Events at: Weeksville Heritage Center

Workshop – Beginner Spinning

12:30pm – 3:30pm Learn how to operate the drop spindle and draft fiber to make your own yarn. (first come, first serve; 12 people max) Instructor: Twain Revell In conjunction with artist Xenobia Bailey, we’ve planned a series of free workshops on-site at Weeksville Heritage Center, 158 Buffalo Avenue, Brooklyn. Find out more about the […]

Conversations on Self-Determination – Black Radical Brooklyn: Past, Present, and Future

Black Radical Brooklyn: Past, Present, and Future Saturday, September 27 3:30 – 5:30pm Hear how four artworks came to life. Listen as artists and community partners reflect on two years of making art that explores local sites of self-determination, yesterday and today. Moderators: Rashida Bumbray, Independent Curator; Rylee Eterginoso, Curator, Weeksville Heritage Center; Nato Thompson, […]

Workshop – Urban Beekeeping & Honey Spinning, Sess. 1

2pm – 5pm From hive construction to honey harvest – a great place to start if you’ve ever wondered what it takes to care for your own bees. Instructor: Aeli Gonzalez Gladstein In conjunction with artist Xenobia Bailey, we’ve planned a series of free workshops on-site at Weeksville Heritage Center, 158 Buffalo Avenue, Brooklyn. Find […]

Workshop – Canning: Pickling

1pm – 3pm Learn the tricks to canning so you can put up summer’s harvest for cooler months. (first-come, first-serve; 24 people max.) Instructor: Taireina Gilbert In conjunction with artist Xenobia Bailey, we’ve planned a series of free workshops on-site at Weeksville Heritage Center, 158 Buffalo Avenue, Brooklyn. Find out more about the project and […]

Conversations on Self-Determination – Funk and Jazz

Black Radical Brooklyn: Funk and Jazz Saturday, October 4 3:30 – 5:30pm Explore music as a soundtrack for social justice. Leading contemporary Brooklyn artists reflect on their art while revisiting the anthems that fortified and consoled the African-American-led struggle for desegregation and equal rights. Moderators: Una-Kariim A. Cross, artist, writer, and educator Speakers: Willard Jenkins, […]