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* Free Craft Night @ Brooklyn Craft Co (61 Greenpoint Ave) 6:30pm, FREE, Learn to make dip-dyed sailor knot bracelets, More info
* Three Kinds of Wildness @ Standard Toykraft (722 Metropolitan Ave) 8pm, $12, The newest play from Der Vorführeffekt Theatre features exquisitely crafted puppets, intricately layered soundscapes, and unconventional theatrical lighting, Buy tickets
* “Pirate Nightmare Vice Explosion” Release Party @ Desert Island (540 Metropolitan Ave) 7pm, FREE, Michael Kupperman’s outsider-art collection of adult magazines annotated and defaced by persons unknown to form something entirely new, RSVP
♫ Red Bull Music Academy’s Bounce Ballroom @ Brooklyn Night Bazaar (165 Banker St) 8pm, $10, Four dance styles, four dance crews, four DJs: Bruk Up/Flexing with Bobby Konders, Voguing/Ballroom with MikeQ, Housing/Waacking with Todd Terry, Jersey Club with DJ Sliink, More info
♫ Funky Warsaw @ Warsaw (261 Driggs St) 10pm, FREE, DJ Bobby J plays all vinyl: sassy-ass 60’s soul, funky funk, power-pop, post-apocalyptic punk, and pre-historic hip-hop, More info
* Risky Talking @ Streb (51 North 1st) 7pm, $10–$20, Join Elizabeth Streb & Laura Flanders for a no-holds-barred public discussion about risk and change, More info
* Part II by Jackie Moynahan @ Triskelion Arts (118 North 11th St, 3rd fl) 8pm, $15, Performers travel through an obstacle course where intimacy is exposed and matters of the heart are pulled apart, More info
♫ Beats from the East @ Silent Barn (603 Bushwick Ave) 8pm, $5, Buendia presents a hip-hop community-building event for MCs and producers, RSVP
* Jane’s Walk DUPBO: Down Under the Pulaski Bridge Overpass with Mitch Waxman @ Greenpoint Ave & Milton Ave, 11am, FREE, The tour will cross Newtown Creek via the Pulaski Bridge and head into Long Island City’s Hunters Point, More info
* Kickstarter Block Party @ Kickstarter HQ (58 Kent St) 12pm, FREE, With food, games, art, demos, tours, and musical performances, More info
* Kentucky Derby Day Party @ Pete’s Candy Store (709 Lorimer St) 3pm, FREE, Featuring the Ladies Millinery Competition, Bluegrass Blue-Plate Special, The Idiot Stakes, in which even a loser becomes a winner, and much more, More info
* 3rd Annual Booze & Schmooze @ Brooklyn Kitchen (100 Frost St) 7pm, $60, A benefit for the City Reliquary with a sampling of potables, noshes, nibbles, and storytelling, More info
* Bust Craftacular’s Primped @ Brooklyn Night Bazaar (165 Banker St) 11am, $3, An all-day fashion and beauty event with 90 vendors, primping services, free goodies, live bands, and fun DIY activities for all ages, More info
# Cinco de Mayo Community Potluck @ 61 Franklin St Garden, 1pm, FREE, Bring something to share and a blanket to sit on
* Women’s Self-Defense Class @ Traditional Okinawan Karate (248 McKibben St) 4pm, FREE, Learn practical, effective techniques to get out of a violent altercation, as well as how to reduce your chances of being in that position in the first place, RSVP
♫ BBQ & Show @ Trans-Pecos (915 Wyckoff Ave) 6pm, $8, With TONSTARTSSBANDHT / LODRO / AJ Davila y Terror Amor / Cassie Ramone / Plastic Pinks, RSVP
* A Saucy Caribbean Cinco de Mayo @ La Gringa (800 Grand Ave) all day, FREE, A day filled with music, a backyard to hang out in, and a free margarita with any menu item, More info
♫ Chop & Quench, “The Fela! Band” @ Knitting Factory (361 Metropolitan Ave) 8:30pm, $8, Known for their straightforward performances of classic Fela Kuti compositions, they also bring their own original music to the stage, More info
* Here Comes Everybody: The Story of the Pogues @ Word (126 Franklin St) 7pm, FREE, James Fearnley, co-founder and accordion player of the Pogues, has some stories to tell you, More info
♫ Tune In Tuesday @ Bembé (81 South 6th St) 10pm, FREE, Two of Brooklyn’s best reggae DJs mix a night of lovers rock, roots, and conscious dance hall, More info
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