WEDNESDAY 5/29 ♫ Weed / Call Of The Wild / Cascada / Giant Peach @ Death By Audio (49 S 2nd St) 8pm, $7 ♫ Hungry March Band @ Brooklyn Bowl (61 Wythe Ave) 8pm, $5
THURSDAY 5/30 * Spring Fling @ PS31 (75 Meserole Ave) 4-7pm, $1 fundraising event, open to the public, face painting, bouncy house, arts and crafts ♦ Adaptfest @ Center for Performance Research (361 Manhattan Ave) 7-10pm, $15, More info ♫ Confronting Bushwick 2: The Politics of Empty Buildings / Bushwick Daily Launch Party @ Art Helix (299 Meserole St) 7pm, panel discussion, town hall meeting following by launch party for Bushwick Daily’s First Print Publication “NO BS BOS” A Curated Guide to Bushwick Open Studios, DJ Set by THE DRUMS!, RSVP ♫ Tropic of Pisces / Corbu / Wanda & Wonder @ Silent Barn (603 Bushwick Ave) 8pm, $8 ♫ Shilpa Ray / The Veda Rays / Haybaby / WALTZ @ Union Pool (484 Union Ave) 8pm, $8
♦♦♦ All Weekend (5/31-6/2) : Bushwick Open Studios, FREE, a three day arts and culture festival that celebrates the community’s vibrant arts scene with the goal of fostering dialogue and collaboration between local artists and residents, More info ♦♦♦
FRIDAY 5/31 ♦ ORANGATANG(sic) @ Picture Farm (338 Wythe Ave) 6-9pm, an exhibition of photographs, drawings and prints by Bill Abdale, Steven Rose and Joanna Seitz, RSVP ♦ Based On A True Story @ Pierogi Gallery (177 No. 9th St) 7-9pm, an exhibition of new work by Daniel Zeller, More info ♫ Glank All Ages Show @ Secret Theatre (4402 23rd St, LIC) 8pm, $15, Suit-up in lab coats, blend in with the performers and have a blast at this interactive, multimedia music performance, More info
• Grateful Dead Night Featuring Dead Tape @ Europa (98-104 Meserole Ave.) 8pm, $10, Buy Tix ♫ Secret Band / Lodro / Darlings / EULA / Ric Leichtung @ Shea Stadium (20 Meadow St) 8pm, $10
SATURDAY 6/1 • 119 Underground @ Jewel St Paradise (119 Jewel St, BSMT) 12-6pm, “a new way to shop local,” ceramics, paper goods, refreshments & performances – all in a Brooklyn basement, RSVP * Brooklyn Arbor Playground Festival @ PS414 (325 South 3rd St) 12-4pm, $10, Free for kids under 12, a family music, craft, and food festival on the school playground, obstacle course, face painting, breakdancing, story time, dance performances, arts & crafts, kids dance party, food by Urban Rustic, Allswell, Il Passatore, Van Leeuwen, Papabubble, Buy Tix ♦ Punk Your Way Shop @ Dobbin Project Space (50 Dobbin St) 12:30-6pm, Cost: 5 Brooklyn Torches, Hack using Punk’s Code and get paid for it. Hacking Couture will open a pop-up atelier during the Brooklyn Torch Trade Store. Hack your fashion, Thru Sunday, More info ♫ The Call Up @ Boulevard Tavern (579 Meeker Ave) 9pm, Free, Reggae, Soul & Punk, all vinyl spun by DJ’s Sandinista and Tiny Gem, $5 all YOU can eat BBQ, RSVP ♫ Grass is Green / Ovlov / Appomattox / Miniboone @ Big Snow (89 Varet St) 8pm, $7
SUNDAY 6/2 ♥ Sunday Supper # 6 : SALO A Filipino Feast @ Domestic Construction (218 India St) 7-9pm, $45, Prepared by Yana Guilbuena, Menu: Seaweed Salad, Deep Fried P ork Rinds, Grilled Stuffed Squid, Garlic Fried Rice, Banana and Jackfruit Spring Rolls, Brooklyn Gin Cocktail, Reserve Supper ☺ Run From The Police Comedy @ Muchmore’s (2 Havemeyer St) 8:30-11pm, FREE, a mix of the best professional and amateur comedians performing today, beer,wine, soju and espresso, also laundry rooms in the back if you feel like getting your Sunday laundry done with a comedy backdrop,
