The dog days are upon us, but there are plenty of places to keep cool in Bay Ridge.
On Friday, turn on, tune in, and drop by Greenhouse Cafe (7717 Third Ave. between 77th and 78th streets) at 9 pm, where the Friends in Sound will play all your favorite classic-rock radio hits without the disk jockey jibber-jabber. Expect a smattering of the Beatles, Eric Clapton, Santana, and Grand Funk Railroad.
Go help a neighbor on Saturday, when No Quarter (8015 Fifth Ave. between 80th and 81st streets) throws a benefit for the family of a Sunset Park music fan who died in a freak car accident on Fifth Avenue in August. A deejay will spin starting at 7 pm, and there will be food and raffles. Give them $10 (or more) at the door to get in.
Then go soak in some more live tunes at Greenhouse Cafe, where Prodigal Child will play hits from the likes of Stevie Wonder, Tom Petty, and the Rolling Stones starting at 9:30 pm.
On Sunday, you can hear one of the neighborhood’s great singers and then belt a tune of your own. Balladeer Tommy Andersen and karaoke maestro “Little Neil” are teaming up at Greenhouse Cafe at 6 pm.
At this point we should probably note that Greenhouse has not paid us off for their record three mentions this week — they are just really hot this weekend.
Drop by the Wicked Monk (9510 Third Ave. between 95th and 96th streets) on Monday from 4 pm to 7 pm to check out blues and classic rock outfit the Neighborhood Skells, a band name we assume references the bottle cap-tossing game “skelly,” and not the derogatory term for vagrants. So hey, if you don’t like the band, you can always throw bottle caps at them. (Don’t do that).
