Things To Do This Weekend: Ballet At BAM, LGBTQ Identity At Brooklyn Museum, And Anti-Lynching Plays At JACK

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 Kid Calendar.

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

FRIDAY, JUNE 5

Line Dancing
When: Friday, June 5 from 7-8pm
Where: Ingersoll Community Center at 177 Myrtle Avenue
What: Free Shape Up NYC Classes are for all! No registration or prior experience necessary.

Lola Star’s Dreamland Roller Disco
When: Friday, June 5 form 7:30-10pm
Where: LeFrak Center at Lakeside in Prospect Park at 171 East Drive
What: 80s girl pop roller disco party. Tonight’s theme is “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.” For a full list of weekly themes, visit http://lakesidebrooklyn.com/dreamland/.

Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet
When: Friday, June 5 at 7:30pm
Where: BAM Howard Gilman Opera House on Ashland Place between Lafayette Avenue and Hanson Place
What: “My Generation” (2015) [World Premiere], choreography by Richard Siegal and music by Atom™ (Uwe Schmidt); “Ten Duets on a Theme of Rescue” (2008), choreography by Crystal Pite and music selections from the original motion picture soundtrack of Solaris by Cliff Martinez; “Rain Dogs” (2014) [NY Premiere], choreography, set design, and costume design by Johan Inger, and music by Tom Waits.
How much: $20 and up

Comedy Show
When: Friday, June 5 at 8pm
Where: Five Spot Soul Food at 459 Myrtle Avenue
What: Free comedy show every Friday night. Hosted by Pee Wee Dee.
How much: No cover

Karaoke Night
When: Friday, June 5 from 8pm-12am
Where: SIP Bar at 14 Putnam Avenue
What: Every Friday night. Hosted by Kings of Karaoke.
How much: Free

SATURDAY, JUNE 6

Fort Greene Park Greenmarket
When: Saturday, June 6 from 8am-4pm
Where: Washington Park between DeKalb and Willoughby Avenues
What: Weekly farmers market with live music and family-friendly activities.

Fundamentals of Tai Chi
When: Saturday, June 6 from 10-11am
Where: Ingersoll Community Center at 177 Myrtle Avenue
What: Free class. No registration or experience necessary.

Brooklyn Flea Fort Greene
When: From 10am-5pm (every Saturday through November)
Where: Bishop Laughlin Memorial HS schoolyard at 176 Lafayette Avenue (between Clermont and Vanderbilt)
What: 150 shopping and food vendors every Saturday from April through November.

Downtown Brooklyn Community Health Expo
When: Saturday, June 6 from 11am-3pm
Where: Brooklyn Hospital Center on Ashland Place between DeKalb and Willoughby Avenues
What: The Brooklyn Hospital Center in Partnership with the TBHC Community Advisory Board and Long Island University present Brooklyn’s largest, health fair of the year, with free activities throughout the day.

Blood Drive
When: Saturday, June 6 from 11am-4pm
Where: Putnam Triangle Plaza at Fulton Street and Grand Avenue
What: Omega Psi Phi fraternity is hosting a blood drive and community day.

Shape Up NYC Aerobics Class
When: Saturday, June 6 at 12pm
Where: Bedford Library at 496 Franklin Avenue
What: Join this FREE aerobics class.  Class taught by NYC Parks Department community volunteers.

Brooklyn Pop-Up Market
When: Saturday, June 6 from 12-7pm
Where: Trilok Fusion Arts at 143 Waverly Avenue
What: Find details about each week at: www.brooklynpopupmarket.com.

Target First Saturday at Brooklyn Museum
When: Saturday, June 6 from 5-11pm
Where: Brooklyn Museum at 200 Eastern Parkway
What: Tonight’s theme is “International LGBTQ Pride.” The New York City Gay Men’s Chorus performs, listen to a guided talk about the exhibition Zanele Muholi: Isibonelo/Evidence, enjoy lively ten-minute talks about the exhibition Diverse Works: Director’s Choice, 1997–2015, watch “Trans Lives Matter! Justice for Islan Nettles” (Seyi Adebanjo, 2013, 6 min.). Also, design and create a flag that expresses your identity and culture, poetry from trans South Asian performance art duo Dark Matter, live music from activist and musician DJ Lynnee Denise, plus queercore & punk & non-college rock music from Brooklyn-based band Aye Nako. Plus, a queer Latin dance party, and more!
How much: FREE; free tickets for certain talks are limited and start at 5:30pm.

Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet
When: Saturday, June 6 at 7:30pm
Where: BAM Howard Gilman Opera House on Ashland Place between Lafayette Avenue and Hanson Place
What: The company performs Jiří Kylián’s “Indigo Rose,” Jo Strømgren’s theatrical romp “Necessity, Again,” and Crystal Pite’s moody and atmospheric “Ten Duets on a Theme of Rescue.”
How much: $20 and up

SUNDAY, JUNE 7

Bethel Sports Clubs Free Exercise Class
When: Every Sunday from 3-4pm
Where: Bethel SDA Health Ministry at 457 Grand Avenue
What: Weekly exercise class with dumbbells, tension ropes, exercise ball, treadmill and the guidance of a certified fitness instructor.

Strange Fruit play reading
When: Sunday, June 7 at 7pm
Where: JACK at 505 1/2 Waverly Avenue
What: Readings of all previous anti-lynching plays in the series(each about 15 minutes), as well as an excerpt of Rachel (1914), by Angelina Weld Grimké.
How much: $5-10 suggested donation

ONGOING

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.

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

This post is sponsored by the LeFrak Center at Lakeside. For more information about upcoming events, check out their website.