Things To Do This Week, Through July 23: Free Yoga, Free Movies, And Free Wine

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 July 28) Kid Calendar.

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

MONDAY, JULY 20

Yoga at Brooklyn Grange Rooftop Farm
When: Monday, July 20 from 6:30-7:30pm
Where: Brooklyn Grange Farm, entrance at 63 Flushing Avenue at 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 held at dusk to enjoy the herb-scented breeze as the sun sets behind the Manhattan skyline. **PLEASE NOTE: BYO Yoga mat, water bottle, and please make sure you have a photo ID for entering the yard.**
How much: $15

TUESDAY, JULY 21

Tuesday Movie: “50 To 1”
When: Tuesday, July 21 at 2pm
Where: Clinton Hill Library at 380 Washington Avenue
What: Drama film starring Skeet Ulrich, Christian Kane, William Devane rated – PG-13, running time 1 hr and 40 min.
How much: Free

Free Yoga for Adults
When: Tuesday, July 21 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.

Fiction Book Group: “The Cat’s Table”
When: Tuesday, July 21 at 7:30pm
Where: Greene Grape Annex at 753 Fulton Street
What: The theme for this season is Shortlisted. For July, the group reads Michael Ondaatje’s novel The Cat’s Table, shortlisted for the Giller Prize in 2011. In the early 1950s, an eleven-year-old boy in Colombo boards a ship bound for England. At mealtimes he is seated at the “cat’s table”—as far from the Captain’s Table as can be—with a ragtag group of “insignificant” adults and two other boys, Cassius and Ramadhin. As the ship crosses the Indian Ocean, the boys tumble from one adventure to another, bursting all over the place like freed mercury. But there are other diversions as well: they are first exposed to the magical worlds of jazz, women, and literature by their eccentric fellow travelers, and together they spy on a shackled prisoner, his crime and fate a galvanizing mystery that will haunt them forever. By turns poignant and electrifying, The Cat’s Table is a spellbinding story about the magical, often forbidden, discoveries of childhood, and a lifelong journey that begins unexpectedly with a spectacular sea voyage.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 22

Brooklyn Grange Farm Tour
When: Wednesday, July 8 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

Chess Club
When: Wednesday, July 22 at 4pm
Where: Walt Whitman Library at 93 Saint Edwards Street
What: Learn and/or play chess with others.

Knitting and Crocheting Club
When: Wednesday, July 22 from 5-6pm
Where: Bedford Library at 496 Franklin Avenue
What: Learn basic knitting and crocheting skills.  Please bring your own needle and yarn.

Shape Up NYC Aerobics Class
When: Wednesday, July 22 from 6-7pm
Where: Bedford Library at 496 Franklin Avenue
What: Join this FREE aerobics class. Class taught by NYC Parks Department community volunteer.

Destress and Healing Through Diet and Yoga
When: Wednesday, July 22 from 6:30-8:30pm
Where: Brooklyn Grange Rooftop Farm at Flushing and Clinton Avenues
What: After touring the farm, Christy will lead you through a beautiful outdoor vinyasa flow class that will assist in bringing balance through meditation, strength & restoration of the mind and body. Following the class will be a discussion on the effect of stress on the body and ways to help reduce these stresses.  Food will be a big part of this conversation! Students will learn more about herbal blends that will assist in balancing the body and will receive a wonderful jar to take with them. **Please bring your own yoga mat, water bottle, and a light jacket in case there’s a cool evening breeze**
How much: $65

Dance Fitness
When: Wednesday, July 22 from 6:45-7:45pm
Where: Clinton Hill Library at 380 Washington Avenue
What: Free fitness class.

In Conversation: Clifford Ross and Eve Laure Moros Ortega
When: Wednesday, July 22 from 7-9pm
Where: BRIC Stoop at 647 Fulton Street
What: Join us for a conversation between noted artist and photographerClifford Ross, and Eve-Laure Moros Ortega, Executive Producer of theART21 Art in the Twenty-First Century acclaimed television series. This public program takes place in conjunction with the exhibition Clifford Ross: Water | Waves | Wood on view in the gallery of BRIC House,which will serve as the stunning backdrop for this event.

Trivia Night
When: Wednesday, July 22 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, July 22 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, JULY 23

MR@BRIC Process Labs: Larissa Velez Jackson
When: Thursday, July 23 from 3-6pm
Where: BRIC House Gallery at 647 Fulton Street
What: Using Larissa Velez-Jackson’s performance practice, Star Crap Method, as a guide; this workshop employs and blurs speech, movement, looking, sounding, and writing. Practitioners will examine how these forms can relate to exponentially multiply our meaning making in real-time. With performance as a tool, we experience a state of being that annihilates the boundaries between perception, improvisation, and composition.

Vertical Thursday Wine Tasting
When: Thursday, July 23 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.

Sunset Yoga at Lakeside
When: Thursday, July 23 from 7-8pm
Where: LeFrak Center at Lakeside in Prospect Park at 171 East Drive
What: Stretch out the last few hours of the day and join us Thursdays this summer for yoga movements guided by progressive house beats, trance, and ambient music. Breathe deep, listen, and watch as the sun sets over Prospect Park Lake with Abhaya Yoga and DJ Nagual. All ages welcome, but children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.

Author Talk: George Braziller
When: Thursday, July 23 at 7:30pm
Where: Greenlight Bookstore at 686 Fulton Street
What: In 1955, George Braziller founded his eponymous publishing house. In 2015, at the age of 99, Braziller has authored a memoir of his publishing experiences, which offers a window into the golden age of independent publishing. In Encounters, Braziller recounts his Depression-era childhood in Brooklyn, his political awakening with the Spanish Civil War, starting his own book clubs, his active duty in the European Theatre of World War II, and building his independent publishing company, George Braziller, Inc. In a series of candid, humorous vignettes, Braziller relates his experiences as publisher of literary figures like Orhan Pamuk and Jean-Paul Sartre, as well as encounters with Marc Chagall, Pablo Picasso, and friendships with Arthur Miller, Marilyn Monroe, and others who inspired him and enabled his publishing house to flourish. Braziller talks about his book and his life’s work with his son Joel Braziller, who now runs the publishing house along with his brother.

B-Side: Sister Helen
When: Thursday, July 23 from 7:30-9pm
Where: BRIC House Studio at 647 Fulton Street
What: Join Brooklyn Independent Media for an exclusive, live in-studio performance and interview with Sister Helen, a band born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. They play rock music inspired heavily by progressive bands of the 70s and the 2000s. They like melodies, and rhythms, and sweating and jumping around.

Comedy Thursdays
When: Thursday, July 23 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, July 23 at 9pm
Where: Putnam’s Pub at 419 Myrtle Avenue
What: Jessica Mahasin and DJs Jeff Haze/Asen James
How much: Free

ONGOING

“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.