorn, Ecstatic Sunshine, Dan Deacon and plenty more (note: The Dirty Projectors won't be on the bill, as previously planned). Bring your own cup for beer discounts!

Saturday // 3 p.m. // Solar One [24-20 FDR Drive] // Free

MARCH: The NYC Dyke March is this Saturday and the ladies will be on hand to "demonstrate, agitate, liberate!" They say the march is "in celebration of lesbians and to protest against ongoing discrimination, harassment, and anti-lesbian violence in schools, on the job, in our families, and on the streets."

Saturday // 5 p.m. // W 42nd and Sixth Ave // Free

MUSIC: Todd P brings his annual BBQ back to Roosevelt Island this Sunday. Get there early and enjoy a full day of unamplified sets, picnics and whatever else you can get into over there. There are a ton of bands playing throughout the day, including Aa, Pterodactyl, Stars Like Fleas...and on and on. B.Y.O.Brunch -- the music starts promptly at 11. More details here.

Sunday // 11 a.m. // Roosevelt Island // Free

If getting to Roosevelt Island proves to be too much of a hassle, the McCarren Pool Parties start this Sunday! Head over there for The Hold Steady, who follow The Loved Ones and J. Roddy & The Business. And the sponsors this year point to more than just Brooklyn Brewery on tap (Sixpoint Lager, Hoegaarden, Budlight, Dewar's, Redbull).

Sunday // 2 p.m. // McCarren Pool, Brooklyn // Free

ART: Every last Sunday the ELS-LES Art Walk goes down on the Lower East Side. The day includes guided gallery tours; check out works at Gallery Bar, Museum 52, Sloan Fine Art, CANADA, The New Museum and more. All for the price of free -- can't be that. Or can you? Every attendee also receives a free gift from the New Museum.

Sunday // 1 p.m. // LES Visitor's Center [261 Broome St] // Free

THEATER: A Brush with Georgia O'Keeffe may be a corny name for a play about the famous painter, but director Robert Kalfin (who helmed the award-winning Chelsea Theater Center) deserves the benefit of the doubt. Actress-playwright Natalie Mosco stars as the titular artist in a show that marvels at how a Wisconsin farm girl became arguably the first American female star of the art world. – John Del Signore

Sunday // 2 p.m. // St. Luke's Theatre [308 West 46th Street] // Ticket prices vary