What’s Happening? (2/22-2/28)
WEDNESDAY 2/22 * NATIONAL MARGARITA DAY! *
* Newtown Creek Public Meeting Invitation @ Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Facility Visitor Center (329 Greenpoint Ave) 6:30pm, NYSDEC and DEP want to consider and include comments from the public in the Newtown Creek Watershed/Waterbody Facility Plan (WWFP) before it is finalized, Review the plan
• Financing Your Future @ The Brooklyn Kitchen (100 Frost St) 6:30pm, Free, The goal of the workshop is to help you learn the value of establishing a credit history for your business that will eventually allow you to access higher amounts of capital, presented by Accion USA, RSVP
THURSDAY 2/23
• Largehearted Lit: Jesse Browner & Joe Wallace @ Word (126 Franklin St) 7pm, Theme: New York City novel. Both authors will each read from their book, discuss music’s influence on their writing and vice versa, and a musician will share a book anecdote and perform, RSVP
♫ Don’t/The Pioneers of Seduction/Cobretti/Beef Wellington @ Grand Victory (245 Grand St) 7pm, $8, Tix
♫ Them Damn Ninjas Show @ Bar Matchless (557 Manhattan Ave) 8:30pm, RSVP
FRIDAY 2/24
♫ Kielbasa @ Veronica People’s Club (105 Franklin St) 10pm, Free Booze 11-11:30 AND 1-1:30, “See you there, Queen!” RSVP
♫ Turbotax w/Terrence Parker/Doc Daneeka/Octo Octa @ The Cove (108 N 6th Street) Free before 11pm, $5 till Midnight, $10 after, More info
♦ Dreaming Without Sleeping: Criminy Johnson @ The Active Space (566 Johnson Ave, Bushwick) 7-10pm, Join The Active Space in celebrating the grand opening of its new gallery space with an artist’s reception Criminy Johnson, RSVP
SATURDAY 2/25
* Best Wings in Brooklyn Competition @ Red Star Bar (37 Greenpoint Ave) 2pm, Free, Proceeds to benefit the Dr. Theodore Atlas Foundation
♦ Artist Talks @ Fowler Arts Collective (67 West St) Talks by Ellie Murphy and J.F. Lynch in association with their work in Of Mind, Body & Soul: An Exploration of the Personal, RSVP
♫ Arkham Presents: Club Tenebrarum @ Boulevard Tavern (579 Meeker Ave) 10pm, Goth tribute party to Italian Horror Cinema, RSVP
• Rumours @ The Loft Above Public Assembly (70 N. 6th St.) 10pm, $5, DJ Tanner presents the latest installation of Williamsburg’s hottest queer dance party. 80’s, post-punk, disco, 90s, old skool, & new wave.
SUNDAY 2/26
♦ A-Maize-ing Grain @ Arts@Renaissance (2 Kingsland Ave) noon-4pm, Suko Presseau, farm-educator for McEnroe Organic Farms in upstate NY, along with Caroline Burghardt present a family friendly food and crafts day that will explore Maize (corn) through a variety of hands-on activities, RSVP
♫ Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra: Paris in the Twenties @ St. Ann (157 Montague St, Brooklyn Heights) 3pm, $18, Kids Free, Nicholas Armstrong, Artistic Director, More info
♫ Roaring Twenties @ Manhattan Inn (632 Manhattan Ave) 10:30pm, As part of the Live Music Series
MONDAY 2/27
* Amazonian Dream @ Pete’s Candy Store (709 Lorimer St) 7:30pm, Free slideshow & lecture with Katherine Needles
* Lady Returns for Drag Race Season 4 @ Veronica People’s Club (105 Franklin St) 9pm, Watch the new show Drag Race, Commercials will be replaced by Live drag performances, games & prizes! Happy hour ALL NIGHT! Free shot to anyone who shows up in drag, RSVP
TUESDAY 2/28
* Masters of Social Gastronomy Present: Candy @ Public Assembly (70 North 6th St) 7pm, Free Lecture with Sarah Lohman and Jonathan Soma, drinks and samples, RSVP
• Agorafabulous!: Dispatches From My Bedroom @ Word (126 Franklin St) Starting with her anxiety attacks in high school, Benincasa writes about her descent into agoraphobia (and related phobias) and recovery without skipping any of the gory stuff, but also without resorting to melodrama or self-pity. RSVP
* Greenpointers’ Pick
♫ Music
♥ Pheremones Likely
♦ Art Event
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