Weekend Events

The Pour ’em Party!
Dust off your costumes, shine your dancing shoes and get ready to guzzle. Ever been caught in traffic while the Chassids of South Williamsburg crowd the streets in costume in February? They are celebrating Purim. When the Jews of ancient Persia avoided extinction, God commanded them to celebrate by getting so drunk they couldn’t tell their friends from their enemies. Sounds good! Jewish or not, put on a costume and join! Saturday, February 27. 9 p.m. – 4 a.m. $10 until February 26. $15 at the door. 195 Morgan Avenue, 3rd Ward.

Fort Greene Progressive Pot Luck
This Pot Luck and social gathering will bring together progressives, activists and organizers from the Clinton Hill and Fort Greene community. It’s an opportunity for everyone to meet informally and get to know each other, to talk and share, to eat and have fun. It’s a family event. Games for the kids, some informal music and spoken word if you want to share it, video and images about their work and the issues they feel strongly about. And they’ll have information from each sponsoring group about the work they are doing. Saturday, February 27. 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. This is free, but you must bring a dish to pass. 138 South Oxford Street, The South Oxford Space.

The Brooklyn Flea
The Flea is located at the former bank at One Hanson for the rest of the winter. The clocktower Art Deco building at Flatbush Ave., across from the Target mall, will be the Flea’s new home every Saturday and Sunday through March, for 12 weekends only. The Flea features 100 vendors and a great mix of vintage, antiques, jewelry, and food. Saturday & Sunday, February 27 & 28. 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Free. 1 Hanson Place, Skylight One Hanson.

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Gustafer Yellowgold Show
This show, which has been called, a cross between ‘Yellow Submarine’ and Dr. Seuss by The New York Times and named Best of New York by New York Magazine, should be a home run. Morgan Taylor — illustrator, songwriter, and creator of the Gustafer Yellowgold multimedia musical moving storybook concert experience — is hailed as one of today’s most original performers on the family music scene. The show is sponsored by Park Slope Parents and popular musician and music educator Jonathan Samson will open the show. Arts and crafts will be provided by ArtsCetera. Sunday, February 28. 2 p.m. $10. 149 7th Street, The Bell House.

Puppet Performance: Folktales of Asia & Africa
Egg beaters hop into cloth napkins to become Japanese sisters dressed in kimonos; salt and pepper shakers are transformed into African sisters in this fascinating puppet performance based on traditional folktales. Children and adults delight in the imaginative use of everyday objects to portray the characters in three stories in this one-woman show created and performed by Jane Catherine Shaw. Sunday, February 28. 12 p.m. & 2 p.m. $5. 30 Lafayette Avenue, BAMcafé.

Brooklyn Chess Championship
The Brooklyn Lyceum will host the inaugural USCF-sanctioned Brooklyn Chess Championship. The event will be co-produced by International Grandmaster Maurice Ashley, a Park Slope resident, who will challenge 12 entrants to a 12-game simultaneous round on Saturday. In addition to tournament play and cash winnings, the event will offer exhibits and retail sales. Saturday & Sunday, February 27 & 28. $25 – $40. 227 4th Avenue, The Brooklyn Lyceum.

Joyce Brandon & Ensemble performance
Joyce Brandon & Ensemble perform live during the twilight Jazz Vespers service in the sanctuary of Fort Greene’s historic Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church. VESPERS originally had begun at the rising of the evening star, are a church’s Evening Prayer. The fading of the light of day inaugurated the time when lamps were lighted. The Jewish tradition accompanied this transition in time with a blessing prayer, and Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church continues the custom. Sunday, February 29. 4 p.m. Free – donations accepted. 85 South Oxford Street, Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church.