Weekend Events

MulchFest 2008
This Saturday and Sunday, help the environment and recycle your Christmas tree. Parks and Recreations will ground trees into wood chips, which can be used in tree pits and gardens.. All lights, ornaments, and decorations must be removed from the trees prior to drop-off. Participants are encouraged to bring bags to take advantage of the free mulch provided. Check the website for a list of all locations. If you miss MulchFest, the Department of Sanitation will collect for composting clean holiday trees left at the curb through Wednesday, January 16, 2008.

FIDO Coffee Bark
This Saturday, from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., Fellowship in the Interest of Dogs and Their Owners hosts their monthly event in Prospect Park. Pick up coffee, pastries, and dog biscuits, while learning about off-leash issues. Enter park at Ninth Street off Prospect Park West and proceed to the Long Meadow.

Grandmaster Flash at Studio B
Turntable legend Grandmaster Flash sits in on Saturday night at Studio B in Greenpoint along with Debbie Deb and Egg Foo Young. Get your advance tix at ticketweb.com. 259 Banker Street, 718-389-1880.

Target First Saturday
On Saturday, Brooklyn Museum holds its free monthly event, which includes performances by New Yorkbased group Ayyoub and Def Poetry Jam’s Suheir Hammad, a reading by Leila Buck from her play In the Crossing, and a screening and Lilly Rivlin-led discussion of her documentary Can You Hear Me?. Check the website for a full list of events. Saturday, 5:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Free. 200 Eastern Parkway. (718) 636-5000.

Sundays at Sunny’s
On Sunday, Sunny’s Bar in Red Hook continues its weekend reading series with novelists Joshua Furst (The Sabotage Café), Rebecca Pawel (The Summer Snow), and historian Francis Morrone (An Architectural Guidebook to Brooklyn). Sunday, 3:00 p.m. Free. 253 Conover Street, between Beard and Reed Streets. (718) 625-8211.

Bitch Macbeth at The Brick
Director Frank Cwiklik puts a Williamsburg-y twist on a Shakespeare classic at the Brick Theater. If you like the idea of a dominatrix alien necromancer mixing it up with lords and ladies, this one just might be for you. Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 7:30 p.m. 575 Metropolitan Avenue between Lorimer and Union, 212-352-3101.

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