FILM
–Alice in Wonderland, The Ghost Writer, Greenberg at BAM; Tyler Perry’s Why Did We Get Married, How to Train Your Dragon, Care Bears Movie, The Last Song, The Bounty Hunter and More at the Pavilion
–Sat, Apr 3 at 2, 4:30, 6:50, 9:30 PM The Landlord at BAM. Directed by Hal Ashby with Beau Bridges, Lee Grant, Diana Sands. Description: WASP-y rich kid Elgar Enders (Bridges) buys an apartment building in then-gritty Park Slope with plans to evict the current residents and turn it into a ritzy home for himself.
MUSIC
–Sat April 2 at 7PM at The Bell House in Park Slope: Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Penelope, a haunting 60-minute song cycle for female voice, chamber orchestra, and electronics composed by Sarah Kirkland Snider. The New York Times praised the work for having “an elegiac quality that deftly evoked sensations of abandonment, agitation, grief and reconciliation…ably [demonstrating] the poised elegance of Ms. Snider’s writing
–Sat, April 3 at 10PM Red Baraat Festival. Baraat is Hindi for a marriage procession. In North India, it is a tradition on the day of the wedding for the groom to travel to his bride’s home on a magnificently decorated horse, accompanied by family and friends. Red Baraat Marching Band, led by international drumming sensation, Sunny Jain, it is the first and only Indian marching band in the States. Comprised of dhol (a double-sided, barrel shaped drum from Punjab), percussion and horns, this NYC-based group plays traditional baraat songs, Punjabi songs, as well as classic Bollywood numbers and originals. $10
–Sat, April 3 , 10PM until 4AM at The Bell House: NEWMINDSPACE 5-YEAR ANNIVERSARY + PILLOW FIGHT AFTERPARTY
ART
–Saturday, April 3rd, 5-11PM: Target First Saturday at the Brooklyn Museum. To Live Forever is this month’s theme in honor of the exhibition, To Live Forever: Art and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt. Lectures, film, hands-on art activities and dancing with Egyptian-inspired funk and Afro-beat music.
THEATER
–April 3rd & 4th at 8PM: Arthur Miller’s The Crucible at the Gallery Players in Park Slope: “As performed by The Gallery Players, The Crucible is one of the finest examples of [local] theater in recent memory. The ample cast gives strong performances all around. Add in atmospheric lighting and the audience’s rapt attention, and you have a show well worth the ticket.”
-The Brooklyn Paper
SHOPPING
–April 3rd and 4th marks the 4th grand reopening of Brooklyn Indie Market on Smith Street. Touted by Time Out New York, New York Magazine, Italian Marie Claire and fashion blogs as a beloved neighborhood style dealer for your fashion and design fix. Peruse your favorite indie designers of seasons past and get to meet some new-on-the-scene faces as well, offering the public a first glimpse of the many new names in fashion and product design. After a wintery, three month hiatus, Brooklyn Indie Market designers re-emerge with a new bag of design tricks Registration Now Open For New Vendors!
FOOD
–Easter dinner or brunch at Bussaco on Union Street just west of Seventh Avenue in Park Slope.
–Dine inside or out at Benchmark, the new restaurant on 2nd Street just west of Fifth Avenue in Park Slope.