COURIER LIFE, DEC. 17–23, 2021 23
WHERE TO
FRI, DEC. 17
COMEDY, WET CASH: A
weekly free standup comedy
show, Wet Cash features
some of the city’s best
up-and-comers, and some
of the faces you know from
late night TV and Netfl ix
comedy specials. Everyone
can enjoy a free beer and
one chosen guest receives,
what else, some wet money
at the end of the show. All
proceeds are donated to
charity. Dec. 17. 7:30pm.
Free, with $10 suggested
donation. Stars Café, 247
Wilson Avenue between
Harman and Himrod streets
in Bushwick. facebook.com/
wetcashnyc. (319) 331 4969
DANCE, LAND OF THE
SWEETS: A new take on
the classic Nutcracker ballet,
Movement Headquarters
presents “Land of
the Sweets: An Immersive
Nutcracker Experience,”
featuring a grown-up Clara
navigating a journey to the
Land of the Sweets. Dec.
17, with additional shows
on Dec. 18. 8pm. $60. Mark
O’Donnell Theater at The
Actors Fund Arts Center,
160 Schermerhorn Street
between Smith and Hoyt
Streets, Downtown Brooklyn.
movementhqballet.org.
NIGHTLIFE, DONNA SUMMER
VOICES
concentration, intensity. The
spirit of everyone in the room
writing and trying to put something
into words. That is always
a very rich process and people
appreciate it. Even people who
afterwards say ‘I hate writing’
or they come in and say ‘I’m
not a writer,’ there’s something
that happens during that time
period when everyone’s writing
that’s very transformative,
and then we talk again.”
One year someone videotaped
the project, and the
group has recently added an
oral history component, directed
by editor Laura Thorne.
Themes that consistently
emerge during the workshops
are gentrifi cation and how to
maintain the neighborhood’s
diversity, said Mutnick. Life
stories and living in the neighborhood
are perennial topics,
and the journal also includes
poetry and art. The Summer
2020 issue, which came out in
October of that year, was produced
during the pandemic.
It includes a tribute to the
late Aubrey Marquez, a dapper
retired graphic artist known
as the Mayor of Rutland, who
passed away last year at 75; an
essay about a friendship that
refl ects on race, community,
COVID and gentrifi cation;
memories of growing up in the
neighborhood in decades past;
observations about remote
learning; an account of working
at Downstate Medical Center at
the height of the pandemic; and
a story about facing eviction
and struggling to fi nd affordable
housing during COVID.
The journal has had a positive
impact on participants
and the community, said Edwards,
a longtime PLG resident,
activist and educator. “It
is through conversations with
community members that you
fi nd out how people feel. You
can’t do that if you stay silent,
stay at home, don’t have
a place to come and talk about
these issues and not be shouted
down and not be looked at as
the meanest person in the universe,”
she said. “Sometimes
people don’t understand and
they need to be educated or explore
different perspectives. I
think that’s how it’s affected
the neighborhood because people
are coming to the events
and buying our booklets. To
me, it’s had a tremendous effect
on those who’ve come and
shared. A positive effect.”
The seventh issue came out
in the fall and focuses on food
with the theme “Flatbush Eats:
Food, Survival, and Celebration.”
A gift set of the fi rst fi ve
issues is available at Greenlight
Bookstore for $30. The
project has been popular, with
standing-room-only readings
and sold-out editions. While
Mutnick said she can’t predict
the future, her ambition for
Voices of Lefferts is to publish
10 issues over fi ve years.
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DANCE PARTY: Warm
up a chilly weekend at Love
2 Love - A Donna Summer
Dance Party, hosted
by Mother Juan Aviance
with DJs Bill Coleman and
Michael T and a live performance
by Yaya Williams.
Dec. 17. 11:30pm. $10. The
Knitting Factory, 361 Metropolitan
Avenue between
4th and Havemeyer streets,
Bushwick. knittingfactory.
com.
GAMING, VIRTUAL MARIO
KART SESSION: Brooklyn
Public Library is hosting a
virtual Mario Kart session
for Brooklynites of all ages
and skill levels. Sign on via
your Nintendo Switch by
searching “BPL Tourney”
or using the code 0334-
4298-1419 and get racing.
Dec. 17. 4pm. Free. Virtual.
bklynlibrary.org. (718) 230
2100.
HOLIDAY, LIGHTSCAPE:
Get in the spirit with the
Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s
Lightscape, an illuminated
stroll through the grounds
accompanied by music.
Check out fan favorites like
the Fire Garden and Sea
of Light as well as brandnew
works by local artists.
Dec. 17, ongoing. $18 for
children, $34 for adults, or
$16 and $30 for members.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden,
990 Washington Avenue
at Classon Avenue and
President Street, Prospect
Heights. bbg.org. (718) 623
7200.
SAT, DEC. 18
FOOD, TEA: Embrace your
inner well-heeled, right
proper Englishman as you
sip on tea and nibble on fi nger
sandwiches and scones
with jam and clotted cream.
