Park Slope Weekday Events Spotlight: October 26-28
Don’t wait until Halloween for a little neighborhood fun! With everything from a horror movie, stand-up comedy, and a theatrical drinking game, 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.
Chris Gethard: Career Suicide
When: Monday, October 26, 7:30pm (Doors) and 8:o0 (Show)
Where: Union Hall, 702 Union Street, at 5th Avenue
What: Chris Gethard performs an hour of stand up focusing on suicide, alcoholism, and all the other funniest parts of life. You may know Chris from his cult hit talk show “The Chris Gethard Show”, or as Ilana’s boss Todd on “Broad City”, or from his recent appearance in the critically praised “12 Angry Men Inside Amy Schumer” episode of Amy Schumer’s show on Comedy Central. He’s been heard a couple times on This American Life and was once named one of Variety’s Ten Comics to Watch. With Jo Firestone.
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 26-28, 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 26, 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.
“Witchcraft Through the Ages” (Haxan) – Polka music! Butter Churns!! 16mm silent film screening with Victrola!!!
When: Monday, October 26, 8pm
Where: Morbid Anatomy Museum, 424 3rd Avenue (at 7th Street)
What: What can we say about Witchcraft Through the Ages (Haxan) other than the ominous warning that you will never think the same way about the butter churn again. Well, there actually is a bit more to say about this splendid, hallucinatory spectacle of devils, demons, witches, priests, and butter churns. From its opening depictions of the medieval cosmos, to the satanic escapades at its core, to the strange postscript that jolts us into the modern age, it is a highly idiosyncratic work of silent-era cinema. The movie will be shown with an assembled soundtrack from 78 records DJ’d “live” upon the Victrola by filmmaker and drollerist Joel Schlemowitz. We must warn you: any patrons discovered churning butter during the screening will be forcibly removed by the ushers.
How much: $12, tickets available in advance.
TinyRhino: Halloween
When: Tuesday, October 27, 7:30pm (doors), 8:00pm (show)
Where: Littlefield, 622 Degraw Street (between 3rd and 4th Avenues)
What: TinyRhino is The Theatrical Drinking Game. It is also UglyRhino’s take on the ten-minute play festival. Every month we commission six playwrights to write new plays, each including the same five dramatic elements. If you join us for TinyRhino, you’ll be given a list of these elements. They might show up at any time, in any order, and with any frequency. When they do show up, do you know what that means?! DRINK!! Every TinyRhino also features music, drink specials, and a cocktail hour following the performance.
How much: $10 in advance.
A Conversation with Steve Stern and Greg Hrbek
When: Wednesday, October 28, 7:00pm
Where: Community Bookstore, 143 7th Avenue (between Garfield Place and Carroll Street)
What: Steve Stern’s The Pinch tells the story of Lenny Sklarew, the last inhabitant of The Pinch, a once-thriving Memphis Jewish neighborhood, who discovers one day that he’s also a character in a novel called The Pinch. In Greg Hrbek’s Not on Fire, But Burning, a young boy grows up in a nuclear-war-torn America in which all Muslims have been interred on former Indian reservations. Join these two acclaimed young authors for a conversation about the contemporary novel.
How much: Free.
Weekly Raga Jam Session
When: Wednesday, October 28, 8:30pm
Where: ShapeShifter Lab, 18 Whitwell Place (between 1st and Carroll Streets)
What: October begins BRM’s month long residency at the widely respected performance art space, Shapeshifter Lab. We kick it off with our “BRM Residency Launch Party” on Oct 7 featuring an outstanding Hindustani classical concert, followed by raga-rooted grooves from the BRM All-Stars. The rest of the month stays true to BRM’s wide-ranging offerings, with a sitar recital from a distinguished artist touring from India, a collaboration of south Indian percussion with drupad vocals and electronics, and the beautiful cross-over sounds of a Brooklyn-based Sufi singer. All featured acts are followed by the Raga Jam Session.
How much: $10.