Things To Do This Week: Rooftop Yoga, Free Movies, And A Salsa Party At Brooklyn Museum

Below you’ll find information on events through the week in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill this weekend. Check back Thursday to see what’s scheduled this weekend!

For family-friendly and kids events, see this week’s (through June 23) Kid Calendar.

Submit your event listing to our BROOKLYN-WIDE CALENDAR or by emailingeditor@bklyner.com.

MONDAY, JUNE 22

Practice English Conversation Group
When: Monday, June 22 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!.

Yoga at Brooklyn Grange Rooftop Farm
When: Monday, June 22 from 6:30-7:30pm
Where: Brooklyn Grange Farm, entrance at 63 Flushing Avenue at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
What: These asana sessions are open to practitioners of all levels. Class will begin with a brief centering, a collection of ourselves in breath and space, and will gently evolve into a flow of movement and meditation. In community, we’ll move, breathe and connect to our inner and outer landscapes. Classes will be held on our spacious paved patio at dusk, so that attendees can enjoy the herb-scented breeze as the sun sets behind the Manhattan skyline.  This is the best yoga Brooklyn has to offer! **PLEASE NOTE: BYO Yoga mat, water bottle, and please make sure you have a photo ID for entering the yard.**
How much: $15

TUESDAY, JUNE 23

Toddler Tuesdays at Lakeside
When: Tuesday, June 23 from 9:30am-12pm
Where: LeFrak Center Lakeside in Prospect Park at 171 East Drive
What: Start your Tuesdays with an action-packed morning of toddler-only dedicated skate time on the rink, instructor-led games, music, play-based activities, snacks, and beverages. The Toddler Tuesday program is designed for children ages 2–5 and their caregivers. Accompanying caregivers are required to participate in all activities with their toddlers and must be prepared to assist/monitor the toddler accordingly. For more information call (718) 462-0010 or email groups@lakesidebrooklyn.com.
How much: $15 per child; two children per caregiver

Free Movie: “St. Vincent”
When: Tuesday, June 23 at 2pm
Where: Clinton Hill LIbrary at 380 Washington Avenue
What: Starring Bill Murray, Melissa McCarthy, and Naomi Watts. Takes place in Sheepshead Bay and Marine Park, Brooklyn! – Rated PG-13

Resume and Career Help
When: Tuesday, June 23 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.

Young Readers Book Group: “The Westing Game”
When: Tuesday, June 23 at 5:30pm
Where: Greenlight Bookstore at 686 Fulton Street
What: Led by Greenlight bookseller Grace, this book group is geared toward kids ages 8 to 14, and reads great contemporary and classic chapter books. Parents are welcome (but not required) to attend, and pizza is served. For June, the group discusses Ellen Raskin’s Newbery Medal-winning classic The Westing Game. This highly inventive mystery involves sixteen people who are invited to the reading of Samuel W. Westing’s will. They could become millionaires – it all depends on how they play the tricky and dangerous Westing game, a game involving blizzards, burglaries, and bombings. Ellen Raskin has created a remarkable cast of characters in a puzzle-knotted, word-twisting plot filled with humor, intrigue, and suspense.
How much: FREE | Book is $8.49

Pratt Area Community Council Member Meeting
When: Tuesday, June 23 at 6pm
Where: Berg’n at 899 Bergen Street between Classon and Franklin Avenues
What: 51st annual meeting. Refreshments will be served.
How much: Free for PACC members.

Free Yoga for Adults
When: Tuesday, June 23 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.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24

Brooklyn Grange Farm Tour
When: Wednesday, June 24 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

Greene Grape Scoops Soft Open
When: Wednesday, June 24
Where: Greene Grape Scoops at 680 Fulton Street
What: Ice cream in the neighborhood!

DIY: Knitting
When: Wednesday, June 24 at 5pm
Where: Bedford Library at 496 Franklin Avenue
What: All ages are welcome. Please bring your own needles and yarn.

