- Bar Tabac is the epicenter for Brooklyn Bastille Day activities on Sunday. [Bar Tabac]
- Good Beer Month is underway. See what the Good Beer Seal has in store at Cook Out NYC on Governors Island this Sunday. [Cook Out NYC]
- The Kickstarter Film Festival is back for a second year tonight, offering up 90 minutes of film paid for via Kickstarter’s unusual crowd-funding system. [Kickstarter]
- Red Bull is calling on creators, inventors and hackers to make something inspiring under unique conditions at the Creation Fair on Sunday in Brooklyn. [Red Bull]
- Cyclists of all ages and skill levels take on the 20-mile Tour de Queens also on Sunday. [Tour de Queens]
- The final Harry Potter movie will hit theaters next week, and a New York museum is inviting fans to jog their memories with the Seven Nights with Harry Potter film series. [Museum of the Moving Image]
- DJs, volleyball, a slip n slide and more will make an appearance at the first Rock Beach party of the summer. [Brooklyn365]
- Soundgarden is back, and making a stop in Newark tonight. [Prudential Center]
- A cross-city scavenger hunt tests teams’ problem solving skills on Sunday in Brooklyn. [The Amazing NY Race]
- The enormous Joe Koch Comic Warehouse is having a sale, complete with free childrens books and other goodies for all their visitors. [Koch Comics]
Photo: Courtesy of Dan Nguyen
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