She bop
Saturday, March 10: The Jazz celebrates Women’s history month with “Lady Got Chops.” Tonight, Nicki Mathis’s band, Afrikan Amerikan Jazz, featuring flute, vocals, bass and drums, is performing. The chops, we can assure you, are musical, not lamb.
9 pm at The Jazz (375 Kosciuszko St. at Marcus Garvey Boulevard in Bedford–Stuyvesant) $10. For information call (718) 453-7825.
Something fishy
Sunday, March 11: The Aquarium hosts storyteller LuAnn Adams at “Sea Story Sundays.” Sandwiched between Ayveq the walrus and the otters, Adams tells tales from around the world to visiting families and each Sunday they’re clapping like seals.
12:30, 1:30 and 2:30 pm at the New York Aquarium (602 Surf Ave. at West Fifth Street in Coney Island). Free with admission. For information call (718) 265-3474.
A hot time
Monday, March 12: Warm away your winter blues with Chicha Libre’s Monday night residency at Barbes. The mash up of surf rock, pop and Latin rhythm, along with a mojito or two, should help you get over the South American vacation you never took.
10 pm at Barbes (376 Ninth St. at Sixth Avenue in Park Slope). $10 donation encouraged. For information call (718) 965-9177.
Park Slope street fight
Thursday, March 15: And you thought Atlantic Yards was controversial! City transportation officials will come to Park Slope and explain why remaking Sixth and Seventh avenues into one-way roads is a good idea. The meeting is such a hot ticket that the community board had to find a bigger room, a true rarity.
6:30 pm at New York Methodist Hospital Auditorium (506 Sixth St. at Seventh Avenue). For information call (718) 643-3027.
Stamped out
Friday, March 16: Greenpointer Jonathan Herder celebrates his new exhibition at Pierogi gallery tonight. Drop in for cheap red and cheddar cubes, but stay to check out his collages, made up entirely of postage stamps, detail above.
7 pm at Pierogi (177 N. Ninth Street at Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg). Free. For information call (718) 599-2144.