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Get Out! The Weekend Guide

Our picks for fun and local weekend events.

Still have no idea what to do this weekend? We’ve got you covered.

Here are your best bets for a good time come five o’clock Friday:

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Where/When: , 30 Lafayette Ave, Friday at 9 p.m.

Why Go: According to BAM.org, the indie-pop outfit,Like Trains & Taxis, has a “respect for songs as art objects” and is “unafraid to let melodies assert themselves in fits of lyrical fancy.” The group, which is composed of keyboards, drums and guitars, “recalls Ben Folds or Fiona Apple with a little more soul thrown in.”

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Cost: Free! 

Where/Where: Grand Army Plaza, Eastern Parkway and Flatbush Ave, Friday at 3:30 p.m.

Why Go: Gather around the “largest menorah in Brooklyn,” watch it light up and enjoy live music, gifts for the children and eat hot latkes every night of Chanukah.

Cost: Free!

Where/Where: , 450 Flatbush Ave, Saturday at 11 a.m.

Why Go: Watch as baboons, meerkats, otters and other critters tear into treat-filled bags and boxes.

Cost: Free!

Where/Where: BAM, 30 Lafayette Ave, Saturday at 7 p.m.

Why Go: Need to get into the holiday spirit on Christmas Eve? Go see the at BAM, you’ll be as excited as a kid in no time.

Cost: $25

Where/Where: , 444 Seventh Ave., Sunday at 9 p.m.

Why Go: Are the holidays getting you down? Come laugh at Bar 4 for their weekly comedy night.

Cost: Free!

 


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