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Saturday Aug. 3, 2024

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Various

Free Kayaking

Ages: 5 and up
Boating
Community
Family

Brooklyn Bridge ParkBrooklyn Heights

A_NYP Arts on the Ave_1612

All day

Art on the Ave

Art
Free

All day

The Billie Holiday Theatre Presents Sky’s The Limit: Style As Resistance

Ages: All
Art
Community
Family

The Billie Holiday TheatreBedford Stuyvesant

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8 am – 3 pm

RiseBoro Farmers Markets at Maria Hernandez Park

Maria HernandezBushwick

BrooklynBookBodega_ENYFarmersMarket

9 am – 3 pm

Brooklyn Book Bodega Book Giveaway

East New York FarmsEast New York

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10 am – 3 pm

Free Kayaking

Ages: All
Family
Free
Outdoors

Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 2 DockBrooklyn Heights

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10 – 11 am

Domino Park Classes with 305 Fitness

Dance
Free

Domino ParkWilliamsburg

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11 am – 4 pm

Mark Morris Dance Group

Ages: 5 and up
Community
Dance
Family

Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 1 Harbor View LawnBrooklyn Heights

RSK picture

11 am – noon

Ready, Set, Kindergarten! @ Sheepshead Bay Library

Ages: 5 – 8
Family
Free

Brooklyn Public Library Sheepshead BaySheepshead Bay

1 – 5 pm

Open Hours at the Environmental Education Center

Ages: All
Family
Free

Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy Environmental Education CenterDUMBO

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1 – 6 pm

It’s Summer in the City at BWAC

Free

Brooklyn Waterfront Artists CoalitionRed Hook

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1 – 6 pm

It’s Summer in the City at BWAC

Art
Free

BWAC Brooklyn Waterfront Artists CoalitionRed Hook

smadragonfly

1 – 2 pm

Go Native!

Salt Marsh Nature CenterMarine Park

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1 – 5 pm

Patterns & Textures: Visual Expressions of a Tactile Urban Environment

Art
Free

Gowanus Dredgers BoathouseGowanus

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3 – 6 pm

Community Science Fishing

Ages: 3 and up
Family
Free
Outdoors

Pier 5 – Brooklyn Bridge ParkBrooklyn Heights, DUMBO

48 HumaBhabha-6984

7:30 – 10 pm

Public Art Fund Film Screening: Close-Up

Art
Film

Brooklyn Bridge ParkDUMBO

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