City Atlas

Weird, Wild, And Wonderful at the New York Botanical Garden
2014-08-11 | New York Botanical Garden, 200 Kazimiroff Boulevard, Bronx, NY
Solanum lycopersicum, © Asuka Hishiki. From The New York Botanical Garden
Through September 21 you can visit The New York Botanical Garden to see artwork of some strange plants, in addition to all the amazing live ones you’ll see during your visit!
In homage to the beauty of the botanical world’s most bizarre flora, the 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. View the results of their efforts—46 captivating paintings and illustrations of exotic specimens—on display in the Ross Gallery.
All-Garden Pass tickets start at $20 for Adults and $10 for Kids 2-12. See prices by date.

Brooklyn: Fix Your Own Bike Workshop
2014-08-10 17:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Time’s Up! Brooklyn, 99 South 6th Street, Brooklyn , NY, United States
Image: www.sidetour.com
Join Time’s Up at our Brooklyn space at 99 South 6th Street, in Williamsburg between 5:30 to 8:30pm on Sundays and Wednesdays for our ‘Fix Your Own Bike Workshop.’
Open shop–you use our tools and stands to work on your bike. Experienced mechanics will be present to answer questions, but you do the work.
Bike workshops are free, but it is strongly encouraged you to make a donation or become a Time’s Up! member to help support their efforts.
If you have a big project please be considerate of the time and plan ahead.

Stop 'N' Swap in Bay Ridge
2014-08-10 12:00 - 15:00 | Bay Ridge Jewish Center, 80-25 4th Ave, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, NY, 11209, United States
From http://trexnyc.blogspot.com/
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! You don’t have to bring something to take something. No furniture or large items, please.
For everyone’s safety and enjoyment, we ask all attendees to abide by the following Rules of Conduct at Stop ‘N’ Swap®.
You can also volunteer at the Stop ‘N’ Swap. To do this, you must register at the GrowNYC volunteer page. If you volunteer, you can help GrowNYC create an event where people find things they need and reduce waste!
As a volunteer you will help receive, sort, and display the gently used items that people bring. You might also help keep areas neat, take pictures, or help promote some of the other great work the GrowNYC’s Office of Recycling Outreach and Education does!
16 volunteers are currently wanted. For volunteers, the event organizer is TK Zellers, who can be contacted at tkzellers@grownyc.org or with the phone number 347-852-3823.
Stop ‘N’ Swaps encourage reuse, build community, and reduce the waste NYC sends to landfills. By volunteering you will create an opportunity for people to bring things they no longer need instead of throwing them away, and find things they do want without manufacturing, packaging, or transportation.

Ecofest NyC 2014
2014-08-10 10:00 - 18:00 | Times Square, Broadway between 42nd and 47th Streets, New York City, United States
Image: Ecofest Flier Event Photo
Calling all eco-warriors, treehuggers, climate activists, and everyone else who loves our planet: New York City goes green in Times Square!
NYC is throwing its very own Ecofest, complete with children’s Recycling Olympics, delicious food, an eco-fashion show on a solar stage, and much, much more. Cutting edge green products and vehicles will be on display promoting their goods, and environmental professionals will be holding seminars and workshops on sustainability and energy efficiency, just for you!
Come and by and don’t miss the environmental event of the season and the city. We’ll see you there!

Kayaking on the Hudson
2014-08-10 10:00 - 17:00 | Riverside Park, 10025, Manhattan, NY, 10025, United States
Join The Downtown Boathouse for 20-minute instructional paddles. Please wear a bathing suit or shorts and a t-shirt, and know how to swim. Weather permitting. No registration required. Kayaks and life vests provided. All ages.
Please note: 72nd street Kayaking is volunteer run and volunteers are low, which sometimes results in shortened hours. The Downtown Boathouse is looking for volunteers. If you would like to volunteer please visit: http://www.downtownboathouse.org/volunteer.html
This event repeats every week on Sunday between 5/4/2014 and 8/17/2014. For more details email zhen.heinemann@parks.nyc.gov

