Things To Do In Ditmas Park This Weekend

This weekend’s looking a little stormy, but how often is the weather man right, am I right? Music or educational events, indoors or out, enjoy your days off.

Thursday, July 11

• Sustainable Flatbush’s Healing Herb Garden open hours continue at 2103 Kenmore Terrace, Thursdays and Fridays from 4-6pm.
• Celebrate Brooklyn! continues with Belle and Sebastien and Yo La Tengo (benefit show, tickets available online) at the Prospect Park Bandshell, 7pm.
• 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.
• Bobby Hawk and Friends are at Bar Chord, starting at 8pm.

Friday, July 12

• Want a dog run in the area? Attend a meeting to discuss possible locations at 346 Coney Island Ave. (between Caton and KermitPls.), 12pm.
• 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.
• Kids can make nature journals and learn how to use binoculars and field guides at Prospect Park’s Blooming Naturalists, Audubon Center, 2-3pm.
• “Cool Kids” is at the Cortelyou Library, 2-3:30pm.
• Nature on the Go! is also at the Audubon Center, 3-4pm.
• Plus, kids can learn about park wildlife at Animal Encounter at the Audubon Center, 4-4:30pm.
• Babes and Beer Happy Hour is at Lark, 4-5:30pm.
• Bostich & Fussible, Mexican Institute of Sound, and Mariachi Flor de Toloache play Celebrate Brooklyn!  at the Prospect Park Bandshell, 7pm.
• Padam Swing is at Bar Chord, 9pm.
• DJ Slim Hug is at Sycamore with Adventures in the Land of the Good Groove, 9pm-1am.
• Thy Burden is at 773 Lounge, 10pm.

Saturday, July 13

• Run an MLB 5k for Sandy relief, starting at West Drive and Wellhouse Drive in Prospect Park, 8am.
• Get focused for nothing at Free Meditation with Kathleen, Midwood Martial Arts, 8:30-9am.
• The Lavender Blues Singalong is at Lark, 10-11am.
• Kids 3-5 and their caretakers can attend Ready, Set, Kindergarten! at the Cortelyou Library, 11am.
• Donation-based yoga at the Prospect Park Peristyle, 11am; kids-only class, 12pm.
• Pre-register to help Prospect Park’s Weekend Woodland Corps, meeting at the Picnic House parking lot, 10am-2pm.
• 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.
• Take a Yoga Nidra class with flautist Eric Fraser at Jaya Yoga East (pre-registration suggested), 1-2:30pm.
• Learn about 19th Century life at the Lefferts 2nd Floor Tours, Lefferts Historic House, Saturdays and Sundays 1pm-3:30pm (tours every half hour).
• Ezra Jack Keats Story Hour is at the Imagination Playground in Prospect Park, 2-3pm.
• Kids can tend to the potato plot at History in Your Hands: Pulling Weeds on the Farm, also at the Lefferts Historic House, Saturdays and Sundays from 2-4pm.
• “Honey, Dear” Vintage Jazz is on at Lark, 4-5pm.
• Watch Dracula with The Philip Glass Ensemble and Kishi Bashi at Celebrate Brooklyn! at the Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30pm.
• Salvo plays Bar Chord, 9pm.
• Names You Can Trust is back for their weekly party in the bar space at Sycamore, 10pm.
• Belt Parkway West plays 773 Lounge, 10pm.

Sunday, July 14

• Toddlers can play and sing at Toddler Time with Mary Jo, Lark, 10-10:30am.
• Take a hike with an Urban Park Ranger, starting at the Prospect Park Picnic House at 11am.
• Kids can hear Tammy Hall tell stories at the Lefferts Historic House at 2 and 3pm.
• Yoon Sun Choi plays at Sunday Jazz for the Family, Lark, 4-5pm.
• Sit zazen at Third Root, 6:45-7:15pm.

Photo via Uncle Catherine