Things To Do In Kensington & Windsor Terrace This Weekend

Thao & The Get Down Stay Down will perform at Celebrate Brooklyn in Prospect Park on Saturday. Photo via Thao & The Get Down Stay Down
Thao & The Get Down Stay Down will perform at Celebrate Brooklyn in Prospect Park on Saturday. Photo via Thao & The Get Down Stay Down

Happy Thursday, everyone! This weekend, you can hear poets and other writers read their works at the E. 4th Street Community Garden, see amazing free concerts at Celebrate Brooklyn, go rowing for free at Prospect Park, and lots more.

If you have an upcoming event you’d like featured in our calendar, or if there’s anything we’ve left off, let us know! Post your events in our community calendar or email us at editor@kensingtonbk.com.

Thursday, July 9

Queen Cobra Thai serves up their tasty eats at Sycamore’s Flatbush Food Court, 6pm.
• Punch Brothers and Sarah Jarosz perform at Celebrate Brooklyn, 7:30-10:30pm.
• Gregg Allman’s guitarist Scott Sharrard and his Brickyard Band perform at Bar Chord, 9pm.

Friday, July 10

• Join the drop-in sing-along with Lucy Kalantari at Lark Café, 10am.
• Get in shape at Shape Up NYC’s free cardio toning class at Prospect Park’s Audubon Center, 12-1pm.
• Meet fellow moms and dads at the New Parent Meet-Up, Lark Cafe, 1pm.
• DIY Teen Time at the Kensington Library, 3pm.
• Sing-along with Frank from Rolie Polie Guacamole at ELK Coffee, 4pm.
Johnny Lupiani’s Awesome BBQ is dishing up food at Sycamore’s Flatbush Food Court, 4pm.
Happy hour with babies and ice cream happy hour are at Lark, 4pm.
• Free wine tasting at Kings County Wines, every Friday from 6-8pm.
• Kinky, Los Auténticos Decadentes, and Astro perform at Celebrate Brooklyn, 7pm.
• Neighbor Lola Star’s Dreamland Roller Disco is at Prospect Park’s Lakeside ($18, buy tickets here), 7:30-10pm.
• The Super Yamba Band perform their Brooklyn Afrobeat at Bar Chord, 9pm.
Rahlou is at Sycamore, 10pm.

Saturday, July 11

• Bring your pup to FIDO’s free Coffee Bark at Prospect Park’s Long Meadow, 7-9am.
• See our beautiful E. 4th Street Community Garden during its visiting hours, 9am-1pm.
• Lavender Blues Sing-Along at Lark Cafe, 9:30 & 10:30am.
• Join ShapeUp NYC for a free cardio sculpt class at Prospect Park’s Audubon Center, 11am.
• Free summer detox & weight loss workshop at the Family of Light Holistic Center (RSVP ahead of time here), 11:30am.
• Check out Sycamore’s new brunch & bloody mary bar, 12-3:30pm.
Go rowing for free at Prospect Park Lake, 12-4pm.
• The Brooklyn Bird Club leads an intro to birdwatching class at Prospect Park’s Audubon Center, 12-1pm.
• Attend a free Sahaja yoga meditation at the Cortelyou Library, 12:30pm.
• Learn how to take care of the potato plot, herb gardens & berry patches at the Lefferts Historic House, 2-5pm.
• Hear poets and other writers read at the E. 4th Street Community Garden, 3:30pm.
Burma Noodle Bar whips up their culinary creations at Sycamore’s Flatbush Food Court, 4pm.
Cortelyou Road will be closed off to traffic for a free bounce house, shopping and food deals & more, 6-10pm.
• Watch a free outdoor showing of “Back to the Future” on Cortelyou Road, 8:30pm
• The New Pornographers and Thao & The Get Down Stay Down perform at Celebrate Brooklyn, 7:30-10:30pm.
• Grupo Descarillao play their salsa tunes at Bar Chord, 9pm.

Sunday, July 12
• Sycamore serves up a Wimbledon brunch with an English breakfast & beverages, 9am.
• See our beautiful E. 4th Street Community Garden during its visiting hours, 10am-2pm.
• Free family bird watching at Prospect Park’s Audubon Center, 10am.
• Sing-along with Amy Miles at Lark Café, 11am.
• Explore the 230-year history of the Lefferts Historic House (adults and teens only, reservations required by calling 718-789-2822 ext. 304), 12-1pm.
• Cortelyou Jazz Jam at Bar Chord, 9pm.