Music: “Music off the Walls,” the Brooklyn Philharmonic’s series at the Brooklyn Museum, presents the world premiere of Susan Oetgen’s “Bazm-o-Razm” on Sunday, March 30. Comment.

All that jazz

By Adam Rathe

Music: Beginning this Saturday, celebrities and emerging musicians alike will play all over the borough in a month-long celebration of Brooklyn’s rich jazz heritage. Comments (1).

Where to GO: Editors’ Picks

‘Thread’ unloosed

Saturday, March 29: Tonight, Thread Dance Theater hosts the fifth “Brooklyn Dance Sampler,” featuring work from nine groups including Thread’s own troupe performing “Rupture” (pictured), a new piece choreographed by Kensington resident Amy Beth Schneider.

8 pm at BRICStudio (647 Fulton St. at Rockwell Place in Fort Greene). $15. For information, call (718) 633-5678 or visit www.threaddancetheater.com.

Wine & ‘Dine’

Monday, March 31: After a week of three-course, $23 meals, “Dine in Brooklyn” — the borough’s restaurant week — comes to an end tonight. If you haven’t been by participating restaurants like Lunetta, The Smoke Joint or Alchemy (whose owner, Kevin Read, is pictured), tonight’s your last chance to get in on the deal.

Reservation times vary. For information and a full list of participating restaurants, visit www.visitbrooklyn.org.

Simon says

Tuesday, April 1: Tonight, Paul Simon makes his debut at the Brooklyn Academy of Music with “Songs from ‘The Capeman,’ ” the first of 15 nights in the borough as part of “Love in Hard Times: The Music of Paul Simon.” The show, which features tunes from Simon’s 1998 Broadway musical, is the first of three in the series.

8 pm at the BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton St. at Rockwell Place in Fort Greene). $30-$65. For information, call (718) 636-4100 or visit www.bam.org.

Got Malk?

Wednesday, April 2: Whatever happened to Pavement frontman Stephen Malkmus? He’s playing with a new band called The Jicks, and tonight they’re performing at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in support of “Real Emotional Trash,” his new record.

8 pm at the Music Hall of Williamsburg (66 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg). $25. For information, call (718) 486-5400 or visit www.musichallofwilliamsburg.com.

Have a ‘Ball’

Thursday, April 3: Eastern Parkway will be facing West tonight as Kanye West takes the stage for the Brooklyn Museum’s Brooklyn Ball 2008. With a cocktail reception catered by Nobu, the Ball is celebrating the opening of the “Murakami” exhibit (“Tan Tan Bo,” 2001, is pictured), and it’s sure to be one of the season’s brightest social events.

6:30 pm at the Brooklyn Museum (200 Eastern Pkwy. at Washington Avenue in Prospect Heights). Tickets start at $1,000. For information, call (718) 638-5000 or visit www.brooklynmuseum.org.

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Inside job

By Adam Rathe

Art: There are certain iconic images of Brooklyn: The Manhattan Bridge shot from Front Street in DUMBO or the Wonder Wheel looming over Coney Island. On April 3, Sunset Park native Larry Racioppo will unveil “Brooklyn Interiors,” a show exploring what’s inside Brooklyn landmarks and exposing a side of the borough many have never seen. Comment.

Tasty restaurant gossip

By Adam Rathe

Breaking Chews: We’re dishing up Brooklyn’s latest food news. Comment.

Metal heads

By Lisa J. Curtis

Shopping: On Saturday, March 29, Denise Carbonell and Derek Dominy will open the doors of their new handcrafted wares boutique, Metal and Thread, in Red Hook. Comment.

Just say no

By Deirdre Donovan

Theater: Give me a real funny production of Aristophanes’s “Lysistrata,” and I’ll laugh until my sides hurt. I am a huge fan of the play, and at last, The Gallery Players deliver the famous anti-war comedy with just the right balance of hope and bawdy fun. Comment.

Meat the press

By Adam Rathe

Books: When you write a book called “The Shameless Carnivore,” you had better serve something meatier than cheese and crackers at the launch party. So when Greenpoint author Scott Gold celebrated the release of his book at the Brooklyn Brewery earlier this month, he served foie gras, duck and a variety of other specialty meats. Comment.

‘Brightest’ star

By Linnea Covington

Music: Shara Worden’s voice vibrated into our consciousness at the Brooklyn Academy of Music earlier this year, when her band, My Brightest Diamond, opened for The National. The uninitiated can catch her on April 2, when the Sunset Park songstress headlines a show at Joe’s Pub in Manhattan before taking off on a European tour. Comment.

Paul’s fare

By Adam Rathe

Music: On Tuesday, April 1, Paul Simon will take the stage at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Fort Greene for the first of 15 nights of performances. But some funny things happened on his way to Brooklyn. Here, GO Brooklyn has charted Simon’s progress on a trip that has been 60 years in the making. Comments (2).

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