MONDAY 6/3 • Public Speaking Workshop @ Dobbbin Project Space (50-52 Dobbin St) 7-10pm, $45, 3-hour workshop, participants will get expert coaching and feedback on ways to strengthen their presentation skills, from techniques to calm frayed nerves to exercises designed to build confidence and improve focus, More info
TUESDAY 6/4 ♥ Things That I Have To Tell You Right Now (and other tales) @ Cafe Royal (195 Nassau Ave) 7-9pm, FREE, read, sing, show, and tell us anything you want under 10 minutes, participation optional, More info
* Greenpointers’ Pick
♫ Music
♥ Pheremones likely
♦ Art Event
☺ Comedy Event
# Foodie Event
WEDNESDAY 3/27 • Newtown Creek CAG Meeting @ LaGuardia Community College (31-10 Thomson Ave, E Building, Room E500) 6-8pm, a conversation with the EPA and NYCDEP about Superfund and Newtown Creek ♦ Free Cities Party NYC-Flint @ Metropolitan Exchange (33 Flatbush Ave) 8-10pm, silent auction, crepes, virtual tours, booze from Michigan, RSVP * Daiquiris & Dub @ Beloved (674 Manhattan Ave) 9pm, DJ Kahncept spinning heady dub and reggae, $7 Denizen Rum cocktails
THURSDAY 3/28 ♫ Gondola / Helioscope / Jeremy Mark Freer / Satellite Radion @ Bar Matchless (557 Manhattan Avenue) 7pm, $6 ♥ Is Feminism Sexy? @ Word (126 Franklin St) 7pm, Jennifer Armstrong discusses what feminism means to young women today, RSVP * Skate Night Rockaway Benefit @ Villain (50 N 3rd St) 9pm, FREE, live music, dj’s, mini ramps, art auction, raffle and prizes, food and drinks, RSVP ♥ Pussy Power Aerial & Variety Show @ House of Yes (342 Maujer St, Bushwick) 8pm, $15, estrogen-fueled super-circus celebrating the Va-J-J herself, RSVP ♫ Dichroics / Circle of Buzzards / Dead Stars @ Saint Vitus (1120 Manhattan Ave) 8pm, $10 ♫ Reggae Bash @ RBar (451 Meeker Ave) 9:30pm, FREE, 3 Kings Sound, RSVP ♫ Archipelago / Belle Mare / Ora Cogan @ Silent Barn (603 Bushwick Ave) 8pm
SATURDAY 3/30 * Easter Egg Hunt @ McGolrick/Winthrop Park, 11am, $5, Pack a picnic lunch and celebrate the start of spring! • Compost Harvest & Housecleaning @ North Brooklyn Compost Project (McCarren Park, N12th St and Driggs) 1-4pm, harvest compost, take some home, help fancy up the site ♥ Meat All About It @ TBD (214 Franklin St) 2pm, “lets make Misteaks together … bringing back the STEAK! and other yummy outdoor food, DJs Greg Smith & the Broken English at 6pm ♫ Ed Schrader’s Music Beat / Jamaican Queens / Free Blood / Zula @ Shea Stadium (20 Meadow St) 8pm, $8
SUNDAY 3/31 – Happy Easter! ♦ Easter Craft Fair @ Fashion Rock (372 Tompkins Ave, Bed-Stuy) 4-10pm, More info ♫ Unstoppable Death Machines / Fake Hooker / Respect / Laughters / Mtns. @ Silent Barn (603 Bushwick Ave) 8pm
TUESDAY 4/2 • North Brooklyn Boat Club Public Meeting @ Rod & Gun Club (59 Kent Ave) 8pm, Featuring: Paddles, boat building, boathouses, urban camping, gardens, ecology, and dolphins!
* Greenpointers’ Pick ♫ Music ♥ Pheremones likely ♦ Art Event
Remember to check our calendar for even more events. And you can submit event, too!
