NYC Parks Events Calendar
Get up, get out, and do something! Just about any day of the year, you can find something fun, informative, and healthy to enjoy at an area park. Feel free to browse the listings below, or use the search tools to find an event that matches your interests and location.
Viewing 1–10 out of 41 events
from May 23, 2013 to August 19, 2013
in Talks (x) category
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Bryant Park Author Series
at Reading Room (in Bryant Park), Manhattan
12:30 p.m.
Ben Mezrich's "Straight Flush: The True Story of five College Kids Who Dealt Their Way to a Billion-Dollar Empire and How It All Came Crashing Down.
Category: Storytelling & Readings, Talks
Free!
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Bryant Park Author Series
at Reading Room (in Bryant Park), Manhattan
12:30 p.m.
Dan Savage's "American Savage: Insights, Slights, and Fights on Faith, Sex, Love, and Politics Sex"
Category: Storytelling & Readings, Talks
Free!
Saturday, June 1, 2013
Grow East Coast Lecture Series XIII
at Queens Botanical Garden, Queens
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Queens Botanical Gardens is hosting a full day of events featuring sustainable rose gardening.
Category: Gardening, Talks
Spoke the Hub Presents: The Local Produce Festival at The Old Stone House
at Old Stone House (in J.J. Byrne Playground), Brooklyn 
10:00 a.m.
The Local Produce Festival of the Performing Arts is a grass roots, homegrown “green market” of dance, music, theater, poetry and everything in between.
Category: Arts & Crafts, Education, Concerts, Dance, Nature, Exhibits, Gardening, Environmental Awareness, Theater, Culture, Food, Talks
Free!
NYC Skyline Tour
at Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 1 (in Brooklyn Bridge Park), Brooklyn
1:00 p.m.
Urban Park Rangers specialize in interpretation of historic turning points, both natural and man-made, in our city’s long history.
Category: History, Environmental Awareness, Tours, Culture, Talks, Waterfront
Free!
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Bryant Park BookClub
at Reading Room (in Bryant Park), Manhattan
12:30 p.m.
BookClub discussion led by Jonathon Dee on "Father and Son" by Edmund Gosse.
Category: Storytelling & Readings, Talks
Free!
Bryant Park Author Series
at Reading Room (in Bryant Park), Manhattan
12:30 p.m.
Lionel Shriver's "Big Brother: A Novel".
Category: Storytelling & Readings, Talks
Free!
Grow Your Garden Group
at Bushwick Campus Farm, Brooklyn
5:00 p.m.–6:30 p.m.
Just Food trainer Karen Washington teaches you how to draft membership agreements and how to plan successful events.
Category: Education, Gardening, Talks
Free!
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Bryant Park Author Series
at Reading Room (in Bryant Park), Manhattan
7:00 p.m.
Lauren Weisberger's "Revenge Wears Prada: The Devil Returns"
Category: Storytelling & Readings, Talks
Free!
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Spring Luncheon Fundraiser
at Bartow Pell Mansion, Bronx
12:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
A fascinating presentation by landscape ecologist and author Eric W. Sanderson of the Wildlife Conservation Society followed by lunch outdoors on the pebble court. RSVP necessary.
Category: Nature, History, Food, Talks
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