Weekday Events

Brooklyn Vanguard’s “Party with a Purpose”
Join the Brooklyn Vanguard, Brooklyn Public Library’s young donor group, for a Support Our Shelves Fundraiser. Proceeds will help purchase books and DVDs, and support educational programs at Clinton Hill Library. There will be music by DJ Cosmo Baker, complimentary hors d’oeuvres, wine, and beer. Buy advance tickets here.
Thursday, May 14. 6-9 p.m. $40 in Advance; $50 at the Door (cash only). Franklin Park Bar and Beer Garden, 618 Saint Johns Place.

Carroll Gardens Rezoning Meeting
Community Board 6’s Landmarks/Land Use Committee meeting will have a presentation and discussion of the Department of City Planning’s proposed Carroll Gardens Contextual Rezoning study, a proposal to contextually rezone the residential zoning district which covers the Carroll Gardens and Columbia Street Waterfront neighborhoods.
Thursday, May 14. 6:30 p.m. P.S. 58 Auditorium, 330 Smith Street.

OSA Spring Fundraiser
Open Space Alliance for North Brooklyn (OSA) is hosting a spring fundraiser event. There will be food from Brooklyn Standard, beer by Brooklyn Brewery, and wine from Green Point Wines. Celebrate OSA’s recent projects like the greening of McCarren Park and the creation of new neighborhood parks like Bushwick Inlet Park. Purchase tickets here.
Thursday, May 14. 7:30 p.m. Northside Piers Penthouse, at North 5th and Kent Avenue.

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Lost Season Five Finale Party at The Bell House
Brooklyn Based presents the Lost season finale party. The band, Previously on Lost, will perform. There will be free Orchard Station Rum Punch from 7-8 p.m., $3 punch and $3 Dharma Beer all night, plus free leis. Also enjoy “Smoke Monster” cotton candy and an Ace of Cakes-style homage to the show baked by ninecakes.
Wednesday, May 13. $5. Doors open at 7 p.m. The Bell House, 149 7th Street.

CB7 Housing and Buildings & Construction Committee Meeting
Community Board 7 is having its monthly housing committee meeting, plus a buildings & construction committee meeting. The joint meeting will have an update of the Fifth Avenue Committee’s 575 5th Avenue construction and a Q&A.
Tonight. 6:30 p.m. Community Board 7 Office, at 43rd Street and 4th Avenue.

Screening of “American Experience: Coney Island”
In honor of BayFest 2009, the Bay Improvement Group is inviting the community for a special free screening of the PBS documentary on Coney Island, American Experience: Coney Island.
Tonight. 8 p.m. Free. Sunrise Assisted Living, 2211 Emmons Avenue.

Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park Meeting
Attend the meeting to learn about how to take the future 28 acre waterfront park from a fantasy to a reality. Also on the agenda is planning garbage clean ups and other community outreach activities along the future Bushwick Inlet Park, letter writing and other ideas for advocacy, more. Please RSVP to bushwickinletpark@gmail.com.
Tonight. 7 p.m. Greenpoint Reformed Church, 136 Milton Street.

Drinks on the Doc Presents La Corona & Miss Gulag
Brooklyn Based’s new documentary film series features recession-proof drink specials and indie documentaries. This week is Miss Gulag and La Corona, A Prison Pageant double header, which is being billed as “Beauties Behind Bars.”
Thursday, May 14. Doors at 7:30 p.m., film starts at 8. $5. The Bell House, 149 7th Street.