Welcome back to the best Park Slope events newsletter. Links to sources are in (parentheses) after each event.
Worth Booking Now
🐱CATVIDEOFEST 2023 on August 12th: “Join us this summer for a fun, family-friendly day at the movies. CatVideoFest 2023 is a compilation of the latest and best cat videos culled from countless hours of unique submissions and sourced animations, music videos, and classic internet powerhouses. Proceeds will go to Sean Casey Animal Shelter.” (Nitehawk Cinema, 11:00 AM)
Registration for Brooklyn Botanic Garden Fall Classes on August 7th: The BBG has a host of amazing classes that are often full before we have a chance to include them to our newsletter subscribers. They run the gamut from Garden Design to Herbal Soups and Broths and art classes from Chinese Brush Painting to Ceramic Planters. Here’s an opportunity to get in before they fill up. (Register here)
Get Involved
We love promoting volunteer opportunities and fundraisers in our community. Let us know of any in the neighborhood that we can support!
🆘President Street Greenspace is need of a new tumbler so they can continue composting for there community and pollinator gardens. They have a modest goal of $500. (President Street Greenspace Instagram)
🌳It's My Park Day: "Join Prospect Park Alliance for It’s My Park Day to care for the park after busy weekends. This Tuesday they are focusing on the area around The Boathouse." (10:00 AM, Prospect Park Boathouse)
Ongoing
Park Slope Restaurants Participating in Restaurant Week through August 20th: These 7 spots have joined NYC Restaurant Week to offer scrummy prixe fixe menus. Click each name to see their offerings.
Benchmark (339A 2nd Street)
Bklyn Larder (228 Flatbush Ave
Dram Shop (339 9th Street)
Lore (441 7th Avenue)
Mikhuy Peruvian (524 4th Avenue)
Palo Santo (652 Union Street)
Stone Park Cafe (332 5th Avenue)
Events
Thursday
🎨Gun Hill: Artists Night. “Whether it’s photography, painting, drawing, sculpting, pottery, any type of art. If you’re looking for a place to display your work, come show it at the Publick House.” (5:00 PM, Industry City - Gun Hill Publick House, Building 6)
🧱 🎵BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Jorge Drexler | Cimafunk | Julieta Rada: “World-renowned singer-songwriter Jorge Drexler’s sound blends the traditional rhythms of his native Uruguay with samba, bossa nova, pop, jazz, ambient, and even EDM.” (7:00 PM, Prospect Park - Lena Horne Bandshell) (7:00 PM, Prospect Park - Lena Horne Bandshell)
😆 Garrick Bernard: “Producer of Armor Wars, star in Single Drunk Female, writer, actor, and stand-up comedian, Garrick has a unique, dark sense of humor, often with a genre bend. He was named one of Comedy Central’s Up Next Comics and tours around the country.” (7:30 PM, Union Hall, $25)
🎵80’s Night w/Guitar+Synth Band ‘After the Echo:’ “Enjoy songs from the 1980s. Set up a chair or a blanket and come hang out with a cold one." (8:00 PM, Industry City Courtyard 5/6)
🥣🍻Spoons, Toons and Booze After Dark: “Drink! Eat Cereal! Watch cartoons your kids won’t like.” (9:15 PM, Nitehawk Cinema)
Friday
🛼Lola Star’s Dreamland Roller Disco: "This week's theme is Soul Train, so come down to the week's ‘hippest trip’ in Brooklyn." (7:00 PM, Lefrak Center)
🪦Green-Wood After Hours: "This not-to-be-missed walking tour explores its historic grounds under the cover of night. You’ll weave through the Cemetery’s stunning landscape and visit the graves of fascinating figures in New York and American history and end with a visit to the Catacombs, which are normally closed to the public." (7:00 PM, Green-Wood Cemetery)
🧱 🎵BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Indigo De Souza | Vundabar: “Known for her intimate, confessional-like lyricism, Indigo De Souza isn’t afraid to confront themes of grief and impermanence in her music.” (7:30 PM, Prospect Park - Lena Horne Bandshell)
