The Best Events Happening This Week in Brooklyn: 1.24.19 – 1.30.19
Don't let the cold keep you inside!
Don't let the cold keep you inside!
QUEENS OF SOUL GROOVE-A-LICIOUS LUNCH SKATE PARTY
233 37th Street at Dreamland Roller Rink at Industry City
Time: 12pm – 3pm
Price: $12
Groove-a-licous is a themed roller skating lunch party that will fill your mid day with roller disco magic! Return to work feeling energized and inspired!
Leading While Muslim: School Principals as a Case Study
128 Pierrepont Street at Brooklyn Historical Society
Time: 6:30pm – 8pm
FREE
Join BHS for an exploration of post-9/11 Islamophobia and its impact on American Muslim leaders, as seen through the lens of Muslim public school principals. Dr. Debbie Almontaser, author of Leading While Muslim: The Experiences of American Muslim Principals After 9/11, and HuffPost’s Rowaida Abdelaziz are moderated by BHS Oral Historian, Zaheer Ali.
Farm Labor to Table: A Conversation on Agricultural Labor
62 Bayard Street at MOFAD
Time: 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Price: $20
Join MOFAD’s diverse panel featuring Gerardo Reyes Chavez from Coalition of Immokalee Workers, Rev. Noelle Damico from Alliance for Fair Food, Professor Margaret Gray, Jody Bollyut from Roxbury Farm CSA, and moderator Lisa Held of Heritage Radio Network’s The Farm Report, as they discuss different issues surrounding agricultural labor, including current conditions for workers in distinct kinds of agricultural settings, how groups of workers have organized for higher wages and better conditions and are building on that activism, and how farmers operating small farms are paid for their own labor while also managing the challenge of affording workers.
Intro to Herbal Medicine & Apothecary Sciences
987 Flushing Avenue at Catland
Time: 7pm – 9pm
Price: $15
Exploring applications in both the magical and medicinal worlds, join Catland as they chart a course toward self-sufficiency, healing, and magic. From how to choose your plant allies carefully, to basic herbal preparations, to elemental and planetary correspondences of plants and potions alike, this introduction will help us make our way into the sanctuary of the apothecary.
Drunk Science presents: Volcanoes
635 Sackett Street at little field
Time: 8pm – 10pm
Price: $5 – $8
Funny people, smart people, a theme and lots of drinks creates the foundation for this recurring show of wit and wisdom.
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