— Tuesday, July 17th, 2018 —

Zumba with Dodge YMCA
4 Metrotech Ctr at MetroTech Center
Time: 5:30pm – 6:30pm
FREE
Sweat it out Tuesday evenings through August at MetroTech with free, one-hour high impact Zumba classes by the Dodge YMCA.

Inaugural NY Distilled Spirits Competition Grand Tasting
79 N 11th Street at The Brooklyn Brewery
Time: 6pm – 8:30pm
Price: $25
Sample dozens of award-winners from the inaugural New York Distilled Spirits competition, snack on Mabel’s Smokehouse BBQ sandwiches washed down with Brooklyn Brewery beer, and help raise funds for the New York State Distillers Guild.

Gotham Market – Paint Event
590 Fulton Street at Gotham Market at The Ashland
Time: 7pm – 9:30pm
Price: $45
Join Gotham Market at The Flamingo bar as they paint a beautiful Flamingo, led by an artist from Wine & Design – Fort Greene. Ticket price includes painting and a special drink/appetizer menu will be offered at a discount.

Fantasy Film Series – Fantasia
1263 Bushwick Ave, Ground Floor at Paradice Palase
Time: 8pm – 10:30pm
FREE
FREE and open to the public, bring your own drinks and snacks and enjoy a screening of Fantasia.

Karaoke Tuesday
673 Flatbush Avenue at The Westbury Inn
Time: 9:30pm – 1am
FREE
Karaoke Party every Tuesday night and get a FREE shot for the first time you sing!

— Wednesday, July 18th, 2018 —

Weeksville x New York African Film Fest: Footprints to PanAfricanism
158 Buffalo Avenue at Weeksville Heritage Center
Time: 6pm – 9pm
FREE
Enjoy this special evening as Weeksville unfurls it’s panAfrican roots reaching back 160 years in the form of resident Henry Highland Garnett’s African Civilization Society calling for the unification of the diapora and repatriation back to Africa. A community conversation led by Sun Song’s Naima Nur will immediately follow the screening.

Wealth Building Wednesday: Business Start Up
1368 Fulton Street at Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation
Time: 6:30pm – 8pm
FREE
Medina Sadiq is the owner of three small businesses, and consultant to hundreds of neighborhood businesses, Ms. Sadiq offers straight talk on what it takes to be your own boss. She will explain: what you need to know to get started, the financial ground rules, and how to evaluate if you have a promising idea. Have an idea or plan you have been nurturing? Want your side hustle to become your main squeeze?

The Wizard of Oz with Highline Chamber Ensemble’s Jazz Trio
Long Meadow North at Prospect Park
Time: 7pm
FREE
These free outdoor film screenings on Prospect Park’s Long Meadow North feature live musical entertainment followed by family-friendly films carefully selected by Nitehawk’s cinema department.

Summertime Halloween Comedy Show
445 Albee Square W at House of Wax Bar
Time: 7:30pm – 9:30pm
Price: $12
House of Wax Presents Summertime Halloween Comedy Show invites you to have that second Halloween you deserve over some (a lot, like a scary amount) shared laughs. Hosted by Kelsey Caine (New York Times Contributor) & Martin Urbano (Jimmy Kimmel Live), and produced by Jamie Rabinovitch.

House of Vogue
2 Wyckoff Avenue at House of Yes
Time: 10pm – 4am
Price: $10
House of Yes, Qween Beat, and MeanRed present House of Vogue w/ MikeQ and special guest. Vogue Balls are an intentional space for queer and trans people of color. You may know about Vogue from Madonna, but it has roots in the historically marginalised urban black and Latino gay and trans communities. If you are not from this community – you are a white or straight ally – please be mindful of the space you take up. Do not push to the front to take photos or videos, do not stand in the way of dancers or house members. If you would like to participate, make sure you understand completely what each category means before entering.