WEDNESDAY 5/9 ♫ Social Media In Music Panel Discussion @ The Yard (33 Nassau Ave.) 7-9pm, Tatiana Simonian (Twitter), Benjamin Jacobs of (Fool’s Gold) Jonathan Pardo (Free Association Management), and Brandon Martinez (INDMusic) ♦ Drawings by Leszek Knaflewski @ Cleopatra Greenpoint (110 Meserole Ave) 7-9pm, the first US exhibition of drawings by Poznań based artist Leszek Knaflewski, part of an expanded series of works on paper produced during his involvement with the influential collective Koło Klipsa, More info
THURSDAY 5/10 • Newtown Creek Monitor Committee Meeting @ DEP (329 Greenpoint Ave) 6:30-8:30pm, The committee works with DEP to address odors, noise, dust, and other impacts related to the facility, More info ♦ Cage Transmitted @ Triple Canopy (155 Freeman St.) 7pm, $5, Robert Whitman’s performs Inside Out and screening of John Cage’s An Alphabet, More info ♫ Rolling Thunder @ Manhattan Inn (632 Manhattan Ave) 11pm, a night of Country and Southern Rock ♫ In Honor of MCA: Beastie Bowl @ Brooklyn Bowl (61 Wythe Ave) FREE, 8pm, In honor of MCA, we’re screening “Awesome! I F*ckin Shot That”, directed by Adam Yauch, on all screens with full concert sound.
FRIDAY 5/11 ♦ We Have Relocated To Our New Location @ Picture Farm (338 Wythe Ave.) 6-9pm, A group show of fine art editions printed and published by Kayrock Screenprinting, More info • Improve Yourself with AJ Jacobs and Gretchen Rubin @ Word (126 Franklin St) 7pm, What does it take to become the healthiest person on earth, and how happy does it make you in the long run? Jacobs will also read from the book, and both authors will take questions and sign. ♦ Street Shadows @ One Stop Beer Shop (134 Kingsland Ave) 7-10pm, Chris Smith aka ‘subtexture’ is bringing the light and shadows of Greenpoint onto the walls of the One-stop Beer shop
SATURDAY 5/12 * Brooklyn Food Conference @ Brooklyn Tech HS (29 Fort Greene Place) 9am-6pm, FREE, Food activists, local farmers, academics, restaurateurs and health advocates and all those interested in food justice will gather to discuss the global food economy and its impact on our lives. ♦ Queens Museum RIDGEWOOD Art Crawl, 3-10pm, You know that part of town you thought was Bushwick… well, Actually, It’s Ridgewood. Help us set the record straight by celebrating Queens’ newest art community with a little bit of history, a lot of art, and the perfect amount of drink, More info ♫ Third Ear Training @ Newtown Barge Playground, 2pm, Free, Welcome the warm weather as we bring you one more time their “Intelligent Electronic Music For Well Trained Ears”. Come with your family, friends, kids, dogs, fresbies, blankets or just your dancing feet, More info ♫ Red Hook Ramblers/Rob Kendt/Holler! @ Pete’s Candy Store (709 Lorimer St) 4-10pm, More info ♫ Pleasure Island @ Spike Hill (186 Bedford Ave) 8pm, Ghost Beach/Triple Cobra/Frogg/Lushes
Sunday – 5/13 – MOTHER’S DAY!
* Greenpointers’ Pick
♫ Music
♥ Pheremones Likely
♦ Art Event
Did you come to the Greenpointers Gallery Tour After Party? Remember that awesome DJ that was making you shake it all night long? That is Brooklyn Soul Club with Jack Dutone! It’s the slickest hip-hop and finest soul music dance party around!
Don’t miss Brooklyn Soul Club this Friday April 6th at 10pm at Kinfolk Studios!
***Brooklyn Soul Club is every first Friday at Kinfolk Studios, 90 Wythe Ave***
WEDNESDAY 4/4 • Hayseed’s Big City Farm Grand Opening @ (218 India St) 7pm, live music, drinks, chat with urban farmers ♥ Kiss & Tell: Bumblebee Disco @ Bellwether (594 Union Ave.) 9pm, $5, a night of the sweetest dance music you’ve ever heard, w/ Mike Servito, Patrick Russell, Ivy Feraco
FRIDAY 4/6 ♦ Wine Release Party and Opening Solo show for Artist Jeff Huntington @ Brooklyn Oeneology (209 Wythe Ave at N. 3rd) 7pm ♫ Hunx & His Punx/Natural Child/The Foxx @ Glasslands (289 Kent Ave.) 8:30pm, $10 in advance, $12 at door, BUY TIX • Brooklyn Soul Club @ Kinfolk Studios (11th@Wythe) 10pm, Non-Stop Dance Party with Jack Dutone
SATURDAY 4/7 • Easter Egg Hunt & Party @ McGolrick Park & Lutheran Church of the Messiah (129 Russell St.) 10am, Egg Hunt (free) in park, followed by a party at the Church. $3 per person if you bring a snack, dancing, arts & crafts & refreshments. * 79 Years of Session Beers @ Diamond (43 Franklin St) April 7 is the day prohibition ended, but only for session beer drinkers. The first baby step of Repeal only allowed beer under 4% to be consumed by the American public. Celebrate the anniversary of this happy occasion all day and night with the best session beers in New York City! Serving up a special list of craft-brewed, quaffable American beers around 4% for just $4 each! • Shop, Drop & Drink @ Williamsburg (Neighborhood-wide) All day, 50 businesses will offer various sales, special events, and performances, including; Bird, In God We Trust, Life:Curated, Jumelle, Shoe Market, Catbird, The Commodore, Momofuku Milk Bar, plus Smorgasburg reopens for the season! * Spring Weekender @ Dekalb Market (138 Willoughby St.) 10-6pm, Contributor Joann Kim produced event includes 10am Mimosas, Easter egg hunt, a curated flower and garden flea market, urban farming demos, live music, etc! ♫ Solo Dame Indie Pop! @ Matchless (557 Manhattan Ave.) 11:30pm, $3, Spinning your favorite indie-rock, dream-pop, electro-pop and powerpop from Spain, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Argentina, Venezuela, and all over Latin America!
