Some of the city’s best outdoor celebrations happen this week, plus a great reason to stay above ground on your commute and ride your bike to work.

City-wide

Bike to Work Day 2013
Give your health and the environment a boost and two-wheel it to work (if you don’t already do so) on Friday, May 17. If you need added encouragement, there will be “fueling stations” featuring gourmet coffee, breakfast, stickers and bike lights throughout the city in the AM, and a big after-work party in the evening will feature more food and drink, fashion shows and more.
Friday, May 17; see site for fueling stations, afterparty info and more.

NYC X Design
This super-gathering of the city’s finest design institutions, including museums, stores, architecture and design firms and designers themselves promises to satisfy anyone with an appetite for the greatest, newest and most innovative in the world of design. The anchor event is the annual International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF), being held at the Jacob Javits Center from May 18-21.
May 10-21, see site for events and venues

Park Slope, Prospect Park

Great Googa Mooga
This (relatively) new addition to the long list of reasons to celebrate Brooklyn, food, music and the beauty of Prospect Park was a runaway success last spring. Expect hundreds of opportunities to sample the wares of New York’s top restaurants and leading wineries and breweries, listen to top musical acts, dine, dance and drink with your friends at imaginatively-themed parties and events.
May 17, 18, 19; see site for locations and events.
Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Tickets: $54 and up.

Chelsea

El Anatsui’s “Broken Bridge II” at the High Line
Join High Line curators for a walking tour and hear the story behind “Broken Bridge II,” the monumental sculpture by West African artist El Anatsui installed on an exterior building wall between West 21st and West 22nd Streets. Considered one of the foremost contemporary artists of his generation, El Anatsui is known for his intricate sculptures made of recycled materials mostly collected near his home in Nigeria. Broken Bridge II is his largest work to date.
Wednesday, May 15, 6:30-7:30
High Line; meeting location will be confirmed upon purchase of tickets.
Tour tickets: $15

Upper East Side

Performance: Liars at MetMuseum
Popular indie dance-punk band Liars promise to elude expectations at their MetMuseum debut as they present a multimedia, site-specific performance in the Temple of Dendur in the Sackler Wing.
Saturday, May 18, 7PM
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue (at 82nd Street)
Tickets: Call for info.

Greenwich Village, East Village

Seventh Annual Dance Parade and Festival
This annual outdoor event provides a showcase for the city’s top dance groups while bringing a riot of color, song and celebration to the streets of Greenwich Village. Join in the dance or just watch from the sidelines–but be warned: It won’t be easy to keep your feet on the ground. After gathering between 22nd and 21st between Park and Fifth Avenue, the Parade will kick off at 1pm and boogie its way down Broadway to a review Grandstand in Astor Place, ending in a massive DanceFest in Tompkins Square Park, complete with free dance lessons.
Saturday, May 14, 1PM
See site for parade route
$free

Lower East Side

Home Coffee Brewing Class
Elevate your coffee snob status or just improve your technique with this hands-on in-store class on brewing coffee using different manual brewing methods including KONE pour-over, French press, Chemex, AeroPress, V60 and Clever. Attendees get a bag of Grumpy’s freshly roasted coffee to take home.
Monday, May 20, 6:30-8PM
Cafe Grumpy, 13 Essex Street
$50

Williamsburg

Deep Space Dance Party: A Red Bull Music Academy Event
Dancefloor addicts and club regulars have already marked their calendars for this chance to catch legendary Deep Space DJ Francois K and the first-ever live DJ set from Donna Summer producer and Daft Punk collaborator Giorgio Moroder as part of the Red Bull Music Academy monthlong music celebration.
Monday, May 20, 9PM-4AM
Output, 74 Wythe Avenue, Brooklyn
Tickets (Limited amount at door. Arrive early): $40