Easter Egg Hunts! Holi Festivals in the Park! Trans Day of Visibility! Baseball @ Green-wood!
Plus: Our US Rep doing a fireside chat! The carousel re-opens! Teens meet an astronomer!
Welcome back to your Park Slope events newsletter. As always, links to sources are in (parentheses) after each event. Follow our IG for updates as events change.
Book Now
We have a habit of knowing what sells out.
🌳Prospect Park Soiree in April: “Attend the most celebrated party of the year! We provide the entertainment and breathtaking setting, you gather with thousands of friends and neighbors to enjoy an evening under the stars in Prospect Park. Wear your most festive attire, prepare a delicious feast, and dine and dance under the stars in one of Prospect Park’s most scenic locations. Show off your creativity with a show-stopping topper—a fabulous hat or headpiece of your choosing—as well as table décor that celebrates the beautiful surroundings, and raise your glass in a toast to Brooklyn's Backyard.” (8:00 PM, Prospect Park)
🤣🎤️Jenny Hagel Gives Advice on Saturday: “Hagel is an Emmy-nominated writer/performer for Late Night with Seth Meyers, and she loves two things: performing comedy and telling people what to do. And in this show she'll get to do both! In "Jenny Hagel Gives Advice," Jenny will invite audience members to submit written questions about their relationships, careers, and finances. Then Jenny and a special guest comedian will give their best, most professional (not professional at all) life advice.”(5:00 PM, Union Hall, $12)
🎤️Stamptown on Monday: “A raunchy, chaotic, and full-on fringe experience, Stamptown is a late-night variety show featuring the best alternative performances from around the world.”(8:00 PM, Bell House, $25)
🤣🎤️Joe Castle Baker: Something To Think About on 3/28: “Baker does a half-hour of stand-up that will pervert your mind and change the way you think forever.”(7:30 PM, Union Hall)
Easter Egg Plans
🐣RSVP: Annie's Annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday: “Calling all little chicks 🐥 and bunnies 🐇 the Annie's Annual Easter Egg Hunt is ON! BYOB (bring your own 🧺), we'll also have baskets available for purchase. After the egg hunt, we'll have a special springtime story reading by @thestorybookmom. Be sure to RSVP by EOD on Friday, March 22nd so we can save you a spot!”(10:00 AM, Annie's Blue Ribbon General Store)
🐣REGISTER: Community Easter Egg Hunt in the Park on 3/30: “We have time staggered hunts for each age group so everyone gets a fair chance. There will be a prize egg in each hunt for a chance to win a SWEET easter basket full of goodies. We also have other awesome things going on during the hunts for waiting siblings like: Live Music with THE Mr. Simon Music, Arts and Crafts, Photo Station with the Easter Bunny, and Nathan's hot dogs! It's always a good time, but you DO NEED A TICKET to participate! ”(11:00 AM, Prospect Park 15th Street Entrance)
🐣BOOK: Easter Bunny Brunch @ 390 Social on 3/31: “Join us for brunch with the Easter Bunny! He will be hopping around from table to table to say hello to your littles and take as many pictures as your Iphone can hold!”(11:00 AM, 390 Social, $35)
Get Involved
🧑💻️Yvette D. Clarke Hosts 'Disinformation, Deepfakes, Other Ai-Generated Threats To Women & Democracy' on Tuesday: “Join Women in AI Ethics™ on March 26 for Women’s History Month, as we host a fireside chat with the Honorable Yvette D. Clarke, Member of Congress, at Brooklyn Public Library. We'll discuss Rep. Clarke’s latest bill to require content provenance like digital watermarking on AI-generated videos and images and giving victims the ability to seek recourse, the urgent need to protect women from image abuse, and the importance of AI literacy programs in keeping our communities safe in the AI age.”(3:30 PM, Central Library)
🎥4 Days Left to Support ‘Gowanus Current’ Documentary: “A feature film chronicling rapid changes to a notoriously polluted neighborhood. It explores the struggles of its stakeholders and the textures of a transforming landscape, asking what is truly valuable in a community and who gets to decide.” Gowanus swag included with donation. (Gowanus Current Indiegogo)
