Weekend Events

Making Brooklyn Bloom
GreenBridge presents the 28th Annual Making Brooklyn Bloom. The theme is “Growing Up Green: Guiding Youth from Gardening to Green-Collar Jobs” and and is dedicated to informing Brooklynites about ways to green their neighborhoods by mobilizing youth towards gardening and growing fresh food. There will be 16 workshops, interactive exhibits, a green-collar jobs panel, and a presentation called “A Brooklyn Girl’s Food Voice: Three Generations of Growing Food” by Annie Hauck-Lawson, author of Gastropolis: Food & New York City. Admission is free if you print out and bring this flyer.
Saturday, March 7. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Brooklyn Botanic Garden Palm House, 1000 Washington Avenue.

Culver Community Garden Rally
The Culver Community Garden Committee invites you to a rally in support of a community garden at the 9th Avenue D train station. There will be free food, free drinks, and live music. Sign their petition and help them show the MTA that the community wants green space.
Saturday, March 7. 12 p.m. Meet at the corner of 9th avenue and 39th Street.

Winter Pop-Up Flea
This weekend, Cool Hunting is the guest curator for the Dumbo Winter Pop-Up Flea. The Flea features 35 top vintage/antique vendors of furniture, clothing, objects, jewelry, curiosities, accessories, art, lighting, and food. For more details on all the vendors, click here.
Saturday, March 7 and Sunday, March 8. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. 76 and 81 Front Street.

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Northside Town Hall Art Event
Neighbors Allied for Good Growth (NAG) and the People’s Firehouse, Inc. (PFI) were awarded the rights to re-develop the former Engine 212 Firehouse into a full-service community and cultural center. Their inaugural art exhibition is Running” by Michael Ballou.
Saturday, March 7. 7:30-11:30 p.m. Engine 212 Firehouse, 134 Wythe Avenue.

“Cosmopolis: Immigrant Writers in New York”
Peter Carey presents “Cosmopolis: Immigrant Writers in New York City.” Carey, a two-time Booker Award-winning author, will read from his latest novel, His Illegal Self, and discuss his long career with WNYC’s Leonard Lopate.
Saturday, March 7. 4 p.m. Free. In the Dweck Center at the Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza.

Grand Army Plaza Coalition Meeting
The Grand Army Plaza Coalition (GAPCo) will hold their annual meeting. Everyone who has an interest in Grand Army Plaza, its surrounding neighborhoods, or in community-driven public
projects should attend.
Saturday, March 7. 10 a.m.-12 p.m. In the Trustees Room at the Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza.

Arts in Bushwick Presents SITE
The Bushwick SITE Festival is a two day event, highlighting the diversity of performance in Bushwick. Encompassing theatre, dance, music, and other forms of performance art, SITE seeks to expand the interaction between spectators and spectacle, as both artists and visitors move through a plethora of spaces, events, media, and styles. The festival centers around three hub spaces: Chez Bushwick, the Bushwick Starr, Lumenhouse, and Grace Exhibition Space.
Saturday, March 7 and Sunday, March 8. 1-9 p.m. See website for directions and exhibits.

Ice Skating Show with Oksana Baiul
Watch Oksana Baiul skate at the park. The show is free with paid admission to Wollman Rink. The Olympic figure skating champion will be on hand to meet and greet the skaters and their families.
Sunday, March 8. 1:30 p.m. Adults: $5, Kids: $3. Wollman Rink in Prospect Park, at Parkside and Ocean Avenue.

Myrtle Windows Gallery Presents Ordinary Wonderful
Opening tonight is the second Myrtle Windows Gallery exhibition, a program that turns Myrtle Avenue into an open-air art gallery. This solo exhibition features the photos of Brooklyn-based Trevor Brown, who explores the beauty in the ordinary things in Brooklyn.
Tonight. 6-8 p.m. Karen’s Body Beautiful, 436 Myrtle Avenue.