Tonight at the Brooklyn Public Library’s Central Branch, students from the Historic Preservation Program at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture and Preservation Planning will present a talk about their preservation studio project on the rich architectural history of Bushwick Avenue, and the preservation plan to conserve the legacy of the historic thoroughfare.
Monday night, October 31st, is the 16th Annual Williamsburg Halloween Parade!
This year with a FULL BAGPIPE BAND + DRUMS!
Costumes • floats • Bring your own musical instruments!Gather at 6:30, March at 7
McCarren Park at Bedford & N.12th
NAG and City DOT are co-sponsoring a Bike Share preview tomorrow afternoon from noon to 4:00 at McCarren Park (North 12th and Bedford). You can check out the Bike Share setup, and even test ride a bike.
Friends of East River State Park is looking for volunteers to join them Saturday morning to weed the park (sorry, there will be no actual weed).
Williamsburg Walks is coming up this Saturday (and next). WW has just posted the lineup for this year’s programming. The biggest news is that the event now extends all the way to McCarren Park.
Titus Andronicus, Bad Credit, No Credit and Bottle Up & Go are doing a benefit concert for NAG this Wednesday at Glasslands. Tickets are only $15, and there are still a (very) few left. Get ’em while you can.
The Diamond Bar is sponsoring a fundraiser by Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park and NAG this Saturday afternoon. Proceeds from every beer and bratwurst you buy will go to paying for the greening of Kent Avenue/Franklin Street in front of what should be (and hopefully someday will be) a park, but is now a weed-strewn strip of sidewalk.
Where: Diamond Bar, 43 Franklin Street
When: Saturday, May 8th – 2pm to 5pm
Tomorrow afternoon, District # 14 and Progress High School will join forces with local elected officials and community leaders to provide direct assistance to the victims of the earthquake in Haiti.
Come to 441 Lorimer Street (corner of Maujer Street) between 12pm and 5pm with donations for the relief effort. They will be accepting supplies for the immediate relief effort, including:
If you are looking for something interesting to do on a rainy December evening, head on down to the foot of Grand Street and check out the opening at the International Museum of Paper. The museum is displaying its enormous collection of Chinese handmade papers and unusual artifacts pertaining to how papermaking was invented in China and developed through the centuries. The collection has been amassed during field expeditions to remote villages of China where traditional papermaking still exists.
The opening reception is tonight (December 13) from 5 to 8 p.m. The museum is located at 31 Grand Street (corner of Kent Avenue). The exhibit continues through June 6, 2010, with regular hours on Thursdays, 2-6 p.m.
Over the past few years, Grand Street west of the BQE has evolved into a great shopping and eating district. Which makes sense, since Grand Street has been the commercial core of Williamsburg going back to its village days in the 1820s.
Starting tomorrow night, the merchants on Grand Street will give you even more discounts, freebies and other incentives to shop, eat and drink there. You’ll find some of Williamsburg’s best retailers (Sprout, Moon River Chattel, Tracy Feith, Sodafine, Bird) and eateries (Mercat Negre, Santorini, Walter Foods) on the list (full list after the jump).
Grand Adventure takes place this Friday (11 December) and next Friday (18 December). To find participating establishments, just look for the lit farolitos in front of each store.
