WEDNESDAY 8/21
* A Benefit for “Freedom For Immigrants” @ Union Pool (484 Union Ave) 8pm, $20, performances by Nat Baldwin (Dirty Projectors) + special guest Buy Tix
♫Bone Thugs-N-Harmony @ Brooklyn Bowl (61 Wythe Ave) 6pm, $35, Buy Tix
♫ Brooklyn Women’s Film Festival 2019 Launch Party @ The Counting Room (44 Berry St), 7pm, $20, Buy Tix
# A Sumac Soirée, A Themed Community Potluck, A Summer Journey @ Archestratus Books (160 Huron St, 7pm, FREE, bring a dish with a personal story, share the story behind the dish and eat, RSVP
THURSDAY 8/22
*Sketch the View @ Domino Park, 630pm, FREE, Equipment provided. All levels welcome. Make something new with new friends, More Info
♫ Spank!//Lena Fjortoft//Euge//Elda @ Muchmore’s (2 Havemeyer St), 9pm, $10, More Info
☺ PILAS Comedy Show @ Geraldines’ (198 Union Ave) 730pm, FREE, comedy show in a speakeasy behind a Brooklyn Pizza Shop, RSVP
♫ Stupid Beach: @ Magazine Bar (130 Franklin St), 7pm, FREE, LGBTBBQ summer party with DJ Mr Twin Sister, More Info
FRIDAY 8/23
♦ The Mark of Its Tooth | Opening Reception @ Yashar Gallery (276 Greenpoint Ave) 6pm, FREE, featuring artists: Kelly Olshan, Andrew Schwartz and Michael McHale, More Info
♦ SummerStarz Free Movies in the Park: “Peter & The Wolf” (Piotrus I Wilk) @ Transmitter Park (2 Greenpoint Ave), 6pm, Polish night with storytelling, music and film screening More Info
♦ Movies Under the Stars: “Adventureland” @ 50 Kent Pop-up (50 Kent Ave), 745pm, FREE, More Info
♦ “For Paint’s Sake”| Opening @ Java Studios (252 Java St), 6pm, FREE, featuring abstract paintings by Kristyn Watterworth, More Info
SATURDAY 8/24
* Tennis in Technicolor @ VICE (85 N 3 St) 7pm, FREE, interactive immersion into the bold, disruptive side of tennis, RSVP
♫ Musical Pagamento with the Teyuna Elders
@ Goleden Drum (97 Green St), 6pm, $14 (suggested), bring your instruments, voices and dances!
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♫ Auto Token w/ Facets, Tonya & Alas Junior @ Magick City (37 Box St), 10pm, FREE suggested, More Info
“NICO 1988” @ Film Noir Cinema (79 West St) 7pm, $15, the last year of singer Nico’s life, as she tours and grapples with addiction and personal demons, More Info
SUNDAY 8/25
* Communi-Tea | Bravery & Fear @ North Brooklyn Farms (320 Kent Ave), 1pm, $15, a space for womxn to be seen, heard and known, Buy Tix
♫ Tiki Disco (Rooftop) @ Elsewhere, 2pm, $15, Buy Tix
* Pupsicles Social @ The Lucky Dog (303 Bedford Ave), 12pm, FREE, pupsicles for dogs, photo sessions and meet and greet, More Info
♫ Semaphore Plays Miss Machine by The Dillinger Escape Plan @ Saint Vitus (1120 Manhattan Ave), 8pm, $10, Buy Tix
MONDAY 8/26
☺ Kaleidoscope @ Crystal Lake (647 Grand St) 8pm, FREE, improv show where never-before-seen teams do sets inspired by stories from a guest monologist, More Info
☺ Queers N Peers @ Pine Box Rock Shop (12 Grattan St) 9pm, $5-$10 (suggested), from comedy to drag and beyond. More Info
♫ Monday Night Karaoke! @ Our Wicked Lady (153 Morgan Ave), 9pm, FREE, Happy hour 5-8pm plus specials, More Info
TUESDAY 8/27
♫ Hunkidori, Nikki D’Agostino, Anonymous Elder ft Chuck Palmer @ TROOST (1011 Manhattan Ave), 7pm, FREE, More Info
☺ Oh Baby: Stand Up Comedy
@ Baby Grand (55 McGuinness Blvd), 8pm, FREE, More Info
☺ “Keep Your Laws off My Body” + “Dialogue with Che” @ Light Industry (155 Freeman St), 7pm, FREE, More Info
Whether you want to participate, or want to prepare for how this might impact your business during the day, it might be worth planning for September 20th. This is the day when it’s being said that millions will take to the streets all across the US and world to demand transformative action be taken to address the climate crisis. All of the events are listed online at The Action Network’s website. Fridays For Future movement starter, Greta Thunberg, will be leading the strike at Union Square.
As always, the Environmental Initiatives Committee would like to hear from you. Contact us at [email protected] with any questions, issues, or to receive updates on upcoming programs and events.
* Greenpointers Pick
♫ Music
^ Literary Event
♦ Art & Film
☺ Comedy Event
# Foodie Event
♥ Pheremones Likely