It may be a dirty word in our nation’s capital, but “diversity” is the name of the game here at Weekend Guide. We’ve got events of all kinds on the slate this week: readings, screenings, concerts, performances, DJ nights, festivals, food markets, and even a ferris wheel opening. Anything from the list below is guaranteed to be a great time, and a lot of it, as always, is unique to Brooklyn.
Thursday, April 10
Courtesy of Museum of Food and Drink
Finding Edna Lewis: Screening and Conversation with Debra Freeman and Osayi Endolyn @ Museum of Food and Drink
6 p.m.
Finding Edna Lewis is a documentary about Lewis, the late chef who was a major voice in Southern food. This event gives you entry into MOFAD’s current exhibit, a screening of the film, and a discussion afterwards about Lewis’ legacy featuring the movie’s producer, Debra Freeman, and Osayi Endolyn.
Curiosity Club: Learn to Make an Album Cover (From Found Object Assemblage) @ Brooklyn Kava
7 p.m.
Curiosity Club is a “casual, inclusive, ‘Carte Blanche’ style arts and crafts night.” In this iteration, participants will brainstorm a name for an album, then head to a nearby park to gather random objects. After that, they’ll put the objects together to make an artwork suitable for an album cover.
Wild At Heart and Weird on Top: Celebrating the Life of David Lynch @ the Bell House
8 p.m.
Get out your best Lynch-themed costumes and head to this event, where there will be “themed, immersive performances” paying tribute to the late master. Performers include Fuck You, Tammy!; a place both wonderful and strange; and Lindsey Noel + Francis Menotti.
Friday, April 11
Stories About Public Libraries: Reading and Discussion @ Central Library, Second-Floor Meeting Room
2 p.m.
We’re coming to the end of National Library Week, and we can’t think of a better way to celebrate than to read and discuss two great works about libraries: the famous “Library Card” chapter of Richard Wright’s Black Boy and Mary Gordon’s short story “The Epiphany Branch.”
Brooklyn Choir Project Spring Concert @ First Unitarian Congregational Society
7:30 p.m.
Brooklyn is a unique place, so it deserves a unique choir. The Brooklyn Choir Project features 60 singers and songwriters from all over the city singing choral arrangements of their own songs. Among the performers will be 79.5, aden, Dida Pelled, Kevin Holliday, and Lily Talmers.
Open Mike Eagle @ Isola Brooklyn
8 p.m.
Open Mike Eagle is one of the smartest, most creative rappers out there today—and I’m not just saying that because he asked me to interview him for his podcast last year. Opening up the show will be Eshu Tune and Cavalier, the latter of whom, this writer can attest, is absolutely incredible live.
Reggae Fest: The Return of Vybz Kartel @ Barclays Center
8 p.m.
Since being released from prison last summer, Vybz Kartel has been scoring major victories, including a Grammy nomination for his most recent album. Now Brooklynites will get a chance to celebrate his coming home in a major way, with a show at Barclays Center.
Saturday, April 12
Courtesy of Light Industry
Smorgasburg Williamsburg @ Marsha P. Johnson State Park
11 a.m.-6 p.m.
Yes, it’s that time of year again! Smorgasburg is open for business, running in Williamsburg on Saturdays and Prospect Park on Sundays. You likely already have your favorite food vendor or five, but try to expand your palate this season.
Eggstravaganza Concert & Egg Hunt @ Shore Road Park
1 p.m.
Yes, we know Easter is next week. But who can resist an egg hunt, whenever it happens? This event, put on by Bay Ridge’s Crossroads Christian Church, has egg hunts for kids, yard games for adults, and live music.
The Children’s Cinema @ Light Industry
2 p.m.
Light Industry has occasional programs for, as they charmingly call it, the “junior moviegoer.” This one, curated by cartoonist and animator Dash Shaw, features an incredible selection of short, kid-appropriate, but wildly creative films from the mid-1960s onward.
Mercury Rev @ National Sawdust
8 p.m.
The psychedelic band Mercury Rev has been blowing minds since 1989. Now they’ll be doing it at our favorite intimate, experimental venue, National Sawdust. It’s hard to imagine a better match of place and group.
Sunday, April 13
Courtesy of J-Collabo
40th Annual “Blessing of the Rides” @ Deno’s Wonder Wheel
10 a.m.
Celebrate the 105th season of Deno’s Wonder Wheel Amusement Park—on Palm Sunday, appropriately enough—with the “Blessing of the Rides.” The first 105 people to arrive get to ride the iconic ferris wheel for free!
Scotland, PA @ BAM Rose Cinemas
2 p.m.
BAM is showing a whole bunch of Macbeth adaptations this week, but this one looks to be among the wildest, if only because it sets the Shakespearean tale in a fast-food joint. Scotland, PA is a little-known film from 2001—but set in 1970s small-town USA—that stars, among others, Maura Tierney and Christopher Walken.
Brooklyn + Japan Festival @ Atolye & J-Collabo
3 p.m.
This all-day, two-location festival features a fashion show, a calligraphy opening reception (with free sake), and an opening reception for a handful of artists-in-residence at J-Collabo/OSSAM Gallery 3F: Daiki Nakamura, Carla Goldberg, and Michael and Eva Jacobson. Honestly, you had us at “free sake.”
Murs & R.A.P. Ferreira @ Elsewhere – Zone One
7 p.m.
Murs is a West Coast rap veteran who has been one of the underground’s top voices for decades. R.A.P. Ferreira is much newer on the scene, but equally creative and innovative. Your humble author included him in a profile of innovators in the artier side of rap a few years back. Having them both on the same bill is an embarrassment of riches.
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