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# Slope Weekday Events Spotlight: February 15-18
- URL: https://bklyner.com/slope-weekday-events-spotlight-february-15-18-parkslopestoop/
- Published: 2016-02-15T14:47:27.000Z
- Updated: 2016-02-16T23:52:45.000Z
- Author: Donny Levit
- Tags: Events, Nonsponsored, North Western Brooklyn, Park Slope, 440 Gallery, Barbes, community bookstore, littlefield, Morbid Anatomy Museum, Open Source Gallery, ShapeShifter Lab, supercollider, The Bell House, threes brewing, #wp

![Jo-Ann Acey](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/acey-702x578.jpg)

Jo-Ann Acey is one of six new artists featured in 440 Gallery’s New Members’ Show. The Opening Reception is Thursday, February 18, 6-9pm. (Courtesy of 440 Gallery)

The bitter cold is finally out of here, so it’s time to get moving again. Put those blankets away, because we have a bevy of offerings, including a video premiere party, vinyl club, a beggar’s banquet, and more. 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](/calendar).

  
**[Eating Out – A Video Premiere Party w/ Reformed Whores & Friends](http://www.unionhallny.com/event/1060143-eating-out-video-premiere-brooklyn/?ref=bklyner.com)**  
**When:** Monday, February 15, 7:30pm (door), 8:00pm (show)  
**Where:** [Union Hall](http://www.unionhallny.com/?ref=bklyner.com), 702 Union Street and 5th Avenue  
**What:** Join musical comedy duo Reformed Whores (Marie Cecile Anderson & Katy Frame) the day after Valentine’s Day to celebrate the release of their hit single ‘Eating Out’ and the music video premiere directed by Travis Irvine! Come out and nurse your V Day hangovers while enjoying the hilariously dirty country tunes by Reformed Whores!  
**How Much**: $6, [tickets available in advance](https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1060143?%5Fga=1.225352410.1196076199.1453149134&%5F%5Futma=1.1601278658.1453149134.1454944203.1455534373.7&%5F%5Futmb=1.2.10.1455534373&%5F%5Futmc=1&%5F%5Futmx=-&%5F%5Futmz=1.1454944203.6.6.utmcsr=google|utmccn=%28organic%29|utmcmd=organic|utmctr=%28not%20provided%29&%5F%5Futmv=-&%5F%5Futmk=124739210&ref=bklyner.com). $8 at the door. 21 and over. This event will be mixed seated/standing. Arrive early for best seat selection.

**[Night Train with Guest Host Seaton Smith](http://www.littlefieldnyc.com/event/1050663-night-train-guest-host-seaton-brooklyn/?ref=bklyner.com)**  
**When:** Monday, February 15, 7:30pm (door), 8:00pm (show)  
**Where:** [Littlefield](http://www.littlefieldnyc.com/?ref=bklyner.com), 622 Degraw Street (between 3rd and 4th Avenues)  
**What:** With Kenny DeForest, Shahryar Rizvi, Ryan Schutt, Joyelle Johnson, Donwill (DJ set), + special guest Jean Grae.  
**How much:** $8 in [advance](https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1050663?%5Fga=1.115002127.920938394.1453401623&%5F%5Futma=1.1652177884.1453401623.1455211785.1455536229.8&%5F%5Futmb=1.3.10.1455536229&%5F%5Futmc=1&%5F%5Futmx=-&%5F%5Futmz=1.1454602747.5.4.utmcsr=bklyner.com|utmccn=%28referral%29|utmcmd=referral|utmcct=/&%5F%5Futmv=-&%5F%5Futmk=137689136&ref=bklyner.com).

[**Mostly Other People Do The Killing + Charles Evans/Ron Stabinsky Duo**](http://www.shapeshifterlab.com/2016/01/14/feb-16-charles-evansron-stabinsky-duo/?ref=bklyner.com)  
**When:** Tuesday, February 16\. Doors: 6:30pm doors / Show: 7pm  
**Where:** [ShapeShifter Lab,](http://www.shapeshifterlab.com/?ref=bklyner.com) 18 Whitwell Place (between 1st and Carroll Streets)  
**What:** Mostly Other People Do the Killing is a jazz quartet based in New York City including trumpeter Peter Evans, saxophonist Jon Irabagon, bassist Matthew “Moppa” Elliott, and drummer Kevin Shea. The group formed in 2003 and has released several albums on Elliott’s Hot Cup label. With Charles Evans/Ron Stabinsky Duo.  
**How much:** $10.

