The Fabulous 5th Avenue Fair! JapanFes! Jenny Hagel! ‘Totoro! + ‘Mean Girls’ + ‘Clueless!’ Molière In The Park! Rally for the Park!
Plus: Old-Time Baseball @ The Old Stone House! School Carnivals! Drag Brunch @ Bogota! The BK Half!
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 to read today’s 3-question interview with Jenny Hagel.
Scroll all the way down to meet Leif, the rescue pup of the week.
Book Now
We have a habit of knowing what sells out.
🐛Bugging Out! @ Green-Wood on Saturday: “Herbivores and carnivores, pollinators and parasites, beneficial and detrimental, beautiful and, sometimes, frightening, at least 950 species—and counting—of insects and spiders have been sighted in Green-Wood.”(11:00 AM, Green-Wood Cemetery, $26.49)
🍿 'My Neighbor Totoro' @ Nitehawk Cinema on Sunday: Saturday is pack almost full, but there are still some decent seats for Sunday. (12:00 PM, Nitehawk)
🎪A Night At Niblo’s Garden on 7/10 and 7/11: “Prepare to be amazed as Green-Wood's annual spectacular roars back to life under the summer stars! This sellout event transports you to the dazzling world of nineteenth-century entertainment, where the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus unleashes jaw-dropping talents: fire-eaters, musicians, contortionists, dancers, and so much more!”(7:00 PM, Green-Wood Cemetery, $51.99)
Get Involved
🌳Rally In Prospect Park: Protect Our Parks on Sunday: “Lend your voice to call for essential funding for our City's beloved parks! Join Council Member Shahana Hanif, Council Member Crystal Hudson, New Yorkers for Parks and Prospect Park Alliance … to rally for full funding for our parks system. In the final stretch of the budget cycle, join park advocates to rally for funding for our parks.”(10:00 AM, Grand Army Plaza)
🌳Park Pitch In: World Biodiversity Day @ Prospect Park on Sunday: “We focus our efforts on removing garlic mustard, a common invasive species that impacts park trees. Volunteers will help remove the plant before the seeds can spread further by either digging it out or cutting off and disposing of the seeds.”(11:00 AM, Entrance—Children's Corner, Free, Registration Required)
Pledge to Vote in June: “Take the pledge today and enter the NYC Votes Raffle to win our latest totes or tees!” (NYC Vote Pledge)
News and Links
AOC Endorses Council Member Shahan Hanif: “I’m honored to share that @aoc has endorsed our campaign!” (IG)
🏃Marathon Traffic alert: New York Road Runners 2025 RBC Brooklyn Half is Saturday, May 17 at 7:00 a.m. Lots of street closures, some starting tomorrow. (Park Slope Civic Council)
A Short Interview w/ Homeless Man Byron Neal: “If you haven't had the pleasure to meet him, this video should give you an idea of who he is. I hope you'll go visit him in front of The Shaking Crab, at 5th ave and President St. He's available to shine and repair shoes, and he's raising money to buy a custom shoeshine chair.” (Joshua Waterman’s YouTube)
Events
Events with a 🔥 emoji are going fast, and classes have a 🎓 emoji.
Thursday, 5/15
🎓📕Central Cookbook Club: Spring Dishes' @ Brooklyn Public Library: “Join the Cookbook Club on the Plaza as we celebrate spring cooking with a live demonstration.”(3:00 PM, Central Library)
🏛’Vulcanizadora' @ BAM: “ The newest offbeat saga from Joel Potrykus, Grand Rapids-rooted indie writer-director of the “Animal Trilogy” Ape, Coyote, and Buzzard, revisits two characters introduced a decade ago in the last of those films. Friends Marty (Joshua Burge) and Derek (Potrykus) trudge through a Michigan forest, intending to follow through on a disturbing pact. But when their plan goes shockingly awry, the consequences of their failure can’t stay hidden for long—and one must return home to deal with the legal and emotional repercussions. ”(4:50 PM, BAM, $17)
🇭🇹🌳Haitian Flag Day Selebrasyon! @ Prospect Park: “Join Haiti Cultural Exchange and Prospect Park Alliance for a Haitian Flag Day Selebrasyon in celebration of the 222nd anniversary of the Haitian Flag! Enjoy live music by the world-famous & revered Haitian big band Tabou Combo, dance performances, artisanal vendors and more.”(5:00 PM, Boathouse + Audubon Center, Free)
🎵Gowanus Jug & String Band Sessions: “We are excited to expand our musical offerings with this new weekly jam.”(6:00 PM, Gowanus Dredgers, $5)
🌳Molière In The Park: ‘The Imaginary Invalid' @ Prospect Park: “Molière’s last play was originally written as an immersive Comedy-Ballet where theater, dance and music are intertwined. Gravely ill while writing and performing this play, Molière explores the fear of death and the exploitation it can breed through his infinitely witty dialogue and in-your-face satire.”(7:30 PM, Points of Interest—LeFrak Center at Lakeside, Free, RSVP!)
