Pride's Big Weekend: Parade, 5K, Main Stage as well as in Bars, BK Museum & Libraries! Cat Rescue! Green-Wood Gala! Community Pizza!
Plus: Free yoga in the Park! Little Caribbean Awards! Rollerskating with Beyonce! Alvin Ailey!
Welcome back to one of the best editions of the Park Slope events newsletter: Pride’s biggest week. As always, links to sources are in (parentheses) after each event. Follow our IG for updates as events change.
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🍕Community Pizza Nights With Angela Lombardo on Friday: “Angela Lombardo, Old Stone House's Garden Coordinator and Hearth Master, will be baking pizza pies in our outdoor wood-burning brick hearth. Feel free to come by anytime to meet your neighbors. Drinks, snacks, and salad will be available for purchase all afternoon. We'll be selling a very limited number of pizza slices (for 5$ each) throughout the afternoon. But if you want a whole custom pizza all to yourself and your party, reserve ahead of time. One $20 ticket gets you a custom approximately-10-inch pizza made to order.” (4:00 PM, Old Stone House)
🎤️🌈Queer To Tell: A Storytelling Series @ Ginger's Bar on Monday: “A NYC born national storytelling series that features LGBTQIA+ storytellers, is hosted by a local drag/queer performance artist, and takes place at Queer-owned/affirming spaces across the country. The series takes place in non-traditional performance spaces to create a space that feels like an intimate gathering audiences are happening upon rather than a theatrical performance.” (7:15 PM, Ginger's Bar, $15)
🔥🤣Mary Beth's New Material Night (With Friends) on 6/26: “Barone and her guests as they try new stuff and see what sticks! Might be some old stuff too don’t be mad.” (10:00 PM, Union Hall, $15.64)
Get Involved
🐈🐈⬛Brooklyn Animal Action Catwalk 2024 on Sunday: “We’ll meet at the Grand Army Plaza entrance to Prospect Park for a pleasant walk to benefit Brooklyn Animal Action’s rescue work, while spending some quality time with fellow animal lovers. We’ll finish with a pizza picnic in the park, at the picnic area inside the Bartel-Pritchard Square entrance to the park.” (11:00 AM, Prospect Park)
🚶🏽🌈Volunteer with Brooklyn Youth Pride: “Brooklyn Pride is a volunteer run organization!” (Brooklyn Pride)
🌳🧹Spring Spruce Up on 6/13: “These projects include mulching, painting, invasive plant removal and other landscaping tasks. Projects may involve repetitive bending, kneeling, lifting, transporting loaded wheelbarrows, using sharp tools and encountering potentially hazardous plants and materials.” (10:00 AM, Prospect Park)
Glowing Restaurant Reviews
📰 Profile of Sawa in the The New Yorker: “Sawa, thrillingly, brings a destination-worthy degree of precision and clarity to its cooking—and to kibbeh nayyeh, as well, which is served with crisp pita crackers, for scooping. It’s unctuous and rich, fragrant with green onion and mint, the subtle gaminess of the meat made lemon-bright with sumac.” (The New Yorker)
💻Curry Mee in Grub Street’s Where to Eat in June: “Park Slope is flush with standard-issue burger sports and middling Thai takeout. One thing it’s lacked is a decent place for Malaysian dishes like nasi lemak. That void has been filled by Curry Mee, which opened a few steps down the street from Masalawala and Sons. There’s a serviceable (if not quite spicy enough) version of its namesake dish, which will more than satisfy locals who don’t want to go to Chinatown or Elmhurst.” (Grub Street)
Events
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Thursday, 6/6
🌹Rose Tour @ Brooklyn Botanic Garden: “Enjoy BBG’s Cranford Rose Garden at peak bloom with a diverse collection of modern, historic, and species roses. Take a tour and learn more about the history of these beloved plants. Free with Garden admission.” (6:00 PM, Brooklyn Botanic Garden)
