— Wednesday, May 9th, 2018 —

PowerUP! Business Plan Competition Orientation
9424 4th Avenue at Fort Hamilton Library
Time: 6pm – 7:30pm
FREE
Win $20,000 to start your own business in Brooklyn! Enter Brooklyn Public Library’s annual PowerUP! competition to gain valuable financial and marketing skills, learn from local business mentors, and compete for our biggest cash prize ever to help fund your dream. Must attend an orientation to enter.

Weeksville x New York African Film Fest: Some Girls
158 Buffalo Avenue at Weeksville Heritage Center
Time: 7pm – 9pm
FREE
NYAFF will be at Weeksville Heritage Center to screen Raquel Cepeda’s “Some Girls”. Thorugh this documentary, Cepeda explores issues of identity within the Latina-American community by focusing on a group of troubled teenage girls in a Bronx-based suicide prevention program who feel rejected by mainstream America, but are transformed through an exploration of their roots, followed by a trip to the seat of the Americas. A community conversation will take place following the screening.

Causal Content Creators: Reach, Revenue and Making an Impac
157 13th Street at The Yard: Gowanus
Time: 7pm – 10pm
FREE
Join Northside Innovation and The Yard for this exciting panel exploring: what is the point of an impact producer or community screenings campaigns, how can new ecosystems be developed to support independent filmmakers by tapping new revenue sources, and how to foster citizen engagement, civic dialogue, and social equity through film, while also generating an economic return.

Kalief’s Legacy: A comedy benefit for Kalief Browder Foundation
899 Bergen Street at Berg’n
Time: 8pm – 10pm
Price: $20
Enjoy an evening of stand-up comedy from Janelle James, Shane Torres,
Sarah Tollemache, Napoleon Emill, and Mark Normand. All proceeds will benefit the Kalief Browder Foundation.

Parks and Recreation Bingo
308 Bedford Avenue at Videology Bar & Cinema
Time: 9pm – 10:30pm
FREE
Watch Parks and Recreation and play bingo this humpday.

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