Arts & Entertainment

5 Things to Do This Week: July 1-5

Adult puppet theater, NPR quiz show taping, BAM R&B festival, July 4th activities and Piper Theatre's 'Frankenstein.'

Monday 

Don’t miss Sacred Candy at Cool Pony. Sacred Candy is an experimental adult puppet extravaganza. There will be puppets, big masks and physical theater. Including the short masterpiece, "Fire Hydrant Woman Gets Tooken Away," written, designed and directed by a 5-year-old, culminates in a disemboweled T-Rex spewing guts and candies. The show quickly spirals into madness, as a clueless girl meets the world through the eyes of Candywoot, a schizophrenic clown obsessed with the reality of a near, but bizarre, dystopian future, while a man with a bad leg tries to make his way home, and everybody prays to the holy mutant cow in hopes of ending their addiction to candy. In the midst of all this, Jawbone Puppet Theater's potty-mouthed Biblical scholar will regale you with the tale of "Genesis, Chapter 38," a funny, dirty retelling of one of the weirder Bible stories. Be forewarned: This show contains graphic and suggestive scenes with puppets. Cool Pony Crown Heights, 733 Franklin Ave., 7 p.m., $10 suggested donation.

Tuesday

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Head to The Bell House for Ask Me Another, NPR's exciting new show featuring puzzles, word games, and trivia with Peter Sagal, host of NPR’s “Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!” The Bell House, 149 Seventh Street, 6:30 p.m., $10.

Wednesday

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Stop by the MetroTech Commons today for Avery Sunshine. A tremendous singer and keyboard player in the mold of Aretha Franklin, soul and gospel artist Avery Sunshine brings her message of healing to the BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech. A versatile, commanding performer, Sunshine has entertained at the 2008 Democratic National Convention, recorded with jazz musicians Christian McBride and Roy Ayers, sung on the soundtrack to the film The Fighting Temptations, and opened for B.B. King in London, always delivering her message of hope with fire and passion. MetroTech Commons, 1 p.m., free. 

Thursday 

Declare Independence at the Lefferts Historic House at Prospect Park. Celebrate America’s 237th birthday and one of the greatest documents ever written. Pick up a quill pen and sign your “John Hancock” on a reproduction of the Declaration of Independence and make a fancy plumed hat while you’re at it. Lefferts Historic House at Prospect Park, 1 p.m., $3 donation.

Friday

Catch Piper Theatre’s version of FRANKENSTEIN by Mary Shelley. Be warned, this is a play for adults and brave children. On a chilled night, a brilliant young scientist brings a corpse back to life. Piper's take on Mary Shelley's classic tale of horror will be augmented by live music and six original rear film projections. Each film offers a glimpse into the mystery of the man behind the creature. One film is being released each week leading to the opening night of Frankenstein, July 5th. Directed by John McEneny and featuring Aaron Novak as Victor Frankenstein, Vasile Fluture as the Creature. Old Stone House in Washington Park,8:30 p.m. 


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