🌳🧹Winter Corps: “Volunteers will assist in raking, minor shoveling, litter pick up, and other landscaping needs. The group meets at a different location every week. All volunteers who RSVP will receive a reminder email with the meeting location before the event.”(10:00 AM, Prospect Park)
News and Links
Pre-Teen Brothers Launch Candy Shop: “Hi, we’re Jake and Max, brothers, best friends and the Brooklyn Candy Kings. We started this little business to bring more sweetness to your life! Hope you enjoy and order your boxes today!” (BK Candy Kings IG)
Al Di La Trattoria on Eater NY and Time Out NY’s Top Italian List: “Go for the spaghetti neri all chitarra (black spaghetti with octopus confit, basil, and hot chile peppers) and tagliatelle if it’s a first-time visit, but know that there is plenty to explore.” (Eater NY and TONY)
Openings and Closings
Closing: Miss American Pie: “It’s time for Miss American Pie to move on. I have tried my best to make things work here, but the hours without pay have always been too numerous, the staffing has always been a rollercoaster, and the expenses of running the cafe in this location have always far outweighed the revenue.” (MAP IG)
Opened: Cuppa Hive on 15th and 8th: Let's create delightful moments together. Come for the coffee, stay for connections. (Cuppa Hive IG)
Opening: Zoller’s Sandwiches Fine Food and Classes Coming to PPW: “We're proud to announce that we will be seeing you all very soon - Sandwiches, Cooking Classes, Fine Food.” (Zollers IG)
Events
Thursday, 3/21
📕National Black Writers Conference Poetry Cafe: “As part of the National Black Writers Conference, the Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College presents a poetry cafe featuring four amazing poets: Reginald Harris, Linda Susan Jackson and Anastacia-Renee. ”(5:00 PM, Central Library)
🌳Park After Dark: “Guided by the Prospect Park Alliance’s education staff, guests at the Audubon Center will enjoy a variety of indoor and outdoor evening activities, including an evening hike, interactive nature games, fun crafts and more. Kids and adults alike can chow down on pizza and snacks!”(5:30 PM, Prospect Park)
🎨Art History Happy Hour: Giants: “Our season of Art History Happy Hour continues with an evening of lighthearted and informative lectures celebrating Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys. Hear from Curator Kimberli Gant and Curatorial Assistant Indira Abiskaroon, as well as artist Qualeasha Wood, whose work is featured in the exhibition. Enjoy a specialty drink by Marquis Williams of the Brooklyn-based wine club Highly Recommended.”(7:00 PM, Brooklyn Museum, $30)
💃'The Look Of Love' @ BAM: “Playful and profound, Mark Morris’ sumptuous choreography finds an ideal counterpart in the chart-topping songs of Burt Bacharach. The legendary composer’s soaring melodies and unique orchestrations shine in lush new arrangements of songs like “Alfie,” “I Say a Little Prayer,” and “What the World Needs Now” by Pepperland composer Ethan Iverson. Broadway star Marcy Harriell offers a rich interpretation of Hal David’s bittersweet lyrics, backed by a live band. In his first major production in five years, Morris draws out both the joy and the piercing depths of these works to craft a heartfelt exploration of pop music’s most timeless theme: love.”(8:00 PM, BAM)
Friday, 3/22
📕🌙Teen Takeovers @ Central Library: “For one night only, Central Library will be open after hours for teens ages 13+. Join us for fun, food, drinks, crafts, music, and more! Capture the night with our holographic polaroid photobooth! Late night, cool vibes, good times. ”(6:00 PM, Central Library)
🎨Serious Work – Art Exhibition Opening: “We are pleased to present the first solo exhibition of paintings by Cesar Villarreal, opening in Gun Hill Publick House with an opening reception from 6-9pm. The exhibition is an exercise in welcoming ambivalent feelings, accepting both happiness and sorrow while rejecting neither.”(6:00 PM, Gun Hill Publick House)
💃'The Look Of Love' @ BAM: See Thursday listing.(8:00 PM, BAM)
💃Dark DecaDance: “A culmination of a year of our goth + dance + kink queer-forward Dark Dance parties, DDD is a more intimate & protected space, inviting all participants to let go, dance and play in our luscious private loft. Dance floor to dungeon stations, explore your dark desires...bring your dates & your toys. We embrace all genders and sexualities and levels of darkness. Consent and polite party behavior strictly enforced. New this month and going forward: PALs not required for entry & dance floor, but are a must in the play area.”(10:00 PM, Gemini & Scorpio)