Saturday
🎨Free Art Giveaway: “This weekend the family of Sam Goldberg will be giving away his last remaining original paintings. More than 150 works of art will be available for the taking.” (8:00 AM, Prospect Park West between 6th and 7th Street)
📝Giveaway @ Annie’s Blue Ribbon: “August 5th is Stationery Store Day and we are celebrating BIIIIG! We had so many incredible businesses send us FREE goodies for you! The first 50 shoppers to spend $25 or more will receive the most fun goody bag. The gift bags contain fabulous merch from Rifle Paper Company, La Familia, Social Type, Idlewild, Good Juju, and SO MANY MORE!” (Annie’s Blue Ribbon, All Day)
📚Ripped Bodice Brooklyn Grand Opening on Saturday: “Join us for the grand opening of this bookstore devoted to romance. Book signings with authors, Casey McQuiston (Red White and Royal Blue) and Alexis Daria (Take the Lead.)” (10:00 AM, The Ripped Bodice, 218 5th Avenue)
🍄Summer Fungi Walk @ Green-Wood: "Led by Sigrid Jakob and Potter Palmer, members of the New York Mycological Society and founders of the Green-Wood Fungi Phenology Project, both experts and novices alike will learn how to differentiate the delicious from the deadly and start putting names to some of the city’s more common summer fungi." (10:00 AM, Green-Wood Cemetery, $25)
🍿’Shiva Baby’ @ Nitehawk: “While at a Jewish funeral service with her parents, a college student has an awkward encounter with her sugar daddy and her ex-girlfriend. Featuring a pre-recorded Q&A with director Emma Seligman and star Rachel Sennott.” (11:30 AM, Nitehawk Cinema)
🍿Spoons and Toons: All Ages. “This interactive cartoon watch party brings animated fun for any age group with a menu of over 200 cartoons from 1940 to 2020. Kids and parents can compete in silly Double Dare-style challenges + cartoon trivia games anyone can play! Winners get prizes and to decide what cartoons the audience watches. Help yourself to a FREE Cereal Bar stocked with delicious flakes and puffs! Plus: cereal-infused cocktails for the adults who want to imbibe!” (12:00 PM, Nitehawk Cinema)
📚Read and Greet with Chella Man at PowerHouse: “Come by for a reading from Asian American actor, model, artist, YouTuber, and LGBTQ activist, Chella Man’s incredible book, ‘Continuum,’ and a meet and greet after.” (12:00 PM, Powerhouse Industry City)
🖌️Hands-On Art: “Create Caribbean carnival-inspired masks.” (5:00 PM, Brooklyn Museum Plaza)
🎭 Performance: Erol Josué Presents Pèlerinaj: “Ordained as a Houngan (Vodou priest) in his teens, Erol Josué, Director General of Haiti’s Bureau of Ethnology and Artistic Curator of New York City’s inaugural Haitian Heritage Parade, presents Pèlerinaj, an immersive exploration of his personal pilgrimages. The performance features stunning visual effects, sacred Vodou chants, and traditional rhythms with elements of rock, jazz, and EDM.” (6:00 PM, Brooklyn Museum)
💃The Ginger Cabaret: A Spicy Night of Intense Delights. “The creators of Sultry Soiree, Dr. Sketchy’s & Say Please, Wink & a Smile Productions are teaming up with Barrow’s Intense Tasting Room to bring you a new, spicy cabaret. Enjoy signature ginger liqueur cocktails and entertainment from some of NYC’s spiciest redheads – Rita N. Wink, Rosie Tulips, and Trinity Starlight." (7:30 PM, Industry City, Barrow's Intense)
Sunday
🐦Birding in Peace: “Before our gates open to the general public, birding expert Rob Jett leads these peaceful early morning walking tours to discover the many birds that make Green-Wood their home—at least temporarily.” (6:00 AM, Greenwood Cemetery, $20)
🏃Lookin for a Cure Brookly 5K: “We're ‘Lookin' For a Cure’ in Prospect Park! All ages are welcome to walk or run with us and help take steps to find a cure for the rare eye cancer, ocular Melanoma.” (7:00 AM, Prospect Park)
🌯Smorgasburg: “Every Sunday for your chewing pleasure.” (11:00 AM, Prospect Park Breeze Hill)
