Things to Do in Ditmas Park This Weekend

Will a storm called Nemo keep you close to home this weekend? If it does, you can still go out and enjoy yourself at these events that are within walking distance, just wear your boots!

• Get Down in the Basement: It’s the calm before the storm, live it up while you can! Head downstairs at Sycamore to hear music by MiWi La Lupa, the KM Ballad Trio, and Mike Gamble, all starting at 9pm. Sounds like an interesting night, which will include danceable tunes, improvisation, and a trombone.

• Visit neighbor Thomas Witte’s art opening in Manhattan, 5:30pm.
• Union Beer Distributors will be doing giveaways during 773 Lounge’s open mic, 7pm.
• Hear jazz and ambient soundscapes at the Intuit concert series at Lark, 8pm.

• Grab Your Beads and Celebrate Mardi Gras: It isn’t officially until next week, but 773 Lounge will be bringing the Fat Tuesday to this Friday as Dave Clive’s Nawlins Funk Band plays the bar’s party, which starts at 9:30pm.

• Meet fellow new parents at Lark, 1pm.

• Chocolate, Chocolate, Chocolate: Now that we have your attention, here’s a chance to learn about the history of chocolate and its impact on the world over the past 400 years. Deborah Prinz, scholar, rabbi, and author of On the Chocolate Trail, will give a talk at the East Midwood Jewish Center at 8pm, and the event will end with a chocolate dessert reception. For more info call 718-338-3800. UPDATE 2/8: Cancelled due to weather.

• Write anonymous love notes for your neighbors at Lark, 12pm.
• Learn about wilderness survival at Prospect Park, 1pm.
• Ezra Jack Keats storytime with arts and crafts at the Cortelyou Library, 2:30pm.
• Hear Bryan and the Ardvarks at Sycamore, 9pm.

• Be Serenaded for Valentine’s Day: If the snow hasn’t all melted by then, allow some music (and a hot beverage) to help warm you up. Local vintage jazz act Honey, Dear (pictured above) will be on hand at Lark at 4pm to sing sweet melodies to you and your whole family.

• Make cool pop-up cards with your kids at Brooklyn ARTery, 11am.
• The 4th Annual Interfaith Concert is at Our Lady of Refuge, 4pm
• Patrick Cornelius and his alto sax are at Sycamore’s Underground Works, 8pm.