Weekday Events: Author Talks, Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra, And Society For Clinton Hill Meeting
Here’s this week’s roundup of neighborhood events taking place through Friday morning.
We’ll have your weekend schedule guide on Friday and as always, let us know if there’s anything we’re missing by emailing editor@bklyner.com!
MONDAY, APRIL 20
Practice English Conversation Group
When: Monday, April 20 at 3pm
Where: Walt Whitman Library at 93 Saint Edwards Street
What: Join other adults who are learning to speak English. No registration required – FREE!
CB 2 Parks and Recreation Committee
When: Monday, April 20 at 6pm
Where: The Brooklyn Hospital Center, First Floor Dining Room, 121 DeKalb Avenue at St. Felix Street
What: The parks committee will review a draft survey designed to gather public input on the conditions of the parks and playgrounds throughout the district. The committee will continue to work on revising the sections of the Fiscal Year 2017 Statement of District Needs Statement that relate to its portfolio.
Dance Fitness
When: Monday, April 20 from 7-8pm
Where: Ingersoll Community Center at 177 Myrtle Avenue
What: Free and no registration or prior experience necessary.
Author Talk: Philip Glass and Kurt Andersen
When: Monday, April 20 at 8pm
Where: BAM Opera House at 30 Lafayette Avenue
What: A versatile composer whose works include symphonies, operas, film scores, and small-scale compositions, Philip Glass crafted the dominant sound of late 20th-century classical music. In his new memoir Words Without Music, he traces his artistic arc, from childhood in post-World War II Baltimore to student days in Chicago, to Juilliard, to Paris, India, and the gritty streets of New York in the 1970s, where he worked day jobs as a furniture mover, a cabbie, and an unlicensed plumber, while methodically building his music career. Glass discusses his book with novelist and public radio host Kurt Andersen, a trustee of Pratt Institute.
How much: $25 event only, $45 with book: http://www.bam.org/literary/2015/unbound-philip-glass
Toddler Time
When: Tuesday, April 21 from 10:15-11:15am
Where: Bedford Library at 496 Franklin Avenue
What: Hear stories, sing songs, play with toys and meet new friends! For Babies (18-36 months) and their caregivers.
How much: Free
Babies and Books
When: Tuesday, April 21 from 11:30-12:30pm
Where: Bedford Library at 496 Franklin Avenue
What: Come hear stories, sing songs, play with toys and meet new friends! For Babies (0-18 months) and their caregivers. Playing with your baby is more than fun, it’s one of the most important ways you can encourage early literacy and language.
Free Movie: “Ida”
When: Tuesday, April 21 from 2pm
Where: Clinton Hill Library at 380 Washington Avenue
What: Starring Agata Kulesza & Agata Trezbuchowska.
Resume and Career Help/Resume Writing
When: Tuesday, April 21 at 5:30pm
Where: Clinton Hill Library at 380 Washington Avenue
What: Free resume writing help.
Free Yoga for Adults
When: Tuesday, April 21 from 6:30-7:45pm
Where: Clinton Hill Library at 380 Washington Avenue
What: Practice yoga with local yoga instructor, Jenine Osbon. All levels welcome. Limit of 10-12 per class.
88th Precinct Community Council meeting
When: Tuesday, April 21 from 7-8:30pm
Where: French Speaking Baptist Church at 209 Clermont Avenue
What: Meet and get an update from the 88th Precinct officers.
Cardio Sculpt
When: Tuesday, April 21 from 7-8pm
Where: Ingersoll Community Center at 177 Myrtle Avenue
What: Free fitness class.
Author Talk: Benjamin Percy and Kelly Link
When: Tuesday, April 21 at 7:30pm
Where: Greenlight Bookstore at 686 Fulton Street
What: Benjamin Percy is the author of the novels Red Moon andThe Wilding and the story collections, Refresh, Refreshand The Language of Elk. Percy’s new novel The Dead Lands is a darkly reimagined Lewis and Clark saga set in a future where a super flu and nuclear fallout have made a husk of the world we know. Percy discusses his work and “literary genre fiction” with Kelly Link, publisher of Small Beer Press and author mostly recently of the story collection Get In Trouble, which launched at Greenlight in February.
