Best Weekend Ever 7.21.05

As the Tropic of Cancer fades out, the ultimate Blue Crab Festival fades in.


Get a little art in your weekend with the new exhibit What I Did on My Summer Vacation… Snapshot-style pics by star photographers Larry Clark, Nan Goldin, and others.
Ready, aim, click. Repeat.Until Friday (8/19).

ClampArt, 525 West 25th Street (near Tenth Avenue), (646) 230-0020, clampart.com

Get a little salsa in your life at the Under the Stars Dance Party at El Museo Del Barrio. Hot weather, hot people, hot music. Thursday (7/21), 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

El Museo Del Barrio, 1230 Fifth Avenue (at 104th Street), (212) 831-7272, elmuseo.org

Blue crabs broiled in Brooklyn Lager? Yes. Lots of it at The Minnow’s Blue Crab Festival. Did we mention $2 beers? Saturday (7/23) and Sunday (7/24), 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. $30 per person.

The Minnow, 442 Ninth Street (at Seventh Avenue), Brooklyn, (718) 832-5500