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# Ditmas Park Weekend Events
- URL: https://bklyner.com/ditmas-park-weekend-events-29-ditmas-park/
- Published: 2013-11-16T14:00:49.000Z
- Updated: 2014-09-30T05:29:52.000Z
- Author: Kezia
- Tags: #API-Imported

![lavender blues via facebook ](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/lavendar.jpg)

Happy Saturday morning! Make this weekend a great one with a benefit brunch, live music, Kitten Palooza, and more.

**Saturday, November 16**

- The [Lavender Blues sing along](https://www.facebook.com/LavenderBluesMusic) is at Lark, 10am.
- There’s a [quilt show](http://www.prospectpark.org/calendar/event/quilt-show?ref=bklyner.com) on Saturdays and Sundays until December 1 at the [Lefferts Historic House](http://www.prospectpark.org/visit/places/lefferts?ref=bklyner.com), 12-1pm.
- Or you can [join the Brooklyn Bird Club](/blog/animals/explore-birdwatching-at-prospect-park-with-the-brooklyn-bird-club) for a walk starting at the [Prospect Park Audubon Center](http://www.prospectpark.org/visit/places/audubon?ref=bklyner.com), 12-1pm.
- [Alex Levin](http://www.alexlevinjazz.com/?ref=bklyner.com) and guests play jazz at [Purple Yam](http://www.purpleyamnyc.com/?ref=bklyner.com), 12:30-2:30pm.
- Take [Intro to Sanskrit with Kiki Flynn](http://jayayogacenter.com/workshops-and-retreats?options%5Bids%5D=1292&options%5Bsite%5Fid%5D=1222&ref=bklyner.com) at[Jaya Yoga East](http://jayayogacenter.com/?ref=bklyner.com), 1-3pm.
- … then stick around for [Intro to the Sutras](http://jayayogacenter.com/workshops-and-retreats?options%5Bids%5D=1291&options%5Bsite%5Fid%5D=1222&ref=bklyner.com), also at Jaya Yoga East, 3:30-5:15pm.
- [Race around the farmyard](http://www.prospectpark.org/calendar/event/race-farmyard?ref=bklyner.com) Saturdays and Sundays at the Lefferts Historic House, 2:30-3:30pm.
- [Honey, Dear plays vintage jazz](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=218625121608594&set=a.218620011609105.50502.182502618554178&type=1&theater) at Lark, 4pm.
- [La Mecanica Popular](http://lamecanicapopular.com/?ref=bklyner.com) plays [Sycamore](http://sycamorebrooklyn.com/index.php/bar-posts/?ref=bklyner.com), 8pm.
- [DECOSTER](http://www.reverbnation.com/decoster?ref=bklyner.com) plays [773 Lounge](https://www.facebook.com/773Lounge), 9pm.
- [Alegba and Friends](https://www.facebook.com/alegbaandfriends) are at [Bar Chord](http://www.barchordnyc.com/?ref=bklyner.com), 9pm.

**Sunday, November 17**

- Meditate for free at at Jaya Yoga East, 8:30am.
- Play and sing at [Toddler Time with Mary Jo](https://www.google.com/calendar/render?eid=M3M5YTBibG9qcTJhbDBnMjNoazg5NGw4N2tfMjAxMzA2MDJUMTQwMDAwWiBsYXJrY2FmZUBt&ctz=America/New%5FYork&pli=1&sf=true&output=xml&ref=bklyner.com), Lark, 10am.
- Check out neighbor and [WKCR](http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/wkcr/content/EST?ref=bklyner.com) DJ [Carter Van Pelt](http://gothamist.com/2013/05/15/if%5Fyoure%5Fnot%5Flistening%5Fto%5Fwkcrs%5Freg.php?ref=bklyner.com) as he spins reggae records at [Coffee Mob](http://coffeemob.com/?ref=bklyner.com), 10am-12pm.
- Email or call ahead of time for [one of two Typhoon Yolanda benefit brunches](/blog/events/this-sunday-help-typhoon-yolanda-survivors-at-a-purple-yam-fundraising-brunch), [Purple Yam](http://www.purpleyamnyc.com/?ref=bklyner.com), 11am-4pm.
- Adopt a cat or kitten from the [Brooklyn Bridge Animal Welfare Coalition](http://www.bbawc.org/?ref=bklyner.com) in front of [Qathra](http://www.qathracafe.com/?ref=bklyner.com), 11am-4pm.
- Local veggie favorite [Barry’s Tempeh](http://growninbrooklyn.com/?ref=bklyner.com) is at the [Flatbush Food Court](/blog/events/sycamores-pop-up-restaurant-flatbush-food-court-starts-this-sunday), [Sycamore](http://sycamorebrooklyn.com/index.php/bar-posts/?ref=bklyner.com), 12-6pm.
- [Yoon Sun Choi](http://yoonsunchoi.com/?p=358&ref=bklyner.com) plays at [Sunday Jazz for the Family](http://larkcafe.com/activities.html?ref=bklyner.com), Lark, 4pm.
- The [Lit at Lark](/blog/art-music/lit-at-lark-series-brings-authors-to-church-avenue) series continues with host [Amy Shearn](http://www.amyshearnwrites.com/?ref=bklyner.com), plus [Pia Z. Ehrhardt](http://justlivehere.com/?ref=bklyner.com), [Jael McHenry](http://www.jaelmchenry.com/?ref=bklyner.com), and [Nathan Oates](http://nathanoates.net/?ref=bklyner.com) at Lark, 5pm.
- Join the [Ditmas Park Sitting Group](https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditmasparksits/) to meditate at [Third Root](http://thirdroot.org/?ref=bklyner.com), 6:45pm.
- Game on! At [Board Game Night](/blog/events/773-lounge-starts-their-weekly-board-game-night-next-sunday-november-3), 773 Lounge, 8pm.
- The [Cortelyou Jazz Jam](http://www.barchordnyc.com/announcing-bar-chords-cortelyou-road-jazz-jam-starting-this-sunday/?ref=bklyner.com) is at Bar Chord, 9pm.

*Photo via [Lavender Blues](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=459184074200951&set=pb.284597691659591.-2207520000.1384556345.&type=3&theater)*