Weekday Events: Fort Greene For Families, Teen Tech Week, City Speaks Forum, And More

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, MARCH 9

Fort Greene For Families
When: Monday, March 9 from 7-9pm
Where: Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church at 85 South Oxford Street
What: Hear local educational reps discuss: (1) How to gain admission to good schools in this district, (2) Options for experiences in music, dance and other arts, (3) Where amusements and entertainments are on weekends, (4) What are still more fun and interesting places in Fort Greene. Hosted by Fort Greene Association.
How much: Free

Dance Fitness
When: Monday, March 9 from 7-8pm
Where: Ingersoll Community Center at 177 Myrtle Avenue
What: Free and no registration or prior experience necessary.

TUESDAY, MARCH 10

Babies & Books: Read, Play, Grow!
When: Tuesday, March 10 from 10:30-11:30am
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 development.
How much: Free

March Tuesdays Movie: “Gone Girl”
When: Tuesday, March 10 from 2-4pm
Where: Clinton Hill Library at 380 Washington Avenue
What: Rated R – Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Starring Rosamund Pike and Ben Affleck. With his wife’s disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it’s suspected that he may not be innocent.
How much: Free

Resume and Career Help/Resume Writing
When: Tuesday, March 10 at 5:30pm
Where: Clinton Hill Library at 380 Washington Avenue
What: Free resume writing help.

Community Board 2 General Meeting
When: Tuesday, March 10 from 6-8pm
Where: Brooklyn Law School at 250 Joralemon Street
What: Hear about what’s going on in the community.

“City Speaks” Forum
When: Tuesday, March 10 from 6-8pm
Where: Brooklyn Borough Hall at 209 Joralemon Street
What: Discuss sewer backup issues.
How much: Free

Intro to Beekeeping
When: Tuesday, March 10 from 6-8pm
Where: BLDG 92 at 63 Flushing Avenue
What: Stone Barns bee keeper Dan Carr will provide first-time beekeepers with a crash course in apiculture, a brief history of beekeeping, the issues around beekeeping today, and the importance of apiculture in maintaining a healthy food system. We’ll discuss the anatomy of a honey bee; the biology and life cycle of the colony; as well as equipment, hive architecture and basics in beekeeping safety. Students will also taste honeys from all over the world and see how terroir truly affects the flavor of one of our favorite sweets.
How much: $42

Cardio Sculpt
When: Tuesday, March 10 from 7-8pm
Where: Ingersoll Community Center at 177 Myrtle Avenue
What: Free fitness class.

Nonfiction Book Group
When: Tuesday, March 10 at 7:30pm
Where: Greene Grape Annex at 753 Fulton Street
What: For March, the group reads Martha Sandweiss’ Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color Line. Clarence King was a late nineteenth-century celebrity, a brilliant scientist and explorer who hid a secret from his Gilded Age cohorts and prominent family in Newport: for thirteen years he lived a double life — as a white geologist and as a black porter and steelworker.
How much: Free | $14.45 for the book

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11

AARP Free Tax Help and Preparation
When: Wednesday, March 11 from 1-4pm
Where: Bedford Library at 496 Franklin Avenue
What: For low and middle income taxpayers. First come, first served. To file taxes electronically on a married-filing-joint tax return, both spouses must be present to sign the required forms. For a list of documents you may need to bring, visit the AARP website.

Teen Tech Time
When: Wednesday, March 11 from 4-6pm
Where: Clinton Hill Library at 380 Washington Avenue
What: Play on the Wii with neighbors.

Aerobics Class
When: Wednesday, March 11 from 6-7:30pm
Where: Bedford Library at 496 Franklin Avenue
What: Join neighbors for a free aerobics class.

Dance Fitness
When: Wednesday, March 11 from 6:45-7:45pm
Where: Ingersoll Community Center at 177 Myrtle Avenue
What: Free and no registration or prior experience necessary.

