Weekend Events

Brooklyn Book Festival
The Brooklyn Book Festival is a huge, free public event presenting an array of literary stars and emerging authors who represent the exciting world of literature today. One of America’s premier literary and literacy events, this hip, smart, diverse gathering attracts thousands of book lovers of all ages. You really can’t miss out on this event! Sunday, September 12. 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Free. Use link above for specific locations for festival.

Prospect Park Tours
Prospect Park was designed to be a cultural institution in its own right and a beautiful public amenity year-round. Kate’s ninety-minute walking tour highlights key destinations created by co-designers Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux. Follow the Park’s extensive watercourse as it winds through through meadows and woods while learning how residents of Brooklyn, a thriving independent city from 1834 to 1898, sought to create a park to compete with New York’s Central Park. To make reservations, please e-mail Kate at tourprospect@gmail.com. Sunday, September 12. 1 p.m. $25. Prospect Park.

The Brooklyn Flea
The Brooklyn Flea is located in the Bishop Loughlin schoolyard in Fort Greene on Saturdays and at Skylight One Hanson (the former Williamsburgh Savings Bank across from the Atlantic Center mall) on Sundays. The Flea features over a 100 vendors offering a great mix of vintage, antiques, jewelry, and food. Saturday & Sunday, September 11 & 12. 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Free. 176 Lafayette Avenue and One Hanson Place.

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Opening for Artist Rachael Warner
Repop of Brooklyn is hosting an opening reception and art show featuring the paintings of Rachael Warner. Curated among Repop’s selection of mid-century, industrial and vintage furnishings and decor, Warner’s large vibrant works will be on display as part of Repop’s ongoing series of art shows. A graduate of Pratt and Brooklyn resident, Warner writes that her paintings, celebrate boldness and personal strength, as well as explore ideas regarding the dynamics of power. Come and enjoy her work! Friday, September 10. 7:30 p.m. – 11 p.m. Free. 68 Washington Avenue, Repop.

33rd Annual Flatbush Frolic Street Fair
Join Flatbush Development Corporation and the Ditmas Park Community at their 33rd Annual Flatbush Frolic Street Fair. Don’t miss out on the live performances, rides, pizza eating contest, 3 on 3 basketball tournament, and over 100 vendors and more! Come out and enjoy one of the final days of the summer at one of the biggest summer street fairs in Brooklyn. Sunday, September 12. 10 a.m. Free. Cortelyou Road btwn Coney Island Avenue and Ocean Ave, Ditmas Park.

Opening for Photographer George Underwood
George Underwood will be having an opening titled: Old Enough to Know Better, Young Enough to Pretend. Underwood uses photography to locate desires that tap into a universal human experience while addressing the technologies that currently mediate our primal urges. Look as long as you like at Underwood’s rich images — and then come back to his work and look some more. There’s a real magic to the way that these photographs relate to time and place and, unlike Friendster, Myspace, or Facebook, the more attention you devote to Underwood’s pictures, the more relevant they’ll become. Friday, September 10. 7 p.m. – 10 p.m. Free. 109 Broadway, K & K.

Kite Making
We’ll embrace the changing season and fall breezes with a kite making workshop! Use simple materials like tissue paper to create a beautiful and functional kite (we’ll teach you to fold some paper planes too!) Saturday & Sunday, September 11 & 12. 12 p.m. – 2 p.m. & 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. Free. Meet Playground Associates under blue tent on main path of Pier 6, Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Move About Myrtle
Brooklyn Food Coalition’s Good Food Fest takes over Myrtle between Vanderbilt and Clinton! There will be cooking demos, a best dish contest, beekeeping, Teen Battle Chefs, community chefs, free tastings…and more! There will also be a community painting activity with Clinton Hill Hardware! Hula hoops, street chalk and tons of old-school games. For a full list of events, use the link above! Sunday, September 12. Events start at 12 p.m. Free. Clermont to Vanderbilt & Vanderbilt to Clinton.

Opening: Outdoor Sculpture in Brooklyn
The ART LOT is proud to present MEDIA MIX x 4 featuring the work of Cynthia Lawson Jaramillo, Babs Reingold, John Roach and Mary Schiliro. Come and enjoy the media of photography, paintings, and sculpture! Sunday, September 12. 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. Free. 206 Columbia Street, Art Lot.

The Brooklyn Free Store Grand Opening Celebration
The Brooklyn Free Store in Bed-Stuy has been open for over two months now, facilitating mutual aid and reducing the need for consumerism though the free exchange of clothing, electronics, books, and much more. On Saturday, they are inviting everyone to a day of skillshares, live music, free food, and fun! Come to learn bike repair, get your face painted, or simply hang out and get to know your neighbors at the Free Store. Saturday, September 11. 2 p.m. – 12 a.m. Free. 222 Walworth Street, The Brooklyn Free Store.