Mitski Friday! Oktoberfest Saturday! 3 Green-Wood events Sunday!

Plus: Detroit Pizza! Opera at the Library! Climate Week!

Welcome back to the best Park Slope events newsletter. After a quiet Labor Day things are happening everywhere again! Links to sources are in (parentheses) after each event.

Get Involved

🚮Park Pitch In: International Coastal Clean Up. “Held every September, International Coastal Cleanup engages the community to clean up our beaches and waterways while identifying and documenting the types of debris found. Join Prospect Park Alliance in this year’s effort by helping to clean the Prospect Park lake shore. All litter that is removed will be recorded and included in the international totals. Join the worldwide event!” (Saturday, 10:00 AM, Prospect Park Entrance Circle)

🍿🦇’The Dark Knight’ on 35MM @ Nitehawk: Support urban renewal by watching Batman inspire Gotham while also supporting working people with “an optional donation ticket price with proceeds going to the Entertainment Community Fund, who work to support film and TV workers during the work stoppage.” (Saturday, 11:00 AM, Nitehawk Cinema)

🍺🐕Beer for Beasts: “A beloved, old-school Sixpoint shindig, is back by popular demand. This isn’t just a party—Beer for Beasts is an EPIC fundraiser for the NY HumaneSociety. We’ll be donating beer sales to support their efforts to provide for animals in need.” (Saturday, 12:00 PM, Sixpoint Brewery, Industry City)

🌍Climate Week NYC: Art and the New Climate Reality: “Join us during Climate Week NYC as we look at trees as a vital climate solution and source of inspiration, then broaden out to consider together how arts and cultural programming around climate change can help heal our world. Hear from artists and organizations that are using art and activities to engage and empower the public.” (Thursday, 6:00 PM Brooklyn Botanic Garden)

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💀💃‘Nightfall: Dance Macabre’ @Green-Wood on October 19th: The undeniable truth is, we are all going to die. So why not embrace the inevitable and go dancing to our graves? This year’s Nightfall—the crowning event of Green-Wood’s fall season—is inspired by the danse macabre or dance of death. Dating to the Middle Ages, it describes skeletons enticing kings, cardinals, and common folk to their graves with musical accompaniment.” (7:00 PM, Green-Wood Cemetery, $75-$100)

💑😂’Why Are You Single? A Dating Game Show with Marie Faustin’ on September 27th: “Join comedian Faustin as she takes three hopeless singles through four rounds of dating debauchery to uncover why on earth they are still single. The horny hopefuls will be subject to a full analysis of their mind, body, and of course social media.” (8:00 PM, The Bell House, $20)

🔬😂C’onner O'Malley: Research and Development’ on October 5th: “O'Malley presents new research on Comedy products. He showcases newly developed Comedy technologies, including sustainable comedy technology that will innovate the global digital comedy makerspace with new videos, stand-up, and much much more.” This late show was added when the others sold out so fast. (10:00 PM, The Bell House, $25)

Events

Thursday, Sept. 14th

😂🎂Shit Show hosted by Jordan Klepper: One-Year Anniversary: "The Daily Show’s Klepper hosts Brooklyn’s finest panel comedy show about the shit show we colloquially call ‘the news.’ Know more, laugh more - it’s a shit show out there." (8:00 PM,The Bell House, $25)

😂🍿’Step Brothers’ @ Nitehawk: It's the #@&%ing Catalina Wine Mixer. (9:00 PM, Nitehawk Cinema)

Friday, Sept. 15th

🍕🥃Fort Hamilton Distillery: Nate’s Detroit Pizza Pop Up: “Straight from the 313, authentic Detroit Pizza has finally landed in Brooklyn. Nate’s basic cheese pizza is made from just 7 ingredients: Italian flour, water, flaky sea salt, imported San Marzano tomatoes, fresh Mozzarella, aged Parmesan and good olive oil. That’s it.” (4:00 PM, Industry City Fort Hamilton Distillery)       

🎵👂Mitski Album Exclusive Listening Party: “Celebrating the new release of The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We with an exclusive listening party here. Free and open to all.” (6:00 PM, Psychic Records) 

🛼🪩Lola Star’s Dreamland Roller Disco: “A themed, dress up, immersive roller skating experience that will transport you into a retro roller disco ‘dreamland.’ This week's theme is Shimmer Disco.” (7:00 PM, Prospect Park Lefrak Center), 