🍿’True Romance’ Director’s Cut @ Nitehawk “A modern day Bonnie and Clyde, Alabama and Clarence meet, fall in love, and then proceed to steal a whole lot of drugs from her pimp.” (12:00 PM, Nitehawk Cinema)
🍿Miss Malice's Sunday Scaries: ‘Scream’ (1996): “Join drag icon and horror film hostess Miss Malice for Sunday Scaries, a backyard movie series guaranteed to thrill and chill you! Weekly screenings of horror classics, with live drag performances and commentary by Malice and special guests.” (7:45 PM, Parklife, $10)
Monday
🗣️The Moth StorySLAM: “Storytelling competitions where the stage is open to any and all with a story to tell on the evening's theme. This week's theme is Back To School.” (8:00 PM, The Bell House, $15)
Tuesday
💪AMP’d Interval Training with Chelsea Piers Fitness: “Hit the grass and push your body to new limits in this high-intensity interval training class that combines body-weight strength and cardio on the Prospect Park Long Meadow.” (6:00 PM, Prospect Park - Long Meadow North)
🙋Trivia League Tuesday: “Test your smarts with our free to play pub quiz brought to you by NYC Trivia League. Teams of two to six players can compete for great prizes each week." (7:30 PM, Parklife)
😆Major LOL Vibes with Rachel Kaly: “A night of comedy with Rachel Kaly and special guests Jordan Temple and Whitmer Thomas.” (7:30 PM, Union Hall, $12)
Wednesday
🍿Paramount+ Movie Nights @ The Long Meadow: 1996’s ‘The Nutty Professor.’ Hercales! Hercales! (6:30 PM, Prospect Park - Long Meadow)
🍿Gun Hill Movie Night: ‘Inception.’ “Come enjoy delicious beer specials, table 87 pizza, and complimentary popcorn." (7:00 PM, Industry City, Gun Hill Publick House – Building 6)
😆Hari Kondabolu: New Material Night: [Editor’s note: this is Sold out, like we said it would!] “Prepare for a show filled with questionable premises, faulty logic, occasional laughs and a few moments of brilliance.” (7:30 PM Union Hall, $12)
🗣️Punderdome: “The All-Star Tournament of Pun Champions, where punsters deliver two-minute pun-stand-up routines, after only two minutes of preparation! Punderdome® Champs and others will pun it out for ’Dome bragging rights and ‘As Seen on TV’-type prizes!” (8:00 PM, Littlefield)
🍿Outdoor Cinema: ‘Some Like It Hot.’ “Make a reservation to dine while watching Tony Curtis and Jack Lemon don drag, dodge mobsters and woo and Marilyn Monroe.” (8:30 PM, Parklife)
Thursday
🍷Freelancers Union: Sound Mixer’s Mixer. “Meet freelancers working in sound, audio, radio, podcast, music and more.” (5:00 PM, Industry City, Building 1 – Suite A326)
🌳Arborist Tree Walk: “Join arborist Chris Roddick for an evening tour of BBG’s most amazing trees and learn more about the power of trees and their fascinating inner workings, including how trees connect, communicate, and adapt to the environment around them.” (6:00 PM, Brooklyn Botanic Garden)
🧱 🎵BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! The Revivalists and Band of Horses: “Eight-piece rock ‘n’ roll collective The Revivalists are renowned for their live prowess, soulful alt-rock anthems, and distinct mix of many of the classic styles of American music.” (7:00 PM, Prospect Park - Lena Horne Bandshell, $65)
🧘Prospect Park Yoga with Brooklyn Flow: “Yoga teachers from different studios around the park lead free, outdoor group yoga classes in a low-pressure, beautiful environment. Bring your own mat or towel, a bottle of water and friends.” (7:00 PM, Prospect Park - Long Meadow North)
😆Everything is Terrible: Kidz Klub: “Now that society is collapsing, Everything Is Terrible! is reborn with their new and fantastical expedition into found footage. EIT! has unearthed thousands of forgotten DVD & VHS tapes aimed at yesterday’s youth to bring you their most mind-melting movie to date." (7:30 PM, The Bell House, $25)
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So many fun things going on!