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5 Things: Los Lobos, Hello Seahorse! & Zigmat at Celebrate Brooklyn!, Pins and Needles at Irondale, More

Prospect Heights-area information and events you won't want to miss.

1. You need Celebrate Brooklyn! Head to the Prospect Park Bandshell for . 7:00pm (but get there early). Prospect Park West and 9th Street. $3 donation requested.

2. You need a good show. Head to the Irondale Center for its production of , a revival of the 1937 hit musical, performed by members of FUREE, Families United for Racial and Economic Equality (See our ). 85 S Oxford St. 7:30 p.m. $25.

3. You (and your teen) need chess. Head to the Central Library where there are separate groups for chess for  and for  beginning at 4 p.m.  Teens meet in the  Youth Wing's Teen Reading Room from 4-5 p.m. Aduts met in the Art/Music Divison on the 3rd Floor from 4 to 5:45 p.m. Free.

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4. You need to get the kids out of the house. Take them to ! Every friday this summer, Brooklyn Children's Museum has free admission. This week, celebrate with Irene Koloseus's Feraba: African Rhythm Tap as they introduce the swinging syncopated sounds of tap dance set to the propulsive rhythms of African drums and percussion., 6:30 p.m., Free.vOr, see our full list of 

5. You need to know if your train is running, and if you have to move your car. There are no planned service changes affecting Prospect Heights today, but all weekend, starting at midnight tonight, there will be no Manhattan-bound trains at Eastern Parkway, Grand Army Plaza and Bergen Street, according to the MTA. As for moving your car, alternate side is not suspended again until the Feast of the Assumption on Monday, August 15, according to the NYC DOT.

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