Smorgasburg's Back! Nitehawk Shorts Fest! Carnegie Hall Ensemble + Therapy Dogs + Watercolors @ the Library! Art on Fences! Holi in the Park!
Plus: BK Baroque @ Old Stone House! Participatory Voting Closes!
Thank you for helping us build better coverage of Park Slope, and welcome back to our selected list of events this weekend. As always, links to sources are in (parentheses) after each event. Follow our IG for updates as events change and scroll to the bottom to meet Angie the rescue pup.
Book Now
We have a habit of knowing what sells out.
🤣’Joanne McNally' @ Union Hall on 4/8: [McNally’s other shows has sold out repeatedly.] “Pinotphile follows the runaway success of Joanne’s smash hit The Prosecco Express – a show that set off on its maiden voyage in initial previews back in 2019 before becoming a critically acclaimed global riot.” (10:00 PM, Union Hall, $24.63)
🪦Spring Green-Wood Cemetery Events: We get one warm day and the neighborhood taphophiles start buying up all the tickets!
Moonlight Tour on 4/11: “Join fellow fearless adventurers for an evening exploration of Green-Wood’s iconic landscape.” (8:00 PM, Green-Wood Cemetery, $30)
Birding In Peace on 4/13: “Before our gates open to the general public, birding expert Rob Jett leads these peaceful early morning walking tours.” (6:00 AM, Green-Wood Cemetery, $20)
Buds And Blossoms: A Spring Walk At Green-Wood on 4/13: “The Cemetery bursts into a bouquet of colors as hundreds of flowering trees and plants come to life in a dazzling display.” (2:00 PM, Green-Wood Cemetery, $25)
Growing Together: Arbor Day Tree Planting on 4/25: “Green-Wood’s expert horticulturists and educators will guide you in planting trees and sharing their knowledge.” (10:00 AM, Green-Wood Cemetery, Free)
Nocturnal Navigators: Green-Wood Bat Walk on 6/20: “From the agile little brown bat to the striking eastern red bat and majestic hoary bat.” (8:45 PM, Green-Wood Cemetery, $30)
Get Involved
Take the Open Streets Survey: “We have partnered to gather local input to share with the @nyc_dot on the @parkslopeopenstreets program and application for the upcoming season. The volunteer-led application proposes opening 5th Avenue from Union to 4th Street every Saturday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. from May to October, with the exception of August.” (Take the Survey)
Read More: Results from Last Year’s Survey of Businesses: “Notably, 75% of businesses excluded from the 2024 Open Streets zone expressed interest in joining a 2025 expansion.” (Brooklyn Paper)
🙋🏽Forth On Fourth Avenue Planning Meeting Tonight: “You will meet other community volunteers as well as our event partners, learn the simple basics of tree care, help identify work sites on our large map and help us determine the scope of our work to clean and green 4th Ave. We are always open to new ideas and initiatives and look forward to meeting you!” (4:00 PM, Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture)
🗳Participatory Voting for Our District At The Old Stone House on Saturday: “Every day people in those districts can submit ideas for projects they’d like to see, vote on their favorites, and ensure their priorities get funded by their public dollars.” (11:00 AM, Old Stone House)
News and Links
📰Cuomo Campaigns Against a Caricature of Park Slope: From the lede of this week’s Intelligencer profile:
“This extremist left wing represents no one. Who does it represent? If you are in Manhattan, or Park Slope, and it’s ‘No police; police are bad.’ That was Bill de Blasio, and it’s very popular in Park Slope, yes, but who does that help?” Cuomo said. “Progressives were supposed to be about helping the poor, minorities, the disenfranchised … By their own theory, progressives care about the poor and the downtrodden. No, they don’t. That’s not who your policies help.”
Read the whole thing, as they say. (Intelligencer)
🏗Gowanus Affordable Housing Lottery Opens With $1,031 Two-Bedrooms: “Included in the lottery are 50 units, all rent stabilized and income restricted, 40 of which could be deemed truly affordable.” (Brownstoner)
Events
Events with a 🔥 emoji are going fast, and classes have a 🎓 emoji.
