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Get Out: SOLA's Sidewalk Soiree, Urban World Film Festival and a House Party in the Park
Although the air is turning crisp, it's predicted clear skies all weekend. So Get Out!
WHAT:
WHEN/WHERE: Friday, September 14, 6:30 p.m., Billlie Holiday Theatre, Restoration Plaza, 1368 Fulton Street, Bklyn
WHY GO: This event will mark Urban World’s first-ever Brooklyn community pre-festival screening. The official Urbanworld® Film Festival, scheduled for September 19-23, is the largest internationally competitive festival of its kind. The five-day festival includes narrative features, documentaries, and short films, as well as panel discussions, live staged screenplay reading. Films to be screened: "The Christmas Tree,” "Mikel’s Faith"and"Junior and the Saint."
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HOW MUCH: Free
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WHAT: The Irondale Ensemble’s “Color Between the Lines”
WHEN/WHERE: Friday, September 14, 7:30 p.m., Flatbush Reformed Church, 890 Flatbush Ave., Bklyn
WHY GO: “Color Between the Lines” is an original work devised by the Irondale Ensemble and developed as part of the borough’s first public history project to explore the abolitionist movement in Brooklyn.
HOW MUCH: $20
WHAT:
WHEN/WHERE: Saturday, September 15, beginning at 10:00 a.m., Lewis Avenue between Decatur and Halsey streets
WHY GO: The Shops of Lewis Avenue (SOLA) presents its 7th annual event, a highly anticipated and much appreciated block party showcasing the area’s business, with fun, music and entertainment for people of all ages. Come experience Therapy Wine Bar’s Wine Ice Cream Social and Tea Shirt Party as well as the ever-popular Pop-up Roller Skating Rink sponsored by the Bedford Stuyvesant YMCA
HOW MUCH: Free
WHAT: Outdoor House Party in the Park feat. Sting International/Don Welch
WHEN/WHERE: Saturday, September 15, 2:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., COMMODORE BARRY PARK, Flushing and Park Ave, between Navy Street and N. Elliot Place, Bklyn
WHY GO: Deep House & Dance Classics on 8 STACKS OF THUNDER! Bring the family!
HOW MUCH: Free
WHAT: Fundraiser: Singers, Artists and Musicians for Obama—Part II
WHEN/WHERE: Sunday, September 16, 7:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m., Sugar Hill Restaurant, 16 Dekalb Avenue, 2nd fl., Bklyn
WHY GO: Calling all artists to contribute your talent for a showcase and jam session. It’s a fundraiser to help send President Barack Obama back for a second term
HOW MUCH: $10 minimum donation
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