Exciting Weekend Events: Family Day at SummerStage, the Charlton Street Festival, Henry V, and much more!
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Have fun with art at the Charlton Street Festival
This summer block buster weekends continue with tons of events in Brooklyn and throughout the city. We are really excited to check out Family Day at SummerStage and Bastille Day on 60th Street to score some delicious French bread and pastries or maybe we’ll spend the day in Brooklyn and donate some of our old clothes at the Textile Recycling event at Grand Army Plaza. If we can get a babysitter, the New York Classical Theatre’s performance of Henry V sounds like a great way to check out a Shakespearean play for FREE while also enjoying a night out on Governor’s Island. With so much going on this weekend, what events are you the most excited to check out with your family?
Friday, July 8 from 6:30pm – 7:15pm
Free Friday Night Jam: Irene Koloseus’s Feraba: African Rhythm Tap
Irene Koloseus’s Feraba: African Rhythm Tap will be at the Brooklyn Museum performing a lively dance set that both kids and adults will enjoy. Featuring Koloseus, music director, Andy Algire and an ensemble who will tap dance to the sounds of African drums and percussion. Details: Brooklyn Children’s Museum, 145 Brooklyn Avenue (at St. Marks Avenue), Brooklyn, NY 11213. For additional information, please click here.
Friday, July 8 at 7pm
Celebrate Brooklyn with Los Lobos, Hellow Seahorse! and Zigmat
Celebrate Brooklyn!, New York City’s longest running, free, outdoor performing arts festival, is holding a fun concert in Park Slope with the annual Latin Alternative Music Conference show. Los Lobos, Hellow Seahorse! and Zigmat will be performing at this free concert, but Celebrate Brooklyn! requests a $3 donation so that they can continue to offer exciting shows every year. Details: Prospect Park Bandshell at Prospect Park West and 9th Street in Park Slope, Brooklyn. For additional information, please click here.
Friday, July 8, Saturday, July 9th and Sunday, July 10th at 7pm
(also showing on July 12, 13, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21 & 24)
New York Classical Theatre presents Henry V
The city is renowned for its free theater and this year the New York Classical Theatre Company is putting on their production of William Shakespeare’s Henry V. The performances are held on Governors Island so families will have to meet at Battery Park and travel abroad Statue Cruises that will be made available starting at 3pm each day of performance. Special wristbands, distributed 5:00-6:30pm on the day of each performance in front of Castle Clinton, will be required for ferry transportation to Governors Island. Limit 2 wristbands per person. A fantastic FREE cultural event to check out this summer. Details: Meet at Battery Park (in front of Castle Clinton) and Governors Island. For additional information, please click here.
Saturday, July 9, 2011 from 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Textile Recycling at Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket
Do you have any old clothes that you have been meaning to donate or giveaway? GrowNYC has the perfect way for you to get ride of your old stuff by donating your old clothing, shoes, towels, sheets, scarves, hats, bags and belts for reuse or recycling. Details: Prospect Park Greenmarket (in Grand Army Plaza) Northwest corner of Prospect Park, Brooklyn. For additional information, please click here.
Saturday, July 9th from 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Brooklyn Bridge Park Boathouse Kayaking and Community Rowing
A great event to explore the Hudson is by kayaking and rowing with your family. You don’t have to sign up in advance for this free event (boats are on a first-come, first-serve basis) but you will need to bring clothes that you don’t mind getting wet as well as sandals or shoes for walking on a rocky beach. Also, everyone in a boat has to know how to swim and children under 18 must have an adult guardian present. Details: Brooklyn Bridge Park Boathouse, Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 1 (in Brooklyn Bridge Park) – Old Fulton Street and Furman Street, Brooklyn. For additional information, please click here.
Saturday, July 9th from noon-4pm
(also held on July 16th and July 23rd)
Charlton Street Festival
The Children’s Museum of the Arts will transform Charlton Street into a free street festival with art workshops and other interactive activities. This FREE event includes a bake sale, large-scale sculpture and installation, early childhood programming, stop motion animation workshops, family music time, and mural making. There will also be lessons taught by Collab on how to use a sewing machine and how to create your own tote bag. Bike New York will also be teaching kids to how to ride a bike from 12-3 pm. Details: Charlton Street In Hudson Square, Between Hudson & Greenwich Streets. For additional information, please click here.
