Things To Do This Weekend, Through August 23: Afropunk Festival, Fort Greene Summer Literary Festival, Block Parties, And Battle Of Brooklyn Events
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 25) 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 21
Wine Tasting
When: Friday, August 21 from 5-8pm
Where: Leon and Son Wine and Spirits at 995 Fulton Street
What: Free tasting at the new Clinton Hill shop!
Lola Star’s Dreamland Roller Disco
When: Friday, August 21 from 7:30-10pm
Where: LeFrak Center at Lakeside in Prospect Park at 171 East Drive
What: Tonight’s theme is “Walk Like An Egyptian.” For a full list of themes, see http://lakesidebrooklyn.com/dreamland/.
Comedy Show
When: Friday, August 21 at 8pm
Where: Five Spot Soul Food at 459 Myrtle Avenue
What: Free comedy show every Friday night.
Karaoke Night
When: Friday, August 21 from 8pm-12am
Where: SIP Bar at 14 Putnam Avenue
What: Every Friday night. Hosted by Kings of Karaoke.
How much: Free
SATURDAY, AUGUST 22
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 22 at 10-11am
Where: Clinton Hill Library at 380 Washington Avenue
What: The NYC Parks Department “Shape Up! program returns with a new local volunteer instructor and an emphasis on stretching (Essentrics). No registration is needed.
Black Girls Code: Women Of Color In STEM Career Panel
When: Saturday, August 22 from 10am-12pm
Where: Brooklyn Borough Hall at 209 Joralemon Street
What: Free and open to youth aged 10-17 years old and their parents. RSVP to wocstembk.eventbrite.com or by emailing programs@brooklynbp.nyc.gov.
Prison Ships Martyrs Memorial Ceremony
When: Saturday, August 22 at 10am
Where: Prison Ship Martyrs Monument atop Fort Greene Park
What: Coordinated by the Society of Old Brooklynites, American Merchant Marine Association, and Navy Armed Guard. 107th annual memorial tribute to 11,500 Revolutionary War soldiers buried at the site. Keynote remarks will be delivered by George Broadhead, a US Marine Corps veteran.
Health Fair
When: Saturday, August 22 from 10am-4pm
Where: Cumberland Diagnostic at 100 North Portland Avenue
What: Free health screenings, information, giveaways, children’s activities, bone marrow donor screenings, and more.
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.
Know God Know Love Block Party
When: Saturday, August 22 from 10am-5pm
Where: Apostolic Faith Mission at 265 Lafayette Avenue at Washington Avenue
What: Free food, music, games, face-painting, prizes, back-to-school giveaway, fellowship, and more.
Community Day Street Fair/Block Party
When: Saturday, August 22 from 10am-5pm
Where: Zion Shiloh Baptist Church at 188 Clermont Avenue (between Myrtle and Willoughby Avenues)
What: Free food, health screenings, school supplies, games, music, face-painting, and more.
Shape Up NYC Aerobics
When: Saturday, August 22 at 12pm
Where: Bedford Library at 496 Franklin Avenue
What: Join this FREE aerobics class. Class taught by NYC Parks Department community volunteer.
Free Shred Day
When: Saturday, August 22
Where: Emmanuel Baptist Church at 279 Lafayette Avenue
What: Shred Day is an event to help individuals prevent identity theft. At Shred Fest you can safely shred personal papers for free using shredding trucks.
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.
Scavenger Battle!
When: Saturday, August 22 from 1-4pm
Where: Brooklyn Navy Yard Center at BLDG 92, 63 Flushing Ave at Carlton Ave
What: Team up with family & friends for a day of trivia, gaming and historical fun. Follow “Brooklyn vs. Britain” pop culture clues in an interactive scavenger hunt, play our Battle Ship Memory Match game and have a tea party!
11th annual Fort Greene Summer Literary Festival
When: Saturday, August 22 at 2pm
Where: BRIC Arts Media at 647 Fulton Street
What: Greenlight Bookstore, NY Writers Coalition, and Akashic Books present this festival. Featuring young writers (6-18 years old) reading alongside great poets, artists, and fiction writers for an inspiring afternoon of literature. This year’s guests include Tiphanie Yanique, author of Land of Love and Drowning; Morgan Parker, author of Other People’s Comfort Keeps Me Up At Night; and Mahogany Browne, author of Smudge, with Apogee Journal’s founding editor Chris Prioleau as the MC. This exciting event brings several generations of writers together to build on the literary traditions of Fort Greene. A reception will follow with wine, lemonade and cake for all attendees.
How much: FREE
Afropunk 2015 Book Signings
When: Saturday, August 22 from 2-5pm
Where: Commodore Barry Park on Navy Street between Park and Flushing Avenues
What: 2-3pm: Daniel José Older, author of Shadowshaper; 3-4pm: Naomi Jackson, author of The Star Side of Bird Hill; 4-5pm: Jeanine Hays & Bryan Mason, authors of Remix
SUNDAY, AUGUST 23
Afropunk 2015 Book Signings
When: Sunday, August 23 from 2-5pm
Where: Commodore Barry Park on Navy Street between Park and Flushing Avenues
What: 2-3pm: James Hannaham, author of Delicious Foods; 3-4pm: Angela Flournoy, author of The Turner House; 4-5pm: authors of Unlocking The Truth
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 23 at 8pm
Where: Habana Outpost at 757 Fulton Street
What: “Footloose” will be screened as part of the weekly movie series.
Free Movie
When: Sunday, August 23 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