Bike and Hike the Jamaica Bay Greenway
2014-08-10 09:30 - 12:30 | E. 105th St. L Station, E. 105th St. L Station, New York City, 11236, United States
Photo Credit: http://www.rpa.org/
Ride with the NYC DOT to the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge!
Participants will ride on a combination of bike lanes, city streets, and off-street paths (including the Jamaica Bay Greenway) to the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. At the Refuge, the American Littoral Society will provide a free guided tour, lasting about an hour. After the ride, bike home on your own, or follow a ride marshal to the Broad Channel A train. Children welcome, but must be accompanied by an adult.

Moonlight Bike Ride
2014-08-09 21:00 - 22:00 | Grand Army Plaza, Grand Army Plaza, Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn , NY, 11217, United States
Source: Biko Adventures
Every second Saturday of the month, Time’s Up hosts a moonlight bicycle ride at Prospect Park. Attendance is free, but remember lights for night riding! Bike on over and join New York’s community of united bikers for some peaceful outdoor exercise.

MoMA Ps1 Warm Up 2014
2014-08-09 15:00 - 21:00 | MoMA PS 1, 22-25 Jackson Avenue at 46th Avenue, Long Island City, Queens, NY, 11101, United States
Image: www.momaps1.org
MoMA PS1 presents Warm Up 2014, beginning June 28 and taking place every Saturday this summer through September 6. A New York summer staple now in its 17th year, MoMA PS1’s highly anticipated Warm Up outdoor music series continues its tradition of introducing audiences to the best in experimental live music, sound, and DJs—both local and international—across a range of genres.Warm Up supports both established and emerging artists by creating a platform that allows for experimentation and providing a space for collaboration, new material, and side projects.
Warm Up is held in MoMA PS1’s courtyard, which this year will feature an installation by New York architecture firm The Living (David Benjamin), Hy-Fi, the winning design of the 15th annual Young Architects Program (YAP). M. Wells Dinette will be open for cocktails, and they will be serving grab-and-go summer fare in the courtyard for Warm Up Saturdays.
The series is programmed by a curatorial committee selected by the museum to represent a wide spectrum of expertise and experience in music, sound, and the performing arts, resulting in a unique lineup of artists that explore, interpret, and combine genres. Selected by Klaus Biesenbach, Director, MoMA PS1, and Chief Curator at Large, The Museum of Modern Art; and organized by Margaret Knowles, Curatorial Assistant and Warm Up Producer, MoMA PS1 and Eleanor McKinney, Director of Visitor Services, MoMA PS1, the Warm Up 2014 curatorial committee includes Dean Bein, Head of True Panther Sounds; Jonathan Galkin, Co-Founder of DFA Records; Eliza Ryan; Brandon Stosuy, Senior Editor for Pitchfork; Imogene Strauss, of Cool Managers; Matt Werth, Label Head of RVNG Intl.
Warm Up will feature rotating stage installations by local New York design talent—including CONFETTISYSTEM, Chen Chen and Kai Williams, Fort Makers, Fort Standard, Nightwood, and The Principals—organized by Jocelyn Miller, Curatorial Assistant, MoMA PS1.
In addition, Warm Up is partnering with ARTBOOK @ MoMA PS1 to host a Weekend Shop in the MoMA PS1 Print Shop storefront at 22-01 Jackson Avenue, just around the corner from the museum entrance. The shop will feature design objects by the Warm Up stage designers and music by Warm Up performers.
ADMISSION
Admission to Warm Up is mandatory for entry into MoMA PS1 on Warm UpSaturdays. Children ages 6 and older must have a ticket for entrance.
Become a MoMA PS1 Plus Member and enjoy four free Warm Up tickets and other benefits.
Long Island City Residents with proof of residency in ZIP codes 11101–11109 receive one free ticket on a first-come, first-served basis, pending availability. Please note that a limited number of tickets are set aside for Long Island City Residents per Warm Up. Guests of LIC residents must purchase tickets.
For lineup and more information please click here.

