Your Ideal Week

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Comedy, kombucha, and Earth Day celebrations

April 20 - April 26

Happy Thursday everybody, and I hope you got to bask in the sun a bit for a few hours on Saturday because it turns out that brief moment of gorgeous weather was a total tease! I met a friend at Greenwood Park for a few froses and capped off the afternoon with a fried burger at Korzo and a stroll down Fifth Ave. and man, it was glorious. Hope you all had a similarly relaxed and enjoyable day.

As for this week, it’s back to winter wear but hopefully not for too much longer, because Sunday is Earth Day, which is really the day of all days to spend appreciating the outdoors. If you’re looking for an easy way to reduce consumption and your carbon footprint, you might want to bring some stuff you were planning to get rid of to a free Stop ‘N’ Swap event at the Williamsburg Community Center on Saturday— who knows what you’ll walk home with? And if you want to burn off some energy in Prospect Park, consider registering for this low-key 5K to benefit CAMBA (if you’re feeling really ambitious, go for the 10K!).

Looking ahead, the full schedule of Forest Hills Stadium shows for this summer/fall is out, and it includes a wide variety of acts, ranging from Belle & Sebastian to Boy George to Jamiroquai to The National, as well as EeeeeatsCon, a new food festival organized by The Infatuation. Take a look and get some dates on your calendar now-- despite the long F train ride, this is one of my personal favorite concert venues in the city.  In other news, the cult-fave podcast My Favorite Murder is coming to King’s Theatre in October, and if the people I know and work with are any barometer, it’s gonna sell out fast so I suggest you grab your tickets now.

For ways to kill some time in the immediate future, however, we’ve rounded up a bunch of great ideas below for your review. Make this Ideal Week one that counts, and we’ll see you again next Thursday!

—Kate Hooker

Friday, April 20
BUSHWICK, Roberta's, Cheers to the Chill Life, 5pm

Saturday, April 21
GOWANUS, Threes Brewing, Record Store Day Pop-Up, Free, 12 - 11pm • Littlefield, Prince dance party, $7 in advance, 10:30pm

Sunday, April 22
GREENPOINT, Kingsland Wildflowers, Bioremediation Workshop, Free, 12 - 4pm • Greenpoint Loft, Greenpointers' Spring Market, Free, 1-7pm

Monday, April 23
GOWANUS, Insa, Chimek Launch Party, Free, 6 - 7 pm • WILLIAMSBURG, Brooklyn Brewery, Pro tips on buying a home in Brooklyn over beers, $10 in advance, 7:45pm

Tuesday, April 24
LOWER EAST SIDE, Metrograph, Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami, $15, 7:30

Wednesday, April 25
FORT GREENE, Greenlight Bookstore, A Lab of One's Own reading, Free, 7:30

Thursday, April 26
GOWANUS, Littlefield, Comedy Co-Op, $15-30, 7:30 pm

 

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