Thursday, 4/3
🎓🎨📕The Ways Of Watercolor With Rhea Sarah Kirstein @ Park Slope Library: “Discover what makes watercolor the exciting and much-loved medium it is. In a relaxed and supportive setting, learn about color and composition. Experiment with a variety of techniques to produce various effects.”(2:31 PM, Park Slope Library)
🙋🏽Forth On Fourth Avenue Planning Meeting: See Get Involved. (4:00 PM, Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture)
🏛'High Art' @ BAM: “NewFest’s Opening Night Film in 1998 and winner of the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Prize at Sundance, this enduring debut feature from Academy Award nominee Lisa Cholodenko (The Kids Are All Right) is an evocative portrait of ambition, addiction, and passion in 90s New York.” (7:00 PM, BAM, $18.50)
📕’Classical Interludes: Arcostrum' @ Central Library: “Embark on a truly groundbreaking musical journey with The ArcoStrum Experience – a multi-instrumental, genre-defying showcase that seamlessly intertwines the contemporary Tango mastery of Piazzolla and the timeless classics of Vivaldi's Four Seasons. This innovative performance fuses the rich tapestry of Chinese traditional folk music, featuring the mesmerizing sounds of the dizi and erhu, with classical and electric guitar.”(7:00 PM, Central Library)
🎶The Threepenny Opera @ BAM (SOLD OUT) “Murderous antihero Mackie Messer (a.k.a. Mack the Knife) slashes through Victorian London in The Threepenny Opera, Bertolt Brecht’s scandalous satire that electrified Weimar-era German audiences 400 times in just two years after its 1928 debut.” (7:30 PM, BAM, $35)
🤣Shonali And Valley Lodge With The Midnight Confessions @ Littlefield: “Shonali Bhowmik and Dave Hill have been friends for years bonding over their intense love of good music and bad comedy. This show highlights both of their great loves and talents – music!”(8:00 PM, Littlefield)
🔥📕’NYC Prep: A Dramatic Reading:’ “The year was 2009. "Gossip Girl" ruled our tv screens. In an effort to capitalize on the moment, Bravo released its own demented version of the popular television show–but this time it was a reality show: NYC Prep was born, chronicling the lives of a group of privileged teenagers who were key players in Manhattan’s elite high school scene. It only lasted one season and nine episodes, but its legacy lives on FOREVER! Join some of NYC’s favorite comedians for a one night only reading of an episode of NYC Prep. We’re talking Jessie, Kelli, Sebastian, Camille, Taylor, and…PC. Who knows, maybe there might even be a surprise guest…!?”(10:00 PM, Union Hall)
Friday, 4/4
♻️Spring Sanitation Events: “Paper shredding truck, yard waste bags & bin decals, free compost bins and e-waste recycling.” (9:00 AM, 4th Street Plaza)
🌳Prospect Park Wellness Walk @ Prospect Park: “Join Prospect Park Alliance at the Prospect Park Audubon Center for an uplifting and energizing morning walk including scenic trails along the Lullwater, Peninsula, Midwood or Waterfall.(10:00. Audubon Center, Free)
🏷CREA Friday Date Night Drop Off @ Industry City: “The perfect solution for a kid-free evening. We provide a fun and engaging experience for your children while you get to enjoy a night out on your own to discover all that Industry City has to offer!”(6:00 PM, Industry City)
🏛’Stranger Inside' @ BAM: “Tough young butch Treasure (Yolonda Ross) is determined to connect with her incarcerated, long-lost mother she’s barely met in this gripping drama from director Cheryl Dunye (The Watermelon Woman). While serving a stint at a youth department of corrections, Treasure gets herself transferred to a maximum security prison in hopes of forming an overdue bond with lifer Brownie (Davenia McFadden).”(7:00 PM, BAM, Free)
🎓🍸Cocktail Class @ Fort Hamilton Distillery: “April Showers Bring Whiskey Sours”(7:00 PM, Industry City)
