Beer Week Fest! Pomeranian Meetup! Rhys Darby! Denzel + Oscar-Nominated Films @ Nitehawk! Dave Guy! Food Coop Concert! Owl Watchers @ Owl Farm!
Plus: Shirley Chisolm Capes for Kids! Yedoye Travis! 4 Mile Run!
Thank you for helping us build better coverage of Park Slope, and welcome back to our selected list of events this week. As always, links to sources are in (parentheses) after each event. Follow our IG for updates as events change.
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🤣Rhys Darby @ The Bell House on Sunday (Saturday Show Sold Out) The star of HBO’s ‘Our Flag Means Death’ and the manager from ‘Flight of the Conchords’ flies in from New Zealand. (7:30 PM, The Bell House)
🎵Opening Night: 'A Streetcar Named Desire' @ BAM on 2/28: “In the sweltering heat of New Orleans summer, a woman's grip on the world begins to slip.”(7:30 PM, BAM, $35)
🤣Drunk Black History @ Littlefield on 2/28: “At this hilarious and educational show, comedian Brandon Collins leads a booze-fueled lesson in Black history with the help of his friends.”(8:00 PM, Littlefield)
Events
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Thursday, 2/20
🏷Buy Art With Your Heart @ Industry City: “A symposium that brings four art collectors together during BLACK HISTORY MONTH to share their experiences of acquiring art and the profound impact it has on their lives. This discussion emphasizes the importance of supporting Black and Brown artists and Black Owned Galleries.(6:00 PM, Industry City)
🏛2025 Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts' @ BAM: “Animated treasures from around the world gently address a wide variety of familiar matters, like insecurity, isolation, and romantic attraction, with gentle humor and surprising depth. Please note some films in this program may not be appropriate for audiences under the age of 14 due to gun violence, shootings, language and animated nudity.”(6:50 PM, BAM, $17)
🏛Brooklyn Talks: Bisa Butler And Barbara Bullard' @ Brooklyn Museum: “Twenty years after her death, reflect on the legacy of Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm (1924–2005) in a conversation with artist Bisa Butler and creative entrepreneur and cultural producer Barbara Bullard. Butler, whose portrait of Chisholm is featured in ‘Toward Joy: New Frameworks for American Art, ‘is a textile artist known for her vibrant, larger-than-life quilted portraits.”(7:00 PM, Brooklyn Museum)
📕Lindsay Hameroff Event for ‘Never Planned On You' @ The Ripped Bodice: “ Ali never expected to see Graham again. So no one is more surprised than she is when he turns up in Baltimore, ordering a latte at her favorite cafe. When they reconnect during an enchanting evening together, Ali can’t help but wonder if Graham might be someone special. At the same time, she's desperate to succeed in her new career and prove that she isn’t the family flake..”(7:00 PM, The Ripped Bodice, $20)
📘Playwrights In Process (PIP) @ Old Stone House: “Are you an actor, writer, or story maker? Join Piper Theatre for this informal and supportive monthly series held at the Old Stone House.”(7:00 PM, Old Stone House, Free)
💃Dance History(s): Imagination As A Form Of Study @ BAM: “What is dance history? By handing the authorial microphone to dance artists to serve as our dance historians, the book assembles their embodied lineages, and creates a new prismatic shape for dance history(s). The evening of book readings, with 60-second interstitial dances done by the authors, features a choreographic score.”(7:30 PM, BAM, Free)
🤣’The Princess Bride Entirely From Memory' @ Littlefield: “Presented by the Ten Bones Theatre Company DOORS 7:30PM | SHOW 8PM Ten Bones Theatre Company is thrilled to be back at littlefield for our next installment of the Entirely From Memory series! Performers will attempt (and most likely fail) to recreate “The Princess Bride’, without the aid of scripts, rehearsals, or sobriety. All they will have will be their memory, a recent viewing of the film, and a lot of wigs. How certain are we that they’ll succeed?”(8:00 PM, Littlefield)