Fanciest hat wins a special
prize. $72.36, minimum
party size of 6. 2 pm Sat
and Sun. Seven, 470 Nostrand
Ave, Bed-Stuy. www.
seven-restaurant.com/hitea
with-brooklyn-swag/
KIDS, PAJAMA PARTY: Drop
off your little one for a
three-hour sleepwear soiree
(with counselors) while
you enjoy a guilt-free night
on the town. Ages 3 and
up, camper must be pottytrained
and have at least
one vaccine dose if over 5.
$60. 6 pm. Camp @ City
Point, 1 DeKalb Ave, Downtown
Brooklyn. camp.com
MUSIC, DARK WAVE: Enjoy
a night of sullen dancing
with this DJ set celebrating
“dark 80s new wave,”
featuring numbers by David
Bowie, New Order, The
Smiths, Depeche Mode,
and more. Free for fi rst 50
RSVPs, $15 otherwise. 11
pm. Saint Vitus Bar, 1120
Manhattan Ave, Greenpoint.
www.saintvitusbar.
com
FINE ART, WINTER IN THE
CITY: Urban Glass is opening
their studios for a day of
demonstrations and activities
in their glass blowing
studio. Make beads or a
blown paperweight if you’re
willing to pay, or take part
in free activities like making
a copper foil ornament
or upcycled vase. Dec. 18.
11am-3pm, with activities
beginning every half hour.
$25-$65, depending on the
activity. 647 Fulton Street
between Rockwell and Ashland
places in Downtown
Brooklyn. urbanglass.org.
(718) 625 3685
GREEN-WOOD CEMETARY,
TROLLEY TOUR: Tour the
borough’s historic cemetery
with a group of expertlytrained
guides to learn
about the landscape and
the graveyard’s most prolifi
c residents. 1pm. $30, or
$25 for members. Comfortable
footwear suggested
for brief walks on rough terrain.
Historic Chapel at Fifth
Avenue and 25th Street in
South Slope. green-wood.
com. (718) 210 3080.
FOOD, WILLIAMSBURG
TOUR: Experience some of
Williamsburg’s best food
on this guided tour. You’ll
stop for tastings of pastries
and pierogi at Northside
Bakery, Oklahomastyle
barbeque at Mables
Smokehouse, and delicious
chocolates from Dominican
chocolatiers Kahkow Chocolate
factory, and more!
Dec. 18, with more dates
available. $56. 12pm. Meet
your guide at the Williamsburg
Mini Mall, 218 Bedford
Avenue between Fourth
and Fifth streets. Williamsburg.
likealocaltours.com.
(917) 417 0378.
MUSIC, MERRY MERRY
BROOKLYN: The Brooklyn
Chamber Orchestra, led
by Maestro Philip Nuzzo,
is starting a new holiday
tradition with a festive,
family-friendly holiday
music celebration. Dec. 18.
7pm. $20-$60. St. Ann &
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BROOKLYN
IT’S LIT: Lightscape at Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Brooklyn Botanic Garden
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COMEDY, GOOD GIRL: Comedians
Molly Brenner and
Laura Merli host a rotating
cast of comedians at their
regular stand-up show. This
month features Edinburgh
Fringe alumni Jilberto Soto
and Maggie Lalley, Comedy
Central’s Yemi Afolabi,
and more. Dec. 18. 8pm.
$5. Friends and Lovers, 641
Classon Avenue between
Dean and Pacifi c streets in
Prospect Heights. fnlbk.
com.
SUN, DEC. 19
NATURE, BIRDING: Get a look
at the birds spending the
winter months right here in
Brooklyn at Green-Wood
Cemetery. You’ll tour the
cemetery while keeping
an eye out for sparrows,
fi nches, woodpeckers, and
more. 7:15am. $20, or $15
for Green-Wood members.
Green-Wood Cemetery
main entrance at Fifth Avenue
and 25th Street, South
Slope. green-wood.com.
(718) 210 3080.
HOLIDAY, BTS MARKET: Euphoria
Dance and @bangtanbklyn
host a BTS-themed
holiday market celebrating
Gen Z’s favorite k-pop sensation.
Shop, eat, and drink
during the day, then stick
around after hours for a 21+
party. Market runs 11am-
6pm, party starts at 7pm.
$6 for the market, $10 for
the party. Mika Bushwick,
25 Thames Street between
Morgan Avenue and Bogart
Street, Bushwick. euphoriadanceny.
com.
TUES, DEC. 21
MUSIC, DRUM CIRCLE: Get
your groove on at this
participatory drum circle
focused on Congolese
and West African rhythms.
Learn to play the djembe
and conga, and to stay on
tempo. Free. 2 pm. The
Plaza at 300 Ashland, at
the corner of Flatbush
and Lafayette avenues,
Downtown Brooklyn. www.
makemusicday.org/about/
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