🎩Enchanted Arcadia: The Gala For Green-Wood: “Embark on a dazzling evening beginning with a cocktail reception at the Historic Chapel. Then venture into the ethereal Cemetery landscape, where an array of tapas-style dinner stations with reserved seating awaits, accompanied by specialty cocktails and eclectic enchanting performances. Enchanted Arcadia is our only fundraising event of the year!” (6:00 PM, Green-Wood Cemetery)
🔥🇹🇹🇯🇲2nd Annual Best Of Little Caribbean Awards: “Bring together entrepreneurs, community stakeholders, influencers, media and the community in support of the Black/Caribbean owned business community in New York City. With 25 categories from Best Jerk to Best Roti/Doubles to Best Bakery to Best Vibes/Customer Service, one winner per category will be chosen by the community and another by a committee of Little Caribbean influencers & experts!” (6:00 PM, Audobon Center + Boathouse)
🍻📕Book Club @ Rullo's: Alice Munro. “We’ll be celebrating the life of Alice Munro by discussing ‘The Bear Came Over the Mountain!’” (6:00 PM, Rullo's)
🍷Vino War @ Thermostat Bar: “Join Sommeliers @xamarie_iam @estebanduqueortiz for The Vino War Event! Connecting Art and Wine through Pablo Picasso.” (6:00 PM, Thermostat Bar)
🌈🍻Queer Witch: Pride @ Beer Witch: “We are raffling prizes and a portion of the pride beer sales and all proceeds from the raffle will go to Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, the global leader of LGBTQ health (and where Dr. Alice worked for a decade before private practice). Our goals are supporting our underserved community via Callen-Lorde, networking with other queer folx and creating visibility for other small businesses.” (6:00 PM, Beer Witch)
🧘🏽Prospect Park Yoga With Brooklyn Flow: “Brooklyn Flow, Prospect Park Alliance and NewYork-Presbyterian present free, outdoor yoga on the Long Meadow. Brooklyn’s finest yoga teachers from different studios around the park lead free, outdoor group yoga classes in a low-pressure, beautiful environment.” (7:00 PM, Prospect Park, Free)
🔥🤣Wits End Presented By Samantha Bee: “A live game show, presented by Sam Bee, where two celebrity comedians face off in a game of custom made trivia, created and hosted by Adam Kesner. Adam’s company TRIVIAL DISPUTE has been running trivia games in the New York area for 15 years, and has been repeatedly voted Best Bar Trivia in NYC. Finally, Adam is bringing his skills to a live Brooklyn audience every month. Come to all three shows and receive a special gift from the stage!” (7:30 PM, The Bell House)
🕺Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Program A: “The Ailey company performs three works by visionary choreographers Jamar Roberts, Hans van Manen, and Alonzo King in a tour de force program of renegade modern dance. With Ode, Jamar Roberts offers a meditation on the beauty and fragility of life in a time of growing gun violence, featuring a score by the illustrious jazz pianist Don Pullen. Legendary Dutch choreographer Hans van Manen divides his dynamic Solo among three dancers in one explosive display of virtuosity and wit. Completing the evening, Alonzo King’s Following the Subtle Current Upstream—abstract and steeped in meaning—finds the Ailey dancers in constant, joyful flow to an eclectic score by Zakir Hussain, Miguel Frasconi, and Miriam Makeba.”(7:30 PM, BAM, $35)
🍿Spoons Toons & Booze After Dark: “Your Favorite Evening Cartoon, Booze & Free Cereal party with a Menu of toons geared towards adults/teens! It’s the even more R-rated version of our brunch show! Hosted by SecretFormula’s pop culture and cereal experts Michael Austin and Nell Casey, with comedic commentary in-between episodes.” (9:15 PM, Nitehawk)
Friday, 6/7
🍻🌈The Trantasy @ Sandy Jacks: “Come Help Us Celebrate Pride, Trans Love and The Birthday of the Beautiful Sorayah D! A Jam Packed Cast with Espi O’Najj, Vocalist Apollo & Several of Sorayah’s Closest Judies!!!” (10:00 PM, Sandy Jacks)