CB 2 Youth Committee Meeting
When: Wednesday, June 24 at 6pm
Where: LIU Brooklyn, Jonas Board Room
What: The committee and guests will hear about two charter school applications. theBrooklyn Lab Charter School, 240 Jay Street, will present its application to expand from Grades 6-10 to Grades 6-12. Sammi Oerlemans, a founder and the prospective principal of the Prime Public Charter School, will present the proposed intermediate school’s application for a state charter.

ShapeUp NYC Aerobics Class
When: Wednesday, June 24 at 6pm
Where: Bedford Library at 496 Franklin Avenue
What: Join this FREE aerobics class.  Class taught by NYC Parks Department community volunteer.

Knitting Loom with Ms. Deborah Perry
When: Wednesday, June 24 at 6pm
Where: Clinton Hill Library at 380 Washington Avenue
What: Finish Your Knitting projects.

Dance Fitness
When: Wednesday, June 24 from 6:45-7:45pm
Where: Clinton Hill Library at 380 Washington Avenue
What: Free fitness class.

Trivia Night
When: Wednesday, June 24 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 24 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 25

Seniors Together As Role-Models
When: Thursdays from 11am-1pm
Where: Ingersoll Community Center at 177 Myrtle Avenue
What: Steps to avoid scams. Light refreshments served.

Morning Movies
When: Thursdays from 11am-1pm
Where: Ingersoll Community Center at 177 Myrtle Avenue
What: Enjoy popcorn, air conditioning, and a family friendly flick! Ages 2+.

Vertical Thursday Wine Tasting
When: Thursday, June 25 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.

Salsa Party
When: Thursday, June 25 from 6-9:30pm
Where: Brooklyn Museum at 200 Eastern Parkway
What: Spice up your Thursday with an evening of salsa music, dancing, and performances by Brooklyn’s top professional salsa teams. Come at 6 p.m. for a dance lesson.
How much: Free with Museum general admission. No R.S.V.P. needed.

Author Talk: Mike Heppner and Joshua Furst
When: Thursday, June 25 at 7:30pm
Where: Greenlight Bookstore at 686 Fulton Street
What: We Came All This Way, the first novel in eight years by acclaimed writer Mike Heppner (The Egg Code, Pike’s Folly) is the story of a 31-year-old mother of four who leaves her staid life in Michigan and takes her eldest child to live on a decommissioned oil rig in the middle of the North Atlantic. There, the 38 residents of “Mobility” (as they call their new home) struggle against the elements and their own basic oddness to establish a utopian society, but the delicate balance of extreme personalities soon splinters toward chaos. Published by Brooklyn-based independent press Thought Catalog Books, this is a novel about finding a place in the world and trying to grow up before your kids do. Heppner discusses his work with Joshua Furst, author of The Sabotage Café.
How much: FREE | $18 for the book

B-Side: Pape Armand Boye
When: Thursday, June 25 from 7:30-9pm
Where: BRIC House at 647 Fulton Street
What: Among the first to bring acoustic folk to the Senegalese music scene, Pape Armand Boye has gained great recognition for his work and continues to create a sound that is uniquely human and sincere. Through his art-filled compositions, Pape Armand Boye succeeds in bringing craft and technique back to music. His emotive lyrics and passionate, complex guitar solos fill his compositions with a substance that is rare in today’s music scene.

Comedy Thursdays
When: Thursday, June 25 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 25 at 9pm
Where: Putnam’s Pub at 419 Myrtle Avenue
What: Jessica Mahasin and DJs Jeff Haze/Asen James
How much: Free

ONGOING

Piehole: “Hand Foot Fizzle Face”
When: Through June 27
Where: JACK at 505 1/2 Waverly Avenue
What: Performance collective Piehole, helmed by director Tara Ahmadinejad, teams up with sound artist/composer Lea Bertucci to wake up an expensive art-object and give it a workout in a surreal gymnasium of sound, video, dance, and sweat. Inspired by an enigmatic art-book produced from an awkward one-off collaboration between Samuel Beckett and Jasper Johns, Piehole’s Hand Foot Fizzle Face examines the self-defeating impulse to transcend ephemerality, in art and life.
How much: $10-15

“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.