Comedy Tonight
Friday, August 24: Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival Fundraiser at the Bell House. Bring a checkbook for silent auction if you’re feeling generous (and flush). Cocktails at 7PM. Show at 8:30 PM.
Music
Friday, August 24 at 9PM: At Sycamore on Cortelyou Road, Mary of Egypt makes “classical and pop perspectives sound so natural together, it’s as if they were never separate” (NYpress). This ensemble, the brainchild of pianist/composer Julia Hatamyar, was established in 2009 and is made up of Eastman School of Music graduates, who perform her hand-notated scores. Incorporating a vast range of musical idioms, including classical, jazz, rock, electronica, musical theatre, and folk.
Saturday and Sunday, August 24-25: The 2012 Afro-Punk festival with Erykah Badu, Gym Class Heroes, Janelle Monae, Das Racist, Toro Y Moi, Reggie Watts, Spank Rock, Ninjasonik, The Memorials, Bad Rabbits, Gordon Voidwell, Cerebral Ballzy, Phony Ppl, Body Language, and more to be added! Plus a street skate competition. Last year the festival was cancelled because of Hurricane Irene. Remember Hurricane Irene? There will be food trucks at the festival with yummy food.
Film
All weekend at the Park Slope Pavilion: Paranorman, the latest 3D stop-motion film from LAIKA, makers of Coraline
All Weekend: Lots of Great Events Commemorating the 236th Anniversary of the Battle of Brooklyn
Go to The Old Stone House for more information
–Saturday, August 25, 10 am sharp
Prison Ships Martyrs Memorial Ceremony at the Prison Ships Martyrs Monument, Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn
Information: (718) 499-7600
–Saturday, August 25, 2 pm – 5 pm
The Great Escape with Reenactors from General John Glover’s Marblehead Regiment at Main Street/Brooklyn Bridge Park.
Join reenactors for an historic depiction of many aspects of maritime history, camp life and community, and the role of Fulton Ferry Landing. www.brooklynbridgepark.org/718-768-3195
–Sunday, August 26
Battle of Brooklyn Commemoration at The Green-Wood Cemetery
5th Avenue at 25th Street
(718) 768-7300 for reservations and more information