Weekend Events

Folkloric Haitian Music, Drumming and Dance from La Troupe Makandal
This late autumn walk features Afro-Haitian dance and music from La Troupe Makandal and its master drummer, Frisner Augustin. (The recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts’ Heritage Fellowship, Mr. Augustin is also the artistic director of the group.) Green-Wood Historic Fund’s manager of education and outreach, Steven Estroff, will lead the tour. An exhibition of ceremonial Haitian bottles and a discussion of Haitian culture by artisan Kesler Pierre follows in Green-Wood’s Historic Chapel. Saturday, November 20. 4 p.m. $8. Inside the main entrance at 25th St. and 5th Ave., Green-Wood Cemetery.

1st Annual Music Charity Event
Brooke Rosenthal and Omar Davis present the 1st Annual Music Charity event that will help raise money for Little Kids Rock & The Colel Chabad Foundation. Both organizations help raise awareness for children who are less fortunate. This event will kick off with live performances from great artists, silent auctions throughout the evening, guest speakers and continue with tons of dancing and delicious cocktails! How can you go wrong? Saturday, November 20. Doors at 8 p.m. Performances from 9 p.m. – 2 p.m. $35/$40. 59 Pearl Street, Suite 115.

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, November 20 & 21. 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Free. 176 Lafayette Avenue and One Hanson Place.

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Movie Opening: Total Badass
Director Bob Ray goes deep inside the underbelly of working class Austin, TX to create what The Times calls “an inspirational film, with a fairly conventional structure and a vivid, sometimes heroic cast of women.” It debuts tonight, along with the director’s 2007 work Hell on Wheels, at the ReRun Gastropub Theater at 147 Front Street in Brooklyn.

50 Artists Reinventing Delft Blue Pottery/Live Jazz
More than 100 ceramics painted by international artists on four floors of the monumental staircase, paintings by Paulien Lethen and Jan Mulder in New York’s smallest gallery space, and live jazz performance by Heleen Schuttevaêr (piano, vocals), Joris Teepe (bass), Jean-Clair de Ruwe (guitar), Ron Jackson (guitar) plus guest musicians. Friday, November 19. 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. Free. 59 and 61 South 3rd Street, Holland Tunnel Gallery/Stairmasters.

Dutch Open House
Tour the landmark Erasmus Hall Academy (built in 1787) on land donated by the nearby Dutch Reformed Church. Also tour Flatbush DRC sanctuary and cemetery of founding Dutch families. A five minute walk from the Academy. Please RSVP by email to mena23219@msn.com. Saturday, November 20. 12 p.m. – 2 p.m. Free. 911 Flatbush Avenue, Courtyard of Erasmus Hall High School.

The Gardens of New Netherlands
With their orchards, gardens and crops, Dutch colonist sought to bring the Old World to the New. Firth Fabend describes the gardens of New Netherland and illustrates with images from both sides of the Atlantic. Made possible by the New York State Council on the Humanities. Sunday, November 21. 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. Free. 452 Flatbush Avenue, Lefferts Historic House. Inside the Park’s Willink entrance, at the intersection of Flatbush and Ocean Ave. and Empire Blvd.

BHS Holiday Gift Market
The Brooklyn Heights Synagogue will be transformed into a Holiday Gift Market featuring a carefully selected array of tantalizing gifts from local and international merchants. There will also be a shopping experience just for kids, ages 2 to 6 years old, called “Tots Shop”. Each child gets a personal shopper who has a list and budget from the child’s parents and the child gets to shop for friends and family!!! Come and enjoy this one day event! Sunday, November 21. 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Free. 131 Remsen Street, The Brooklyn Heights Synagogue.