Brooklyn Events Happening This Weekend

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK — The best part of the holiday season is upon us. You're not yet sick of the carols playing at the bodega, you haven't sprained your back lugging an eight-foot-tall tree up into your fourth-floor walk-up apartment, and you've got a really great excuse to go shopping.

So soak up the holiday cheer with some fun events. Also feel free to ignore the season completely as 'Bah, Humbug' seems an appropriate response to 2017.

The Roller Wave: Roller Disco Party

Neighborhood: Bushwick

What: The House of Yes will turn into a roller disco with requisite bouncing, boozing, and boogying.

Where: House of Yes at 2 Wyckoff Ave.

When: 6 p.m. Friday

Haruki Murakami’s Sleep

Neighborhood: Fort

What: The New York premiere of the play based on Murakami's 1994 short story, 'Sleep' tells the story of a Japanese housewife who has been awake for the past 17 days.

Where: BAM Fisher at 321 Ashland Place

When: 7:30 p.m. Friday, 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday

2017 Brooklyn Holiday Book Fair

Neighborhood: Park Slope

What: Left Bank Books will host a holiday book fair with rare, vintage and out-of-print books from independent booksellers all over Brooklyn.

Where: Old Stone House of Brooklyn at 336 3rd St.

When: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday

Cranksgiving 2017

Neighborhood: Bed-Stuy

What: Join the second annual Brooklyn Cranksgiving, a food drive on two wheels that is part bike ride, part food drive, and part scavenger hunt.

Where: Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Plaza at 1368 Fulton St.

When: 1 p.m. Saturday

Party Like It's 1999: All I Want For Christmas Is Mariah Edition

Neighborhood: Gowanus

What: Party like it's Christmas time in 1999. Bring glitter lip gloss and your fanciest choker.

Where: The Bell House at 149 7th St.

When: 10 p.m. Saturday

Threes Brewing Holiday Pop-Up

Neighborhoods: Greenpoint and Gowanus

What: Check out the third installment of this annaul holiday market where crafty Brooklyn people show off their wares.

Where: Threes Brewing locations at 113 Franklin St. and 333 Douglass St.

When: 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday

Meet Me In St. Louis

Neighborhood: Downtown Brooklyn

What: Watch how people celebrate Christmas in AMERICA. Judy Garland is there.

Where: Alamo Drafthouse at 445 Albee Square West

When: 11:30 a.m. Sunday

Fort Greene Park Holiday Tree Lighting

Neighborhoods: Fort Greene

What: Join the Fort Greene Park Conservancy and Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership for a holiday tree lighting in Fort Greene Park.

Where: Myrtle Avenue and Washington Park.

When: 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. Sunday

DUMBO Holiday Tree Lighting

Neighborhood: DUMBO

What: There will be caroling, Calypso and hot cocoa at the DUMBO Improvement District's 12th Annual DUMBO Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony.

Where: Pearl Street Triangle

When: 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday

Photo courtesy of the Parks Department