Things To Do In Ditmas Park This Weekend

We’ve got a ton of great events lined up in and outside of the neighborhood this weekend, from outdoorsy training in Prospect Park, to art exhibits and music, to library celebrations, free trees, Mother’s Day classes and meals, and more! See what’s scheduled over the next few days below.

Thursday, May 9

• Free mammograms and breast exams are available today at Assemblywoman Rhoda Jacobs’ office, 9am-4:30pm.
• Attend the PS 217 Mother’s Day Bake & Plant Sale, PS 217, today and tomorrow from 10am-2pm.
• Kids can keep Prospect Park green at Nature’s Helpers, Audubon Center, 1-2pm Thursdays and Fridays.
• … and then learn about park wildlife at Animal Encounter, also at the Audubon Center Thursdays and Fridays, 2-2:30pm
• Nature on the Go! is at the Prospect Park Audubon Center, Thursdays and Fridays, 3-4pm.
• Sustainable Flatbush’s Healing Herb Garden open hours continue at 2103 Kenmore Terrace, Thursdays and Fridays from 4-6pm.
• Speak your mind at Council Member Eugene‘s traffic calming forum, Dorchester Senior Citizens Center, 6pm.
• Sign up to perform at Open Mic night from 8-8:30 pm, or just watch starting at 9pm at 773 Lounge.
• George Sand plays the downstairs space at Sycamore, 9pm.

Friday, May 10

• Shape Up NYC hosts a free introductory pilates class, Prospect Park Audubon Center, 12-1pm.
• Meet fellow parents at the New Parent Meet-Up, Lark, 1-2pm.
• Teens are invited to a writing workshop at the Cortelyou Library, 3-4pm.
• Attend “Roy & Lloyd’s Happy Hour” live jazz series, Lark, 5:45pm.
• Maine duo N/A join Haussmann at Sycamore, 9pm.
• The Lori Behrman Band covers country and rockabilly at 773 Lounge, 10pm.

Saturday, May 11

• Get focused for nothing at Free Meditation with Kathleen, Midwood Martial Arts, 8:30-9am.
• Run for education at the PTA 5K, Prospect Park, 10am.
• Help the Woodland Corps keep Prospect Park clean and green by the Picnic House, 10am-2pm.
• Sustainable Flatbush’s Healing Herb Garden Saturday open hours are at 2103 Kenmore Terrace, 10am-2pm (with compost open hours 10am-12pm).
• Kids of all ages are invited to Story Time with Council Member Mathieu Eugene at the Cortelyou Library, 11am-12pm.Neighborhood favorites Rolie Polie Guacamole play at the Cortelyou Library, 11:30am.
• Learn about the practice and ethics of freshwater fishing at the Prospect Park Audubon Center, 12pm.
• Check out the Pop-Up Audubon, Saturdays and Sundays from 12-5pm.
• Learn about 19th Century life at the Lefferts 2nd Floor Tours, Lefferts Historic House, Saturdays and Sundays 1pm-3:30pm (tours every half hour).
• See neighbor Eric Pesso‘s work at the BWAC Spring Show, 499 Van Brunt St. in Red Hook, 1-6pm until June 16.
• Kids can learn about spinning yarn at History in Your Hands: Fleece Fun, also at the Lefferts Historic House, Saturdays and Sundays from 2-4pm.
• Celebrate the completion of Newkirk Tunnel Mosaic with neighbor Juan Carlos Pinto, the Brooklyn Recycle Project crew, and the Newkirk Cares Collaborative, 2-4pm at the Newkirk Plaza subway station.
• Snack, drink, plant, craft, and rock out at Butterflies, Bulbs, and Bookmarks, outside the Cortelyou Library, 2-5pm.
• Make preserves for Mom with Greenmarket manager Tali Biale at Brooklyn ARTery, 3:30-5pm.
• “Honey, Dear” Vintage Jazz is on at Lark, 4-5pm.
• Attend the third South Brooklyn Queers meetup at Lark, 7-1opm.
• Trumpet player Jon Crowley and brass quartet The Westerlies at Sycamore, 9pm.
• Sweet Potato is at 773 Lounge, 10pm.
• Names You Can Trust hosts their weekly party at Sycamore, 10pm.

Sunday, May 12

• Get food and family portraits at the PS 139 5th Grade Graduation Fundraiser, PS 139 schoolyard, 10am-1pm.
• Attend a Mother’s Day brunch/Omelet Cook-Off at the Cortelyou Greenmarket info tent, 11:30am-1pm.
• Get in the water for some basic canoeing, starting at the Prospect Park Audubon Center, 1pm.
• Compost for Brooklyn and Million Trees NYC are holding a plant sale and tree giveaway on Newkirk Ave. and E 8th St., 2-4pm.
• Underground Works (lineup TBA) is on at Sycamore, 8pm.