🎼Brooklyn Baroque At The Old Stone House: The Bach Family: “Brooklyn Baroque returns to the Old Stone House in Brooklyn for a concert of the Bach circle, including pieces by: Carl Phlipp Emanuel, Wihelm Friedman, Johann Christian, and papa Bach himself, as well as Johann Ludwig Krebs.”(7:00 PM, Old Stone House, $28.52)
📕J. Rose Event For ‘Fractured Future' @ The Ripped Bodice: “From the bestselling author of Blackwood Institute and Sabre Security comes a gritty battle against the criminal underworld with a tough-as-nails heroine and the agents determined to love her rough edges.”(7:00 PM, The Ripped Bodice)
🏷A Night Of Play With Clay @ Industry City: “Join us for a night of play with clay with a glass of wine or two.”(8:00 PM, Industry City)
🤣Why Are You Single? A Singles Game Show With Marie Faustin @ The Bell House: “Join comedian host Marie Faustin on a hunt for dating red flags! Self-submitted single contestants are subjected to rounds of questioning, games, & a @reeezy-style interrogation all to uncover why on earth they are single. The contestant with the most red flags - wins? Submit yourself online today @whyare.yousingle on Instagram.”(8:00 PM, The Bell House)
Saturday AM, 4/5
🛒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.”(8:00 AM, Grand Army Plaza)
🗳Participatory Voting At The Old Stone House: See Get Involved above. (9:00 AM, Old Stone House)
🎨Art On The Bridge Over The Expressway: “What does “soft sculpture collage” look like?! come find out + make art with us ... on 4th Street Plaza - free, open to all, fun supplies provided! the theme for the project: Brooklyn Is My Home.” (10:00 AM, 4th Street Plaza)
🔥🍿Nitehawk Shorts Festival 2025: Matinee Two @ Nitehawk Cinema: “Our Matinee Two program gives access to fully formed worlds with very personal stories told in sometimes disarmingly relatable ways … Beautiful visuals and engaging films await in this fantastic program. Q&A moderated by Shay Filmore.”(11:00 AM, Nitehawk)
🗳Participatory Voting At The Old Stone House: See Get Involved. (11:00 AM, Old Stone House)
Saturday Afternoon
🏛On The Shoulders Of… Hold Up Who Holds You Up: “You’re invited to enjoy an afternoon of multi-genre, intergenerational artistry, curated by BAM Education’s alumni and teaching artists. This fun day of art and music for kids includes an instrument-making workshop, artist talk, and concert by the Brown Rice Family. Join us in celebrating the power of community, collective creation, and care through music, dance, and visual art!”(12:00 PM, BAM, $10)
🍿’Twelve Monkeys' @ Nitehawk Cinema: “Starring: Bruce Willis, Brad Pitt, Madeleine Stowe, Christopher Plummer Twelve Monkeys is a time-traveling, mystery unravelling, science-fiction thriller set in a post-apocalyptic future 1996 after a deadly virus on Earth’s surface has forced all survivors to exist underground.”(12:00 PM, Nitehawk)
🪦Discover Green-Wood Trolley Tour: “Hop on board our comfortable, temperature-controlled trolley for an expert-led tour of Green-Wood’s historic landscape and most intriguing permanent residents.”(1:00 PM, Green-Wood Cemetery, $30)
📕Read With A Therapy Dog @ Brooklyn Public 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)
☕️🎶Evening At Poetica: Live Latin Jazz With La Tribu: “We’re back with the second installment of Evening at Poetica—a growing series of cultural events designed to gather community and celebrate unity through music, art, and shared experiences. This week, we’re proud to feature La Tribu, a powerful Latin jazz band bringing the heat with their rich blend of rhythms, improvisation, and soul.”(3:00 PM, Poetica on Smith)
🤸Joy Gymnastics’ 3rd Anniversary Open Play Party @ Industry City: “April 2025 marks 3 years since Joy Gymnastics was founded. Join us for an open play party full of fun to celebrate! This particular time slot is for kids of all ages. We ask a guardian to accompany their students 4.5 years or under. Students 4.5 years and older may be dropped off.”(3:30 PM, Industry City)