💔🗣Richard Perez Presents: I Have To Do This. “A full-hearted, sexually explicit exploration of partnership, vulnerability, and, yeah, love. Told in a series of pantomimed vignettes, ‘I Have To Do’ This encourages us to lead with our hearts, and to jump — for the net will surely appear…” (7:30 PM, The Bell House, $15) 

😂🇺🇸The Good Liars Fix America: “The Good Liars use their unsettling, hilarious and eye-opening experiences on the road to solve some of America’s biggest problems.” (8:00 PM, Littlefield, $20-$30)

😂👯Annabel and Sabina Meschke present Triplet Auditions: “Twin comedians Annabel and Sabina Meschke are on a never-ending quest to find the perfect triplet, and ONLY a comedian will do. Enter Triplet Auditions, a monthly comedy show where two sisters from the very same mister host the best comedians this ol’ town has to offer! Triplet Auditions: because it would be messed up to call the show 2 Girls 1 Womb.” (10:00 PM, Union Hall, $10-$15)                    

Saturday, Sept. 16th 

🎵Upbeat Pop! Dance Fitness at the Boathouse: “Join Prospect Park Alliance and Shape-up NYC for a 45-minute dance fitness class! Come prepared to shake, roll, grapevine, and clap to your favorite upbeat pop songs. We will use this time to cultivate joy and silliness while getting a great workout.” (10:00 AM, Prospect Park Boathouse)

🐦👁Introduction to Birdwatching Outings: “Prospect Park Alliance and a member of the Brooklyn Bird Club take you 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 Audubon Center)

🧹🪣Park Pitch In: International Coastal Clean Up. See Get Involved section above. (10:00 AM, Prospect Park Entrance Circle)

🍿🦇’The Dark Knight’ on 35MM @ Nitehawk: See Get Involved above. (11:00 AM, Nitehawk Cinema)

🍺🐕Beer for Beasts: See Get Involved section above. (12:00 PM, Sixpoint Brewery, Industry City)

🎭bkONE Drama Workshop for Kids: “Explore theater games, storytelling and group activities for free at bkONE: the Tom Kane Theater.” (12:00 PM, Industry City)

🍿😸Catvideofest 2023: “The Cat's are back again and still raising money for Sean Casey Animal Shelter.” (2:30 PM, Nitehawk Cinema) 

🎼Opera Essentia: Rosmene’s Choice @ Central Library: “A 70-minute distillation of Handel’s rarely heard Imeneo of 1738. Jeffrey Mandelbaum’s brand new curation reveals one woman’s struggle with her impossible situation.  Unwilling to reject one of her obsessed suitors, Rosmene is caught between ‘ingrata’ and ‘infida.’  Hounded on all sides, which way will she turn?” (3:00 PM, Central Library) 

🖼Yi Gallery Exhibit Opening: Brooklyn Neon Artist Annesta Le: “Eternal Current, a solo presentation of new neon and canvas work by Le.” (3:00 PM, Industry City, Building 2, 6fl) 

📖 ‘Her Own Happiness’ Book Launch @ The Ripped Bodice: “Loosely based on Jane Austen's Emma, it's never too late to come of age in this compassionate and refreshing novel about friendship, self-discovery, and moving on. By Eden Appiah-Kubi, the author of ‘The Bennet Women’, will be in conversation with author Kwana Jackson/K.M. Jackson moderated by book influencer Artavia Jarvis.” (5:00 PM, The Ripped Bodice)

😂Steven Castillo: Bigger, Longer & Uncut Ft. Please Don’t Destroy: “Steven Castillo is not your father’s stand up comedian. He is most famously known for his work on “Saturday Night Live,"where he wrote off-the-wall sketches like ‘Weezer,’ ‘Stu’ and ‘Tiny Horse.’ Prepare for a fun night alongside Please Don’t Destroy and some of his other funniest friends. Steven will dazzle the crowd with his unforgettable multimedia comedy, guaranteed to make you laugh so hard you pee and cry so hard you pee again.” (8:00 PM, Littlefield, $12-$15)

😂Liz Miele Special Taping: “Miele is a NYC comedian that has appeared on Comedy Central, FOX, AXS TV, Hulu and NPR’s Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me. She's been featured in The New Yorker, NY Times, Runner's World, Psychology Today and The Guardian. She regularly tours internationally and has four albums out.” (9:30 PM, The Bell House, $25-$30) 

