> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://bklyner.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Things To Do This Week, Through March 18: Free Tax Help, Guinness & Oyster Fest, DIY Charm Bracelets, Another Rat Academy - URL: https://bklyner.com/things-week-march-18-free-tax-help-easter-crafts-fortgreene/ - Published: 2016-03-14T21:12:01.000Z - Updated: 2016-03-15T18:09:07.000Z - Author: Heather Chin - Tags: Events, fort greene, Nonsponsored, North Western Brooklyn, events calendar, things to do, #wp Below you’ll find information on events through the week in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. Check back Thursday to see what’s scheduled this weekend! [Submit your event listing](/calendar/) to our [BROOKLYN-WIDE CALENDAR](/calendar/). **[![books](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/books.jpg)](/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/books.jpg)ONGOING** **Book Sale Donation Collection** **When:** Through Friday, April 8 **Where:** Clinton Hill Library at 380 Washington Avenue **What:** The Friends of Clinton Hill will be holding their next Book Sale on Saturday, April 16th in conjunction with the ASPCA Adoption Van. Donations of books and CD’s in good condition will be accepted during library hours ONLY from Tuesday, January 12th through Friday, April 8th. **Creative Drama: Bringing Stories to Life** **When:** For nine weeks **Where:** Walt Whitman Library at 93 Saint Edwards Street **What:** A free drama workshop for ages 6-11 years old. Children will learn how to tell their own stories through acting, creating characters, developing plots, playing theater games and employing props and costumes. For more information or to register, please contact the library at **[718-935-0244](tel:718-935-0244), ext. 62110.** **How Much:** FREE **[![Screen Shot 2016-03-14 at 6.03.02 PM](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-14-at-6.03.02-PM.png)](/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-14-at-6.03.02-PM.png)MONDAY, MARCH 14** **Fort Greene Association Meeting** **When:** Monday, March 14 at 7pm **Where:** Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church at 85 South Oxford Street **What:** Discuss concerns about soil remediation at BAM Park, as well as the planned Lafayette Avenue Bike Lane, and more. **Authors in Conversation: Dreams and Disillusion** **When:** Monday, March 14 at 7:30pm **Where:** Greenlight Bookstore at 686 Fulton Street **What:** Two exciting debut authors from Macmillan present fiction that probes our most idealistic dreams and what happens when dreams are disappointed. Patrick Dacey’s story collection *We’ve Already Gone This Far* features the citizens of working-class Wequaquet, a town like many in America where people are searching for what is now an almost out-of-reach version of the American Dream. In Daniel Torday’s novel *The Last Flight of Poxl West*, a teenager’s romantic vision of his uncle, the WWII fighter pilot of the title, is tested when he learns the darker truths of his wartime experiences. George Saunders calls Dacey one of his “favorite young American authors”, and Torday’s book has been called “an utterly accomplished novel” by the *New York Times Book Review*; Greenlight is honored to host these two up and coming writers for a reading, discussion and wine reception. **[![stoop series new music old science](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/stoop-series-new-music-old-science.jpg)](/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/stoop-series-new-music-old-science.jpg)TUESDAY, MARCH 15** **Babies and Books** **When:** Tuesday, March 15 at 10:15am and 11:15am **Where:** Clinton Hill Library at 380 Washington Avenue **What:** Storytime is for babies, too! Come sing, play, hear stories, and meet with other parents and caregivers. **Story Play with First RIF** **When:** Tuesday, March 15 at 11am **Where:** Walt Whitman Library at 93 Saint Edwards Street **What:** Hear stories, sing songs and play with other children. Ages 