Red Hook Fest (May 30 - June 1) Begins Festivities Tonight!

This evening kicks off the festivities for the 20th Annual Red Hook Fest! 

This free 20th annual festival's theme and truly Red Hook's undercurrent in the past months has been "Rebuild, Restore, Rebirth: Resilience after Sandy."  The annual Red Hook Earth and Surf Parade has even been reborn this year - after an 11 year lull! Check out their website www.redhookfest.com for more info.

Festivity Lineup:

• Thursday, May 30th from 6pm - 8pm at the Miccio Center (110 West 9th St) - Youth Kick-Off Event

• Friday, May 31st from 6pm - 9pm at PS 15 (71 Sullivan St)  - Community BBQ & Dance Party

• Red Hook Rebirth Parade begins from Coffey Park (Richards St & Pioneer St) at 10 am on Saturday, June 1st  

• Saturday, June 1st from 12pm - 7pm at Valentino Pier & Park (Coffey St & Ferris St) - Mainstage Performances
• Brown Rice Family - Winners of the 2012 Battle of the Boroughs
• Gangstagrass -  Emmy nominated for the theme song on FX's Justified ('nuff said! I love that song!)
• Camille A. Brown & Dancers - Dance... Amplified!
• Avenida B - Live Salsa Dura Band
• Nicholas Leichter Dance - NYC based company with performances in 50 cities and 12 countries 
• The Hungry March Band - Street brass march band from Brooklyn who will lead the Parade

The mainstage performances will take place at Valentino Pier & Park and the festival will include special activities such as free Kayak rides in New York Harbor thanks to the Red Hook Boaters and other various fun and activities for all ages sponsored by community partners. 

New trivia night at The Roebling Inn

The Roebling Inn on Atlantic Ave is starting a new trivia night on Monday (4/29) at 8pm. If they get a good turnout, they plan to keep it going once a month. The hosts say this trivia night will stand out. "No annoyingly specific categories and way too difficult questions allowed! Our trivia rounds will be clever and fun." The winning team will get a $50 bar tab and there will be other free beers given away throughout the evening. 

Worm Festival at South Brooklyn Children's Garden

Come one, come all to the Worm Festival on Saturday, April 20th at the new South Brooklyn Children's Garden on the corner of Columbia Street and Sackett Street. Bring your compost-able items to feed to the "wormies" and enjoy the festivities:


Activities will include:
• Arts& crafts activities for kids
• Music provided by The Dads Beats- with songs about worms and gardens!
• Compost drop off
• Games
• Bake sale and lunch
• Book reading – worm-related books will be read to the kids
• Raffle

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

2nd Annual Bingo Night for Brooklyn Women's Rugby - Feb 26

Get ready for the second annual BINGO NIGHT with the Brooklyn Women's Rugby Team!
You do not have to play rugby to join the team for a night of amazing fun, prizes and BINGO!

Saturday, February 26th at 7pm at PJ Hanley's located in Carroll Gardens, to win some amazing prizes from great venues like Chelsea Piers, Pacific Standard, MoMa and Brooklyn Bowl!

RSVP on Facebook today!