The Weekend: 1.14-1.16

Friday, Jan. 14

Ditmas Park: Warm up at Newkirk Avenue's newest addition, Ox Cart Tavern.

Williamsburg: If you ever thought "The Tempest" needed some kapow, check out "Rough Magic" at Center for Performance Research.

Saturday, Jan. 15

Williamsburg: Break out the ukulele - or show your appreciation - and head to a Beatles marathon on the small instrument at Brooklyn Bowl. Also Sunday.

Park Slope: Catch the jazz men of OTiS live at Southpaw.

Sunday, Jan. 16

Borough-wide: Take in some theater, at three shows going on right now in Brooklyn: "The Interminable Suicide of Gregory Church" at St. Ann's Warehouse in DUMBO, "Women Behind Bars" at the Heights Players in Brooklyn Heights, and Ibsen's "John Gabriel Borkman" at BAM in Fort Greene.