0-5. **Toddler Time with RIF** **When:** Tuesday, March 15 at 11am **Where:** Bedford Library at 496 Franklin Avenue **What:** The more you read, sing and talk with toddlers, the more they learn! Have fun hearing great picture books read aloud and playing with other children during this program dedicated to active toddlers. (18 – 36 months). ![woman_in_gold_0](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/woman_in_gold_0.jpg) Free Movie: “Woman In Gold” **When:** Tuesday, March 15 at 1:45pm **Where:** Clinton Hill Library at 380 Washington Avenue **What:** WOMAN IN GOLD is the remarkable true story of one woman’s journey to reclaim her heritage and seek justice for what happened to her family. Sixty years after she fled Vienna during World War II, an elderly Jewish woman, Maria Altmann (Helen Mirren), starts her journey to retrieve family possessions seized by the Nazis, among them Klimt’s famous painting Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I. Together with her inexperienced but plucky young lawyer Randy Schoenberg (Ryan Reynolds), she embarks upon a major battle which takes them all the way to the heart of the Austrian establishment and the U.S. Supreme Court, and forces her to confront difficult truths about the past along the way. ![men women children movie](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/men-women-children-movie.jpg) Free Movie: “Men, Women, and Children” **When:** Tuesday, March 15 from 4-7pm **Where:** Walt Whitman Library at 93 Saint Edwards Street **What:** The story of a group of high school teenagers and their parents as they attempt to navigate the many ways the internet has changed their relationships, their communication, their self-image, and their love lives. As each character and each relationship is tested, and shows the variety of roads people choose; some tragic, some hopeful. ![mocada workshop](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/mocada-workshop.jpg) [](https://www.classy.org/brooklyn/events/tax-talks-artists-entrepreneurs/e73101?ref=bklyner.com)[Community Workshop: ](https://www.classy.org/brooklyn/events/tax-talks-artists-entrepreneurs/e73101?ref=bklyner.com)*[Tax Talks: Artists & Entrepreneurs](https://www.classy.org/brooklyn/events/tax-talks-artists-entrepreneurs/e73101?ref=bklyner.com)* [When: ](https://www.classy.org/brooklyn/events/tax-talks-artists-entrepreneurs/e73101?ref=bklyner.com)Tuesday, March 15 at 6-8pm **Where:** MoCADA at 80 Hanson Place **What:** Join us for a workshop that offers tax advice to local artists and entrepreneurs. Representatives from H&R Block will be on-site to answer questions. Refreshments to be served. **How Much:** Free with museum admission **CB2 Transportation Committee Meeting** **When:** Tuesday, March 15 at 6pm **Where:** LIU Brooklyn, Jonas Board Room, 2nd Floor **What:** The Department of Transportation (DOT) will present bike lane enhancements on Jay and Smith streets, from Sands to Schermerhorn streets. Speaking on behalf of the agency will be Ted Wright, acting director of the bike and greenway program, and Hayes Lord, director of the bike program. The improvements result in part from a workshop sponsored by CB2 among many others. ![Photo courtesy of .](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/putnams-oyster-fest.jpg) Photo courtesy of [.](https://www.facebook.com/MyrtleAveBrooklyn/photos/a.10152073795670281.1073741837.156063095280/10153116202855281/?type=1) **Guinness and Oyster Fest** **When:** Tuesday, March 15 at 6pm **Where:** Putnam’s Pub & Cooker at 419 Myrtle Avenue **What:** Free oysters & learn how to put the perfect pint of Guinness! **Zumba Class** **When:** Tuesday, March 15 at 6:30 pm **Where:** Clinton Hill Library at 380 Washington Avenue **What:** Have fun and meet new people while fulfilling your New Year fitness resolutions. Our free Zumba classes are taught by certified Zumba instructor Arturo Perez. **[Stoop Series: New Music/Old Science](http://bricartsmedia.org/events/the-stoop-series-new-music-old-science?ref=bklyner.com)** **When:** Tuesday, March 