If you’re a fan of Shakespeare, then this is going to be a good weekend for you. On Saturday (August 22, 2015), BrooklynONE Productions will be putting up two showings (2:00pm and 6:30pm) of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. There will be a refreshment stand, but you’re on your own for a blanket.
More events for the rest of August are below:
C. Alexander London Reading
The middle-grade (The Wild Ones) and YA (Proxy) author visits the Bay Ridge library.
Movies Open at the Alpine
Sinister 2 and American Ultra open today at the neighborhood movie theater.
Library Book Sale
The Bay Ridge Branch Friends Group offers bargains at a book sale. (Though the website listed the date as August 15, a trip to the library on that date revealed a handwritten sign that indicated the Book Sale was August 22.)
Shakespeare in Owl’s Head
Anthony Marino and brooklynONE productions produce A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Overlook in Owl’s Head Park. Refreshments will be sold at both the 2pm matinee and 6:30pm performances. Bring your own blanket.
“The Nance” Screening
In case you missed Nathan Lane’s last Broadway appearance, the local library will screen a prerecorded performance of Douglas Carter Beane’s play.
Shore Road Park Concert – Irish Night On Shore Road
The Canny Brother’s are part of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade-themed concert from the Marty Golden series.
Movies Open at the Alpine
We Are Your Friends and Regression open today at the neighborhood movie theater.
Seussical the Musical
The Narrows Community Youth Theatre tackles this songfest based on the works of Theodor Geisel. Also shows on the 29th and 30th.
Bay Ridge Poets Society
The thirty-second meeting of the monthly open-mic series, welcoming not just poets but also short story scribes, singer-songwriters and more.