Dance: The Brooklyn Academy of Music’s “Next Wave” festival has always been a welcoming harbor for choreographers with big ideas — and that’s certainly true of Pappa Tarahumara’s dance-theater piece, “Ship in a View,” which opens on Wednesday, Nov. 28.Â Comments (1).

Prince’s puppets

By Adam Rathe

Jonathan Slaff

Theater: To say that the stars of the latest production of “Hamlet” are dummies is not offensive. Comment.

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Political fictions

Monday, November 26: Tonight at the Barnes and Noble in Park Slope, politico Mark Green will read from his latest book, “Losing Our Democracy.” With 343 days left until the 2008 presidential elections, Green’s tome should make for a timely read.

7:30 pm at Barnes and Noble (267 Seventh Ave. at Sixth Street in Park Slope). Free. For information, call (718) 832-9066.

Looky ‘Lu’

Tuesday, November 27: She might not sing “To Sir With Love,” but “Lulu” still looks like a thriller. The show, written by German expressionist Frank Wedekind, debuts at the BAM Harvey tonight and focuses on the title character’s “lethal effect on men” and its tragic repercussions.

7:30 pm at the BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton St. at Rockwell Place in Fort Greene). $20-$55. For information, call (718) 636-4100 or visit www.bam.org.

Mark music

Wednesday, November 28: The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center is bringing its “Rose Studio Concerts” series to the Mark Morris Dance Center. The Escher String Quartet and cellist Priscilla Lee (pictured) will play selections for a crowd thankful for not having to trek to GAPhattan for the experience.

7:30 pm at Mark Morris Dance Center (3 Lafayette Ave. at Flatbush Avenue in Fort Greene). $25. For information, call (212) 875-5788 or visit www.chambermusicsociety.org.

Big screen Brooklyn

Thursday, November 29: As part of its arts festival, tonight the Brooklyn Historical Society presents “Brooklyn on Film, 1899–2007,” which will include shorts about the borough as well as clips from days gone by, including one of Sarah Bernhardt (pictured) in Prospect Park in 1917.

7 pm at the Brooklyn Historical Society (128 Pierrepont St. at Clinton Street in Brooklyn Heights). Free. For information, call (718) 222-4111 or visit www.brooklynhistory.com.

Rock of ages

Friday, November 30: There are plenty of bands in the borough, but how many of them have been rocking together for a decade? Williamsburg’s own Oneida (pictured) has, and in celebration, the band is playing a show — along with Kinski and White Hills — at Polish disco-cum-punk club Europa.

7 pm at Club Europa (98 Meserole Ave. at Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint). $10. For information, call (718) 383-5723.

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Star’s slice

By Adam Rathe

Dining: Plenty of pizza places are named for their owner — Joe’s in Park Slope and Carmine’s in Greenpoint come to mind — but none have gone so far as Vinny Vella’s, the newest slice shop in Williamsburg. Comment.

‘Grave’ event

By Lisa J. Curtis

Books: Where’s the best place to hold a reading from the new murder mystery, “Graving Dock”? An actual graving dock, of course. Comment.

Art of summer

By Adam Rathe

Art: ”Coney Island is still an exciting place,” Patrick Amsellem, curator of the Brooklyn Museum’s upcoming show, “Goodbye, Coney Island,” told GO Brooklyn. The Museum is celebrating the best stretch of beach we know with a photo show opening on Nov. 28. Comment.

More than comfort

By Tina Barry

Dining: The first thing you should do after entering Brooklyn Label is head straight to the U-shaped bar. If owner-chef Cody Utzman is there (he’s the young, sandy-haired guy with a Brooklyn Label tattoo beneath his ear), say, “hi,” and ask if they’re serving pineapple upside-down cake. Comments (1).

Mercury’s rising

By Lisa J. Curtis

Theater: When actor-writer Michael Buscemi was ready to stage his play “Mercury in Retrograde” for the first time, he could think of no better place than amongst a community of his friends at Park Slope’s Barbes. Comment.

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