Kleindeutschland: An East Village History
2014-08-09 11:00 - 17:00 | NY
Photo Credit: flickr.com
Join art historian Sylvia Laudien-Meo to explore the beginnings of German culture in New York City. The East Village was once home to the ever-growing waves of German immigrants who came to settle in the New World in the mid-19th century, making it the third largest German settlement after Berlin and Vienna. Enhancing their neighborhood with beer gardens, gymnastic clubs, singing societies, theaters, and parade grounds, traces of the newcomer’s busy social lives can still be found everywhere, including a modest memorial, a reminder of why it all so suddenly ended one day in 1904, with the General Slocum Disaster. Cost: $20 / $15 Members.

Notes:
Please purchase tickets online or call (212) 935-2075, Monday-Friday 9-5.
Meeting locations are provided after tickets are purchased.
All tours proceed rain or shine.
No refunds or exchanges.
For the latest transit info, please check http://www.mta.info/ and http://www.mta.info/weekender.html.

Tour the Bronx Grand Concourse with Sam Goodman
2014-08-09 11:00 - 12:30 | Bronx Museum of the Arts, 1040 Grand Concourse, New York, NY, 10456, United States
Courtesy of Untapped Cities
Sam Goodman, an urban planner for the Bronx Borough President, will lead an exciting tour of the Grand Concourse. Check out the major sites along the Bronx Main Street, and learn a brief history of the Grand Concourse and the development of its diverse neighborhoods and communities.
RSVP at the following office number: 718-681-6000 x131

Red Hook Food Vendors
2014-08-09 10:00 - 19:00 | Red Hook Recreational Area, 155 Bay St, Brooklyn, NY, 11231, United States
Image credit: www.chow.com
Since 1974, the Red Hook Food Vendors have been serving the most authentic and traditional foods from Latin America in New York City. Named after its location–one of Brooklyn’s most colorful and historic neighborhoods–the Red Hook Food Vendor’s Marketplace has become a popular destination for foodies all over. It has been widely recognized by local & international media as a top culinary destination. Its vendors have won numerous awards, including earning best street food in NYC 4 times (Vendy’s) & maintaining that distinctive honor for three consecutive years.
This event repeats every week on Saturday and Sunday between 5/31/2014 and 10/26/2014.

Honey Harvesting Class
2014-08-09 10:00 - 14:00 | Brooklyn Navy Yard farm, Flushing Avenue & Clinton Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11205, United States
Courtesy of Mother Earth News
This hands-on event will be last class to a three part course, learn from the pros about the final stage of beekeeping: gathering honey. Discover the difference between unripe nectar and honey that’s ready to eat, how to remove the honey from the hives, and what to do in the extraction room. Then filter, jar, and taste your freshly harvested honey!
Buy tickets here and find out what its like to beekeep and be happy with all of that honey.

The Seed Vegan Expo
2014-08-09 09:00 - 2014-08-10 18:00 | 82MERCER, 82 Mercer Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY, New York City, 10012, United States
Photo Credit: http://www.vegginoutandabout.com
See.. Eat.. Hear.. FEEL VEGAN. Two days of vegan exploration await you. Nourish your taste buds on scrumptious plant-based food from New York’s famed vegan restaurants – the best in the world! Get inspired by world-renowned speakers, champion athletes, and top chefs. Provoke new thoughts with award-winning films and their directors. Discover the vast market of cruelty-free products and services. And much more.
The Seed invites the vegan-curious, vegan-skeptical, and vegan choir to explore what we have to offer today. You’ll gain understanding of the endless benefits of a compassionate, healthful, and earth-conscious existence of the vegan & plant-based lifestyle.
*Free admission for children under 13.
Ticket are non-refundable.
Due to venue restriction, No dog allow except service dog.

