Park Slope Weekday Events Spotlight: October 19-21

Don’t wait until the weekend for a little neighborhood fun! With everything from old school expressionism, classical guitar, and tango classes, there’s plenty going on in Park Slope this week. Below are some of our favorite events from around the area.

For even more things to do around Brooklyn, and to add your own upcoming events (some of which we’ll feature in this roundup in the future!), check out our calendar.

The Wild Reeds and Milky Maze
When: Monday, October 19, 8:00pm (Doors) and 8:30 (Show)
Where: Union Hall, 702 Union Street, at 5th Avenue
What: The Wild Reeds have transformed from a three part harmony driven band to a full indie folk rock force that has been sweeping the West Coast. In the past year The Wild Reeds have toured along side artist such as Noah Gundersen and Israel Nash while also making an appearance at festivals such as Newport Folk Festival’s sister of the West, Way Over Yonder, Make Music Pasadena, Echo Park Rising, Claremont Folk Festival, Lightning in a Bottle, and successfully captured large audiences every Monday night in December with their Holiday Residency at The Satellite. Milky Maze is the pseudonym for Brooklyn based singer and songwriter, Maisy Lee McVicar. She writes deeply, almost uncomfortably, personal songs about trying hard to be “OK” in a world that grows children into human garbage. Milky Maze is for only her. Milky Maze is therapy in songs.
How much: $8. Tickets available here. This event will be mixed seated/standing. Arrive early for best seat selection.

Body Utopia
When: Mondays-Wednesday, October 19-21, 1:00-6:00pm
Where: Trestle Gallery, 168 7th Street, between 2nd and 3rd Avenue
What: A group show featuring four female artists – working in abstraction – who’ve been nurtured by the Gowanus creative community and currently share ties between Brooklyn, France, Japan and South Korea.
How much: Free

Tango Dance Classes
When: Monday, October 19, 8:30-11:00pm
Where: Brooklyn Society For Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West, between 1st and 2nd Streets.
What: Come join us, keep warm, dance and share our community table! With Malevaje Tango and Friends of Argentina Tango.
How much: $15 for full session / class & practica, $10 Class only, $10 Practica only

CHiPs Fall Night Out
When: Tuesday, October 20, timings vary.
Where: Various dinner spots throughout the neighborhood.
What: Continue to support the hungry & homeless of Park Slope by participating in the CHiPS Fall Night Out. Enjoy an evening out at any of the participating neighborhood restaurants.
How much: 15% of the evening’s dinner checks will go to CHiPS.

Josh Lefkowitz Poetry Reading
When: Tuesday, October 20, 7:30pm
Where: Threes Brewing, 333 Douglass Street, between 3rd and 4th Avenues.
What: Award-winning humorous poet Josh Lefkowitz (NPR, BBC, Huffington Post, the internet) reads poems about life and love and heartbreak and going on a bunch of internet dates, and then love again, and, probably a couple about hamburgers as well.
How much: Free

An Evening of Contemporary Classical Guitar: Oren Fader and David Rogers, with special guests
When: Tuesday, October 20, 7:00pm
Where: ShapeShifter Lab, 18 Whitwell Place (between 1st and Carroll Streets)
What: Established in 2005, the Creviston-Fader Duo is committed to expanding the repertoire for saxophone and electric guitar. Performing across the U.S., the Duo has an impressive repertoire of pieces written specifically for them by many award-winning composers including John Anthony Lennon, Gregory Wanamaker, Whitney Ashe, David Claman, Eric Schwartz, Brian Coughlin, Dorothy Chang, and Evan Hause. The Duo’s debut recording, “Thrash”, is currently available on the White Pine label. David Rogers will play a program based around Spanish music, Up-Tempo Latin, original settings of Leonard Cohen, Rolling Stones’, Roxy Music songs, as well as music by the Beatles, J.S. Bach and original compositions. He will also be premiering an original setting of Tim Buckley’s stunning Song to the Siren.
How much: $10.

BOOKISH: Writers Talking
When: Wednesday, October 21, 7:30-9pm
Where: Park Slope Library, 431 6th Avenue at 9th Street
What: Join Kensington novelist Amy Shearn as she talks to some of today’s top writers about “work, writing, reading, and where they get their tote bags.” This week, author Naomi Jackson discusses her debut novel, The Star Side of Bird Hill.
How much: Free.

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari on 16mm with live music by M.V. Carbon
When: Wednesday, October 21, 8pm
Where: Morbid Anatomy Museum, 424 3rd Avenue at 7th Street
What: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is well known for its strange, theatrical, German Expressionist sets, lurching at threatening angles, the peak-roofed houses aligned on a hillside like the teeth of a predatory beast, the streets of the town rendered an abstract maze of diagonals and trapezoids, the local clerk sitting at an absurdly tall desk in honor of his self-importance. M.V. Carbon is a Brooklyn based composer and sound artist who is recognized for her non-traditional approach to music. She plays cello and other stringed instruments through electronics, and uses tape machines, vocals, electronic processes, analog synthesis, frequency, tone, and imagery to remove obstacles while inducing physical commotion.
How much: $12. Tickets are available here.