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.
Every Tuesday, enjoy free admission to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
The inaugural exhibition at BLDG 92, Brooklyn Navy Yard: Past, Present and Future, recounts its lengthy history.
If you're leading a group at the People's Climate March, the final organizing meeting is tonight.
The Red Hook Food Vendors will open for the 40th year in a row, serving up Mexican, Guatemalan and other Latin American fare at the soccer fields and park on Clinton and Bay Streets in Brooklyn,
Every second Saturday of the month, Time's Up hosts a moonlight bicycle ride at Prospect Park.
In celebration of Grand Central Terminal’s centennial year, MTA Metro-North Railroad has teamed up with The Municipal Art Society of New York (MAS) and Orpheo Inc. to provide new daily docent-guided tours of the terminal.
Climate Ride NYC-DC is a grand cycling adventure that connects two of the nation’s most important cities – New York and Washington, DC – by bicycle.
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 program will focus on why we need an international treaty and why it is critical to mobilize support to demand that the U.S. assume a leading role in the treaty negotiations. Many prominent stakeholders in the field will be also be speaking.
In light of the UN Climate Summit, the Climate March will be gathering of citizen activists making a stand for policy change, political action, and national attention regarding climate change.
In partnership with NeighborWorks America, 2014’s opening resilience series training will be designing and developing an emergency management program plan for multi-family housing organizations. The successful integration of citizen involvement in an emergency management setting is imperative to prepare for, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of disasters in our communities.
This full day training will address organization and management of volunteers in emergency response, engaging the community, volunteer operations, logistics, communication and records administration.