The Weekend: 3.4-3.6

Friday, March 4, 2011

Prospect Heights: The Brooklyn Museum's Great Hall is finally open, so you can finally see what was behind those white walls. Open now through Jan. 15, 2011

Downtown: Ballet gets a Brooklyn makeover with the Brooklyn Ballet in "From Baroque to Hip Hop." Also Saturday and Sunday. Also in the neighborhood, get a sneak peak at Issue Project Room's new Livingston Street space with a benefit hosted by Steve Buscemi and Jo Andres, with Elliott Sharp.

Fort Greene: Catherine Deneuve is the center of attention at the Brooklyn Academy of Music this month, as the venue beings a 25-film retrospective of the French film start beginning tonight with "Potiche" and "Repulsion."

Park Slope: Arthur Miller's "The American Clock" finally gets his due in a production by Brave New World Repertory at Brooklyn Lyceum. Also Saturday and Sunday.

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Gowanus: Check out Malian great Khaira Arby when she plays the Bell House with Sway Machinery.

DUMBO: Verge Brooklyn Art Fair descends on the neighborhood this weekend, which is as good a time as any to check it out. Also Sunday.

Bushwick: In more art, Bushwick is also taken over by art this weekend with the Bushwick Site Fest. Also Sunday.

Bay Ridge: Yum-Yum! The Regina Opera Company does the Gilbert and Sullivan classic "The Mikado." Also Sunday.

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Manhattan Beach: Get a dose of ballet this weekend when the St. Petersburg Classic Ballet Theatre comes to Kingsborough Community College.

Gowanus: It's the booziest cook-off yet, as the guys behind The Food Experiments bring the Brooklyn Booze Experiment to the Bell House. Oh boy.