5 Things You Need to Know Today: Ibsen at BAM, Alternate Side, Toddler Time, Tot Shabbat and More

1. You need to know if you have to move your car. You don't. Alternate side is suspended for the rest of the week, though you have to pay the meters. UPDATE:  Garbage pick-up is now SUSPENDED due to the snow, and  until next week, according to 311. 

2. You need a night out. You're in luck:  is opening the 2011 season with Henrik Ibsen’s penultimate work, “John Gabriel Borkman,” starring Alan Rickman. The show runs through Feb. 6. Tickets are $25-$95. 718-636-4100.

3. You need a (cheaper) night out. Head to , 30 Lafayette Ave., at 9 p.m., to hear Macedonian guitarist Vladimir Četkar's  mélange of jazz, funk, and soul. Free.

4. You need a night out, with the kids. is hosting its monthly  tonight with kid-friendly services at 6:30 and a potluck at 7:30. 17 Eastern Parkway, 718-638 7600.

5. You need to get the kids out of the house.  Head to the , where there's Toddler time (18-36 months)  at 8 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. In addition, kids, , are welcome all day long in the children's room. Free. 10 Grand Army Plaza., (718) 230-2100.