Nicole Byer! Dogs to Adopt and Dogs to Read to! Opera @ BAM! 3 Fairs for After School and Summer Camp! LA Fires Benefit! Lunar New Year! Puppets! Drag!
Plus: Plato! Financial advice on 529 Plans, non-profits and more!
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Book Now
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🔥🤣The Ultimate Improv Show (Feat. Joe Gatto) on Friday and Saturday: “Featuring: Dan Black, Nicole Byer, Jon Gabrus, Neil Casey, Brandon Scott Jones, D'Arcy Carden and special guest Joe Gatto. Dan Black presents THE ULTIMATE IMPROV SHOW! After two years of sold-out shows in Los Angeles, The Ultimate Improv Show is bringing their chaotic comedic dominance to NYC! ”(7:30 PM, The Bell House, $19)
🍺❓Beer Release And Art Show @ Wild East Brewery on 2/1: “If you were there last year… then you already know … if you weren’t … all good … come through, grab some beers, pickup some art, eat some good food, listen to some bangers, bring your blackbooks, blank stickers, 2025 energy and support local businesses in NYC and talented creators that are putting in work 💯💯💯”(5:00 PM, Wild East Brewing)
📕Happily Never After @ Green-Wood on 2/1: “The Romantics Book Club supports debut authors and meets the second Thursday evening of every month to discuss, obsess, and dissect the books we're currently reading. If romance is your obsession and you'll swoon over any characters falling in love, then make sure to sign up for this book club right here.”(12:30PM PM, Green-Wood Cemetery)
Get Involved
🍪Donate Baked Goods To Steam Competition on Saturday: “We need baked goods for STEAM Fair on Saturday.”(8:00 AM, PS10)
🤣NY Loves La (A Benefit Show) on 1/27: “An evening of comedy & music to benefit the League of California Community Foundation Palisades; Eaton WildFire Recovery & Relief Funds; World Central Kitchen Southern California Meal Support Efforts; & additional organizations raising funds to support displaced individuals impacted by the LA fires. W/ David Cross, Phoebe Robinson, Chris Gethard, Myq Kaplan, Molly Kearney, Sydnee Washington, Toddy Barry, Zach Zimmerman, Seaton Smith & music from Louis Cato.”(7:00 PM, The Bell House, $30)
💸🎓Is Starting A Nonprofit Right For You? on 1/28: “Starting a nonprofit can seem terrifically complicated--is it worth it? This class can help you decide. In this session you’ll learn the legal and logistical elements necessary to start a successful nonprofit. You’ll also learn about possible alternatives to starting your own nonprofit that you may not have considered. Finally, you’ll be introduced to a tool that will help you assess your own readiness to move forward.”(2:00 PM, Central Library)
3 Fairs for Summer Camp + After School
⛺Brooklyn Family Camp Fair & Activity Expo on Saturday: “Welcome to the Ultimate Camp Fair & Activity Expo! Families in Brooklyn can explore a variety of Summer Camps and programs for 2025. FREE to RSVP.”(12:00 PM, Industry City)
⛺Brooklyn Camp Fair At Berkeley Carroll School on Sunday: “A free, live, interactive summer camp expo event taking place Sunday, Jan. 26 at Berkeley Carroll School in Brooklyn, NY. More than 50 summer day camps, overnight camps, specialty camps and more are exhibiting their programs at this free, informative summer camp expo event. Admission is FREE and you'll discover an array of amazing day, overnight, and specialty summer camp opportunities all in one place.”(12:00 PM, The Berkeley Carroll Athletic Center)
⛺Beyond The Bell Camp and After School Fair @ Camp Friendship: “Explore programs, meet over 20 amazing vendors, and get all your questions answered! 🤩 Plus, enjoy special discounts available only at the fair.”(3:00 PM, Camp Friendship)
Events
It’s forecasted to be 40 degrees by Sunday, you can do this! Events with a 🔥 emoji are going fast, and classes have a 🎓 emoji.
Thursday, 1/23
🎓🪴School Garden Planning Workshop: “Learn how to plan the garden for a June harvest!”(5:00 PM, Remote)
The Rhythm of the Hips: A Belly Dance Workshop @ Barbès: “The Wild Woman Series is created by Dilara Akpinar, a belly dancer and somatic psychotherapist, with the goal of embarking on a journey that embraces and celebrates our beingness.
