BROOKLYN HALF-MARATHON
Feel like running 13 miles?
The Brooklyn Half-Marathon (sponsored by the New York Road Runners Club) is on Saturday. Starts at 7AM from Prospect Park to the Coney Island Boardwalk. On your mark, get set, GO. It’s gonna be hot so read up on dealing with heat conditions.
NIGHTIME WALK AT GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY
Bring a flashlight and you’re all set. This special nighttime walk, led by Cemetery historian Jeff Richman, features live accordion music, by Famous Accordionists Bob Goldberg and Carl Riehl, a visit inside Green-Wood’s Catacombs and the light (weather permitting) of the moon. From “Erie Canal” to “New York New York”, a stroll through New York’s history. In the dark, with flashlights No reservations necessary.
The tour is $20 / $10 for Historic Fund members. Reservations are not required, but are recommended. Reserve your ticket online today or call 718.768.7300.
Saturday, May 22, 2010 at 8:15 PM
BROOKLYN FOLK FESTIVAL
May 21-23 at Jalopy, the Brooklyn Folk Festival presents the best in old-time music, blues, pre-blues, jug band music, New Orleans jazz, folk style songwriting, African folk music and Mexican folk music and dance. 7 pm–12:30 am.
ART EXHIBITS
American High Style: Fashioning a nation collection at the Brooklyn Museum of Art.
Opens May 22 through June 13: Lucky Gallery presents: “Made in Red Hook”, a traditional salon exhibition by Red Hook artists Todd von Ammon, Laura Arena, Maria Baraybar, Andy Vernon-Jones, Christina Kelly, Heather Phelps-Lipton, Nate Luce, Rachel Mosler, L. Nichols, Julia Oldham, Anna Ortiz, Joshua Ray Stephens, Eric Taylor, Elizabeth Tomasetti, Tonky and Beriah Wall.
MOVIES
Iron Man 2, Robin Hood, Letters to Juliet, Barbie in a Mermaid Tale at the Pavilion; City Island, Babies, Exit Through the Gift Shop at Cobble Hill Cinema.
DANCE
Friday at 7pm, Saturday at 3pm & 7pm, Sunday at 3pm: Elizabeth Streb and her superbly-conditioned performers are on a great, romantic adventure as they pursue, possess and exemplify pure action. Nowhere on earth will hardware, humans, extreme action and true grit combine in such an outrageous, explosive and shocking way. This is action magic for the masses! And it’s great for kids at the Streb Lab for Action Mechanics.