Oscar Screenings and Parties! Bomani Jones & Sarah Cooper! Puppy Rescue! Dave Guy! ‘Streetcar’ Opening Night @ BAM! Nish Kumar!
Plus: Flannery O’Connor! First Buds @ Botanic Garden! Indie, Party and Irish Dance Nights! Queer Club Fair!
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.
Watch for the Sunday newsletter!
We’re excited to expand to a second day of the week. Starting Sunday, we will be offering you an exclusive Sunday read: sometimes that will be a profile, news about an important business opening, or an explainer about the neighborhood. And of course, we’ll include the events for the week.
It’s our hope that doing two newsletters will allow us to really focus the Thursday weekender. Like today’s, where we can just linger on the fact that, on Oscars weekend, there are over a dozen Oscar-nominated screenings and Oscar viewing events you can walk to. Let’s do this!
Book Now
We have a habit of knowing what sells out.
🔥🤣’Drunk Black History' w/Bomani Jones & Sarah Cooper @ Littlefield on Friday: “At this hilarious and educational show, comedian Brandon Collins leads a booze-fueled lesson in Black history with the help of his friends. DOORS 7PM | SHOW 8PM At this hilarious and educational show, comedian Brandon Collins leads a booze-fueled lesson in Black history with the help of his friends. Celebrate Black History Month at this always unpredictable show that guarantees to make you laugh, learn, and drink! This event’s guests include Charles McBee (Comedy Central), Sarah Cooper (Netflix), Bomani Jones (ESPN), and Onika McLean (HBOMax).”(8:00 PM, Littlefield)
🏳🌈2-Day Celebration of 25th Anniversary of Ginger’s on 3/15 and 3/16: “Peep our Press Release celebrating our 25th anniversary next month over St Patrick’s weekend, March 14th - 16th, 2025. At a time when the rights of queer people are actively being erased, this anniversary weekend stands as a promotion of queer joy, resistance, community, and love. Please join us in celebration of Sheila’s hard work in creating the one and only Gingers!🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈👩🏻🦰💚
The Shanties Live on Saturday: (5:00 PM, Ginger's Bar, $10.38)
Candy Warhol DJ Set on Saturday: (9:00 PM, Ginger's Bar, $12.51)
Ginger's 25th Anniversary Sunday Session: “With traditional Irish Music and Dancing. Come for the queers; stay for the Ceol agus Craic!”(4:00 PM, Ginger's Bar, $12.51)
🕉BKCM Celebrates Holi! On 3/16: “The celebration begins at 3pm with picnicking and at Long Meadow (near Grand Army Plaza). Bring a blanket and snacks and enjoy the free concert. At 4pm 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, $6)
Get Involved
🚶🏾♀️Tell Park Slope Open Streets What You Want to See This Year: “The volunteer-led Park Slope Open Streets program is looking for community feedback as we propose a new year of potential programming along 5th Avenue. In 2025, we endeavor to expand the program to include 3 more blocks (5th Avenue from Berkeley to 4th Street) and continue to book family-friendly programming and music every Saturday from May to October (excluding August).” (Park Slope Open Streets Survey)
🐶Hearts & Bones Rescue Dog Adoption Event' on Saturday @ Industry City: “Come by the Barrow’s Intense NY Tasting Room to meet your newest family member at this beloved courtyard adoption event, or just drop by to pet some awesome dogs.”(12:00 PM, Industry City)
News and Links
🏛Amid Financial Turmoil, Brooklyn Museum Quietly Suspends First Saturdays Program: “First Saturdays … is perhaps the museum's flagship event. Bank of America, the sponsor of ongoing and upcoming exhibitions at the museum, had been the lead sponsor of the monthly First Saturdays events, which are free and open to the public, since February 2023. That sponsorship appeared to end sometime toward the end of 2024, disappearing from the First Saturdays webpage by December.” (Hell Gate)
🏗City Council Votes Today on Arrow Linen Rezoning: “The proposal is to redevelop the Arrow Linen Supply site on Prospect Avenue, where two 10-story buildings could soon rise. The project aims to provide much-needed housing in a neighborhood that has seen little new construction in recent years. A key part of the plan is that 40% of the apartments—100 in total—would be affordable, which is higher than the 25% typically required for such projects.” (News 12)
Events
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Thursday, 2/27
