Picnic House
The Moth StorySLAM: Anniversary
Thursday, September 28
, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm, 2017
Prospect Park Alliance and The Moth present a special Moth StorySLAM in celebration of the Park's 150th Anniversary and The Moth's 20th Anniversary. This open-mic storytelling competition is open to anyone with a five-minute story to share on the night’s theme: Anniversary. Come tell a story, or just enjoy the show! Tickets go on sale Thursday, September 14 at 3 pm, and are expected to sell out quickly. Enter to win a FREE pair of tickets. |
Admission$10
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Lefferts Historic House
The Witness Tree Project
Thursday, September 28
, 12 pm – 5 pm, 2017
In timing with Prospect Park's 150th Anniversary, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and Prospect Park Alliance present The Witness Tree Project, an exhibition of designed objects by RISD students created from a 150-year-old fallen elm tree in the Prospect Park Parade Ground. The exhibition is on view Thursdays through Sundays, 12-5 pm, from September 9-30, with a closing reception from 3-5 pm on September 30. Witness Trees, as designated by the National Park Service, are long-standing trees that have "witnessed" key events in history. In a joint spring 2017 RISD furniture studio and history seminar called The Politics of Belonging: Race, Diversity and the Immigrant Experience in Brooklyn and Beyond, student designers researched Prospect Park’s significance in American history, visited the site and built fully informed objects reflecting on what they learned, using the wood to create objects inspired by the rich cultural history surrounding the tree. The range of projects represents the wide range of immigrant experiences, and include a series of wooden kaleidoscopes through which viewers can observe the text of President Trump’s proposed travel ban, to a wooden replica of the turntable used by seminal immigrant musician Grand Master Flash in the 1970s. |
Admission$3 suggested donation, RSVP
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Prospect Park
Prospect Park Alliance Thursday Corps
Thursday, September 28
, 10 am – 2 pm, 2017
Register online or call (718) 287-3400 for more information The Alliance’s Thursday Corps volunteers perform a multitude of different projects throughout the Park. The group meets at a different location every week helping in a variety of landscape and horticultural projects. Regardless of physical ability, there's something for everyone to do. |
AdmissionFree, Registration Required
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Audubon Center
Nature Exploration
Thursday, September 28
, 12 pm – 5 pm, 2017
Join the Prospect Park Alliance for nature education programs at the Prospect Park Audubon Center, the first urban Audubon Center in the nation.
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AdmissionFree
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Brooklyn Historical Society
The Means of a Ready Escape: Brooklyn’s Prospect Park
All Day, Thursday, September 28, 2017
On view daily through February 10, 2019. In celebration of the 150th anniversary of Prospect Park, Brooklyn Historical Society and Prospect Park Alliance present an exhibition that celebrates the founding vision of the Park, traces its social and historical trajectories, and examines the important role that Prospect Park has played as “Brooklyn’s Backyard” for 150 years. The Brooklyn Historical Society is closed on major holidays. Visit the Brooklyn Historical Society website for hours of operation. |
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