5 Things: Free Stand-Up Comedy at BAM, Shakespeare Talk, More

1. You need a good laugh. Head to  featuring Naomi Ekperigin (The Huffington Post, UCB, Comix), Fort Greene's own Bob Powers (Last Comic Standing), political commentator and host of This Week in Blackness Elon James White, and former Daily Show correspondent Tom Shillue. , 30 Lafayette Ave. 10 p.m. Free. 

2. You need to talk about theater. Head to  for . 30 Lafayette Ave. 5 p.m. $15.

3. You need to get the kids out of the house. Head to the Grand Army Plaza library, where , the well-known folksy singer will perform songs from her new album, "You Are My Flower." , 10 Grand Army Plaza, 1 p.m. Free.

4. You need to know if your train is running ... There are no planned service changes affecting Prospect Heights stations over the weekend, but you should note that there are no 4 trains south of Brooklyn Bridge  and the Q train will be running through the tunnel on the way to Manhattan all weekend so leave extra time, according to the MTA. 

5. ... And if you have to move your car. Today, of course, you don't. But alternate side won't be suspended again until Thursday, May 17 for Solemnity of the Ascension, according to the NYCDOT.