Fifth fest
Sunday, May 17: Do you feel lucky, punk? Well you should, because the Fifth Avenue Fair is back, which means blocks and blocks of street fair fun (and WNBA star Kym Hampton!). Better still, head to Southpaw, where the great Brooklyn a cappella group, the Persuasions (pictured), will perform at 3:30 pm. Inside the club will be a record show with 30 tables (and a full bar, too).
11 am–7 pm. Fifth Avenue Fair (Sterling Place to 12th Street in Park Slope); noon–6 pm at Southpaw [125 Fifth Ave., between Sterling and St. Johns places in Park Slope, (718) 230-0236], Tickets, $5. Info at
www.spsounds.com.
Guitar Pete grows up
Tuesday, May 19: You know him as the slacker dude who teaches kids at Music Together in Park Slope. But tonight, Pete Sinjin busts loose with his own original songs in the Steve Earle and Townes Van Zandt tradition. Also on the “unplugged” bill are the Kennedys and Michael Sackler-Berner.
8 pm. Acoustically Related at Southpaw [125 Fifth Ave., between Sterling and St. Johns places in Park Slope, (718) 230-0236]. Tickets, $10.
Must-hear
Wednesday, May 20: If you love him as the resident expert on “The Daily Show,” why wouldn’t you pay $15 to hear John Hodgman (pictured), your Park Slope neighbor, live — with comic Eugene Mirman — in a fundraiser for PS 107? Look all you jealous “comedy” “writers” out there, put your issues aside and come to this reading; Hodgman is the best — and he’s a good guy, to boot.
7:30 pm. PS 107 [1301 Eighth Ave., at 13th Street in Park Slope, (718) 330-9340]. Tickets, $15.
Prom right
Thursday, May 21: Some people loved prom and some people (we’re mostly talking about our editor here) didn’t. But either way, head to the Music Hall of Williamsburg’s dance party, “The Prom You Were Promised.” Replace undesirable prom memories (Eric Clapton’s worst song ever, “Wonderful Tonight,” was our editor’s prom theme!) with new ones.
9 pm. The Prom You Were Promised at Music Hall of Williamsburg [66 N. Sixth St., between Wythe and Kent avenues in Williamsburg, (718) 486-5400]. Tickets, $25.