Things To Do This Week: Crafts For Adults, Art Talks, And Workshops On Affordable Housing, Crime, And Minority Or Women-Owned Businesses
Below you’ll find information on events through the weekend in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill this weekend. Check back Monday to see what’s scheduled next week!
For family-friendly and kids events, see this week’s (through June 9) Kid Calendar.
Submit your event listing to our BROOKLYN-WIDE CALENDAR or by emailing editor@bklyner.com.
MONDAY, JUNE 8
When: Monday, June 8 from 2-3:30pm
Where: Clinton Hill Library at 380 Washington Avenue
What: Come to an informal get together to Skill Swap & Show & Tell about your creative projects in an inspiring environment with other creative like-minded people. This drop-by session will take place in our Meeting Room, where we will provided a cup of tea/coffee or cold beverage and a pastry or two for you and YOU BRING YOUR OWN MATERIALS AND IDEAS!
When: Monday, June 8 from 3-4pm
Where: Walt Whitman Library at 93 Saint Edwards Street
What: Join other adults who are learning to speak English. No registration required – FREE!
NYPD Community Crime Forum
When: Monday, June 8 from 6-9pm
Where: Clara Barton HS at 901 Classon Avenue (between President Street and Washington Avenue)
What: Hosted by Patrol Borough Brooklyn South, but relevant to everyone! Light refreshments will be served.
Yoga at Brooklyn Grange
When: Monday, June 8 from 6:30-7:30pm
Where: Brooklyn Grange Rooftop Farm at Brooklyn Navy Yard — Flushing Avenue and Clinton Avenue
What: Community yoga with a view.
How much: $15
Trivia Night at Hops Hill
When: Monday, June 8 at 7:30pm
Where: Hops Hill at 886 Fulton Street
What: Come join your host Kas for team trivia at Hops Hill every 2nd and 4th Monday of the month at 7:30 pm! Win a prize, have some fun, enjoy great beer all night! Monday, 06/08/2015 and 06/22/2015.
TUESDAY, JUNE 9
Free Movie: “Theory of Everything”
When: Tuesday, June 9 at 2pm
Where: Clinton Hill LIbrary at 380 Washington Avenue
What: Starring Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones – Rated PG-13
Resume and Career Help
When: Tuesday, June 9 at 5:30pm
Where: Clinton Hill Library at 380 Washington Avenue
What: Brush up your resume at our free drop-in resume clinic with a local community volunteer. Our volunteer will also help you with your social media presence, including your LinkedIn account, and your interviewing techniques. No registration
Town Hall about Minority and Women-Owned Businesses
When: Tuesday, June 9 from 6-8pm
Where: Brooklyn Borough Hall at 209 Joralemon Street
What: Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams and Councilmember Laurie Cumbo will host a Town Hall to explore opportunities and discuss the challenges facing our city. Don’t miss this chance to share your voice and join a coalition of determined individuals working toward the betterment of the M/WBE community.
Free Yoga for Adults
When: Tuesday, June 9 from 6:30-7:45pm
Where: Clinton Hill Library at 380 Washington Avenue
What: Practice yoga with local yoga instructor, Jenine Osbon. All levels welcome. Limit of 10-12 per class.
BRIC FLIX: Uncover Brooklyn Irish Cinema
When: Tuesday, June 9 from 7-9pm
Where: BRIC House Stoop at 647 Fulton Street
What: In the second installment of the BRIC FLIX film series, Irish Film New York host a special evening for Irish filmmakers and actors. The evening will begin with a staged reading of a new short film called The Ferry, excerpts from Paul Rowley’s new Feature film The Participantsand Trevor Murphy’s ‘work-in-progress’ short film, Angie, along with a new Irish comedy web series called On The Lig created by Director Niall McKay. On The Lig follows a group of Irish artists who go to events and parties simply for the food and drink. Music will be provided by actress and singer song writer Penny O’ Brien.
Author Talk: Sophie McManus and Joshua Henkin
When: Tuesday, June 9 at 7:30pm
Where: Greenlight Bookstore at 686 Fulton Street
What: The Unfortunates, the extraordinary debut novel by Brooklyn author Sophie McManus, is a contemporary American tragedy: a dramatic story of pharmaceutical drug trials and Wall Street corruption; of pride and prejudice; of paranoia and office politics; of inheritance, influence, class, and power. An aging heiress, her troubled son, and his naive wife must face the dark legacy of their family’s wealth and learn the limits of its power to change their lives, as gilded, bygone values collide with an unforgiving present.
