15 of the Best Events Happening Around Brooklyn This Weekend
Cheers to the freaking weekend, we'll drink to that!
Cheers to the freaking weekend, we'll drink to that!
Coney Island 5K Turkey Trot
1855 Boardwalk at Riegelmann Boardwalk at Coney Island
Time: 11:30pm – 1pm
FREE
Run for a turkey and a sweatshirt! Post-race reception will be at Coney Island Brewery at 1904 Surf Avenue. First round draft beer is on the house.
Food for Thot
149 7th Street at The Bell House
Time: 2pm
Price: $15
Food 4 Thot is a new live podcast about sex, identity, race, relationships, what we like to read, and *who* we like to read. Hosted by four queer writers of different cultural backgrounds, the podcast tackles everything at the intersection of queerness and brownness.
Reentry, Healing, and a New Way of Life
200 Eastern Parkway at The Brooklyn Museum
Time: 2pm
FREE w/ suggested $16 donation
Join social justice leader and author Susan Burton in a conversation with other reentry advocates and activists about the impact of mass incarceration—and the kind of powerful grassroots organizing led by the formerly incarcerated that is necessary to bring an end to the discriminatory policies and attitudes that dehumanize people inside and outside prison walls.
Vegetarian & Vegan Potluck Bushwick
7217 13th Avenue at OmmVibe
Time:Â 5:30pm
Price: $5 donation
Join OmmVibe for a vegetarian and vegan potluck. Bring your favorite meatless dish or donate $5. Gratitude Wine toast at 6pm.
Walking Dead Menu Takeover!
295 Flatbush Avenue at Rose’s Brooklyn
Time:Â 5:30pm – 10pm
FREE
Join Walking Dead fans and zombie-nerds alike for an evening of TWD inspired food and drink as Rose’s Brooklyn hosts a menu takeover celebrating the release of The Walking Dead: The Official Cookbook & Survival Guide. Chef Buzz Frazier will be serving up several dishes and cocktails from the book (Negan’s Spaghetti Arriabbiata anyone?), along with raffles for fun show swag and a viewing party at 9pm.
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