> ## 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 25: Bomb Magazine Issue Launch, MARP Senior Resource Fair, And Teen Chefs Cooking Class - URL: https://bklyner.com/things-week-march-25-bomb-magazine-issue-launch-marp-senior-resource-fair-teen-chefs-cooking-class-fortgreene/ - Published: 2016-03-21T20:30:22.000Z - Updated: 2016-03-21T22:16:50.000Z - 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/). **[![free books](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/IMG_8952.jpg)](/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/IMG%5F8952.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 ![Image via BRIC.](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/question-bridge.jpg) Image via BRIC. **TUESDAY, MARCH 22** **Babies and Books** **When:** Tuesday, March 22 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 22 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 22 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). **Free Movie: “The Perfect Guy”** **When:** Tuesday, March 22 at 1:45pm **Where:** Clinton Hill Library at 380 Washington Avenue **What:** Starring Sanaa Lathan, 100 mins. PG-13; After a painful breakup with her long-term boyfriend (Morris Chestnut), successful lobbyist Leah Vaughn (Sanaa Lathan) jumps into a passionate relationship with a charming stranger, Carter (Michael Ealy), who seems to be the perfect guy. But, after a sexually-charged courtship, she sees a violent side of him and dissolves the budding relationship. In a jealous rage and fueled by insane revenge, he turns her life upside down. **Teen Tech Time** **When:** Tuesday, March 22 at 4pm **Where:** Clinton Hill Library at 380 Washington Avenue **What:** Come race your wheels off, battle your heart out, and dance your socks off with Wii games at the library! We have sports games, dancing games, racing games, and more! No registration or experience necessary. **Zumba Class** **When:** Tuesday, March 22 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 at BRIC House: “](http://bricartsmedia.org/events/the-stoop-series-question-bridge?ref=bklyner.com)*[Question Bridge: Black Males in America”](http://bricartsmedia.org/events/the-stoop-series-question-bridge?ref=bklyner.com)*** **When:** Tuesday, March 22 at 7pm **Where:** BRIC House at 647 Fulton Street **What:** Question Bridge is an innovative transmedia project led by artists Hank Willis Thomas, Chris Johnson, Bayeté Ross Smith, and Kamal Sinclair, and produced by art world luminaries Deborah Willis and Delroy Lindo. The video installation, book, and website facilitates a dialogue between a critical mass of black men from diverse and contending backgrounds. Come and hear how this project creates a platform to represent and redefine black male identity in America. Bayeté Ross Smith will moderate an evening of dialogue between different generations of Black men from diverse and contending backgrounds that have taken part in the *Question Bridge* project thus far. The audience will then take part in the panel and ask questions. Greenlight is honored to collaborate with BRIC on this event, and will offer copies of the Question Bridge book for sale this evening. **How Much:** FREE, but RSVP because it’s first-come, first-served **Book Launch: Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney presents *The Nest*** **When:** Tuesday, March 22 at 7:30pm **Where:** Greenlight Bookstore at 686 Fulton Street **What:** *The Nest* is a highly-anticipated debut from an extraordinary new talent: a warm, funny, and acutely perceptive novel about four adult siblings in New York, and the fate of the shared inheritance that has shaped their relationships, their choices, and their lives. Written after Sweeney moved from New York to Los Angeles and applied to MFA programs at 50, the novel has since become the toast of the publishing industry and counts among its many fans Amy Poehler, who writes, “In her intoxicating first novel, Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney has written an epic family story that unfolds in a deeply personal way. *The Nest* is a fast moving train and Sweeney’s writing dares us to keep up. I couldn’t stop reading or caring about the juicy and dysfunctional Plumb family.” **How Much:** FREE, includes reading, discussion, and wine reception **[![Bomb 135](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Bomb-135.jpg)](/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Bomb-135.jpg)WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23** **Fort Greene-Clinton Hill Senior Resource Fair** **When:** Wednesday, March 23 from 11am-2pm **Where:** Cumberland Gotham Health Center at 100 North Portland Avenue **What:** Resource fair with over 30 local and city agencies offering fitness classes, writing classes, health tips, transportation resources, and more. **Drop-in Computer Class** **When:** Wednesday, March 23 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 23 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 23 at 4pm **Where:** Clinton Hill Library at 380 Washington Avenue **What:** An easy craft that even the youngest children can do (with help from a caregiver if under age 6) – cute cottonball chicks and bunnies that fit into egg cartons. **Shape Up: Dance Fitness** **When:** Wednesday, March 23 at 6:45pm **Where:** Clinton Hill Library at 380 Washington Avenue **What:** Free exercise class with a community volunteer. No pre-registration required. **[![image (1)](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image-1.png)](/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/image-1.png)Public Safety Workshop** **When:** Wednesday, March 23 at 7pm **Where:** Brooklyn Job Corps at 585 DeKalb Avenue **What:** Think safety first! Refuse to be a victim! Tips and resources from elected officials and police. **Launch Party: *BOMB* Issue 135** **When:** Wednesday, March 23 at 7:30pm **Where:** Greenlight Bookstore at 686 Fulton Street **What:** Celebrate 35 years of artists in conversation with [*BOMB*](http://bombmagazine.org/?ref=bklyner.com) editors and contributors. We’ll drink wine, mingle, and ring in the spring issue with readings by *BOMB 135* writers, including acclaimed Álvaro Enrigue (*Sudden Death*), Kate Zambreno (*Heroines, Green Girl*), and others. **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 ![Image via Brooklyn Cultural Adventures Program.](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/kids-cook-summer-camp.jpg) Image via Brooklyn Cultural Adventures Program. **THURSDAY, MARCH 24** **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 **Teen Chefs Cooking Class** **When:** Thursday, March 24 at 4pm **Where:** Clinton Hill Library at 380 Washington Avenue **What:** Whether you love to cook or are just learning, this class is for you! Once a month, we’ll cook a new recipe together using a few basic ingredients and a toaster oven. So stop by, learn something new, and enjoy a snack at the end. **Lynn Steger Strong presents *Hold Still*** **When:** Thursday, March 24 at 7:30pm **Where:** Greenlight Bookstore at 686 Fulton Street **What:** Debut author Lynn Steger Strong traces the anatomy of a mistake and the weight of culpability in her highly praised novel *Hold Still*. When Maya Taylor, an English professor with a tendency to hide in her books, sends her daughter to Florida to look after a friend’s child, she does so with the best of intentions; it’s a chance for Ellie, twenty and spiraling, to rebuild her life. But Ellie fears she’ll only disappoint again, and in the sprawling hours of one humid afternoon, she makes a mistake that she can’t take back. In two separate timelines—before and after the catastrophe—Maya and Ellie must try to repair their fractured relationship and find a way to transcend not only their differences but also their more troubling similarities. Strong talks about her novel with writer and editor Michele Filgate. **[![bam morning bound](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/bam-morning-bound.jpg)](/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/bam-morning-bound.jpg)FRIDAY, MARCH 25** **[BAMcafé Live: Morning Bound](http://www.bam.org/programs/2015/bamcafe-live?ref=bklyner.com)** **When:** Friday, March 25 at 10pm **Where:** Peter Jay Sharp Building at 30 Lafayette Avenue **What:** This boundary-pushing trio mixes off-kilter pop melodies, jazz-like improvisation, and world music influences to create resonant sound sculptures. Backed by minimalist bass and drums, Morning Bound’s thrilling electroacoustic experimentation is driven by vocalist Tammy Scheffer, who uses pedals to bend, layer, and loop her crystalline voice.