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# Weekday Events Spotlight: August 8–August 11
- URL: https://bklyner.com/weekday-events-spotlight-august-8-august-11-fortgreene/
- Published: 2016-08-08T15:51:53.000Z
- Updated: 2016-08-08T15:51:53.000Z
- Author: Carly Miller
- Tags: Events, fort greene, Nonsponsored, North Western Brooklyn, bam, brooklyn historical society, Celebrate Brooklyn!, Fort Greene Park, green light bookstore, Putnam's Pub, #wp

![Courtesy BRIC Arts Media](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Movie-Poster_740x490.jpg)

Courtesy BRIC Arts Media

Below you’ll find information on events through the week in (and around) Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. Check back Friday to see what’s scheduled this weekend!

[Submit your event listing](/calendar/) to our [BROOKLYN-WIDE CALENDAR](/calendar/).

**MONDAY AUGUST 8**

**[Cafe Society](http://www.bam.org/film/2016/cafe-society?ref=bklyner.com) \[Through Thursday\]**  
**When:**4:30pm, 6:50pm, 9:10pm, M-T, additional showings other days.  
**Where:** Peter Jay Sharp Building at 30 Lafayette Avenue  
**What:** Woody Allen has crafted yet another love letter to the early twentieth century. This one stars Jessie Eisenberg ([wither Jason Biggs](http://www.megghy.com/immagini/cover%5Fdvd/a/Anything%5FElse%20%28vers.2%29.jpg?ref=bklyner.com)?) and Kristen Stewart, with Blake Lively and Steve Carrell. *Cafe Society* is playing through Thursday, so take advantage!  
**How much**: $14.

[**Movie Screening: Moonstruck** ](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/brooklyn-on-screen-moonstruck-tickets-24032913090?ref=bklyner.com)  
**When:** 7pm  
**Where:** Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont Street  
**What:** Cher’s Academy Award-winning performance in Norman Jewison’s classic 1987 romantic comedy. Grab a Brooklyn Brewery beer, a Shake Shack custard, then sit back and enjoy the blossoming romance, introduced by *Slate*’s Kristen Meinzer and *Newsday*’s Rafer Guzman.  
**How much**: Free, [reserve tickets here](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/brooklyn-on-screen-moonstruck-tickets-24032913090?ref=bklyner.com).

[**Books Beneath the Bridge: Poetry in Performance**](http://www.greenlightbookstore.com/event/conversation-books-beneath-bridge-offsite?ref=bklyner.com)  
**When:** 7pm  
**Where:** Brooklyn Bridge Park, Granite Prospect  
**What:** Greenlight is proud to participate in the fourth season of [Books Beneath the Bridge](http://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/events/books-beneath-the-bridge-greenlight-bookstore?ref=bklyner.com), an outdoor literature series in Brooklyn Bridge Park whose purpose is rooted in the bridging of conversations between interregional blackness & discussing what a black Mecca can look like in the United States. Poets Camonghne Felix, Thiahera Nurse, Jose Olivarez, and Paul Tran will read from new work, hosted by The Conversation’s co-founder Nabila Lovelace.  
**How Much:** Free

**TUESDAY AUGUST 9**

[**Book Launch: Teju Cole with Amitava Kumar at Brooklyn Voices**](http://www.greenlightbookstore.com/event/book-launch-teju-cole-amitava-kumar-brooklyn-voices-offsite?ref=bklyner.com)  
**When:** 7:30pm.  
**Where:** Brooklyn Voices at St. Joseph’s College, 245 Clinton Avenue between Willoughby and Dekalb Avenues.  
**What:** Nigerian American writer Teju Cole, renowned author of *Open City* and *Every Day Is for the Thief,* presents his first book of essays, *Known and Strange Things*, with more than fifty nonfiction pieces spanning politics, place, history, literature, photography, and art. Cole discusses his work and explorations with essayist and novelist Amitava Kumar, author of *Lunch with a Bigot: The Writer in the World.* Book signing to follow.  
**How much**: $20, includes admission and a paperback copy of *Known and Strange Things.*

**WEDNESDAY AUGUST 10**

**[Trivia Night](http://putnamspub.com/putnams-pub-trivia-night/?ref=bklyner.com)**  
**When:** Wednesdays from 8-11pm  
**Where:** Putnam’s Pub at 419 Myrtle Avenue  
**What:** Stop by for some of the best trivia in our ephemera obsessed borough. This is a weekly trivia competition with prizes like gift cards. Just as important, there are beer specials all night.  
**How much:** Free

[**Celebrate Brooklyn! Labyrinth / Donny McCaslin Group**](http://www.bricartsmedia.org/events-performances/bric-celebrate-brooklyn-festival/labyrinth-donny-mccaslin-group?ref=bklyner.com)  
**When:** Wednesday at 7:30pm (gates at 6:30pm).  
**Where:** Prospect Park Bandshell, enter at 9th Street and Prospect Park West.  
**What:** Catch Jim Henson/Terry Jones/George Lucas’ 1986 cult classic live action fantasy [*LABYRINTH*](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091369/?ref=bklyner.com), featuring David Bowie as the Goblin King and young Jennifer Connelly as she searches through a mysterious maze for her kidnapped baby brother. Featuring music by Donny McCaslin Group, which backed Bowie on *Blackstar.*   
**How Much:** Free

**THURSDAY AUGUST 11**

[**Celebrate Brooklyn Benefit Concert: Herbie Hancock / Robert Glasper Experiment / Jamie Lidell & Royal Pharaohs**](http://www.bricartsmedia.org/events-performances/bric-celebrate-brooklyn-festival/benefit-concert-herbie-hancock-robert-glasper?ref=bklyner.com)  
**When:** Thursday at 7:30pm (gates at 6:30pm).  
**Where:** Prospect Park Bandshell, enter at 9th Street and Prospect Park West.  
**What:** Herbie Hancock closes out the 2016 benefit concert season,bringing his impressive discography to life at the Bandshell with James Genus, Trevor Lawrence Jr., Lionel Loueke, and Terrace Martin.  
**How Much:** Tickets start at $49.50

**[*Julius Caesar* Performance at Fort Greene Park](https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/fort-greene-park/events/2016/08/11/julius-caesar-at-fort-greene-park?ref=bklyner.com)**  
**When:** Thursday at 7pm to 9pm.  
**Where:** Fort Greene Park, Myrtle Avenue Lawn.  
**What:** Bring blankets and low chairs for Hip to Hip Theatre Company’s production of *Julius Caesar,* afamily-friendly production is for Shakespeare fans. Seating is first-come, first-served. Stop by an hour before the show for an interactive, kids’ friendly workshop.  
**How Much:** Free