ALL WEEKEND:
► Opening Weekend for The Heights Players' “All The King’s Men”
Where: 26 Willow Place, Brooklyn Heights
When: Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m.; Sundays at 2 p.m.
The Heights Players will begin performances of “All The King’s Men” this weekend, a play based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Robert Penn Warren. The production will open April 1 with performances throughout the weekend. It will run through Sunday, April 17. For more information on tickets, click here.
► Vote in Participatory Budgeting in Your Neighborhood
Where: Various locations throughout Brooklyn
When: Times vary.
Sunday is the last day to vote in your City Council district’s participatory budgeting process, a system that gives residents of a neighborhood direct control over more than $1 million in public funding for local projects. Check out DNAinfo’s guides on where and how to vote in Crown Heights, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Park Slope and Kensington, Carroll Gardens and more.
Friday, April 1
► Free Fridays at Brooklyn Historical Society
Where: Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn Heights
When: 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Celebrate April Fool’s Day with a history lesson on trickery and magic. The Brooklyn Historical Society will relive the tradition of tricks, Coney Island sideshow stories, standup comedy and some of Brooklyn’s best hoaxes. Sip on beer from Brooklyn Brewery and enjoy live music at this free event.
► “Garden of Earthly Delights” Installation Opening
Where: Gowanus Loft, 61 Ninth St., #C8, Gowanus
When: 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Celebrate the opening of artist Carlton Scott Sturgill’s solo show, which “forces us to turn inward and face truths hidden inside of oneself,” one curator said. The show includes a glass house that’s been installed inside Gowanus Loft and features lighting design by George Del Barrio of Vanderbilt Republic.
► Videology’s Midnights, Screening of “The Meaning of Life”
Where: Videology Bar and Cinema, 308 Bedford Ave., Williamsburg
When: Midnight
Behold insomniacs. Catch a midnight screening of the sidesplitting Monty Python classic “The Meaning of Life,” as part of Videology’s midnight screening series. Tickets are $5.
Saturday, April 2
► Opening Day Parade for Baseball in Prospect Park
Where: Seventh Avenue, then Prospect Park Long Meadow Ballfields, Park Slope
When: 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Thousands of baseball and softball players ages 4 to 18 will parade down Seventh Avenue from Second Street to Ninth Street and then up Ninth into the park to Prospect Park’s newly renovated Long Meadow Ball Field 1, where Mayor Bill de Blasio is expected to throw out the ceremonial first pitch of the season.
► Sumo Bot Battle with Sunset Spark
Where: Industry City, 274 36th St., Sunset Park
When: Doors open at 11 a.m.; battle begins at 11:30 a.m.
Teams of fourth and fifth graders will fight their “sumo robots” in a battle hosted by Sunset Spark, a “no-location hackerspace” that offers science classes and fun activities for kids.
► Atlantic Yards Middle School Visioning Session
Where: Brooklyn Public Library Central Branch, 10 Grand Army Plaza, Prospect Heights
When: 1 p.m.
Bring your best ideas for how to shape the new middle school planned inside a residential tower at the Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park complex in Prospect Heights. This event is hosted by M.S. OneBrooklyn, an organization comprised of various parent groups from area schools, the Community Education Council of District 13, Community Board 8 and the Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council.
► Kids Sensory Perception Hike
Where: Fort Greene Park Visitors Center
When: 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Kids and parents can get a whiff of nature on this sensory tour of Fort Greene Park with the Urban Park Rangers. The hike will explore touching, smelling, seeing and hearing nature in an urban environment. The free hike is open to young children and families.
► Bed-Stuy Reading Series and Bed-Stuy Book Club
Where: Calabar Imports, 351 Tompkins Ave., Bed-Stuy
When: 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Share your love for literature and writing at this free reading series and book club in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Participants can workshop their own pieces and get feedback from their peers, or join the monthly book club featuring works from new and emerging authors, as well as classic novels and those from Bed-Stuy and Brooklyn-based writers.
Where: Old Stone House, 336 Third St., Park Slope
When: 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Hear some of Gabriel Faure’s most well-known chamber works at this concert featuring vocalist Mara Goodman, pianist Rose Moskowitz, and cellist Martha Siegel.
Sunday, April 3
Where: Park Circle, Parkside Avenue and Prospect Park SW, Prospect Park
When: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Get rid of your old gadgets, computers, that mystery can under your sink and all those empty batteries at this Department of Sanitation Safe Disposal event near Prospect Park. There’s almost nothing you can’t bring to the trash station, but to be sure, check the DSNY’s website.
► Smorgasburg Returns to Prospect Park
Where: East Drive near the Lincoln Road entrance, Prospect-Lefferts Gardens
When: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The foodie festival Smorgasburg is back for a full season in Prospect Park this summer, beginning on Sunday with more than 100 vendors who will set up shop near the Lakeside skating rink on the park’s east side. The event will take place there every Sunday through Oct. 23.
► The Free Black Women’s Library
Where: MoCADA, 80 Hanson Place, Fort Greene
When: 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Browse more than 350 books authored by black women writers at the Free Black Women’s Library, an interactive mobile pop-up library at MoCADA. Readings, soundscapes and performances will celebrate black women and girls. The library accepts books of all genres written by cisgender and trans black women for donation or trade. Participation is free with museum admission and RSVP.
► 5.4 Million and Counting Greenpoint Stitch In
Where: Bushwick Inlet Park Community Room at 79 N. 11th St., Williamsburg
When: 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Help a Greenpoint artist stitch her way to 5.4 million lines, representing the 5.4 million women of reproductive age in Texas who could stand to be impacted by the Supreme Court’s decision on Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt that could significantly reduce access to legal abortions there. She’s amassing patches from women all over the country and the world, creating a massive quilt that so far is 40 feet long and 6 feet wide. Hoops and materials will be provided for up to 150 people but you’re encouraged to bring fabrics and tools of your own just in case.
► Street Soccer Match and Kids' Activities at Red Hook Sunday Fest
Where: Henry and Clinton streets in Red Hook
When: 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Head to Red Hook for a friendly street soccer match as well as an evening of sports clinics and games for kids, music and food.
These listings were compiled by DNAinfo's Brooklyn reporters Camille Bautista, Rachel Holliday Smith, Leslie Albrecht, Nikhita Venugopal, Alexandra Leon, and Gwynne Hogan.