15 at 7pm **Where:** BRIC Stoop at 647 Fulton Street **What:** A special look inside the creative process of **[Anatomy Theater](http://www.laopera.org/season/1516-Season-at-a-Glance/Anatomy-Theater/?ref=bklyner.com)**, a new multimedia opera written by composer [D](http://davidlangmusic.com/music/anatomy-theater?ref=bklyner.com)**[avid Lang](http://davidlangmusic.com/music/anatomy-theater?ref=bklyner.com)** and visual artist **[Mark Dion](http://www.tanyabonakdargallery.com/artists/mark-dion/series?ref=bklyner.com)**, that stages a “moral spectacle” inspired by 18th-century operating theaters to explore the relationship of the spiritual to the physical body. **[Novelists in Conversation: American Spaces and Escapes](http://www.greenlightbookstore.com/event/cote-smith-laura-van-den-berg?ref=bklyner.com)** **When:** Tuesday, March 15 at 7:30pm **Where:** Greenlight Bookstore at 686 Fulton Street **What:** Two debut novels from FSG Originals explore bleak spaces in the American landscape, and various means of escape. Cote Smith’s *Hurt People*, based on his well-received short story of the same name, is set in Leavenworth, Kansas in the summer of 1988, and features two young brothers whose lives revolve around the pool in their apartment complex, even as the town is gripped by the recent escape of a convict. [Laura van den Berg’s](http://lauravandenberg.com/?ref=bklyner.com) *Find Me*, her followup to two acclaimed story collections, centers on Joy, who spends her days working the graveyard shift at a grocery store outside Boston — until a sickness that begins with memory loss and ends with death sweeps the country, and Joy’s immunity to the disease offers her a chance of escape. Smith and van den Berg discuss their work and the landscape of American fiction tonight at Greenlight. ![make your own charms](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/unnamed-5-1.jpg) **WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16** **Drop-in Computer Class** **When:** Wednesday, March 16 at 1pm **Where:** Clinton Hill Library at 380 Washington Avenue **What:** Do you have a specific question about how to use computers or find your way around the Internet? No time to attend a formal class? Join our drop-in computer lab for personalized assistance. **AARP Free Tax Help** **When:** Wednesday, March 16 at 1pm **Where:** Bedford Library at 496 Franklin Avenue **What:** All AARP free tax preparation sites for low and middle income taxpayers operate on a first come, first served basis. To file taxes electronically on a married-filing-joint tax return, both spouses must be present to sign the required forms. **[![easter-craft-finished](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/easter-craft-finished.jpg)](/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/easter-craft-finished.jpg)Kids Create: Cottonball Chicks and Bunnies** **When:** Wednesday, March 16 at 4pm **Where:** Clinton Hill Library at 380 Washington Avenue **What:** An easy spring project for the littlest crafters: adorable cotton ball friends that will fit in egg cartons. **Make Your Own Charms Night** **When:** Wednesday, March 16 at 6pm **Where:** Fort Greene General Store at 218 Dekalb Avenue **What:** Come sit around our craft table with some wine and neighbors and stamp your own silver or gold disc charms with meaningful letters or numbers. You then have the option of making them into a bracelet or necklace. Only $5 per Charm! Necklaces and Bracelets are extra. 