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Five things to do in Brooklyn this week!

Five things to do in Brooklyn this week!
Andria Alefhi

FRIday

July 29

Just Doob it

The band of Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young may have broken up, but you can still catch the Marrakesh Express at Brooklyn Bowl tonight, where two cover bands will pay tribute to the supergroup: Midnight North and the delightfully named opening act Doobie Decibel System (pictured).

7 pm at the Brooklyn Bowl [61 Wythe Ave. between N. 11th and N. 12th streets in Williamsburg, (718) 963–3369], www.brooklynbowl.com. $15 ($12 in advance).

Saturday

July 30

Zine scene

Visit Brooklyn’s most relaxed comics and zine festival, which happens inside — and in the backyard of — Pete’s Candy Store in Williamsburg. Sip a beer and browse the hand-stapled offerings from 25 zine creators, including cartoonist Steven Nguyen (“Stranger Than Bushwick”), poet Michelle Spadafore (“Haiku and Holga”), and photographer Jowy Romano (“SubCulture”).

2–7 pm at Pete’s Candy Store [709 Lorimer St. between Richardson and Frost streets in Williamsburg, (718) 302–3770, www.petescandystore.com]. Free.

File photo: The Doobie Decibel System will rock Brooklyn Bowl on July 29.
Bob Minkin

Sunday

July 31

Bus-ted

A pair of artists will park Donald Trump’s actual campaign bus from his time stumping in Iowa — outside the Smack Mellon gallery in Dumbo today. Check out their creative adaptations of the original campaign materials, and then step inside the gallery to see performance artist Martha Wilson portray the Donald in her show “Politics and Performance are One and the Same.”

3 pm at Smack Mellon [92 Plymouth St. between Main and Washington streets, (718) 834–8761, www.smackmellon.org]. Free.

Wednesday

Aug. 3

Oh, Tenenbaum

How twee it is! The Wes Anderson flick “The Royal Tenanbaums,” about a quirky family of artistic over-achievers, will get a free screening tonight in McCarren Park as aspirational viewing for neighborhood hipsters. Brooklyn rock band Honduras will start the night with a jangly set at 7 pm.

What a sell-out!: Comedian Hari Kondabolu has already sold out two shows at the Bell House. Hurry and get tickets to the recently added late show on Aug. 4.
Mindy Tucker

8 pm in McCarren Park (N. 12th St. between Bedford and Berry avenues in Williamsburg, www.summerscreen.org). Free.

Thursday

Aug. 4

Hari up!

Comedian Hari Kondabolu’s tour supporting his “Mainstream American Comic” album comes to Brooklyn tonight. The self-described “killjoy who does comedy” offers plenty of cutting political commentary, and the presidential campaign has surely given him plenty of new material. The early show has already sold out, so get your tickets now!

10 pm at Bell House [149 Seventh St. between Second and Third avenues in Gowanus, (718) 643–6510, www.thebellhouseny.com]. $15.

Partisan artisans: Mary Mihelic (pictured) and David Gleeson have turned one of Donald Trump’s former campaign buses into a rolling anti-Trump art installation, which will park in Dumbo on July 30.
t.Rutt