Historian Thomas Campanella will explore the forgotten "back story” to the 1939 New York World’s Fair, which began with US Congressman Sol Bloom’s effort to create a great permanent exposition in Brooklyn’s Marine Park to celebrate the bicentennial of George Washington.
Recycle your e-waste in an environmentally responsible way by bringing it to the Lower East Side Ecology Center's summer drop-off events! On Saturday, July 12th, the Lower East Side Ecology Center will be collecting e-waste at the headquarters of series sponsor Tekserve in Chelsea.
MWA’s City of Water Day Festival is a free day-long celebration of the world-class potential of the water that surrounds us and brings us together.
This summer, the Lower East Side Ecology Center is hosting a free catch-and-release fishing clinic.
GrowNYC’s community “swaps” provide the perfect opportunity to find new homes for things you no longer need. Bring clean, reusable, portable items such as clothing, house wares, games, books, & toys that you no longer need, and take home something new-to-you, free!
Zach Pickens, Farmer at Tom Colicchio’s Riverpark Restaurant and founder of the fiercely independent Rooftop Ready Seeds, will teach the basics of seed collection to save money on garden seeds and preserve our genetic diversity.
Every weekend year-round, Brooklyn Botanic Garden offers free guided tours to showcase the season's highlights and exhibit the natural beauty of New York.
This tour with architectural historian Francis Morrone and co-author of "Guide to New York City Urban Landscapes" will look at three generations of Brooklyn landscapes.
In homage to the beauty of the botanical world's most bizarre flora, the New York Botanical Garden invited members of the American Society of Botanical Artists to participate in a study of the eccentric, creating works of art based on visually unusual plants chosen by the artists themselves.
This Monday, join FARMroots staff and other aspiring farmers as we visit to the oldest continuously farmed plot of land in New York at the Queens County Farm Museum!
Come this drum and dance class. All are welcome to learn the traditional drumming and dancing unique to West Africa. Get fit while becoming more musical!
Join Mister G, the man dubbed the "kid-friendly, bilingual rock star" of children's music by The Washington Post, for his free performance at Madison Square Park next Tuesday.