👠💄💅Fashionista: “Saturday Night Drag Show with host Vena Cava plus guests Trouble and Zeriyah" (10:00 PM, Sandy Jacks,No Cover) 

🏫University Open Air: “UOA provides immigrant scholars an opportunity to share their knowledge with the public by welcoming students to enjoy free classes under the trees at Prospect Park. Classes today range from Brand Design, Technical Drawing to Francophile and French Literature.” (All Day, Prospect Park Boathouse area)          

🍺Oktoberfest: “Highlights include our own German-style lager release, a few guest taps, an all-German food menu by a special guest and of course, a stein holding competition!” [Editor’s note: We googled and Oktoberfest does indeed start in September in Germany.] (All Day, Wild East Brewing)    

🐞🐛🪲Bugging Out!: “At least 950 species—and counting—of insects and spiders have been sighted in Green-Wood. Join Matthew Wills for an afternoon of insect watching! In the same spirit as bird watching, we’ll observe those tiny invertebrates that your favorite birds eat and that pollinate the flowers around us.” (10:30 AM Green-Wood Cemetery, $25)                    

Sunday, Sept. 17th 

🪦🚎Crime and Catastrophe Trolley Tour at Green-Wood Cemetery: “Murders, shipwrecks, plane crashes, gangsters: Do we have your attention yet? This nail-biting trolley tour delves deep into some of the finest true crime and disaster stories that Green-Wood has to offer. You will learn about the mysterious death of famed “Mentalist"Washington Irving Bishop (who was allegedly killed by autopsy), hear the salacious tale of the Hall-Mills Murders, and much more.” (10:00 AM, Green-Wood Cemetery, $25)

🐝🪦Pollinatours Of Green-Wood: “Take a late summer stroll through Green-Wood and there’s one thing you’ll see (and hear) at every turn—tons of wild bees buzzing about their daily routine. Bee biologist Sarah Kornbluth of the American Museum of Natural History leads this walking tour to highlight how bees live, the resources they need, and where they make their homes across the Cemetery.” (11:00 AM, Green-Wood Cemetery, $25)

🪦👣Secrets in Stone Walking Tour at Green-Wood Cemetery: “The Victorians loved a good secret—and they took a lot of them to the grave! Etched in centuries-old monuments, you’ll encounter inverted torches, hourglasses with wings, and empty beds. What does it all mean? This eye-opening walking tour will showcase these curious depictions and let you in on the meaning of these eternal, though often cryptic, symbols.” (12:00 PM, Green-Wood Cemetery, $25)

😂Steve Martin Presents: “Okay, Steve Martin doesn’t present, but Andrew Dismukes and Michael Good do, and their jokes and funny friends are just as good as Steve Martin’s. Join them and a rotating line up of comics, including Zach Zimmerman, Sabrina Brier, Clare O’Kane, Sureni Weerasekera, Courtney O’Donnell and Alex Kim.” (5:30 PM, Union Hall, $10-$15)

🎵Zoh Amba // Shazad Ismaily // Jim White // Steve Gunn & Lee Ranaldo: LPR Presents all these + Booker Stardrum. (7:30 PM, Littlefield, $27)

😂Aparna Nancherla Book Reading: The Unreliable Narrator: “Aparna is an established comedian, actor and writer who performs all over the place. Her book of personal essays, Unreliable Narrator, will be out on September 19, 2023 from Viking Press.” (7:30 PM, The Bell House, $38 (includes book)                   

🖼Stendhal Syndrome: “This highly interactive guided workshop invites participants to engage with select artworks in the gallery and open themselves to being stupefied, mystified, enlightened and inspired by the objects. " (11:00 AM, Brooklyn Museum, $20)

Monday, Sept. 18th 

😂Reductress Presents: Haha...WOW!: “Join the editors of Reductress and our favorite comics in a show that will make you say haha...wow!! Hosted by Madison Dillard and featuring,Courtney O'Donnell, Saidah Belo-Osagie, Richard Perez and Motti.” (7:30 PM, Union Hall,$15)

