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
–Friday, April 2nd at 7PM at Barbes: Opera is fun. Most people don’t seem to realize how much fun it really is. In order to prove it, Opera on Tap has taken its act to barrooms where they found out that beer on tap enhances the operatic experience. The company is made up of young singers and instrumentalists who relish the direct contact with audiences not inhibited in their reactions by the looming menace of giant chandeliers.
–Also Friday, April 2nd at 10 PM at Barbes: Jack Grace, The Martini Cowboy brings us his urban take on Country music. “One of the city’s most personable and skilled country stars” Time Out NY.
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; 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!
EASTER (with thanks to the Brooklyn Eagle)
–The Annual Brooklyn Heights Spring Egg Hunt takes place Saturday, April 3, 10 a.m. sharp at Pierrepont Playground (Columbia Heights and Pierrepont Streets on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade). Every spring, hundreds of little bunnies and their families turn out to participate. Candy, treats, balloons and good friends have made this a holiday tradition for many families. A bake sale will be held to benefit the Brooklyn Heights Playground Committee.
–Senator’s Easter Egg Hunt: Saturday, April 3, 2 to 4 p.m. in McKinley Park, Bay Ridge Parkway and Fort Hamilton Parkway. Participation is free; the egg hunt will feature music and prizes for the youngsters, who will be occupied searching for the over 1,000 candy-filled eggs. Also part of the fun will be races, face painting and entertainment provided by clowns. (Note: there are long lines and a limit of eggs per child.) For further information, call Senator Golden’s office at (718) 238-6044.
–Urban Meadow’s Second Annual Spring Egg Hunt: Red Hook, 11 a.m. for children 0-4; noon for children 5 and up. Face painting and a real bunny. Bring a basket. Corner of President and Van Brunt streets.
–Prospect Park Audubon Center’s Unscrambling the Egg, from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 3, and Easter Sunday, April 4. Free. The event will feature crafts, games and special exhibits. Enter the park at Lincoln Road and Ocean Avenue, at Parkside and Ocean avenues, or at Flatbush Avenue and Empire Boulevard. 718-287-3400 or www.prospect park.org.
–Easter Egg Hunt and Party: Ms. J’s Gymnastics and Dance at 289 Kent Ave Brooklyn, Saturday, April 3, 4:30-6 p.m. Family Fun time after you find all the eggs; limit three eggs per child. (718) 218-7065. Free for registered families, $10 for non registered families.
–Sunday, April 4: Park Slope Parents All Volunteer Easter Egg Hunt: Meet at Third Street and Prospect Park West entrance. 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Greeters will send groups of up to 20 people into Prospect Park. Each group appoints a hiking leader, entertainers, egg-hiders, etc. The group will keep their kids occupied with music, tattoos (provided by PSP) or other activity. The last group will be sent off at 11:30. Bring: 1) a dozen or so plastic Easter eggs filled with goodies. 2) props (Easter books, guitar players, shakers, etc.) 3) lunch and a blanket if you want to enjoy the park afterward.
–Meet Your Neighbors Breakfast and Easter Egg Hunt: 10 a.m. Organized by the Friends of Underhill Playground group in Prospect Heights, this potluck breakfast of coffee and bagels will include an Easter egg hunt, rain or shine. Some eggs provided, but bring your own plus baskets. Free, just show up! For more information: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/underhillplayground/.
–Prospect Park Audubon Center’s Unscrambling the Egg, from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 3, and Easter Sunday, April 4. Free: the event will feature crafts, games and special exhibits. Enter the park at Lincoln Road and Ocean Avenue, at Parkside and Ocean avenues, or at Flatbush
Louise Crawford runs Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn and is the Smartmom columnist for the Brooklyn Paper. She produces the annual Brooklyn Blogfest and Brooklyn Reading Works, a montly literary reading series at the Old Stone House in Park Slope. A freelance writer her work has appeared in Newsweek, the Associated Press and BKLYN Magazine. She has taught How to Blog workshops at BAX, Adelphi University, Baruch College and at Writers-at-the-Beach in Rehobeth, Delaware.