SUNDAY 4/8 • Easter Extravaganza @ Greenpoint Church (136 Milton St) 11am worship followed by Jazz Band, Photo Booth, Food, Easter Egg Hunt, Puppet Show, 2:30 BYO-Dessert Contest, 4-7pm help make a meal for the homeless & hungry.
MONDAY 4/9 * Living Small: Free Lecture @ Peter’s Candy Store (709 Lorimer St.) 7:30pm, Exploring the Small House Movement w/Jeffrey McKean
TUESDAY 4/10 ♥ Speed Dating @ Tuffet (286 Graham Ave.) 7:30pm, FREE, drink cocktails and listen to old-school hip hop jams while chatting with other fun Brooklyn singles. Limited space. RSVP artfuldater (at) gmail.com
COMING UP:
Friday 4/13/12, 7pm - Cajun Feast Soup Kitchen Benefit hosted by Greenpointers & Yummy Eats @ Greenpoint Church, $40, More info
Sunday 4/15/12, 2pm – Greenpointers Juice Cleanse Workshop with Deborah from Juice Pirate @ Human@Ease, $25 with option to sign-up for a 3-day cleanse, More info
Wednesday 4/18/12, 8pm – Greenpointers Comedy Night to Benefit Dog Habitat Rescue @ Saint Vitus, $5
Monday 4/23/12, 7pm – Greenpointers Rice Ball Class & Supper with Jen @ Paulie Gee’s, $35, includes wine, More info
* Greenpointers’ Pick
♫ Music
♥ Pheremones Likely
♦ Art Event
WEDNESDAY 3/21 • Greenpoint Environmental Projects Benefits Community Meeting @ The Warsaw (261 Driggs Ave) 6:30-8:30pm, Learn about the $19.5 million available from New York State’s settlement with ExxonMobil to benefit the environment of the Greenpoint community ♦ Flux Death Match: Art & OWS @ Flux Factory (39-31 29th St, LIC) 8-11pm, a new initiative that takes online debates into real-space
THURSDAY 3/22 • NAG Action: Bike Share Community Planning Workshop @ Swinging Sixties Senior Center (211 Ainslie St.) 6-8pm, roundtable planning workshop to help decide how bike share should work and where stations should go in Greenpoint and Williamsburg, RSVP ♦ A Loaded Camera @ Brouwerij Lane (78 Greenpoint Ave) 7pm, All photographs were shot in Greenpoint, by Will Star and feature iconic scenes with a touch of humanity, RSVP • Hari Kunzru presents Gods Without Men @ Word (126 Franklin St) 7-8pm, RSVP, Are we alone in the universe? Does life have meaning? What are we all doing with our lives, anyway? Meet the author and novel, RSVP
SATURDAY 3/24 • Brooklyn Mutt Show @ Brooklyn Lyceum (227 4th Ave) 11am-6pm, proceeds will benefit Sean Casey Animal Rescue, More info ♫ Brooklyn Wind Symphony @ Grand Street Campus High School Auditorium (850 Grand St.) 2pm, $10, RSVP ♦ Future Pieces @ Vaudeville Park (26 Bushwick Ave.) 7-11pm, recent works work by Lisha Bai, Leah Tacha and Sun You, curated by Jon Lutz, performance by pianist Ian Sarver at 8pm, RSVP ♦ Spring Break LIC @ The Art School Project @ Chashama (26-15 Jackson Ave, LIC) 7pm, One Night exhibition and performance event by invited resident artists, RSVP
SUNDAY 3/25 • Yummy Eats & Greenery NYC Present a Terrarium Workshop @ TBD (224 Franklin St) 1-4pm, $75, learn how to build and maintain verdant miniature environments in glass, food is complimentary to all participants, BUY TICKETS (Note: this is not Greenpointers Terrarium Class with Jon on 4/1 @ Diamond – that class has SOLD OUT)
MONDAY 3/26 • The Fighting 14th Lecture @ Pete’s Candy Store (709 Lorimer St.) 7:30pm, FREE, Civil War Simulacra w/Matt Dellinger
TUESDAY 3/27 ♫ Practice @ Zebulon (258 Wythe Ave.) 9pm, Free, Noveller/Tom Carter/Diamond Terrifier/Ben Vida/DJ Dutch E. Germ/The Oracle DJs/visuals by Sleepy Peopl