🤣Doctor Brown: Beturns' @ Union Hall: “This is silent comedy at its most silly, surreal and absurd from an internationally renowned clown.”(7:30 PM, Union Hall)
🤣’Mean Girls Entirely From Memory' @ Littlefield: “Performers will attempt (and most likely fail) to recreate “Mean Girls”, without the aid of scripts, rehearsals, or sobriety. All they will have will be their memory, a recent viewing of one episode of one of the many series, and a lot of wigs. How certain are we that they’ll succeed?!”(8:00 PM, Littlefield)
🤣Why Are You Single? A 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?”(8:00 PM, The Bell House)
🍿’The Howling' @ Nitehawk Cinema: “4K restoration, co-presented with Brooklyn Horror Society and The Twisted Spine. After a bizarre and near deadly encounter with a serial killer, a television newswoman is sent to a remote mountain resort whose residents may not be what they seem.”(9:15 PM, Nitehawk)
🤣We Fix U With Dina Hashem And Matt Koff' @ Union Hall: “Comedians Dina Hashem and Matt Koff (Comedy Cellar regulars, Daily Show writers) present an evening of standup comedy and affordable therapy. You are broken. We will fix you. With special guests: Mike Recine, Liza Treyger, and Emmy Blotnick!”(10:00 PM, Union Hall)
Friday, 5/16
🍺The Dram Shop Turns 18: Tasting Tour: “Celebrate with them all weekend with great food, drinks and music!”(3:00 PM, Dram Shop Bar)
🪦Green-Wood After Hours: “Experience Green-Wood after the gates have closed, when the grounds take on a magical ambiance.”(7:00 PM, Green-Wood Cemetery, $ $30, $24 for members)
🏀Defector Media Presents Ten Minute Quarters: A Wnba Comedy Show' @ Littlefield: “The WNBA season is back, and Defector Media is putting on a comedy show the night before the Liberty home opener!DOORS 6:30PM | SHOW 7:30PMJoin Defector Media and your fellow WNBA fans for a night of stand up, games, giveaways, and special guests as we all get amped up for the new WNBA season!”(7:30 PM, Littlefield)
🤣Doctor Brown: Beturns' @ Union Hall: See Thursday listing. (7:30 PM, Union Hall)
🌳Molière In The Park: The Imaginary Invalid' @ Prospect Park: See Thursday listing. (7:30 PM, Points of Interest—LeFrak Center at Lakeside, Free)
🤣Freak & Donna & Friends' @ Littlefield: “Lexi Gee and Emily Gee present a night of drag, jokes, and queer tv with the premiere of the show’s second episode.The night will feature performances by host Miss Malice, and comedians Shenuque Tissera, Max Gross, and Joyelle Nicole Johnson.!”(9:00 PM, Littlefield)
🤣Annabel And Sabina Meschke Present: Triplet Auditions @ Union Hall: “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!!”(10:00 PM, Union Hall)
Saturday AM, 5/17
🏃The Brooklyn Half: “Lots of street closures, some starting Friday.” (8AM, Park Slope Civic Council)
🛒Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket: “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)
🪚Build Your Toolbox - Intro To Japanese Woodworking: “This 2-session, 14-hour class offers participants a deep-dive introduction to the rudiments of hand-tool woodworking with Japanese tools, including saws, chisels, planes, and more. In this class, you will learn how to use, sharpen, and maintain these tools and develop good work methodology.”(10:00 AM, Nihonsan Tools and Hardware)
🎡PS 321 Carnival: “Adventure and fun await, including bounce houses, crafts & activities, cotton candy, popcorn, pizza, face painting, used book sale, carnival games, prizes…and MORE!”(10:00 AM, PS 321)
