BROOKLYN MEDIA GROUP MARCH 9 - MARCH 15, 2018 39
CALENDAR
FRIDAY MARCH 9
LECTURE: Abby Norman, author
of Ask Me About My Uterus, will be
speaking about women’s health issues
and her book at Books are Magic, 225
Smith Street at 7:30 p.m. Free. For
more info, visit booksaremagic.net.
SATURDAY MARCH 10
PERFORMANCE: Beth Shalom
v’Emeth Reform Temple, 83 Marlborough
Road, will be hosting Ditmas
Snark II, a stand-up comedy show
featuring a lineup of up-and-coming
comedians. Show starts at 8 p.m. $25
admission, $30 at door. For tix, go to
bshert.org. For more info, email info@
bshert.org or call 718-282-1596.
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.
CELEBRATION: St. Finbar will
celebrate its 138th anniversary with a
dinner dance at the Bay Ridge Manor,
476 76th Street, at 6:30 p.m. For tickets,
call 718-664-7528.
GARDENING: The Brooklyn Botanic
Garden, 990 Washington Avenue,
will host Brooklyn Bloom from 10
a.m.-4 p.m., its annual kickoff to the
spring gardening season, a full day
of free activities and workshops. For
more info, go to bbg.org.
SUNDAY MARCH 11
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.
SCREENING: The Bay Ridge United
Methodist Peace & Justice Committee
and Peace Action Bay Ridge is hosting
a free screening of “He Named Me
Malala,” a portrait of Nobel Peace
Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai,
at 1:15 p.m. at the Bay Ridge United
Methodist Church, 7420 4th Avenue.
PERFORMANCE: Singer Martin
McQuade will perform his 14th
annual St. Patrick’s Day show at the
Greenhouse Café, 7717 Third Avenue,
from 6-9 p.m.
PERFORMANCE: The Brooklyn
Center for the Performing Arts, is
hosting jazz singer Alicia Olatuja at the
Kumble Theater at LIU Brooklyn, 1 University
Plaza, at 8 p.m. Admission $30.
For tickets and more info, visit BrooklynCenter.
org or call 718-951-4600.
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At 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 13, the Brooklyn Public Library’s Central Library, 10 Grand
Army Plaza, in partnership with Greenlight Book Store, is hosting a book launch for Pulitzer
Prize-winning author Junot Diaz’s new picture book, Islandborn. Diaz will read from the
book and be available for a book signing. $20 admission includes one copy, $25 for admission
for two with one book. To rsvp and for more info, visit bklynlibrary.org.
FAMILY: Books are Magic, 225
Smith Street, is hosting a story time
with author Abby Hanlon as she
reads from her last chapter book, Dory
Fantasmagory at 11 a.m. Free. For more
info, visit booksaremagic.net.
SCREENING: Green-Wood Cemetery
is hosting a preview screening
of “Into the Night: Portraits of Life
and Death” followed by a Q&A with
its director from 3:30-6 p.m. $15. To
reserve, visit green-wood.com or call
718-210-3080.
MONDAY MARCH 12
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 MARCH 13
MEETING: Green-Wood Cemetery
is hosting a Death Café led by death educator
Amy Cunningham at 6:30 p.m.
in Green-Wood’s Modern Chapel. Free.
To reserve, go to green-wood.com.
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.
MEETING: Community Board 10
will have its Traffic and Transportation
Committee meeting discussing various
street events at 6:45 p.m. in its District
Office, 8119 Fifth Avenue. For more info,
call 718-745-6827 or go to bkcb10.org.
THURSDAY MARCH 15
JOBS: The Flatbush YMCA, 1401
Flatbush Avenue, will be the site of
the 11th annual Community Board 14
Youth Conference, that offers jobs and
internships for youth from ages 12-21.
Free. For more info and to register,
visit cb14youthconference.nyc, email
cb14youthconference@gmail.com or
call 718-859-6357.
SALE: The Holy Cross Greek
Orthodox Church, 8401 Ridge Boulevard,
will host the Holy Cross Ladies
Philoptochos White Elephant and Flea
Market Sale from 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
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.
ONGOING
CONTEST: The Bay Ridge Community
Council is hosting an amateur
only photo contest with adult
Photo courtesy of Brooklyn Public Library
and student grades 5-12 levels. One
photo per person. Entrants must live,
work or attend school in Bay Ridge,
Dyker Heights or Fort Hamilton, be a
BRCC associate member, or a delegate
from a BRCC member organization.
Digital submissions preferred. Print
or digital submissions must include:
name, address, phone number, email,
date and location photo was taken,
contest level (adult or student). Student
level submissions must also include:
school name, student name, grade,
staff contact person’s name, position,
phone number, email. Email entries
to brccphotocontest@gmail.com or
mail to Bay Ridge Community Council,
Photo Contest c/o McLaughlin & Sons,
9620 Third Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
11209. Entries due by April 3.
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.