Saturday, July 7: Chan Marshall (aka Cat Power) leads her devoted followers to McCarren Park’s pool today for a show with Built to Spill. Let’s hope she shows up — stage fright has killed the Cat before.

Sunday, July 8: Check out the “Art Dorks” show at McCaig-Welles gallery. A group effort, the show features a number of paintings that, according to the Dorks, “[don’t] fit into a cleanly defined mold.”

Tuesday, July 10: Tonight, the New York Philharmonic will sneak into Brooklyn to perform at Prospect Park — Brooklyn Philharmonic turf last time we checked. We’ll forgive the trespass since it’s for a good cause — cans of non-perishable food are being collected for the Food Bank of New York City. And they’re bringing fireworks — who doesn’t love that?

Wednesday, July 11: Camille Becerra, who owns Paloma restaurant in Greenpoint, is a contestant on this season of Bravo’s “Top Chef.” Check her out tonight on screen or drop by Paloma to see the real deal.

Thursday, July 12: New Yorker editor Ben Greenman drops into Barnes & Noble to read from his short story collection, “A Circle Is a Balloon and Compass Both.” We hope he’ll help us with the Cartoon Caption Contest.