Summer Streets NyC
2014-08-09 07:00 - 13:00 | Brooklyn Bridge Park, Select a Country:
Summer Streets is an annual celebration of New York City’s most valuable public space—our streets. On three consecutive Saturdays in August, nearly seven miles of NYC’s streets are opened for people to play, run, walk and bike. Summer Streets provides space for healthy recreation and encourages New Yorkers to use more sustainable forms of transportation. In 2013, more than 300,000 people took advantage of the open streets.
Summer Streets is modeled on other events from around the world including Ciclovía in Bogotá, Colombia and the Paris Plage in France. The event is part bike tour, part walking tour, part block party—a great time for exercise, people watching, or just enjoying summer mornings. Passersby are weclome to participate in arts and crafts workshops, listen to musical performances, learn to salsa dance, eat healthy snacks, climb a 25′ climbing wall, soar through the sky on a 160′ zipline and explore a 179 years voice tunnel.
Held between 7:00 am to 1:00 pm, Summer Streets extends from the Brooklyn Bridge to Central Park, along Park Avenue and connecting streets, with easy access from all points in New York City, allowing participants to plan a trip as long or short as they wish. All activities at Summer Streets are free of charge, and designed for people of all ages and ability levels to share the streets respectfully.
With nearly 7 miles of open streets, 5 rest stops and a seven-block-long art installation in the Park Avenue Tunnel – there is plenty to explore at Summer Streets. And remember, everything at Summer Streets is free!
Click here for full event listings!

Happy Hour and Trivia Night to Support Battery Urban Farm
2014-08-07 18:00 - 20:00 | Table Green, Battery Park, Manhattan , NY, United States
Image: http://thegreenhorns.wordpress.com/
Join us for the first-ever Battery Happy Hour and Trivia Night on Thursday, August 7th from 6 to 8 PM!
Bring your coworkers and friends to show off your New York City trivia knowledge and enjoy the gorgeous waterfront sunset.
For $25 you receive two drinks from the Table Green kiosk closest to the Bosque Fountain, from which all proceeds go to Battery Urban Farm.
The non-tax-deductible portion of each ticket is $10.
Please contact nbrownstein@thebattery.org if you have any questions.

4th New York City Climate Justice Youth Summit
2014-08-07 13:00, 2014-08-06 13:00 | Urban Assembly School for Green Careers, 145 W. 84th St., New York, NY, 10024, United States
From weaverwindenergy.com
This year NYC Climate Justice Youth Summit will focus on: the connection between fossil fuel extraction and climate justice. Additionally, the summit will examine how we can inter-generationally build climate adaptable and resilient communities while also building climate justice consciousness.
The Summit will serve as the launch to prepare the youth for what we hope to be the biggest climate march in New York City – The People’s Climate March. So please come join us and help raise awareness while slowing down climate change!
Early registration will guarantee you free gear, food, entertainment, and other goodies. You will also be provided access to tons of information on internships, fellowships, volunteer opportunities and more!
There will be a summit on both August 6th and 7th.
Please check out the Youth Summit website at:
http://uproseyouthsummit.blogspot.com/

Daily Bryant Park Petanque, Tabletop Games, Ping Pong, and Reading Room
2014-08-07 11:00 - 18:00 | Bryant Park, 42nd Street and 6th Avenue, Manhattan, Select a Country:
Learn to play pétanque, the popular European game anchored in precision, patience, and camaraderie from members of La Boule New Yorkaise, NYC’s championship-winning club.
Take a game break with an eclectic selection of favorite tabletop games for free. From scrabble and mancala to dominoes and more.

Test your ping pong skills at one of two state-of-the-art tables. Paddles and balls are provided free of charge. Sign up with an attendant in the park to reserve a time slot.

Reading, writing, and literary happenings related to the written word – under the London Plane trees – in the open-air Reading Room.