How much: Free | $26 for the book
Fiction Book Group
When: Tuesday, April 21 at 7:30pm
Where: Greene Grape Annex at 753 Fulton Street
What: For April, the group discusses Samantha Hunt’s novel The Invention of Everything Else, shortlisted for the 2009 Orange Prize. It is 1943, and the renowned inventor Nikola Tesla occupies a forbidden room on the 33rd floor of the Hotel New Yorker, stealing electricity. Louisa, a young maid at the hotel determined to befriend him, wins his attention through a shared love of pigeons; with her we hear his tragic and tremendous life story unfold. A masterful hybrid of history, biography, and science fiction, The Invention of Everything Else is an absorbing story about love and death and a wonderfully imagined homage to one of history’s most visionary scientists.
How much: Free | $11.86 for the book
After-School Homework Help
When: Wednesday, April 22 from 3-6pm
Where: Clinton Hill Library at 380 Washington Avenue
What: Free homework help for grades K-8.
Teen Tech Time
When: Wednesday, April 22 from 4-6pm
Where: Clinton Hill Library at 380 Washington Avenue
What: Play on the Wii with neighbors.
DIY: Knitting
When: Wednesday, April 22 from 5-6pm
Where: Bedford Library at 496 Franklin Avenue
What: All ages are welcome. Please bring your own needles and yarn.
CB 2 Youth, Education and Cultural Affairs Committee
When: Wednesday, April 22 at 5:30pm
Where: Brooklyn Community Services (BCS)., Duffield Children’s Center, 101 Fleet Place between Willoughby Street and Myrtle Avenue
What: The main agenda item will be a tour of the Duffield Children’s Center and a presentation of the Universal Pre-Kindergarten Program led by Marla Simpson, Executive Director of BC
ShapeUp NYC Aerobics Class
When: Wednesday, April 22 at 6pm
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Join this FREE aerobics class. Class taught by NYC Parks Department community volunteer.Friends of Clinton Hill Library meeting
When: Wednesday, April 22 from 6:30-7:30pm
Where: Clinton Hill Library at 380 Washington Avenue
What: Help plan the Bike the Branches Day.
Dance Fitness
When: Wednesday, April 22 from 6:45-7:45pm
Where: Clinton Hill Library at 380 Washington Avenue
What: Free fitness class.
Society For Clinton Hill General Meeting
When: Wednesday, April 22 from 7-9pm
Where: St. Joseph’s College auditorium at 267 Waverly Avenue
What: The agenda includes several speakers and updates from local community organizations, including: (1) Featured Speaker: Donald Friedman of Old Structures Engineering, PC. (2) Greene Hill Food Co-op Updates (3) 88th Precinct Update (4) Myrtle Avenue Revitalization Project updates.
Dance Fitness
When: Wednesday, April 22 from 7:15-8:15pm
Where: Ingersoll Community Center at 177 Myrtle Avenue
What: Free and no registration or prior experience necessary.
Trivia Night
When: Wednesday, April 22 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
Trivia Wednesdays
When: Wednesday, April 22 at 9pm
Where: Moot Bar at 579 Myrtle Avenue
What: Inaugural trivia night! 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, APRIL 23
Computer Basics
When: Thursday, April 23 from 11am-12pm
Where: Clinton Hill Library at 380 Washington Avenue
What: Pre-register at the information desk for a free one-hour class for computer beginners.
After School Homework Help
When: Thursday, April 23 from 3-6pm
Where: Clinton Hill Library at 380 Washington Avenue
What: Free homework help with a community volunteer for grades k-8. No pre-registration needed.
Reading is Fundamental
When: Thursday, April 23 from 3:30-4:30pm
Where: Bedford Library at 496 Franklin Avenue
What: Kids and teens can earn FREE books by borrowing and returning books with their library card.