😂🎵Butterboy: “Maeve Higgins, Jo Firestone, and a special guest host combine forces to host the funniest and best show in Gowanus! Accompanied by the musical stylings of Donwill and the sensual silence of a rotating Idris Elba impersonator, you won’t want to miss it. Plus, find out which parts of this blurb are bold, unapologetic lies! " (8:00 PM, Littlefield, $10-$12)

🍿😱👹’Prince Of Darkness @ Nitehawk: “A priest and some physics grad students walk into a basement and find some green slime that is the Devil to get out.  It's a John Carpenter film!” (9:15 PM, Nitehawk Cinema) 

Tuesday, Sept. 19th 

🚶🧓Free Fitness Walks in Prospect Park for Adults Ages 60+: “Matt Abrams, Director of the Park Slope Center for Successful Aging, will join members of the community to explore the park while discussing the importance of exercise and movement for adults over 60, particularly for people experiencing arthritis.” (10:00 AM, Prospect Park)

💪AMP’d Interval Training with Chelsea Piers Fitness: “High-intensity interval training class that combines bodyweight strength and cardio on the Prospect Park Long Meadow. You will move through a range of movements from running and jumping to lunges and crunches to keep you motivated and energized. All levels are welcome.” (6:00 PM, Prospect Park Long Meadow North) 

📖The First Day of Peace: Book Reading and Signing: “In celebration of International Day of Peace, join Prospect Park Alliance and The Peace Studio for a book reading and signing of ‘The First Day of Peace,’ a new children’s picture book by two of The Peace Studio’s co-founders, Maya Soetoro-Ng and Todd Shuster.” (6:00 PM, Prospect Park Boathouse/Audubon Center) 

🎵The Weird And Wonderful World Of Industrial Musical: “Thrill to cheerfully twisted in-house musical propaganda from General Electric, Kellogg’s, American-Standard, Citgo, Purina and more, with hilarious commentary (and even a bit of live music). It’s a secret world of Americana that will astonish, amuse, perplex — and just might make you want to go out and sell, sell, sell!” (7:30 PM, Nitehawk Cinema) 

📝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 sponsored by Coney Island Beer & Angry Orchard Hard Cider.” (7:30 PM, Parklife)  

😂Therapy Gecko: The Geckoning World Tour: “After a sold out run of North American dates last year, multi-platform internet sensation Lyle Forever is bringing his beloved ‘Therapy Gecko’ live show on the road again and around the world in 2023. Fans will get the chance to converse with Lyle live on stage as they share their hopes, dreams, and life lessons with the internet’s favorite gecko and unlicensed therapist.” (7:30 PM, The Bell House SOLD OUT) 

💘😂Drew’s Adventures (a solo show from Drew Michael): “Drew Michael embarks on the journey of a lifetime, meeting many characters and battling foes, in an effort to win the heart of the one he loves most.” (7:30 PM, Union Hall, $15)

😂Misfit: A Gary Gulman Stand Up Comedy And Book Tour: “Over 25 years in comedy, Gary Gulman has established himself as an eminent performer and peerless writer. It’s no wonder the New York Times wrote, “Gary is finally being recognized as one of the country’s strongest comedians.”Tonight he performs for us at Littlefield.” (8:00 PM, Littlefield  SOLD OUT )                    

Wednesday, Sept 20th 

🍸NYC Cocktail Class with Covert Cocktail Club: “Join native Brooklynite, licensed NYC tour guide, and self-taught mixologist Matt Levy of the Covert Cocktail Club, as he entertains and engages you on your way through shaking and stirring up the Manhattan, the Cosmo, and the Penicillin. Three cocktails, three histories, all New York City.” (6:00 PM, Industry City, Barrow's Intense, Building 6, $45-$85) 

🖼But Feminism! A Last Look at It’s Pablo-matic: “Hear perspectives from the exhibition curators; leading Picasso scholar Neil Cox, head of the Leonard A. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; and Alice Neel of the Guerrilla Girls, whose work is on view. Learn how the show came together and engage with the surrounding cultural criticism and public reception—and, more broadly, with Picasso’s legacy.” (7:00 PM, Brooklyn Museum, $20 )        

🎵Chris Pureka: “It’s rare for an artist to bridge the divide between critical acclaim and dedicated fan engagement. Chris Pureka is a Portland-based singer-songwriter whose body of work has resonated deeply with these seemingly disparate milieus. Her music has straddled the folk, americana and indie rock genres over the course of her 20 year career.” (7:30 PM, The Bell House, $22-$25) 