We're Burnin' Daylight
2014-08-06 08:00 - 09:00 | Green Light New York Resource Center, 31 Chambers Street, Suite 609, New York, NY, 10007, United States
Daylighting. From http://energydesignresources.com

The adoption of more stringent energy codes in New York City, and an even greater focus on reducing peak demand, has caused many owners and developers to look skyward for help; and the answer has come in the form of daylight. Commercial office spaces are using advanced controls and other daylighting strategies to reduce energy loads.
In Green Light New York’s report, Let There Be Daylight, they identify the energy, technical, and economic benefits of daylighting in New York City. The primary recommendations of the report are demonstrated through a series of “Living Labs” at Bank of America’s building at One Bryant Park and at Goldman Sachs’ building at 200 West Street. In each case, multiple advanced lighting and shading systems are installed on one floor. The systems are monitored for energy use, daylight responsiveness and other metrics, and then compared to control floors with similar layouts and occupancy patterns. Join Urban Green Council to discuss the outcomes, advantages and challenges of these advanced systems.

Speaker:

Yetsuh Frank, AIA, LEED AP BD+C
Managing Director, Strategy & Programs, Green Light New York
Yetsuh is the Managing Director at Green Light New York, a non-profit energy and lighting efficiency center for New York’s real estate community. An architect, writer, and educator with over 15 years of experience in green building and sustainability, Yesuh is currently an Adjunct Associate Professor at New York University, teaching Urban Design and Human Health.

Talking Transition Streets with Pamela Simms
2014-08-05 19:00 - 21:00 | Friends Meeting House, 15 Rutherford Place, New York, NY, 10003, United States
Photo Courtesy of Unsplash
New York’s Transition leaders will be hosting a free screening of In Transition 2.0, the latest full length film about the Transition movement. It’s about how Transition groups around the world are responding to the challenges of depleting and costly energy resources, financial instability and environmental change. http://www.transitionnetwork.org/transition-2
The screening will be followed by a discussion with Pamela Boyce Simms, lead trainer of the Mid-Atlantic Transition Hub, about its new Transition Streets program. This fall, neighbors across the U.S. will be meeting in each other’s homes to support each other in reducing their reliance on fossil fuels, building social cohesion, and strengthening their community’s resilience. Transition Streets brings together small groups of neighbors and supports them in taking effective, practical, money-saving and carbon reduction actions. A workbook helps each person to build their own action plan that improves household energy efficiency, minimizes water use, reduces waste and consumption, explores local transportation options and promotes local food. The project, originally developed in 2008 in the UK, has spread around the world. Learn how to bring it to your NYC neighborhood!
http://www.transitionus.org/stories/taking-resilience-streets

Urban Green Council August Forum: Building Brains and the Art of Controls
2014-08-05 18:30 - 20:30 | The New School, 66 W 12th Street, New York, NY, 10011, United States
From megscon.com

The Urban Green Council presents a forum on smart buildings that can reduce energy usage.
In today’s built environment, managing a facility requires more than just brainpower. At the center of today’s high performance buildings are smart control systems that can provide the best thermal comfort for occupants, while reducing consumption and energy costs. New technology is emerging constantly that supports today’s facility managers in operating these complex systems, from their personal computers or even their phones.
Join the Emerging Professionals for our August forum as we discuss state of the art controls, smart buildings, and the future of controls with representatives from Siemens.

speaker

Richard Nowak, LEED AP
Sales Manager, Siemens Industry – Building Technologies
Richard is a building technologies sales manager with broad experience in all aspects of building technologies design, installation and maintenance. His specific expertise is in design of laboratory airflow control systems, mission critical facilities, green buildings, and supporting network infrastructure requirements.
Special thanks to The New School for generously hosting our Monthly Educational Forum.

