WHERE TO
FRI, NOV 12
MUSIC, BROOKLYN FOLK
FESTIVAL: Jalopy Theatre
and School of Music
presents the 13th Annual
Brooklyn Folk Festival,
with poetry and live musical
acts from Klezmer to
Ukranian Folk to traditional
jazz and blues. Nov.
12 starting at 8pm & Nov.
13 starting at noon. Tickets
start at $30. St. Ann’s
Church, 175 Montague
Street between Henry and
Clinton streets in Clinton
Hill. (718) 395-3214. brooklynfolkfest.
com
SAT, NOV. 13
JEWELRY, SUNSET PARK:
Visit Saskia in Industry
City for the chance to
make bracelets to benefi t
Women for Women International,
an organization
helping women and girls
in Afghanistan. $10 per
bracelet, noon — 4 pm,
274 36th Street near Third
Avenue in Sunset Park, industrycity.
com.
HISTORY, GREEN-WOOD
CEMETERY: Hop aboard
for this tour of historic
Green-Wood Cemetery
on a trolley bus, offering
a tour of the nationally
recognized historic cemetery
from the comfort of
a vehicle. $30. 1 pm — 3
pm, Fifth Avenue near 25th
Street in Green-Wood.
FAMILY, ICE SKATING: The
Abe Stark Ice Skating Rink
reopens for the season
with public skating and
skating lessons. $9 admission
for adults and children,
$5 skate rental. Abe
Stark Rink, Riegelmann
Boardwalk and 19th Street
in Coney Island. (718) 946
6536. coneyislandfunguide.
com
FAMILY, PUMPKIN SMASH:
Close out the Halloween
season with Green Meadows
Farms at the annual
Pumpkin Smash. Smash
some old pumpkins, visit
farm animals, and play in
the farm’s playgrounds.
Nov. 13 & 14, 11am-5pm.
$12. Aviator Sports Center,
3195 Flatbush Avenue
in Marine Park. (718) 470
0278. greenmeadowsfarmbrooklyn.
com
FAMILY, ART: Join Color Architect
Kids for a messy
outdoor painting class.
Smocks, paint, and supplies
included. 11am. $30.
Prospect Park West &
Ninth Street, near Harmony
Playground. colorarchitectkids.
COURIER LIFE, N 36 OVEMBER 12-18, 2021
com.
MON, NOV. 15
1619, BAM: Journalists Nikole
Hannah-Jones and Ta-
Nehisi Coates sit down
at the Brooklyn Academy
of Music to discuss
Hannah-Jones’ new book
expanding on the New
York Times’ 1619 Project,
reframing American history
through slavery as
a central lens. Also featuring
poetry and ballet
performance. 7:30 pm.
$45. Brooklyn Academy of
Music, 30 Lafayette Ave in
Fort Greene. https://www.
bam.org/talks/2021/the-
1619-project
TUES, NOV 16
A DIFFERENT DOWNTOWN
BK: Join civic gurus as they
discuss a new plan put
forward to make Downtown
Pop-Up Magazine is returning to Brooklyn next week. Courtesy of Pop-Up Magazine
Brooklyn more open,
green, and pedestrianfriendly.
11 am. Free. Virtual
event. https://www.
downtownbrooklyn.com/
events/panel-discussiondowntown
brooklyn-public
realm-action-plan
THEATER, POP-UP MAGAZINE:
Pop-Up Magazine
returns to Brooklyn for the
fi rst time in two years with
their 2021 issue. See multimedia
“magazine” stories
by Chanel Miller, Shima
Oliaee, and more, with
live music by Magik*Magik
Orchestra. 7:30 pm. $39-
$59. BAM Howard Gilman
Opera House, 30 Lafayette
Avenue between Ashland
Place and St Felix Street in
Downtown Brooklyn. (718)
636 4100. popupmagazine.
com.
COMEDY, TINDER LIVE:
Comedian Lane Moore improvises
live as she clicks
and swipes through her
Tinder matches. Laugh,
cringe, and maybe get
some online dating advice
alongside guest comedians
Aparna Nancherla and
Josh Gondelman. 8pm,
doors open at 7:30pm.
$18. Littlefi eld Performance
and Art Space, 635
Sackett Street between
3rd and 4th Avenues in
Gowanus. littlefi eldnyc.
com
WED, NOV 17.
