Five things to do in Brooklyn this week!

Friday

June 16

Nasty women

If you feel like our democracy is hanging by a thread, join the opening reception of “Nasty Stitches,” a group exhibit of embroidery and fabric art with a political message from four female artists, with pieces that deal with sexual and reproductive health, including the pictured message from Katrina Majkut. The show will be on display until July 23.

6–9 pm at Victor and Mo (56 Bogart St. between Harrison Place and Grattan Street in Bushwick, www.victorimo.com). Free.

Saturday

June 17

Finny fun!

Brooklyn’s most glamorous arts parade is back! Queen Mermaid Debbie Harry and King Neptune Chris Stein — yes, from the band Blondie! — will lead the 35th annual parade of marching bands, floats, and participants barely dressed as mermaids and sea creatures!

1 pm at Surf Avenue (from W. 21st Street to W. 10th Street in Coney Island, www.coneyisland.com). Free.

Sunday

June 18

Pop-up show

It’s your last chance to say you’ve seen Iggy’s weiner! Today is the final day of the “Iggy Pop Life Class” exhibit, featuring drawings of the naked punk rock star by a dozen artists, alongside a collection that explores the male nude throughout art history, focusing on how images of masculinity have changed over the years.

Get Iggy with it: This sketch by Angel Ramirez is part of the Iggy Pop Life Class exhibit at Brooklyn Museum, which closes on June 18.

Sarah DeSantis

11 am–6 pm at Brooklyn Museum [200 Eastern Pkwy. at Washington Avenue in Prospect Heights, (718) 638–5000, brooklynmuseum.org]. $16 suggested donation.

Wednesday

June 21

Short Nite

Check out seven of the best short films from the 2016 Nitehawk Shorts Festival, followed by drinks and a discussion with the filmmakers. The collection includes the Brooklyn-set dating comedy “Vegas,” (pictured), feminist horror story “Consomme,” and a documentary about the first gay country album, with a title we cannot print here.

7:30 pm at Nitehawk Cinema [136 Metropolitan Ave. between Wythe Avenue and Berry Street in Williamsburg, (718) 384–3980, www.nitehawkcinema.com]. $16.

Thursday

June 22

Say Yeahs

Head to Prospect Park to catch Brooklyn’s experimental rock trio Yeasayer, making its debut at the Bric Celebrate Brooklyn! Festvial. The band, known for synth riffs and bizarre videos, will play with opening acts Poliça and Cymbals Eat Guitars.

7 pm [Prospect Park Bandshell, enter at Ninth Street and Prospect Park West in Park Slope, (718) 683–5600, www.bricartsmedia.org/cb]. Free.

A chance encounter: In the short film “Vegas,” screening at Nitehawk Cinema on June 21, a man befriends an eccentric prostitute he meets at the bus stop.

Vegas