5 Things to Do This Weekend

I’m telling you now so you can plan ahead.

Be Blown Away:

If you’re a Beasts of the Southern Wild fan who lives in or close to New York City, visit Manhattan’s Symphony Space this Friday and Saturday evening. For two nights only, the Wordless Music Orchestra will perform with the film soundtrack’s Lost Bayou ramblers while a music-less print of the film streams in tandem. If there’s any better time to use the adjective “magical,” surely it’s now. For tickets, click here.

Get Hooked On Something Besides Phonics or Crack:

Kate Barnett, resident podcast fiend, suggests Invisibilia. The podcast explores “the intangible forces that shape human behavior – things like ideas, beliefs, assumptions and emotions” and claims that through a mixture of personal stories and scientific research, listeners will come away from the series with a new perception of their own lives.

The show comes out each Friday on NPR; catch up on the two full episodes (so far) here, and listen to a preview via Radiolab below where the voices in the intro have just as much trouble with words as Serial’s Mail Kimp.

Relive Your Childhood Dream:

A Space Jam-inspired art exhibit has opened in Chelsea, begging the question: who is more popular on Instagram — Michael Jordan, or a shit ton of mirrored lights?

Multitask: 

Nitehawk Cinema in Brooklyn runs “brunch screenings” each weekend. Says Esther, “It’s basically the best movie theater ever because they serve food and alcohol beverages to your seat.” Alcohol beverages! If you do not live in NYC, you can probably crash on her couch.

Read:

“I’ll Have What She’s Having,” by roving wrinkle reporter Rebecca Harrington. Harrington investigates a variety of diets, from Karl Lagerfeld to Beyoncé to Elizabeth Taylor, though the best one is easily Gwyneth Paltrow’s. You’ll devour it (LOL FOOD JOKE) in an hour and then beg for seconds. (FOOD JOKE AGAIN.)

And if none of the above sounds appealing? Why don’t you try a turtleneck on with literally everything in your closet (but watch your nose ring) while playing your new favorite artist, or, see if you can do your makeup one-handed in two minutes while using the other hand to click through photos of Solange, all the while contemplating: when it comes men in jeggings, what would Penn Badgley do?

That should keep you busy.