What’s Happening? (4/18-4/24)

WEDNESDAY 4/18
* Greenpointers Comedy Night To Benefit Dog Habitat Rescue @ Saint Vitus (1120 Manhattan Ave) 8-9:pm, $5, RSVP

THURSDAY 4/19
• Williamsburg and Greenpoint say NO to segregated schools @ Juan Morel Campos (215 Heyward St), 6-8pm, Community Education Council for District 14 Hearing on “Citizens of the World Charter Schools, RVSP
• Earth Night @ The Yard (33 Nassau Ave) 7-9pm, a night of networking with eco-friendly businesses, entrepreneurs, and individuals, green cocktails, sample great products, presented by SM&KK Studios, ImpactDash & Sprout Skincare
♫ The Agent Cooper Special @ Pete’s Candy Store (709 Lorimer St) 8:30-10pm, April 19th is the birthday of Special Agent Dale Cooper. Last seen in Twin Peaks, Cooper has been lost and very much missed for what seems like an eternity … As both an offering to Cooper, and a humble attempt to honor him on the day he was born (he would be 53), celebrate with an evening of sounds, images, words and tastes, music by Silent Drape Runners, readings by Ben Fama, and special pie by Michelle Levy

FRIDAY 4/20
♦ The Most Exciting Part of An Old Brick @ Black and White Gallery (483 Driggs Ave.) 6-9pm, Exhibition of artwork by Peter Brock, curated by Sasha Okshteyn
♫ UV Pop/Lost Tribe/Plastic Flowers (DJ Set) @ Saint Vitus (1120 Manhattan Ave) 11:30pm, $8, BUY TIX
♥ A Brawl of Loft-y Proportions @ 70 N. 6th St, 9pm-3am, Ladies Arm Wrestling is throwing a loft party, All proceeds will be going to to Callen Lorde’s Health Outreach To Teens (HOTT), a welcoming, non-judgmental, confidential program designed specifically to meet the medical and mental health needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning adolescents and young adults ages 13-24, as well as homeless youth, runaways, sex workers, squatters, and other street-oriented youth, RSVP
♫ Greenpoint Pines with PSI @ Europa (98 Meserole Ave.) 10-4pm, FREE, In 1978 the United States declared 1.1 million of the Pine Barrens the nation’s first National Reserve. At the turn of the millennium a group of friends from Philadelphia and Brooklyn found refuge for their underground psychedelic music off the grid in the deep forests of the Pine Barrens, RSVP

SATURDAY 4/21
♥ Singles Social Sports Charity Kickball Tournament @ McCarren Park, 11-8pm, anyone (single or not) 22-42 can play, $35, includes team t-shirt, BBQ @ The Gibson & free drinks ALL DAY, all proceeds will be donated to Harlem RBI, an organization that supports inner-city youth, More info
♦ Exquisite Show @ Fowler Arts Collective (67 West Street #216) 6-10pm, an exhibition that is the result of blind collaboration between 4 BK artists: Elana Adler, Miles Debas, Dave Singley, and Stephanie Terao
♫ Terry Maltz/The Susans/Mainland @ Glasslands (289 Kent Ave) 8:30pm, $10 BUY TIX

SUNDAY 4/22
• DIY Workshop: Growing Mushrooms @ Hayseed’s Big City Farm Supply (218 India St) 10am-12pm, $40, students will learn how to grow Oyster mushrooms in coffee grounds, a free and abundant substrate and also get to make a miniature Shiitake mushroom log to take home, BUY TIX
* Clean Up Walk at Newtown Creek Nature Center (Paidge & Provost St) 12-2pm, Free, GBA sponsored walk, clean-up & planting, refreshments and frisbees for kids
♫ Brooklyn Record Riot @ Warsaw (261 Driggs Ave) 12-7pm, $3, 55 dealer tables! Live DJ’s, Polish specialties, More info
• Miracles Vintage Pop-Up Shop @ The Parlour Brooklyn (72 Greenpoint Ave) 12-8pm, free mimosas, spring vintage for women & men

MONDAY 4/23
* Rice Ball Class with Jen @ Paulie Gee’s (60 Greenpoint Ave) 7pm, $35, learn how to roll and fry rice balls, a traditional Sicilian dish, then eat them all with friends! ** VEGETARIAN FRIENDLY ** Wine included, sign-up in advance, More info

TUESDAY 4/24
• Masters of Social Gastronomy: Fake Meat @ Public Assembly (70 North 6th St) 7-10pm, FREE, Sarah Lohman will give you a run-down of vegetarianism in the west, while Soma takes charge of all your favorite modern imitation meats, samples of historic fake meats, drink specials, RSVP
* State of the Loft Law Panel Discussion @ Our Lady of Pompeii (225 Seigel St, Bushwick) 7-10pm, Assemblyman Vito Lopez & Councilmember Stephen Levin in a panel discussion with NYC DOB, the NYC Loft Board, and CM Erik Dilan about the current state of the Loft Law, RSVP
• Springs Suds @ One Stop Beer Shop (134 Kingsland Ave) 12 new Spring beers on tap, beer cocktails, $20 2-hour drink pass, $14 8 Spring Beer Flights, till the beer runs out!

* Greenpointers’ Pick
♫ Music
♥ Pheremones Likely
♦ Art Event