30 FEBRUARY 9 - FEBRUARY 15, 2018 BROOKLYN MEDIA GROUP
CALENDAR
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 9
PERFORMANCE: Magic at Coney
presents “American Escape Artist”
starring Thomas Solomon at 8 p.m. at
Sideshows by the Seashore Theater,
1208 Surf Avenue. Tickets are $15, and
can be purchased in advance through
coneyisland.com.
PERFORMANCE: The Brooklyn
Public Library will present “Four
Treasures: A Bounty of Traditional
Chinese Performing Arts,” a show that
will feature a cross-section of Chinese
operas, music and dance at 3:30 p.m.
inside Highlawn Library, 1664 West
13th Street. Sponsored by Apple Bank.
For more info, go to bklynlibrary.org.
PERFORMANCE: The Danish Athletic
Club, 735-741 65th Street, will host
singer Martin McQuade for a “Valentine’s
Day Serenade” with pianist Dan
Furman. $10 cover or free with dinner.
For more info, call 718-748-7844.
READING: Books are Magic, 225
Smith Street, is hosting the free
“Brooklyn Writers Space Reading
Series,” where local writers Leslie
Maslow, Scott Stubbs and Erin Courtney
will present their works.
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 10
FAMILY: The New Utrecht Public
Library, 1743 86th Street, is hosting a
celebration in honor of the Chinese
Lunar New Year at 2 p.m. that will
include a Chinese calligraphy lesson
and a story time. Sponsored by Apple
Bank. For more info, go to bklynlibrary.
org.
SENIORS: The Fort Hamilton Senior
Center, 9941 Fort Hamilton Parkway, is
offering free Zumba classes with Mike
from 10-11 a.m. and social dancing with
a DJ from 1-3 p.m. For more info, call
718-439-4295.
CONCERT: Brooklyn Music School,
126 Saint Felix Street, will present its
fifth annual Valentine’s Day concert,
“Songs Full of Heart.” Tickets are $5,
and are available online. For more
info, go to brooklynmusicschool.org.
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 11
PERFORMANCE: The Brooklyn
Center for the Performing
Arts will present Nai-Ni Chen
Dance Company’s “Lunar New Year
Celebration: Year of the Dog” at 3 p.m.
at Kumble Theater at LIU-Brooklyn, 1
University Plaza. $25 for adults and
$12.50 children 12 and under. Purchase
tickets at brooklyncenter.org.
PERFORMANCE: Magic at Coney,
hosted by Gary Dreifus, will begin
at noon at the Coney Island Museum,
1208 Surf Avenue. Tickets are $10,
adults; $5, children under 12, and can
be purchased in advance through
coneyisland.com.
MONDAY FEBRUARY 12
LECTURE: The Brooklyn Historical
Society, 128 Pierrepont Street, is hosting
news anchor Cheryl Wills as she
follows the story of her enslaved greatgreat
great grandfather, who ran away
from a plantation to fight for freedom
in her talk “Cheryl Wills: A Family
Story of Slavery and Freedom” at 6:30
p.m. $10 admission, $5 for members.
EXERCISE: The Bay Ridge Jewish
Center, Fourth Avenue and 81st Street,
offers a yoga class with Patti at 6:15
p.m. First class free. For more info, call
718-836-3103 or email office@brjc.org.
REIKI/MEDITATION: Margaret
DeAngelis, Reiki master teacher will
hold a Reiki session from 7-8:30 p.m.
at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, 1072
80th Street. $15 offering. For more
info or to RSVP, call 718-207-3792 or
917-562-5082.
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 13
PERFORMANCE: The Brooklyn
Public Library will present “Chinese
Paper Cutting of Zodiac Signs” at 3 p.m.
with paper portrait cutter Ming Liang
Lu inside Ryder Library, 5902 23rd Avenue.
Sponsored by Apple Bank. For
more info, go to bklynlibrary.org.
LECTURE: Trestle Gallery, 850
Third Avenue, Suite 411, will host “Artist
as-Curator Talk: Enrico Gomez,”
with Gomez discussing his process in
curating an open call. Suggested donation
is $5. RSVP at trestlegallery.org.
LECTURE: St. Francis College will
be hosting a free lecture on women
slaves in the Antebellum South by Rutgers
professor Deborah Gray White in
Lecture Hall 3213, 180 Remsen Street,
at 11:10 a.m. For more info, contact
srzeszutek@sfc.edu.
HEALTH: New York Presbyterian
Brooklyn Methodist Hospital will hold
a free breastfeeding support group
from 2:30-3:30 p.m. in the hospital’s
Wesley House, Rooms 3K-C, 501 Sixth
Street. For more info, call 718-780-5078.
CRAFTS: Stitches with Love, a group
doing knitting and crocheting for local
hospitals, meets from 1-4 p.m. at the Bay
Ridge Library, 7223 Ridge Boulevard.
Donations accepted. All welcome.
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 15
MEETING: Community Board 10’s
Zoning and Land Use Committee will
meet at 7 p.m. at the District Office to
discuss the Efficacy of the Streetscape
Text Amendment and the request by
Guardians of the Guardian to support
a landmarking effort at Angel Guardian
Home
EXERCISE: The Bay Ridge Jewish
Center, Fourth Avenue and 81st Street,
offers a tai chi class with Jane at 10 a.m.
First class free. For more info, call 718-
836-3103 or email office@brjc.org.
LEGAL SERVICES: Family Support
Center Family Health Center at NYU
Langone is providing free legal consultation
services through the Her
Justice Legal Services Initiatives for
low-income women living in Brooklyn
who are NYU Langone patients.
Walk-in appointments available from
11 a.m. – 2 p.m. in the waiting room of
the Sunset Park Family Health Center
Children’s Health at NYU Langone
(5610 Second Avenue). For more
info or to make an appointment call
718-630-7186.
ONGOING
EDUCATION: The New York City
Department of Education offers free
adult basic education/High School
Equivalency Diploma (TASC) classes
every Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday from 5:30-9 p.m. at I.S. 96, 99
Avenue P. Registration all year round
on Tuesdays from 5:30-9 p.m. Must be
21; bring photo ID. For more info, call
718-240-2770.
CATS: Itty Bitty Kitty NY is seeking
volunteers to care for cats at its space
in Bay Ridge. For more info, call 917-
889-5896 or email IttyBittyKittyNY@
mail.com.
VOLUNTEERING: The Ameri-
Corps program at the Family Health
Centers at NYU Langone is seeking
volunteers for intensive community
based programs. Ability to speak
Mandarin or Spanish a plus. For more
info, go to http://bit.ly/2zdvskp, call
718-630-7164 or email americorps@
nyumc.org.
VOLUNTEERING: NYU Langone
Brooklyn is looking for volunteers
16 and older. Customer service
experience and the ability to speak
Chinese, Spanish, Italian, Arabic,
Hebrew and/or Russian are pluses.
Go to lutheranhealthcare.org for
more info on areas of interest then
call 718-630-7296.
VOLUNTEERING: The Family
Health Centers at NYU Langone are
looking for volunteers for the Reach
Out and Read program. For more info,
call 718-630-7175.
BROOKLYN MEDIA GROUP/file photo
On Tuesday, February 13, Friends of Historic New Utrecht
presents “George Washington Returns to New Utrecht,” in
which George Washington portrayer Michael Grillo, seen
above, will discuss Washington’s exploits in Brooklyn and
beyond at the New Utrecht Reformed Church Parish House,
18th Avenue and 84th Street, at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free.
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