Weekend Events

Winter Fair 2011 at the Brooklyn Waldorf School
You are cordially invited to join us in the preparation and celebration of The Brooklyn Waldorf School’s Winter Fair! This is our most eclectic and exciting event of the year. There is truly something for everyone, including a wide array of children’s games, a marketplace with handmade crafts, foods and more. Mark your calendars! Winter Fair Set-Up is this Friday 12PM-8PM and the event will be held Saturday, December 10th from 11AM-5PM. The entire community and neighborhood is invited to come and join in the fun.

Solar One Speaks in Park Slope
Solar One, an environmental non-profit organization focusing on environmental education throughout the five boroughs, is hosting a press release TODAY at MS 88 in Park Slope at 10am to discuss our Green Design Lab program. The Green Design Lab is a comprehensive K-12 environmental education curriculum that Solar One has developed in partnership with the NYC Department of Education to educate students about the benefits of sustainability while reducing energy use in NYC school buildings. The press release on Friday will discuss the progress that the Green Design Lab Program has made since its pilot year in 2010, and our plans for expanding the program in the future. City Council Speaker Quinn, the Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott, and David Bragdon, the Director of Mayor’s Office of Long Term Planning, will all be in attendance.

Santa on Flatbush Avenue
Santa is getting ready to head over to Flatbush Avenue on Saturday, December 10th. He is bringing candy canes for the children of the Prospect Heights and Park Slope neighborhood. For the parents, he will have our Shopping and Services Guide and our Discount Merchant Booklet to use during the holiday shopping season on Flatbush Avenue. Come on out, rain or snow, and see santa! He will be making his way up and down Flatbush Avenue from Park Place to Bergen Street from 12pm to 4pm!

Hannah Senesh Community Day School Art Fair
Community Art Fair this Sunday, December 11, 1:00-4:00pm Free of charge. Fun for the whole family! Children’s art workshops including clay handbuilding, large 3D objects design, wire sculpture, bookmaking, origami hearts, card making, Hanukkah multimedia mobiles, knitting, paper doll making, and more! Crafts fair including showcase jewelry, knits, pottery, art, and more holiday gifts. There also will be face painting, henna tattoos, and festivities.

Brooklyn Flea + SmorgasBrewery
The Flea moves indoors and occupies Skylight One Hanson both Saturday and Sunday this winter. In addition to moving indoors, the Flea and Brooklyn Brewery launch SmorgasBrewery this Sunday, December 4: a mini-Smorgasburg featuring a rotating cast of five Flea/Smorg food vendors serving inside the Brewery’s Tasting Room on North 11th St. in Williamsburg. The Flea runs from 10am to 5pm at Skylight One Hanson and SmorgasBrewery runs from noon to 5pm.