5 Things: No Alternate Side, Renegade Reading Series, 'Safe in This Place' Performance, Late-Night Q Changes, More

1. You need to get literary. Head to LaunchPad for its , where emerging writers read from their work and everyone else listens, mingles and eats cupcakes. Want to read? See link for more details. 721 Franklin Ave. bet. Park and Sterling, 8 p.m. Free. 

2. You need to get involved with your community. There will be a community performace of  tonight. The group behind this has spent the last eight weeks discussing what it means to be safe in Crown Heights, and tonight they will perform pieces of theater and engage the audience in a continued dialogue about these questions. Details on how to RSVP at the link. 563 Sterling Place bet. Classon and Franklin, 7:30 p.m. Free. 

3. You need to get the kids out of the house. Head to  for a . 755 Dean St (at the corner of Underhill Ave), 10:30 a.m., $5/family. See our  for more options.

4. You need to know if your train is running ... During the day you're fine, but the late-night Q-train misery continues. Between 11:45 p.m. and 5 a.m. the Q train will drop you at Pacific and you walk over to Atlantic to catch the next leg of your trip, according to the MTA. The good news is that the track work is nearly done. The  and the late-night work will end March 16 if not earlier, an MTA spokeswoman said.  

5. ... And if you have to move your car. You don't! Alternate side is suspended today for Purim, according to the NYCDOT.