Urban resilience also means changes in land use along with better and more equitable ways to protect a city’s people. Realizing these innovations requires that New York and other great cities must give high priority to advancing the emerging capacities to foster and make the most of new approaches to climate risk management.
Public paddles are free and open to everyone. We especially hope to welcome our Greenpoint neighbors and members of other community organizations. Come down to our community boat yard, and learn more about Greenpoint’s history, environmental challenges and successes, and residents. Get out on the water and see the neighborhood in a completely new way!
Wanderlust is a group exhibition that explores the themes of walking, journeys, and pilgrimages. Inspired by the High Line as an ambulatory space experienced most naturally…
In conjunction with the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy, the Amateur Astronomers Association hosts “Journey to the Stars” observing sessions on Thursday evenings from dusk until…
In 2012, NY/NJ Baykeepeer established the EcoVolunteer program, designed to introduce adult volunteers to the NY-NJ Harbor Estuary through education, hands-on research and restoration experiences. Currently, our EcoVolunteers assist with monitoring oysters in the Bronx River at Soundview Park and also with salt marsh restoration and living shorelines in Freshkills Park on Staten Island.
Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN) is a public access television network and media education center offering hyperlocal programming and low-cost media production courses to Manhattan residents…
The Drilling Company performs free outdoor Shakespeare in the Parking Lot. JULY 28 TO AUGUST 14 “THE MERCHANT OF VENICE” One of Shakespeare’s most problematic…
The 6th Annual New York City Poetry Festival will be held on Governors Island’s Colonel’s Row on July 30th and 31st, 2016. The Poetry Society…
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…
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.
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.
Rise above the city streets and start your day focused, centered, and connected with nature. Join the Integral Yoga Institute, the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center and special guests for weekly, guided meditations. Open to people of all ages and experience levels.
Energetic lawn games, and art projects, such as clay, collage, painting and group murals. Everything provided. For ages 5 and up. This event happens every…
Gain more confidence in your biking skills with Street Skills Rides during their free weekend programs for adults and mature teens !
Join NYC Parks and the New York City Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment for a free film! This movie is held outdoors and open to all ages.
Central Astoria Local Development Coalition presents its annual Independence Celebration, featuring a special performance by the Queens Symphony Orchestra followed by a spectacular fireworks display by Grucci.