* Greenpointers’ Pick
♫ Music
♥ Pheremones Likely
♦ Art Event
WEDNESDAY 3/14 * Chutney Class with DP Chutney Collective @ Good Yoga (73 Calyer St) 7pm, Learn to make and take home 2 fresh chutneys: coriander/mint & tamarind, and one cooked and unusual eggplant chutney, which will be canned. I am personally making RYE SHAKES! Class is $25 and includes all materials and cocktails. Limit 12 people. RSVP to greenpointers (at) gmail.com. ♦ What Would You Do With 4,500 sq ft of Arts Space? @ Arts@Renaissance (2 Kingsland Ave) 6-9pm, discussion with Chloë Bass of Arts in Bushwick and Noel Allain of The Bushwick Starr ♫ Permanent Wave Benefit for Right Rides @ Deathy By Audio (49 So. 2nd St.) 8pm, $7, Performances by The Art of Shooting, Hello Phones, Leslie Hong, Beach Mom, plus bake sale and zines
THURSDAY 3/15 • Edward Mullany, Paula Bomer, Melissa Broder and John Dermot Woods @ Word (126 Franklin St) 7pm, a night of emerging voices in short fiction and poetry * Imperial Stout Weekend @ Brouwerij Lane (78 Greenpoint Ave.) Thru Sunday 3/18 ♦ Big Reality @ 319 Scholes (Bushwick) 7pm, curated by Brian Droitcour, “Big Reality” proposes that contemporary everyday life seamlessly integrates elements of fantasy and play through consumer technology and networked media. ♫ Lips @ Pete’s Candy Store (709 Lorimer) 11pm, Lips has a unique sound characterised by masterful songwriting and a sly sense of humor. Her ability to both transfix and entertain make her a must see live act.
FRIDAY 3/16 ♦ SOUVENIR @ Camel Art Space (722 Metropolitan Ave.) 6:00pm, an exhibition not of art but of objects which recall and refer to the work of artists who have exhibited at Camel Art Space. ♦ A.I.R. Time @ Flux Factory (39-31 29th St., LIC) 6-9pm, an exhibition that presents a dynamic array of work made by spring residents at the continually evolving Flux Factory, More info ♦ Dave Miko @ Real Fine Arts (673 Meeker Ave.) 7-10pm, Performance at 9pm, An Exhibition of Painting Obscured by Performance ♫ 16mm Noir films & the “Villains of Vaudeville” @ Vaudeville Park (26 Bushwick Ave.) 7:30pm, a curated night of rare and out of print 40’s-60’s Noir Films and TV projected on 16mm, with live “Dark Synth Jazz” sets from the Villains of Vaudeville in between the screenings ♫ SameinSane/Hypnotoad/U-Recken/Eg~Bot & Lauryn @ Europe (98 Meserole Ave) 10pm, $25, psy-trance
♣ SATURDAY 3/17 – ST. PATRICK’S DAY ♣ • Volunteer at McGolrick Park, 11am, Turn McGolrick green on St. Patrick’s Day! Sign in under the pavilion and pick up grass seed to spread on the barren lawns. Free crafts for kids in the playground! Rain date – Sunday March 18. * North Brooklyn Boat Club Potluck Work Party @ North Brooklyn Boat Club (Ash St. and McGuiness Blvd) noon-4pm, see the club’s new home, learn about the project, help prep the site, grill, drink, rain date Sunday 3/18 • St. Patrick’s Day @ The Habitat (988 Manhattan Ave) Irish Drink & Food Specials • Veronica People’s Closing Party @ VPC (105 Franklin St) 2pm, last chance to eat amazing Antojitos Mexicanos (3pm) and enjoy great coffee, drinks and friends at a favorite local (recently out of the closet) bar in Greenpoint. A “Self Portrait Project” will document goodbyes. ♦ Winter BBQ + Potluck @ Arts@Renaissance (2 Kingsland Ave) 4-9pm, Celebrate the ending of Round Robin’s 2-mo. residency, bring stuff to grill, salads, potato salad, pickles, brownies, live Music, games, food, art, beer • Grand Street Pub Crawl (Grand St, Williamsburg) 4-8pm, drink and food specials at bars and restaurants all along the street ♫ St. Patricks Day @ Mark Bar (1025 Manhattan Ave.) 8pm, bands, corned beef and cabbage, $3 beer all night
