Things To Do This Weekend, Through September 28: Final Wallabout Walking Tour, Oktoberfest, And Wendell Pierce

For family-friendly and kids events, see this week’s (through September 29) Kid Calendar.

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

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25

Free Beats with DJ Dundee
When: Friday, September 25 at 4-6:30pm
Where: Lakeside at Prospect Park at 171 East Drive
What: Enjoy free admission and skate to the hottest hits spun by Lakeside’s resident maestro. Skate rentals available for $6 +tax. Open to all ages

Wine Tasting
When: Friday, September 25 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, September 25 from 7:30-10pm
Where: LeFrak Center at Lakeside in Prospect Park at 171 East Drive
What: Tonight’s theme is “80s Pajama Party.” For a full list of themes, see http://lakesidebrooklyn.com/dreamland/.

Comedy Show
When: Friday, September 25 at 8pm
Where: Five Spot Soul Food at 459 Myrtle Avenue
What: Free comedy show every Friday night.

Karaoke Night
When: Friday, September 25 from 8pm-12am
Where: SIP Bar at 14 Putnam Avenue
What: Every Friday night. Hosted by Kings of Karaoke.
How much: Free

BAMCafe Live: Kendra Foster
When: Friday, September 29 at 10pm
Where: BAM Peter Jay Sharp Building at 30 Lafayette Avenue
What: This adventurous singer-songwriter, a former member of George Clinton’s Parliament-Funkadelic and the co-writer of eight songs on D’Angelo’s acclaimed comeback album, Black Messiah, is a compelling frontwoman in her own right. Drawing inspiration from artists running the gamut from Dinah Washington to Björk, Kendra Foster creates irresistible jazz-funk rave-ups with a colorful sonic palette.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26

Oktoberfest
When: Saturday, September 19 through Friday, October 2
Where: Black Forest Brooklyn at 733 Fulton Street
What: Oktoberfest beer and other specials!

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, September 26 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.

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.

Wallabout Historic Walking Tour
When: Saturday, September 26 from 11am-1pm
Where: Meet at Fort Greene Park Visitor’s Center
What: FREE guided walking tour through Fort Greene Park and the historic Wallabout neighborhood north of Myrtle Avenue. The neighborhood, most of which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district, has a beautiful mix of pre-Civil War homes and late 19th century industrial buildings. The walk will discuss how the neighborhood has developed since the Dutch first arrived in the early 1600’s and highlight notable residents, such as Walt Whitman (visit The Walt Whitman Project for more information). The 2 hour guided tour begins in Fort Greene Park, includes a 1.5 mile walk, and concludes at 99 Ryerson Street.
How much: The event is FREE, but space is limited and registration is required.

Brooklyn Pop-Up Market
When: Saturdays through December 23 from 12-6pm
Where: Trilok Fusion Arts at 143 Waverly Avenue
What: Weekly themes and vendors!

Book Discussion: Brown Girl Dreaming
When: Saturday, September 26 at 4pm
Where: Clinton Hill Library at 380 Washington Avenue
What: Tweens, teens, and adults are all welcome at this discussion of Brooklyn author Jacqueline Woodson’s National Book Award-winning memoir in poems about growing up in the South and in Brooklyn.

Author Talk: Jonathan Franzen
When: Saturday, September 26 at 6:30pm
Where: St. Joseph’s College at 245 Clinton Avenue
What: Jonathan Franzen’s new novel Purity is a grand story of youthful idealism, extreme fidelity, and murder. The National Book Award-winning author of The Corrections and Freedom has imagined a world of vividly original characters — Californians and East Germans, good parents and bad parents, journalists and leakers — and he follows their intertwining paths through landscapes as contemporary as the omnipresent Internet and as ancient as the war between the sexes. Franzen discusses his work with Wyatt Mason, a Contributing Writer for the New York Times Magazine and a Writer in Residence at Bard College. Book signing to follow.
How much: $30

BAMCafe Live: Eco-Music Big Band: Sun Ra Opera and Celebration
When: Saturday, September 26 at 9pm
Where: BAM Peter Jay Sharp Building at 30 Lafayette Avenue
What: The dynamic jazz ensemble Eco-Music Big Band presents the world premiere of scenes fromMr. Mystery: The Return of Sun Ra to Save Planet Earth!, a free-jazz opera by the late activist composer (and Eco-Music Big Band founder) Fred Ho. In this freewheeling odyssey, visionary jazz musician Sun Ra is summoned back to life to save the world from impending destruction brought on by war, global warming, and economic decline.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27

Literary Conversation with Wendell Pierce
When: Sunday, September 27 at 12pm
Where: Bed-Stuy Restoration, Skylight Gallery at 1368 Fulton Street
What: Actor and Tony Award-winning producer Wendell Pierce, who starred in the HBO series The Wire and Treme and feature films including Selma, Ray, and Waiting to Exhale, was born in New Orleans, where his family still lives. When Hurricane Katrina devastated the city in 2005, Pierce and his family found their home in tatters and their neighborhood of Pontchartrain Park decimated. Heartbroken but resilient, Pierce found a way to reignite his community’s hope and faith in their city through art, with a now-legendary production of Waiting for Godot staged in two of the city’s hardest-hit neighborhoods. Pierce’s new book The Wind in the Reeds unifies his family history with his lifelong passion for theater and music, showing the critical importance art plays in the lifeblood of New Orleans, and the collaborative potential art has to help heal ourselves, our families, and our communities.
How much: $40 includes book and light brunch

Sound Off Roller Disco
When: Sunday, September 27 from 2-6pm
Where: Lakeside at Prospect Park at 171 East Drive
What: We’ll be rockin’ the house with three channels of music broadcasted through Sound Off GLO EXP noise-isolating headphones. Channel 1 – Disco,  Channel 2 – Top 40 and Dance Classics ft. Sound Off Resident DJ Kharisma, Channel 3 – 80’s / 90’s. Headphones are limited so RSVP for yours early, and get ready to lace up your skates and boogie down with Sound Off!

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.

Family Movie Night
When: Sunday, September 27 at 8pm
Where: Habana Outpost at 757 Fulton Street
What: “Arthur” will be screened as part of the weekly movie series.

Free Movie
When: Sunday, September 27 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!

Unbound At BAM: Talk with Bryan Doerries
When: Sunday, September 27 at 8pm
Where: BAM Harvey Theater at 651 Fulton Street
What: Celebrating the launch of The Theater of War, by theater director and translator Bryan Doerries, actors Adam Driver, Paul Giamatti, David Strathairn, and others read portions of Doerries’ book. Doerries then leads an audience discussion exploring how ancient tragedies can help communities that have been visited by trauma begin to heal.
How much: $30 / $45 includes autographed book

ONGOING

“When We Were Soldiers… once and young (WWWS) / The Heart of Darkness”
When: September 19 through October 24
Where: Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital
What: Photographic installation by German artist and social activist Bettina WitteVeen. Presented as a visual poem, WWWS will weave together over 100 black and white and color analog photographs culled from historic archives, sculptures in the form of large crosses and a walk-in altar with a sound installation. The installation, including WitteVeen’s wide-ranging and visually rich photographs, will philosophically and artistically explore the depth of humanity’s collective shadow as it finds its ultimate expression in war and genocide.

Show and Tell Photos Of Your Clinton Hill Neighborhood
When: By appointment
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