🔥🐛Bugging Out! @ Green-Wood: See Book Now above. (11:00 AM, Green-Wood Cemetery, $26.49)
🚛PS 296 Touch A Truck: “Featuring a full city block of amazing vehicles of all shapes and sizes! Plus food trucks, inflatable play spaces, live music, and hands-on activities, especially geared towards kids ages 2–12.”(11:00 AM, PS295)
🍿 'Paris Is Burning' @ Nitehawk Cinema: “This documentary focuses on drag queens living in New York City and their ‘house’ culture, which provides a sense of community and support for the flamboyant and often socially shunned performers. Groups from each house compete in elaborate balls that take cues from the world of fashion. Also touching on issues of racism and poverty, the film features interviews with a number of renowned drag queens, including Willi Ninja, Pepper LaBeija and Dorian Corey.”(11:30 AM, Nitehawk)
Saturday Afternoon
🔥🍿 'My Neighbor Totoro' @ Nitehawk Cinema: See Book Now above. (12:00 PM, Nitehawk)
📕Beautiful Us: Collections Connections With Brooklyn Children Museum' @ Brooklyn Public Library: “People around the world use different materials to adorn our bodies and to tell stories about who we are. Beautiful Us is a cultural collections investigation and art-making workshop in which students explore the unique and universal reasons we adorn ourselves.”(2:00 PM, Park Slope Library)
🌳Molière In The Park: The Imaginary Invalid' @ Prospect Park: See Thursday listing.”(3:00 PM, Points of Interest—LeFrak Center at Lakeside, Free, RSVP!)
⚾️The Old Stone House Classic: “The Brooklyn Dodgers have had many names and were known as the Brooklyn Bridegrooms from 1888-1898. They played Major League Baseball right here at Washington Park, and used the Old Stone House as the team clubhouse. The Brooklyn Bridegrooms are coming back to play at their home field at Washington Park on May 17! The Bridegrooms will travel through time to play modern baseball against local sandlot team FUMBL (Formerly Unemployed Musicians Baseball League) on their home turf.”(4:00 PM, Old Stone House, Free)
🤣Allison O’Conor & Friends @ Union Hall: “Allison O’Conor does an hour-ish of comedy, joined by some of her favorite comedians.With special guests: Indigo Asim, Lee Robinson, and Franny Weed”(5:00 PM, Union Hall)
✏️Pencil Party @ Open Books: “Join us for collaborative drawings, pencil games, and exquisite corpses. There will be drinks and snacks and celebrating!”(5:00 PM, Terrace Books)
Saturday Night
🤣A Drinking Game NYC: ‘Clueless' @ The Bell House: “Classic movies ... shaken, not stirred & w/ a twist. What's "A Drinking Game"? Well, take your favorite 80s or 90s flick, mix in a live staged reading, add a dash of your favorite beverage & you've got one hell of a cocktail. Talented actors perform cult classics for a live audience. One night only. A new show every month.”(7:00 PM, The Bell House)
🤣Jenny Hagel Gives Advice' @ Union Hall: “Hagel is an Emmy-nominated writer/performer for Late Night with Seth Meyers, and she loves two things: comedy and telling people what to do. In her live show ‘Jenny Hagel Gives Advice, she gets to do both at the same time!Jenny invites audience members to submit written questions about their relationships, careers, and finances. Then Jenny and a special guest give their best, most professional (not professional at all) life advice.”(7:30 PM, Union Hall)
🌳Molière In The Park: The Imaginary Invalid' @ Prospect Park: See Thursday listing. (7:30 PM, Points of Interest—LeFrak Center at Lakeside, Free, RSVP!)
