All The Best Brooklyn Events Happening This Week: 3.12.18 – 3.18.18
From St. Patrick's Day celebrations, to movies and dinner, to learning how to heal your body naturally, we have all the events worth going to this week.
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Medicinal Tree Barks
990 Washington Avenue at Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Time: 10am – 12pm
Price: $37; $34/members
Although often overlooked in favor of herbaceous medicinals, tree barks have provided important medicines, such as salicylic acid, originally from willow, and tonics, like root beer (using birch, sassafras, and other tree species), thought to alleviate ailments like arthritis. Learn about the identification and uses of medicinal trees in the Garden and elsewhere.
Brooklyn Unlimited Vodka and Pickles Festival
263 Prospect Avenue at The Grand Prospect Hall
Time: 12pm – 2:30pm
Price: $49
Enjoy live music as you walk around savoring this delicious Slavic drink made with potatoes and patience. Experience the satisfying taste and crunch of the best pickles in Brooklyn, and many other creative appetizers!
Brooklyn St. Patrick’s Parade
From 15th Street & Prospect Park West down 15th Street to 7th Avenue
Time: 12:30pm – 6pm
FREE (afterparty & dinner $35)
Enjoy a full afternoon of celebrating Irish culture in Brooklyn. An after parade party will be held at Holy Name Parish Hall from 3pm to 6pm, serving up corned beef and cabbage dinner, beer, soda, coffee and tea, with music by provided by The BROOKLYN BARDS.
Brooklyn Meatball Takedown 2018
150 Greenpoint Avenue at Brooklyn Bazaar
Time: 2pm – 4pm
Price: $25
Grab your tickets to try all of Brooklyn’s finest meatballs and vote for your favorite in the end. Only one can be crowned Meatball King or Queen.
2018 Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
314 7th Street at Interference Archive
Time: 2pm – 6pm
FREE
Join Interference volunteers and local Wikipedians in a rhizomatic campaign to improve coverage of women and the arts on Wikipedia. Participants will have the opportunity to work directly with archival materials in the Interference collection and explore intersections between art, feminism, and activism. This edit-a-thon is one of dozens of Art+Feminism events happening in an asynchronous, worldwide effort to address a Wikipedia gender gap. Bring your own laptop. Snacks will be provided!