👣Prospect Park Wellness Walk: “Join Prospect Park Alliance at the Prospect Park Audubon Center for an uplifting and energizing morning walk including scenic trails along the Lullwater, Peninsula, Midwood or Waterfall. Please note, this walk leaves promptly at 10 am from the Prospect Park Audubon Center.” (10:00 AM, Prospect Park)
🌹Rose Tour @ Brooklyn Botanic Garden: See Thursday listing. (11:00 AM, Brooklyn Botanic Garden)
🦋Pop-Up Audubon Ii: “Join Prospect Park Alliance near the Ocean Avenue Entrance to explore the wonders of nature with our naturalists. We will discuss the role of pollinators and their importance to our ecosystem.” (12:00 PM, Prospect Park)
🫙DIY Herbal Oxymels @ Brooklyn Botanic Garden: “Herbal oxymels are an herbal vinegar-and-honey-infused tonic. Oxymels make for a delicious addition to soups and dressings. Learn more about herbal oxymels and make your own to take home.” (1:30 PM, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, $62)
🌈🍿Central Library Film Club: Pride In Many Tones, “The Watermelon Woman” (1996): “Here's your chance to see Cheryl Dunye’s “The Watermelon Woman,” the first feature film directed by an-out lesbian Black woman. This ingenious indie film-within-a film offers a breezy romantic comedy around interracial lesbian love while sharply critiquing Hollywood representations of Black and Queer women.” (3:00 PM, Central Library)
🍕Community Pizza Nights With Angela Lombardo: See Book Now section above. (4:00 PM, Old Stone House)
🎨🌈LGBTQ+ Teen Night @ Brooklyn Museum: The Art Of Exposure : “Teens: celebrate art, activism, identity, and allyship in our 11th annual LGBTQ+ Teen Night! Created by and for teens, the evening will be full of art-making, performances, and much more. (5:00 PM, Brooklyn Museum)
🛼Beyoncé Dreamland Roller Disco-Cowboy Carter Edition: “Lola Star's Dreamland Roller Disco as part of Lakeside Roller Dance Night Series in Prospect Park is a themed, dress up, immersive roller skating experience that will transport you into a fabulous retro roller disco “dreamland." Each Dreamland Roller Disco includes: Retro DJs spinning the hottest dance floor grooves from the 70s, 80s, 90s and today; An MC who narrates the spectacle as it unfolds; Tons of rad, Instagram-able moments including a red carpet where you can take photos; Birthday shout-outs - bring your birthday crew, the party is ON.” (7:00 PM, LeFrak Center @ Lakeside, $28.45)
🔥🤣Summer Jobs Tour: Andrew Dismukes, James Austin Johnson, Devon Walker (SOLD OUT): 3 SNL cast members touring. (7:30 PM, The Bell House, $35.45)
🕺Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Program A: See listing above. (7:30 PM, BAM, $35)
🍿🌈Brooklyn Pride Movie Night Near JJ Byrne: “Caribbean Queen is an inspiring short film that follows the journey of Q (Ansi A. Rodriguez), a young Caribbean boy, who wants to become the Queen of the West Indian Day Carnival Parade. However, prejudice from family and the community threatens this dream and celebration of Caribbean culture. But with determination and the help of their bestie, Joe (Nimene Wureh), they may just make it to the Parkway! Director Sekiya Dorsett proudly states, "We're thrilled to share a slice of Flatbush, Brooklyn with viewers, honoring our lives as LGBTQ+ Caribbeans. We deserve to be safe, seen and celebrated.” (7:30 PM, JJ Byrne)
Saturday Morning, 6/8
🛒Greenmarket @ Grand Army Plaza: Collaborative Community Cookbook With Mike Durkin: “Founded in 1989, Grand Army Plaza is Greenmarket's flagship Brooklyn market, and the second largest market in the program, behind Union Square.” (8:00 AM, Prospect Park)
🏃🌈Brooklyn Pride 5K Run/Walk: “Begin your Pride celebration in Prospect Park with your fellow revelers for the annual Brooklyn Pride LGBTQIA+ 5K!” (10:00 AM, Prospect Park)
🌳👣Prospect Park Tours With Turnstile Tours: “Discover hidden treasures, natural wonders and little-known tales on interactive guided tours of Prospect Park in the heart of Brooklyn, presented by Turnstile Tours in partnership with Prospect Park Alliance.” (10:30 AM, Prospect Park)
