Things To Do In Ditmas Park This Weekend

Thursday, June 13

• Preschool story time is at the Cortelyou Library, 10:30am.
• Neighbors dealing with food insecurity can visit the no-cost Flatbush Tompkins Congregational Church Vegetable Market, 424 East 19th St. by Dorchester Rd., 11am-1pm.
• Kids can make nature journals and learn how to use binoculars and field guides at Prospect Park’s Blooming Naturalists, Audubon Center, 2-3pm Thursdays and Fridays.
• Nature on the Go! is on next at the Prospect Park Audubon Center, Thursdays and Fridays, 3-4pm.
• … and stick around to learn about park wildlife at Animal Encounter, at the Audubon Center Thursdays and Fridays, 4-4:30pm.
• Sustainable Flatbush’s Healing Herb Garden open hours continue at 2103 Kenmore Terrace, Thursdays and Fridays from 4-6pm.
• Bluegrass band Holler plays PS 217 Spring Concert Series (inside the school auditorium, where the aisles are great for dancing, if it rains), 6-7pm.
• Celebrate Brooklyn! continues with Grouplove and Alpine at the Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30pm.
• Sign up for Open Mic night at Shenanigans, 8pm.
• Sign up to perform at Open Mic night from 8-8:30 pm, or just watch starting at 9pm at 773 Lounge.
• See John Pinamonti at Bar Chord, 9pm.

Friday, June 14

• 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.
• Neighbor Robert Franca‘s paintings will be featured at Valentine Gallery, 464 Seneca Ave. (between Harman and Himrod Sts.) in Ridgewood, Queens, 1-6pm Fridays-Sundays until June 23.
• Teens are invited to a writing workshop at the Cortelyou Library, 3-4pm.
• Bring your dog and come say hi as we judge contests and games at FIDO’s Summer Pupnic, Prospect Park’s Nethermead, 5pm.
• Attend “Roy & Lloyd’s Happy Hour” live jazz series, Lark, 5:45pm.
• Mavis Staples and Cody ChesnuTT play Celebrate Brooklyn! at the Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30pm.
• Karl & Friends are at 773 Lounge, 10pm.

Saturday, June 15

• Play a song on the Sing for Hope piano at the Prospect Park Carousel until June 16.
• Get focused for nothing at Free Meditation with Kathleen, Midwood Martial Arts, 8:30-9am.
• Check out a flea market at the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church of Flatbush, 3775 18th Ave. on the corner of 8th St., 9am-4pm.
• Attend the Flatbush Tenant Coalition’s Candidate Forum,  Flatbush Tompkins Congregational Church, 9:45am.
• The Lavender Blues Singalong is at Lark, 10-11am.
• Attend an all-levels donation-based yoga class with Spring Into Yoga at the Prospect Park Peristyle, starting at 10am Saturdays and 1pm Sundays. See the full schedule of classes on their website.
• Pre-register to help the Weekend Volunteer Corps, meeting at the Prospect Parks Lincoln Circle entrance, 10am-1pm.
• … or the Woodland Corps as they keep Prospect Park clean and green by the Picnic House, 10am-2pm.
• Party with the family at PS 139’s End of School Carnival, PS 139 schoolyard (Argyle between Cortelyou and Beverley Rds.), 10am-4pm.
• RSVP to attend Sustainable Flatbush & Sacred Vibes Apothecary‘s first free summer workshop, “Herbs from Menstruation to Menopause,” at SF’s  Healing Herb Garden (2103 Kenmore Terrace by E 21 St.), 10:30am-12pm.
• Learn avian basics at Introduction to Birdwatching, Prospect Park Pop-Up Audubon, 12pm, and hang out after until 5pm.
• Sustainable Flatbush’s Healing Herb Garden Saturday open hours are at 2103 Kenmore Terrace, 10am-2pm (with compost open hours 10am-12pm).
• See Alex Levin and guests play jazz at Purple Yam, 12-2:30pm.
• 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 making cloth at History in Your Hands: Flax to Linen, also at the Lefferts Historic House, Saturdays and Sundays from 2-4pm.
• Calexico, Susana Baca, Radio Jarocho, and the Akoko Nante Ensemble play Celebrate Brooklyn! at the Prospect Park Bandshell, 7pm.
• “Honey, Dear” Vintage Jazz is on at Lark, 4-5pm.
• Rob Mosher’s Super Villains play Bar Chord, 9pm.
• Richie and the Undercovers play 773 Lounge, 10pm.

Sunday, June 16

• There’s a special Father’s Day sing along with Luis Torrealva at Lark, 10am.
• Enjoy the food trucks at Grand Army Plaza, 11am-5pm.
• Check out the debut of Lark’s monthly pop-up bookstore, 11:30-3:30pm.
• The Pop-Up Audubon is open again from 12-5pm.
• Yoon Sun Choi plays at Sunday Jazz for the Family, Lark, 4-5pm.
• Sit zazen at Third Root, 6:45-7:15pm.

Photo by Gunni Cool