**[Slavic Soul Party](http://www.slavicsoulparty.com/main.html?ref=bklyner.com)**  
**When:** Tuesday, February 16, 9:00pm  
**Where:** [Barbes](http://barbesbrooklyn.com/?ref=bklyner.com), 376 9th Street near 6th Avenue.  
**What:** If you’re looking for “fiery Balkan brass, throbbing funk grooves, Gypsy accordion wizardry, and virtuoso jazz chops,” don’t miss [Slavic Soul Party](http://www.slavicsoulparty.com/main.html?ref=bklyner.com), hitting the Barbes stage on Tuesday night. 7pm show by [Gina Leishman](http://www.ginaleishman.com/ginaleishman/home%5F1.html?ref=bklyner.com).  
**How much:** $10 (strongly) suggested donation.

[**Beggar’s Banquet: The History of Sin Eaters, An Illustrated Lecture with Karen Bachmann**](http://morbidanatomymuseum.org/event/beggars-banquet-the-history-of-sin-eaters-an-illustrated-lecture-with-karen-bachmann/?ref=bklyner.com)  
**When:** Wednesday, February 16, 7pm-9pm  
**Where:** [Morbid Anatomy Museum](http://morbidanatomymuseum.org/?ref=bklyner.com), 424 3rd Avenue (at 7th Street)  
**What:** Having a post-funeral meal to celebrate a loved one’s passing is common. Actually consuming food off of a corpse is less common, yet this was the job of the sin-eater.The ritual of sin eating was largely prevalent during the 18th and 19th centuries in Europe. Sin-eaters were people hired to consume food and drink off of a deceased person in an effort to absolve the departed of their sins. The sin-eater, in turn, assumed the burden of the deceased’s guilt for the remainder of their own life. This was not an enviable job, to be sure. So who were these people? Where did this practice arise from? Tonight’s lecture will explore the rather odd custom of sin eating, from its history to its religious and societal implications. Join me this evening, and feel free to bring dinner or some meat.  
**How much:** $8\. [Tickets available here](http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2487187?ref=bklyner.com).

**[Brooklyn Public Philosophers: Rebecca Goldstein – “Why Did the Greeks Invent Philosophy?”](http://bkpp.tumblr.com/post/138503303185/217-rebecca-goldstein-why-did-the-greeks?ref=bklyner.com)**  
**When:** Wednesday, February 17, 7:00pm  
**Where:** [Brooklyn Public Library](http://www.bklynlibrary.org/?ref=bklyner.com), Info Commons Lab, 10 Grand Army Plaza  
**What:** Rebecca Goldstein (author of *Plato at the Googleplex*, MacArthur “Genius”, National Humanities Award recipient). Dr. Goldstein joins Brooklyn Public Philosophers to discuss “Why Did the Greeks Invent Philosophy?” She’ll talk about why secular thinking about how to live developed when and where it did, and how our circumstances today mirror the circumstances that gave rise to philosophy in ancient times.  
**How much:** Free.

**[Vinyl Club](https://www.facebook.com/Vinyl-Club-101105360771/)**  
**When**: Wednesday, February 17, 8pm-midnight.  
**Where:** [Threes Brewing](http://www.threesbrewing.com/?ref=bklyner.com), 333 Douglass Street between 3rd and 4th Avenues.  
**What:** You bring it, you spin it. 15 minutes sets. All genres welcome, first-timers welcome. Sign up for your turn by the DJ table.  
**How much:** Free

**[Speak Into My Good Eye: Acoustic Night](https://www.facebook.com/events/799590610168958/)**  
**When:** Thursday February 18, 8:00pm  
**Where:** [Supercollider](http://www.supercolliderlounge.com/events.html?ref=bklyner.com), 609 4th Avenue (between 17th and 18th Streets)  
**What:** With Brett Saxon, Julian Fulton, and more.  
**How much:** No cover.