The aim of these movement series is to fully inhabit the body and the present moment, filled with expansive emotions such as pain, grief, joy, and pleasure.” (6PM, Barbès)
🍿Alfreda's Cinema Presents 'By Any Meanz Sonically': “Directed by JONES, with an original composition by Suzi Analogue, archival research by Emmy Parker, and performance technical direction by Compton Timberwolf, this visual montage highlights the profound influence of Black women in electronic dance music, tracing their impact from the early roots in jazz and rhythm & blues to the global prominence of dance music today, all set to Suzi's electronic score.”(7:00 PM, BAM, $30)
Alexandra Vasti & ‘Earl Crush’ @ The Ripped Boduce: “Vasti returns with another hot, hilarious Regency romp about a reclusive earl and the wallflower-turned-radical-pamphleteer who turns his life upside down.For three years, wallflower heiress Lydia Hope-Wallace has anonymously penned seditious pamphlets—and for almost as long, she’s corresponded with the reclusive Earl of Strathrannoch. When Arthur’s latest letter reveals his dire financial straits, Lydia sets out for Scotland to offer him the only salvation she can think of: a marriage of convenience. To, um, herself.But the real earl has no idea who she is. When a bewitching stranger offers him her hand in marriage, Arthur Baird is stunned. And when he learns that his traitorous brother has been writing to her under Arthur’s name, he’s bloody furious.”(7:30 PM, The Ripped Bodice)
🔥🤣An Evening With Michael Rowland: Jokes. (8:00 PM, Union Hall)
🎶Exceptet ‘Tree Lines’ Album Release Concert With Kyra Sims: “Exceptet is thrilled to present the album release concert for their debut record, Tree Lines! The concert will feature pieces from the album released on the New Focus Recordings label on January 17, 2025, and an opening solo set by Kyra Sims. Featuring commissioned works by composers Katherine Balch, Paul Kerekes, and Sarah Goldfeather, Exceptet’s first record offers three different sonic explorations of the septet’s unique instrumentation, rooted in Stravinsky’s iconic L’Histoire du soldat.”(9:15 PM, Littlefield)
🍿‘Dark Angel: The Ascent’ @ Nitehawk: “Ridiculous <> Sublime sets 2025 on fire right out of the gate with this fantastical depiction of hell and the demented world above it.Veronica, a demoness in a surprisingly pious hell, is constantly at odds with those around her because of her rebellious spirit.” (10:00 PM, Nitehawk, $12.58)
🤣Simple Town At Union Hall: “New sketches and special guests! Simple Town is a comedy group in New York. Their work has appeared on Adult Swim and Comedy Central. They were featured in the New York Television Festival and New York Comedy Festival.You can see their work here.”(10PM, Union Hall, Free)
Friday, 1/24
👋🏾Crea Friday Date Night Drop Off: “CREA Date Night Drop Off: Every Friday night from 6-8:30 pm”(7:00 PM, Industry City)
🔥🤣The Ultimate Improv Show (Feat. Joe Gatto): See Book Now above. (7:30 PM and 10PM, The Bell House, $19)
Saturday, 1/25
🛒Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket: “This community destination brings together a mix of shoppers from the nearby neighborhoods of Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Crown Heights, and beyond. Runners, dog-walkers, families, and food lovers all converge to buy from the huge array of farm fresh products, and to participate in the programming and cooking demonstrations that take place every Saturday all year long.” (8:00 AM, Grand Army Plaza)
🍪Donate Baked Goods To Steam Competition: See Get Involved above. (8:00 AM, PS10)
🐶Rescue Dog Adoption @ Unleashed By Petco: “Are you thinking of adopting a dog? Now’s your chance to meet some of our adoptable dogs in New York City! If you choose to adopt from us, then you’ll be supporting the rescue movement and helping change the life of a rescue dog for the better.”(12:00 PM, Unleashed by Petco)
🍿‘North By Northwest’ @ Nitehawk: “Travel across the country with New York advertising executive Roger O. Thornhill who finds himself on a wild chase filled with murder and intrigue as a crime syndicate mistakenly believes he has the secret microfilm. Add in a sexy blond double (or triple) agent and a stunning score by Bernard Herrmann and you have the makings of classic Hitchcock, his ultimate caper film of mistaken identity starring Cary Grant.”(12:00 PM, Nitehawk)
💻Wikipedia Day @ Central Library: “We will be coming together to celebrate the achievements of Wikipedia, leading Wikipedia trainings, hearing from leaders in the movement exploring new ways of using the platform, and connecting with each other in person. In the evening, continue the celebration with us at an off-site after party with food, drinks, and socializing.”(12:00 PM, Central Library)
⛺Brooklyn Family Camp Fair & Activity Expo: See Camp Fairs section above. (12:00 PM, Industry City)
