Weekday Events: Mayoral Control Forum, Mapping Brooklyn Exhibit, And Walter Mosley’s State Of The District Address
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!
If you’re looking for Black History Month events, see our roundup.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23
Dance Fitness
When: Monday, February 23 from 7-8pm
Where: Ingersoll Community Center at 177 Myrtle Avenue
What: Free and no registration or prior experience necessary.
A Celebration of Eric Walrond
When: Monday, February 23 at 7:30pm
Where: Greenlight Bookstore at 686 Fulton Street
What: James Davis presents Eric Walrond: A Life in the Harlem Renaissance and the Transatlantic Caribbean” in conversation with Garnette Cadogan. Co-sponsored by Columbia University Press and Akashic Books. Wine reception to follow
How much: Free. Books available for purchase.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24
Cook With Me
When: Tuesday, February 24 from 11am-12:30pm
Where: Ingersoll Community Center at 177 Myrtle Avenue
What: Prepare and share a dish made from local, seasonal, and fresh foods each week with other families. For families with children ages 2-4.
How much: Free
Resume and Career Help/Resume Writing
When: Tuesday, February 24 at 5:30pm
Where: Clinton Hill Library at 380 Washington Avenue
What: Free resume writing help.
Young Readers Book Group
When: Tuesday, February 24 at 6:30pm
Where: Greenlight Bookstore at 686 Fulton Street
What: This month, the group reads and discusses John Coyne’s novel The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket, illustrated by local artist Oliver Jeffers. Ages 8-14.
How much: Free. Book available for $5.94.
CEC 13 Meeting: Common Core, Part II
When: Tuesday, February 24 from 6:30-8:30pm
Where: P.S. 8 at 37 Hicks Street
What: Panel discussion asking “Is the Common Core a good thing? And what about high stakes testing?”
How much: Free
Cardio Sculpt
When: Tuesday, February 24 from 7-8pm
Where: Ingersoll Community Center at 177 Myrtle Avenue
What: Free fitness class.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25
AARP Free Tax Help and Preparation
When: Wednesday, February 25 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.
Movie Night: “African American Leaders, Past and Present”
When: Wednesday, February 25 from 3-6pm
Where: Walt Whitman Library at 93 Saint Edwards Street
What: Featuring Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Thurgood Marshall, and Barack Obama. Bring your own candy, popcorn and a drink. Group discussion afterwards.
How much: Free
DIY: Knitting
When: Wednesday, February 25 from 5-6pm
Where: Bedford Library at 496 Franklin Avenue
What: Free class. Bring your own needles and yarn.
Mayoral Control Forum
When: Wednesday, February 25 from 6-8pm
Where: Brooklyn Law School, Moot Court Room at 250 Joralemon Street
What: Hosted by Public Advocate Letitia James. The first in a series of Mayoral Control Forums. These forums will take place in all five boroughs. Speak out “about mayoral control and how modifications to the law can help to improve our education system. This is an opportunity to discuss what real community and parent engagement should look like moving forward.”
How much: Free. Pre-register at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/mayoralcontrol.
Aerobics Class
When: Wednesday, February 25 from 6-7:30pm
Where: Bedford Library at 496 Franklin Avenue
What: Join neighbors for a free aerobics class.
Street Law Presentation
When: Wednesday, February 25 from 6:30-7:30pm
Where: Urban Assembly Unison School Auditorium at 170 Gates Avenue
What: Families and community members are invited to learn about their rights as citizens when stopped by law enforcement. Q&A included.
Opening Reception: Mapping Brooklyn
When: Wednesday, February 25 from 7-9pm
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
Book Talk: Mark Doten and Justin Taylor
When: Wednesday, February 25 at 7:30pm
Where: Greenlight Bookstore at 686 Fulton Street
What: In Mark Doten’s debut novel The Infernal, a severely burned boy appears in the desert in the early years of the Iraq war. Who is he? Where did he come from? And, crucially, what does he know? In pursuit of that information, an interrogator is summoned from his prison cell, and a hideous and forgotten apparatus of torture is retrieved from the vaults.
How much: Free/$18 for the book
Trivia Night
When: Wednesday, February 25 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, February 25 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, FEBRUARY 26
Brooklyn Museum Tour
When: Thursday, February 26 at 2pm
Where: Brooklyn Museum at 200 Eastern Parkway
What: Join a Museum Guide for a free tour of Museum highlights.
How much: Free with admission.
Reading Is Fundamental (RIF)
When: Thursday, February 26 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.
Thirsty Thursday
When: Thursday, February 26 from 5-8pm
Where: Tipsy at 584 Myrtle Avenue
What: Every Thursday the folks at Tipsy open a special bottle or two and pour free tastes over fun chit-chat.
How much: Free
Assemblymember Walter Mosley’s State of the District Address
When: Thursday, February 26 at 6:30pm
Where: Pratt Institute, Higgins Hall at 65 St. James Place
What: AM Mosley discusses the past year and what is coming up this year.
Dance Fitness
When: Thursday, February 26 from 7-8pm
Where: Ingersoll Community Center at 177 Myrtle Avenue
What: Free fitness class.
Book Launch: Reif Larsen
When: Thursday, February 26 at 7:30pm
Where: Greenlight Bookstore at 686 Fulton Street
What: I Am Radar is an epic, immersive novel that draws on the furthest reaches of quantum physics, forgotten history, and performance art. Born black to white parents in 1975 New Jersey, radio operator Radar Radmanovic becomes entangled with terrible events in Yugoslavia, Norway, Cambodia, the Congo, and beyond. Falling in with a secretive group of puppeteers and scientists—who stage experimental art for people suffering under war-time sieges—Radar is forced to confront the true nature of his identity.
How much: Free/$29.95 for the book
B-Side: Mesiko
When: Thursday, February 26 from 7:30-9pm
Where: BRIC House Stoop at 647 Fulton Street
What: Join Brooklyn Independent Media for a live in-studio performance and interview with Bushwick-based Mesiko.
Comedy Thursdays
When: Thursday, February 26 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, February 26 at 9pm
Where: Putnam’s Pub at 419 Myrtle Avenue
What: Jessica Mahasin and DJs Jeff Haze/Asen James.
How much: Free
Truly Yours Live Music
When: Thursday, February 26 from 9pm-2am
Where: The Great Georgiana at 248 DeKalb Avenue
What: Music all night long, every Thursday. Tonight: Akalepse (Truth and Soul).
How much: Free for guests
ONGOING
Black Artstory Month
When: Throughout February
Where: Participating businesses along Myrtle Avenue, between Carlton and Classon Avenues
What: Artwork by over 25 Brooklyn-based artists will be on view at 13+ small businesses. Free events throughout the month. For a complete listing of all events, featured artists, programs and venues, please visit: www.myrtleavenue.org/blackartstory.
How much: Free
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