The Urban Green Council Emerging Professionals…
are a dedicated group of young professionals who work to create a network of leaders in the field of sustainability. Led by a core group of volunteer leaders, they develop opportunities for involvement through Urban Green Council to further generate momentum for the green building industry.
As always, networking will continue at Reservoir Bar located at 70 University place (between 11th and 10th streets).

More information here.

Big Ideas for Smart Cities: Communication Economy
2014-08-05 18:30 - 19:30 | South Street Seaport, Corner of Fulton and Front Streets, New York City, NY, 10038, United States
Image: rew-online.com
Join LaunchLM for Big Ideas for Smart Cities, a series of six events focused on innovations to create a more technologically advanced public realm within Lower Manhattan. The series focuses on public conversations with leading thinkers about the role of technology in the public realm. Events curators include Annalect, ARUP, Case, Control Group, Droga5, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council , NYU Rudin Center for Transportation, Packet, and SHoP.
The Communication Economy event is curated by Annalect and Packet.
This series of public conversations will continue through August 19.
Please note: Event takes place out of doors at the stage located on the corner of Fulton and Front Streets.
Ambrose Hall will be offering drink specials: $5 beers and $8 drinks
Register here.

Tuesday Tours: Weekly Walking Tours
2014-08-05 18:30 - 19:30 | High line, 14th st 10th ave, Manhattan, NY, United States
Hear the story behind New York City’s park in the sky. Tuesday Tours are free hour-long walking tours led by High Line Docents, knowledgeable volunteer guides who offer you an insider’s perspective on the park’s history, design, and landscape.
Tuesday tours take place weekly between Tuesday, May 6, and Tuesday, September 23.
Space is limited. Please arrive at least 15 minutes early to guarantee a spot.
Tuesday Tours are subject to cancellation due to weather. Check back or follow @highlinenyc on Twitter for updates every Tuesday by noon.
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Farm School NyC Benefit
2014-08-04 19:00 - 21:30 | The Barrow Group Theatre, 312 West 36th st. on the 3rd floor, New York City, NY, 10023, United States
Photo from Joe Vennare
Join Just Food and Farm School NYC’s Executive Board for a Special Benefit Performance of This Will All Be Yours.
About the play:
It’s 1979 and progress is about to land on everybody’s doorstep, sometimes gently and other times with a giant thud. Not all members of the Price family feel the same about what change means, but by the time they acknowledge that the landscape has shifted, it may already be too late to save their way of life. This Will All Be Yours will run Off-Broadway as part of the Midtown International Theatre Festival July 17- August 7, 2014 at The Barrow Group Theatre, 312 West 36th st. on the 3rd floor.
About the panel:
A panel of Farm School NYC faculty, alumni and students will discuss family farming, industrial agriculture, land access, social justice, and other critical topics and how they were addressed–or overlooked–in the play.
Moderator:
Kolu Zigbi, Farm School NYC Faculty, Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation’s Program Director for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems

Panelists:
Aeli Gonzalez Gladstein, Class of 2011, Beekeeper, Weeksville Heritage Center
Ai Hirashiki, Class of 2011, Farm School NYC Faculty
Lily Kesselman, Class of 2012, Market Manager, South Bronx Farmers Market
LaShawn Marston, Class of 2014, Global Director, Sacrit Kingz
Tickets available here.

Gun Hill Brewing Co.Bronx Slur
2014-08-03 17:00 - 19:00 | Gun Hill Brewing Company, 3227 Laconia Ave., Bronx, NY, 10469, United States
Grab a couple of drinking buddies and head up to the Bronx for Gun Hill Brewing Company’s Bronx Slur event to wind down and chill out. This new microbrewery is hosting a happy hour just for you to come by and visit, meet ambassadors from Slow Food NYC, and try out Gun Hill’s unique flavors.
Swing on by for $5 pints, good company and conversation!

