- Coney Island reopens at Luna Park this weekend. [ConeyIslandFunGuide]
- Record Store Day is tomorrow; check the website for where to find free sets, deals, and all the festivities at places like Permanent Records in Brooklyn. [RecordStore]
- Get a free cup of Intelligentsia coffee at Cubana Socíal today until 4pm. [CubanaSocial]
- Surfing documentary Step into Liquid—from the son of Endless Summer director Bruce Brown—screens this weekend at the Museum of the Moving Image. [MovingImage]
- Attend a “Sip and Shop” benefit at the Brooklyn Historical Society on Saturday with J. McLaughlin. [BHS]
- The Boston International Film Festival launches this weekend. [BIFF]
- See the Orchid Show at the New York Botanical Gardens before it closes next week. [NYBG]
- Learn how to start your indoor garden at Flatbush Food Co-op’s free community plant swap this Saturday. [Sustainable Flatbush]
- Queens Council on the Arts presents an evening of poetry uniting prominent local poets and literary publishing houses at Novo Restaurant in Jackson Heights. [QCA]
- Philadelphia Book Festival hosts a street fair on its last day tomorrow from 10-5pm. [FLP]
- Get a jump start on Earth Day by recycling your textiles at either the Fort Greene or Union Square Greenmarkets. [NYCGovParks]
- On Sunday, enjoy a night of good, free comedy with Hannibal Buress at the Knitting Factory. [Metromix]
- Catch Macbeth at the Brooklyn Academy of Music before it closes this Sunday. [BAM]
- Take Metro North to Stamford for the Morocco Cultural Festival featuring an art bazaar, authentic Moroccan cuisine, live music, and more. [GreenwichPatch]
- Learn important bike repair tips on Sunday under the Williamsburg Bridge. [TimesUp]
- National Park Week begins tomorrow with free admission to all 394 parks in the U.S. [NPS]
Photo: Courtesy of *_filippo_*
The co-founder and editor-at-large at offMetro, Lauren is a sustainable travel specialist and freelance journalist with frequent bylines in National Geographic, Bicycling Magazine and Shape. Follow Lauren’s adventures at @laurenmati.
Sarah Knapp is a Brooklyn based entrepreneur whose love for the outdoors and community building led her to the October 2013 creation of OutdoorFest. She has a BA in History, is a Wilderness First Responder and a NY state hiking, camp and boating guide. Her proudest achievement to date is reading the Aeneid in Latin. 
Allison was one of our first top writers and Chief Editor but is no longer working with offMetro. Allison is a native New Yorker, who has lived in Rome, Tuscany, Melbourne, Toronto and Los Angeles. She frequently contributed travel pieces to Family Travel Forum, using her own children as guinea pigs as they travel the globe. She never missed a chance to sample local delicacies, as her love for travel goes hand-in-hand with her love for food and wine. 
Josh Laskin is a freelance travel writer and photographer based in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. When he is not at work or on the road, you can find him in the mountains snowboarding, climbing, hiking, fly fishing, mountain biking, and eating bagel bites.
Annie is a travel writer, environmentalist, and surfer based in Venice, CA. She heads up our West Coast team, keeps our grammatical errors in check, and makes sure our California writers always have a plan for their next adventure. Follow Annie’s travels @annelisemcb.
Carly Pifer is a freelance writer who has been known to follow whims inspired by romantic movie scenes or colorful street style shots to India, Japan, Tunisia and Argentina. After stints living in Seoul, Boston, Paris and Los Angeles, writing and searching for something intangible, she landed somewhat steadily in Brooklyn and has begun to find inspiration in her more immediate surroundings. 
Kate E. O’Hara is a New York based freelance writer and photographer who loves all things food—especially the people who make it and market it. Her writing aims to capture the essence of the food experience; the stories that go well beyond a plate of ingredients. In addition to her love of food, Kate is also known to have a hankering for red wine and craft beer. You can also find Kate on Instagram