WEDNESDAY 12/12
#^ Taste Makers: A Conversation with Paul Freedman and Mayukh Sen @ MOFAD (62 Bayard St.), 6:30pm, $30, book discussion + tasting, Buy Tix
# Where’s Our Beer: End-Of-Year Happy Hour @ Greenpoint Beer and Ale (7 North 15th St.), 6:30pm, FREE, socialize, celebrate and look to the year ahead, RSVP
^ Seth Meyers and Amber Ruffin book signing @ Quimby’s (536 Metropolitan Ave.), 8:30pm, FREE, Note: to meet Seth and Amber you must buy a copy of the book. More Info
♫ 1s, 2s, and 3s: Round Robin Improvisations @ Arete Venue + Gallery (67 West St. #103), 9:30pm, $15, acoustic improv pieces, more info
* Offshore Holiday Party and Fundraiser @ Sunview Lunchnet (221 Berry St.), 6pm, $20 donation includes 2 free drinks, supports artists’ residency program, More Info
♫ Radio Free Brooklyn’s Holiday Party @ Braven Brew Company (52 Harrison Pl.) 7pm, FREE, $10 suggested donation, 2 free beers with RSVP, RSVP
♫ Manono Nights @ Magick City (37 Box St.), 8pm, $5, Buy Tix
♫ Phosphorescent Live in Brooklyn w/ Liz Cooper & The Stampede @ Brooklyn Steel (319 Frost St.), 9pm, $27.50, Buy Tix
♫ DRINKS, Eleanor Friedberger, BLKLN @ Market Hotel (1140 Myrtle Ave.), 8pm, $18, Buy Tix
♫ Too Many Zooz – Too Night Pass @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn (361 Metropolitan Ave.), 8pm, $35, Buy Tix
♫ Ilan Bluestone @ Schimanski (54 N 11th St.), 10pm, $30, Buy Tix
♫ A/D/O Supermarket Holiday Market @ A/D/O (29 Norman Ave.), 12pm, FREE, gifts from publishers, designers and artists, refreshments 4pm-7pm, More Info
♫ Heart and Mind Festival: Changing Tides @ Daya Yoga (360 Jefferson St), 3pm, $35, daylong fundraiser for orcas includes dance, sound healing, concerts, dinner, songs, stories, presentations and panel discussions, Buy Tix
* New York’s Holiday History from George Washington to Andy Warhol @ QED Astoria (27-16 23rd Ave.), 3pm, $10, please join me for a hometown holiday history lecture, and find out how St. Nick became the merriest man in Manhattan! Buy Tix
♫ Jonathan Toubin Soul Clap & Dance Off w/Black Lips, Gnarcissists @ Elsewhere (599 Johnson Ave.), 7pm, $10-20, live show and dance, Buy Tix
SUNDAY 12/16
Sugar x Spice Maker’s Market! @ Brooklyn Bazaar (150 Greenpoint Ave.), 1pm-6pm, Shop handmade and DIY gifts by 30+ local vendors. Festive wares run the full gifting gamut, including apothecary, home goods, jewelry, comics & zines, handmade clothes, tarot & spiritual goods, enamel pins, greeting cards, artisanal miniatures, and much more, more info.
* Grand St. Holiday Food Drive @ Grand Street BID (participating Grand Street Businesses), 11am, FREE, donate non-perishable, unexpired, un-dented food items, More Info
♫ Weird Science with Willie Burns▼ Rose E. Kross ▼ mscln @ Magick City (37 Box St.), 4pm, $5-7, Buy Tix
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# Resilience IPA Charity Run @ Beer Karma (470 Union Ave.), 7pm, FREE, More Info
♫ DECEMBER Scent + Sound Bath w/ Sara Auster & Alex Falk @ The William Vale Ballroom (111 N. 12th St.), 7pm, $40, Buy Tix
* Biking Public Project Holiday Party @ Biking Public Project (195B N. 14th St.), 7pm, FREE, food, drink, footage from upcoming documentary, Buy Tix
TUESDAY 12/18
♫ Elijah Wolf / A Beacon School @ Rough Trade (64 N. 9th St.), 7:30pm, $12, Buy Tix
* Herbs for Cold and Flu Season @ Catland (987 Flushing Ave.), 7:30pm, $20, More Info
♫ Frands (Single Release Show!) @ Zone One Elsewhere (599 Johnson Ave.), 8pm, $10-12, Buy Tix
* Greenpointers Pick
♫ Music
^ Literary Event
# Foodie Event