🌹Rose Tour @ Brooklyn Botanic Garden: “See listing above.” (11:00 AM, Brooklyn Botanic Garden)
🌈Brooklyn Pride W/ Gemini & Scorpio: “Gemini & Scorpio and House of Scorpio are rolling out the rainbow runway for the huge Brooklyn Pride street fair along 5th Ave in Park Slope! Browse our festival, statement and party wear clothing picks, and get your Pride looks captured in our open-sky selfie photo booth. Please let us know if you want to hang with us a bit and talk about what we do, our space and your experience here with new folks who may not know us yet (we'll have drinks & snacks for everyone!).” (11:00 AM, Gemini & Scorpio)
🚶🏽🌈28th Annual Brooklyn Pride Multicultural Festival: “We are excited to have our 28th Annual Brooklyn Pride Multicultural Festival, spanning from Union Street to 9th Street on 5th Avenue.” (11:00 AM, 5th Avenue)
Saturday Afternoon
🐦🐤Pop-Up Audubon I: “Join Prospect Park Alliance at Nellie’s Lawn to explore the wonders of nature with our naturalists. We will discuss the role of pollinators and their importance to our ecosystem.” (12:00 PM, Prospect Park)
🎤️🌈Brooklyn Pride Main Stage: “Welcome to the vibrant heart of Brooklyn Pride’s festival — where talent takes center stage and resonates in every note and performance. All afternoon, the Main Stage showcases our community’s beautiful talents and voices.” (12:00 PM, Old Stone House)
🍿Director Q&A After 'The Feeling That The Time For Doing Something Has Passed' @ Nitehawk: “Filmmaker Joanna Arnow’s hilarious comedy follows a 30-something New York woman (Arnow) as time passes in her long-term casual BDSM relationship, low-level corporate job, and quarrelsome Jewish family. Saturday show followed by Q&A with Arnow!” Read The New Yorker's rave review of this Brooklyn director's film here. (12:30 PM, Nitehawk)
🌈🥪Sandwich Girl Pride: “Cassi-DJ started spinning during a pandemic-induced hiatus from their other creative pursuits, which include producing the variety show Queers N Peers and fronting the indie rock band Boy Howdy!. Their decade-plus of exploring the many creative pockets of Brooklyn nightlife (plus a brief stint in Berlin) has yielded a diverse and playful DJ style that gives the crowd what they want while surprising them with unique selections that transcend genre.” (1:00 PM, Sandwich Girl)
🕺Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Program A: See listing above. (2:00 PM, BAM, $35)
🚶🏽🌈Pride In Prospect Park w/Jewish Family Pride: “This gathering will feature a unique Bikkurim (first fruits) ritual. In ancient times, Shavuot was a time to gather our Bikkurim, the first fruits of our harvest, and bring them as gifts to the Temple in Jerusalem. We will we reenact this ancient pilgrimage to celebrate the season of the harvest. The ritual will include a wave offering of fresh grain, Hebrew & Yiddish songs, and intentions for the coming season.” (3:00 PM, Prospect Park)
📗Release Party For Eyesuck Zine Issue 2!: “With music by Kikkomane & Jacuzzi Jefferson. Kids are welcome, but adults only after 6 please! Eyesuck is taking over the Leroy’s Place monthly mixer with music, pop-up tattoo artist, Y2K photo-ops, and more!” (4:00 PM, Leroy's Place)
🎶 Celebrate Brooklyn! Family Day: “Headliner The Halluci Nation, formerly known as A Tribe Called Red, will dazzle your ears with their Indigenous-inspired electronica. Openers Xiuhtezcatl and Asase Yaa Youth Ensemble take you on a musical journey, from Xiuhtezcatl’s raw lyricism to the vibrant rhythms of Asase Yaa’s African drumming. Bring your whole family and enjoy fun activities on the lawn at this all-ages event.” (4:00 PM, Prospect Park)
🍻🌈Brooklyn Pride At That Bar: “Join us for a fabulous celebration of love and diversity at one of Brooklyn's hottest spots. Get ready for a night filled with music, dancing, and good vibes.” (4:00 PM, That Bar)