🎶Dave Guy @ BAM: “Trumpeter 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.”(7:00 PM, BAM, Free)
🔥🤣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)
🎬🏆🍿'No Other Land' @ BAM: “ This eye-opening vérité-style documentary, made by a Palestinian-Israeli collective of four directors over the course of five years, provides a harrowing account of the systematic onslaught of destruction experienced by Masafer Yatta, a group of Palestinian villages in the southern West Bank, at the hands of the Israeli military.” (8:15 PM, BAM, $17)
🎬🏆🍿'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: [Not nominated in 1995, but Denzel had won five years before for Glory, and Russell Crowe won two years later for Gladiator.] “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)
🎬🏆🍿2025 Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts @ BAM: “Political and cultural challenges, technical quirks, and matters of extreme injustice are among the subjects of these powerful Academy Award-nominated short films from the US, Europe, Asia, and Africa.”(9:20 PM, BAM, $17)
🤣Simple Town At Union Hall @ 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.”(10:00 PM, Union Hall, $12.58)
Friday, 2/28
🎓📕Couples + Money: How To Discuss Your Financial Goals And Get There Together @ Brooklyn Public Library: “Whether you’re taking the next step in your relationship, or have been together for years, talking about money matters can be challenging. But, there are some ways that you can approach this difficult topic to make it a bit easier.”(12:00 PM, Central Library)
📕Flannery O’Connor Short Story Discussion Group @ Brooklyn Public Library: “ ‘Everything That Rises Must Converge.’ A copy of the short story is available at the Languages and Literature reference desk.”(1:00 PM, Central Library)
🎬🏆🍿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.”(2:10 PM, BAM, $17)
🎬🏆🍿'No Other Land' @ BAM: See listing above. (2:20 PM, BAM, $17)
🎬🏆🍿2025 Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts @ BAM: See listing above. (4:10 PM, BAM, $17)
🎬🏆🍿'Nickel Boys' @ BAM: “Rare is the film of a major book that maintains the power and precision of its source material while also generating its own singular aesthetic. Yet this extraordinary realization by RaMell Ross (Hale County This Morning, This Evening) of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 2019 novel, about two Black teenagers who become wards of a barbaric juvenile reformatory in Jim Crow-era Florida, achieves just this.”(4:20 PM, BAM, $17)
🎓🍶Warm Sake Tasting Class and Brewery Tour @ Industry City: “For a long time, warm sake has gotten a bad rap! But it can be absolutely delicious when you pick the right sake and the right temperature. Join us for this exciting exploration of sake temperature and the joys of warming sake. It’s the perfect way to explore the subtle umami and richness of premium sake. We’ll contrast some chilled sake and taste the same sake warm as well and enjoy some carefully selected food pairings to round out the tasting flight. In all, we’ll taste 5 kinds of sake, each paired with a delicious bite to bring out the flavors and textures.”(6:30 PM, Industry City)
🎬🏆🍿2025 Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts @ BAM: See listing above. (6:50 PM, BAM, $17)
📕 'Zipless Live Podcast With Allie Martina, Samantha Brentmoor, Robert Hatchet, & Gideon Frost' @ The Ripped Bodice: “In the live episode, host Allie Martina and fellow romance novel narrators Samantha Brentmoor, Robert Hatchet, and Gideon Frost will take a behind-the-scenes look at the art of romance novel narration. Allie, Gideon, Samantha, and Robert have narrated hundreds of romance novels between them (and even a few together). Their conversation will explore the language of romance, how artistic performance can affect meaning and storytelling, and how they both approach the wide range of tropes and spice levels in the books they narrate.”(7:00 PM, The Ripped Bodice, $20)
🎶Sound Bath @ BKCM: “Led by Alan Thompson, Oreka Sound Bath is a 90-minute immersive and restorative experience that uses breath and sound to invite therapeutic effects to the mind and body. This sound therapy session begins with guided breathing and vocal toning, activating the parasympathetic nervous system and gently preparing participants for deep listening. As we shift our awareness to our auditory senses, our brain waves slow, activating the glymphatic system—the brain’s mechanism for flushing out toxins and waste.”(7:00 PM, Brooklyn Conservatory of Music)
