Things To Do In Ditmas Park This Weekend

Thursday, November 14

Friday, November 15

Sing along with Lloyd of the Deedle Deedle Dees at Lark, 10am.
Shape Up NYC hosts a free introductory pilates class in Prospect Park, 12pm.
Give blood at at 70th Precinct Blood Drive, 154 Lawrence Avenue between Ocean Parkway and Seton Place, 12:30pm-6pm.
Meet fellow moms and dads at the New Parent Meet-Up, Lark, 1pm.
Kids make nature journals and more at Blooming Naturalists, Prospect Park, 1-3pm.
Nature on the Go! is at the Audubon Center in Prospect Park, 2-3pm.
There’s a writing workshop for teens at the Cortelyou Library, 2:45pm.
Learn about local wildlife at Animal Encounter, Prospect Park, 3pm.
Happy hour with babies and ice cream happy hour are at Lark, 4pm.
Check out Happy Hour cocktail recipes at T.B. Ackerson Wine Merchants, 6-8pm.
Get your heart rate up and explore the neighborhood with Ditmas Rides, meeting in front of the Cortelyou Library at 7pm.
Sean Coleman and the Quasars play Bar Chord, 9pm.
The Lori Behrman Band plays 773 Lounge, 10pm.

Saturday, November 16

The Lavender Blues sing along is at Lark, 10am.
There’s a quilt show on Saturdays and Sundays until December 1 at the Lefferts Historic House, 12-1pm.
Or you can join the Brooklyn Bird Club for a walk starting at the Prospect Park Audubon Center, 12-1pm.
Alex Levin and guests play jazz at Purple Yam, 12:30-2:30pm.
Take Intro to Sanskrit with Kiki Flynn at Jaya Yoga East, 1-3pm.
… then stick around for Intro to the Sutras, also at Jaya Yoga East, 3:30-5:15pm.
Race around the farmyard Saturdays and Sundays at the Lefferts Historic House, 2:30-3:30pm.
Honey, Dear plays vintage jazz at Lark, 4pm.
La Mecanica Popular plays Sycamore, 8pm.
DECOSTER plays 773 Lounge, 9pm.
Alegba and Friends are at Bar Chord, 9pm.

Sunday, November 17

Meditate for free at at Jaya Yoga East, 8:30am.
Play and sing at Toddler Time with Mary Jo, Lark, 10am.
Check out neighbor and WKCR DJ Carter Van Pelt as he spins reggae records at Coffee Mob, 10am-12pm.
Email or call ahead of time for one of two Typhoon Yolanda benefit brunches, Purple Yam, 11am-4pm.
Adopt a cat or kitten from the Brooklyn Bridge Animal Welfare Coalition in front of Qathra, 11am-4pm.
Local veggie favorite Barry’s Tempeh is at the Flatbush Food Court, Sycamore, 12-6pm.
Yoon Sun Choi plays at Sunday Jazz for the Family, Lark, 4pm.
The Lit at Lark series continues with host Amy Shearn, plus Pia Z. Ehrhardt, Jael McHenry, and Nathan Oates at Lark, 5pm.
Join the Ditmas Park Sitting Group to meditate at Third Root, 6:45pm.
Game on! At Board Game Night, 773 Lounge, 8pm.
The Cortelyou Jazz Jam is at Bar Chord, 9pm.

Photo via Purple Yam