Slope Weekday Events Spotlight: June 27-30

We’re heading towards the 4th of July, but that doesn’t mean you need to play the waiting game. We have whiplash comedy, murder ballads, book readings, and more!

And he made a fiddle peg out of her finger bone: An evening of American murder ballads with Ilan Moss and Alex Kramer
When: Monday, June 27, 7-9pm
Where: Morbid Anatomy Museum, 424 3rd Avenue at 7th Street
What: American folk music is littered with corpses. Bloated bodies floating down mountain streams, murdered brides stabbed in a dark forest, cheating playboy husbands slumped over a bar with a shotgun blast in their head from a spurned lover, the spirits of young maidens haunting the lakes and rivers where they were drowned, etc. Known as murder ballads, these songs are a creepy, grim and yet essential part of American traditional music. Murder ballads were brought to America by English and Scottish settlers. Ancient melodies often remained practically unchanged over the centuries. Sometimes only the lyrics were updated: swords became guns, getaway horses became automobiles, knights became cowboys, etc.
How much: $12, tickets available online.

Ikiz Cabin Crew
When: Monday, June 27, 8:15pmm
Where: ShapeShifter Lab, 18 Whitwell Place (between 1st and Carroll Streets)
What: Drummer Robert Mehmet Ikiz is an integral member of acclaimed outfits such as
Nils Landgren Funk Unit, Dan Reed Band & Jacob Karlzon. Ikiz has toured/held workshops in over 45 countries. Bobby McFerrin, Joe Sample & Barbara Hendricks are a few names he has performed with. His new band Cabin Crew plays original compositions as well as Turkish & Swedish folk songs. The trio features Swedish musicians Jonne Bentlöv & Joel Lyssarides and the instrumental setup includes Trumpet, Moog, Keyboards, Drums & Electronics.
How much: $10, at the door

Whiplash, A Stand Up Show
When: Tuesday, June 28. Doors: 7:30pm, Show: 8:30pm
Where: The Bell House, 149 7th Street (between 2nd and 3rd Avenues)
What: Whiplash is a weekly standup show at the UCB Theatre in New York. People have a chance to see some of the best stand ups in the world today performing ten to twenty-minute sets. With With Aparna Nancherla, Michael Che, Sasheer Zamata, Roy Wood Jr., and Liza Treyger.
How much: $10, tickets available online. $12 at the door.

Park Slope Bingo Club
When: Wednesday, June 29. 7:30pm
Where: Union Hall, 702 Union Street (near 5th Avenue)
What: Dick Swizzle and Perry Combover (best known for their Sudden Death Game Show and internationally famous Park Slope Bingo Club) are joining “Team in Training” teams from around the world in raising funds to continue The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s funding of the breakthrough development of therapies that have already saved and continues to save thousands of lives.
How much: Free

A Celebration of Dulce María Loynaz
When: Wednesday, June 29. 7:00pm
Where: Community Bookstore, 143 7th Avenue (between Garfield Place and Carroll Street)
What: Absolute Solitude is the first major English-language translation of the prose-poetry of Dulce María Loynaz, one of Cuba’s most popular poets, who Juan Ramón Jiménez described as “archaic and new, a phosphorescent reality of her own incredibly human poetry, her fresh language, tender, weightless, rich in abandon.” Elevating solitude to ecstatic heights, Loynaz creates a picture of landscapes and private emotion, where the physical, spiritual, and visionary realms of poetry meet. Translator James O’Connor joins us to discuss the work and legacy of this luminous Spanish-language poet. Co-hosted with Archipelago Books.
How much: Free

Free Yoga in the Park presented by Bend + Bloom Yoga
When: Thursday, June 30
Where: Prospect Park’s Long Meadow, 7pm-8pm. Enter the park at Grand Army Plaza, Garfield, or 3rd Street. Proceed to Long Meadow and look for the sea of mats. Bring your own mat and water bottle plus a friend or two!
What: Join Bend + Bloom Yoga, lululemon athletica Brooklyn, and the Prospect Park Alliance every Thursday night from June 2 through August 25 for free, fresh-air yoga in beautiful Prospect Park.  The series draws hundreds of Brooklynites, of all experience levels, each week to celebrate and experience yoga and wellness in our treasured park.
How much: Free, however an RSVP is required to sign the online waiver form.

Jay Friedenberg: The Panoramic Landscape
When: Through July 3. Thursdays and Fridays, 4:00-7:00pm; Saturdays and Sundays, 11:00am-7:00pm.
Where: 440 Gallery, 440 6th Avenue, between 9th and 10th Streets
What: 440 Gallery will be presenting the second solo show by Jay Friedenberg, featuring large-scale panoramic scenes from around the globe. Friedenberg’s artwork is a combination of traditional and modern photographic techniques that is enhanced by digital effects to create fantastic color and compositions. The opening reception is Saturday, June 4 from 6pm-9pm.
How much: Free.