Things To Do In Ditmas Park This Weekend

Rhiannon Giddens will perform at Celebrate Brooklyn in Prospect Park this Saturday. Photo via Rhiannon Giddens

Happy Thursday, everyone! This weekend, you can celebrate Eid on Coney Island Avenue, go to a peace rally on Newkirk Avenue, see an outdoors screening of E.T. on Cortelyou, eat at an opera 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 16

• Eat, shop and more at the annual Chand Raat Bazaar on Coney Island Avenue, 5pm-2am.
Queen Cobra Thai serves up their tasty eats at Sycamore’s Flatbush Food Court, 6pm.
• Cheer on the Brooklyn Cyclones in a game that benefits our local nonprofit CAMBA, 7pm.
• See Vieux Farke Touré 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 17

• Join the drop-in sing-along with Lucy Kalantari at Lark Café, 10am.
• 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.
• Special screening of “To Kill A Mockingbird” at the Cortelyou Library, 2pm.
• Attend the Flatbush Youth Council’s peace rally at 1616 Newkirk Avenue, 3-6pm.
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.
• Rhiannon Giddens and Joe Henry perform at Celebrate Brooklyn, 7:30pm.
• Neighbor Lola Star’s Dreamland Roller Disco is at Prospect Park’s Lakeside ($18, buy tickets here), 7:30-10pm.
• Ryan O’Neil & The Bandits perform their eclectic blend of rock & soul at Bar Chord, 9pm.
Rahlou is at Sycamore, 10pm.

Saturday, July 18

• Check out all the veggies, fruit & more at the Flatbush Junction Youthmarket, 8:30am-3pm.
• Lavender Blues Sing-Along at Lark Cafe, 9:30 & 10:30am.
• Join ShapeUp NYC for a free cardio sculpt class at Prospect Park’s Audubon Center, 11am.
• Watch an opera while eating brunch at Sycamore, 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 shuts down from Coney Island Ave to E. 17th Street for the second Weekend Walks, which includes outdoor dining and a free outdoor showing of “E.T.,” event starts at 5pm, movie is at 8:30pm.
• Alegba & Friends perform their Afro-Caribbean sweet rhythms at Bar Chord, 9pm.

Sunday, July 19

• Check out all the fresh veggies, fruit, and more at the Cortelyou Greenmarket (Cortelyou between Argyle and Rugby), 8am-3pm.
• Sing-along with Amy Miles at Lark Café, 10am.
• Learn how to take care of the potato plot, herb gardens & berry patches at the Lefferts Historic House, 2-
• Cortelyou Jazz Jam at Bar Chord, 9pm.