Things To Do This Week, Through March 4: Free Movies At Clinton Hill Library, Excerpts From ‘Dapline!’, And Brooklyn Voices At St. Joseph’s College

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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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, ext. 62110.
How Much: FREE

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 29

AM Walter T. Mosley Black History Month event
When: Monday, February 29 from 6-8pm
Where: Brooklyn Public Library, Dweck Center
What: Free screening of the film “Rosenwald,” followed by a riveting panel discussion featuring African American, Jewish and Latino leaders discussing their connection to the Black community.

TUESDAY, MARCH 1

Babies and Books
When: Tuesday, March 1 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 Time with First RIF
When:  Tuesday, March 1 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 1 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 Intern”
When: Tuesday, March 1 at 1:45pm
Where: Clinton Hill Library at 380 Washington Avenue
What: 70-year-old widower Ben Whittaker has discovered that retirement isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin. Starring Robert DeNiro and Anne Hathaway.

Free Kids Movie: “Totoro”
When: Tuesday, March 1 at 4pm
Where: Clinton Hill Library at 380 Washington Avenue
What: Two sisters encounter a mythical forest sprite and its woodland companions when they move to rural Japan. Rated G.

Zumba Class
When: Tuesday, March 1 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.

CEC District 13 Meeting
When: Tuesday, March 1 at 6:30pm
Where: PS 56 – Lewis H. Latimer School at 170 Gates Avenue
What: Working meeting for local education leaders.

Book Launch: Greg Jackson presents “Prodigals”
When: Tuesday, March 1 at 7:30pm
Where: Greenlight Bookstore at 686 Fulton Street
What: Jackson’s debut short story collection, Prodigals, marks the arrival of a major literary talent. These eight “long-ish” stories are funny, readable honest, and self-aware, inviting comparisons to David Foster Wallace and Ben Lerner. Jackson’s work has been praised by fellow writers including Leslie Jamison, who writes, “Greg Jackson’s Prodigalsis that rare treat: a narrative inquiry into the nature of narrative that is neither tedious nor tired, that takes itself just seriously enough. His lyric virtuosity is thrilling, his sensibility acute and nuanced, but it was something deeper than either of these things that ultimately compelled me in these stories: It was a genuine sense of searching — without irony or apology, with fierce intelligence — for what might constitute a meaningful life.” Jackson talks with Jamison (author of the acclaimed essay collection The Empathy Exams) at tonight’s book launch, followed by a wine reception.
How Much: FREE, with books for sale

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2

Drop-in Computer Class
When: Wednesday, March 2 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 2 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.

Learn to Crochet by Finger
When: Wednesday, March 2 at 6pm
Where: Clinton Hill Library at 380 Washington Avenue
What: Last Session of Crochet by Finger with Ms. Debby Perry.  Final stitching of finger crochet scarf. No Supplies given in this session.

Shape Up: Dance Fitness
When: Wednesday, March 2 at 6:45pm
Where: Clinton Hill Library at 380 Washington Avenue
What: Free exercise class with a community volunteer. No pre-registration required.

Rebecca Traister presents “All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation”
When: Wednesday, March 2 at 7:30pm
Where: Greenlight Bookstore at 686 Fulton Street
What: Rebecca Traister has made a name for herself writing about women in politics, media and entertainment from a feminist perspective; Anne Lamott hailed her as “the most brilliant voice on feminism in this country.” Her first book, Big Girls Don’t Cry (which she presented at Greenlight in 2011), was a New York Times Notable Book and a Ten Best Books selections on NPR’s Fresh Air. Now, in her new book All the Single Ladies, Traister traces the history of unmarried women in America who, through social, political, and economic means, have radically shaped our nation. Addressing class, race, and sexual orientation, exhaustively researched and filled with vivid anecdotes from fascinating contemporary and historical figures, All the Single Ladies is destined to be a classic work of social history and journalism. Traister talks about the book with her friend Anna Holmes, founder of the website Jezebel.com and columnist for the New York Times Book Review.
How Much: FREE, with books for sale

Trivia Night
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Trivia Wednesdays
When: Wednesdays at 9pm
Where: Moot Bar at 579 Myrtle Avenue
What: Five rounds of 10 questions each on variety of subject matter from cereal box characters to physics. Winning team gets $50 off their bar tab.
How much: Free

THURSDAY, MARCH 3

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

DIY: Flip Books!
When: Thursday, March 3 at 4pm
Where: Clinton Hill Library at 380 Washington Avenue
What: Come to our animation station and make your friends flip (literally!) when they see your cool comics. We’ll have books of sticky notes, pens, and pencils—all you need is your imagination!

Brooklyn Voices at St. Joseph’s College Ken Corbett presents A Murder Over a Girl: Justice, Gender, Junior High
When: Thursday, March 3 at 7:30pm
Where: St. Joseph’s College at 245 Clinton Avenue
What: Ken Corbett has written an account of the 2008 Oxnard, CA murder of 15-year-old Larry King, who was killed in school by a classmate just two weeks after he began to identify as transgender. The brutal murder begged the question: How this could happen? Once again, a “normal boy” like Brandon had taken a gun into a school and killed another student in cold blood. But others, still, wondered: How could this not happen? In many ways this was a “perfect storm” of race, poverty, gun violence, and gender identity fueled by ignorance and fear. In A Murder Over A Girl, Corbett, a leading expert on gender and masculinity, details the case, and all the social issues still littering the American landscape eight years later. Playwright and activist Tony Kushner, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Medal of Arts, calls Corbett’s book “magnificent… Devastating and thrilling and profound and enraging.” Corbett and Kushner speak about the book and the surrounding issues on stage at St. Joseph’s College. Book signing to follow.
How Much: $10

FRIDAY, MARCH 4

Build with DUPLO and LEGOS
When: Friday, March 4 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

Excerpts from “Dapline!”
When: Friday, March 4 at 7pm
Where: Ingersoll Community Center at 177 Myrtle Avenue
What: Dapline! is a dance piece that looks at the origins and continued practice of “the DAP” or dapping. In addition to a Q&A with the performers, there will be a performance by the Ingersoll Center Youth Drumline. Refreshments will be served.
How Much: FREE, benefitting MoCADA