5 Things: Elizabeth Winder Book Launch at PowerHouse on 8th

1. Elizabeth Winder Book Launch at PowerHouse on 8th  

Come to the launch of Elizabeth Winder's book, “Pain, Parties, Work: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953” at powerHouse on 8th. Listen to Elizabeth Winder discuss her riveting portrait of Sylvia Plath, through the lens of the year she spent in New York. Drinks and light refreshments will be served.  

2. Show & Tell it Brooklyn, A Twist on Storytelling  

Bring your old and new photos, love letters, cards, documents, birth, death and marriage certificates, newspaper clippings, home movies, instruments, dolls, quilts, uniforms, etc. from your family archives and tell us about them at Branded Saloon! Explore what you know about these objects and the people who documented, collected and lived these moments. Share your personal history during adult Show & Tell.     

3. From Shantel Davis to Kiki Gray: Why is NYPD Murder on the Rise?

Tonight’s panel will be hosted by the Brooklyn International Socialist Organization and endorsed by the Shantel Davis Organizing Committee for Justice and Beyond. The speakers will be followed by open discussion. If you want more info about the event, contact: nycbrooklyniso@gmail.com or 347-770-2476.    

4. Ben Holmes Quartet at Barbès  

Trumpeter Ben Holmes brings his quartet back for his monthly residency at Barbès on Ninth Street. Featuring Curtis Hasselbring (trombone), Vinnie Sperrazza (drums) and special guest Marcus Rojas (tuba), the group will perform music from Holmes' critically-acclaimed Skirl Records release 'Anvil of the Lord' as well as repertoire from the Trio Blastphemy songbook. "Holmes shows the deft imagination that's mandatory for today's top brass" (John Corbett, DownBeat Magazine). All ages welcome.  

5. Move your Car
 
Alternate side parking rules are in effect. The DOT will suspend parking rules on Wed., May 15 and Thursday, May 16 for the Jewish holiday Shavuot.