How much: Free | $
Nonfiction Book Group: “Looking for a Ship” by John McPhee
When: Tuesday, June 8 at 7:30pm
Where: Greene Grape Annex at 753 Fulton Street
What: This season’s theme is Jobs. For June, the group reads John McPhee’s Looking for a Ship, an extraordinary tale of life aboard what may be one of the last American merchant ships. As the story begins, Andy Chase, who holds a license as a second mate, is looking for a ship. In less than ten years, the United States Merchant Marine has shrunk from more than two thousand ships to fewer than four hundred, and Chase faces the scarcity of jobs from which all American merchant mariners have been suffering. With McPhee along, Chase finds a job as a second mate aboard the S.S. Stella Lykes, captained by the extraordinary Paul McHenry Washburn. The journey takes them on a 42-day run down the Pacific coast of South America, with stops to unload and pick up freight at such ports as Cartagena, Valparaiso, Balboa, Lima, and Guayaquil—an area notorious for pirates. As the crew makes their ocean voyage, they tell sea stories of other runs and other ships: tales of disaster, stupidity, greed, generosity, and courage. Through the journey itself and the tales told emerge the history and character of a fascinating calling.
How much: Free | $14.45 for the book
FAB Flicks: “Dave Chapelle’s Block Party”
When: Tuesday, June 9 at 8:30pm
Where: Putnam Triangle Plaza at Fulton Street and Grand Avenue
What: Series of free screenings of movie documentaries, brought to you by FAB Alliance and BAMcinematek.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10
Brooklyn Grange Farm Tour
When: Wednesday, June 10 from 10-11am & 11:30am-12:30pm
Where: Brooklyn Grange — Meet at BLDG 92 at 63 Flushing Avenue
What: Come check out the world’s largest rooftop farm in Brooklyn’s Navy Yard! We’ll tell you about our daily operations and farming methods, the basics of our business model, and the environmental benefits of urban ag and rooftop farming, then give you some time to explore.
How much: $10
DIY: Knitting
When: Wednesday, June 10 at 5pm
Where: Bedford Library at 496 Franklin Avenue
What: All ages are welcome. Please bring your own needles and yarn.
ShapeUp NYC Aerobics Class
When: Wednesday, June 10 at 6pm
Where: Bedford Library at 496 Franklin Avenue
What: Join this FREE aerobics class. Class taught by NYC Parks Department community volunteer.
Dance Fitness
When: Wednesday, June 10 from 6:45-7:45pm
Where: Clinton Hill Library at 380 Washington Avenue
What: Free fitness class.
Idea Lab
When: Wednesday, June 10 from 7-9pm
Where: BRIC House at 647 Fulton Street
What: BRIC is collaborating with Our Goods, a network for the creative community that hosts a bi-monthly Idea Lab where 3-4 facilitators lead a group of 25-30 people in a peer-to-peer resource-sharing meet-up. Find out more on the Our Goods website. Bring your question/challenge/project to an Idea Lab and leave with actionable ideas, a better understanding of your challenge, and a new support network. Idea Labs start promptly – please arrive five minutes early!
How much: FREE but RSVP
Launch Party: “Conjunctions: 64, Natural Causes”
When: Wednesday, June 10 at 7:30pm
Where: Greenlight Bookstore at 686 Fulton Street
What: Conjunctions is an internationally distributed magazine of provocative, risk-taking fiction, poetry, and narrative nonfiction, published by Bard College and edited by the novelist Bradford Morrow. Work from Conjunctions features contemporary masters and emerging talents, and can frequently be found in the Best American and Pushcart Prize anthologies. Greenlight is proud to celebrate the release of Conjunctions‘ Spring 2015 issue, Natural Causes, a collection of radical reinventions of the genre of nature writing, with readings by contributors Lucy Ives, Michael Ives, and Wil Weitzel. A wine reception will follow the reading.
How much: Free | $15 for the issue
Trivia Night
When: Wednesday, June 10 from 8-11pm
Where: Putnam’s Pub at 419 Myrtle Avenue
What: Weekly trivia competition to win gift cards of $100 to Putnam’s. Beer specials all night.
How much: Free
Trivia Wednesdays
When: Wednesday, June 10 at 9pm
Where: Moot Bar at 579 Myrtle Avenue
What: Inaugural trivia night! Five rounds of 10 questions each on variety of subject matter from cereal box characters to physics. Winning team gets $50 off their bar tab.
How much: Free
THURSDAY, JUNE 11
Vertical Thursday Wine Tasting
When: Thursday, June 11 from 5:30-8pm
Where: Corkscrew Wines at 489 Myrtle Avenue
What: Free weekly wine tasting. Educational and casual tasting to explore specific grapes or a region. Discover what makes your favorite wines unique. You are the expert of what works for you, Corkscrew is here for you to discover what that is.
Affordable Housing Workshop
When: Thursday, June 11 at 6:30pm
Where: Hanson Place Seventh Day Adventist Church at 88 Hanson Place
What: Free seminar with tips on how to fill out housing lottery applications. Hosted by Pratt Area Community Council. RSVP to www.prattarea.org.
