Sunset Park Walking Tour: Diverse, Complex, Contested
Join veteran Brooklyn tour guide (and City Limits contributor) Norman Oder, along with neighborhood activist Maria Roca, on a wide-ranging tour of the Sunset Park neighborhood in Brooklyn !
Twigs & Swigs: Ar-Brew Day @ The Bronx Brewery
Join us for the next Twigs & Swigs hosted by New York Restoration Project and The Bronx Brewery**!
Afrofuturism Conference 2016: #BLACKISVIRAL
A student-led conference on Afrofuturism as a cultural and aesthetic movement for the radical emancipation of people of color. Join us for a weekend filled with art, performances, lectures, panels, workshops, theater pieces, film music, scholarly works, and community events !
Sustainapalooza!
Sustainapalooza is an annual event for young people engaged in efforts to facilitate enhanced urban resiliency and sustainability. Come join us for a event-filled day featuring notable panels and presentations !
Slow Death: Black Health and Environmental Justice
The contamination of drinking water in the mostly black city of Flint, Michigan has outraged the nation and exposed the far too common occurance of…
The Invasive Other
Join us for a 2-day Social Research conference series on the effects of people, technology and pathogens in our environment !
Shop Harlem Live Harlem Lifestyle Expo
Experience 60+ lifestyle businesses, panel discussions, workshops and family/kids activities. Learn why Harlem is NYC’s favorite neighborhood to EAT, SHOP, PLAY!
Bringing Together New York’s Urban Farm Educators
With the rise of urban agriculture comes the rise of urban agriculture education. Find out more at the City Growers Education conference with the help of various presenters, panels and exciting workshops !
Screening and Discussion “Merchants of Doubt” and the Exxon connection
“Merchants of Doubt” takes audiences on a satirically comedic, yet illuminating ride into the heart of conjuring American spin.
Nature Poetry Reading at Queens Botanical Garden
In honor of National Poetry Month, QBG partners with the Kupferberg Center for the Arts to bring you a special nature-themed poetry reading by the Queens Poet Laureate, Maria Lisella, accompanied by renowned poets from Queens. Includes Garden tour and reception.
The People’s Market NYC: A Communal Table of Makers & Collectors
The People’s Market NYC is community of stand-out artists, collectors, makers, foodies and tastemakers. A canvas for collaboration and a haven for diversity, The People’s Market NYC celebrates the independent spirit of small business entrepreneurs and creative minds, highlighting local, handmade, eco, sustainable, holistic and vintage goods. Events are kid-friendly and have something for all budgets.
Volunteer Open House at the Queens Botanical Garden
Come out to our “Volunteer Open House” and find out more about volunteer opportunities. Refreshments will be served.
TEDxFultonStreet
Tickets to TED cost $8,500-$30,000, but come experience one day of it for free! We will present the realtime proceedings of one day of the TED 2016 Conference, screened on a large projector via Livestream, and will take place in a private room of a restaurant.
Oculus Book Talk “Street Smart: The Rise of Cities and the Fall of Cars”
Street Smart: The Rise of Cities and the Fall of Cars explores recent trends that show that Americans, particularly Millennials, have been driving markedly less than they used to. Author Sam Schwartz describes how this change in car usage ultimately benefits cities, making them healthier and increasing property values, in a book that has been praised for its timeliness and insight.
Where We Stand: The Intersection of Public Art and Gentrification
ArtBridge is hosting a panel discussion that will bring together local residents, small business owners, artists and community leaders to address how art can be a positive force in neighborhoods like East New York and Brownsville.
Good Food Documentary: Food Chains
Food Chains reveals the human cost in our food supply and the complicity of large buyers of produce like fast food and supermarkets.
New York Transit Museum: Special Day for Special Kids
Enjoy the Transit Museum before we open to the public! This FREE event is for children with special needs and their families.
Coney Island Creek Community Workshop
Come and discuss how flooding impacts neighborhoods, learn about sewer overflow and stormwater runoff, and much more.