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PHOTOGRAPHY: Vice unleashes more photos of theirs than you probably ever wanted to see, as they open their 2008 Vice Photo Show to the public today. Photos, like the one of the nice young lady to the left, will not only be on view -- but will also be on sale. More details here.

Friday // 3 to 7 p.m. // Vice Gallery [99 N 10th St, Williamsburg] // Free

ART: The electronica pioneers in Underworld, who will be preceding Radiohead on the main stage next Friday night at All Points West, are double-dipping with a multi-media exhibition on view at Jacobson Howard Gallery through the 15th. Called Beautiful Burnout: The ArtJam of Underworld, the exhibit is named for one of their songs on the Oblivion with Bells album; the exhibit is described as “an intoxicating confluence of graceful macro-photography, compelling videos and film, lush and mesmerizing sound, layered collages of street snapshots and a poetic diary of painting, images and text.” – John Del Signore

Friday // 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. // Jacobson Howard Gallery [33 East 68th Street] // Free

MUSIC: If you can stand the heat, head over to Silent Barn tonight for Vivian Girls, Crystal Stilts, caUSE co-MOTION! and The Beatz. The Todd P venue is typically not air conditioned, so dress lightly, hydrate, and ponder bringing a hand fan!

Friday // 7 p.m. // Silent Barn [9-15 Wyckoff Ave, Queens] // $7

EVENT: MonkeyTown reopens its doors after taking some time to renovate, and tonight they'll be screening the Daft Punk film Electroma. They warn, "This 80 minute film does not lean on the BPM's. It's more like a Jodorowsky film on robot acid."

Friday // 8 p.m. // MonkeyTown [58 N 3rd St, Williamsburg] // $5

MOVIE: The 2006 film Blindsight is set against a Himalayan backdrop and "follows the gripping adventure of six blind Tibetan teenagers who set out to climb the 23,000 foot Lhakpa Ri on the North side of Mount Everest. The resulting 3-week journey is beyond anything any of them could have predicted."

Saturday // 2 p.m. // Rubin Museum of Art [150 W 17th St] // Free with museum admission

THEATER: Melvin Van Peebles’s 1971 musical Ain’t Supposed to Die a Natural Death has been revived by Classical Theater of Harlem and will be bouncing around different city parks on weekends through August 16th. Tonight the politically-outspoken portrait of inner city street life is at Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem. The Times says the “lively show tweaks the conventions of musical theater when it doesn’t dispense with them outright. A series of loosely strung together vignettes, it’s short on plot and traditional songs, but long on innovation.” – John Del Signore

Saturday // 8 p.m. // The Amphitheater at Marcus Garvey Park [122nd Street & Mt. Morris Parkway, Harlem. MAP] // Free

RACE: The Hong Kong Dragon Boat Fest will take over the waters in Flushing Meadows Corona Park's Meadow Lake this weekend. This is their 18th annual fest here; expect nearly a 120 colorful 40-foot-long boats maneuvering through the water, racing towards $60,000 in prizes. Traditional Chinese foods, performances and more, will keep you busy.

Saturday and Sunday // 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. // Flushing Meadows Park, Queens // Free

MUSIC: The lines can get a little out of control, so head to McCarren Park Pool early this Sunday when two Atlanta bands, the Black Lips and Deerhunter, are joined by Brooklyn's Tall Firs and Berlin's King Khan & The Shrines.

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

Dragon boat photo via Harris Graber's Flickr.