Saturday, 3/23
🐦🐤Introduction To Birdwatching Outings: “Whether you’re just starting out or have already joined the birding ranks, this introductory outings is for you! Every Saturday, join Prospect Park Alliance and a member of the Brooklyn Bird Club on an introductory walk to learn the basics of birding and search for the dozens of species that visit Prospect Park through all seasons.”(10:00 AM, Prospect Park)
🐣Annie's Annual Easter Egg Hunt: See Easter Egg Plans section above. (10:00 AM, Annie's Blue Ribbon General Store)
🪦Baseball Greats Of Green-Wood Trolley Tour: “Batter up! To kick off the 2024 season, we welcome baseball historian Tom Gilbert, along with Green-Wood historian Jeff Richman, for a tour of Green-Wood’s ball-playing pioneers. On this trolley tour you’ll visit the monuments and gravesites of Henry Chadwick, the “Father of Baseball,” who invented the game’s scoring system; James Creighton, baseball’s first national star; Charles Ebbets, owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers; and many others who played a role in making baseball America’s national pastime.”(10:00 AM, Green-Wood Cemetery, $30)
Roméo et Juliette: “Two singers at the height of their powers—radiant soprano Nadine Sierra and tenor sensation Benjamin Bernheim—come together as the star-crossed lovers in Charles Gounod’s sumptuous Shakespeare adaptation, with Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium to conduct one of the repertoire’s most romantic scores. Bartlett Sher’s elegant staging also features baritone Will Liverman and tenor Frederick Ballentine as the archrivals Mercutio and Tybalt, mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey as the mischievous pageboy Stéphano, and bass-baritone Alfred Walker as Frère Laurent.”(12:00 PM, BAM, $34)
🎭Ribbon Cutting At BrooklynOne Productions!: “Join us for a celebration of 18 years of productions and the arts, while also having an official Ribbon Cutting Ceremony of our space at Industry City – bkONE: The Tom Kane Theatre. Lite Refreshments will be served, and take the time to see the space.”(12:00 PM, Industry City)
🎶Family Concerts: Five Magical Tales: “Bring children ages four and up to afternoon performances by the Brooklyn Conservatory Community Orchestra, led by music director Dorothy Savitch. Titled Five Magical Tales, this concert features music from the fantasy film My Neighbor Totoro (Hayao Miyazaki, 1988) and family-favorite pieces by Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and Manuel de Falla. Both shows will be narrated by actor and singer Uton Onyejekwe. ”(1:00 PM, Brooklyn Museum)
📷From Lens To Layout: Creating Your First Photo Zine: “Join us in this interactive workshop where you'll journey through the art of photo zine creation, guided by the experienced photographer Antonio M. Rosario. This class encompasses the entire process of zine-making, from selecting a cohesive theme and curating photos to mastering visual storytelling for a compelling narrative flow. Delve into practical skills with Adobe Lightroom and Blurb.com BookWright book-layout software, learn essential design principles, and gain insights into final touches and printing options.”(2:30 PM, Central Library)
🤣🎤️Jenny Hagel Gives Advice: See Book Now section above. (5:00 PM, Union Hall, $12)
📕Read With A Therapy Dog: “Kids can make enormous strides in building self-esteem and confidence while acquiring a love of books by reading to a therapy dog. Utilizing a registered therapy animal and their human teammate in a calm and relaxing atmosphere, this program helps improve children’s reading, communication, and social skills.”(6:00 PM, Central Library)
Saturday Night
💃'The Look Of Love' @ Bam: See Thursday listing. (8:00 PM, BAM)
Queer Ice Night: “Join us for Lakeside Ice Dance Night hosted with Queer Flatbush & Brooklyn Community Pride Center! Get ready to glide on the ice while enjoying music, food, and beverages! ”(8:30 PM, LeFrak)
Sunday, 3/24
Note: Libraries are closed Sunday due to city budget cuts.
