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THIS WEEKEND...
 Photography
New Photography and Video From China
The Chinese avant-garde-in-the-making
welcomes performances that assert individual identity; it also exploits
the contrast between hyperdeveloped business centers and their less
glamorous residential outskirts.(Opens 6/11.)
Sales & Bargains
Diane
von Furstenberg Sale
Flirty frocks are $10 to $200
at her sale (6/11).
In Concert
Vietnam
On 6/12, the newly augmented
indie rock-band plays the Bowery Ballroom along with a slew of other
great (and mostly unheralded) New York bands like Calla and Dead
Meadow.
Onscreen
Napoleon Dynamite
Hitting all the indie-friendly
notes, this deadpan, low-budget quirkfest about an extraordinarily
awkward teen (Jon Heder) in rural Idaho starts off a bit too odd
for its own good.
 Dance
Violet Cavern
A rock-jazz trio combines
forces with choreographer Mark Morris in his new work, premiering
at BAM this week (Through 6/12).
Film Festival
The
Brooklyn International Film Festival
An eclectic, dizzying lineup
of 100 films including The Kings of Brooklyn, a Wall Street
thriller starring David Keith, and Mendy, about a young Brooklyn
Hasidic boy. (Through 6/13.)
Happening
Big Apple Barbecue Block Party
Two afternoons packed
with seminars such as "Picked, Chopped and Pulled: An Insider's
Guide to North Carolina BBQ," live jazz and blues, and, of course,
mouthwatering ribs, beef brisket, pork shoulder and more from six
pit masters. (6/12, 6/13).
 Art
Opening
The Dreamland Artist Club
Under the guidance of Creative
Time and graffiti scholar Steve Powers, 25 artists give the Coney
Island grounds a face-lift.
Onstage
La Malade Imaginaire (The Imaginary Invalid)
The Comédie-Française troupe
brings Molière’s dark themes to light using a simple, noirish set
and a dash of commedia dell’arte (through 6/13).
Club Calendar
Saturdays
at Luke + Leroy
This newish two-story
lounge with an über-cool outdoor smoking area hosts a party roiling
with new wave miscreants, other downtown denizens and a DJ roster
that rotates among music-industry types.
NEXT WEEK...
Revival
MC5
The band members weren’t
just garage-rock pioneers but sonic revolutionaries. Members Wayne
Kramer, Dennis Thompson, and Michael Davis come to the Bowery Ballroom
(6/14, 6/15).
Readings
Helen
Fielding
The Bridget Jones author
reads from her new spy thriller for the chick-lit set, Olivia
Joules and the Overactive Imagination (6/15).
 Festival
The
JVC Jazz Festival
This year’s edition shows
serious signs of breaking with the conservative past, thanks to
smart pairings (k.d. lang backed by the Brooklyn Philharmonic; the
young and fiery cabaret singer Nellie McKay opening for Lou Reed)
and powerful tributes. (6/15-6/20.)
Performance
The
Grand Step Project
A 50-person dance troupe
takes to the steps of the Winter Garden for the world premiere of
director/choreographer Stephan Koplowitz's work, set to the music
of Quentin Chiappetta.
Happening
Los
Lobos
The annual Celerate Brooklyn!
concert series gets underway with a performance by Los Lobos—the
L.A. rockers with Mexican roots—who are promoting their new release
The Ride (6/16).
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