> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://bklyner.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Things To Do In Ditmas Park This Weekend - URL: https://bklyner.com/things-to-do-in-ditmas-park-this-weekend-77-ditmas-park/ - Published: 2014-07-24T17:54:35.000Z - Updated: 2014-09-30T00:12:49.000Z - Author: Anna Gustafson - Tags: Amandla, #API-Imported ![Nickel Creek](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Nickel-Creek.jpg) Happy Thursday! This weekend, you can cool off with a boozy snow cone at The Castello Plan, see our neighborhood in [Very Good Girls](/blog/art-music/very-good-girls-a-film-brimming-with-ditmas-park-hits-theaters-this-friday), check out some amazing music, and lots more: **Thursday, July 24** • Christmas in July (beer specials, boozy snow cones, and more) at [The Castello Plan](https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Castello-Plan/108725789161036?ref=br%5Ftf), 6pm-all night. • [Nickel Creek and Secret Sisters](http://bricartsmedia.org/events/nickel-creek-secret-sisters?ref=bklyner.com) play at [Celebrate Brooklyn](/blog/art-music/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-celebrate-brooklyn-free-mostly-concert-lineup-2) at the [Prospect Park Bandshell](http://www.prospectpark.org/visit/places/bandshell?ref=bklyner.com), 7:30pm (doors open at 6:30pm). • Sign up for open mic night at [773 Lounge](https://www.facebook.com/773Lounge) starting at 8pm. • [Alegba & Friends](https://www.facebook.com/alegbaandfriends) play Afro/Caribbean rhythms for the soul at [Bar Chord](http://www.barchordnyc.com/?ref=bklyner.com), 9pm. **Friday, July 25** • [Sing along ](http://www.larkcafe.com/activities.html?ref=bklyner.com)with [Jon Samson](http://www.cocreativemusic.com/?ref=bklyner.com) at [Lark](http://larkcafe.com/?ref=bklyner.com),11am. • [Computer lab](http://catalog.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/record=g1007251?ref=bklyner.com) at the Cortelyou Library, 11am-12pm • [Farmers market](/blog/greenmarket/parkside-farmers-market-opens-today-flatbush-youthmarket-starts-saturday) at the Q at Parkside, 1pm-6pm. • Meet fellow moms and dads at the [New Parent Meet-Up](http://www.larkcafe.com/activities.html?ref=bklyner.com), [Lark](http://larkcafe.com/activities.html?ref=bklyner.com), 1pm. • Kids can attend [Blooming Naturalists](http://www.prospectpark.org/calendar/event/blooming-naturalists?ref=bklyner.com) at the [Prospect Park’s Audubon Center](http://www.prospectpark.org/visit/places/audubon?ref=bklyner.com), 1-2pm Thursdays and Fridays. • … followed by [Nature on the Go](http://www.prospectpark.org/calendar/event/nature-on-the-go?ref=bklyner.com), also at the Audubon Center, 2-3pm Thursdays and Fridays. • … and finally, learn about local wildlife at [Animal Encounter](http://www.prospectpark.org/calendar/event/animal-encounter?ref=bklyner.com), *also* at the Audubon Center, 3-4pm Thursdays and Fridays. • [Happy hour with babies](http://www.larkcafe.com/activities.html?ref=bklyner.com) and ice cream happy hour are at Lark, 4pm. • [Check out Happy Hour cocktail recipes](/blog/events/t-b-ackerson-mixes-up-happy-hour-cocktails-starting-this-friday) at [T.B. Ackerson Wine Merchants](https://www.facebook.com/pages/T-B-Ackerson-Wine-Merchants/166235210058763), 6-8pm. • Free showing of (the Carrie Fisher version of) [“Thumbelina”](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0575519/?ref=bklyner.com) at [All Souls Bethlehem Church](http://allsoulsbethlehem.org/?ref=bklyner.com), 6:30pm. • [Celebrate Brookly](/blog/art-music/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-celebrate-brooklyn-free-mostly-concert-lineup-2)n presents a rare screening of [Amandla: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony](http://bricartsmedia.org/events/performing-arts/amandla-a-revolution-in-four-part-harmony-neo-muyanga-william-kentridges?ref=bklyner.com), a documentary examining the role music played in the fall of South Africa’s apartheid regime, at [Prospect Park Bandshell](http://www.prospectpark.org/visit/places/bandshell?ref=bklyner.com), 