8 person limit, first come first serve! You’ll have your DIY lucky charms just in time for St. Paddy’s Day or super early for Mother’s Day! **How Much:** $5 per charm **CEC 13 Meeting** **When:** Wednesday, March 16 at 6:30pm **Where:** P.S. 93/M.S. 266 at 31 New York Avenue **What:** Monthly meeting of local parents and community leaders in District 13. **Shape Up: Dance Fitness** **When:** Wednesday, March 16 at 6:45pm **Where:** Clinton Hill Library at 380 Washington Avenue **What:** Free exercise class with a community volunteer. No pre-registration required. **Women’s Self-Defense Class** **When:** Wednesday, March 16 at 7pm **Where:** Brooklyn Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu at 412 Myrtle Avenue **What:** Ages 12+. Free class. Register at [BrooklynBJJ.com.](http://brooklynbjj.com/?ref=bklyner.com) **Trivia Night** **When:** Wednesdays from 8-11pm **Where:** Putnam’s Pub at 419 Myrtle Avenue ****What:** Weekly trivia competition to win gift cards of $100 to Putnam’s. Beer specials all night. ****How much:** Free **[![through a lens darkly film screening](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-14-at-6.21.34-PM.png)](/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-14-at-6.21.34-PM.png)[ ](/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-14-at-6.21.34-PM.png)THURSDAY, MARCH 17** **Movement Class For Older Adults** **When:** Thursdays from 11am-12pm **Where:** Ingersoll Community Center at 177 Myrtle Avenue **What:** Led by Mark Morris Dance Center faculty. Explore movement and music in a creative and fun way. Designed to use gentle movement to explore and increase range of motion for older adults. **How much:** FREE ![rat academy 2](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/unnamed-6.jpg) [](http://mocada.org/events/through-a-lens-darkly-screening-workshop/?ref=bklyner.com)[Free Screening: “Through A Lens Darkly”](http://mocada.org/events/through-a-lens-darkly-screening-workshop/?ref=bklyner.com) **When:** Thursday, March 17 at 6pm **Where:** ingersoll Community Center at 177 Myrtle Avenue **What:** Documentary on the role of photography in shaping African American culture from slavery to today, plus an art workshop with MoCADA exhibiting artist Adrienne Gaither. **Rat Academy** **When:** Thursday, March 17 from 6-8:30pm **Where:** St. Ann’s and the Holy Trinity Church at 157 Montague Street **What:** In partnership with the city Health Department, CB 2 is holding a second “rat academy” for residents, businesses and organizations that want to learn how to combat rodent infestation. Free rodent-resistant garbage cans will be given to attendees who RSVP by 12:00 Noon on March 14\. Please RSVP to CB2 at either [cachurch@cb.nyc.gov](mailto:cachurch@cb.nyc.gov?subject=Brooklyn%20CB2%20Rat%20Academy) or [718-596-5410](tel:718-596-5410), or to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene at [ratportal@health.nyc.gov](mailto:ratportal@health.nyc.gov?subject=Brooklyn%20CB2%20Rat%20Academy). **[![elisa coia](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-14-at-5.58.12-PM.png)](/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Screen-Shot-2016-03-14-at-5.58.12-PM.png)FRIDAY, MARCH 18** **Build with DUPLO and LEGOS** **When:** Friday, March 18 at 4pm **Where:** Clinton Hill Library at 380 Washington Avenue **What:** LEGOs at the library! Come help us think up new things to build: towers, cities, vehicles, monsters? Collaborate with your friends and get creative. **How Much:** FREE **[In Concert: My Brightest Diamond](http://bricartsmedia.org/events/in-concert-my-brightest-diamond?ref=bklyner.com)** **When:** Friday, March 18 at 8pm **Where:** BRIC Ballroom at 647 Fulton Street **What:** Doors open at 7:30pm. An incredibly rare opportunity to see vocalist and multi-instrumentalist[Shara Nova](http://www.mybrightestdiamond.com/?ref=bklyner.com)’s full band which defies genre and mixes chamber, pop, electronica, and avant-rock to create a truly unique hauntingly beautiful sound. **[BAMcafé Live: Elisa Coia](http://www.bam.org/programs/2015/bamcafe-live?ref=bklyner.com)** **When:** Friday, March 18 at 9:30pm **Where:** Peter Jay Sharp Building at 30 Lafayette Avenue **What:** Lush synthesizer soundscapes back Elisa Coia’s soulful, soaring vocals, resulting in a sound that’s both dreamlike and retro-cool. The up-and-coming R&B chanteuse takes the stage at BAMcafé as she readies her second EP, a follow-up to her debut, *These Days*, which NPR heralded as “young and classic at once…a heady introduction to a hugely promising talent.”