The Brooklyn Historical Society is opening a museum inside the new Empire Stores waterfront mall in Dumbo on May 19th , 2017. To launch the event, their first exhibition titled, Shifting Perspectives: Photographs of Brooklyn’s Waterfront, will be followed at year’s end by a long-term show simply called “Waterfront” that explores the history of the area’s workers, […]
Read More
Summerstage is a yearly tradition that marks the start Summer in New York with mostly free, outdoor concerts in many of NYC’s public parks. The biggest and the best are held at Central Park of course. Here is the full roster. Some of our favorite h June 3rd, 7 p.m. // Mavis Staples and Toshi […]
Read More
The annual cherry blossom festival at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden known as Sakura Matsuri, starts Saturday, April 29 and Sunday, April 30, 2017 | 10 a.m.–6 p.m. The festival offers over 60 events and performances that celebrate traditional and contemporary Japanese culture. The festival also marks the end of “hanami”, the Japanese cultural tradition of […]
Read More
