Join panelists from MTA external communications, data journalists, and transportation planners for a discussion about documenting the effects of Superstorm Sandy in real-time and the power of social media as a tool for crisis management and recovery.
Industry City’s “Salsa Sunset Sundays” is bringing live music and dancing, family fun and a pop-up market to Sunset Park. Food and drink will be…
Join the Green Team and learn about gardening, enjoy nature, and make the Brooklyn Bridge Park look its best
Explore Prospect Park after dark with expert naturalist Paul Keim. Share snacks and beverages with Paul as he speaks about the ecological role that bats and nocturnal insects play in our environment, followed by a walking tour to spot and identify the Park’s various species of resident bats in flight.
“Bryant Park opens its lawn to five of New York City’s most promising up-and-coming bands”
How can art-making facilitate environmental and social awareness? Mindfulness and creative exploration of our surroundings can help to ground us within our locational context as individuals, and help clarify the ways in which we affect our surroundings, and how our surroundings affect us.
Enjoy a whole day of family fun on the High Line! Get your hands dirt in our garden, create art, hear stories, watch performances and more!
Please join us for the Civic Art Lab 2016 opening event and an evening featuring talks by artists/sustainability professionals Grace Johnson and Chloe Holden.
The evening will feature performances that reflect on the intersection of sustainability, community, and the arts. Sliding scale donations for drinks and performances. All donations for this evening support the performers. Artists to be announced.
Throughout July and August, six Monday nights will feature authors, representing six of Brooklyn’s best independent bookstores. Each evening will include readings, discussions, signings, and much more, as inspired by each author and our program sponsors.
For a fun weekend in The Battery’s newest lawn, The Battery Oval, come to the Battery Fair. This event will showcase innovations in agriculture, horticulture, food, and craft, while supporting and connecting local entrepreneurs.
Open House New York and the Museum of the City of New York invite you to celebrate the centennial anniversary of New York City’s zoning resolution with a citywide scavenger hunt to uncover how the invisible forces of zoning have shaped the city around us, from the dramatic setbacks of Jazz Age skyscrapers to the vast open plazas of mid-century Modernism.
Enjoy a whole day of family fun on the High Line with a mobile garden, art installations, storytelling, performances and more !
Come celebrate the first day of summer at the new farm in Williamsburg and learn about Brooklyn Farms’ history, plans for the future and the consciousness behind the “eating and farming local” movement !
‘The Joy of the Gowanus’ project takes it’s inspiration from Bob Ross’ PBS TV show ‘The Joy of Painting”. At the end of the tutorial participants will have created their own landscape painting of the Gowanus, and have developed an artistic appreciation for the colors, structures and environment with all it’s blemishes and beauty.
In Manhattan, habits of behavior and development go a long way in explaining New York’s place in the U.S. and the world. This simple walk through midtown tells what is where and why.
Treat yourself to a sweet snack featuring local honey from the High Line’s acclaimed food vendors, including L’arte del Gelato, People’s Pops, and Melt Bakery, located on the High Line at West 16th Street.
Bring your friends and family to Socrates Sculpture Park to celebrate the longest day of the year!