Weekend Events

Gifted: A Holiday Market
This Sunday is the final Gifted, the indoor holiday market. It will take place across the street from the regular Brooklyn Flea. This is your last chance to get that unique affordable gift while supporting your neighbors. Among the eclectic gifts are antique and design objects, toys, delicious foodstuffs, handmade dolls and teddy bears, stationery, art, clothing, jewelry, and more. For details on all the vendors, click here.
Sunday, December 21. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Brooklyn Masonic Temple, 317 Clermont Avenue.

Stand-Up for Chanukah
Stand-Up for Chanukah offers kosher cutting-edge comedy. This evening of entertainment will be headlined by Avi Liberman of CBS’s “Late Late Show” with Craig Ferguson of Comedy Central’s “Make Me Laugh” and NBC’s “Last Comic Standing.” Also appearing on stage will be Chad Kaplan, from “The Big Mockers” and Jerry Kahn, ranked as the #1 Jewish Comic by Google and MSN.
Sunday, December 21. 8-10 p.m. $18 includes martini bar and latkes (21+ Only). Cong. B’nai Avraham, 117 Remsen Street.

A Drive For the Stuy
Arise Collective presents A Drive for the Stuy, a fundraiser event in partnership with the Bed Stuy Campaign Against Hunger. This food and clothing drive event will feature live hip-hop, dancing, spoken word, live grafitti, and a silent auction.
Tonight. 7 p.m.-12 a.m. Free with 3 cans of food or a coat donation / $7 without. St. Phillip’s Episcopal Church, 265 Decatur Street.

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Community Bookstore Holiday Party
Community Bookstore is hosting a Holiday Party for the neighborhood. The party is also a drive for Toys for Tots so bring a small toy to donate. The event will feature a reading of A Child’s Christmas in Wales, music, and more.
Sunday, December 21. 7 p.m. Community Bookstore, 143 Seventh Avenue.

Christmas Bird Count
Enjoy bird watching with Audubon Naturalists. This tradition (now in its 109th year) is a nationwide bird census that helps conservation researchers track the long-term health of bird populations.
Saturday, December 20. 12-1 p.m. & 3-4 p.m. Free. Prospect Park Audubon Center, 450 Flatbush Avenue.

Hustlemamas Holiday Party
Hustlemamas, R4M Inc, J. Bourne Entertainment, and Deity Lounge present this Family Holiday Party and Toy/Gift Drive. Bring the family and enjoy dancing, face painting, and music. Adults are $10 (or bring one new unwrapped toy for a child and a gift for a mother) and kids are free. Donations will benefit the Rose F. Kennedy Family Center in Bed Stuy, a transitional shelter for young homeless mothers and their children.
Saturday, December 20. 4-8 p.m. Deity Bar & Lounge, 368 Atlantic Avenue.

Sunset Park Tree Lighting
Friends of Sunset Park will hold a tree lighting ceremony in the park. The first tree to be lit will be on the lower path, the second tree will be up the hill, and the last tree to be lit will be located in front of the Recreation Center.
Tonight. 6 p.m. Sunset Park, Enter near the 41st Street and 5th Avenue entrance.

DDDB Holiday Party
Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn is throwing a Holiday Party. There will be live music from John Pinamonti, Rebelmart, The Manson Family Picnic, and others. Plus holiday caroling with the Action Carolers.
Sunday, December 21. 4-7 p.m. Freddy’s Bar & Backroom, 485 Dean Street.

A Greenpoint Hanukkah
Celebrate the first night of Hanukkah with live music, dancing, latkes, candlelighting, and dreydel playing.
Sunday, December 21. 5 p.m. Adults: $20, Kids: $10. Congregation Ahavas Israel, 108 Noble Street.

Brooklyn Lyceum Artisan Craft Market
Brooklyn Lyceum Artisan Craft Market will have more than 60 unique designers and artists, food and drinks, and music.
Saturday, December 20 and Sunday, December 21. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Brooklyn Lyceum, 227 4th Avenue.