Lox of Beer @ Greenpoint Beer & Ale (7 North 15th St) has teamed up with Acme Smoked Fish for their annual Smoked Fish & Beer Tasting on Friday, December 18th from 2-5pm! For $30 you’ll get four different types of smoked fish along with four of their signature Greenpoint Beers to pair with each one, Buy tix [sponsored]
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WEDNESDAY 12/14
♦ Drawing Table @ Archestratus Books + Food (160 Huron St) 7pm, FREE, A warm, laid back atmosphere to work on personal projects, make some friends, and draw. Bring your own supplies or use some of ours. Beer, wine, vermouth, coffee & tea for sale to keep the creative juices flowing, RSVP
=) This Tastes Funny @ Experiment Comedy Gallery (272 Grand St) 7:30pm, $5, New York’s newest food-themed comedy show! There will be FREE FOOD given away as prizes from an unnamed Upper West Side specialty market and some of the city’s funniest comics!, Buy tix
THURSDAY 12/15
♦ SHREDLIGHT @ IDIO Gallery (976 Grand St) 6pm, FREE, Photography exhibition opening with Ebru Yildiz, Walter Wlodarczyk, and more plus live 8-Ball Radio Broadcast, More info
* Coming Together North Brooklyn @ Automotive High School (50 Bedford Ave) 6:30pm, FREE, We need to reassure our community that if the new administration tries to roll back the progress we’ve made as a city that we are prepared to fight back! Join Councilman Stephen Levin to come together and organize for a better Brooklyn, RSVP
♫ Chairlift, Mr Twin Sister, Junglepussy @ Good Room (98 Meserole Ave) 8pm, $25, The R&B laced, vibrating drum infused pop track serves as the first musical offering from Chairlift’s forthcoming album Moth, which will be released in January 2016, More info
FRIDAY 12/16
♫ NAR “Jujeh” EP Release Party @ The Lot Radio (85 North 15th St) 7pm, $10, NAR, Brian Chase (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) & Kid Millions (play Man Forever’s Surface Patterns for snare drum) WGM, Buy tix
* Winter Solstice Celebration @ Golden Drum (67 West St, Ste 203) 7pm, FREE, Showcase of artists and musicians in dedication to the Water is Life campaign and all the courageous men, women, children, elders and Veterans standing to protect all the waters of the world, especially those in Standing Rock, North Dakota, More info.
* Wonder Island – A Trash Covered Concho @ Cloud City (85 North 1 St) 7pm, $5, A tropical getaway tucked away in an unknown quadrant of the hot Pacific waters, where the multiverse of your imagination is blown wide open and you also get to swim a little, More info
♦ Holiday Salon Show @ Greenpoint Gallery (390 McGuinness Blvd) Open Call! Win $200 and a solo show! Exhibit your modestly-priced small drawings, prints, photos, paintings, etc. Art makes a great gift while supporting our artistic community! It’s the best show of the year, so come celebrate the holiday season and GET YOUR ART ON, More info
Warm up and get cozy with 25+ of the best hot cocktails, seasonal beers, warm ciders, and mulled wine at the Spiked Mug Fest this weekend (December 17 & 18)! This unlimited tasting event is all about sippin’ some boozy drinks while you eat global street food and shop from the best local makers, crafters, and vintage at the attached Holiday Bazaar. Enter code “GREENPOINT” for a 10% discount, Buy tix
SATURDAY 12/17
$ Brooklyn Maker’s Market @ Williamsburgh Savings Bank (175 Broadway) 11am, FREE, Showcasing the Makers creating things right here, in Brooklyn! RSVP
$ Meet the Makers for Champagne and Shopping @ Dobbin Mews Studios (50 Dobbin St) 12pm, FREE, Multi-designer Holiday Sale featuring local artisans, More info
* Christmas in Williamsburg @ Williamsburg Community Center (195 Graham Ave), 2pm, FREE, Join Santa and The Grand Street Campus Student Elves, Support to help bring a Smile to hundreds of Kids in our Community, More info
# Hollaback Holladay Fundraiser @ t.b.d brooklyn (224 Franklin St), 5pm, $25-$50, Hollaback is a movement to end harassment powered by a network of local activists around the world. Celebrate progress and looking to the future — we all have the right to feel safe in public space! Buy tix
SUNDAY 12/18
# Lox of Beer @ Greenpoint Beer & Ale (7 North 15th St) 2pm, $30, Four different types of smoked fish along with four signature Greenpoint Beers to pair with each one, Buy tix
♫ Saint Mikey’s Day @ Bar Matchless (557 Manhattan Ave) 6pm, $10, Celebrate the life of Michael Hodges and raise some money for the children! Bands, DJs, drinks, and food all night. All admission goes towards the Michael T. Hodges Musical Instrument fund, Buy tix
* SPLIT BILL @ Triskelion Arts (106 Calyer) 7:30pm, $10, With LanDforms / Kyle Marshall Choreography. Showcase to encourage the development of premiere, long-form pieces between 20 and 40 minutes, Buy tix
MONDAY 12/19
* Holiday Shuffleboard @ The Diamond (43 Franklin St), 7:30pm, FREE, All entry fees and matching dollars from the bar will be donated to a charity or non-profit organization of the winner’s choice. Get in the spirit, More info
♫ Xmas Spectacular: Home for the Holidays @ House of Yes (2 Wyckoff Ave) 7pm, $35-50, Xmas in Outerspace! A holiday-flavored entertainment extravaganza of festive intergalactic fantasies, LIVE and IN 3D! Buy tix
TUESDAY 12/20
♦ ‘Sleep Walkers / Zoo Mantras’ @ ISCP (1040 Metropolitan Ave) 6:30pm, FREE, Simone Forti will mark the 50th anniversary of her seminal work Sleep Walkers/Zoo Mantras with its first performance in New York since the 1970s, More info
* The Pro-ho-hose Bowl @ Pete’s Candy Store (709 Lorimer St) 6:30pm, FREE, Tis the season to be pithy. The Prose Bowl returns for its last regular show of the year! Featuring the same panel of witty judges, the same hat, the same surprising prizes. Come join, whether it’s to perform or to patronize, RSVP
* Rice and Peas Holiday Party@ Black Flamingo (168 Borinquen Pl) 10pm, With Max Glazer (Federation), DJ Gravy, Micro Don, Orijahnal Vibez, RSVP
* Greenpointers Pick
♫ Music
^ Literary Event
♦ Art Event
=) Comedy Event
# Foodie Event
♥ Pheremones Likely
$ Shopping Event