The Weekend List: Contra Dancing, 3-Minute Stories, Tree Lighting, Bergman & Bad Teeth

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SHOPPING:
Celebrate 20 Years of Claireware Pottery in Brooklyn. Reception Friday, December 4th, 4-7 PM, Saturday, Dec. 5, 10-6 and Sunday, Dec. 7, 1-5 PM.

PS 321 Craft Fair Saturday, Dec 5th, 11 AM – 5 PM. 180 Seventh Avenue at 1st Street in Park Slope.

MOVIES: The LIves of Pippa Lee at Angelika Film Center New York, Up in the Air with George Clooney at Regal Union Square Stadium 14, The Passion of Anna: Fri, Dec 4 at 2, 4:30, 6:50, 9:15 PM, Cries and Whispers Sat, Dec 5 at 2, 5, 7:15, 9:30pmat  BAM!! both films with Liv Ullman, directed by Ingmar Bergman. Fantastic Mr. Fox at the Access Digital Theatres – Pavilion Cinema.

MUSIC: Opera is fun with Opera on Tap Opera. They've taken their act to  barrooms
where they found out that beer on tap enhances the operatic experience. Barbes on Friday, Dec 4, at 7 PM

Fave Brooklyn bands Mother Courage and Bad Teeth (with Henry Crawford, Jack Greenleaf, Lucio Westmoreland, Charlie Dore Young and at the Yippie Museum Cafe. 9 Bleecker Street between Bowery and Elizabeth Street.

Guitarist Stephane Wrembel seems to have channeled both
the technique and the fire of Django Reinhardt. Barbes on Sunday, Dec 6 at 9 PM.

LITERARY OPEN MIC (3-Minute Rule): Equal parts seductive and tiny, DimeStories are funny. They're
heartwrenching. They're fictional or factual but, either way, they're
all true. California's wildly popular micro-storytelling adventure
makes its debut at Barbes with an all-star literary extravaganza and
special musical guest! Come one! Come all! Try your hand at a
DimeStory! Bring 3-minutes of prose (sorry, poets) to read to a live
audience at our open mic.
Beware: Three minute rule (500-600 words) is
strictly adhered to. Register up to one hour before each performance to
read, or just sit back and listen to New York's finest dime-sized
stories! Come hear what a difference three minutes can make! ($5.00
suggested donation.)
Barbes. Sunday Dec 6 at 7 PM.

DANCING FUN: Bring your dancing shoes and celebrate the season! 8:15 pm Contra Dance lessons; 8:45 pm Contra Dance. Live music with caller, festive drinks and dessert. All for $45/person to benefit the Old Stone House & Washington Park.

TREE LIGHTING: Saturday, Dec. 5th, 5-6 PM in Washington/JJ Byrne Park  Corner 5th Ave & 3rd Street. Free hot chocolate and sweet.