🔥🗣’Aida' Broadcast Live @ Bam: “American soprano Angel Blue headlines as the Ethiopian princess torn between love and country in a new production of Verdi’s Aida by Michael Mayer, which brings audiences inside the towering pyramids and gilded tombs of ancient Egypt with intricate projections and dazzling animations. Romanian-Hungarian mezzo-soprano Judit Kutasi stars as Aida’s rival, Amneris, alongside Polish tenor Piotr Beczała as the soldier Radamès, completing opera’s greatest love triangle. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium to conduct.”(12:30 PM, BAM, $34)
🎓Ecological Garden Care Basics: “Want to care for your landscape in a way that promotes biodiversity and supports pollinators? We’ll explore principles of ecological garden care including rethinking the lawn, maintaining biomass, loving your soil, planting for ecology, and so much more.”(1PM, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Free)
🐶📕Read With A Therapy Dog: “Read to a dog at the library! Our certified therapy dog Flash Gordon loves to be read to.Kids can make enormous strides in building self-esteem and confidence while acquiring a love of books by reading to a therapy dog.”(2:00 PM, Central Library)
Saturday Night
🔥🤣The Ultimate Improv Show (Feat. Joe Gatto): See Book Now. (7:30 PM, The Bell House, $19)
🤣Garrett And Allison's Big Night: “Glamorous comedians Allison O'Conor and Garrett Williams vie for their big break throughout this iconic standup and variety show.With special guests: Lisa Albano, Edy Modica, Marley Gotterer, Sophia Wilson Pelton, and Grace Johnson”(8:00 PM, Union Hall)
💋👠Switch N’ Play Presents Vamp: “Legendary drag and burlesque collective Switch n’ Play returns for their eighth annual VAMP: a celebration of all things queer, bloodthirsty, and decadent. Born in the back room of the Brooklyn gay bar in 2017, all the way to Lincoln Center, and back to Brooklyn again, this evening of macabre delights and high glam monstrosity is guaranteed to send chills down your spine and shivers through your soul.”(8PM, Littlefield, $71)
💋👠Switch N’ Play Afterparty @ Parklife: “Presented by Parklife After Hours Join beloved drag collective Switch n’ Play at the official after party for their monthly residency at Parklife! 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, 1/26
🛒Washington Park Greenmarket: “20 years old!” (9:00 AM, Washington Park)
🧦Sunday Morning Puppet Show @ Rider Gifts: “Join us the last Sunday of each month at 9:30 for a special experience featuring the characters and tales of @puppetsburg. Perfect for those littles who are exploring imagination and storytelling - with a healthy dose of music and bubbles, too!”(9:30 AM, Rider)
🐦🐤Birding In Peace: Late-Risers Edition (Members Only): “The early birder might get the worm, but you can birdwatch at any hour. Join Rob and a small group of fellow members to roam the grounds while hearing and seeing the many feathered friends of Green-Wood.”(11:00 AM, Green-Wood Cemetery)
⛺Brooklyn Camp Fair At Berkeley Carroll School: ee Camp Fairs section above. (12:00 PM, The Berkeley Carroll Athletic Center)
⛺Beyond The Bell Fair: ee Camp Fairs section above. (3:00 PM, Camp Friendship)
📕January Quest For Love Book Club Brooklyn: “All book clubs meet at 7:15pm on their designated Sunday at our Brooklyn location.The Quest for Love Bookclub is led by our booksellers Jess and Lex and reads all paranormal and fantasy romances. Everyone is welcome!RSVP is required to attend to help us set up chairs accordingly.Book for January: Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter #1) by Nalini Singh”(7:30 PM, The Ripped Bodice, $18.98)
🤣Schwag!: “A special screening of brand new comedy short “Schwag” along with incredible stand up from the cast: Sara Hennessey, Mike Hanford, Whitley Watson, & director Danny Hurwitz.”(8:00 PM, Union Hall)
🤣Asiany Lunar New Year Show With Youngmi Mayer & Ed Pokropski: “A traditional Korean New Year TV special! DOORS 7PM | SHOW 8PM FEATURING: Youngmi Mayer Ed Pokropski Aaron Chen Charlene Kaye Yuhua Hamasaki Henry Bae and more! Sponsored by Lunar Yuzu Hard Seltzer and Moshi Sparkling Drinks! ARTIST BIOS Youngmi Mayer is a standup comedian and host of the podcasts Feeling Asian and Hairy Butthole. She is the author of I’m Laughing Because I’m Crying, a memoir based on her life.”(8 PM, Littlefield)
Monday, 1/27
🤣NY Loves La (A Benefit Show): See Get Involved above. (7:00 PM, The Bell House, $30)
🍿’Lifeforce’ @ Nitehawk: “When a space mission involving American and British astronauts encounters an alien craft, the humanoids within are brought aboard the shuttle. Back on Earth, one of the extraterrestrials, who appears to be a gorgeous woman (Mathilda May), proceeds to suck the life force out of various Londoners, turning the town into a city of roaming half-dead people. When Tom Carlsen (Steve Railsback), a surviving astronaut, realizes what is happening, he sets out to stop the ruthless alien presence.”(All Day, Nitehawk, Free)
Tuesday, 1/28
💸🎓Is Starting A Nonprofit Right For You?: See Get Involved above. 2:00 PM, Central Library)
💸🎓NY’s 529 Seminar: Save For College While Saving On Taxes!: “Gina Pinos, the education representative, will explain the details of 529 Plans and the features of New York State’s 529 Plan. Who you can save for? What are the ‘qualified’ withdrawals? What if you don’t use the money for college?”(6:30 PM, Central Library, Free. Registration required.)
