The Best Brooklyn Events Happening This Week: 4.26.19 – 5.2.19
Spring has officially sprung!
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— Thursday, May 2nd, 2019 —
Photography Through a Civic Lens
128 Pierrepont Street at Brooklyn Historical Society
Time: 6:30pm – 8pm
Price: $5
Brooklyn-born photographer Builder Levy, whose new exhibition recently opened at BHS, and visual journalist Brian Palmer, who works in photography and documentary film, come together to reflect on the common thread in their art: documenting politically charged moments in the midst of daily life, in the city, nation and world. Their conversation is moderated by Bonnie Yochelson, photo-historian, independent curator, and author of numerous books, including Berenice Abbott: Changing New York and Rediscovering Jacob Riis.
Botanical Natural Dyes
31 Noble Street at Anima Mundi Apothecary
Time: 7pm – 9pm
Price: $65
You will learn how to dye using natural textiles and natural dyes using flowers, roots, leaves, exotic dyes, medicinal plants and even food waste to make a vibrant rainbow of natural colors. You will also cover how to make your own dye pot at home and you will leave with a new understanding of the clothes you wear and the power of the natural world.
Cher: Here We Go Again Tour
620 Atlantic Avenue at Barclays Center
Time: 7:30pm
Price: varies
This is the real Cher Show! Watch the legend perform live!
NPR’s Ask Me Another with Special Guest: Taylor Schilling
149 7th Street at The Bell House
Time: 7:30pm
Price: $15
Ask Me Another is the rambunctious live show from NPR and WNYC that mixes trivia games with comedy and music to make an hour of mind-boggling fun. Host Ophira Eisenberg invites guests, celebrities, and listeners alike to take on challenges and to be serenaded by house musician Jonathan Coulton, with one contestant crowned the episode’s Ask Me Another champion.
Comedy at Dekalb Stage presents No Phone Thursdays
445 Albee Square W at Dekalb Stage
Time: 8pm – 11pm
Price: $10
No Phone Thursdays is the official bi-monthly comedy show of DeKalb Market’s brand-new performance space, Dekalb Stage.