7:30pm (doors open at 6:30pm). • Get your heart rate up and explore the neighborhood with [Ditmas Rides](https://www.facebook.com/groups/ditmasrides/), meeting in front of the Cortelyou Library at 7pm. • [Lola Star](http://lolastar.com/?ref=bklyner.com)‘s Dreamland Roller Disco will feature a Madonna-themed Material Girl Skate Party at the LeFrak Center at [Lakeside Prospect Park](http://www.prospectpark.org/about-prospect-park/lakeside?ref=bklyner.com) (buy tickets [here](https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pe/9934407?ref=bklyner.com)), 8-10pm. • Varya and the Night Waters play their local indie rock at [Bar Chord](http://www.barchordnyc.com/calendar.html?ref=bklyner.com), 8pm. • [Kagero plays](http://barchordnyc.com/calendar.html?ref=bklyner.com) Japanese gypsy rock at Bar Chord, 9pm. • [Rahlou](https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rahlou/174174852789278) is at [Sycamore](http://sycamorebrooklyn.com/?ref=bklyner.com), 10pm. **Saturday, July 26** • The [Lavender Blues sing along](https://www.facebook.com/LavenderBluesMusic) is at [Lark](http://larkcafe.com/?ref=bklyner.com), 10:30am. • Children ages 3 to 5 and their parents and caregivers are welcome to attend [Ready, Set, Kindergarten](http://catalog.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/record=g1007203?ref=bklyner.com), a special six-session series for families that includes stories and activities designed to encourage the development of early learning skills at the [Cortelyou Library](http://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/cortelyou?ref=bklyner.com), 11am-12pm. • [Row, row, row your boat](/blog/sports/enjoy-free-public-rowing-this-summer-in-prospect-park) for free in Prospect Park, 12-4pm. • You can check out [Introduction to Birdwatching](http://www.prospectpark.org/calendar/event/intro-birdwatching?ref=bklyner.com), starting at the Audubon Center, 12-1pm… • … or visit the [Pop-Up Audubon](http://www.prospectpark.org/calendar/event/pop-up-audubon?ref=bklyner.com) at the [Binnen Bridge](http://www.prospectpark.org/media/file/pop-up-audubon-map-2014.pdf?ref=bklyner.com), Saturdays and Sundays from 12-5pm. • … *or* take a tour of the [Lefferts Historic House](http://www.prospectpark.org/calendar/event/lefferts-tours?ref=bklyner.com), every half hour Saturdays and Sundays from 12:30-4:30pm until June 29. • There’s [Sahaja yoga meditation](http://catalog.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/record=g1011409?ref=bklyner.com) at the Cortelyou Library, 12:30-2pm. • [History in Your Hands: Flax to Linen](http://www.prospectpark.org/calendar/event/history-hands-flax-linen?ref=bklyner.com) is at the Lefferts Historic House, 2-4pm Saturdays and Sundays. • [Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds](http://bricartsmedia.org/events/performing-arts/benefit-concert-nick-cave-and-the-bad-seeds?ref=bklyner.com) play a benefit concert for [Celebrate Brooklyn](/blog/art-music/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-celebrate-brooklyn-free-mostly-concert-lineup-2) at the [Prospect Park Bandshell](http://www.prospectpark.org/visit/places/bandshell?ref=bklyner.com), 7pm (doors open at 6pm). • [Craig Dreyer](http://www.craigdreyer.com/?ref=bklyner.com) & Friends play soulful rock and blues at [Bar Chord](http://barchordnyc.com/calendar.html?ref=bklyner.com), 9pm. **Sunday, July 27** • Play and sing at [Toddler Time with Mary Jo](https://www.facebook.com/ToddlerTimeWithMaryJo) at [Lark](http://www.larkcafe.com/activities.html?ref=bklyner.com), 10am. • [Game Night](/blog/events/773-lounge-starts-their-weekly-board-game-night-next-sunday-november-3) is on at 773 Lounge, 7pm. • Mike O’Malley plays at [Bar Chord](http://barchordnyc.com/calendar.html?ref=bklyner.com), 7pm. • [Cortelyou Jazz Jam](http://www.barchordnyc.com/calendar.html?ref=bklyner.com) at Bar Chord, 9pm. *Photo via [Nickel Creek](https://www.facebook.com/NickelCreek/photos/a.702690176442859.1073741826.212473155464566/744321725613037/?type=3&theater)*