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• Laugh in the face of our dire political situation with Chapo Trap House

  16-11-2017 16:56
  The 2017 Brooklyn Podcast Festival continues through Sunday, and one of the most popular live recordings on the slate has added a second Friday night show after the first one sold out. Chapo Trap House is a comedy show that goes to town on the current political scene and has earned accolades from the New Yorker, Paste Magazine, and Mediaite, as well as the largest amount of subscribers of any channel on Patreon. The newly added late show starts at 10pm on Friday at The Bell House, and tickets ar
  
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• A new take on pumpkin dessert and a lesson on Brooklyn’s boozy past

  16-11-2017 16:55
  Are you tasked with bringing dessert to your Friendsgiving but can’t bear the thought of another apple pie? Change things up this year and bring a pumpkin pie cake, which involves cheesecake, candied pumpkin seeds, and pumpkin ganache and will definitely be the talk of the gathering. You can learn how to make this delicious confection in just two hours on Saturday at Momofuku Milk Bar Williamsburg’s class devoted to it. Tickets are $95 and you’ll take your own 6-inch cake home
  
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• Prints and zines for a good cause at New Women Space

  16-11-2017 16:50
  Illustration by Loveis Wise Illustration & Designs 
  For the second year in a row, New Women Space (recent winner of the Girlboss Foundation Grant, and one of the city’s female focused co-working spaces we profiled here) is partnering with Got a Girl Crush this Sunday to bring together some incredible art, writing, and advocacy from talented print and zine-makers, including our favorites The Unapologetically Brown Series, The Bettys, and Susie Magazine. There’s a $2 sugg
  
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• Movement Research at Judson Memorial Church

  16-11-2017 16:38
  Photo courtesy of Snug Harbor 
  The Judson Memorial Church, a spiritual mainstay of Greenwich Village, has cemented itself as a sort of patron of the arts within the community. While the space offers everything from Ecstatic Dance Parties to meditation and prayer sessions, Monday evenings are reserved for a program called Movement Research, which features a variety of dance pieces that are currently being workshopped for the fall and spring seasons.
  This Monday, the Judson welcomes choreogra
  
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• Comedy so dark, it’s traumatic

  16-11-2017 16:33
  We love dark comedy, but this Tuesday at Union Hall promises to get a little more existential than your typical stand-up show. Dark Spots will feature comedians like Dina Hashem and Janeane Garfolo presenting painful material for audiences to grapple with, and decide exactly how and when they want to laugh at it.
  Tickets are $8 online in advance, $10 at the door. Doors open at 8pm and the show starts at 8:30pm.
  More ideas for Your Ideal Week here ➤
  
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• Comedy so dark, it’s slightly traumatic

  16-11-2017 16:33
  We love dark comedy, but this Tuesday at Union Hall promises to get a little more existential than your typical stand-up show. Dark Spots will feature comedians like Dina Hashem and Janeane Garfolo presenting painful material for audiences to grapple with, and decide exactly how and when they want to laugh at it.
  Tickets are $8 online in advance, $10 at the door. Doors open at 8pm and the show starts at 8:30pm.
  More ideas for Your Ideal Week here ➤
  
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• A Thanksgiving eve dance party

  16-11-2017 16:19
  If you are sticking around town on Thanksgiving Eve, make a night of it and head over to Threes Brewing for Dance-giving, an awesome dance party that will bring you back to your holidays of yore. The McKittrick Hotel’s DJ Diet Evil will be spinning the most fun tunes from 9pm to 1am, and you can almost burn off enough calories to compensate for the gluttonous rampage happening on Thursday. Entrance is free.More ideas for Your Ideal Week here
  
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• A rock ‘n roll turkey dinner

  16-11-2017 15:56
  If you’re far away from friends and family on Thursday but want a traditional turkey dinner and some company, the Alamo Drafthouse is screening Martin Scorsese’s The Last Waltz, the beloved documentary that captured the final performance of The Band. The farewell performance, which happened on Thanksgiving Day in 1976 in San Francisco, included appearances by people like Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Muddy Waters, Neil Young, Dr. John, Joni Mitchell, and Emmylou Harris. It’s widely
  
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• A Child Grows’ Fall 2s and 3s Festival

  16-11-2017 15:36
  Learn about programs, schools and classes throughout Brooklyn for your preschooler at A Child Grows’ 2s and 3s Festival. Featuring a performance by Lucy Kalantari, more live music, raffles, and a story corner. Free!
  Sunday, November 19Open 11am – 2pm (come and go at any time)29 Jay St. Brooklyn, NY 11215
  
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