• St. Patrick’s Day @ One Stop Beer Shop (134 Kingsland Ave) Free shots, beer pong, games, food specials, 2 for $1 Jello Shots, and $4 irish car bombs, Plus $25 Unlimited Drinking Pass for 2 Hrs, more info • LSJ Presents New Work in Progress @ St. John’s Theatre (94 Norman Ave.) 9pm, play written and directed by Sean Edward Lewis, RSVP: email info (at) stjohnstheatre.org ♫ Fina’mor/So Hideous My Love/Satevis/Alkahest/Druglord @ St. Vitus (1120 Manhattan Ave) 8pm, $17 ♫ Truckfighters/The Midnight Ghost Train/La Otracina @ Public Assembly (70 N6th St) 8:30pm, $13
SUNDAY 3/18 * BK Swappers Anniversary @ Third Ward (195 Morgan Ave.) 12:30pm–5pm, FREE, a full schedule of demos, talks and alternate swaps, more info • Chess Tournament @ Polish & Slavic Center (176 Java St) 10am-4pm, $20, more info email chesstourney (at) townsquareinc.com * Memorial Ride and Walk @ Manhattan Ave. & Green St. 1:45PM, Organized by the NYC Street Memorial Project, this ride and walk honors cyclists and pedestrians killed on New York City Streets. This year, NAG and Transportation Alternatives have organized a special Memorial Walk focused on the dangerous McGuinness Boulevard. • Fading Ads Walking Tour @ WORD (126 Franklin St.) 2–4pm, get a glimpse into Greenpoint’s history with a walking tour, led by author and photographer Frank Jump. • LSJ Presents New Work in Progress @ St. John’s Theatre (94 Norman Ave.) 9pm, play written and directed by Sean Edward Lewis, RSVP: email info (at) stjohnstheatre.org ♫ Jo Schornikow @ Pete’s Candy Store (709 Lorimer St) 9:30pm, special set with surprise scottish guest!!! shortbread n oatcakes for everybody
MONDAY 3/19 • Dine in Brooklyn begins (3/19-3/29): While I am disappointed that only 3 Greenpoint restaurants are participating, including Lokal (905 Lorimer St), it’s cool that 2 are Polish: Karczma (136 Greenpoint Ave.) & Krolewskie Jadlo (694 Manhattan Ave.) Closeby, Bamontes (32 Wither St.), an old (I mean old) school Italian-American joint, white table cloths, waiters in tuxedos, major bolognese sauce and kick-ass martinis, is in. Did I hear someone say Greenpointers Restaurant Week?
TUESDAY 3/20 * VCR Party @ Nitehawk Cinema (136 Metropolitan Ave) 9:30pm, $11 variety show, featuring a stellar lineup of comedians, storytellers and video collectors sharing their favorite video clips, more info ♫ Coney Island Novels with Tara Altebrando and Haley Tanner @ Word (126 Franklin St) 7pm, Largehearted Lit unites authors and musicians in a celebration of storytelling.
* Greenpointers’ Pick
♫ Music
♥ Pheremones Likely
♦ Art Event
* Yummy Eats Dim Sum & Wine @ Underground Supper Club (TBA), 7pm, $75, a four course-eight dish menu featuring wine pairings by Sommelier Lauren Johnson, Tix
• 94th Precinct Community Council Meeting @ Church of the Ascension (122 Java St.) 7pm
♥ Ladies with Ink @ Word (153 Franklin St.) 7pm, Join Stacy Pershall (Loud in the House of Myself) & Kitty Jo Sainte-Marie and Sue Jeiven (East River Tattoo) for a panel discussion of what it can mean to be a tattooed lady.
