The Best Events Happening This Week in Brooklyn: 10.5.19 – 10.11.19
Time for the fun!
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by — Saturday, October 5th, 2019 —
Downtown Brooklyn Arts Festival
300 Ashland at The Plaza
Time: 11am – 5pm
FREE
The Downtown Brooklyn Arts Festival (DBAF) returns to celebrate Downtown Brooklyn’s cultural community and the artists, writers, and performers who inspire the borough’s creative spirit. During the annual celebration, acclaimed local arts organizations will open their doors with exciting performances, classes, and tours, and offer a host of free outdoor programming.
Sephora’s Grand Opening
139 Flatbush Avenue at Atlantic Terminal
Time: 3pm – 6pm
FREE
Join Sephora for their opening celebration co-hosted by BABE. Enjoy FREE makeup mini services, photo booth, DJ, drinks provided by BABE + sweets and gifts with $50 purchase for Beauty Insiders. Plus, the first 50 gifts Friday – Sunday will include a free PLAY! by Sephora box with 6 samples from top brands!
Target First Saturday: Latinx Pride
200 Eastern Parkway at Brooklyn Museum
Time: 5pm – 11pm
FREE
Enjoy engaging and eclectic free art and entertainment. This month’s theme is Latinx Pride.
WHERE’S MY ROY COHN? w/ Q&A
188 Prospect Park West at Nitehawk Cinema
Time: 7pm
Price: $13; $10/senior
One of the most controversial and influential American men of the 20th Century, Roy Cohn was a ruthless and unscrupulous lawyer and political power broker whose 28-year career ranged from acting as chief counsel to Senator Joseph McCarthy’s Communist-hunting subcommittee to molding the career of a young Queens real estate developer named Donald Trump. Where’s My Roy Cohn? tells Cohn’s story from his birth in 1927 to his death in 1986. Q&A with journalist David L. Marcus, moderated by Nathan Taylor Pemberton of Baffler Magazine to follow screening.
Party Like It’s 1999: Nature of Madonna Edition
149 7th Street at The Bell House
Time: 10pm
FREE
Madonna is spending a month in Brooklyn this fall. And this October marks the 25th anniversary of her 90s classic Bedtime Stories. Seems like a perfect opportunity to celebrate this icon with Party Like It’s 1999: Nature of Madonna Edition! We’ll bring you all her 90s and 00s hits, like “Human Nature,” “Ray of Light,” “Music, “Hung Up,” “Take a Bow” and more!* Plus DJ Steve will also serve up our usual mix of the best rock, pop, R&B and hip-hop from our two favorite decades.
