Classes are offered in a variety of disciplines and while UOA courses aim to equip students with valuable skills, they are non-accredited. Taking place in the open spaces around Prospect Park’s Boathouse, the University seeks to provide a platform for the talent and wisdom in the life stories of New York’s local immigrants while bringing attention to one of Brooklyn’s greenest public spaces. University Open Air is a space for these scholars, many of whom cannot practice their professions in the U.S., to share their knowledge and experience with fellow community members, neighbors and friends. >īrooklyn Public Library, in collaboration with Prospect Park Alliance, presents a fifth semester of University Open Air (UOA), a series of free classes and workshops taught by immigrant professors, researchers and academics from around the world. the graham (east williamsburg), free ($10 suggested donation). Tues 8:30pm (weekly): just come! comedy show: pamela ross, kendall farrell, ashley hamilton, and nolawee mengist bring the laughs back to east williamsburg with standup by jared waters (pbs), laura merli (reductress), brandon daniel garner (the hard times), and jordan scott huggins. the three diamond door (bushwick), free admission. tonight’s show features sam morrison, carl sonnefeld, avital ash, sam oh, mary martin, and ai vi luu. Tues 8:30pm (weekly): i made you a playlist: stand-up meets after-party at this weekly comedy show and dance party hosted by kelly bachman and dylan adler. Tues 8pm: the lesbian agenda: get with the program at the lesbian agendacomedy/variety show, featuring illana glazer ( broad city), marcia belsky (comedy central), liza dye jessica henderson (hulu), dave mizzoni ( gayme show), and kendall payne (slumber party comedy). hosted by brianna cala and gillian gurganus. Tues 8pm (monthly): messy queens storytelling show: a lineup of storytellers and comedians share their ‘messiest and most chaotic’ tales at the messy queens storytelling show. littlefield (gowanus), $12 adv, $15 day-of. Tues 8pm (monthly): punderdome: pun-masters have a war of the words at tonight’s edition of the beloved pun competition, hosted by fred firestone. Tues 7:30pm (monthly): absolutely thriving: a comedy show: everyone’s totally ok in every possible way at glennis laroe and molly ruben-long’s standup show, celebrating its first year of thriving with performances by marcia belsky (comedy central), dylan adler (hulu), jay jurden ( fallon), and clara olshansky (reductress). angelika film center (soho), $18 general, $16 seniors. Tues 7:30pm: anvil! 14th anniversary screening with host peter dinklage: peter dinklage hosts a screening of anvil! the story of anvil, a cult classic rockumentary about the ‘80s canadian heavy metal band, followed by q+a with anvil and director sacha gervasi. the festivities all lead up to friday’s accordion festival, an evening dedicated to accordion music from afghanistan, ukraine, and the u.s./mexico border. Thru fri: accordions around the world: accordion to our research, bryant park’s annual music festival has returned, featuring accordionists and bandoneón, bayan, concertina, and harmonium players from across the globe. Thru sun: savage x fenty sample sale: save on lingerie, lounge, men’s styles, and more at the first ever in-person savage x fenty sample sale. Thru 10/22: rafael lozano-hemmer: common measures: art and technology unite at media artist rafael lozano-hemmer’s new solo exhibition, a triad of major installations: pulse topology is made up of 3,000 suspended light bulbs, each of which flickers to the heartbeat of a recent visitor call on water is a ‘fountain work’ with words from octavio paz poems rendered in mid-air in legible water vapor hormonium is a screen-based work where acronyms of hormones emerge from ocean waves. enjoy ceremonial keg tappings, mug holding competitions, german cuisine, live music, costume contests, and more at events highlighted by 6sqft and time out new york. Thru 10/31: oktoberfest celebrations: beauty is in the eye of the beer holder during new york city’s annual suds soirées.
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