📕Brooklyn Public Library Presents: Edwidge Danticat Discusses ‘We’re Alone’ With Nicole Dennis-Benn: “Tracing a loose arc from Edwidge Danticat’s childhood to the COVID-19 pandemic and recent events in Haiti, the essays gathered in We’re Alone include personal narrative, reportage, and tributes to mentors and heroes such as Toni Morrison, Paule Marshall, Gabriel García Márquez, and James Baldwin that explore several abiding themes: environmental catastrophe, the traumas of colonialism, motherhood, and the complexities of resilience.”(9:15 PM, Central Library)
🍿‘The Handmaiden’ @ Nitehawk: “From Park Chan-wook, the celebrated director of Old Boy, Lady Vengeance, and Stoker, comes a ravishing new crime drama. Park presents a gripping and sensual tale of two women – a young Japanese Lady living on a secluded estate, and a Korean woman who is hired to serve as her new handmaiden, but is secretly plotting with a conman to defraud her of a large inheritance. Inspired by the novel Fingersmith by British author Sarah Waters, The Handmaiden borrows the most dynamic elements of its source material and combines it with Park Chan-wook’s singular vision to create an unforgettable viewing experience.”(9:15PM, Nitehawk)
Wednesday, 1/29
🛒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)
💸🎓SBIDC Plan For Growth: Finance Edition: “Building an independent business takes grit, gumption, and community! Your business is more than a bottom line, and if the state of your finances are crowding your head space, now is the time to take a deep breath and tackle it—with a little help. If you’re ready to bring your business acumen to the next level, join SBIDC (Sunset Park-based nonprofit) this January-March 2025 for Plan for Growth: Finance Edition!”(10:00 AM, Industry City)
🙋🏽🌳Winter Corps: “Join Prospect Park Alliance every Wednesday from December 4 – February 26 for a special winter work session at our 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. Appropriate for adults only..”(10:30 AM, Prospect Park)
🌳Lunar New Year School Holiday In Prospect Park: “Join Prospect Park Alliance for nature education programs at the Prospect Park Audubon Center, the first urban Audubon Center in the nation.
Nature Around Us, 12–3 pm: Enjoy different seasonal discovery stations and nature themed activities that will introduce you to the plants, insects and animals that call the park home. The Lake and Lullwater are home to many plants and animals. Help us to test the water quality and investigate pond samples that are filled with living organisms.
Animal Encounter, 2–3 pm: Join Alliance Naturalists in learning more about the animals in the Audubon Center’s collection. This program starts promptly at 2 pm.
Winter Wilderness Walk, 3-4 pm: Curious about animal tracks in the snow, how trees survive without leaves, or how bugs stay warm? Join an Alliance Naturalist for a tour of how plants and animals live in the winter months. This program leaves from the Audubon Center promptly at 3 pm.”(1:00 PM, Audubon Center)
🎓📕Philosophy Discussion Group: Plato's Republic Book 1: “In 2025, we are embarking on a journey through the whole Plato’s Republic. This January, we are reading Book 1. Our Afternoon meeting begins with a collaborative presentation, reviewing the text; then we break into small discussion groups.”(3:00 PM, Central Library)
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