WHERE TO
FRI, DEC. 3
HOLIDAY, OPEN MIC: Leave
the kids at home and shop
for your adult gifts this
holiday season at this fourday
pop-up that promotes
Black businesses and culture
and even includes an
open-mic! Dec. 3-4 and
10-11. 6–11 pm. $10. Gloria
Jean Community Art Center
2550 Pitkin Ave. between
Atkins and Montauk
avenues in East New York.
(201) 354-4700.
COMEDY, NICK HOPPING:
Here’s your chance to be
a real-live-audience member
in a comedy special,
as Brooklyn’s own Nick
Hopping brings the yuks
at Ample Hills’ Gowanus
location. $5, includes a free
scoop of ice cream. 8 pm,
Dec. 3 & 4. Ample Hills
Gowanus Scoop Shop, 305
Nevins St. https://amplehills.
com/events/nickhopping
LITERARY, FORT GREENE:
The Center for Fiction
hosts an evening go cocktails,
prizes, literary tarot
collections, and readings
from seven shortlisted authors
for the Center’s First
Novel Prize. $35. 6:30 pm
at the Center for Fiction,
15 Lafayette Avenue in
Fort Greene, centerforfi ction.
org.
SAT, DEC. 4
SHOPPING, HOLIDAY: Reconnect
with your favorite
Black women-owned
brands ahead of the holiday
shopping rush at “The She
Did That” Holiday Bazaar
featuring 30 businesses to
check out. noon–6 pm. $20.
Shell’s Loft Brooklyn 120
Hamilton Ave. between Van
Brunt and Bowne streets in
Red Hook www.shellsloft.
com.
COMEDY, PADDY’S: Want
to laugh...for free? Paddy’s
of Park Slope has you
covered with this Saturday
COURIER L 32 IFE, DEC. 3–9, 2021
night jokefest. Free.
7 pm. Paddy’s of Park
Slope, 273 13th St. https://
www.instagram.com/p/
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medium=twitter
HOLIDAY MARKET, BROOKLYN
NAVY YARD: The
Brooklyn Navy Yard hosts
their annual holiday market,
with local shops, an ice skating
rink, snacks, and workshops.
Shop for jewelry,
home goods, handmade
art, and more! Dec 4 & 5.
12-5pm. Free. Flushing Avenue
at Vanderbilt Avenue in
the Navy Yard. brooklynnavyyard.
org. (718) 907 5900.
ARAOKE, PARTY LIKE IT’S
1999: Belt out Mariah
Carey’s seminal “All I Want
for Christmas is You,” and
more of all your favorite hits
from the 90s and 2000s at
“Party Like It’s 1999: All I
Want For Christmas is Mariah.”
Dec. 4. 10pm. Free.
The Bell House, 179 7th
Street between Second and
Third avenues in Gowanus.
thebellhouseny.com. info@
thebellhouseny.com.
HOLIDAY, FORT GREENE:
Dancers from the Mark Morris
Dance Center will bring
holiday cheer to Lafayette
Avenue, with dance class
for the entire family featuring
numbers from The Hard
Nut, and a holiday singalong.
Free, 11 am to noon
at 300 Ashland Place on
the corner of Flatbush and
Lafayette Avenues.
SUN, DEC. 5
MUSIC, ROCK & ROLL PLAYHOUSE:
Brooklyn tots
channel their inner Boss
at this interactive, familyfriendly
Get your dance moves on at the Robyn Party, paying tribute to the Swedish pop star.
concert playing
the hits of Bruce Springsteen.
$12 advance, $15 at
the door. 11 am. Brooklyn
Bowl, 61 Wythe Ave in
Williamsburg. https://
www.brooklynbowl.com/
brooklyn
HOLIDAY, COOKIE DECORATING:
Children ages
3 to 12 can join One Girl
Cookies to decorate their
own gingerbread houses
and cookies for the holiday
with icing, candy, and
sanding sugar, then pack
them up and take them
home. Dec. 5. $10 per
child. CityPoint, 445 Albee
Square West at Flatbush
Avenue Ext and Fleet
Street in Downtown Brooklyn.
citypointbrooklyn.
com. (718) 673 8800.
