Things To Do This Week, Through March 25: Bomb Magazine Issue Launch, MARP Senior Resource Fair, And Teen Chefs Cooking Class
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!
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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, ext. 62110.
How Much: FREE
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: “Question Bridge: Black Males in America”
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
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.
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.
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 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
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What:
Weekly trivia competition to win gift cards of $100 to Putnam’s. Beer specials all night.How much:
FreeTHURSDAY, 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.
BAMcafé Live: Morning Bound
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.