Downtown Brooklyn Car-Free Earth Day 2026
Join us for an exciting earth-friendly celebration at Albee Square Plaza and Albee Square West!
Join us for an exciting earth-friendly celebration at Albee Square Plaza and Albee Square West!
An annual tribute to the life and legacy of a Detroit music legend. What began as a small gathering of friends to honor their musical hero in 2006, has grown into a cornerstone of New York City’s hip-hop community. Now in its 20th year, Donuts Are Forever (DAF) continues to celebrate James “J Dilla” Yancey’s […]
Kicking off an ongoing partnership between BAM and London’s National Theatre, director Robert Hastie (Operation Mincemeat) brings his witty, fearlessly contemporary take on Hamlet across the Atlantic for a four-week run. Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) stars in this sharp, darkly funny reimagining of Shakespeare’s famous tragedy.
Join Downtown Brooklyn Partnership (DBP) and NYU Tandon School of Engineering for the Make It in Brooklyn Play Jam & Tech Showcase at WC Art and IPRC. This evening spotlights the work of current Game Design Future Lab (GDFL) cohort members, giving attendees a rare opportunity to see the program progress at the six months […]
Join Center for Fiction for an evening with Colm Tóibín, the award-winning author of Brooklyn and Long Island, as he visits The Center with stories written by himself and the late, under-recognized Irish American author, Mary Lavin. Tóibín has earned international acclaim for his precise, compassionate prose and his ability to illuminate the private edges of history. A […]
Kicking off an ongoing partnership between BAM and London’s National Theatre, director Robert Hastie (Operation Mincemeat) brings his witty, fearlessly contemporary take on Hamlet across the Atlantic for a four-week run. Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) stars in this sharp, darkly funny reimagining of Shakespeare’s famous tragedy.
Trade in your electronic waste for a free plant. Greenery NYC will be supplying the plants and Liquid Technology will be collecting the waste. Grab a plant while supplies last! Banned items include: Refrigerators, ACs, and kitchen appliances.
Join The Center for Fiction for an evening with Patrick Cottrell and Jordy Rosenberg, two of contemporary literature’s most daring, genre-defying voices, as they discuss their brilliantly unconventional new novels Afternoon Hours of a Hermit and Night Night Fawn with Andrea Lawlor, the author of Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl. Cottrell’s latest book follows Dan Moran, a Korean adoptee, trans […]
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When the adults in a small town try to sacrifice the nearby forests for money, teenager Sophia galvanizes her fellow young people to stop it—endowing them with a sense of empowerment they never thought possible. With an electrifying rock score, Dear Everything is a thrilling, raucous call to collective action addressing the most pressing issue […]