DANCE, HOUSE OF YES:
Join House of Yes and
Retro Factory to dress up,
dance, meet fashion designers
and models, and
drink curated cocktails, all
to raise money for the National
LGBTQ Task Force.
7pm. $35-$125. House of
Yes, 2 Wyckoff Avenue, between
Jefferson and Troutman
streets in Bushwick.
(646) 838 4937. houseofyes.
org
COMEDY, HALLOWEEN
PUNDERDOME: Littlefi
eld Performance and Art
Space presents the 7th
annual Halloween Punderdome,
featuring the
all-star lineup of past Punderdome
champions facing
off against each other
and all-new contestants.
8pm, doors open at 7pm.
$12-$15. Littlefi eld Performance
and Art Space, 635
Sackett Street between
3rd and 4th Avenues in
Gowanus. littlefi eldnyc.
com
CHRISTIAN DIOR, DESIGNER
OF DREAMS:
Come for a guided tour of
key works contained in the
Brooklyn Museum’s exhibit
on groundbreaking fashion
designer Christian Dior.
Featuring a cornucopia of
garments, photographs,
sketches, and accessories.
2 pm. $25 for exhibit
entry. Brooklyn Museum,
200 Eastern Parkway.
https://www.brooklynmuseum.
org/calendar/
event/pop_up_talks_
Dior_2021/2021/11/17
BROOKLYN HISTORY,
BLACK MUSIC: The Center
for Brooklyn History
hosts this virtual discussion
on the role of music
in representing Black lives
and experiences, and its
role in fostering social
change. 6:30 pm. Free.
Virtual event. https://www.
bklynlibrary.org/calendar/
cbh-talk-black-protest-virtual
20211117
THURS, NOV. 18
COMEDY, GOWANUS:
Watch actors stumble
through a from-memory
performance of The Lord
of The Rings: The Fellowship
of the Ring in this
installment of Ten Bones
Theatre Companies Entirely
From Memory Series.
Performers don’t know
which character they’re
playing until they’re on
stage, and must add new
lines written by audience
members. $15. 8 — 10:30
pm. Littlefi eld, 635 Sackett
Street near Fourth Avenue
in Gowanus, littlefi eldnyc.
com.
COMEDY, SUNSET PARK:
Head to Big Alice Brewing
in Industry City for a night
of comedy from Hamilton
and friends. Free, 7:30-
9:30 pm at Big Alice Brewing,
51 35th Street near
Third Avenue in Sunset
Park, industrycity.com.
PODCAST, GOWANUS:
Head to The Bell House
for a night of stand up and
live podcast taping from
Kurt Braunohler and Scotty
Landes from their podcast
Bananas. $20, 8 pm at The
Bell House, 149 7th Street
near Second Avenue in
Gowanus, thebellhouseny.
com
GET LIT: The Downtown
Brooklyn Alliance and
Con Edison host a series
of performances at Albee
Square focused on the
“themes of electricity and
light,” just in time for the
holidays. Come check out
illuminated dancers, stiltwalkers,
jugglers, and hula
hoopers. 5 pm. Free. Albee
Square, Downtown Brooklyn.
https://www.downtownbrooklyn.
com/events/
dtbk-presents-downtownbrooklyn
gets-lit
ONGOING
ART, BROOKLYN BOTANIC
GARDEN: “Plant Cure/
Brooklyn Botanic Garden”
featuring work about
the healing properties of
plants produced by fi ve
former artists-in-residence
at the garden. The show,
which runs through March
2022, features the artists’
work, research, and parts
of the Garden’s collection.
Admission to BBG is
free for members, $18 for
adults, $12 for seniors and
students, free for children
under 12. Tuesdays-Sundays
10:30am-3:30pm.
990 Washington Avenue
between Carroll and President
streets in Park Slope.
(718) 623 7200. bbg.org
ART, PROSPECT PARK ALLIANCE:
The Prospect Park
Alliance has partnered
with Photoville for the
exhibition “Prospect Park:
My Oasis in Brooklyn,”
featuring the photography
of Jamel Shabazz. Explore
Shabazz’s photos of 1980s
New York City along the
fence outside the Lefferts
Historic House. Free. On
show until December 1.
Lefferts Historic House,
425 Flatbush Avenue inside
Prospect Park. (718) 965
8951. prospectpark.org
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