🍿’Shouting At The Screen' @ Nitehawk Cinema: “Back in the days before live-tweeting, the only way to express your thoughts while watching a movie was to yell them out loud to the delight of your friends, and the disgust of some old people a few rows in front of you. Comedian Wyatt Cenac (HBO’s Problem Areas, Bob’s Burgers) and musician Donwill (Tanya Morgan, Adulting with Michelle Buteau & Jordan Carlos) invite you to join them as they recreate the kind of ridiculous, loud mouthed magic that is generally found in movie theaters owned by a guy named Magic.”(9:15 PM, Nitehawk)
Friday, 2/21
📕Central Library Friday Film Club: The Dark Knight Rises' @ Brooklyn Public Library: “For the month of February Friday Movie Club will be showing Christopher Nolan films. This week's selection is The Dark Knight Rises (2012).”(3:00 PM, Central Library)
📕Family Movie Night: ‘Shrek' @ Brooklyn Public Library: “Once upon a time, in a far away swamp, there lived an ogre named Shrek whose precious solitude is suddenly shattered by an invasion of annoying fairy tale characters.”(3:30 PM, Park Slope Library)
🏛2025 Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts' @ BAM: See Thursday listing. (4:20 PM, BAM, $17)
🎶The Park Slope Food Coop Concert Series #4: “With so many gifted and talented members, creating this series was a natural decision and a no-brainer. The baton of music and performance curation was passed on to Jay and Alexis by Beverly Grant—a great artist and long-time member since the inception of the Food Coop. Beverly is an artist, photographer, singer-songwriter, composer, and activist who has greatly contributed to our community.”(6:30 PM, Shapeshifter Lab, $10)
🏛’Better' @ BAM: “The first feature film from Kamal Ourahou, a director and producer born in Morocco and based since 2015 in France, illuminates the career of Nassim Lachhab, considered the first Moroccan and African professional skateboarder in history.”(7:10 PM, BAM, $17)
🤣Body Count Hosted By Tessa Belle And Jo Sunday' @ Union Hall: “What, are you scared of a little double entendre? Body Count is a comedy and variety show hosted by Tessa Belle and Jo Sunday.They talk about what really matters in this town: sex and murder, lovers and enemies, broken hearts and broken bones. Come kiss or kill them — your choice!With special guests: Dukes, Zach Schiffman, Rachel Coster, and Francesca D'Uva”(7:30 PM, Union Hall, $15.64)
🤣A Drinking Game NYC: ‘Jumanji' @ The Bell House: “Classic movies: shaken, not stirred, and with a twist. What is "A Drinking Game"? Well, take your favorite 80s or 90s flick, mix in a live staged reading, add a dash of your favorite beverage, and the result is one hell of a cocktail.”(8:00 PM, The Bell House)
Saturday, 2/22
🌳Al Gordon Brooklyn 4 Miler @ Prospect Park: “Celebrate health and longevity with New York Road Runners at this four-mile race in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. Namesake Al Gordon exemplified New York Road Runners’ motto, Run for Life. A standout track runner in college, Gordon had an 80-year career in finance and was an NYRR board member and benefactor. He started running marathons in his 80s and exercised regularly until the end of his life in 2009—at age 107. Lace up in Gordon’s honor!”(8:00 AM, Prospect Park)
🍿’Mildred Pierce' @ Nitehawk Cinema: “Joan Crawford gives an Academy Award-winning performance in the title role of this melodramatic film noir. After Mildred’s second husband is murdered, flashbacks reveal the events leading up to his death. A doting mother, Mildred rises from waitress to restaurant-chain owner, but her spoiled daughter’s selfishness results in heartbreak.”(11:00 AM, Nitehawk)
🍿’The Manchurian Candidate (2004)' @ Nitehawk Cinema: “Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco (Denzel Washington) finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw (Liev Schreiber), now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being. As Marco’s doubts deepen, Shaw’s political power grows, and, when Marco finds a mysterious implant embedded in his back, the memory of what really happened begins to return.”(12:15 PM, Nitehawk)