The Dad Beats Musical Performance
When: Thursday, April 23 from 4-5pm
Where: Clinton Hill Library at 380 Washington Avenue
What: The Dad Beats are a power quartet wrapped in a playdate with a hootenanny garnish! Made up of four real live Brooklyn dads, the Dad Beats traverse surf, rock and country grooves to deliver playful re-imaginings of your childhood favorites. Bring your baby/toddler/kid and dance along!
Vertical Thursday Wine Tasting
When: Thursday, April 23 from 5:30-8pm
Where: Corkscrew Wines at 489 Myrtle Avenue
What: Free weekly wine tasting. Educational and casual tasting to explore specific grapes or a region. Discover what makes your favorite wines unique. You are the expert of what works for you, Corkscrew is here for you to discover what that is.
Community Forum
When: Thursday, April 23 at 6:30pm
Where: Teen Challenge Center at 444 Clinton Avenue
What: Meet NYPD leaders, 2015 candidates for Civil and Supreme Courts, and representatives of the Office of Unclaimed Funds.
Falun Dafa Exercise Class
When: Thursday, April 23 at 6:30pm
Where: Bedford Library at 496 Franklin Avenue
What: Free practice of meditation and slow-moving exercise. Eliminate stress, enjoy peace of mind.
Dance Fitness
When: Thursday, April 23 from 7-8pm
Where: Ingersoll Community Center at 177 Myrtle Avenue
What: Free and no registration or prior experience necessary.
Author Talk: Kirstin Valdez Quade and Justin Torres
When: Thursday, April 23 at 7:30pm
Where: Greenlight Bookstore at 686 Fulton Street
What: In Night at the Fiestas, the highly acclaimed debut collection by award-winning author Kirstin Valdez Quade, readers traverse vast, myriad, and sometimes interconnected worlds, often in a single story. Quade’s characters move through disillusionment, hope, confusion, despair, change, and yearning. They confront and wrestle with boundaries, with belonging and alienation. Quietude is interrupted by quick violence, innocence by sexual knowledge, and certainties with slow and disorienting realizations. Even the physical landscape of New Mexico, where the stories are set, is a character with which other characters interact. Quade discusses the themes and techniques of her work with Justin Torres, author of We The Animals, who teaches at the Writer’s Foundry MFA program at St. Joseph’s College.
How much: Free | $25.95 for the book
Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra concert
When: Thursday, April 23 at 7:30pm
Where: Brooklyn Museum, third floor, 200 Eastern Parkway
What: The Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra continues its forty-first season with works by twentieth-century composers Michael Tippett (Ritual Dances from “The Midsummer Marriage”) and William Walton (“Belshazzar’s Feast”). Repeat performance on Sunday, April 26 at 2pm.
How much: $18 or $10 for seniors/Free for children under 16
Comedy Thursdays
When: Thursday, April 23 from 7:30-10pm
Where: Splitty at 415 Myrtle Avenue
What: Greg Johnson and Larry Murphy (Bob’s Burgers) host this weekly comedy show featuring a curated night of stand-up, characters, and the unexpected.
How much: $5 cover
Function Thursdays Live Music
When: Thursday, April 23 at 9pm
Where: Putnam’s Pub at 419 Myrtle Avenue
What: Jessica Mahasin and DJs Jeff Haze/Asen James.
How much: Free
FRIDAY, APRIL 24
Toddler Time
When: Friday, April 24 at 10am
Where: Clinton Hill Library at 380 Washington Avenue
What: Come hear stories, sing songs, play with toys, and meet new friends! For toddlers (aged 18-36 months) and their care-givers.
Babies and Books
When: Friday, April 24 at 11:15am
Where: Clinton Hill Library at 380 Washington Avenue
What: Come hear stories, sing songs, play with toys, and meet new friends! For toddlers (aged 0-18 months) and their care-givers.
ONGOING
Mapping Brooklyn
When: Through May 3 from 10am-8pm daily, except Mondays
Where: BRIC House Gallery at 647 Fulton Street
What: The exhibition Mapping Brooklyn will juxtapose the work of contemporary artists working with maps and cartography, alongside actual historic maps. The historic maps in the exhibition will all be drawn from the Brooklyn Historical Society’s collection; there are demographic maps, fire insurance maps and more.
How much: Free