🎨"Berlin>>Brooklyn" Opening Reception: “Opening reception for show by Berlin gallery ep.contemporary.” (4:00 PM, 440 Gallery)
💃“Moving Together” Summer Series: Partner Dances Of New York: “Join in•corpus and the Old Stone House in 4th Street Plaza for a series of free community dance events centering partner dances from New York: Lindy Hop, Salsa On 2, and Latin Hustlle!” (5:00 PM, The Old Stone House)
Saturday Night
🔥🤣A New Hour Of Stand Up With Abby Govindan: “Govindan is a 26-year-old stand-up comedian and writer based in New York City. Abby got her start in comedy at the age of 20, making her comedic debut at Caroline’s on Broadway in New York City in December of 2017. Within a year of pursuing comedy, she had a meteoric rise after she went viral on the internet for her sharp wit and comedic ingenuity. Since starting comedy, Abby has performed at venues all over the world and, in 2019, even toured as a headliner for several colleges across the nation while being a college student herself.” (7:00 PM, The Bell House)
🎤️🌈Funky Reggae House Party Presents A Brooklyn Pride Carnival @ Brooklyn Musuem: “Influenced by the colorful traditions of their homeland, Trinidad, Funky Reggae House Party enhances the range of Caribbean creative contributions to Brooklyn nightlife and beyond. When they’re not palancing at events, they are working hard behind the scenes to open a queer West Indian bar and community space called The Village BK.” (7:00 PM, Brooklyn Museum)
💃🏿Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Program B: “This stunning return to BAM’s opera house stage by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater offers a program of signature Ailey works, honoring and celebrating the man who forged a revolutionary path for American dance. Members of Ailey II come together with the Company in Memoria, the choreographer’s heartfelt elegy to his dear friend and colleague Joyce Trisler, while A Song for You takes us on an emotional journey through love and longing, set to Donny Hathaway’s somber tune of the same name.” (7:30 PM, BAM, $35)
🚶🏽🌈28th Annual Brooklyn Pride Twilight Parade: “Capping off a full slate of events on Brooklyn Pride Day, the Brooklyn Pride Twilight Parade will take place at 7:30PM along Fifth Avenue from Lincoln Place and Eighth Street. The only evening parade in the Northeast, the street will be filled with organizations showing up to march in support of the amazing and vibrant LGBTQIA+ community. Make sure to come early because the sidewalks are sure to be packed with people from across the five boroughs!” (7:30 PM, 5th Avenue)
🌈Brooklyn Pride Afterparty @ Gemini & Scorpio: “Channel your inner Alexis with gold lame, shoulder pads and power suits, and break out your best side-to-side dance moves. Dance-ready retro mix all night: 80s 90s 00s pop + house.” (8:00 PM, Gemini & Scorpio)
🛼Roller Wave @ LeFrak: “Don’t miss a fun night of roller skating, music, food and drink, and more. Let the good times ROLL! 🛼🎵” (6PM, Lakeside, $21)
🍿🎶Rooftop Selects: Cemetery Shorts: “When confronted with death, it’s difficult to know whether to look forward or think back—here, you can do both. Come for our annual gathering in Green-Wood Cemetery, where together we’ll dive into family drama at a funeral, carve into the meaning of life with a headstone sculptor, and hang out with nuns who just can’t wait to die. With this collection of short films, we’ll experience how death can bring heartbreak, humor, clarity, and sometimes, nothing at all.” (8:30 PM, Green-Wood Cemetery, $20.05)
🌈🕺For The Gworls Fundraiser: “FOR THE GWORLS is a Black, trans-led collective that curates parties to fundraise money to help Black transgender people pay for their rent, gender-affirming surgeries, smaller co-pays for medicines/doctor’s visits, and travel assistance.” (11:00 PM, Littlefield, $15)
Sunday, 6/9
Note: Libraries are closed Sunday due to city budget cuts.
