Things To Do In Ditmas Park This Week
This week, you can go to a Sagittarius soiree at Sycamore, learn about the future of our borough at the Central Library, go to an Equality for Flatbush meeting on affordable housing and gentrification, get holiday coupons for Cortelyou Road shops and sip on free hot cider at an open house at Assemblyman Jim Brennan’s office, and lots more:
Monday, December 15
• Check out the weekly Shape Up NYC Couch to 5k Group Run, meeting at the Lefferts Historic House, 7pm.
• Join Hunter College Urban Affairs and Planning Professor Tom Angotti for “Brooklyn Transitions: The Future of Brooklyn and Its Citizens” at the central branch of the Brooklyn Public Library (10 Grand Army Plaza), 7pm.
• Were you born between November 22nd & December 23rd (or so)? If yes, you get to drink happy hour prices all night long at Sycamore’s Sagittarius Party! 7pm-close, with Tarot card readings from 7-11pm.
• Check out Brooklyn College’s production of John Cariani’s “Almost Maine,” in which the residents of a northern town “that doesn’t quite exist ask some of life’s most difficult questions in nine interlocking vignettes.” At Brooklyn College’s New Workshop Theatre ($12), 7:30pm.
• Going to Hell comedy show is at Bar Chord, 9pm.
Tuesday, December 16
• There’s a drop-in sing-along with Dan Loomis (of The Dadbeats) at Lark Cafe, 9am.
• Join the drop-in sing-along with Miss Katie at Lark Cafe, 11am.
• It’s Babies and Books time at the Cortelyou Library, 11:15am-12pm.
• Get holiday coupons for Cortelyou Road stores and sip on free hot cider at an open house at Assemblyman Jim Brennan’s office, 3-7pm.
• Come sing and dance with Amy Miles at Lark Cafe, 4pm.
• Kids ages 6-12 are invited for arts and crafts at the Cortelyou Library, 4-5pm.
• Celebrate Chanukah with the candle lighting of the world’s largest menorah at Grand Army Plaza, 6pm.
• Join Equality for Flatbush for their monthly meeting, which will address affordable housing and gentrification, at the Flatbush Library (22 Linden Boulevard), 5:30-7:30pm.
• Join the Brooklyn Front Runners (a multi-sport club for LGBT and LGBT-friendly athletes) for a run at Prospect Park every Tuesday evening, 7pm.
• Win a $60 bar tab during Highbury Pub’s trivia night, 9pm.
• Miss Tess‘ Tuesday Night Residency is back with groovy, modern and vintage music at Bar Chord, 9pm.
Wednesday, December 17
• A gentle yoga class each Wednesday at the Church of the Nativity (1099 Ocean Avenue, by Farragut) will include stretching, strengthening, and breathing deeply, and the instructor noted it’s good for those with arthritis, hypertension, diabetes, or just regular aches and pains. $10 suggested donation, 10:30am.
• Join the sing-along with Debbie Deane at Lark Café, 11am.
• Children in first through eighth grades can get help on their homework at the Cortelyou Library, 3-4:30pm.
• Teenagers are invited to make new friends while playing the Wii and PlayStation at the Cortelyou Library, 4-5pm.
• Attend a Falundafa (an exercise and meditation practice) class at the Cortelyou Library, 6:30-7:30pm.
• The John Pinamonti Duo performs their American roots music at Bar Chord, 9pm.
• Two-for-one whiskey night at the Highbury Pub, 9pm.
Photo of Amy Miles via Lark Café.