Weekday Events

Park Slope’s Second Annual Snowflake Celebration
The Park Slope Chamber of Commerce and the Buy in Brooklyn Campaign annouce the return of the Snowflake Celebration. Local merchants throw open their doors to stay open late and create a holiday atmosphere enabling you to do your holiday shopping. Each participating business will stay open until 10 p.m. and will offer some special promotion.
Thursday, December 4. Second date: December 11. Starts at 7 p.m. See website for participating stores on Seventh and Fifth Avenue.

Atlantic Avenue Tree Lighting
Atlantic Avenue Local Development Corporation is sponsoring the Atlantic Avenue Tree Lighting Ceremony. There will be christmas carols and performances by local school children. The Holiday Windows Competition winners will be announced. The special guest for the event is Santa.
Thursday, December 4. 6-8 p.m. Free. Belarusian Church, corner of Atlantic Avenue and Bond Street.

Brooklyn Documentaries: Observing Brooklyn; Encountering Change
The Brooklyn Film & Arts Festival in partnership with the Brooklyn Historical Society will present a Brooklyn-focused documentary series that illustrates the social and cultural changes in Brooklyn, both past and present. The “Observing Brooklyn; Encountering Change” documentaries series will illuminate a broad range of Brooklyn life including exploring a recently rediscovered century old tunnel beneath Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn stickball players sporting reunion, 1969 family outing in Coney Island, period Brooklyn footage, Brooklyn senior citizens doing some combative reminiscing, and several other short Brooklyn films.
Thursday December 4 and Friday, December 5. 6 p.m. $5. Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont Street.

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NAG Organizing Meeting
This meeting will kick off NAG’s 2009 Organizing Agenda. Some of the topics on the agenda is preserving affordable housing options for residents, improving open space and access to the waterfront, and more.
Thursday, December 4. 7 p.m. Holy Ghost Church Hall Basement, 160 North 5th Street.

Annual AIDS Day Candlelight Service and Ribbon Project
The Gay and Lesbian Ministry of Saint Augustine Roman Catholic Church announces its second annual World AIDS Day Candlelight Service and Memorial Ribbon Project. The event will also feature a talk by designer and teacher Jim Morgan, co-founder of Friends House.
Tonight. 7 p.m. St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church, 116 Sixth Avenue.

Navigating the BSA
Join the Historic Districts Council informational presentation on the New York City Board of Standards and Appeals. BSA Vice-Chair Christopher Collins will explain the basic steps of presenting to the Board, from how to navigate their procedures and requirements to the most effective approach to formulating arguments.
Today. 8:30 a.m. Free. Neighborhood Preservation Center, 232 East 11th Street in Manhattan. To RSVP, email hdc@hdc.org or call (212) 614-9107.

Sunset Park Tree Lighting
The Sunset Park BID and Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica will be hosting a Holiday Tree Ceremony. There will be music from various groups and schools and a magic show. Kids will be able to have their photo taken with Santa from 3-4 p.m.
Thursday, December 4. 4 p.m. At the corner of 60th and 5th Avenue.

Community Board 7’s Transportation Committee Meeting
CB7 is holding a meeting to hear a presentation by Transportation Alternatives on their ideas about the Prospect Park Drive and traffic around the park.
Tuesday, December 2. 6:30 p.m. 4201 4th Avenue.

Community Board 6 Meeting
This CB6 Meeting will be an update and discussion with representatives from the Governors Island Presentation and Education Corporation (GIPEC) on the design process for the future Governors Island Park and Great Promenade and next steps.
Tonight. 6:30 p.m. P.S. 15 Auditorium, 71 Sullivan Street.