Things To Do In Ditmas Park This Week

Happy Monday! This week, you can celebrate World Elephant Day with food and drinks at The Castello Plan, get your groove (and laugh) on at Bar Chord, sit in on a summer fiction reading workshop at Lark, take a body sculpting class at Latin Fever, and more:

Monday, August 11

• Check out the weekly Shape Up NYC Couch to 5k Group Run, meeting at the Lefferts Historic House, 7pm.
• Work in a neighborhood bar or restaurant? Come take advantage of drink specials at Industry Night, 773 Lounge, 9pm.
• Going to Hell comedy at Bar Chord, 9pm.

Tuesday, August 12

• There’s a drop-in sing-along with Miss Katie at Lark, 11am.
• Babies and books at the Cortelyou Library, 11:15am-12:15pm
• It’s time for Explore & Create at the Cortelyou Library, 2pm.
• The Castello Plan celebrates World Elephant Day with beer specials and goodies – and a percentage of the evening’s profits will be donated to the Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tennessee, 4pm-all evening.
• Summer fiction reading workshop by author Rachel Sherman at Lark, 7pm.
• 60-minute body sculpting class at Latin Fever ($15 walk-in, $40 monthly), 8:15pm-9:15pm.

Wednesday, August 13

• Lend the Wednesday Corps a hand at Prospect Park (call 718-287-3400 for location), 10am.
• Teens can learn about PS3 gaming at the Cortelyou Library, 3pm.
• Aliyah plays her solo cello with a modern twist at Bar Chord, 8pm.
• Free Standards at Bar Chord, 9pm.