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Saturday, Aug. 2

11 am: Golf clinic. Von King Park (Greene, Marcy, Lafayette and Tompkins avenues in Bedford-Stuvesant). Free. Call (917) 250-0184 for info.

Noon: Learn about pre-Revolutionary American life. Fort Greene Park Visitors Center (enter park at Myrtle Avenue between Washington Park and North Portland Avenue, in Fort Greene). Free. Call (718) 722-3218 for info.

12:30 pm and 2:30 pm: “Pinocchio.” Puppetworks (338 Sixth Ave., at Fourth Street in Park Slope). $7. Call (718) 965-3391 for info.

2 pm, 5 pm and 8 pm: Cole Brothers Circus. Floyd Bennett Field (southern end of Flatbush Avenue, south of the Belt Parkway in Mill Basin). $17, $12. Call (800) 796-5672 for info.

3 pm: Family fishing. Prospect Park Audubon Center (enter park at Lincoln Road and Ocean Avenue). Free. Call (718) 287-3400 for info.

Water Street Restaurant

4 pm: The Sippy Cups. Prospect Park Bandshell (Prospect Park West at Ninth Street in Park Slope). $3. Call (718) 855-7882 for info.

5:30 pm: Family disco party. The Moxie Spot (81 Atlantic Ave. at Hicks Street in Brooklyn Heights). Free. Call (718) 923-9710 for info.

Sunday, Aug. 3

12:30 pm and 2:30 pm: “Pinocchio.” See Saturday, Aug 2.

2 pm, 5 pm and 8 pm: Cole Brothers. See Saturday, Aug 2.

Monday, Aug. 4

2:30 pm: Summer arts program. Pierrepont Playground (western end of Pierrepont Street in Brooklyn Heights). Free.

3:30 pm: Creative movement class. Pierrepont Playground (western end of Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn Heights). Free.

4 pm: Learn origami. Brooklyn Public Library’s Bay Ridge branch (7223 Ridge Blvd., between 72nd and 73rd streets in Bay Ridge). Free. Call (718) 748-5709 for info.

Wednesday, Aug. 6

4 pm: Uncle Rock. Carroll Park (President Street at Smith Street in Carroll Gardens). Free. Visit www.carrollparkbrooklyn.org/concerts for info.

Thursday, Aug. 7

Noon-6 pm: Free rides. Prospect Park Carousel (enter park on Flatbush Avenue just north of Empire Boulevard). Call (718) 965-8999 for info.

Friday, Aug. 8

10 am-6 pm: Free admission. New York Aquarium (West Eighth Street and Surf Avenue in Coney Island). Call (718) 265-FISH for info.

Saturday, Aug. 9

11 am: Golf clinic. See Saturday, Aug. 2.

12:30 pm and 2:30 pm: “Pinocchio.” See Saturday, Aug. 2

1 pm: Art workshop. Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (80 Hanson Pl., at South Portland Avenue in Fort Greene). $4 adults, free for kids 12 and under. Call (718) 230-0492 for info.

2 pm-4 pm: Storytime. Brooklyn Botanic Garden (1000 Washington Ave. at Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights) Free. Call (718) 623-7200 for info.

5:30 pm: Family disco party. The Moxie Spot (81 Atlantic Ave., at Hicks Street in Brooklyn Heights). Free. Call (718) 923-9710 for info.

Sunday, Aug. 10

2 pm: Learn about water plants. Brooklyn Botanic Garden (1000 Washington Ave., at Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights). Free. Call (718) 623-7200 for info.

12:30 pm and 2:30 pm: “Pinocchio.” See Saturday, Aug. 2.

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