🐶Pop-Up Pom Pawty: “Calling all Pomeranians! ✨🐾 Join us this Saturday from 1-3 PM for a Pomeranian Meetup hosted by @pinkpomedith! 🐶🎀 We’ll have a ton of prizes, fun, and fluffy cuteness overload! 🎉🐾”(1:00 PM, Woof Gang)
🔥🏷NYC Brewers Guild Opening Bash 2025 @ Industry City: “It’s the start of beer week! grab tickets for 40+ Breweries for all you can drink and join us afterward for the afterparty at Gun Hill! We have food by Meat Asia, and we have live music starting at 7! Don’t miss out on the biggest event in beer in NYC!”(3:00 PM, Industry City)
🤣’Mess' @ Union Hall: “Podcast icons Sydnee Washington and Marie Faustin return to their proverbial throne with Mess, a weekly pod where they invite guests to unpack some of their personal mess, large or small. From there, our hosts decide if the situation presented qualifies as “mess” or just “living”. Hilarity ensues as opinions fly, realizations are made, and the mess is cleaned up.”(5:00 PM, Union Hall, $18.98)
Saturday Night
💃Realismo Mágico @ BAM: “We’re kick-starting our series of unbounded multi-disciplinary house parties with Realismo Mágico—a powerhouse creative experiment, taking over the Fisher building for one night only. Miami-born, Brooklyn-based curator José Parlá plunges audiences deep into a multidimensional world where the mystical and sensual seamlessly merge with Latin American historical narratives.”(7:00 PM, BAM, $15)
🤣🔥Yedoye Travis Special Taping (Early Show) @ Union Hall: “I feel like this is self explanatory, but in case it's not, Yedoye Travis is taping a special.With special guest: Shalewa Sharpe”(7:30 PM, Union Hall, $15.64)
💋👠Switch N’ Play @ Littlefield: “Beloved Brooklyn drag and burlesque collective Switch n’ Play returns to littlefield! DOORS 7PM | SHOW 8PM Switch n’ Play (SNP) is a Brooklyn drag collective established in 2006. Queer in every sense of the word, Switch n’ Play spans the gender spectrum in life and on stage.”(8:00 PM, Littlefield)
🤣🔥Yedoye Travis Special Taping (Late Show) @ Union Hall: See 7:30 listing. ”(10:00 PM, Union Hall, $15.64)
💋👠Switch N’ Play Afterparty @ Parklife @ Littlefield: “Dance the night away and enjoy late-night drag performances from some of our Switch N’ Play favorites! Reserve your table now via Opentable!”(11:00 PM, Littlefield)
Sunday, 2/24
🛒Washington Park Greenmarket: “20 years old!” (9:00 AM, Washington Park)
🎓✏️Erotic Open Draw @ Please: “Draw smut freely with like minded individuals at the shop!”(11:00 AM, Please, An Educated Pleasure Shop)
🌳Shirley Chisholm Superhero Cape And Resiliency Workshops @ Prospect Park: “This Black History Month, join Prospect Park Alliance, the Shirley Chisholm Cultural Institute and the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Center for Health Equity & Community Wellness at Lefferts Historic House for a family-friendly event for all ages to create and showcase superhero capes inspired by the legacy of Shirley Chisholm and participate in an all-ages workshop beginning at 2 pm on Cultivating Resilience Through Self-Compassion. RSPV Today to let us know you’re coming! .”(12:00 PM, Lefferts Historic House, Free)
🏛 Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra: Chevalier De Saint-Georges, Fauré, Sankey, And Dvořák @ Brooklyn Museum: “The Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra’s 51st season continues with a concert featuring music spanning three centuries, guest conducted by Nico Olarte-Hayes, faculty at Juilliard’s Pre-College Division and the Perlman Music Program.”(2:00 PM, Brooklyn Museum)
🏛2025 Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts @ BAM: See Thursday listing.(6:50 PM, BAM, $17)
🤣Rhys Darby @ The Bell House: See Book Now above. (7:30 PM, The Bell House)
🤣Demi Adejuyigbe Is Going To Do One (1) Backflip @ Littlefield: “An hour-long comedy show full of songs, presentations, bits and surprises. DOORS 7PM | SHOW 8PM A very special comedy show featuring original comedic songs, presentations, bits, and one (1) single backflip performed by an aging, sedentary man who had to stand up and crack his knees in the middle of writing this.”(8:00 PM, Littlefield)