🍖🍛🌮🥙Smorgasburg: “Presented in partnership with Prospect Park Alliance, is considered the “Woodstock of Eating." The celebrated open-air food fair is back in Prospect Park for the 2024 season! Over 60 local businesses will gather on Breeze Hill, near the Lincoln Road entrance, to offer a range of food and drink every Sunday .” (11:00 AM, Prospect Park)
🐈🐈⬛Brooklyn Animal Action Catwalk 2024: See Get Involved section above. (11:00 AM, Prospect Park)
🍦Meet & Greet Fudgie @ Carvel: “Stop by for free activities and to join a raffle to win a FREE Fudgie the Whale Carvel cake (just in time for Father’s day) 🐳 See you there!!” (11:00 AM, Carvel)
🐦🐤Pop-Up Audubon I: “Join Prospect Park Alliance at Nellie’s Lawn to explore the wonders of nature with our naturalists. We will discuss the role of pollinators and their importance to our ecosystem.” (12:00 PM, Prospect Park)
🏠Exhibit Opening: Adama Delphine Fawundu, Ancestral Whispers: “The opening event will start with a spiritually rich sonic offering, featuring Fawundu accompanied by her son and musician Che Buford, whose work explores the creation of new narratives while engaging with memory and place. Proposing that memory also resides in the wind, the performance extends an invitation to collectively witness anew, imagine, and feel through some of the Indigenous and African ancestral stories that have added to the greatness of Brooklyn.” (2:00 PM, Prospect Park)
🎻Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra: Elgar, Sullivan, Williams: “Don’t miss the final concert of the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra’s 50th anniversary season, guest conducted by former artistic director Nick Armstrong. The program features three pieces by British composers: Sir Arthur Sullivan’s bustling Overture di Ballo, Edward Elgar’s iconic Cello Concerto in E Minor with soloist David Balatero, and Ralph Vaughan Williams’s evocative Pastoral Symphony.” 2:00 PM, Brooklyn Museum, $25)
💃🏿Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Program B: See listing above. (3:00 PM, BAM, $35)
🎻Concerts On The Slope: Echoes Of Genius: “For our season finale, we feature two piano trios, one old, one new; Beethoven’s Ghost Trio, a timeless masterpiece whose slow movement references the ghost scene in Shakespeare’s Hamlet, and former composer-in-residence Reena Esmail’s Piano Trio, written in 2019, a graceful merging of western and Indian styles. In between the two, composer-in-residence Marjorie Merryman’s 2020 Visions, written in 2021 for violin and piano in the wake of the pandemic.” (3:00 PM, St. John's)
🤣🌈T4T: Two-Year Transgender Comedy Anniversary Spectacular: “NYC's original monthly all-trans standup show is celebrating it's two year anniversary in STYLE, with an over the top extravaganza featuring every single transgender comedian you've ever heard of and then some.” (7:30 PM, The Bell House)
🔥🤣Caleb Hearon New Material & Special Guests: A Tiktok star who always sells out.(10:00 PM, The Bell House)
Monday, 6/10
🙋🏽🌳It's My Park Day: World Environment Day: “Care for the park after busy weekends. All necessary tools will be provided for your volunteer experience.” (10:00 AM, Prospect Park)
🎤️🌈Queer To Tell: A Storytelling Series @ Ginger's Bar: See Book Now section above. (7:15 PM, Ginger's Bar, $15)
🎶✡️Yiddish Singalong & Klezmer Jam: “Join us for a singalong in honor of the graduation of the BKCM Klezmer Community Band, and of the Jewish holiday of Shavuot! Bring a snack to share, bring an instrument and most importantly bring yourself! We will also have dancing and a singalong/klezmer jam with Cantor Sarah Myerson!” (7:30 PM, Brooklyn Conservatory of Music)
Tuesday, 6/11
🚶🏽Free Fitness Walks In Prospect Park For Adults Ages 60+: “Matt Abrams, Director of the Park Slope Center for Successful Aging, will join members of the community to explore the park while discussing the importance of exercise and movement for adults over 60, particularly for people experiencing arthritis.” (10:00 AM, Prospect Park)
🤠Jack And Friends Summer Concert Series: Hopalong Andrew: “An American Western and Folk music singer and humorist who revisions classic cowboy and folk songs to playfully reflect city life for urban cowpokes.” (4:00 PM, Park Slope Library)