💬Spiraling: A Storytelling Event @ Open Source Gallery: “ How To Build A Fire is a community storytelling series where individuals share personal narratives centered around a new theme every month. This month: Spiraling. Chaos is definitely swirling around us … but we don’t have to get swept into it.” (7:00 PM, Open Source Gallery, Free)
🎬🏆🍿'No Other Land' @ BAM: See listing above. (7:10 PM, BAM, $17)
🔥🤣 'Nish Kumar: Nish, Don't Kill My Vibe' @ The Bell House: “With Amy Annette. Lineup subject to change.”(7:30 PM, The Bell House)
🎵Opening Night: 'A Streetcar Named Desire' @ BAM: “In the sweltering heat of New Orleans summer, a woman's grip on the world begins to slip. When Blanche arrives at her sister Stella's doorstep, desperate and out of options, her complicated past ignites a smoldering tension within the walls of the stifling apartment. And all the while, Stella's husband Stanley—played by Mescal with unique “swagger and sensitivity” (The New York Times)—stalks the truths that Blanche so desperately wants to keep buried/”(7:30 PM, BAM, $35)
🔥🤣’Drunk Black History' w/Bomani Jones & Sarah Cooper @ Littlefield on Friday: See Book Now above.(8:00 PM, Littlefield)
🔥🤣 'Nish Kumar: Nish, Don't Kill My Vibe' @ The Bell House: See listing above. (10:00 PM, The Bell House)
💃Dark Decadance @ Gemini & Scorpio: “DDD is a queer-forward goth dance celebration, inviting all participants to let go, dance and play in our luscious private loft. We embrace all genders and sexualities and levels of darkness. Consent and polite party behavior strictly enforced.”(10:00 PM, Gemini & Scorpio, $20)
Saturday AM, 3/1
🎓🪦Behind The Scenes: Education At Green-Wood (Members Only): “Join Rachel Walman, Green-Wood’s Director of Education, for an insider’s look at how we approach 3K-12th grade education at this one-of-a-kind outdoor classroom.”(10:30 AM, Green-Wood Cemetery, $ $20 for members, $30 for non-member guests)
🌼🌸Chase Away The Winter Blues Tour @ Brooklyn Botanic Garden: “Celebrate the First Flowers of Spring Over a dozen different kinds of flowers grace the grounds of the late-winter garden at BBG. Celebrate the transition from winter to spring by admiring these petite, colorful, and sturdy blooms undeterred by the frost. Join Lynne Spevack, L.C.S.W. for this hour-long, narrated nature walk designed to chase away the winter blues.”(11:00 AM, Brooklyn Botanic Garden)
🎬🏆🍿'A Clockwork Orange' @ Nitehawk Cinema: “Stanley Kubrick’s future-shock vision of Anthony Burgess’ 1962 novel continues to retain its power. Set in a dystopic England in the not-so-distant future, we’re shown a society where the line between good versus bad is, at best, blurry. Alex (Malcolm McDowell) and his ‘Droogs’ spend their nights getting high and embarking on ‘a little of the old ultraviolence’ until, one day, he’s jailed for murder.”(11:00 AM, Nitehawk)
Saturday Afternoon
🎬🏆🍿'About A Boy' @ Nitehawk Cinema: “A comedy-drama starring Hugh Grant as Will, a rich, child-free and irresponsible Londoner in his thirties who, in search of available women, invents an imaginary son and starts attending single parent meetings. As a result of one of his liaisons, he meets Marcus, an odd 12-year-old boy with problems at school. Gradually, Will and Marcus become friends, and as Will teaches Marcus how to be a cool kid, Marcus helps Will to finally grow up.”(12:00 PM, Nitehawk)
🐶Hearts & Bones Rescue Dog Adoption Event' @ Industry City: See Get Involved above. (12:00 PM, Industry City)
🎓🎶Music Production At The Library: The Recording Studio' @ Brooklyn Public Library: “Learn to use the recording studio, located right here at Brooklyn Public Library. This workshop opens the doors to the recording studio for beginners. With the help of a facilitator, you will be guided step-by-step through a studio session – setting up a mic and recording vocals, using computer software and a MIDI keyboard, plugging in a guitar, and adding live sounds.”(12:30 PM, Central Library)
🎬🏆🍿'Flow' All Ages @ Nitehawk Cinema: “A wondrous journey, through realms natural and mystical, Flow follows a courageous cat after his home is devastated by a great flood.”(2:00 PM, Nitehawk)
🎬🏆🍿'Wicked' All Ages @ Nitehawk Cinema: “The two meet as students at Shiz University in the fantastical Land of Oz and forge an unlikely but profound friendship.” (2:30 PM, Nitehawk)
