5 Things To Do This Week: Sacred Hearts and St. Stephen Procession

Monday

If you've got kids on spring break this week, head to Prospect Park, where the carousel will be open from 12 to 5 all week (in Children's Corner, near the intersection of Ocean, Flatbush and Empire) and they have special spring break activites each day. 

Tuesday

80s' funk and soul lovers can get down at The Bell House, where they're having renowned wedding cover band The Engagements devote a special evening to Prince, Cameo, Shalamar, James Brown, Aretha, Chaka Khan, and more. 149 7th Street, 8:30 p.m. $8. 

Wednesday

See a classic tonight at BAM, where Aquila Theatre performs Euripides’ Herakles. Following each performance there will be an open chat with noted writers, activists, combat veterans, and actors. BAM Fisher Theatre, 321 Ashland Place. $40 ($20 for veterans and groups of 10 or more). 7:30 p.m.

Thursday

Immerse yourself in culture this evening at the Brooklyn Museum, which is open until 10 p.m. Thursday nights. At 6 p.m. there's a tour of Gravity and Grace: Monumental Works by El Anatsui, followed at 7 p.m. by the panel discussion: In Conversation: Valerie Hegarty and Marela Zacarias. Both events are free with a suggested admission of $12 to the museum. No time to eat? Try out the new cafe, which will be open until 8 p.m. 

Friday

Take in a Carroll Gardens tradition and observe the annual Sacred Hearts and St. Stephen Procession on Good Friday. The candlight march will begin in front of the church, with pallbearers carrying statues of Jesus Christ encased in glass and the Virgin Mary—under the title Our Lady of Sorrows—on their shoulders. Both have been used in the procession for more than 60 years. 

Attendants are allowed to take pictures as the procession passes but asked to remain respectful of the solemnity of the event.