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Brooklyn Events Happening This Weekend
Eat pierogies. Celebrate garbage. Make a quilt. Do something Brooklyn.
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK — It’s time to start planning what you’ll brag about to your colleagues on Monday. To help you in that noble endeavor, Patch has rounded up a slew of truly Brooklyn events happening across the borough this weekend.
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What: Check out the classes available at this Bed-Stuy dance studio on Saturday, when all classes will be just five bucks.
Where: RestorationART at 1368 Fulton St.
Find out what's happening in Bed-Stuyfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
What: This two-day public pop up market and trade show will offer up the work of American artisans. There will also be musical performance, demonstrations, and snacks.
Where: Industry City at 1-2-A, 274 36th St
When: 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday
Eleventh Annual Brooklyn Children's Book Fair
Neighborhoods: Prospect Heights
What: Brooklyn authors and illustrators will present an array of storybooks, picture books, poetry, graphic novels, and fiction and nonfiction books for kids of all ages.
Where: Brooklyn Museum at 200 Eastern Parkway
When: 11:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Saturday
Quilt Show: A Trip Around the World
What: The Prospect Park Alliance presents the work of The Brooklyn Quilters' Guild. This year’s theme is a “A Trip Around the World.” Attendees can make their own paper quilts.
Where: Lefferts Historic House at 452 Flatbush Ave.
When: 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. Saturday
Vanishing New York: Book Talk & Lunch with Park Deli
What: The Sunview hosts a book talk and pierogi lunch with Jeremiah Moss, author of "Vanishing New York: How A Great City Lost Its Soul," The pay-what-you-will lunch will benefit the Park Deli's, which is being forced to relocate.
Where: Sunview Lunchnet at 221 Nassau Ave.
When: 2 p.m. Saturday
"The Godfather" Marathon
What: Watch the series that vaulted Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro and the phrase, “I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse” into stardom.
Where: Syndicated Bar at 40 Bogart St.
When: 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday
Hattie Carthan 2017 Communal Dinner
Neighborhoods: Bedford-Stuyvesant
What: The farm celebrates the end of the season with a four-course meal with freshly baked bread, local wines and locally-sourced foods.
Where: Hattie Carthan Community Garden at 363-365 Clifton Place
When: 6 p.m. Saturday
NYC Trash! Past, Present, & Future
What: City Reliquary celebrates its new exhibit on garbage with a brunch.
Where: City Reliquary at 370 Metropolitan Ave
When: 12 p.m. Sunday
Red Hook Open Studios
Neighborhood: Red Hook
What: Local Artists will open their doors to the public. The after-party at Pioneer Works Second Sunday’s.
Where: Throughout Red Hook
When: 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday
NYC Cannabis Film Festival (2017)
What: The film series includes nine short films and two features about the comedy, drama, romance and horror of weed.
Where: Wythe Hotel at 80 Wythe Avenue
When: 1:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. Sunday
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