Ditmas Park Weekend Events

Haven’t quite hammered out your weekend schedule? Here are some ideas: get your pet blessed, plant some bulbs, dance, or choose from nearly 20 kinds of beer (or drink 20 beers, then dance) at Oktoberfest. Whatever you do, have a great one and we’ll see you on Monday.

Saturday, October 5

• Plant and mulch with neighbors starting at the Glenwood dead end (between the subway tracks and Rugby Road), 10am.
• Ready, Set, Kindergarten is at the Cortelyou Library (sign up in advance), 11am.
• Alex Levin and guests play jazz at Purple Yam, 12:30-2:30pm.
• Join the Brooklyn Bird Club for a walk starting at the Prospect Park Audubon Center, 12-1pm.
•  Get tickets for Shine and the Moonbeams at BAMKids, BAMCafe (30 Lafayette Avenue between Saint Felix Street and Ashland Place), 2pm.
• Join a race around the barnyard at the Lefferts Historic House, 2-4pm Saturdays and Sundays.
•  Honey, Dear plays vintage jazz at Lark, 4pm.
• Turn junk to jewels with a class at Brooklyn Artery, 6:30pm.
• NYCTrust plays their weekly party at Sycamore, 8pm.
• Sean Kershaw & the New Jack Ramblers are at Bar Chord, 9pm.
• Amy Coleman is at 773 Lounge, 10pm.

Sunday, October 6

• Take a bird walk starting at the Prospect Park Audubon Center, 8am.
• Meditate for free at at Jaya Yoga East, 8:30am.
• Play and sing at Toddler Time with Mary Jo, Lark, 10am.
• Celebrate Oktoberfest at Hamilton’s (2826 Fort Hamilton Parkway between E 4th and E 5th Streets), starting at 10am.
• Make chicken tamales at Brooklyn ARTery, 11am.
• Eat some baked clams and thank Rob Williams of Seatuck Fish at the Cortelyou Greenmarket (Cortelyou Road between Argyle and Rugby Roads), 11:30am.
• Get your pet blessed at  Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church (yard on Saint Pauls Court between Ocean Avenue and E 19th Street), 12:45pm.
• Tammy Hall tells stories at the Lefferts Historic House, 2 and 3pm.
• The Cortelyou Jazz Jam is at Bar Chord, 9pm.

Photo via Hamilton’s