E-News: May 9, 2008

Prospect Park
E-Newsletter

May 9, 2008

In This Issue:

• Mother's Day in the Park
• Party for Playgrounds
• It's My Park! Day
• Lakeside Center Update

More News:

Pedal Boats are open!
Thursday - Sunday and holidays from 12 - 6 p.m. Pedal boating is a fun and healthy way to explore Brooklyn's only freshwater lake. Read more >

Free Tree Giveaway
Saturday, May 10
8 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Stop by the Grand Army Plaza GreenMarket to adopt a free tree - part of MillionTreesNYC Month. Each tree adopted, planted and cared for by a New York City family or individual will be counted toward our goal of planting one million new trees throughout the City’s five boroughs by 2017. Read more >

Potato Planting Days
May 17 & 18, 1 - 4 p.m.
Visit Lefferts Historic House and plant potatoes for the fall harvest. Read more >

Metropolitan Opera
Friday, June 20, 8 p.m.
The Met's only outdoor concert this year is in Prospect Park! For one night only, two of opera’s biggest stars, soprano Angela Gheorghiu and tenor Roberto Alagna, will perform a program of classic arias together on the Long Meadow Ballfields, accompanied by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus. Record crowds are expected for this once-in-a-lifetime performance. Read more >

Discover the
Prospect Park
you don't know

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Mother's Day in the Park
Sunday, May 11

Prospect Park is the perfect Mother's Day destination, with lots to do for kids and their moms! Take a Discover Tour, rent a pedal boat, or tour the lake on our electric boat Independence at the Audubon Center. Treat mom to a spin on the Park’s famous 1912 Carousel. Take in a Mother’s Day concert and sing-along at Lefferts Historic House. Read more >

Party for Playgrounds
Friday, May 16, 7 - 10 p.m.

You're invited! Celebrate and support Prospect Park’s seven innovative playgrounds with music, cocktails, and a great silent auction at the Boathouse. This year’s event will have a Venetian theme. Celebrate the Park’s amazing, imaginative outdoor play spaces as the historic Lullwater is transformed into a romantic canal!

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Click here to visit our online silent auction
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It's My Park! Day
Saturday, May 17, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Take ownership of your Park! Join a city-wide effort to tidy up and support the Park you love. Meet at the Prospect Park entrance at Parkside and Ocean Avenues. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. Call (718) 965-8960 or email us to find out how you can pitch in. Read more >

Lakeside Center
Community Update Meeting
Monday, May 19, 6:30 p.m.

Please join us for a community update on the Lakeside Center. Tupper Thomas, President of the Prospect Park Alliance, will be presenting along with the project architects and key staff. We hope you’ll come hear more about this exciting project and participate in a question and answer session. At Wollman Rink.

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