Citi Bike Street Skills Class
When: Thursday, June 11 at 7-9pm
Where: Red Lantern Bicycles and Cafe at 345 Myrtle Avenue
What: Brush up on your urban bicycling skills. Participants receive a gift certificate for a free 24-Hour pass to Citi Bike, and a special prize is raffled off at each class. Registration is recommended, but not required. Register through Bike New York here.
Film: “Matt Shepard Is A Friend Of Mine”
When: Thursday, June 11 at 7pm
Where: Brooklyn Museum, 3rd floor auditorium at 200 Eastern Parkway
What: We partner with Brooklyn Pride to present Matt Shepard Is a Friend of Mine (Michele Josue, 2014, 89 min.), an intimate portrait and loving remembrance of a 21-year-old college student murdered in one of the most notorious hate crimes in history.
A Conversation with Cecile Chong and Bill Carroll
When: Thursday, June 11 from 7-9pm
Where: BRIC House at 647 Fulton Street
What: A conversation between visual artist Cecile Chong, whose exhibition Time Collision is presented in BRIC’s Project Room through June 21, and Bill Carroll, Director of the Studio Program of the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts and a fixture in the New York art world for more than 25 years. Carroll has been a professor and a mentor to Chong. Born in Ecuador to Chinese parents, Chong’s work addresses the process of cultural encounter and entanglement that her background and exposure to different cultural objects and ideas has influenced.
B-Side: Michael Daves
When: Thursday, June 11 from 7:30-9pm
Where: BRIC House at 647 Fulton Street
What: Heralded as “a leading light of the New York bluegrass scene” by the New York Times, Michael Daves has garnered attention for his work with Chris Thile, Steve Martin, Tony Trischka, and others in addition to his solo performances. His most recent recording is Sleep With One Eye Open (2011), a duet collaboration with Thile which received a Grammy nomination for best bluegrass album. Daves is currently working on his Twin Albums Project, a double album which features the same set of songs recorded twice, once in traditional bluegrass style and again rewritten in an experimental rock context.
Comedy Thursdays
When: Thursday, June 11 from 7:30-10pm
Where: Splitty at 415 Myrtle Avenue
What: Greg Johnson and Larry Murphy (Bob’s Burgers) host this weekly comedy show featuring a curated night of stand-up, characters, and the unexpected.
How much: $5 cover
Function Thursdays Live Music
When: Thursday, June 11 at 9pm
Where: Putnam’s Pub at 419 Myrtle Avenue
What: Jessica Mahasin and DJs Jeff Haze/Asen James.
How much: Free
ONGOING
Bert Brecht’s “Saint Joan of the Stockyards”
When: Through June 13 (Wednesdays-Saturdays at 7:30pm; Saturday the 6th & 13th at 3pm)
Where: Irondale Center at 85 South Oxford Street
What: Acclaimed German director, Peter Kleinert directs the Irondale ensemble in a production of Bert Brecht’s master-work Saint Joan of the Stockyards. A darkly comic tale of romance between a meatpacking tycoon and a Salvation Army worker set amidst the milieu of unemployed workers, high-rolling millionaires, and corporate greed.
How much: $25 | Seniors/Students are $15 | Matinees are $20
Fiasco Theater’s “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”
When: Through June 20
Where: Polonsky Shakespeare Center at 262 Ashland Place
What: Crackling and quick-moving, The Two Gentlemen of Verona may well have been Shakespeare’s first play. A seemingly simple tale of shifting devotions among mismatched lovers, it helped launch the enduring genre of rom-com. Yet its delightful madcap surface conceals undercurrents, as its putative hero proves a cad and a faithless friend. A beguiling, nuanced production from the theater that brought us Cymbeline, and Into the Woods to the Roundabout Theatre.
How much: $60-85 per person (use code: GENT55 for $55 tickets). Purchase online or by phone at 866-811-4111.
“TOBIN EASON – Passion in Motion” Exhibit
When: Through August 13
Where: Gallery Three at South Oxford Space, at 138 South Oxford Street, 3rd Floor
What: The Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York (A.R.T./New York) is pleased to present an exhibit of nine works on canvas by Tobin Eason. Eason’s paintings are influenced by the dance performing arts scene in NYC. They depict the wide and varied emotions performing artists must portray when performing for an audience. Each work is a reflection of not only the dancer’s beauty aesthetically, but even more importantly, the required expression and passion to achieve artistic excellence. Many of the dancers featured in each painting are established professionals in premier ballet companies in the city, such as American Ballet Theatre and the New York City Ballet.
How much: FREE; Monday through Friday from 10am to 9pm and Saturday and Sunday from10am to 4pm. Additional viewing hours are easily arranged by calling 718-398-3078.