Things To Do In Ditmas Park This Week
Happy Monday, neighbors! This week, you can see free performances at the Kings Theatre, watch the comedic play “Asleep at the Wheel” at Brooklyn College, go to Community Board 14’s annual youth conference, and lots more. If you have an upcoming event you’d like featured in our calendar, or if there’s anything we’ve left off, let us know! Email us at editor@ditmasparkcorner.com.
Monday, April 27
• Candidates running for the 43rd Assembly District, which includes Prospect Lefferts Gardens and parts of East Flatbush, will debate at Grace Reform Church’s Grace Chapel at 1800 Bedford Avenue, 7pm.
• Join neighbor Ian Olasov for the Brooklyn Public Philosophers’ meeting, at which Hunter College’s Frank Kirkland will discuss W.E.B. Du Bois and Brown v. Board of Education. The gathering will take place at the Central Library’s Info Commons Lab, 7pm.
• See playwright Eliza Bent’s “Asleep at the Wheel,” a comedy that “peers into the underbelly of a theatre magazine whose staff is a mélange of Millennial ennui, entry-level excitement, mid-management apathy and executive blindness,” at Brooklyn College’s New Workshop Theatre ($15, buy tickets here), 7:30pm.
• Watch free performances at the Kings Theatre’s “Return of the Kings,” 8pm.
• Our Neighborhood comedy is at Bar Chord, 9pm.
Tuesday, April 28
• New Gentle Yoga Support series at Third Root Health Center, $15 suggested donation, 10:45am-12pm.
• Join the drop-in sing-along with Miss Katie at Lark Cafe, 11am.
• Story time for kids ages 0-5 at the Cortelyou Library, 11:15am.
• Teens are invited to embroider at the Cortelyou Library, 3:30-4:30pm.
• El Super Tostadas dishes up their goods at Sycamore’s Flatbush Food Court, 6-10:30pm.
• Listen to classic and contemporary works by Latin and jazz masters at Brooklyn College’s Studio 312-Roosevelt Hall, 7pm.
• 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.
• See playwright Eliza Bent’s “Asleep at the Wheel,” a comedy that “peers into the underbelly of a theatre magazine whose staff is a mélange of Millennial ennui, entry-level excitement, mid-management apathy and executive blindness,” at Brooklyn College’s New Workshop Theatre ($15, buy tickets here), 7:30pm.
• Win a $60 bar tab during Highbury Pub’s trivia night, 9pm.
• Cosmos Sunshine’s Butterfly Fight Club performs a stew of rock, folk, jazz, soul & more at Bar Chord, 9pm.
Wednesday, April 29
• 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.
• Kids can get help with their homework at the Cortelyou Library, 3-4:30pm.
• Neighbors ages 12 to 20 are invited to learn about jobs, internships & more at CB 14’s free youth conference at Brooklyn College, 4-7pm.
• Teens Tech Time at the Cortelyou Library, 4-5pm.
• Shape Up NYC presents its Glutes in Gear: Cardio & Toning class at Prospect Park’s Audubon Center, 6-7pm. (Please bring your own workout mat.)
• Ono Banh Mi dishes up their deliciousness at Sycamore’s Flatbush Food Court, 6-10:30pm.
• See playwright Eliza Bent’s “Asleep at the Wheel,” a comedy that “peers into the underbelly of a theatre magazine whose staff is a mélange of Millennial ennui, entry-level excitement, mid-management apathy and executive blindness,” at Brooklyn College’s New Workshop Theatre ($15, buy tickets here), 7:30pm.
• The 70th Precinct Community Council meeting will be held at 175 Lawrence Avenue, 7:30pm.
• Singer-songwriter Michael Parrish performs his folk, rock and blues at Bar Chord, 9pm.
• Two-for-one whiskey night at the Highbury Pub, 9pm.