Things To Do In Kensington & Windsor Terrace This Weekend

Rhiannon Giddens is playing a free concert at Celebrate Brooklyn tonight, Friday, July 17. Photo via Rhiannon Giddens

Happy Friday, everyone! This weekend, you can enjoy a free accordion concert at the E. 4th Street Community Garden, eat at an opera brunch at Sycamore, go to a stoop sale at Greenwood Playground, and lots more.

If you have an upcoming event you’d like featured in our calendar, or if there’s anything we’ve left off, let us know! Post your events in our community calendar or email us at editor@kensingtonbk.com.

Friday, July 17

• Get in shape at Shape Up NYC’s free cardio toning class at Prospect Park’s Audubon Center, 12-1pm.
• Meet fellow moms and dads at the New Parent Meet-Up, Lark Cafe, 1pm.
• Special screening of “To Kill A Mockingbird” at the Cortelyou Library, 2pm.
• Sing-along with Frank from Rolie Polie Guacamole at ELK Coffee, 4pm.
Johnny Lupiani’s Awesome BBQ is dishing up food at Sycamore’s Flatbush Food Court, 4pm.
Happy hour with babies and ice cream happy hour are at Lark, 4pm.
• Free wine tasting at Kings County Wines, every Friday from 6-8pm.
• Get your heart rate up and explore the neighborhood with Ditmas Rides, meeting in front of the Cortelyou Library at 7pm.
• Rhiannon Giddens and Joe Henry perform at Celebrate Brooklyn, 7:30pm.
• Neighbor Lola Star’s Dreamland Roller Disco is at Prospect Park’s Lakeside ($18, buy tickets here), 7:30-10pm.
• Ryan O’Neil & The Bandits perform their eclectic blend of rock & soul at Bar Chord, 9pm.
Rahlou is at Sycamore, 10pm.

Saturday, July 18

• See our beautiful E. 4th Street Community Garden during its visiting hours, 9am-1pm.
• Go treasure hunting at the Friends of Greenwood Playground’s stoop sale at the playground, 10am.
• Lavender Blues Sing-Along at Lark Cafe, 9:30 & 10:30am.
• Join ShapeUp NYC for a free cardio sculpt class at Prospect Park’s Audubon Center, 11am.
• Watch an opera while eating brunch at Sycamore, 12-3:30pm.
Go rowing for free at Prospect Park Lake, 12-4pm.
• The Brooklyn Bird Club leads an intro to birdwatching class at Prospect Park’s Audubon Center, 12-1pm.
• Enjoy a free accordion concert in the E. 4th Street Community Garden, 2pm.
• Learn how to take care of the potato plot, herb gardens & berry patches at the Lefferts Historic House, 2-5pm.
Burma Noodle Bar whips up their culinary creations at Sycamore’s Flatbush Food Court, 4pm.
Cortelyou Road shuts down from Coney Island Ave to E. 17th Street for the second Weekend Walks, which includes outdoor dining and a free outdoor showing of “E.T.,” event starts at 5pm, movie is at 8:30pm.
• Alegba & Friends perform their Afro-Caribbean sweet rhythms at Bar Chord, 9pm.

Sunday, July 19

• See our beautiful E. 4th Street Community Garden during its visiting hours, 10am-2pm.
• Sing-along with Amy Miles at Lark Café, 10am.
• Learn how to take care of the potato plot, herb gardens & berry patches at the Lefferts Historic House, 2-
• Cortelyou Jazz Jam at Bar Chord, 9pm.