[sponsored] It’s a Wonderful Park! Workshop & Performance
Saturday 11/28, 9:30am and Saturday 12/05, 9:30am, FREE
Bushwick Inlet Park Community Building (Kent Avenue @ N9th Street), More info
A holiday-themed, site-specific performance piece developed from the ideas of the young people through games, songs, and creative activities, co-presented byFriends of Bushwick Inlet Park and theatre practitioners from CUNY’s Master’s in Applied Theatre program. We’ll workshop the piece on November 28th, then rehearse and perform on December 5th.
Please RSVP to [email protected] and indicate ages of participants.
[sponsored] Collector’s Night 2015
Wednesday, 12/02, 6:30pm, $10
Brooklyn Historical Society (128 Pierrepont St), Buy tix
The City Reliquary Museum proudly presents displays of quirky collections by even quirkier collectors, plus presentations on the “Treasures in the Trash” collection of retired NY Dept. of Sanitation worker Nelson Molina. Speakers also include Robin Nagle, NYC Dept. of Sanitation Anthropologist-in-Residence and NYU professor.
There are more events in our weekly calendar. Submit Greenpoint events, too!
WEDNESDAY 11/25
♫ Friendsgiving at Muchmore’s @ Muchmore’s (2 Havemeyer St) 7pm, FREE, With Bodega Ben / Fruit&Flowers / Veda Rays / Kate Mohanty / Skookum, RSVP
♫ Give Thanks Dance Party @ Good Room (98 Meserole Ave) 10pm, $10, A night of song and dance presented by Junxion and Turntables on the Hudson, Buy tix
THURSDAY 11/26
It’s Thanksgiving! Whether you’re doing turducken or tofurkey, be sure to eat a massive ton of food. If you need help, here’s our recommendations for several great Greenpoint spots that’ll serve it right to you!
FRIDAY 11/27
♫ An All-Acoustic Evening to Benefit Food Bank NYC @ Aviv (496 Morgan Ave) 8pm, $8, With Leslie Hong / Katie Capri / Jordan A. Martin / Calamity Sam / Satoshi Inoue / Stuart Solomon, RSVP
♫ Absolute Beginners @ Back Bar at the Bedford (110 Bedford Ave) 10pm, FREE, Mod, soul, and girl group sounds from DJs Mon Amie and Casanova ’70, RSVP
♫ Gentei Kaijo Presents: The Lesson @ Brooklyn Bowl (61 Wythe Ave) 11pm, $10, New York’s long-running genre-defying improvised jam, Buy tix
SATURDAY 11/28
^ Indies First Day @ Word (126 Franklin St) 10am, FREE, Celebrate your favorite independent bookstore on a national day of activities and events, More info
* Local Makers Holiday Market @ Dusty Rose Vintage (251 Greenpoint Ave)12pm, FREE, A one-stop shop for handcrafted gifts on Small Business Saturday, More info
* Monty Python Quote-a-Long @ Videology (308 Bedford Ave) 9:30pm, $10, Quote along to one of the most endlessly quotable films of all time, More info
♫ Vic Thrill @ Pete’s Candy Store (709 Lorimer St) 6pm, FREE, RSVP
SUNDAY 11/29
* Hannah & Her Sisters @ Nitehawk (136 Metropolitan Ave) 11:45am, $11, A brunch screening of this Woody Allen movie punctuated by two Thanksgivings, More info
♫ Parties4Peace @ Output (74 Wythe Ave) 8pm, FREE, With Francis Harris / Inxec / Andrew Grant / B2B Carlos Chiesa / Nikola Baytala / Phillipe Truan, RSVP
MONDAY 11/30
☺ St. Bastard @ Saint Vitus (1120 Manhattan Ave) 8pm, $8, With Prostitution / Husbandry, Buy tix
♫ NYC Broken Comedy @ Bar Matchless (557 Manhattan Ave) 8:30pm, FREE, Hosted by Mike Denny, Michael Che, and Nimesh Patel, More info
TUESDAY 12/01
☺ Memes & Cartoons @ Over the Eight (594 Union Ave) 7pm, FREE, An exegesis into the intersection of visual humor and text, More info
^ Volume 1 Brooklyn Presents @ Word (126 Franklin St)7pm, FREE, Luc Sante will talk with Jason Diamond about his new book and his career as a writer and critic, RSVP
* Greenpointers Pick
♫ Music
^ Literary Event
♦ Art Event
☺ Comedy Event
# Foodie Event
♥ Pheremones Likely