😂💬Punderdome®: Nyc’s Comedy Pun Slam!: “NYC’s hilarious cult-favorite pun competition … both an endearingly homemade and impressively high-caliber show during which astute wordsmiths spin clever and very funny puns to a packed crowd. Hosted by Fred Firestone w/Champs Lingo Star, Daft Pun, Lexi Kahn, Words Nightmare, Toby Continued, Boogie Momster, Insta Grammar & More!” (8:00 PM, Littlefield, $12-$15)      

🍿🥀🧟Death Becomes Her: “Vengeance, Camp, Immortality. Show begins after a live drag pre-show hosted by Miss Malice, with special guests C’était Bontemps, Ramona Slick (Chicago), and Vigor Mortis." (8:30 PM, Nitehawk Cinema)          

🍿🏀’The First Slam Dunk’ @ Nitehawk: “Basketball player with older brother envy is about to play in the championships against rival school. Japanese with English subtitles.  " (9:30 PM, Nitehawk Cinema)

Thursday, Sept. 21st

🏫University Open Air: “Classes today in abstract art, eco printing, yoga, music and more.” (All Day,  Prospect Park Boathouse)  

📖Ezra Jack Keats Story and Craft: “Enjoy a story by author/illustrator Keats, make a related craft, and pick out a free book to keep!” (3:30 PM, Central Library) 

🌍Climate Week NYC: Art and the New Climate Reality: See Get Involved section above. (6:00 PM Brooklyn Botanic Garden)

🎵 ‘32 Sounds’ @ Nitehawk: “The film explores the elemental phenomenon of sound by weaving together 32 specific sound explorations into a cinematic meditation on the power of sound to bend time, cross borders, and profoundly shape our perception of the world around us. Join Oscar-nominated filmmaker Sam Green after for a Q&A Green as he takes the audience on a journey through time and space.” (6:45 PM, Nitehawk Cinema) 

📖Book Club: The Magic Mountain: “Join us at Community Bookstore for an in-person book club discussion of The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann (translated by John E. Woods). In this dizzyingly rich novel of ideas, Mann uses a sanatorium in the Swiss Alps--a community devoted exclusively to sickness--as a microcosm for Europe, which in the years before 1914 was already exhibiting the first symptoms of its own terminal irrationality." (7:00 PM, Community Bookstore, 143 7th Avenue)

🍿Film: ‘Hot Irons’ @ Brooklyn Museum:.“In honor of our special exhibition Africa Fashion, join us for a celebration of Nigerian filmmaker and photographer Andrew Dosunmu’s eclectic body of work. Watch Hot Irons (1999, 50 min.), Dosunmu’s acclaimed documentary on Detroit’s annual Hair Wars competition, along with a selection of his music videos for iconic artists such as Isaac Hayes, Angie Stone, Wyclef Jean, and Imany. Followed by a talkback with Dosunmu.” (7:00 PM, Brooklyn Museum, $25 )      

📖🎤️💘Elissa Sussman Brooklyn Event for Once More With Feeling: “Author event with Elissa Sussman at our Brooklyn location on Thursday, September 21st at 7pm. She will be in conversation with author Katie Cotugno about her latest novel, Once More with Feeling about a former pop-star reuniting years later with her former boybander fling." (7:00 PM, The Ripped Bodice, $19 )        

😂Sam Taggart: Club Comic: “Sam Taggart brings comedy to the club with this extravaganza of club tracks, standup, and more. Sam Taggart is the co-host of StraightioLab, which was named Vulture's #1 comedy podcast of 2022. He has written for and appears on Showtime's ZIWE as well as having appeared on Los Espookys and Search Party.” (7:30 PM, The Bell House, $15)        

😈👗🎭’The Devil Wears Prada’ Entirely From Memory: “Performers will attempt (and most likely fail) to recreate “The Devil Wears Prada”, 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? So certain that we’re making it harder for them.” (8:00 PM, Littlefield, $10-$12) 

🍿’Burn After Reading’ @ Nitehawk: Coen Brothers' version of a spy thriller. Brad Pitt gets [REDACTED] in the {REDACTED]! (9:00 PM, Nitehawk Cinema) 

😂Warm September Nights hosted by Matt Barats: “A night of laughs and performances from Matt and guests.” (10:00 PM, Union Hall, $10-$15 )

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