The Weekend Tip: Towns Responds To Trayvon Martin Killing

1. Saying he is "sick and tired of burying young black males," Rep. Edolphus "Ed" Towns, D-Brooklyn, decried the slaying of Trayvon Martin, a 17 year old shot by a neighborhood watch volunteer in Sanford, Fla. on Feb. 26. "Trayvon Martin did not deserve to die at such an early age. Yet his chances of meeting an early demise were heightened simply because he was young, black and male," he said this week. 

2. The kid-friendly band ¡Acopladitos! teaches the Spanish language through music and movement to young learners. , 686 Fulton St. Sat., 11 a.m. Free.

3. A veteran of tours with Ani DeFranco and a featured spot in John Cameron Mitchell's Shortbus, brings her "surprisingly vulnerable, often lyrical, and always catchy" vocals to BAMCafe Live. Brooklyn Academy of Music, 30 Lafayette Ave. Sat., 9 p.m. Free.

4. A mobile, daytime occupation called comes to Fort Greene, featuring info tables, teach-ins, trainings and political discussions. . Sun., 11 a.m. Free.

5. , a musical and multimedia event connecting Brooklyn’s past and present, creates a program of classics and stunning world premieres. Roulette, 509 Atlantic Ave. (Boerum Hill) Sat. and Sun., 7:30 p.m. $25.