Things To Do In Ditmas Park This Week
Happy Monday! This week, you can voice concerns about the neighborhood, or just get a sense of what’s going on here, at the Community Board 14 meeting tonight, see lots of live music at Bar Chord, hang with your kids at Lark Café, and more. If you have something you’d like considered for our calendar, let us know! You can email us at editor@ditmasparkcorner.com.
Monday, October 6
• 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.
• Community Board 14 holds its monthly general meeting at PS 249, 7:15pm.
Tuesday, October 7
• There’s a drop-in sing-along with Dan Loomis at Lark Cafe, 9am.
• Join the drop-in sing-along with Miss Katie at Lark Cafe, 11am.
• Babies, from age 0 to 18 months, and their parents/caregivers are welcome to join Babies and Books at Cortelyou Library, 11:15am.
• Come sing and dance with Amy Miles at Lark Cafe, 4pm.
• Children ages 6 and up are invited to have fun at the Explore & Create event at the Cortelyou Library, 4pm.
• 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.
• British singer Chris Ford performs at Bar Chord, 9pm.
Wednesday, October 8
• Lend the Wednesday Corps a hand at Prospect Park (call 718-287-3400 for location), 10am.
• Attend a sing-along with neighbor Debbie Deane at Lark, 10am.
• A new 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.
• Brooklyn Historical Society presents “We the People” The Citizens of NYCHA in Pictures and Words,” an exhibition that aims to debunk the varied stigmas and stereotypes applied to people living in NYCHA housing. The exhibition will continue through March 2015 and can be viewed Wednesday through Sunday from 12-5pm.
• “Panama meets Brooklyn” by Aquiles Navarro and Tcheser Holmes at Bar Chord.
• Free Standards at Bar Chord, 9pm.
Photo via Aquiles Navarro.