Saturday, July 9th at 8pm
Hot Summer Nights! Free Outdoor Concert Series
The Danny Repole Swing Band
A series of free outdoor concerts during the month of July takes place at the oceanfront bandshell of Kingsborough Community College. This week, the Danny Repole Swing Band will be performing. Details: Kingsborough Community College, 2001 Oriental Boulevard (end of Oriental Boulevard), Brooklyn, NY. For additional information, please click here.
Sunday, July 10th from 12–5pm
Bastille Day on 60th Street
Bastille Day on 60th Street is a fun way to get your kids excited about French music, food and culture. This all-day event includes arts and crafts, face painting, a kids’ pétanque contest (lawn bowling tournament), face painting, performances by can-can dancers and tasty treats. Details: 60th Street between Fifth and Lexington Avenue. For additional information, please click here.
Sunday July 10th from 2-3 pm
Nature Crafts at Prospect Park
Spend the day in Prospect Park and then visit the Audubon Center to make an arts and crafts project using all-natural and recycled materials. Details: The Audubon Center at the Boathouse is located just inside the Lincoln Road/Ocean Avenue. For additional information, please click here.
Sunday, July 10th from 2:00pm – 3:00pm
Summer Songs and Stories
Tammy Hall, storyteller and musician, invites kids of all ages to gather around the big tree at the Lefferts Historic House to hear stories from around the world. Details: Lefferts Historic House is located at the Children’s Corner, inside the Park’s Willink Entrance, at the intersection of Flatbush and Ocean Avenues and Empire Boulevard. For additional information, please click here.
Sunday, July 10th at 3:00 pm
SummerStage Kids Presented by Disney – Family Day
SummerStage Kids presented by Disney will celebrate international culture through fun performances, puppetry, music, workshops, and magical acts. The Verve Pipe, The Zany Umbrella Circus, Oko Sokolo, Oran Etkin, Thunderbird American Indian Dancers and the Brooklyn Steppers will be on-hand for all-day performances. Details: Central Park Mainstage (Rumsey Playfield). For additional information, please click here.
Sunday, July 10th: 11 am- 10 pm
Celebrate Bastille Day on Smith Street
Vive la France by enjoying Bastille Day with some of Brooklyn’s french restaurants. You can also check out North America’s Petanque Tournament when over 80 teams from all over the world take over Smith Street. For full details of which establishments are participating in Bastille Day Celebrations, go here. Details: Smith Street btw. Bergen and Pacific and Dean Street between Boerum Place and Smith Street.
Sunday, July 10th
Giglio Feast in Williamsburg
This ancient feast commemorates Italian history which celebrates the bravery of a Bishop. Upon his safe return, he was greeted with lilies. You will see fabulous displays of lilies (gigli), some that tower up high and require many people to carry them. Each gigli is paraded with music and the competition is a serious one.
Details: Our Lady of Mount Carmel at 275 N. 8th Street in Williamsburg. The Capo Parade begins at 9 am followed by 11 am Mass. From 1-6 pm is the Dancing of the Giglio and Boat, followed by Solemn Novena and the Flea Market, Cafe and Bazzar.
Sunday, July 10th: 2-4 pm
Workshop: Yoga in the Rotunda (Anunsara yoga with Elena Brower)
Sundays, July 10 (Anunsara yoga with Elena Brower), July 17 (Iyengar yoga with Nikki Costello), and July 24 (Jivamukti yoga with Kelly Morris), 2–4 p.m.
In connection with the Vishnu exhibit, three yoga instructors will teach a series of two-hour workshops at the museum. There will also be tour of the exhibit after the workshop. Note: Mats will not be provided; please bring your own and this program is not recommended for children.
Details: Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, New York 11238-6052
Telephone: (718) 638-5000
http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/