🎓🧘🏻♀️Somatic Yoga Therapy Workshop: “Most of us are feeling disconnected and fatigued from the daily grind of difficult situations and a history of stuffed emotions. This workshop integrates science-backed somatic tools including yoga, qigong, tai chi, reiki, breathwork &sensory system soothing techniques.”(3:40 PM, BAX, $30)
🌹Brooklyn Speed Of Attraction: 20’s & 30’s Speed Dating @ Industry City: “Let’s literally shuffle the deck, roll the dice, pick a card, and have some fun! Join NYC’s Brightest as they host a unique 20’s and 30’s speed dating event, followed by an exciting afterparty.”(5:00 PM, Industry City)
🌹The Brooklyn Spark: 30’s & 40’s Speed Dating @ Industry City: “A unique 30’s and 40’s speed dating event, followed by an exciting afterparty.”(5:00 PM, Industry City)
Saturday Night
🏷Saturday Date Night Drop Off @ Industry City: See Friday listing. (6:00 PM, Industry City)
🏛’Single White Female' @ BAM: “ Upon dumping her philandering fiance, emerging entrepreneur Allie (Bridget Fonda) advertises for a roommate to cohabitate in her spacious, rent-stabilized Upper West Side apartment. Thus enters the seemingly shy and considerate Hedra (Jennifer Jason Leigh), an initially ideal fit who provides a balm for Allie’s heartbreak and loneliness. They quickly become two peas in a pod—sharing fashion advice, late nights with old movies, and strolls with ice cream. But when Allie decides to give her ex-fiance a second chance and jilts her new flatmate, Hedra’s demure demeanor begins to shift and increasingly sour.”(7:00 PM, BAM, $18.50)
🕺The Scenario: 90’s Dance Party X 2000’s Edition @ Littlefield: “This time we are mixing in some of the hottest 2000’s hip hop and pop tracks! See you on the dance floor!”(8:00 PM, Littlefield)
🕺Party Like It's 1999: Bye Bye Bye Edition @ The Bell House: “Party Like It's 1999 Dance/Electronic”(10:00 PM, The Bell House)
🤣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, $15.64)
🕺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, 4/6
🛒Washington Park Greenmarket: “20 years old!” (9:00 AM, Washington Park)
🪦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.”(6:30 AM, Green-Wood Cemetery, $20)
🌳Smorgasburg @ Prospect Park: “Smorgasburg, presented in partnership with Prospect Park Alliance, is considered the “Woodstock of Eating.”The celebrated open-air food fair is back in Prospect Park for the 2025 season! Over 60 local businesses will gather on Breeze Hill, near the Lincoln Road entrance, to offer a range of food and drink every Sunday from April 6–October 26.”(11:00 AM, Breeze Hill, Free)
🔥🍿Nitehawk Shorts Festival 2025: NoBudge @ Nitehawk Cinema: “NoBudge is excited to take part in the Nitehawk Shorts Festival to co-present a program of new work from a group of emerging indie filmmakers. The lineup features seven narrative short films characterized by their unique, self-assured vision in genres ranging from naturalistic character study, coming-of-age portrait, psychological drama, and dark comedy. Q&A moderated by Kentucker Audley, NoBudge.”(11:00 AM, Nitehawk)
🎓💻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)
🎶Fam Jam With Our Pal Isaac @ Parklife @ Littlefield: “We’ve got cool art play for the little kiddos at 2pm followed by music and sing-along at 3:15pm with Our Pal Isaac. And for the big kiddos (aka adults), come and enjoy Parklife’s tacos and margaritas! Meet a new friend (or 3). This is about being together and making connections as much as it is for entertaining our kids! This event is sponsored by Park Slope Parents.”(2:00 PM, Littlefield)
🪦Ask A Death Doula (Members Only): “Death is a part of life—so why don’t we talk about it more?”(3:00 PM, Green-Wood Cemetery, $10)
