Weekend Events
5th Annual 23rd Street Mega Stoop Sale In the mood for shopping local? This year’s Annual Mega Stoop Sale will be selling items such as housewares, tchotchkes, books, CDs, clothing, furniture, and much more! Come and enjoy this block long sale! Saturday, May 15. 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Free. 23rd Street between 6th &…
5th Annual 23rd Street Mega Stoop Sale
In the mood for shopping local? This year’s Annual Mega Stoop Sale will be selling items such as housewares, tchotchkes, books, CDs, clothing, furniture, and much more! Come and enjoy this block long sale! Saturday, May 15. 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Free. 23rd Street between 6th & 7th Avenues.
11th SONYA Studio Stroll
The SONYA Studio Stroll is funded, in part, by public funds from the NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs and New York State Council on the Arts. For over a decade, SONYA continues to embrace and showcase contemporary artwork created by Brooklyn-based artists through the annual Studio Stroll. Come to a free self-guided walking tour of the artist¹s studios and local galleries flourishing in the pulsating cultural center of downtown Brooklyn. Saturday & Sunday, May 15 & 16. 12 p.m. – 6 p.m. Free. All around the Neighborhoods of Brooklyn! (see the website above for a map of studios to visit.)
The Brooklyn Flea
The Flea is located not only at the former bank at One Hanson, but also at the Fort Greene market. On Saturdays, the market will be located at the Fort Greene location and on Sundays you can find the market at One Hanson which is located at the clocktower Art Deco building at Flatbush Ave., across from the Target mall. The Flea features 100 vendors and a great mix of vintage, antiques, jewelry, and food. Saturday & Sunday, May 15 & 16. 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Free. 176 Lafayette Avenue and 1 Hanson Place, Skylight One Hanson.
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Orchestral Variations: String Orchestra of Brooklyn
For their final concert of the 20092010 season, the SOB is teaming up with their friends from Hellgate Harmonie to present a concert of orchestral variations. The concert will include music from artists such as: Mozart, Arensky, Schubert/Mahler, and Brahms. For tickets, use the link above. All are welcome to attend. Saturday, May 15. 8 p.m. $10. 157 Montague Street, St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church.
Vintage Dress Sale
Plus-sized people rejoice! Re/Dress, a plus size vintage and re-sale boutique, will be hosting a two day event that will have dresses, sizes 14 – 26 for $20. They will be celebrating all things vintage with a vintage themed fashion show. There will even be a photography booth with Sophie Spinelle from Shameless Photography for pinup and glamour portraits. Saturday & Sunday, Mary 15 & 16. Fashion show at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. Vintage sale from 1:30 p.m. on Saturday until 7 p.m. on Sunday. 109 Boerum Place, Re/Dress.
6th Annual Kite Festival
This year, the P.S. 132 PTA event is entitled A Kid Grows in Brooklyn as they plan for a green-themed festival focused on activities that will promote awareness of the environment, the local resources and bring focus to sustainability issues with fun-filled, hands-on experiences for kids of all ages. Come enjoy what it means to be part of a thriving, community event filled with arts-and-crafts, entertainment, good food as well as learning about being green. There will be face-painting and costume-making crafts such as butterfly wings and capes! Saturday, May 15. 12 p.m. – 4 p.m. Free. McCarren Park.
2nd Annual Brooklyn Bike Jumble
The Jumble will feature used bikes, parts and accessories as a one-stop shop for all bike lovers. After last year’s Jumble drew over 700 people, Schwartzman, the brains behind this event, is expanding the jumble to include new vendors, a show of vintage bikes and an exhibit at the Old Stone House about the Coney Island Velodrome — a track that brought the thrills of bike racing to Brooklyn in the 1930s. Come and join in the fun! Sunday, May 16. 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Free. Third Street at Fifth Avenue, Washington Park.
“Comedy in the Park”
This Sunday’s “Comedy in the Park” will feature headliner Kareem Green (BET, Bay Area Black Comedy Competition winner). Hosted by Paul Marino, this event will surely be a great stand-up comedy show. Bring a blanket and enjoy some free laughs! Sunday, May 16. 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Free. Fulton Ferry Park, DUMBO.