**[Opening Reception: New Members’ Show at 440 Gallery](http://440gallery.com/new-events/2016/2/18/new-members-show?ref=bklyner.com)**  
**When:** Thursday, February 18, 6-9pm. Regular hours: Thursdays and Fridays, 4:00-7:00pm; Saturdays and Sundays, 11:00am-7:00pm. Exhibit through March 20.  
**Where:** [440 Gallery](http://440gallery.com/?ref=bklyner.com), 440 6th Avenue, between 9th and 10th Streets  
**What:** 440 Gallery presents the work of six new members of the Gallery. The exhibit is curated by veteran 440 Gallery artist Karen Gibbons. Works by new members Jo-Ann Acey, Eric Banks, Richard Barnet, Leigh Blanchard, Joy Makon, and Amy Weil.  
**How much:** Free.

[**Prosjektrom Normanns: Transcendental Tactility**](http://open-source-gallery.org/prosjektrom-normanns-tactility/?ref=bklyner.com)  
**When:** Thursdays-Saturdays, 2pm-6pm. Through February 27.  
**Where:** [Open Source Gallery](http://open-source-gallery.org/?ref=bklyner.com)**, (306 17th Street at 6th Avenue)**  
**What:** *Transcendental Tactility* is a group exhibition curated by Norwegian artist-run space Prosjektrom Normanns that will explore abstract, poetic, and lyric expressions of existence and presence. Showcasing works by Norwegian contemporary artists Per Christian Brown, Benedicte Clementsen, Elin Melberg, Margrethe Aanestad, and Kristin Velle-George, Transcendental Tactility will utilize a variety of media, such as film, painting, textile, sculpture, and drawing. Working with a shared interest in materiality and techniques, artists included in this exhibit will explore personal and universal experience through abstraction. Underlining sensibilities, tactility, and fragility inherent in materials, work included in this exhibit excavates timeless and subjective forms. Transcendental Tactility invites the audience to explore the subjective history within objects, their own subjective perceptions, and larger themes of time and presence.  
**How much:** Free.

[**Community Bookstore presents Homero Aridjis in conversation with Chloe Aridjis**](http://www.communitybookstore.net/event/homero-aridjis-conversation-chloe-aridjis?ref=bklyner.com)  
**When:** Wednesday, February 17, 7:00pm  
**Where:** [Community Bookstore](http://www.communitybookstore.net/?ref=bklyner.com), 143 7th Avenue, between Garfield Place and Carroll Street  
**What:** Dream and personal history become entangled in Homero Aridjis’s new book, *The Child Poet*. Aridjis’s lyrical memoir recounts the quiet, moving experiences growing up in a village in Michoacán, Mexico that led him to poetry and a love of the natural world. Mixing the lush textures of Proust with the local mythologies of Garcia Marquez, *The Child Poet* is a rich introduction to the life and writing of one of Mexico’s great poets. In conversation with his daughter and translator, Chloe Aridjis.  
**How much:** Free.

**[Slate’s Mom and Dad Are Fighting: Live in NYC](http://www.thebellhouseny.com/event/1020411-slate-s-mom-dad-are-fighting-brooklyn/?ref=bklyner.com)**  
**When:** Thursday, February 18\. Doors: 6:30pm, Show: 7pm.  
**Where:** [The Bell House](http://www.thebellhouseny.com/?ref=bklyner.com), 149 7th Street (between 2nd and 3rd Avenues)  
**What:** With Chirlane McCray, Oliver Jeffers, Laurie Berkner, Rebecca Stead, and John Cook  
How much: $20\. [Tickets available here](https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1020411?%5Fga=1.231749215.1536468294.1453603459&%5F%5Futma=1.1868870054.1453603459.1455211758.1455536065.12&%5F%5Futmb=1.2.10.1455536065&%5F%5Futmc=1&%5F%5Futmx=-&%5F%5Futmz=1.1455536065.12.12.utmcsr=google|utmccn=%28organic%29|utmcmd=organic|utmctr=%28not%20provided%29&%5F%5Futmv=-&%5F%5Futmk=23924922&ref=bklyner.com).