🎬🏆🍿2025 Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts @ BAM: See listing above. (2:10 PM, BAM, $17)
🏳🌈Queer Club Fair @ Ginger's Bar: “Come meet and discover queer clubs and groups!”(2:30 PM, Ginger's Bar)
📕🎶Classical Interludes: Sonic Spectrum III' @ Brooklyn Public Library: “Hear a collection of music for winds, percussion, and piano, all written by some of the most exciting composers of today. The concert includes a new work by American composer Elise Arancio, commissioned by CMS..”(4:00 PM, Central Library)
Saturday Night
🎬🏆🍿2025 Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts @ BAM: See listing above. (6:50 PM, BAM, $17)
🎬🏆🍿'No Other Land' @ BAM: See listing above. (7:10 PM, BAM, $17)
🤣Rob Haze & Friends @ Union Hall: “Rob Haze returns to NYC with a new set. As seen on The Tonight Show, Sherman's Showcase, Comedy Central, Don't Tell Comedy, and more!With special guests: Sydnee Washington, Petey DeAbreu, and Rufat Agayev”(7:30 PM, Union Hall, $15.64)
🤣Party Like It's 1999: The Destiny Of Beyonce Edition' @ The Bell House: “Party Like It's 1999 Dance/Electronic”(10:00 PM, The Bell House)
🤣Young Adult Friction: An Indie + Alt Dance Party' @ Union Hall: “Young Adult Friction is a dance party celebrating indie and alternative music. Spanning decades of music, we spin indie pop, post punk, alternative, dance punk, britpop, and indie sleaze.”(11:59 PM, Union Hall, Free)
Sunday, 3/2
🪦Birding In Peace: “Just because it’s winter, doesn’t mean that there aren’t interesting birds to discover in Green-Wood. For some bird species that migrate south after the breeding season, Brooklyn is their Miami during the cold months.”(6:45 AM, Green-Wood Cemetery, $20)
🎓NYC Livecode Meetup @ Brooklyn Public Library: “LiveCode.NYC is a New York City-based collective that gathers to discuss, promote, and explore real-time programming. Our meetups are open to all. Come with works in progress to show, with ideas to bounce around, or just with your own curiosity to absorb and chat. We also encourage newcomers to livecoding to come through! It's always more fun to set up Tidal together. Remember to bring your chargers!”(1:30 PM, Central Library)
🏳🌈Queer Club Fair @ Ginger's Bar: See listing above. (2:30 PM, Ginger's Bar)
🎬🏆🍿2025 Oscar Nominated Live Action Shorts @ BAM: See listing above. (4:10 PM, BAM, $17)
🎬🏆🍿'Nickel Boys' @ BAM: See listing above. (4:20 PM, BAM, $17)
🎓💃A Contra Dance For All!: “ If you’ve never heard pop songs layered over Scandinavian fiddle tunes, a viola take a jazz solo, or a cello lay down a fat R&B bassline, you owe it to yourself to hear Midnight on the Water (Tom Krumm, Nathan Bishop & Dani Hawkins) shift dizzyingly between instruments and styles”(5:00 PM, Camp Friendship)
🎬🏆🍿'Ultra-Mega Oscars 2025' @ Nitehawk Cinema (SOLD OUT) (6:00 PM, Nitehawk)
🎬🏆🍿'The Best Oscars Party!' @ Nitehawk Cinema (SOLD OUT) (6:00 pm, Nitehawk)
🎬🏆🍿'🤣The Oscars Watch Party At Littlefield' @ Littlefield: “Join us as we celebrate Hollywood’s Biggest Night with a live stream of the award ceremony, hosted by Jenny Gorelick! DOORS 6PM | SHOW 7PM “High-camp viewing!” – Time Out New York Join us as we celebrate Hollywood’s Biggest Night with a live stream of the award ceremony featuring appearances from your favorite stars of the big screen, a red carpet, live performances during commercial breaks, a play-along drinking game, and your chance to win the Littlefield Oscars ballot and the “Defying Gravity” Riff-Off. Suggested attire: Elevated PJ’s Let’s get comfy, this is your living room, but so much better.”(7:00 PM, Littlefield)
🎬🏆🍿'🤣Academy Awards Watch Party & Bingo Hosted By Bobby Hankinson' @ Littlefield: “Catch all the Oscars action and play along with Academy Awards-themed games, hosted by comedian host/pop-culture enthusiast Bobby Hankinson! DOORS 6PM | SHOW 7PM Come to this place for the magic, the eleganza, the cringey presenter banter, the games, prizes and, who knows, maybe even fisticuffs? Anything can happen at the OSCARS, BABY! Come sip and quip with comedian Bobby Hankinson as the action unfolds on screen, and you too could go home a winner with our watchalong bingo, trivia and Oscar prediction ballots. Plus, the cocktails and queso will be flowing at the fabulous Parklife.”(7:00 PM, Littlefield)
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