Author Talk: Paul Beatty and Sam Lipsyte
When: Wednesday, March 11 at 7:30pm
Where: Greenlight Bookstore at 686 Fulton Street
What: Paul Beatty discusses his new novel The Sellout, a biting satire about a young man’s isolated upbringing and the race trial that sends him to the Supreme Court, and showcases a comic genius at the top of his game. It challenges the sacred tenets of the United States Constitution, urban life, the civil rights movement, the father-son relationship, and the holy grail of racial equality—the black Chinese restaurant.
How much: Free

Trivia Night
When: Wednesday, March 11 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, March 11 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, MARCH 12

P.S. 20 Protest Against Governor Cuomo’s Education Plan
When: Thursday, March 12 at 8:20am
Where: P.S. 20 at 225 Adelphi Street
What: Students and families form a hand-holding chain around the school, symbolically protecting their school from Governor Cuomo’s plans.

Library HotSpot Loan Orientation
When: Thursday, March 12 from 11am-1pm
Where: Walt Whitman Library at 93 Saint Edwards Street
What: This program offers portable wifi devices for home internet access. To participate, register*  for and attend an orientation session. During the orientation session you must be prepared to present state ID, an adult BPL library card, and a piece of your mail postmarked within the last 90 days. *We have a limited number of HotSpot devices and you will need to register early to guarantee a device.
How much: Free

Reading Is Fundamental (RIF)
When: Thursday, March 12 from 3:30-4:30pm
Where: Bedford Library at 496 Franklin Avenue
What: Kids and Teens can earn FREE gift books by borrowing and returning books with their library card.

Panel Talk: “I Will Resist with Every Inch and Every Breath: Punk and the Art of Feminism”
When: Thursday, March 12 at 7pm
Where: Brooklyn Museum at 200 Eastern Parkway
What: A conversation about the confrontational forces of punk rock and feminism through the provocative work and personal experiences of multidisciplinary artists, writers, and curators Osa Atoe, Johanna Fateman, Narcissister, Lydia Lunch, and Astria Suparak.
How much: Free with museum admission

Dance Fitness
When: Thursday, March 12 from 7-8pm
Where: Ingersoll Community Center at 177 Myrtle Avenue
What: Free fitness class.

Comedy Thursdays
When: Thursday, March 12 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, March 12 at 9pm
Where: Putnam’s Pub at 419 Myrtle Avenue
What: Jessica Mahasin and DJs Jeff Haze/Asen James.
How much: Free

ONGOING

“Comfort Dogs: Live From the Pink House” 
When: February 25 through March 14
Where: JACK at 505 1/2 Waverly Avenue
What: Set in the skeleton of a pink hurricane-torn house a band of dogs walk around inside and try to make sense of humankind’s need for comfort as they read letters from the audience asking for solace. An ensemble of musicians and live dogs will howl, scratch and poop their way through an evening as they inadvertently ask the question: Who nurtures the nurturer? — Written and directed by Brooklyn-resident William Burke with beautiful music by Brooklyn composer Shane Chapman.
How much: $15/$16.52 online

Conversations: Replicas of Masterwork Paintings
When: Through Friday, March 27
Where: Pratt Institute, President’s Office Gallery, Main Building via Willoughby Avenue
What: Professor of Fine Arts Frank Lind presents a body of work created over the course of the last 15 years, employing old master techniques in the re-creation, re-imagining, and “updating” of well-known masterwork paintings.
How much: Free

Stations of the Cross Exhibit
When: Through April 16
Where: Episcopal Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew at 520 Clinton Avenue
What: The 14 stations of the cross are presented by 14 Brooklyn-based artists, each working with only one restriction: uniform size.  This project resurrects a connection between the church as patron of the arts and the artists as instruments of bringing the litany to the lay population. These works are created by artists of broad ethnic and religious backgrounds including Buddhists, Catholics, Jews, and even Agnostics. As “ambassadors,” this diverse collective presents an open dialogue, with respectful interpretations of Jesus’ suffering, death, and resurrection.
How much: Free

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