Monday, 2/25
🏛’Slingshot Hip Hop' @ BAM: “ Documents the birth of the hip hop scene in Palestine, braiding together the stories of young Palestinian artists living in Gaza, the West Bank and Palestine 48—the locals’ term for Israel. Shot over four-and-a half-years, the film mixes footage that director J. Reem Salloum painstakingly filmed with rappers living under occupation with video made by the rappers themselves, with Palestinian acts like DAM, Palestinian Rapperz, and Abeer describing how artists like 2Pac and Chuck D. helped them hone voices to illustrate their struggle.”(5:00 PM, BAM, $17)
🎓🥁Drum Machines 101 @ Brooklyn Public Library: “The layout of a drum machine will no longer be a mystery after finishing this in-depth workshop. Get a full explanation of the different types of drum machines and their legacy within music history. With this information learn how to create quality drum kits from individual samples. Finally, embrace your creative spirit with a dive into applying effects to your kits for a truly unique sound.”(5:30 PM, Central Library)
🤣’Stamptown’ @ The Bell House: “Door Time: 7:00 pm. Show Time: 8:00 pm. Front Bar opens 1 hour prior to doors time. This show is 21 & over with valid, government-issued photo ID. This event is General Admission standing and seating. Seating is first come first served and not guaranteed. Arrive early for best seat selection. If you have an accessibility request, please email thebellhouse@livenation.com prior to the show. Please note: No outside food or drink is permitted. $.25 per each ticket sold for a majority of events at Bell House benefits Comedy Gives Back, a safety net for the comedy community. IG: @comedygivesback ”(8:00 PM, The Bell House)
🍿’Black Box Diaries' @ Nitehawk Cinema: “Journalist Shiori Ito conducts an investigation into her own sexual assault, aiming to bring the prominent perpetrator to justice. Her pursuit evolves into a significant legal case, revealing the antiquated judicial and societal frameworks in Japan.”(9:00 PM, Nitehawk)
🍿The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' @ Nitehawk Cinema: “Intensely brutal with very little reprieve or consideration for the audience, it came out of a rift of a socio-cultural framework, bursting onscreen with the evisceration of the family structure, youth culture, and cultural fragility in a post-Vietnam United States.”(9:15 PM, Nitehawk)
Tuesday, 2/26
🦉Hudson Valley Owl Watchers Club @ Owl Farm: “ Join your favorite Hudson Valley breweries at The Owl Farm in Brooklyn on Tuesday, February 25th! Come enjoy some incredible beers from our friends and tell us all about your favorite types of owls! ”(6:00 PM, The Owl Farm)
📕Amy Spalding For ‘On Her Terms’ @ The Ripped Bodice: “Fresh off breaking up with her boyfriend and swerving away from the conventional, TikTok-ready married life she never wanted, Clementine is ready to explore the alternatives. Not that she wants to be single forever, much less die alone. But at thirty-six, it’s time for her to experience new things—including in her love life.”(7:00 PM, The Ripped Bodice, $21)
🍿’Sugarcane' @ Nitehawk Cinema: “An investigation into abuse and missing children at an Indian residential school sparks a reckoning on the nearby Sugarcane Reserve.”(9:00 PM, Nitehawk)
🍿’Mississippi Masala' @ Nitehawk Cinema: “The 1990s began with what may be the sexiest Hollywood film made during the last decade of the century, built on the energy of director Mira Nair’s keen eye for detail and the chemistry between the young talents of Denzel Washington and Sarita Choudhury.”(7:00 pm, Nitehawk)
Wednesday, 2/27
🛒Wednesday Greenmarket At Bartel-Pritchard Square: “Nestled inside Prospect Park’s tree-shaded southwest corner, this much-loved market is where South Slope and Windsor Terrace residents stock up on locally grown staples. The offerings range from a selection of vegetables, fruits, baked goods, plants and flowers to fresh-caught fish and organic baked goods. ”(8:00 AM, Prospect Park)
