Op Ed Editorial

BROOKLYN UPCOMING EVENTS FREE Recurring Events in Brooklyn:

Office of the Brooklyn Borough President’s Office (209 Joralemon St.): Mon.- Fri., All day Score NYC Small Business Mentoring

Office of the Brooklyn Borough President’s Office (209 Joralemon St.): Mon.- Thurs., 9:30am-4:00pm Constituent Assistance Center Walk-In

Brooklyn Bridge Park (Fornino at Pier 6) Tues. nights, 7:00pm NYRR (New York Road Runners)

Van Dyke Community Center (392 Blake Ave.): Fridays, 2:00-3:00pm FREE Zumba for all HealthFirst members

Tuesdays until June 30 7:00-9:00pm

Ronald K. Brown Com- munity Dance Class

All dance levels are welcome to this commu- nity dance class with Ron- ald K. Brown at the Billie Holiday Theatre. Classes begin center floor with an emphasis on alignment, rhythm and using the body to express ideas and themes; strength, prayer, and celebration. Resto- ration Plaza. 1368 Fulton Street. $15.

Now Until June 13 4:00pm

DanceAfrica at Weeks- ville Weekends

Experience the magic of DanceAfrica at these free community work- shops on the 2nd Satur- day of the month. Led by BAM teaching artists Kimani Fowlin and Farai Malianga, classes will fo- cus on a variety of danc- es, songs, and traditions from Africa and the dias- pora. Weeksville Heritage Center. 158 Buffalo Ave- nue. FREE.

March 5-21 7:30pm Irondale’s On Women Festival

Irondale, Brooklyn’s leading theatrical ensem- ble producing immersive and non-traditional per- formance, will present the On Women Festival, a three-week theater festival that places the feminine perspective in the spotlight. With two mainstage productions, To Moscow! A Palimp- sest and Night Shadows - Or, One Hundred Mil- lion Voices Shouting, and two works-in-progress, England’s Splendid Daugh- ters and The Fainting Room, coupled with ed- ucational workshops and a special performance by the Young New York- er’s Women’s Ensemble, the festival highlights Iron- dale’s mission to present relevant and reflective works while tackling cur- rent issues facing the community. 85 South Ox- ford Street. $20-$80. March 5-8 Tecknopolis Transform the world around you at this inter- active technology show- case. Create a living painting, play a rock con- cert using only household objects, and fly through a surreal dreamscape. To- day’s leading digital art- ists use virtual reality, aug- mented reality, projection mapping, and other in- novative tools to create multisensory installations that are only fully realized through your participa- tion. BAM. 321 Ashland Pl. $18-$45.

March 5 8:00pm Alex Anwandter Alex Anwandter, a leading voice in South America’s indie pop scene, performs from his album Latinoamericana, after Brooklyn’s “dream- bow” pioneers Balún kick off the night. BRIC. 647 Ful- ton Street. $15-$18.

March 5 3:00-7:30pm Pop-Up Library: Xu Bing Brooklyn Public Library drops by with a special selection of books from their collection, inspired by One: Xu Bing. Chat with a librarian and learn more about the themes of the exhibition: experi- ences of immigration and living between two cul- tures; Chinese American identities; the Brooklyn waterfront; the complex legacy of Walt Whitman; the visual nature of lan- guage; and the many ways artists communi- cate across time and space. Brooklyn Museum. 200 Eastern Parkway. FREE with Museum admission. March 7 5:00-11:00pm First Saturdays: Geog- raphy of Gender

Join for engaging and eclectic free art and en- tertainment every month. This month will feature feminist art, performanc- es by Thelma, Brown Girls Burlesque, a Night Market to support local women, T:10"

hands-on art, music from the African diaspora, and much more. Brooklyn Mu- seum. 200 Eastern Park- way. FREE to attend. March 7 12:00pm Encore: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

The course of true love never did run smooth. A feuding fair king and queen of the forest cross paths with four runaway loves and a troupe of actors trying to rehearse a play. As their dispute grows, the magical royal couple meddle with mor- tal lives—leading to love triangles, mistaken identi- ties, and transformations, with hilarious but dark consequences. BAM. 30 Lafayette Ave. $28.

March 8 10:30-4:00pm Container Gardening on Rooftops, Terraces, and Balconies

Want to start a rooftop garden or care for an ex- isting one? This workshop will give you the tools to get going! Learn about technical aspects like ir- rigation and container materials as well as soil, suitable plants, design, and proper care. (Note: This workshop covers gar- dens but not green roof systems.) BBG. 990 Washington Ave. $121.

March 8 2:00-4:00pm Neotropical Hues: Dye- ing with Quebracho, Fus- tic, and Annatto

Explore some of the vibrant colors from plants of the neotropics like que- bracho, fustic, and annat- to that create a range of pink, golden, and orange hues, and discover the his- tory and basics of dyeing fiber with plants. Each par- ticipant will receive three silk scarves and a natural dyes manuscript. BBG. 990 Washington Ave. $54. March 9 6:30pm When Pregnancy is a Death Sentence: Race and Reproductive Health- care

Join author of Repro- ductive Injustice: Racism, Pregnancy, and Prema- ture Birth Dana Davis as she moderates a panel with Chanel Porchia-Al- bert of Ancient Song Doula Services, historian Deirdre Cooper Owens, and Assistant Commis- sioner of NYC’s Health Department Bureau of Maternal, Infant and Re- productive Health Debo- rah Kaplan about racial inequality in maternal healthcare. BHS. 128 Pier- repont Street. $10.

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