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Were in the sweet spot here, people. You can spend time outside without sweating through your clothes or freezing your ass off, but theres also plenty of indoor action going on. So whether you decide to haul yourself to the far reaches of Queens, outer Greenpoint or Gowanus, or to stay in the safe confines of Downtown Brooklyn or the Lower East Side, luckand crisp weather should be on your side.
Crocodiles Sept. 22, Mercury Lounge, 217 E. Houston St. (betw. Essex & Ludlow Sts.), 212-260- 4700; 7:30, $15. Touring for the excellent new album Sleep Forever, Crocodiles is playing a number of shows in town this week, but tonights, with openers The Girls At Dawn and Reading Rainbow, is our pick as the best of the bunch. Crocodiles. Bottom Line: A fine mix of local and visiting talent to keep your ears buzzing. To find out more, check out www.nypress.com, where we chat with Crocodiles.
Radical Spirit Opens Sept. 28, Lutheran Church of the Messiah, 129 Russell St. (betw. Nassau & Driggs Aves.), Brooklyn; Free. When was the last time you went to church? (The Limelight doesnt count, pre- or post- Marketplace.) James Case-Leal wants you to go, so you can see his massive TV broadcasting sculpture and trippy ceiling video projections, while he hangs out in the bell-tower constructing and occasionally distributing scrolls made from old magazines. Local non-believers can watch in sweatpants on analog channel 17. Bottom Line: No matter how you achieved your last spiritual awakening, this should be a more culturally enlightening religious experience.
Atlantic Antic Sept. 26, Atlantic Ave. betw. Hicks St. & 4th Ave., Brooklyn; 10 a.m. to 6, Free. Join eager throngs of spectators and families this Sunday for the 36th Annual Atlantic Antic Street Festival along Brooklyns Atlantic Avenue, where you can load up on favorite street fair foods like roasted corn and funnel cake, tempt your wallet with selections from 600 different vendors and frighten children with your passionate participation in inflatable rides and face painting. Bottom Line: Usually street fairs are completely bogus, but this is the exception to the rule. Also, fried Oreos.
The Propensity of Sound Sept. 24 through 28, ISSUE Project Room, 232 3rd St. (betw. 3rd & 4th Aves.), Brooklyn, 718-330-0313; 6 and 8, $10 and up. British magazine The Wire teams up with ISSUE Project Room to present this series of concerts by legendary composers Pauline Oliveros, Eliane Radigue and Laurie Spiegel, all lauded as pioneers in electronic music. Bottom Line: Five evenings of talks, performances and premieres in which each composer further stretches listeners perceptions of music, musicians and the performer-audience relationship. Did you get that at the Pavement shows?
The World Maker Faire Sept. 25 & 26, New York Hall of Science, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, 47-01 111th St. (near 48th Ave.), Queens; 10-7 & 10-6, $25. Geeks, gadgets and techies collide with bad-ass knitting fiends, artisans and oddballs this weekend at a DIY playground featuring over 100 crafty vendors, food and music. Bottom Line: Suck it up and take the 7 train to see what the worlds geeks and crafters have been up to.