🟣BKCM Celebrates Holi! “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)
🎶📕Carnegie Hall Citywide: The Met Orchestra Chamber Ensemble @ Central Library: “Featuring a handpicked, rotating lineup of musicians from the historic Met Orchestra, The Met Orchestra Chamber Ensemble adapts to fit the instrumental needs of any piece and offers endless programming possibilities. Audiences are treated to all-time chamber-music classics, hard-to-find hidden gems, and standout works by several of today’s significant composers.”(4:00 PM, Central Library)
🎓💃A Contra Dance For All: “The Some Assembly Required Trio brings the energy of NYC's best musicians to the Brooklyn Contra stage. Headlined by Matthew Christian's Irish fiddling, you never know who'll show up, from folks fresh of the Broadway or Grand Ol Opry stage to a harmonious cello or a trombone playing mandolin picker.”(4:30 PM, Brooklyn Contra, $15)
🎨Artist Talk @ 440 Gallery: Jo-Ann Acey, Catherine Orrok, Ellen Chuse, And Hyunju Kim: “Meet artist Hyunju Kim at our Artist Talk this Sunday at 4:40pm. Hyunju will be one of the artists talking about their work in the Project Space Show ‘Abstraction by Many Means.’”(4:40 PM, 440 Gallery)
🍿’Vive L’Amour' @ BAM: “Winner of the prestigious Golden Lion at the 1994 Venice International Film Festival, this entrancing tale from acclaimed auteur Tsai Ming-liang follows three characters unknowingly sharing an ostensibly empty Taipei apartment. Realtor May Lin (Yang Kuei-mei) oversees the on-the-market high-rise unit, which she uses for temporary trysts.”(5:00 PM, BAM, $18.50)
🤣Jungle Cat Comedy With Mohanad Elshieky And Abby Govindan @ Union Hall: “Introducing one of New York’s hottest comedy shows: Jungle Cat Comedy! Selling out multiple back-to-back shows in venues all over the city including Lincoln Center, Jungle Cat is back for its one-year anniversary at Union Hall.Venture into the jungle with hosts Abby Govindan and Mohanad Elshieky as they bring you a stacked lineup of nationally and internationally acclaimed comedians.With special guests Malik Elassal, Cansu Karabiyik, Farooq Hussain, and Darius Dinkins.”(5:00 PM, Union Hall, $22.07)
🔥🍿Nitehawk Shorts Festival 2025: Closing Nite @ Nitehawk Cinema: “Our final program for this year will provide a flood of emotions for all. Characters grapple with secrets, take wild swings for attention, and try to make sense of sexuality. In summer or winter, in the confines of an apartment or traversing a city, some of these shorts capture one night while others span time, finding ways to portray the ineffable. Q&A moderated by Cristina Cacioppo, Nitehawk Cinema Nepotism, Baby!.”(7:00 PM, Nitehawk)
📕April Happily Everyone After Book Club Brooklyn @ The Ripped Bodice: “Led by friend of the store Zoë. We read widely across the romance genre. Everyone is welcome.(7:15 PM, The Ripped Bodice)
🤣Kristin Key @ The Bell House: “w/ Nora Jefferies. Lineup subject to change.”(7:30 PM, The Bell House)
🤣Richie’s Mafia Game: A Traitors-Inspired Comedy Game Show @ Littlefield: “Inspired by Peacock’s The Traitors, CBS’s Survivor, and the classic party game Mafia, this high-stakes competition brings together Brooklyn’s most charismatic comedians for a battle of deception, deduction, and dramatic reveals..”(8:00 PM, Littlefield)
🤣Rachel Kaly: I’m Gonna Show U Stuff From My Phone @ Union Hall: “the government is going through our phones, computers, deep hard drives... so Rachel is trying to get ahead of it by just showing you everything. It may never happen again. Unless it does of course.”(10:00 PM, Union Hall, $18.98)
Thursday Rescue Pup: Angie
Meet Angie @ Sean Casey Animal Rescue: “Look at this ravishing beauty 🤩 Angie is our sweet 7 month old Australian Shepherd mix. Stop by to meet her today!” (Sean Casey FB)
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