Weekend Events

Free & Healthy Sustainable Flatbush Community Meal
Enjoy a delicious vegetarian meal prepared by chefs David Cohen (Sustainable Flatbush) and Alissa Bilfield (The Cookbook Project), along with lively conversation about local food systems, food waste and composting, and the environmental, health, and budget benefits of eating a plant-based diet. We will provide a cost-per-plate breakdown to illustrate that tasty, healthy meals can also be affordable! Come for an opportunity to share, learn, and build relationships around sustainable living in our community. Saturday, January 28, 12-2pm at theFlatbush Reformed Church, 890 Flatbush Avenue. It’s free, but donations of reusable soup bowls for the church’s food program, which currently uses disposable styrofoam bowls, would be appreciated.

Historic Trolley Tour Through Greenwood Cemetary
Experience the most magnificent and historic 478 acres in New York City. Join our expert tour guide to hear fascinating stories of Green-Wood’s permanent residents, see breathtaking views of Manhattan, tread where George Washington and his troops fought the Battle of Brooklyn and much more. January 29, 2012 at 1:00 pm. Meeting Point: Inside Main Entrance at 25th Street and 5th Avenue. $10 for members of The Green-Wood Historic Fund / $15 for non-members. Seating is limited. Reservations strongly recommended.

Brooklyn Flea + SmorgasBrewery
The Flea is indoors at beautiful Skylight One Hanson both Saturday and Sunday. And don’t forget about SmorgasBrewery, a mini-Smorgasburg featuring a rotating cast of five Flea/Smorg food vendors serving inside the Brewery’s Tasting Room on North 11th St. in Williamsburg on Sundays. The Flea runs from 10am to 5pm at Skylight One Hanson and SmorgasBrewery runs only Sunday from noon to 5pm.

Mad Hot Ballroom Screening @ PS 11
Meet the filmmaker and editor behind the 2005 documentary that tracks a group of 11-year-old New York City public school students as they journey into the world of ballroom dancing. Tonight at 6:30 p.m. at PS 11 in Clinton Hill. More details here.