MON, DEC. 6
COMEDY, QUEER: Come for
the comedy, stay for the
party! Join hosts Savannah
DesOrmeaux and Jenny
Gorelick for a night of the
sweetest comedy in Brooklyn
packed with a female,
queer and non-binary lineup.
7 pm. Free with suggested
donation to Tras-
Santa. Lavender Lake 383
Carroll Street between
Bond and Nevins streets in
Gowanus (347) 799-2154.
www.lavenderlake.com.
SEX AND THE CITY, PODCAST:
Get prepped for
the Sex and the City reboot
with The Bradshaw
Boys, who have had the
show’s cast on their podcast,
at this 21+ event. 7
pm. $10. Union Hall 702
Union Street between Fifth
and Sixth avenues in Park
Slope. (718) 638-4400.
www.unionhallny.com.
HISTORY, A GRAVE CONCERN:
Ever wanted to
learn about the history
of body snatching from
graveyards, for use in the
pseudoscience of phrenology?
You’ll never get a
better chance than at this
virtual event hosted by
Green-Wood Cemetery.
$9 for non-members, $4
for members. 6 pm. Virtual
event. https://www.greenwood.
com/event/historyhappy
hour-a-grave-concern
part-2/
TUES, DEC. 7
HOLIDAY, COMEDY: Get
in the holiday spirit with
Tommy McNamara at his
annual Christmas showcase
of original holiday
music, holiday-themed
covers and a never-beforeseen
Christmas play. 7
pm. $10. Union Hall 702
Union Street between Fifth
and Sixth avenues in Park
Slope. (718) 638-4400.
www.unionhallny.com.
WED, DEC 8
HOLIDAY, DOWNTOWN:
Behold master artisans
as they turn frozen water
into works of art when live
ice carving from Okamoto
Studios comes to Brooklyn
Commons. Visitors and
offi ce workers at Metro-
Tech can also check out
ice skating, a holiday vil-
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BROOKLYN
Welcome the holidays with a cookie decorating class at Shahadi’s. Johnathan Meyer/Pexels
lage, a decorated tree, and
seasonal vendors. Free, 4
pm to 6 pm at MetroTech
Center, between Jay Street
and Flatbush Avenue in
Downtown Brooklyn.
THURS, DEC. 9
HOLIDAY, TREE LIGHTING:
The Marine Park Alliance
continues their Festival of
Lights series with Christmas
Tree, Oh Christmas Tree.
Help to decorate and light
up an evergreen tree in a
celebration of the holiday
and those trees that stay
green all year round. Dec.
9, with additional events
on Dec. 19 and Dec. 27.
4pm. Free. Carmine Carro
Center at Marine Park,
Fillmore Avenue between
Madison Place and Marine
Parkway in Marine Park.
marineparkalliance.org.
THEATER, FORT GREENE: A
Warm Winter from BRIClab
resident artist Kareem M.
Lucas follows a Black man
in his late 20’s dead set on
escaping his current reality,
leading to a drug-induced
episode that brings
him close to losing touch
with reality. What follows
is a revelation of self that
completely transforms him.
Free, 3 pm at BRIC, 647
Fulton Street near Flatbush
Avenue in Fort Greene
FRI, DEC. 10
COMEDY, JOKE-E-OKE:
Harmon Leon hosts guests
Matt Vita, Chris Griggs,
and as they compete in
and judge a three-round
karaoke game show. Dec.
10. 11pm. $15. The PIT
Loft, 154 W 29th Street
between Sixth and Seventh
Avenues in Chelsea.
thepit-nyc.com. (212) 244
1722.
MUSIC, DOWNTOWN: 13-
piece ensemble Tredici
Bacci returns to Atlantic
Avenue performance
space Roulette to present
their upcoming album
“Brave New World.” The
record features some of
composer Simon Hanes’
most bold work to date,
and a 25-piece version of
the band featuring a choir.
Free, 8 pm to 10 pm at
Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue
and Third Avenue in
Downtown Brooklyn, roulette.
org.
MUSIC, ROBYN: Dance on
your own, or with friends
at the Robyn Party, paying
tribute to the Swedish pop
star with all-night grooves.
$20. Doors open at 6 pm,
show starts at 8. Brooklyn
Bowl, 61 Wythe Ave in Williamsburg.
www.brooklynbowl.
com/events/detail/
the-robyn-party-11536345
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