Downtown Brooklyn

Rooftop Films at Brooklyn Commons Park
2025-08-06 20:30 - 22:00, 2025-07-30 20:30 - 22:00 (America/New_York)
Rooftop Films free Summer Series at Brooklyn Commons Park. Seating opens at 7:00pm
Screenings:

7/30: Dark Toons | From ghost towns to fever dreams, these animated tales stretch the imagination and snap it back with a shiver. Uncanny, offbeat, and hauntingly tender, this is where dark humor and darker truths collide.
8/6: Shahid | A clever, genre-bending film mixing reality, fiction, theatre, and music. Director Narges Shahid Kalhor casts and actor as a version of herself, determined to shed the name “Shahid” (martyr).
8/13: There Was, There Was Not | The first line of every Armenian fairy tale, There Was, There Was Not tells the collective myth of a homeland lost forever – and four women’s resistance to that loss.

Saturday Storytime on The Plaza
2025-07-12 11:30 - 13:00
The Brooklyn Public Library | Library for Arts & Culture presents Saturday Storytimes on The Plaza outside of the Library for Arts and Culture. Enjoy arts and cultural themed stories, songs, and rhymes for children birth to 5 years and their caregivers.

Lunchtime Entertainment at The Commons: Celebrate Pride with Las Mariquitas
2025-06-17 12:00 - 14:00
Visitors to Brooklyn Commons Park will be captivated by incredible performances as the stage comes alive with diverse sounds and entertainment that cater to all. From PRIDE to pulsating entertainers and puppeteers, the Commons is the perfect backdrop for arts and entertainment in Downtown Brooklyn.
June 17: Celebrate Pride with Las Mariquitas
Join us in honoring Pride Month with Las Mariquitas, New York’s dynamic Queer and Trans Salsa band! As leaders in the LGBTQIA+ salseres community, Las Mariquitas are dedicated to honoring the legacy of salsa as music of liberation and pioneering the genre by creating new queer and transfeminist songs that enrich and celebrate Pride culture.
Upcoming Dates:

June 24: Puppets in The Park

Open Garden NYC
2025-06-15 12:00 - 17:00, 2025-06-14 10:00 - 15:00
Join NYC Parks, Greenthumb, and Rockwell Bears for Open Garden NYC. Enjoy art projects, musical performances, games for kids, and relaxation in the garden!

Lunchtime Entertainment at The Commons: Melvis Santa + Mai-Elka Prado Present Afro-Latina Magic
2025-06-03 12:00 - 14:00
Visitors to Brooklyn Commons Park will be captivated by incredible performances as the stage comes alive with diverse sounds and entertainment that cater to all. From PRIDE to pulsating entertainers and puppeteers, the Commons is the perfect backdrop for arts and entertainment in Downtown Brooklyn.
June 3: Melvis Santa and Mai-Elka Prado Present Afro-Latina Magic
We are thrilled to present GRAMMY nominee and multidisciplinary artist Melvis Santa, alongside the talented vocalist and composer Mai-Elka Prado. Together, they will take us on a journey through melodic harmonies and sonic sensations deeply rooted in the magic of la femme Afro-Latina. Prepare for an electric experience that blends the vibrant sounds of Cuba and Panama with jazz undertones and a dose of funk.
Upcoming Dates:

June 10: Kréol Fest
June 17: Celebrate Pride with Las Mariquitas
June 24: Puppets in The Park

Columbus Park Reimagined: a Community-Driven Mission
2025-05-15 18:00 - 20:00
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Q1 Check In With Sad Girls Club And The Blue Water Girls
2025-03-24 18:00 - 20:00
Let’s be real… I’m sure the 2025 we’re living wasn’t on anyone’s bingo card. Join Sad Girls Club and the Blue Water Girls at Ace Hotel Brooklyn for a salon style conversation and journaling workshop that’s sure to boost connection.

Make It in Brooklyn Meetup: Tech for Good Panel
2025-02-19 18:00 - 20:00

Guitar Center Brooklyn Grand Opening
2025-02-01, 2025-01-31, 2025-01-30
Celebrate the opening of Guitar Center’s newest location! For over 50 years, Guitar Center has helped others find their sound. Come celebrate our newest location by getting hands-on with the latest gear. Plus, there will be doorbuster deals, and specials on lessons, guitar setups and more. Here’s what’s happening:
Thursday, January 30 at 7:00 pm

Enjoy a special performance by Funk Flex. RSVP.

Saturday, February 1 at 11:30 AM

Free group guitar lesson. RSVP.

ALL WEEKEND

Free guitar pack when you sign up for in-store lessons. Plus, 25% off your first month. First 50 students only. While supplies last.
Up to 48-month financing on qualifying top brand purchases
Free signature setup with a purchase of qualifying guitars

Brooklyn Curry Project: Dosa Stand
2025-01-11 10:00 - 14:00, 2024-11-23 10:00 - 14:00, 2024-11-16 10:00 - 14:00, 2024-11-09 10:00 - 14:00, 2024-11-02 10:00 - 14:00, 2024-10-26 10:00 - 14:00, 2024-10-19 10:00 - 14:00, 2024-10-12 10:00 - 14:00 and 1 more date
Brooklyn Curry Project’s famous dosa stand is coming to Nimbus every Saturday! This event is first come first served. Follow @brooklyncurryproject on Instagram to stay up to date!

The Evidence of Things Unseen: Baldwin, Faith, and Fiction
2024-11-19 19:00 - 21:00
Join The Center for Fiction in welcoming Yahdon Israel, founder of The Literaryswag Book Club and Senior Editor at Simon & Schuster, and Robert Jones, Jr. (formerly known as “Son of Baldwin”), the New York Times bestselling author of The Prophets, for a dynamic conversation about James Baldwin’s fiction. The pair will discuss the powerful link between Baldwin’s faith and artistic imagination that enabled him to create a language of possibility on the page—and how we can all work to apply this in our own lives.

Food Network New York City Wine & Food Festival
2024-10-20, 2024-10-19, 2024-10-18, 2024-10-17
Tickets are now on sale for the Food Network New York City Wine & Food Festival presented by Invesco QQQ happening October 17 – 20! Embark on a culinary journey like no other at 80+ incredible events across Manhattan and the Festival’s new culinary campus in Brooklyn. As a special perk, the Brooklyn community can enjoy 25% off events at NYCWFF’s Brooklyn home, the Invesco QQQ Festival Campus at Brooklyn Army Terminal. Get ready to Eat. Drink. Feed NYC, in support of New Yorkers in need with God’s Love We Deliver.

Make It in Brooklyn: Climate Tech Pitch Contest
2024-09-24 18:00 - 20:00

Willoughby Walks
2023-05-03 14:00 - 19:00
