Friday
September 11
Dough boys
The blues rockers of the Dough Rollers are rising in the music world. Get a taste at an intimate show at Rough Trade, where the band will roll out songs from their new album, “Gone Baby Gone,” including catchy hit “Mansion on the Hill.”
9 pm at Rough Trade [664 N. Ninth St. between Kent and Wythe avenues, (718) 388–4111, www.rough
Saturday
September 12
Nerd night
Time to set down your twenty-sided die and quest to the Bell House, where geeky duo the Doubleclicks croon songs about dinosaurs, super-villains, and tabletop games, accompanied by a cello and a meowing cat keyboard. Opening is comedian and Rifftrax writer Joseph Scrimshaw.
7 pm at the Bell House [149 Seventh St. between Second and Third avenues in Gowanus, (718) 643–6510, www.thebe
Sunday
September 13
Come out to plaaaaaaay!
Pull out your best leather vest for an all-day celebration of “The Warriors,” the 1979 cult film about a Coney Island street gang fighting its way across New York City. Enter the cosplay contest (3 pm), meet the original actors, and watch the movie with a bunch of fanatics. It’ll be good. Real good. The best!
10 am–11 pm at Surf Pavilion at (3029 Stillwell Ave. between Bowery Street and the boardwalk, thewa
Tuesday
September 15
Hack the planet!
Another cult film about lawless teens! Nitehawk celebrates the 20th anniversary of “Hackers,” the visually rich but technically dubious film that starred Jonny Lee Miller and Angelina Jolie as rollerblading cyber-jockeys. Miller and the film’s director will be on hand for a discussion after the screening tonight.
7:30 pm at Nitehawk Cinema [136 Metropolitan Ave. between Berry Street and Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg, (718) 384–3980, www.niteh
Wednesday
September 16
Bouncing beat
Burn off your lunchtime meal with some dancehall moves inside the hall of government! Choreographer Blacka Di Danca, known for his music videos with Diplo and Shaggy, will give a performance of dancehall moves, the high-energy variation on reggae, inside the Borough Hall rotunda. He will then slow the groove down for an interactive demo class for anyone not rushing back to work.
Noon at Brooklyn Borough Hall (209 Joralemon St. at Court Street in Downtown, www.beatb
