- Free boating, kayak demonstrations, fishing and music are all a part of City of Water Day on Saturday. [Brooklyn Bridge Park]
- Great Performances hosts a gourmet dinner at Katchkie Farm this Saturday; take Amtrak to Hudson station, then call Rick’s Taxi at 518.828.3356 for a quick ride to the farm. [GP]
- An exhibit chronicling the creative career of Jim Henson opens Saturday at the Museum of the Moving Image, complete with original muppets, drawings and movie screenings. [Museum of the Moving Image]
- Grand Army Plaza hosts the first Prospect Park Food Truck Rally of the summer on Sunday. [Prospect Park
- The Marilyn! film series ends this Sunday at BAMcinématek. [BAM]
- The Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival finishes Saturday with something for everyone: Family day, music and a graffitibattle. [Brooklyn Bodega]
- Tug and Barge Week opens in Brooklyn Bridge Park Friday, offering free tugboat trips and barge tours through July 24. [Brooklyn Bridge Park]
- Bike the River Valley’s scenic cycling event along the Hudson is this Sunday. [Bike the River Valley]
- Sunday is National Ice Cream Day, so why stop the celebrating at one scoop? The Bell House in Brooklyn will have 20to 30 types of ice cream for you to taste at the Ice Cream Takedown. [The Takedown]
- Handsaw players from all over the world make the annual pilgrimage to Astoria this Saturday for the Musical Saw Festival. [Musical Saw Festival]
- The Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival continues at Boscobel this weekend with a Comedy of Errors, Hamlet, and a wine tasting. [HVSF]
- Pilsener House & Biergarten opens today, adding another rooftop hotspot in Hoboken. [offManhattan]
Photo: Courtesy of Etienne Frossard
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