This weekend is FULL of family-friendly events to help you celebrate Father’s Day. SAT JUNE, 17th & SUN, JUNE 18th 14th Annual Juneteenth presents Kaleidoscope of Black Culture “Juneteenth is the oldest, nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States of America…[The] Juneteenth Family Fun Day Festival gathers 20,000+ attendees local to the […]
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Photoville and Summer Fridays Return to Brooklyn Bridge Park
Photoville, a free outdoor photo exhibit, will return to Brooklyn Bridge Park starting this Saturday, June 4, with an opening community celebration from 1:00 to 10:00 PM that will feature special exhibits and programs, an interactive photo booth, a styling workshop, and during the evening, music. Admission is free, and food will be available for […]
Photoville is Back
Photoville, the free outdoor photographic festival, has returned to Brooklyn Bridge Park and to other locations around Brooklyn and the other boroughs. The format of many of the exhibits is like that in the photo: large, billboard like panels with several photos concerning a particular theme, along with explanatory text. The exhibit in the photo […]
Kid Friendly Weekend Roundup
In addition to this weekend’s Montague BID Sunday Social, several additional family-friendly events are happening in and around Brooklyn Heights. So get out there while the gettin’ is good! Thursday, September 16th – Sunday, September 19th Brooklyn Americana Music Festival: When bands have names like The Wild Goats, Bobtown, and The Dang-It Bobbys you KNOW you’re in for […]
Work Has Begun on Emily Roebling Plaza, Final Portion of Brooklyn Bridge Park
Work began this month on the last portion of Brooklyn Bridge Park, the space beneath the Brooklyn Bridge that has for some time been a vacant lot, occasionally used for events like Photoville (this year Photoville was presented in various locations throughout the Park). The lot was previously occupied by the City’s Purchase Building , […]
Photoville is Back, but in a New Format, and Many New Locations
Photoville, the exhibit of contemporary photography that, in recent years has been held in shipping containers in an empty lot beneath the Brooklyn Bridge, has, because of COVID-19, been taken outdoors. It’s now on billboard like structures, as in the photo, taken near the Old Fulton Street entrance to Brooklyn Bridge Park. These displays are […]
Photoville Now Open
Photoville, “NYC’s premier photo destination,” is here for its eighth year, with galleries occupying repurposed shipping containers located in Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Brooklyn Bridge Plaza, on Water Street just below the Brooklyn Bridge and in the Fulton Ferry Historic District. This year’s Photoville includes over eighty exhibitions, all accessible. In addition to exhibitions in and […]
Photoville Opens in Brooklyn Bridge Park
Straight from the Photoville website: “For its seventh edition, Photoville will present work by more than 600 artists in 90 photography exhibitions & outdoor installations, providing an accessible venue for the public to experience both challenging and entertaining visual stories from a diverse group of artists, curators and organizations. In addition to exhibitions in and around […]
Photoville Opens Wednesday; Other Events at Brooklyn Bridge Park This Week
Photoville returns to Brooklyn Bridge Park this week, in a new location, under the Brooklyn Bridge. The exhibit opens on Wednesday, September 21 at 4:00 p.m., closing at 10:00 p.m. It will be open from noon to 10:00 p.m. Thursday, September 22 through Saturday, September 24, and from noon to 5:00 p.m. Sunday, September 25. […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestions: Brooklyn Heights and Nearby
There’s much going on in and near the Heights this weekend (Friday, September 18 through Sunday, September 20), some of which we’ve already told you about. There’s a baroque concert (with swing!) Friday evening, the Cranberry Street Fair on Saturday, and the Brooklyn Book Festival Sunday. Bargemusic has a full schedule of concerts. On Friday […]
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