Things To Do This Weekend, Through August 16: Three-Part Operetta, Self-Defense Performance, And A Greenlight Chapbook Launch Party
Below you’ll find information on events through the weekend in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill this weekend. Check back Monday for next week’s events!
For family-friendly and kids events, see this week’s (through August 11) 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, AUGUST 14
Gallery Tour
When: Friday, August 14 at 2pm
Where: Brooklyn Museum, first floor lobby, 200 Eastern Parkway
What: Join a Museum Guide for a free tour of the exhibition The Rise of Sneaker Culture.
Wine Tasting
When: Friday, August 14 from 5-8pm
Where: Leon and Son Wine and Spirits at 995 Fulton Street
What: Free tasting at the new Clinton Hill shop!
“I Can’t Breathe” Performance and Self-Defense Class
When: Friday, August 14 at 7pm
Where: BRIC Stoop at 647 Fulton Street
What: Artist Sable Elyse Smith and Shaun Leonardo will present aparticipatory performance and lecture, in conjunction with the exhibition Inherited. Leonardo will present I Can’t Breathe, his performance which takes the form of a self-defense class in which participants will learn a range of self-defense techniques. There will be a conversation after which will be moderated by Kimberly Drew,Founder of Black Contemporary Art.
Greenlight Staff Appreciation Party and Chapbook Launch
When: Friday, August 14 at 7:30pm
Where: Greenlight Bookstore at 686 Fulton Street
What: Greenlight Bookstore is home to some of the best booksellers (and readers) in the business, and many of them also happen to be talented writers and artists as well. Tonight’s summer party is a tribute to them: their great taste in books, their handselling skills, and their creativity. As we drink a toast to the booksellers, we’re also launching Hypothetical People, a brand-new chapbook of work created by Greenlight staff: original poetry, fiction, drama, criticism, and visual arts, in a lovingly produced collection curated and edited by Greenlight’s own Angel Nafis! Customers can enter a raffle to win a copy of the new chapbook, and wine and refreshments will be served. Between 7:00 PM and closing, customers will get a 20% discount on any book recommended to them by a Greenlight bookseller. And the booksellers will read selections of their work and sign copies of the new chapbook as the evening closes. Join us in celebrating the booksellers and their work, and get a copy of the limited edition chapbook while supplies last.
Lola Star’s Dreamland Roller Disco
When: Friday, August 14 from 7:30-10pm
Where: LeFrak Center at Lakeside in Prospect Park at 171 East Drive
What: Tonight’s theme is “Ziggy Stardust.” For a full list of themes, visit http://lakesidebrooklyn.com/dreamland/.
Comedy Show
When: Friday, August 14 at 8pm
Where: Five Spot Soul Food at 459 Myrtle Avenue
What: Free comedy show every Friday night.
Karaoke Night
When: Friday, August 14 from 8pm-12am
Where: SIP Bar at 14 Putnam Avenue
What: Every Friday night. Hosted by Kings of Karaoke.
How much: Free
SATURDAY, AUGUST 15
Fort Greene Park Greenmarket
When: Every Saturday from 8am-4pm
Where: Washington Park between DeKalb and Willoughby Avenues
What: Weekly farmers market with live music and family-friendly activities.
Shape Up!: Stretching (Essentrics)
When: Saturday, August 15 at 10am
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 at 10 AM and ends at 11 AM. No registration is needed.
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
When: Saturday, August 15 at 12pm
Where: Bedford Library at 496 Franklin Avenue
What: Join this FREE aerobics class. Class taught by NYC Parks Department community volunteer.
Brooklyn Pop-Up Market
When: Saturdays through December 23 from 12-6pm
Where: Trilok Fusion Arts at 143 Waverly Avenue
What: Find details about each week at: https://www.facebook.com/brooklynpopupmarket2014.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 16
Wash[ington] Avenue Rocks! Street Fair
When: Sunday, August 16 from 12-6pm
Where: Between St. Marks and Prospect Place
What: Family, food, fashion, fun, including a runway show, pooch parade, kids carnival corner, and live music.
Gallery Tours
When: Sunday, August 16 at 2pm
Where: Brooklyn Museum at 200 Eastern Parkway
What: Join a Museum Guide for a free tour of the exhibition The Rise of Sneaker Culture.
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.
Habana Outpost Movie Sundays
When: Sunday, August 16 at 8pm
Where: Habana Outpost at 757 Fulton Street
What: “Grease” will be screened as part of the weekly movie series.
Free Movie
When: Sunday, August 16 at 8pm
Where: The Joint on Myrtle at 471 Myrtle Avenue
What: Free movie for the family, every weekend. Free popcorn and kitchen open until 11pm. Suggest your favorite movie for a future screening!
ONGOING
“Before You Get Too Far Afield” Operetta
When: August 13-23 — Thurs-Sat at 8pm and Sun at 5pm.
Where: JACK at 505 1/2 Waverly Avenue
What: An epic three-part operetta. It begins at a bus stop and winds up in a chicken factory, capturing the past century in a day. Three actresses play 12 roles, conjuring a bombastic reality of coffee prisons, waahr, car seats sinking in mud and unmanned umbrellas falling from the sky. The piece is largely a meditation on imprisonment, transformation and the necessity to go away and get lost every now and then. Overall the play is teeming with loudness and grit, harsh images and blunt suffering, yet there is an equal dose of goof, absurdity and inwardness simultaneously at work. There is also much singing—the songs never let up—and by the end the piece is practically an opera.
How much: $15
Show and Tell Photos Of Your Clinton Hill Neighborhood
When: Through August 31 from 10am-6pm
Where: Clinton Hill Library at 380 Washington Avenue
What: Bring a picture and your written short caption/short story that tells the story of your Clinton Hill neighborhood. It can be a picture of a person or persons, a place, a thing, a picturesque memory. All photographic short stories/captions & pictures will be displayed in the Clinton Hill Library for you and your neighbors to see for the month of September 2015. You can bring in your picture and story into the branch or mail it to 380 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238 or email it to cclark@bklynlibrary.org
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