Things To Do In South Slope This Week

If the post-holiday Monday blues are only being enhanced by the hot, hot heat, start thinking about all the fun you can have after work right in the neighborhood this week!

Post-Patriotism Quiz
When: Monday, July 8, registration 8:30pm, quiz 9pm
Where: Quarter Bar, 676 5th Avenue
What: Bring friends, a pen, a clever team name, and be prepared to answer 40 thrilling questions to win cash prizes!
How much: $5/person for a team of up to 4

Ben Holmes Quartet/Slavic Soul Party
When: Tuesday, July 9, 7pm
Where: Barbes, 376 9th Street
What: Trumpeter Ben Holmes brings his quartet back for his monthly residency at Barbes, while the late show (9pm) features the fiery Balkan brass band from Brooklyn (and Barbes regulars) Slavic Soul Party.
How much: $10 suggested dontation

Exhibition Reception: While I Was Stuck at the Supermarket by Marlene Weisman
When: Wednesday, July 10, 7pm
Where: Powerhouse on 8th, 1111 8th Avenue
What: Contemplate a series by a Brooklyn artist (one piece is pictured above) that consider questions like, “Would Gloria Steinem have created Ms. Magazine if she was stuck on line at C-Town buying Gorton’s fish sticks?” Plus, there will be wine.
How much: FREE! But RSVPs are appreciated: RSVP@POWERHOUSEon8th.com

Show & Tell
When: Wednesday, July 10, 8pm
Where: Freddy’s Bar, 627 5th Avenue
What: The fascinating series that invites the audience to bring and item and tell the personal significance behind it in three minutes or less is back! Stick around after for music from Sean Wayland.
How much: FREE!