The Weekend List: The Crucible, Wahoo Skiffle Crazies, Qawwali Party, Brooklyn’s Finest

FILM

–Brooklyn’s Finest and Alice in Wonderland by Tim Burton at the Pavilion

–Sunday, March 7 at 8 PM Pops Corn live blogs the Oscars right here on  OTBKB!

MUSIC

–Friday, March 5th at 8 PM Lauren Ambrose and the Leisure Class and the Wahoo Skiffle Crazies at the Bell House

–Saturday, March 6th at 8:30 PM indie music with Moshe Hecht  at the Jewish Music Cafe

–Saturday, March 6th at 10 PM Find out what happens when New York jazz musicians play and improvise around the melodies of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan at Barbes in Park Slope

–Sunday, March 7th at 8PM Nerissa Campbell’s Oscar party and concert at Puppets Jazz Bar in Park Slope.

THEATER

–March 5-7 at 8PM and through March 13th: Brave New World Repertory presents The Crucible by candlelight at The Old Stone House in Park Slope.

Through March 28th A Life in Three Acts at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Dumbo. “Hilarious and touching… a priceless repository of mischief and mimicry, honesty, wisdom and defiance” – The Times.

POETRY

On Sunday, March 7th at 7PM (before the Oscars) the Brooklyn Lyceum Writers Series presents poet Edward Hirsch reading from The Living Fire. He is the author of eight collections of poetry and four prose books, among them How to Read a Poem and Fall in Love with Poetry, a national best seller.

MUSEUM NIGHTLIFE

On Saturday, March 6 starting at 5PM until midnight, First Saturday at the Brooklyn Museum features special programs, and access to the exhibitions.