• Purim Masquerade @ Greenpoint Shul (108 Noble St.) 7:30pm, $13, Open bar & appetizers, RSVP: rabbi (at) greenpointshul.org
♦ Your Day is My Night Screening @ Arts@Renaissance (2 Kingsland Ave) 7-9pm, FREE, Round Robin presents a preview & live performance by Lynne Sachs, in the film a collective of Chinese and Puerto Rican performers living in New York City explores the history and meaning of “shiftbeds” through verité conversations, character-driven fictions and integrated movement pieces, RSVP
♫ WOW/Hex Hex Hex/Lovestruck/Mondo Ray @ Bar Matchless (557 Manhattan Ave) 9pm, $7
FRIDAY 3/9
• New Parents Group @ Caribou Baby (272 Driggs Ave.) 1-4pm, Free, More info
♦ Arts Not Fair @ Like the Spice Gallery (224 Roebling St.) 6-9pm, Come March 11th, those other art fairs will have packed up and left town but Like the Spice will still be going strong, giving you a peak at what happens after the party ends when all that’s left are white walls, flat champagne, and unsold art. “Arts Not Fair” will ask the viewer to question what is a gallery? What is an art fair? As viewers do we want to see or be seen? is ART FAIR? RSVP
♦ Unexpected Party @ the one well (165 Greenpoint Ave.) 7pm, Artwork by Dana Crossan, RSVP
Happy Birthday to Caribou Baby! All weekend – sales & giveaways (272 Driggs Ave.)
SATURDAY 3/10
♫ Beach Ball Family Dance Party @ Warsaw (261 Driggs Ave.) noon-3pm, $10/adult, $5/kid, to benefit the Williamsburg Neighborhood Nursery School, Tix
♦Greenpointers Gallery Tour (30+ locations) 6-9pm, FREE, hosted by Greenpointers.com, many galleries and alternative locations will stay open late exhibiting artwork from local artists, download the map here, or pick up a copy in the WG, RSVP
♫ Greenpointers Gallery Tour After Party @ TBD (224 Franklin St.) 9pm, FREE, food by Yummy Eats, Music by DJ Ning Nong & Brooklyn Soul Club, RSVP
SUNDAY 3/11
• Greencycle Swap @ Greenpoint Shul (108 Noble St) 1-4pm, $5, Drop off your cleaned, gently used clothing, shoes, books, toys, bicycles, computers, electronics, phones & household items
• Po Prostu Milosz @ Third Ward (195 Morgan Ave, Bushwick) 7pm, $5, a series of videos in which vvitalny explores the politics of writing and the “Polish school of poetry ” through conversations – about legendary Polish poet Czeslaw Milosz – with leading American poets Bob Holman, Jane Hirshfield and Robert Pinsky
MONDAY 3/12
* Illuminating the Illuminating @ Pete’s Candy Store (709 Lorimer St.) 7:30pm, FREE, A Lecture on the Moon w/Jamie Hook
♥ Moto Mondays @ Matchless (557 Manhattan Ave) 8pm, FREE, watch the weeks races on the big screen.
TUESDAY 3/13
• Release Party for Matthew Meets the Mann @ Word (126 Franklin St) 7-9pm, FREE, a reading party complete with music, photo-booth, and more presented by author/illustrator Travis Nichols. All ages welcome!, RSVP ♫ Free Advice @ Pete’s Candy Store (709 Lorimer St.) 11pm, When Bailey and Travis started playing, they had no idea they we’re related. But after extensive blood tests they found our that their musical link was also genetic…Free Advice is a family band whose aim is to exploit a unique, genetic communication.
Coming up: March 14, 2012, 7pm, Greenpointers Chutney Class with Drake from DP Chutney Collective @ Good Yoga, make and take home chutney, $25, more info
* Greenpointers’ Pick
♫ Music
♥ Pheremones Likely
♦ Art Event
* Yummy Eats Dim Sum & Wine @ Underground Supper Club (TBA), 7pm, $75, a four course-eight dish menu featuring wine pairings by Sommelier Lauren Johnson, Tix
• 94th Precinct Community Council Meeting @ Church of the Ascension (122 Java St.) 7pm
♥ Ladies with Ink @ Word (153 Franklin St.) 7pm, Join Stacy Pershall (Loud in the House of Myself) & Kitty Jo Sainte-Marie and Sue Jeiven (East River Tattoo) for a panel discussion of what it can mean to be a tattooed lady.
