This weekend encompasses both Easter and the last days of Passover. To that end, we’re bringing you plenty of chances to celebrate (and to maybe get a little weird). But we’re also providing a few creepy and somber options. It’s only appropriate. After all, for these holidays, we’ll often gather with loved ones, but both get darker beneath the surface. (Metallica titled their song about the Passover story “Creeping Death” for a reason.)
But enough Bay Area thrash classics (for now, at least). Here’s what’s happening in Brooklyn over the next few days.
Thursday, April 17
Show and Tell but for Nerds @ Location TBA
7 p.m.
The instructions for this one are pretty simple: either bring something nerdy and cool to show or some “sciency type shit” to talk about. Take your obsessions from the group chat to the real world with an eager audience.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Wild God Tour With Guest St. Vincent @ Barclays Center
7 p.m.
Nick Cave hasn’t performed on the continent with the Bad Seeds since 2018. Don’t miss this show, because you might have to wait until 2032 to get another shot!
Star Trek Entirely From Memory @ Littlefield
8 p.m.
Whether you’re a longtime Trekkie or you don’t know the Kobayashi Maru from Kobe beef, this show promises to be a laugh riot. Before the show, performers watch one episode of one of the Star Trek series. Then they get onstage and attempt to recreate it. To make things even more difficult, they have to incorporate a bunch of random prompts—lines written by the audience, sound effects played by the booth—into what they’re doing, on the fly. If this sounds good to you, these performers are doing the same thing with Mean Girls next month.
Friday, April 18
Mother Tongues: Exhibition Opening @ Brooklyn Central Library
6 p.m.
Brooklyn Public Library’s new exhibition Mother Tongues combines the visual art of Alva Mooses with writings by Aracelis Girmay, Cecilia Vicuña, and Mirene Arsanios. To celebrate, different musicians will “play” some of Mooses’ sculptures, while writers contribute poetry and prose. How is it all going to work? What does it mean to play a sculpture? Only one way to find out.
Oil & Whiskey: A Country Western Musical @ The Rat NYC
6 p.m.
Country- and western-themed theater is popping up all over NYC these days. Brandy Clark’s Shucked made it to the Great White Way, while Music City appeared Off-Broadway. Even Adam Driver got into the act, playing a fictional country star in Hold on to Me Darling. Now there’s Oil & Whiskey. It’s a new C&W musical about exes meeting for a drink and finding out they get along like the titular elements. It’s playing as part of the New York City Fringe Festival.
Solid Pink Disco with DJ Trixie (featuring A-Trak) @ Brooklyn Paramount
7 p.m.
You probably know Trixie Mattel as a winner on RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars. But she started DJing during the pandemic, and now has turned it into a full-fledged career. Opening up for her will be the legendary A-Trak.
Night of the Comet @ Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg
11:55 p.m.
The 1984 post-apocalyptic B-movie Night of the Comet finds two Valley Girls fighting zombies and evil scientists. What else could you possibly want out of a midnight movie? Plus, one of the characters was a major inspiration for Buffy Summers.
Saturday, April 19
Wheels NYC Car Show @ Brooklyn Navy Yard
12 p.m.
Here’s your chance to see over 100 classic cars, all in the same place. There’s also live music, art cars, a toy car racetrack, a menswear marketplace, and a lot more—so you’ll have something to do once you’re done drooling over the vehicles.
Goldie @ Elsewhere
7:30 p.m.
Goldie ruled the UK dance music scene in the ’90s. But if you weren’t born yet, or were alive but on the wrong continent, it’s not too late to experience the jungle pioneer’s talent. You can see him for yourself in our fair borough.
BLOOM: Emerging Artist Festival by Forza Dance @ Brooklyn Art Haus
7 p.m.
BLOOM is a two-day dance festival (it begins on Friday) that is all about showcasing the work of emerging choreographers. If you want even more dance, there are movement workshops early in the day, and a “Community Connect” session in the afternoon.
Brother Ali @ The Sultan Room
7 p.m.
Brother Ali has been an eloquent and needed voice in hip-hop for over two decades, speaking on vital issues. But his live shows hardly feel like homework—from the beginning, he’s presided over one hell of a party. With the way the world is going lately, we’re going to need a party like that more than ever.
Sunday, April 20
Eyes Without a Face @ BAM Rose Cinemas
2 p.m.
This 1960 horror classic is one of the dreamiest, and one of the creepiest, films of all time. It’s all languid, beautifully composed shots and Édith Scob’s dance-like movements—up until someone gets their face…well, let’s leave that part out, since this is a family publication. Regardless, it’s an absolute classic and a must-see on the big screen.
The Deli Delivers: Magazine Fair 2025 @ Baby’s All Right
2:30 p.m.
Help prove that music journalism and print are both still alive and kicking by attending this fundraiser for a bunch of extremely worthy music mags. Unsurprisingly, given the subject matter, there will be a ton of bands performing, including Le Charme and Hipsy Gap.
Disasterpiece Movie Night @ Wonderville
8 p.m.
Disasterpiece presents a different bad movie every third Sunday, but this one looks special, even by bad movie standards. This Easter, you have the chance to watch 2018’s Surfer: Teen Confronts Fear—a movie that inspires comments on Letterboxd like, “I spent the entire first 50 minutes in absolute awe” and “as impenetrable as it is thunderous.” The film seems to have something to do with surfing and Jesus, but who can say, really?
Easter BUNNY: The Easter Sunday BAD BUNNY Party @ Market Hotel
9 p.m.
Even if this party didn’t seem like it was going to be the event of the season, we would have had to include it just for the name. But, really, can you think of a better way to spend Easter than dancing to Bad Bunny? I didn’t think so.
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