🍹Tillie's Booze Free Bingo @ Mockingbird: “ A drag bingo for the sober, sober curious, and anyone who wants to take a night off drinking and have fun!”(7:00 PM, Mockingbird)
📕Wordsprouts: The Park Slope Food Coop Reading Series: “A long-running Park Slope Food Coop author series, where Coop authors share thoughts about their works and process. This event is a presentation of Christopher Hastings' comics work, especially his children's series, InvestiGators: Agents of S.U.I.T., and is an ideal event for children and families. Christopher Hastings is a New York Times bestselling author specializing in graphic novels.”(7:00 PM, Old Stone House, Free)
🤣Punkie Johnson @ Union Hall: “Punkie Johnson is a comedian and writer from New Orleans, Louisiana who joined the cast of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE in 2020. She also appeared on season 2 of HBO Max’s critically acclaimed series, LOVE LIFE, where her performance was hailed by Time Magazine as a “particular stand out.” Past credits include SPACE FORCE (Netflix), A BLACK LADY SKETCH SHOW (HBO), and BILL BURR PRESENTS: THE RINGERS (Comedy Central).”(7:30 PM, Union Hall, $18.98)
🍿’Soundtrack To A Coup D’Etat' @ Nitehawk Cinema: “United Nations, 1960: the Global South ignites a political earthquake, jazz musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach crash the Security Council, Nikita Khrushchev bangs his shoe, and the U.S. State Department swings into action, sending jazz ambassador Louis Armstrong to Congo to deflect attention from the CIA-backed coup. Director Johan Grimonprez captures the moment when African politics and American jazz collided in this magnificent essay film, a riveting historical rollercoaster that illuminates the political machinations behind the 1961 assassination of Congo’s leader Patrice Lumumba.”(8:45 PM, Nitehawk)
🍿 'Night Is Short, Walk On Girl' @ Nitehawk Cinema: “A comedy about one epic night in Kyoto. As a group of teens go out for a night on the town, a sophomore known only as ‘The Girl with Black Hair’ experiences a series of surreal encounters with the local nightlife… all the while unaware of the romantic longings of Senpai, a fellow student who has been creating increasingly fantastic and contrived reasons to run into her, in an effort to win her heart. Featuring the Anime After Dark Raffle, one lucky guest will win a pair of Friday passes to AnimeNYC 2025”(9:15 PM, Nitehawk)
Thursday, 2/28
🎶Dave Guy @ BAM: “Trumpeter Dave Guy is well known to music lovers for his soulful, fiery work with hot bands like The Roots, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, and the Menahan Street Band, as well as guest shots with such icons as Al Green, Amy Winehouse, and Pharrell. For this BAM outing, the East Village native will lean into charts from Ruby, a sophisticated debut solo album that shows how he brings together his disparate influences and experiences in classic R&B, hip hop, and jazz into a signature sound all his own.”(7:00 PM, BAM, Free)
🤣’Exploration: Live!' @ The Bell House: “Featuring Jaboukie Young-White and Jordan Coley. Lineup subject to change.”(7:30 PM, The Bell House)
🔥🤣Joe Castle Baker: Something To Think About' @ Union Hall: “Joe Castle Baker does a half-hour of stand-up that will pervert your mind and change the way you think forever.With special guests: Devon Walker, Jessie Lee, and George Civeris”(7:30 PM, Union Hall, $18.98)
🍿Porcelain War' @ Nitehawk Cinema: “Ukrainian artists Slava, Anya and Andrey choose to stay behind and find beauty amid the destruction. They show it may be easy to make people afraid, but it is difficult to destroy their passion for living.”(9:00 PM, Nitehawk)
🍿’Virtuosity' @ Nitehawk Cinema: “In this wild mix of action, cyber-thriller, and sci-fi madness, Virtuosity asks the ultimate question: What happens when you mix cutting-edge tech with the most diabolically psychotic criminal minds? Answer: A whole lot of explosions, gunfights, and a battle of wits between a man and a program who try endlessly to one-up each other.”(9:15 PM, Nitehawk)
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