Renegade Craft Fair
This weekend is the third annual Brookyln Renegade Craft Fair. The annual DIY event, started in 2003 by Sue Blatt and Kathleen Habbley, welcomes over 150 vendors and thousands of shoppers from all over the country. Check out DIY knitting, jewelry, sewn items, paper goods, silkscreening, comics, zines and more. Saturday and Sunday, June 16 and 17, from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., McCarren Park Pool, Lorimer Street, between Driggs & Bayard Avenues.

Bed-Stuy Stoop Sale
The Hancock Neighborhood Block Association is sponsoring a block-wide stoop/yard sale to be held Saturday, June 16, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The location is in Bedford Stuyvesant on Hancock Street, between Throop Avenue and Marcus Garvey Boulevard. The proceeds benefit their Block Beautification Program. Rain date is Saturday, June 23.

Vinegar Hill Flea Market
This Saturday, June 16, Vinegar Hill hosts its sixth annual flea market from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., from Front Street to Water Street and Bridge Street to Hudson Avenue.

Bed-Stuy Father’s Day BBQ
This Saturday, June 16, is the first annual Quincy Street 700 Block Father’s Day BBQ. The event is free, but donations for the park and a planned memorial are appreciated. Bring food and drinks. Saturday, June 16, 3:00 p.m. until sundown, Quincy Street Pocket Park, on the corner of Quincy Street and Malcolm X Boulevard.

Soil Care and Vegetable Workshop
Sponsored by New York Restoration Project, this free hands-on workshop for beginning and seasoned gardeners alike covers basic soil care and vegetable gardening techniques. Saturday, June 16, 10:00 a.m. 900 Bedford Avenue Association.

BWAC Silent Auction
This Sunday, June 17, is the last day of the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition’s Spring Art Show “Connections.” It is also the final day of the Silent Auction, featuring 132 works with minimum bids as low as $35. Auctions start closing at 4:00 p.m. The BWAC gallery is located in Red Hook at 499 Van Brunt Street.

LAPC Cabaret Benefit
To raise money to save the beautiful old organ at Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, parishioners are putting on a cabaret show on Saturday at 8pm (come a little early for some food and drink). Music will include Stephen Sondheim, Stephen Schwartz, The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, Irving Berlin, Steve Allen, Rodgers & Hammerstein, and many others. Admission is $15 and includes one drink. LAPC is located at 85 S. Oxford Street, near Lafayette Avenue.

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