Ghouls and Gourds at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden
Saturday, October 24, 2015
Noon–5:30 p.m. | Rain or Shine
Kids under 12 free!
Cherry Esplanade
Stilt Dancing Insanity! Caterpillar Feedings!
Brussels Sprout Bowling! Brooklyn’s Wackiest Costume Parade!
Join for a wonderful day of events at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens!
For more information, please visit: Brooklyn Botanical Gardens Ghouls and Gourds
Planet Pumpkin
| Noon–1:00 | Baby Soda Playful and swingin’ retro jazz |
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| 1:00–1:15 | Musical Interlude with Salieu Suso Sweet sounds of the West African kora |
| 1:15–2:15 | Pistolera Brooklyn-style Mexican rock fronted by fierce bandleader Sandra Lilia Velasquez |
| 2:15–2:30 | Musical Interlude with Salieu Suso Sweet sounds of the West African kora |
| 2:30–3:00 | Brooklyn Jumbies + Samba Novo A high-octane Afro-Caribbean dance party on stilts |
| 3:00–3:15 | Musical Interlude with Salieu Suso Sweet sounds of the West African kora |
| 3:15–4:30 | Gato Loco Not your average brash psycho mambo band |
The Hayloft
| Noon–12:15 | Phydeaux’s Flying Flea Circus of Fate Tiny acrobats hit the big top |
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| 12:15–1:00 | Terry Dame’s Science Music Road Show + Mortal Beasts & Deities Stiltdancers A flock of stilt-walking birds swoop and strut to music by some of the world’s most unique handcrafted instruments. |
| 1:00–1:15 | Phydeaux’s Flying Flea Circus of Fate Tiny acrobats hit the big top |
| 1:15–2:00 | Mettawee River Theater Company Woodland creatures invite you to their olden-day dance party. |
| 2:00–2:15 | Phydeaux’s Flying Flea Circus of Fate Tiny acrobats hit the big top |
| 2:15–3:00 | StreetMule Awesome Australian didgeridoo by groove-master Marc Mueller |
| 3:00–4:00 | Shinbone Alley Stilt Band Dixieland jazz and shamelessly silly shenanigans |
Bug Day Afternoon
| Noon–4:00 | Dr. Rutledge’s Insectorium and Petting Zoo Come one, come all! Pet a hissing cockroach, feed a hornworm, and meet an entomologist!Bad Bug Tats Get inked with an Asian long-horned beetle tattoo from the USDA’s beetle busters. Arthropod Antennae Squirmy Wormies |
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Edgy Veggies
| Noon–4:00 | Brussels Sprout Bowling Try your hand at this crazy cruciferous game of skill.Potato People Create your own lumpy little pal. Potato People Resort and Spa You Look Radishing! |
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Crazy Critters
| Noon–4:00 | Point and Cluck Snap a photo of your chickeny self.Pretend Petting Zoo for Toddlers Come play in our imaginary barnyard. Transform into a Wild Thing Make Your Own Monster Repellent! |
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| Noon–4:15 | Children’s Book Barn Featuring the Community Bookstore Pop-up Shop |
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Get an autograph and enjoy readings by local authors and illustrators:
- Author-illustrator Selina Alko reads from B is for Brooklyn
- Author-illustrator Melanie Hope Greenberg reads from Mermaids on Parade
- Author Kate Hosford reads from Feeding the Flying Fanellis and Other Poems from a Circus
- Author-illustrator Huy Voun Lee reads from The Magic Brush
- Author Diane Muldrow reads from We Planted a Tree
- Author-illustrator Sean Qualls reads from The Case for Loving
- Author Robert Kimmel Smith
- Author-illustrator Javaka Steptoe reads from In Daddy’s Arms I Am Tall
- Author Lauren Thompson reads from The Apple Pie That Papa Baked