🏳️⚧️Gender-Expansive Families Propaganda Party: “What is a propaganda party? It’s where we get together to make and share graphic and informational material that we can use in our organizing work. We’re excited to provide materials at this event that you can use for the Trans Day of Visibility events, Pride events, and in your organizing year-round. Join us on March 24 at Interference Archive to print posters, buttons, t-shirts, zines, a mural, and other ephemera.”(12:00 PM, Interference Archive)
🥻Holi + Dhuleti Festival In Prospect Park (SOLD OUT): “Join Prospect Park Alliance and Indian dance arts educator Aeilushi Misty for a celebration inspired by the spring festival of Holi. The Holika Dahan (Holi) and Dhuleti festival is a celebration of colors and is a significant cultural celebration and Hindu tradition. This festival of art, music, dance and fun celebrates cultural diversity and togetherness. ”(1:00 PM, Prospect Park)
🪦Great Trees Of Green-Wood: “It’s what we wait for all year: the explosion of colors from hundreds of flowering trees and plants across Green-Wood. This feast for the eyes only lasts for a short time. Lace up your walking shoes and get ready to post like crazy on Instagram as you discover these blossoms for yourself. This walking tour, led by a member of the Cemetery’s horticulture team, will highlight some of the nearly 8,000 trees in this accredited Level III Arboretum—one of only 26 in the US (and only 43 in the world!)”(2:00 PM, Green-Wood Cemetery, $30)
🎨Mama Needs A Raise! Opening Reception: “This group exhibition in partnership with the Mother Creatrix Collective addresses the needs and wants of caregivers. MAMA NEEDS A RAISE! builds upon both Mother Creatrix’s previous exhibitions on the unique challenges (and strengths) of artist mothers, and OSH’s ongoing Brooklyn Utopias series that invites artists to envision ideal communities. Exhibiting artists consider such questions as: What do artists/caregivers most need and want? What would comprise a “Utopian” society that better recognizes and supports both caregiving and art-making?”(3:00 PM, Old Stone House)
🥻BKCM Celebrates Holi! “The celebration begins at 3pm with picnicking and live music at Long Meadow (near Grand Army Plaza). Bring a blanket and snacks and enjoy the free concert. At 4pm the music will change its tune and attendees will be invited to join in the traditional celebration of throwing colored powder. We recommend that you wear white clothing and expect to get messy!”(3:00 PM, Prospect Park)
Monday, 3/25
📕Book Discussion: "Leave The World Behind" By Rumaan Alam @ Park Slope Library: “From the bestselling author of Rich and Pretty comes a suspenseful and provocative novel keenly attuned to the complexities of parenthood, race, and class. Leave the World Behind explores how our closest bonds are reshaped—and unexpected new ones are forged—in moments of crisis.”(12:00 PM, Park Slope Library)
🤣Hanif Abdurraqib: There’S Always This Year (Sold Out): “A poignant, personal reflection on basketball, talent and allegiance, and of course, LeBron James—from the author of the National Book Award finalist A Little Devil in America”(7:30 PM, The Bell House)
🎤️Stamptown: See Book Now section above. (8:00 PM, Bell House, $25)
Tuesday, 3/26
🇫🇷Alex Farewell Party @ Winemak'Her: “As I prepare to embark on my new adventure in Canada, I want to express my deep appreciation for each of you. While I'll be away for a little while, this isn't goodbye—it's just a 'see you later.' Join me for a day of celebration at the bar. Let's raise our glasses to the memories we've made and the ones yet to come. Thank you for being a part of my journey. Here's to the next chapter!”(3:00 PM, Winemak'her Bar)
🧑💻️Yvette D. Clarke Hosts 'Disinformation, Deepfakes, Other Ai-Generated Threats To Women & Democracy' @ Central Library: See Get Involved section above. (3:30 PM, Central Library)
