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5 Things To Do Today: Nature Tours! Free Films! Grease Sing-A-Long! More

Carroll Gardens-area subway, alternate side and event information you won't want to miss.

1. You need to get the kids out of the house. Take advantage of the bright skies and brisk weather by exploring some local nature at , Audobon Center at the Boathouse, Lincoln Rd. at Ocean Avenue, 3:00 p.m., all ages, free.

2. You need to get your cinema fix. View new films and web series such as An Oversimplification of Her Beauty and The Misadventures of an Awkward Black Girl, followed by a discussion with the directors as part of the Pixelating Film Screening in partnership with Black Public Media. , 138 S. Oxford St., 4:00 p.m., free.

3. You need a night with some beauty-school dropouts. February is the birthday month for the leaders of both the the T-Birds (John Travolta) and the Pink Ladies (Stockard Channing), so the powers that be at The Bell House decided to choose Grease as their monthly sing-a-long tonight, followed by a '50s dance party. , 145 7th St. at Third Avenue, doors 8:00 p.m. $10.

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4. You need to know if your train is running ... The F and G trains are running normally this week, but will be skipping Smith-9th St, 15th St-Prospect Park and Fort Hamilton Parkway, according to the MTA. 

5. ... And if you have to move your car. Yes. Alternate side won't be suspended again until Monday, Feb. 13 for Lincoln's Birthday, according to the NYCDOT.

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