Weekend Events

2nd Annual Climate Awareness Day 2011
The featured speaker will be Liz Butler, campaign director of 1Sky (http://www.1sky.org), the largest collaborative climate and energy campaign in the United States. Ms. Butler has more than 17 years of experience of organizing for environmental issues, with a focus on both market and legislative campaigns. She was a co-founder of ForestEthics, and was directly responsible for the protection of over 50 million acres of forests in the U.S., Canada, and Chile. All are welcome! Sunday, January 23. 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. Free. 274 Garfield Place, Congregation Beth Elohim.

Classic Album Night
Cathyland brings a night of the greatest albums of all-time in their entirety for the first time to the Brooklyn Bowl stage with Cathy Cervenka performing Crimes of Passion (Pat Benatar), New York’s Finest performing Outlandos D’amour (the Police) and The Major Toms performing Ziggy Stardust (David Bowie). Saturday, January 22. Doors at 6 p.m. Show at 8 p.m. $5. 61 Wythe Avenue, Brooklyn Bowl.

The Brooklyn Flea
The winter Flea is located at Skylight One Hanson (the former Williamsburgh Savings Bank across from the Atlantic Center mall) on Saturdays and Sundays. The Flea features over a 100 vendors offering a great mix of vintage, antiques, jewelry, and food. Saturday & Sunday, January 22 & 23. 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Free. One Hanson Place/Williamsburg Savings Bank.

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Shilpa Ray And Her Happy Hookers w/ Soft Black and She Keeps Bees
Shilpa Ray and her Happy Hookers play grinding blues, sleazy jazz, and bracing rock with punk immediacy and pop appeal. The result? Something like a vulgar Ella Fitzgerald, channeling Nick Cave and PJ Harvey, and singing her songs before a wall of distortion and thunderous, pounding rhythms. The band reads like a who’s who of recent NYC rock luminaries including members of Creaky Boards, Soft Black, Kapow!, and cult rock producers The Negatones. Live shows are already a notorious commodity — and audiences have been screaming as loud as the band does. Friday, January 21. Doors at 6 p.m. Show at 8 p.m. $5. 61 Wythe Avenue, Brooklyn Bowl.

Baby Signing Class at FasTracKids
Margarita Cooley, who has been involved in the field of Deafness for over 19 years as a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor and as a Certified American Sign Language Interpreter, will be teaching FasTrack Signing. Space will be limited per class to 8 children per semester. Please call or email FasTracKids for additional information and to reserve your spot for the trial session. Josh Gunsberger, (347) 987-4450 or email to: josh@getsmartbk.com. Saturday, January 22. 10 a.m. Free. 60 Broadway (The Gretsch Building), FasTracKids & E.nopi of Williamsburg.

Free Trial Dreama Players Class
Claire Beckman, Ditmas resident and Artistic Director of Brave New World Repertory Theatre, is offering a free trial Dreama class for children ages 5-8 years. For more information call 917.660.4660 or just show* at the Flatbush Tompkins Congregational Church: 19th Street entrance at the corner of Dorchester and 19th Street.* If interested, participants of this class get 20% off the Saturday winter session of The Dreama Players which includes performing in an original mystery play the kids will help write themselves. Call 917. 660. 4660 for more info about Brooklyn classes. Saturday, January 22. 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. Free.