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Credit

Financial Planning Workshop: Credit, Debt and Budget managing

Classes
Free

Mill Basin LibraryMill Basin

INVESTING 101 WORKSHOP

Financial Planning Workshop: Investing 101

Classes
Free

Brooklyn Public Library – Mill BasinMill Basin

Double Dutch Dreamz: Wednesday Wonders

Ages: All
Family
Free
Games

Abolitionist Place

My Kinda Night! variety show

Comedy
Free

Medusa Bar BKWilliamsburg

The Water Knew the Language of the Flames: Ryan Cosbert Solo Exhibition

Art
Free

Welancora GalleryBed Stuy

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Savage Comedy Show (free!)

Comedy
Free

Logan’s RunPark Slope

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Fiber In Focus/In person / Open Studio

TI Art StudiosRed Hook

The Warby Parker Book Fair

The Warby Parker Book Fair curated by McNally Jackson Books

Warby Parker Bergen St.

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Six Foot Platform: CHRISTOPHER ENDER CORYAT | FACE TO FACE TOILETS (REVISITED)

Art
Free

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Brooklyn Explore Schools Back to School Rodeo

Explore Schools Back to School Rodeo

Ages: All
Community
Family
Free

Back to School Rodeo

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Free Canoe Rides with North Brooklyn Community Boathouse

Ages: 5 and up
Boating
Community
Family

MASE ParkGreenpoint

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Illuminations 2025 Art Exhibit by Park Slope Windsor Terrace Artists

Art
Free

BWAC Brooklyn Waterfront Artists CoalitionRed Hook

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Culture and The Urban Experience Take Center Stage in BWAC Fall Exhibitions

Brooklyn Waterfront Artists CoalitionRed Hook

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Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself

Free

Pier 1 Granite Prospect, Brooklyn Bridge Park

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Canadian Artist and Satirist David Craig Ellis Debuts Fall Fashion Collection Made Entirely from 30 Years of His Own Used Clothing

Not Another GALLERY!Williamsburg

Art is Alive Flyer

All day

ASASE YAA CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES ITS NINTH ANNUAL ART IS ALIVE FESTIVAL

Ages: 3 and up
Art
Classes
Family

Asase Yaa Cultural Arts FoundationBed-Stuy

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DJ Fronda & Friends

Ages: All
Art
Attractions
Family

The Old Stone HousePark Slope

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East Midwood Jewish Center open house

East Midwood Jewish CenterMidwood

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Age of Union founder/environmentalist Dax Dasilva discusses & signs Echoes from Eden: A Daring Voyage to Protect Earth’s Last Wild Places

September

Brooklyn Books & Booze Reading Series

Barrows Intense Ginger Tasting RoomIndustry City

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What’s The Worst That Could Happen? A Comedy Show

Comedy
Free

HalyardsGowanus

King David Rampersad, Jr: paintings on wood, plastic, and metal

Trinidad and Tobago: King David Solo Exhibition

Free

Ivy’s ProjectsBed Stuy

Daniela Mora close up

Landline Comedy at Wild East Brewing

Comedy
Free

Wild East BrewingGowanus

Exhibition Sept 19-24, 2025 Opening Sept 19, 2025, 6-9 pm Performance Sept 19, 7 pm By Appointment Only Sept 20-24, 2025

When Lullabies Become Walls

Bartlett Street Garage (former Pfizer Building Garage)Williamsburg

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Kweendom

Comedy
Free

Pete’s Candy StoreWIlliamsburg

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Brooklyn Book Festival Children’s Day

Brooklyn Borough HallDowntown Brooklyn

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Grand Opening Event- NY Preschool & Kids Club

Ages: 8 and under
Community
Family
Free

NY Preschool and Kids ClubPark Slope

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Farmhouse Family Day: Soil Studies

Ages: 3 – 12
Art
Craft & DIY
Family

Wyckoff Farmhouse MuseumEast Flatbush

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Six Foot Platform: MIKAELA PERRY | DUMBO DREAMS

Art
Free

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Prithi Salt Marsh Lecture 09-2025 (2)

Searching for Social Justice

Salt Marsh Nature Center

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Bus Festival

Emily Warren Roebling Plaza, Brooklyn Bridge Park

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FAD Market at Open Streets on Montague

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