• Purim Masquerade @ Greenpoint Shul (108 Noble St.) 7:30pm, $13, Open bar & appetizers, RSVP: rabbi (at) greenpointshul.org
♦ Your Day is My Night Screening @ Arts@Renaissance (2 Kingsland Ave) 7-9pm, FREE, Round Robin presents a preview & live performance by Lynne Sachs, in the film a collective of Chinese and Puerto Rican performers living in New York City explores the history and meaning of “shiftbeds” through verité conversations, character-driven fictions and integrated movement pieces, RSVP
♫ WOW/Hex Hex Hex/Lovestruck/Mondo Ray @ Bar Matchless (557 Manhattan Ave) 9pm, $7
FRIDAY 3/9
• New Parents Group @ Caribou Baby (272 Driggs Ave.) 1-4pm, Free, More info
♦ Arts Not Fair @ Like the Spice Gallery (224 Roebling St.) 6-9pm, Come March 11th, those other art fairs will have packed up and left town but Like the Spice will still be going strong, giving you a peak at what happens after the party ends when all that’s left are white walls, flat champagne, and unsold art. “Arts Not Fair” will ask the viewer to question what is a gallery? What is an art fair? As viewers do we want to see or be seen? is ART FAIR? RSVP
♦ Unexpected Party @ the one well (165 Greenpoint Ave.) 6pm, Artwork by Dana Crossan, RSVP
Happy Birthday to Caribou Baby! All weekend – sales & giveaways (272 Driggs Ave.)
SATURDAY 3/10
♫ Beach Ball Family Dance Party @ Warsaw (261 Driggs Ave.) noon-3pm, $10/adult, $5/kid, to benefit the Williamsburg Neighborhood Nursery School, Tix
♦Greenpointers Gallery Tour (30+ locations) 6-9pm, FREE, hosted by Greenpointers.com, many galleries and alternative locations will stay open late exhibiting artwork from local artists, download the map here, or pick up a copy in the WG, RSVP
♫ Greenpointers Gallery Tour After Party @ TBD (224 Franklin St.) 9pm, FREE, food by Yummy Eats, Music by DJ Ning Nong & Brooklyn Soul Club, RSVP
SUNDAY 3/11
• Greencycle Swap @ Greenpoint Shul (108 Noble St) 1-4pm, $5, Drop off your cleaned, gently used clothing, shoes, books, toys, bicycles, computers, electronics, phones & household items
• Po Prostu Milosz @ Third Ward (195 Morgan Ave, Bushwick) 7pm, $5, a series of videos in which vvitalny explores the politics of writing and the “Polish school of poetry ” through conversations – about legendary Polish poet Czeslaw Milosz – with leading American poets Bob Holman, Jane Hirshfield and Robert Pinsky
MONDAY 3/12
* Illuminating the Illuminating @ Pete’s Candy Store (709 Lorimer St.) 7:30pm, FREE, A Lecture on the Moon w/Jamie Hook
♥ Moto Mondays @ Matchless (557 Manhattan Ave) 8pm, FREE, watch the weeks races on the big screen.
TUESDAY 3/13
• Release Party for Matthew Meets the Mann @ Word (126 Franklin St) 7-9pm, FREE, a reading party complete with music, photo-booth, and more presented by author/illustrator Travis Nichols. All ages welcome!, RSVP ♫ Free Advice @ Pete’s Candy Store (709 Lorimer St.) 11pm, When Bailey and Travis started playing, they had no idea they we’re related. But after extensive blood tests they found our that their musical link was also genetic…Free Advice is a family band whose aim is to exploit a unique, genetic communication.
Coming up: March 14, 2012, 7pm, Greenpointers Chutney Class with Drake from DP Chutney Collective @ Good Yoga, make and take home chutney, $25, more info
* Greenpointers’ Pick
♫ Music
♥ Pheremones Likely
♦ Art Event
THURSDAY 5/30
SATURDAY 6/1
SUNDAY 6/2
MONDAY 6/3
THURSDAY 5/10
FRIDAY 5/11
SATURDAY 5/12
WEDNESDAY 3/14
THURSDAY 3/15
MONDAY 3/12
