Things To Do This Weekend: Brooklyn Peace And Justice Fair, Jazz Vespers, And Senior Fitness
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 30) Kid Calendar. Also, here is the 2015 Music In The Grove schedule.
Submit your event listing to our BROOKLYN-WIDE CALENDAR or by emailing editor@bklyner.com.
FRIDAY, JUNE 26
Mobile Legal Clinic
When: Friday, June 26 from 10am-3pm
Where: Outside 1 Hanson Place
What: Free legal help from the New York Legal Assistance Group and the New York State Courts’ Access to Justice program.
How much: Free | Make an appointment at http;//www.nylag.org/MLHCappointments.
When: Friday, June 26 from 4-6pm
Where: Fowler Square at Fulton Street and Lafayette Avenue
What: Fun for the whole family.
Lola Star’s Dreamland Roller Disco
When: Friday, June 26 form 7:30-10pm
Where: LeFrak Center at Lakeside in Prospect Park at 171 East Drive
What: 90s pop and vintage hip-hop-themed party. For a full list of weekly themes, visit http://lakesidebrooklyn.com/dreamland/.
Comedy Show
When: Friday, June 26 at 8pm
Where: Five Spot Soul Food at 459 Myrtle Avenue
What: Free comedy show every Friday night. Hosted by Pee Wee Dee.
Karaoke Night
When: Friday, June 26 from 8pm-12am
Where: SIP Bar at 14 Putnam Avenue
What: Every Friday night. Hosted by Kings of Karaoke.
How much: Free
SATURDAY, JUNE 27
Fort Greene Park Greenmarket
When: Saturday, June 27 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 27 from 10-11am
Where: Ingersoll Community Center at 177 Myrtle Avenue
What: Free class. No registration or experience necessary.
Shape Up Stretching (Essentrics)
When: Saturday, June 27 from 10-11am
Where: Clinton Hill LIbrary at 380 Washington Avenue
What: Our popular NYC Parks Department “Shape Up! program returns with a new local volunteer instructor and an emphasis on stretching (Essentrics). Class begins on May 2nd at 10 AM and ends at 11 AM. No registration is needed.
Brooklyn Peace and Justice Fair
When: Saturday, June 27 from 11am-5pm
Where: Cuyler Gore Park at Fulton Street and Greene Avenue
What: A free, community peace and justice fair! There will be music, theater, discussion, spoken word, art, children’s activities, yoga, meditation, know your rights information, games, button making, and information on peace and justice issues.
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.
Computer Basics For Seniors
When: Saturday, June 27 from 10:30am-1:30pm
Where: BRIC House at 647 Fulton Street
What: BRIC is very proud to announce Tech Basics, an all-new series of free classes specifically designed to help seniors up their tech skills. We are offering six classes throughout the summer— three to help seniors increase their computer literacy and the other three are to help seniors increase their social media literacy. See the full schedule here:
Shape Up NYC Low-Impact Aerobics Class
When: Saturday, June 27 at 11am
Where: Bedford Library at 496 Franklin Avenue
What: Join this FREE low-impact aerobics class. Class taught by NYC Parks Department community volunteers.
BRIC Media Certification Orientation
When: Saturday, June 27 from 11am-1pm
Where: BRIC House at 647 Fulton Street
What: Orientation is a great introduction to what community access television is all about— from the sense of community, to the state-of-the-art television studios, to the variety of classes available like DSLR Filmmaking, Video Editing with Premiere, Intro to Marketing, and more. Discover your possibilities in the course catalog.
How much: Free, No RSVP required
Shape Up NYC Aerobics Class
When: Saturday, June 27 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 27 from 12-7pm
Where: Trilok Fusion Arts at 143 Waverly Avenue
What: Find details about each week at: www.brooklynpopupmarket.com.
Gallery Tour: “New York Focus”
When: Saturday, June 27 at 1pm
Where: Brooklyn Museum at 200 Eastern Parkway
What: Join a Museum Guide for a free tour of New York-themed art in the installation American Identities.
How much: Free with museum admission
B Scene @ The Bishop: Women And Men Making Media
When: Saturday, June 27 from 4-9pm
Where: Bishop Gallery at 916 Bedford Avenue
What: In B Scene: Women & Men Making Media, our friends at The Bishop Gallery help celebrate the diverse and exciting content being produced by aspiring women and men in TV and Film at Brooklyn Free Speech. This special evening will explore their work and discuss the role gender plays in front of, and behind the camera.
SUNDAY, JUNE 28
Film: “CaribBEING’s Heritage Film Series”
When: Sunday, June 28 at 2pm
Where: Brooklyn Museum, 3rd floor auditorium, at 200 Eastern Parkway
What: Doubles with Slight Pepper (Ian Harnarine, 2011, 16 min.) tells the story of Dhani, a young street-food vendor, as he reunites with his estranged father on Christmas. Pan! Our Music Odyssey (Jérôme Guiot, 2014, 80 min.), a docufilm, explores the history of steelpan music, from the banning of slave drum dances to the first Panorama in 1963, including the competition today. This screening is the film’s New York premiere. A musical performance follows.
How much: Free with admission
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.
Jazz Vespers
When: Sunday, June 28 from 3-5pm
Where: Emmanuel Baptist Church at 279 Lafayette Avenue
What: Featuring Mari Toussaint, the Haitian Jazz Sensation.
Gallery Tour: “The Transformation of NYC”
When: Sunday, June 28 at 4pm
Where: Brooklyn Museum at 200 Eastern Parkway
What: Join a Museum Guide for a free tour of New York-themed art in the installation American Identities.
ONGOING
Piehole: “Hand Foot Fizzle Face”
When: Through Saturday, 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.