🔭Teen Time @ Park Slope Library: Meet An Astonomer: “Join us for a conversation with astronomer Gabriel Bridges. He is searching for dark matter and black holes, using the NuSTAR (an X-Ray space telescope) to study energetic objects in outer space. In fact his experiment is about to be launched into space! Join us to learn more about it. ”(4:00 PM, Park Slope Library)
🤣🎤️Ramy Youssef (SOLD OUT) “Youssef is an award-winning Egyptian American creator, actor, producer, director, and comedian who brings his unique voice and perspective to his storytelling. Youssef created, produces, directs and stars in the hit Hulu show “Ramy,” inspired by his own experiences centering around a first-generation Egyptian-American Muslim on a spiritual journey in his politically divided New Jersey neighborhood.”(10:00 PM, Union Hall)
Wednesday, 3/27
🌳🧹Winter Corps: See Get Involved section above. (10:00 AM, Prospect Park)
Jennine Capó Crucet Presents Say Hello To My Little Friend In Conversation With Laura Van Den Berg: “Scarface meets Moby Dick in this groundbreaking, darkly comic novel about a young man’s attempt to capitalize on his mother’s murky legacy—a story steeped in Miami’s marvelous and sinister magic.”(7:00 PM, Community Bookstore)
🎤️The Moth StorySlam: “Prepare a five-minute story about disruptive phenomena. Your cell phone or your mother-in-law. Well-meaning friends, meddling neighbors, busybody strangers. Active opposition or accidental diversions. Road blocks and poor transmissions. Can you hear me now.”(8:00 PM, Bell House, $15)
🍿'Jawbreaker' @ Nitehawk W/ Live Pre-Show Drag & Burlesque Performance By Miss Malice & With Special Guests Divina Gransparkle, Rify Royalty And Mocha Lite!: “Before the film, we’ll have a live pre-show drag and burlesque performance hosted by Miss Malice with special guests Divina GranSparkle, Rify Royalty and Mocha Lite! Show starts at 8:30, so don’t be late!”(8:30 PM, Nitehawk)
Thursday, 3/28
🎠Opening Day At The Carousel: “Take your first ride of spring on Prospect Park Alliance’s historic Carousel! Featuring magnificent carved horses, lions, giraffes and deer, this much loved attraction will be open for the season.”(12:00 PM, Prospect Park)
🌳Interfaith Celebration At The Boathouse: “Join the 67th Precinct Clergy Council, Council of Peoples Organization (COPO), the Jewish Community Relations Council, P.A.T.H. Forward, the Mayor’s Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes, the Mayor’s Office of Faith-Based and Community Partnerships and Prospect Park Alliance for a night of interfaith celebration. Come together for community fellowship, discussion, and breaking bread in observance of intersecting interfaith traditions of Ramadan, Easter, and Passover. It will be a wonderful opportunity to explore and appreciate the diversity of religious faiths through beautiful visual displays and a uniquely crafted array of cuisines. Plus, in honor of Women’s History Month, we will be recognizing some trailblazing women of faith.”(6:00 PM, Prospect Park)
🏳️⚧️Film: 'The Stroll' @ Brooklyn Musem: “Celebrate International Trans Day of Visibility by watching The Stroll and two short films by members of Black Trans Femmes in the Arts (BTFA). The Stroll (Kristen Lovell and Zackary Drucker, 2023, 84 min.) documents trans history in New York City’s Meatpacking District during the 1980s and ’90s. Told from the perspective of trans sex workers who lived and worked in the area, the film recounts the violence, policing, and gentrification that led to a movement for transgender rights. ”(7:00 PM, Brooklyn Museum)
🤣🎤️Joe Castle Baker: Something To Think About: See Book Now section above.(7:30 PM, Prospect Park)
🤣🎤️David Cross: Shootin' The Shit, Seein' What Sticks: “And now we’re doing it again. It’s time to put together more material for my next tour. So please join me for the latest round of, Shootin’ The Shit, Seein’ What Sticks shows and rediscover the joy of early spring at Littlefield.”(7:30 PM, Littlefield)
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