Western Queens: More Space and New Arrangements
2014-08-03 10:00 - 17:00 | NY
Photo Credit: http://inhabitat.com/
During the first third of the 20th century, Western Queens nurtured developments where traditional open space/building area relationships were altered to create new urban architecture. The Sunnyside Gardens and the Jackson Heights Historic Districts anchor this tour’s route with urban geographer and Queens Borough historian Jack Eichenbaum, which also includes Phipps Gardens, Matthews Flats, Metropolitan Life apartments, and early truck-oriented industrial buildings. Cost: $20 / $15 Members.
Notes:
Please purchase tickets online or call (212) 935-2075, Monday-Friday 9-5.
Meeting locations are provided after tickets are purchased.
All tours proceed rain or shine.
No refunds or exchanges.

Sustainability Workshop Series at Hudson River Park: Outdoor Composting
2014-08-03 10:00 - 12:00 | Pier 46, Greenwich Village, New York, NY, United States
Do you want to go green and start composting? Learn how to set up an outdoor composting bin and get troubleshooting tips from NYC Compost Project educators. You will walk away with new knowledge, resources and conﬁdence for wasting less in NYC. This event costs $5 and is for ages 13 and up. Registration required.

Inwood Canoe Club Open House
2014-08-03 10:00 - 12:00 | Inwood Canoe Club, Dyckman St, New York City, NY, 10034, United States
Image credit: newyorkoutrigger.org
Every Sunday from Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day weekend, the Inwood Canoe Club invites members of the public who can swim to join them for a guided, 20-25 minute kayak tour of the Hudson River just north of the George Washington Bridge. The ICC paddles from 10:00 to 12:00, but guests are asked to arrive between 9:30 and 11:15 to ensure they get a spot. No prior experience is needed, and all equipment is provided.
Open House is first-come, first-served; The Inwood Canoe Club does not take reservations. You absolutely must be able to swim. No pets, please, at the Open House. They supply boat, paddle, and lifevest. Wear shoes and clothes that can get wet. Don’t bring many valuables; you will need to leave them at the boathouse or supply your own waterproof bag for them or risk their getting wet. The ICC requests an insurance fee of $4 for one Open House or $15 for the whole season, and they pass the whole fee on to our insurer. People under 18 must bring a parent or guardian. Whether a minor will be allowed to paddle depends on conditions that day and on the discretion of the club member running the Open House.

First Saturday at the Brooklyn Museum
2014-08-02 17:00 - 23:00 | Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Ai Weiwei, 2012. Photo by Gao Yuan
Come to Target First Saturdays at the Brooklyn Museum and enjoy engaging and eclectic free art and entertainment programs every month, from 5 to 11 p.m. Michelin-starred Saul restaurant and bar is open all evening. The Counter café serves sandwiches, salads, and sweets, as well as wine and local beer. Parking is a flat rate of $5 starting at 5 p.m. (All other Saturdays, the museum closes at 6 p.m.)
Some Target First Saturday activities take place in smaller and more intimate locations in the Museum, so you’ll need a ticket for those programs. Ticket lines often form 30 minutes before tickets are distributed at the Visitor Center (in the Rubin Lobby). If you’re a Member, pick up tickets from the Membership Desk while supplies last. Sometimes last-minute program changes are unavoidable.
You can also visit Ai Weiwei: According to What? at the discounted admission price of $10 (regularly $15) during Target First Saturday.
Have a performance, film, or activity you’d like to present at Target First Saturday? Submit a proposal or email for more information.
Sign up for the Target First Saturday email list or subscribe to RSS updates.

Fishing Clinic on the East River
2014-08-02 12:00 - 14:00 | Pier 42, New York, NY, United States
Source: Charleston City Paper
Love to fish? Join the free fishing clinic hosted by the Lower East Side Ecology Center at Pier 42. All bait, tackle, and instruction is provided for you–all you need to bring is a pole and your enthusiasm!
Kids under 15 must be with an adult, and materials are limited, but you can register here. Here’s your chance to explore the Great Hudson Estuary under the summer sun.
