Things To Do In Ditmas Park This Weekend

The New Pornographers will play a free concert at Celebrate Brooklyn in Prospect Park this Saturday. Photo via The New Pornographers
The New Pornographers will play a free concert at Celebrate Brooklyn in Prospect Park this Saturday. Photo via The New Pornographers

Happy Thursday, everyone! This weekend, you can eat, shop and watch an outdoor showing of “Back to the Future” on Cortelyou Road (which will be shut down to traffic as part of the Weekend Walks event), see amazing free concerts at Celebrate Brooklyn, go to a Wimbledon brunch at Sycamore, and lots more. If you have events you’d like added to the calendar, let us know! Email us at editor@ditmasparkcorner.com.

And add your events, plus check out more happenings in our neighborhood, on our community calendar!

Thursday, July 9

Queen Cobra Thai serves up their tasty eats at Sycamore’s Flatbush Food Court, 6pm.
• Punch Brothers and Sarah Jarosz perform at Celebrate Brooklyn, 7:30-10:30pm.
• Gregg Allman’s guitarist Scott Sharrard and his Brickyard Band perform at Bar Chord, 9pm.

Friday, July 10

• Join the drop-in sing-along with Lucy Kalantari at Lark Café, 10am.
• Adults can get computer help at the Cortelyou Library, 11am.
• Get in shape at Shape Up NYC’s free cardio toning class at Prospect Park’s Audubon Center, 12-1pm.
• Meet fellow moms and dads at the New Parent Meet-Up, Lark Cafe, 1pm.
Johnny Lupiani’s Awesome BBQ is dishing up food at Sycamore’s Flatbush Food Court, 4pm.
Happy hour with babies and ice cream happy hour are at Lark, 4pm.
• Free wine tasting at Kings County Wines, every Friday from 6-8pm.
• Get your heart rate up and explore the neighborhood with Ditmas Rides, meeting in front of the Cortelyou Library at 7pm.
• Kinky, Los Auténticos Decadentes, and Astro perform at Celebrate Brooklyn, 7pm.
• Neighbor Lola Star’s Dreamland Roller Disco is at Prospect Park’s Lakeside ($18, buy tickets here), 7:30-10pm.
• The Super Yamba Band perform their Brooklyn Afrobeat at Bar Chord, 9pm.
Rahlou is at Sycamore, 10pm.

Saturday, July 11

• Bring your pup to FIDO’s free Coffee Bark at Prospect Park’s Long Meadow, 7-9am.
• Lavender Blues Sing-Along at Lark Cafe, 9:30 & 10:30am.
• Check out the furniture, clothes, housewares, electronics, books, lemonade stand and more at a multi-family yard sale at 709 Cortelyou Road, 10am-3pm.
• Join ShapeUp NYC for a free cardio sculpt class at Prospect Park’s Audubon Center, 11am.
• Free summer detox & weight loss workshop at the Family of Light Holistic Center (RSVP ahead of time here), 11:30am.
• Check out Sycamore’s new brunch & bloody mary bar, 12-3:30pm.
Go rowing for free at Prospect Park Lake, 12-4pm.
• The Brooklyn Bird Club leads an intro to birdwatching class at Prospect Park’s Audubon Center, 12-1pm.
• Attend a free Sahaja yoga meditation at the Cortelyou Library, 12:30pm.
• Learn how to take care of the potato plot, herb gardens & berry patches at the Lefferts Historic House, 2-5pm.
Burma Noodle Bar whips up their culinary creations at Sycamore’s Flatbush Food Court, 4pm.
Cortelyou Road will be closed off to traffic for a free bounce house, shopping and food deals & more during the Weekend Walks event, 5-10pm.
• Watch a free outdoor showing of “Back to the Future” on Cortelyou Road, 8:30pm
• The New Pornographers perform at Celebrate Brooklyn, 7:30-10:30pm.
• Grupo Descarillao play their salsa tunes at Bar Chord, 9pm.

Sunday, July 12

• Check out all the fresh veggies, fruit, and more at the Cortelyou Greenmarket (Cortelyou between Argyle and Rugby), 8am-3pm.
• Sycamore serves up a Wimbledon brunch with an English breakfast & beverages, 9am.
• Free family bird watching at Prospect Park’s Audubon Center, 10am.
• Sing-along with Amy Miles at Lark Café, 10am.
• Explore the 230-year history of the Lefferts Historic House (adults and teens only, reservations required by calling 718-789-2822 ext. 304), 12-1pm.
• Cortelyou Jazz Jam at Bar Chord, 9pm.