Against The Grain, Paper Marbling, What The L? — What’s Happening, Greenpoint? (5/22-5/28)

WEDNESDAY 5/22

*Wine Glass Terrarium Plant Nite
@ Clinton Hall (247 Metropolitan Ave), 7pm, $55, Cultivate your creativity, naturally. Gifted growers will guide you step-by-step as you make a mini Zen garden, succulent arrangement, or tiny terrarium, Buy Tix
♫ DUCKWRTH @ Union Pool (484 Union Ave), 930pm, FREE, with special guest Dylan The Gypsy and Alex Mali, RSVP
Brilliant Champions Art Exhibition Pop Up Show @ Ghost Robot (346 Grand St) 7pm, FREE, More Info
Sunday Night News @ The Brick (579 Metropolitan Ave), 930pm, $10, a new play about a news reporter who, in an effort to follow in her mother’s footsteps, does anything to climb her way to the top, and become the best local news reporter the greater tristate area has ever seen, Buy Tix

THURSDAY 5/23

* Lag B’Omer Family Fun Fest
@ McCarren Park (Lorimer St at Bedford Ave), 4pm, $10 suggested donation, face painting, balloon twisting, Israeli food buffet & drinks, crafting, sports, kite making & flying. bubbles & balls, bubble soccer! (for ages 6-12), More Info
♫ “Against The Grain” Featuring Min Jin Lee, Tracy K. Smith, and SŌ Percussion @National Sawdust (80 N 6 St), 930PM, $29, the third installment of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon’s new literary-music series, Buy Tix
Un)binding The Body @ New Women Space (188 Woodpoint Rd), 8pm, $5 – $10, we’ll unpack our experiences with gender dysphoria, identity, and relationships, map out our desires, explore communication tactics to use with partners, and come out feeling seen and empowered, More Info
# Celebrating Immigrant Daughters, Mothers & Authenticity @ Museum of Food and Drink (62 Bayard St), 630pm, $30, celebrate the launch of Indian-ish and the special bond between food, mothers, and daughters, More Info

FRIDAY 5/24

♫ Left Bank Magazine 5th Year Anniversary Party @ Our Wicked Lady (153 Morgan Ave), 7pm, $10, on the rooftop: Poppies, VAMANOS, New Myths, Animal Show, Fat Heaven, Buy Tix
♫ Outdoor Beer Garden Silent Disco @ The Well (272 Meserole St), 11pm, $5 – $20, live DJs will be spinning everything from Latin, to throwbacks, to hip hop, Buy Tix
♫ Brooklyn Swings Presents: Cookie Night
@ Brooklyn Swings (231 Ainslie St), 6pm, $5 – $10 suggested, all are welcome, no partner needed! Instructors will teach a short dance combination, and there will be delicious sweet treats, More Info
♫ Good Vibes Only @ Muchmore’s (2 Havemeyer St), 9pm, $9, Indie Bushwick presents “Good Vibes Only” a night of wavy sounds featuring local artists Tattoo Money, R I I O S, Michael From The East and A. Sarr, More Info

SATURDAY 5/25
* Public Paddle @ North Brooklyn Boat Club (Manhattan Ave Street End Park), 12PM, FREE, Using a new fleet of 29′ canoes, everyone on the paddle works together under expert instruction to forge a unique NYC experience, seeing the city in a new way, More Info
Summer Studio Series: Paper Marbling @
Artist & Craftsman Supply (761 Metropolitan Ave), 1pm, FREE, you’ll create your own amazing patterns. Bring your friends and family and see who can make the most unique design, More Info
^ WORD and Saint Vitus Present: For Blood, Fire, Death @ St Vitus (1120 Manhattan Ave), 330pm, $27, a reading and Q&A with Ika Johannesson, Swedish journalist and author of the book Blood, Fire, Death: A Swedish Metal Story, More Info
♫ Fully Automated Luxury Gay Space Socialism @ Union Pool (484 Union Ave St), 6pm, $15 -$25 , a NYC-DSA fundraiser with live music and DJ performances, Buy Tix
♫ 718 Sessions (Rooftop) @ Elsewhere (599 Johnson Ave) 2pm, $15, Buy Tix

SUNDAY 5/26

# Baked Goods Against Bigotry
@ Archestratus Books (160 Huron St), 11am, FREE, If you would like to donate baked goods to sell, drop them off at the shop the day before or as early as 8am Sunday morning or contact the incredible organizers @thatssogabba and @emziemski via Instagram. Help raise money for the Yellowhammer Fund of Alabama.
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New Year’s Day (1989) @ The Spectacle Theater (124 S 3rd St.), 5pm, $5, a wayward recent divorcé who, through miscommunication, spends a long January 1st in a soon-to-be-vacated Central Park apartment with three young women each at a crossroads in their personal lives. , Buy Tix
* Runwithalli Run Club @ McCarren Park (McCarren Park track), 10am, FREE, a fun group of runners to run TOGETHER, More Info
♫ Anjunabeats Brooklyn @ Brooklyn Mirage (140 Stewart Ave), 9pm, $39 – $119, Audien, Grum, Ilan Bluestone, Jason Ross, Spencer Brown, and Tinlicker, Buy Tix

MONDAY 5/27

# Memorial Day crawfish boil
@ Arrogant Swine (173 Morgan Ave) 5pm, $60, all you can eat crawfish and 2 hours of bottomless beer, Buy Tix
* GEM Monday Open Mic @ Topaz (251 Bushwick Ave), 8pm, FREE, a night filled with local comedy, music and spoken word, More Info
ClIMAX @ Film Noir Cinema (122 Meserole Ave), 8pm, $15, French dancers gather in a remote, empty school building to rehearse on a wintry night. The all-night celebration morphs into a hallucinatory nightmare when they learn their sangria is laced with LSD. Buy Tix

TUESDAY 5/28

* What The L? Launch Party @ Brooklyn Bowl (61 Wythe Ave) 6pm, $5, with Live SubwayCreatures Podcast Recording at Brooklyn Bowl featuring special live music performances from NYC’s best, Buy Tix
First Rodeo Comedy Show @ Our Wicked Lady (153 Morgan Ave), 8pm, FREE, With comedy by: Ryan Donahue (Kimmel), Caitlin Peluffo (Colbert), Drew Morgan (Comedy Central). Brandon Jackson (Punchline Philly), More Info
# Trivia Tuesdays @ Mable’s Smokehouse (44 Berry St), 8pm, FREE, trivia and 2 Tacos + 1 Beer = Only $10, More Info

* Greenpointers Pick
♫ Music
^ Literary Event
Art & Film
Comedy Event
# Foodie Event
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