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MUSIC: The Seaport Music Festival delivers another great lineup tonight. Abe Vigoda kicks of the eve with some "tropical punk," followed by Brooklynites Telepathe and headliners No Age (pictured). The night is free, as usual, and remember: it's legal to drink on the pier!

Friday // 6 p.m. // South Street Seaport, Pier 17 // Free

RIDE: Grab your bike and get ready for two rides tonight. First, you'll ride to Coney Island...second, you'll take a rickety ride on the Cyclone. "The Cyclone Ride goes to Coney Island Amusement Park from Manhattan. We should get there just in time for the fireworks. This is a casual ride at a relaxed pace." Things to bring: money for rides, swimsuit for swimming, a lock for you bike.

Friday // 7 p.m. // Meet at the Manhattan side of the Brooklyn Bridge // Free

MOVIE: Tonight Rooftop Films takes the show to Harlem. Get yourself up on the roof of El Museo Del Barrio in East Harlem, where they "will be presenting documentaries from Columbia and Peru, La Corona y Alguna Tristeza, two short films showcasing the intertwining beauty and melancholy of Latin America." The night kicks off with some live music from Yerbabuena.

Friday // 8:30 p.m. // El Museo Del Barrio [1230 Fifth Ave @ 104th] // $9

RAVE: Will ravers and Bon Jovi fans collide this Saturday? NYCRavers have organized an event called Strawberry Fields Forever: a Central Park Excursion. "We will be entering the park at the 72nd Street and Central Park West entrance then head east a bit to Strawberry Fields, from there we will head north, sightseeing along the way, our destination: Festivus 6.0 A Free Open-air Celebration; which is basically a free rave in Central Park. During the event we'll be having a picnic as wel."

Saturday // 2:30 p.m. // W 72nd St and Central Park West // Free

MUSIC: The outdoor summer concert season continues as Beth Orton and Matt Munisteri help Celebrate Brooklyn! this weekend. "The maverick UK singer-songwriter Beth Orton combines folk with trip hop" while Brooklyn native Matt Munisteri "romps through tunes that The Village Voice describes as 'neither jazz, nor
rock, nor cabaret, but at the same time all of them.'"

Saturday // 7:30 p.m. // Prospect Park Bandshell // Free

THEATER: Gender-bending performer Taylor Mac has brought his hit show The Be(A)st of Taylor Mac to 30 theaters around the world, and now the full production is finally being presented in New York. The solo performance finds Mac surreally “challenging the contemporary culture of fear” while making a total mess of the stage with his colorful costumes. The Times’s generally-trustworthy Neil Genzlinger calls it “impressive” and writes that “Mr. Mac, working in drag but not in drag clichés, has the ease and bantering skills of a veteran stand-up comic, yet he can shift effortlessly to a more somber tone when he wants to drive home a message.”– John Del Signore

Saturday // 7:30 p.m. // HERE Arts Center [145 Sixth Avenue] // Ticket prices vary

MUSIC: This Sunday McCarren Park Pool will be filled with a slew of Breeders fans as the Deal sisters take the stage (following locals Matt & Kim). They'll be bringing a "Cannonball" with them to the waterless pool, and plenty of other tunes, old and new. Kelley Deal told us the venue/band match-up was fitting because "we do have the album Last Splash."

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

POLITICS: Join the Manhattan Young Democrats, the NYC chapter of the New York State Young Democrats, for a day of good food and conversation. There will be drink specials and food and it's free for members.

Sunday // 1-5p.m. // Rudy's Bar and Grill [627 9th Ave] // $25 for non-members

THEATER: Headphone theater is so hot right now – from last year’s Etiquette and Small Metal Objects to the recent Macbeth and Suspicious Package, theater-makers are reveling in the potential of personal listening devices. And we say bravo! It drowns out the ubiquitous cell phone ringing, candy unwrapping and coughing – not to mention bringing some variety to the voices in our heads. The latest twist in the trend comes from Proto-Type Theater’s Whisper, and features a three-person ensemble, in silhouette behind a gauzy scrim, leading “you on a journey into the very nature of perception.” The Times, which has an audio sample, calls it a “hypnotic and intriguing brush with altered reality.” Ends today! – John Del Signore

Sunday // 7p.m. // P.S. 122 [150 First Avenue] // $15

EVENT: This Sunday marks another Fix Tape Exchange, a monthly mix tape party. This month's theme: songs about food/eating. Make a tape, trade a tape, mingle...it's all pretty self-explantory. Free drink if you make a tape (and yes, CDs are also acceptable -- but not as nostalgic).

Sunday // 8 p.m. // Sound Fix [110 Bedford Ave, Williamsburg] // Free