🎶The Old Stone House Classic Concert & Film Screening With Fumbl: “NYC's most improbably-athletic musicans, FUMBL (Formerly Unemployed Musicians Baseball League) will play live scores to early 20th century baseball-themed silent films, and their own original silent film Day of the Catch. This one-of-a-kind event blends athleticism, improvisation, and cinematic nostalgia in a celebration of community and creativity. A complimentary beverage is included with admission.”(7:30 PM, Old Stone House, Free)
🍺The Dram Shop Turns 18: Live Band: “Celebrate with them all weekend with great food, drinks and music!”(8:00 PM, Dram Shop Bar)
Sunday, 5/18
🛒Washington Park Greenmarket: 20 years old! (9:00 AM, Washington Park)
🍜🍢🍤🥢Japanfes Park Slope: “📅 Mark your calendars and let’s come together to celebrate the richness of Japanese food and culture! ”(10:00 AM, 5th Avenue)
🎈The Fabulous 5th Avenue Fair: “Between Sterling and 12th but the whole avenue Dean to 18th will be full of fun!”(10:00 AM, 5th Avenue)
🌳Rally In Prospect Park: Protect Our Parks!: See Get Involved section above. (10:00 AM, Grand Army Plaza)
🌳Park Pitch In: World Biodiversity Day' @ Prospect Park: See Get Involved section above. (11:00 AM, Entrance—Children's Corner, Free, Registration Required)
🌳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)
🔥🍿 'My Neighbor Totoro' @ Nitehawk Cinema: See Saturday listing. (12:00 PM, Nitehawk)
💋👠Drag Brunch @ Bogota Bistro: “Introducing Tostones y Tiaras: a bold, flavor-filled brunch with fierce queens, bottomless mimosas, and all the Latin heat you can handle.”(1:00 PM, Bogota Bistro)
🌼Buds And Blossoms: A Spring Walk At Green-Wood: “Spring is here, and it's time to experience Green-Wood’s stunning transformation! The Cemetery bursts into a bouquet of colors as hundreds of flowering trees and plants come to life in a dazzling display. But hurry—this breathtaking spectacle only lasts for a few weeks. ”(2:00 PM, Old Stone House, $26.49)
💃A Contra Dance For All: “Ahhh, we’ll see you for the New York City debut of this three piece trio of Contra amazingness, Northwoods, fresh off their dance weekend debut at Dandelion Romp, plus calling from Steve Zakon-Anderson, one of the very best!”(4:30 PM, Camp Friendship)
🤣Geoffrey Asmus @ The Bell House: “W/ Tommy Brennan, Sarah Sherman, Tucker Brookshire & Reggie Conquest. Lineup subject to change.”(5:30 PM, The Bell House)
🎭'A Moon For The Misbegotten' @ Old Stone House: “Eugene O'Neill's play perfored live at the Old Stone House.”(7:00 PM, Old Stone House)
🤣Mourning Wood: A Pop-Punk Musical @ Littlefield: “A pulse-pounding original pop-punk musical from Will Braithwaite, MOURNING WOOD will have you singing all the way back to Warped Tour. DOORS 6PM | SHOW 7PM Ever felt stuck in a dead-end town with no way out? Ever dyed your hair just to piss someone off? Ever felt like nobody listens, nobody cares, and all you’ve got are your dreams and a three-chord anthem screaming in your head?”(7:00 PM, Littlefield)
🗞Zine Club: “A casual, creative and welcoming space where you can make your own mini zine or work on an ongoing larger project. We have some limited supplies so please bring your own if you are able to.”(6:30 PM, Interference Archive)
🍺Trivia Night @ Adirondack: “This is just a one night only event for now, so be sure to check it out and let us know what you think. We can’t wait to see you!”(8:00 PM, Adirondack)
Thursday Rescue Pup: Leif
“How can you resist this face? Leif is our happy 3 year old Terrier mix. He is our sweet, energetic mid size pup with a ton of love to give.” (Sean Casey Animal Rescue FB)
Did we miss an event? Are you doing a stoop sale? Put in the comments!
Loved Josh’s video. Is that a recurring segment? Are there more?