CHCA Go Green Go Clean
Want to help out the environment of the Brooklyn Community? This Sunday, the Crow Hill Community Association will be actively planting and cleaning Park Place & Franklin. In the morning, participants will be filling planter boxes with flowers and during the afternoon, everyone will be cleaning up the empty lot at 730 Franklin for use as a community space. Anyone interested should bring hand shovels, plants capable of handling outside weather, gloves, and trash bags. Sorry, no kiddies due to safety measures. Sunday, May 16. Planting from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Cleaning from 12 p.m. – 3 p.m. Free. Franklin Avenue.
i def plan on checking out the 23rd street stoop sales AJ
*rob*
LOL. I could think of worse summer jobs.
You gotta come out and visit my friends on 23rd St. and see what junk they have to sell. It has been fun every year they have had it. I’ll be there looking for a bargain.
There’s a lot going on this weekend. Tomorrow, Saturday, 5/15, is also “It’s My Park Day!†and many Brooklyn parks and playgrounds are holding volunteer clean-up, spruce-up, planting events. You can browse local events at http://bk.ly/rHc. Here’s my pitch for Butterfly Garden, the half-acre park near the Prospect Expressway, at 7th Avenue and 18th Street, northeast corner: We’ll be at the park from 10:00 to 3:30, tackling spring cleaning and summer planting. We’re also prepping the old sand-pit for the installation of some child-scaled, wheelchair-accessible planters we’re building, all part of a joint project with P.S.10 to create a barrier-free outdoor classroom there. We’ll have some architectural plans on display. We can use all the help we can get (and not just tomorrow: this isn’t a one-day project). If you’re in the South Slope, stop by.
joe are you one of the carnies? hahahah
*rob*
RE: the SONYA Stroll, I have work in my photography group’s show. The FGPO show on the SONYA tour is at South Oxford Space, Studio G, 138 So. Oxford St. It’s open 1–6b Sat. and 12–6 Sunday. We have a reception from 6–9 Saturday evening, To which all PLUSAs and other Brownstoner readers are invited.
http://fgpo.org/exhibitions/
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Kings County Fair
kingscountyKings County Fair
Thursday, May 13 – Sunday, May 23
General Admission: $7.
Children under 36†of height get in free.
Free parking every day, all day!
Hours:
Monday – Thursday 5:00pm to 11:00pm
Friday – 5:00pm – 1:00am
Saturday – 12:00pm – 12:00am
Sunday – 12:00pm – 11:00pm
• Thursday May 13th – “Sneak a Peak†$20 Admission & All Rides
• Friday May 14th – “Midnight Madness†$25 Pay One Price 9pm- 1am (RAA)
• Monday May 17th – “POP†$25 Pay One Price w/$5 coupon (RAA)
• Tuesday May 18th – “Ten Buck Tuesday†All Rides $10 (RAA)
• Wednesday May 19th – “Carload Night†$60 per car Limit 6 people and includes all rides and admission.
• Thursday May 20th – “POP†$25 Pay One Price w/$5 coupon (RAA)
• Friday May 21st “Midnight Madness†$25 Pay One Price 9pm-1am (RAA)
• Sunday May 23rd – “Super Sunday†Pay one Price $20 (RAA)
[RAA – Regular Admission Applies]
Tons of rides for family amusement and thrills, including a 110 foot-high environmentally friendly Ferris Wheel, a German built Tornado, the Giant Dutch Wheel, the Tilt-A-Whirl, Carousel, Orient Express, Fire Chief, Dizzy Dragons, and many more.
Ice cream, popcorn, cotton candy, snow cones, candy apples, caramel apples, chicken and fries, sausage, pizza, and the famous funnel cakes, are just some of the delicious foods you’ll find.
Also there are games like the High Striker (take a big hammer and strike it), throw a baseball and hit the “bottles†down, and shoot baskets for prizes.
At the zoo, check out black leopards, exotic monkeys, alligators, snakes, kangaroos (one just had a baby, so it will be peeking its cute head out of the pouch every so often), lemurs, and goats.
“Buffo, The World’s Strongest Clown†will perform amazing feats! Like balancing a kid on a chair on his chin!
Aviator’s address:
3159 Flatbush Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11234
718-758-7500
5th Av. St. Fair is also this weekend as is the Park Slope House Tour.