Things To Do This Weekend: CaribBEING, Freddie Mercury, And Juneteenth Arts Festival
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 (June 9-16).
Submit your event listing to our BROOKLYN-WIDE CALENDAR or by emailing editor@bklyner.com.
FRIDAY, JUNE 12
Lola Star’s Dreamland Roller Disco
When: Friday, June 12 form 7:30-10pm
Where: LeFrak Center at Lakeside in Prospect Park at 171 East Drive
What: “We Are The Champions” Freddie Mercury and Queens-themed party. For a full list of weekly themes, visit http://lakesidebrooklyn.com/dreamland/.
Comedy Show
When: Friday, June 12 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
Wildcat! Assembly
When: Friday, June 12 at 8pm
Where: JACK at 505 1/2 Waverly Avenue
What: Wildcat!, an interdisciplinary performance collective formed in 2013 by choreographer/performers Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste, Eleni Zaharopoulos and André M. Zachery, will hold an “assembly” with two programs featured: I DO MIND DYING: danse précarité and 3 Meaningful Meditations. These two evening-length performances address social justice issues of racism, gender inequality, and economic oppression through the lens of three artists from unique artistic mediums: dance, physical performance, and sound.
How much: $15
Karaoke Night
When: Friday, June 12 from 8pm-12am
Where: SIP Bar at 14 Putnam Avenue
What: Every Friday night. Hosted by Kings of Karaoke.
How much: Free
SATURDAY, JUNE 13
Fort Greene Park Greenmarket
When: Saturday, June 13 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 13 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 13 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.
Housing Resource Fair
When: Saturday, June 13 from 10am-3pm
Where: Brooklyn College Student Center at Campus Road and East 27th Street, 2nd Floor
What: Everything you need to know about renting, buying, keeping, maintaining your home. Help with housing assistance, rental rights, grants, affordable mortgages, home repair, loan modification, legal advice, refinancing, homeowner’s/renter’s insurance, banks, etc. Hosted by the Neighborhood Housing Services and Flatbush Development Corporation.
How much: FREE | RSVP to 718-469-4679 or infoef_01@nhsnyc.org
Health Fair
When: Saturday, June 13 from 10am-4pm
Where: Luom Headquarters at 65-67 Putnam Avenue
What: Community health fair.
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.
Shape Up NYC Aerobics Class
When: Saturday, June 13 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 13 from 12-7pm
Where: Trilok Fusion Arts at 143 Waverly Avenue
What: Find details about each week at: www.brooklynpopupmarket.com.
CaribBEING’s Heritage Film Series
When: Saturday, June 13 at 2pm
Where: Brooklyn Museum at 200 Eastern Parkway
What: We pay tribute to the diverse cultures and contributions of Americans of Caribbean heritage with recent feature films and shorts by Caribbean filmmakers. Each is followed by a talkback with the filmmaker. (1) Missing Melodie (Monique Cambell, 2008, 7 min.). A young woman emigrates from Jamaica in hopes of reuniting with her mother. (2) The Price of Memory (Karen Marks Mafundikwa, 2014, 83 min.) explores the legacy of slavery in Jamaica by tracing the movement for slavery reparations catalyzed by Queen Elizabeth II’s visit to Jamaica in 2002.
Catch 68
When: Saturday, June 13 at 8pm
Where: BRIC House Stoop at 647 Fulton Street
What: CATCH, curated with delicate irreverence by Andrew Dinwiddie, Jeff Larson and Caleb Hammons, brings everyone’s favorite Obie award-winning, hydra-headed, multi-disciplinary, rough-and-ready show to BRIC for the first time. CATCH 68 will feature: Eve Beglarian, Monstah Black, Luke George, I Am A Boy’s Choir, Lana Del Rey’s One and Only Raja Feather Kelly, Jumatatu Poe, Tatyana Tenenbaum, Kristin Worrall!
How much: $10 at the door
Wildcat! Assembly
When: Saturday, June 13 at 8pm
Where: JACK at 505 1/2 Waverly Avenue
What: Wildcat!, an interdisciplinary performance collective formed in 2013 by choreographer/performers Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste, Eleni Zaharopoulos and André M. Zachery, will hold an “assembly” with two programs featured: I DO MIND DYING: danse précarité and 3 Meaningful Meditations. These two evening-length performances address social justice issues of racism, gender inequality, and economic oppression through the lens of three artists from unique artistic mediums: dance, physical performance, and sound.
How much: $15
SUNDAY, JUNE 14
15th annual Fort Greene Juneteenth Arts Festival
When: Sunday, June 14 from 12-6pm
Where: Cuyler Gore Park at Fulton Street and Greene Avenue
What: “We the people of Brooklyn, New York, do ordain and organize the annual observance of Juneteenth as a celebration of our liberty, unity, and culture and a remembrance that none of us are free until we are all free.”
Gallery Tour: Brooklyn Museum Building and History
When: Sunday, June 14 at 2pm
Where: Brooklyn Museum at 200 Eastern Parkway
What: Join a Museum Guide for a free tour of the Museum’s Beaux-Arts architecture and its history.
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.
Wildcat! Assembly
When: Sunday, June 14 at 3pm
Where: JACK at 505 1/2 Waverly Avenue
What: Wildcat!, an interdisciplinary performance collective formed in 2013 by choreographer/performers Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste, Eleni Zaharopoulos and André M. Zachery, will hold an “assembly” with two programs featured: I DO MIND DYING: danse précarité and 3 Meaningful Meditations. These two evening-length performances address social justice issues of racism, gender inequality, and economic oppression through the lens of three artists from unique artistic mediums: dance, physical performance, and sound.
How much: $15
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