Bring your acoustic instrument and have fun playing with along neighbors! Get a feeling for the type of music we're playing with the Tune List. Typically the group is focused on traditional fiddle tunes, mostly Irish and Scottish, with a smattering of tunes from other regions. All skill levels are welcome, please bring your proof of vaccination. […]
This Saturday, join parent and child health specialists from NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital at the tent on 5th Ave between 1st & 2nd Streets. Experts will be on staff to provide tips on prenatal care, childbirth, and safe infant feeding practices in recognition of World Breastfeeding Week. Lactation consultants will also be available to answer […]
Get involved with the 4th Ave Yarn Bomb- a community made, public art installation. Please fill out the Yarn Bomb 2022 interest form linked here and let us know if you are in! Use this link to join in the kick-off meeting on Zoom on Wednesday, August 10. Meeting ID: 730 228 9811, Password: 12Amma We […]
Enjoy these events and activities commemorating the opening chapter in America’s drive for independence, the Battle of Brooklyn! Display of Revolutionary War Flags & Their History The Green-Wood Cemetery 8/20 - 8/28 Free Battle of Brooklyn Canoes Gowanus! 3rd Ave & 19th Street 8/20 at 10 am & 8/24 at 7 pm $29 […]
Did you know Gowanus was the beginning of America's Independence? Paddle with the Dredgers and ask for planners to provide a barrier free shoreline access similar to Dutch Canals! Learn the History of Gowanus while enjoying a sunset voyage of Gowanus Bay and lower Canal. Please note, this activity is NOT at the 2nd St. Boathouse. Weather (wind, waves or evidence of […]
This contemporary art exhibition brings together 25 artists to comment on the concept of democracy from their own unique points of view. “It’s believed that the origins of democracy can be traced back to Greece during the 6th century B.C. Some believe democratic ideals were practiced earlier: in India, Mesopotamia, and Sparta. Our founding fathers […]
Sign up to receive a rain barrel with installation kit and instructions from the NYC Department of Environmental Protection & the Office of CM Shahana Hanif. Rain barrels can connect directly to your property’s gutter or downspout to capture and store the rainwater that falls on your rooftop. Complete the Google Form linked here to […]
Join us for the opening reception of Temple of Acacia, a solo exhibition by Dario Mohr. Visit us on August 21 from 2 pm - 4 pm to meet the artist, curator Katherine Gressel, and participate in a special performance by Dario. Temple of Acacia is dedicated to the spiritual practices of West Africa that […]
The 4th Ave Yarn Bomb is a fun, socially-distanced activity to celebrate art and community on 4th Ave in Park Slope and Gowanus. Join in the fun with this weekly (weather permitting) Meet Up in the North Garden at the Old Stone House (picnic garden on 3rd Street). You can also participate from home and […]
Concrete Timbre presents Working through the Waves, a program of new music and poetry composed for violin, piano, and saxophone. The past couple of years have not been easy for anybody. We kept working through the waves of covid, waves of sadness, waves of hope, and even waves of heat! Working through the Waves is […]
Did you know Gowanus was the beginning of America's Independence? Paddle with the Dredgers and ask for planners to provide a barrier free shoreline access similar to Dutch Canals! Learn the History of Gowanus while enjoying a sunset voyage of Gowanus Bay and lower Canal. Please note, this activity is NOT at the 2nd St. Boathouse. Weather (wind, waves or evidence of […]
Concrete Timbre presents Working through the Waves, a program of new music and poetry composed for violin, piano, and saxophone. The past couple of years have not been easy for anybody. We kept working through the waves of covid, waves of sadness, waves of hope, and even waves of heat! Working through the Waves is […]
Temple of Acacia is dedicated to the spiritual practices of West Africa that have been and continue to be suppressed in the U.S. cultural zeitgeist. The Acacia tree is native to many regions of Africa, and became the primary icon representing the diverse tribal nations from which people of the African diaspora in the Americas […]
Join local historian Professor William J. Parry for a neighborhood tour to see the sites of the Battle of Brooklyn! Meet at Grand Army Plaza entrance to Prospect Park, NW corner. The walk ends at the Old Stone House & Washington Park. $12 per person, get your ticket here. Be sure to wear comfortable shoes […]
Remembering those who were held and the many who died as prisoners of war in British occupied New York during the Revolutionary War. Coordinated by the Society of Old Brooklynites, American Merchant Marine Association, and Navy Armed Guard. Attend at the Prison Ships Martyrs Monument in Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn Call (718) 768-3195 for more […]
Learn multiple dye-making methods for Japanese indigo and giant marigolds, cultivated in Washington Park by local artist, Iviva Olenick in collaboration with Director of Gardens, Sam Lewis. All materials provided. Sponsored in part by a Greater New York Arts Development Fund grant from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by the Brooklyn […]
Join historian Barnet Schecter, author of The Battle for New York, and Green-Wood Historian Jeff Richman, for this annual trolley tour of Green-Wood’s Revolutionary War-related sites. On August 27, 1776, Green-Wood was a battlefield—and much of the largest battle of the war was fought across its grounds. This tour is very popular and sells out […]
Presented at the Old Stone House & Washington Park in partnership with the Society of the Cincinnati of Maryland and the Michael A. Rawley American Legion Post. Including reenactor regiments from the Battle of Brooklyn, battle strategies and daily life during the Revolutionary War.
Watch a short play written by snarky British loyalists in 1776 to mock the American defeat in the first and largest battle of the War for Independence. Was the Revolution a scam? Were the Founding Fathers idiots? The anonymous author of The Battle of Brooklyn, A Farce of Two Acts thought so! Come down to the Lawn […]
Join local artist, educator, and guide Rich Garr for this bicycling tour commemorating the 246th anniversary of the Battle of Brooklyn. This tour explores important sites from the borough’s Revolutionary past beginning at Grand Army Plaza and ending in Brooklyn Heights overlooking New York Harbor. The tour is anticipated to take 3 hours. Please make […]
The Battle of Brooklyn, fought in 1776 on land that is now a part of Green-Wood Cemetery, was the first battle of the American Revolution to occur after the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Join our friends at Green-Wood for a family-friendly afternoon to honor those who fought in the battle and learn more […]
This is the seventh and finally session of NLT's ongoing educational Zoom Series. NLT will resume their educational Zoom series later this Fall season. The focus of this session will be Matincecock History. The Matinecock tribe is one of the 13 original tribes of Long Island whose territory spanned between Flushing, Queens and Smithtown, NY. […]