🍿Silent Film Mirror: Buster Keaton In The Cameraman (1928) With Live Piano Accompaniment By By Makia Matsumura: “Keaton's next-to-last silent comedy was his first film after leaving the security of his own independent studio to work for the more corporately-minded M-G-M. It takes place in New York City, where his love for Sally (Marceline Day) and friendship with a monkey (Josephine) inspires and aids him in his quest to rise from tintype photographer to newsreel cameraman.” (6:00 PM, Central Library)
💪Amp’d Interval Training With Chelsea Piers Fitness: “Join Chelsea Piers Fitness and Prospect Park Alliance to hit the grass and push your body to new limits in this high-intensity interval training class that combines bodyweight strength and cardio on the Prospect Park Long Meadow.” (6:00 PM, Prospect Park)
Wednesday, 6/12
🛒Wednesday Greenmarket At Bartel-Pritchard Square: “Nestled inside Prospect Park's tree-shaded southwest corner, this much-loved weekday market is where South Slope and Windsor Terrace residents stock up on locally grown staples.” (8:00 AM, Prospect Park)
📕Summer At The Library Kickoff Drop-In Event: “Collect your summer reading materials, learn about upcoming programs, and take home a grab and go craft kit.” (4:00 PM, Park Slope Library)
👃🏽🎨Scent Tours: Hiroshige's Seasons: “Immerse yourself in a multisensory tour of Hiroshige’s 100 Famous Views of Edo (feat. Takashi Murakami) led by Jessica Murphy, a fragrance historian and Manager of Group Experiences at the Brooklyn Museum. The Museum’s complete set of Utagawa Hiroshige’s 100 Famous Views of Edo, a meticulously executed and beautifully preserved series of prints, is one of our greatest treasures. The series’ vivid colors, innovative compositions, and rich detail evoke daily life in mid-19th-century Edo (modern-day Tokyo), with an emphasis on locations where people gathered to observe the changing seasons” (6:30 PM, Brooklyn Musuem)
📕Book Club: 'Lives Of Girls And Women' @ Community Bookstore: “Rural Ontario, 1940s. Del Jordan lives out at the end of the Flats Road on her father’s fox farm, where her most frequent companions are an eccentric bachelor family friend and her rough younger brother.” (7:00 PM, Community Bookstore)
🎤️The Moth At Green-Wood Cemetery: “An evening of stories that connect us to the Earth, where roots run deep. Self-imposed rules made to be broken, flying free from the tethers, or finally finding where to plant our feet. Death rituals and birthing rites. Uncovering the people, places, and moments that bring us home.” (8:00 PM, Green-Wood Cemetery)
Thursday, 6/13
🌼Nature Exploration: Pollinator Month: “Join the Prospect Park Alliance for nature education programs at the Prospect Park Audubon Center, the first urban Audubon Center in the nation as we explore the question, “What is a pollinator?”
Butterfly Watch 10–1 pm: Learn about NYC common butterflies, their life cycle, and how they help plants.
Animal Encounters 11–12 pm: Join Alliance Naturalists in learning more about the animals in the Audubon Center’s collection. This program starts promptly at 2 pm.
Nature on the Go! 12–1 pm: Join an Alliance Naturalist for Nature on the Go activities to explore the park and learn about the nature around us." (10:00 AM, Prospect Park)
🌳🧹Spring Spruce Up: See Get Involved above. (10:00 AM, Prospect Park)
🐦🐤Pop-Up Audubon Ii: “Join Prospect Park Alliance at Nellie’s Lawn to explore the wonders of nature with our naturalists. We will discuss the role of pollinators and their importance to our ecosystem.” (12:00 PM, Prospect Park)
🧘🏽Prospect Park Yoga With Brooklyn Flow: “Brooklyn Flow, Prospect Park Alliance and NewYork-Presbyterian present free, outdoor yoga on the Long Meadow. Brooklyn’s finest yoga teachers from different studios around the park lead free, outdoor group yoga classes in a low-pressure, beautiful environment.” (7:00 PM, Prospect Park, $Free)
🎨🌈Drag And Draw @ Brooklyn Museum: “Celebrating the arts of drawing and drag in honor of Brooklyn Pride, the June installment features models from Yas Mama, Brooklyn’s favorite night of Latinx drag. Experiment with colorful materials in this casual class led by teaching artist Natalia Munoz Durango. While you draw, enjoy music and shows by some of NYC’s best drag performers, hosted by Chata, mother of the House of Bushwig. Tickets are $35 and include after-hours admission to Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys, a complimentary drink, and a Brooklyn Museum tote.” (7:00 PM, Brooklyn Musuem, $35)
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