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Weekend Events: Selma To Brooklyn March, Click Clack Peep, And Brooklyn SINGS!

Weekend Events: Selma To Brooklyn March, Click Clack Peep, And Brooklyn SINGS!
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Below you’ll find information on events through the weekend in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill this weekend. Check back Monday to see what’s scheduled next week!

FRIDAY, MARCH 6

Performance: Jocelyne Prince: Glory Studies of Unexplained Events
When: 
Friday, March 6 from 6:30-7:30pm
Where: UrbanGlass at 647 Fulton Street
What: Inspired by the book Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death, Jocelyne Prince will be exploring the art of heat and glass in this hour long performance in the UrbanGlass studio. RSVP.

Line Dancing
When: Friday, March 6 from 7-8pm
Where: Ingersoll Community Center at 177 Myrtle Avenue
What: Free class. No registration or experience necessary.

BRIClab: Amy Evans’ “The Champion” (work-in-progress)
When: Friday, March 6 at 7:30pm
Where: BRIC House at 647 Fulton Street
What: A new play by Brooklyn playwright Amy Evans, created with UK-based director Mark Rosenblatt and actor Noma Dumezweni, The Championis inspired by the life of Nina Simone, and offers a rare look into the heart and mind of an artist known as much for her indictment of American racism as her artistic brilliance.
How much: $10 Adv | $14 Door

Comedy Show
When: Friday, March 6 at 8pm
Where: Five Spot Soul Food at 459 Myrtle Avenue
What: Free comedy show every Friday night. Hosted by Pee Wee Dee.
How much: No cover

Live Music: Nydia Ines
When: Friday, March 6 from 9pm-2am
Where: The Great Georgiana at 248 DeKalb Avenue
What: Music all night long.
How much: Free for guests

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SATURDAY, MARCH 7

Fort Greene Park Greenmarket
When: Saturday, March 7 from 8am-4pm
Where: Washington Park between DeKalb and Willoughby Avenues
What: Weekly farmers market with live music and family-friendly activities.

Brooklyn Community Listening Session on Food & Equity
When: Saturday, March 7, 9:30am-1pm
Where: YWCA, 30 3rd Avenue (between Atlantic Ave & State St)
What: Join neighbors and community advocates to discuss racial and economic equity issues related to food in your community, share what community food issues are most important to you, identify emerging opportunities to work on food issues in Brooklyn, and connect with others who are working on similar issues. Children are welcome. Snacks and lunch will be provided.
How much: Free, but RSVP at http://nycff-brooklyn-listening-food-equity.eventbrite.com

Fundamentals of Tai Chi
When: Saturday, March 7 from 10-11am
Where: Ingersoll Community Center at 177 Myrtle Avenue
What: Free class. No registration or experience necessary.

Selma March Commemoration
When: Saturday, March 7 from 10:30am-12:30pm
Where: From the Manhattan base of the Brooklyn Bridge to Brooklyn Borough Hall
What: Borough President Eric Adams and civil rights lawyer Norman Siegel host a commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the first of three marches conducted by civil rights activists in 1965 from Selma, Alabama to the state’s capital of Montgomery, events that helped lead to the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965. At Brooklyn Borough Hall, Adams will host a community viewing of President Barack Obama’s speech to the nation from Selma.

Story Time: Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin
When: Saturday, March 7 at 11am
Where: Greenlight Bookstore at 686 Fulton Street
What: Cronin and Lewin — authors of the award-winning Click, Clack! series — will be reading from their latest, Click, Clack, Peep!, in which the barn animals wonder: How do you get a baby duck to hit the hay? Join Betsy and Doreen for a rollicking morning of reading, drawing and barnyard noises! Ages 3 to 8.
How much: Free; $17.99 for the book

Shape Up! NYC Aerobics Class
When: Saturday, March 7 from 12-1pm
Where: Bedford Library at 496 Franklin Avenue
What: Free aerobics class taught by Parks volunteers.

Big Poppa Shop Pop-Up
When: Saturday, March 7 from 2-8pm
Where: Leisure Life NYC at 559 Myrtle Avenue
What: Runs through Tuesday, March 10. Music, open bar and shopping event celebrating the life of Brooklyn’s own Notorious B.I.G.
How much: Whatever you buy

Book Signing: “The Case for Loving” and “Emmanuel’s Dream”
When: Saturday, March 7 from 5-7pm
Where: Brooklyn Museum’s Museum Shop at 200 Eastern Parkway
What: Get your copy of the new book The Case for Loving, signed by author and illustrator duo Selina Alko and Sean Qualls. Sean will also be signing his other book, Emmanuel’s Dream.
How much: Free; buy your own book

Brooklyn SINGS!
When: Saturday, March 7 from 5-10pm
Where: Your computer
What: Brooklyn Sings! is a student-run musical production which pits the various grades of the schools against each other for annual bragging rights. It has been a true Brooklyn tradition for almost 70 years, providing treasured memories for all its participants. Tune in for this vocal battle of epic proportions between Murrow, Madison, and Midwood High Schools.

BRIClab: Amy Evans’ “The Champion” (work-in-progress)
When: Saturday, March 7 at 7:30pm
Where: BRIC House at 647 Fulton Street
What: A new play by Brooklyn playwright Amy Evans, created with UK-based director Mark Rosenblatt and actor Noma Dumezweni, The Championis inspired by the life of Nina Simone, and offers a rare look into the heart and mind of an artist known as much for her indictment of American racism as her artistic brilliance.
How much: $10 Adv | $14 Door

BAMcafe Live: Iris Lune
When: Saturday, March 7 at 9pm
Where: BAMcafe at Peter Jay Sharp Building at 30 Lafayette Avenue
What: This indie rock outfit creates dreamy, atmospheric pop anthems that set lead singer Ella Joy Meir’s soaring vocals against shimmering, gorgeously textured instrumentals. Formed at Boston’s prestigious Berklee College of Music, Iris Lune comprises one Israeli and three Americans, who channel artists like Radiohead and Björk for a lush, expansive sound that listeners can get lost in.
How much: Free

Live Music: Mogo Lion Sonidero
When: Saturday, March 7 at 10pm
Where: Sisters at 900 Fulton Street
How much: Free for guests

Live Music: Mick Collins
When: Saturday, March 7 from 9pm-2am
Where: The Great Georgiana at 248 DeKalb Avenue
What: Music all night long.
How much: Free for guests

Image courtesy of Emma Chapman.
Image courtesy of Emma Chapman.

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