ACT NOW! Bocce Ball Tourney Raises Funds for Senior Center

A Bocce Ball tournament you won't want to miss. Get a team together, sign up, and bring your best game to Domino Park Bocce Courts at S. 4th and River Streets on Saturday, June 8 for the playoffs. The finals will be held on Monday, June 10. Not only will you have fun, but you will also be supporting the Swinging Sixties Senior Center, one of the St. Nicks Alliance programs, hosted by the Conselyea Street Block Association.

Broadway Stages is proud to sponsor this event, and we encourage you to join in the fun and support this worthy cause. For more information, check out St. Nicks Alliance.

Kingsland Wildflowers at Broadway Stages — Upcoming Events

It's spring, and a number of events are scheduled to take place at Kingsland Wildflowers Green Rooftop at Broadway Stages. Take a look below at the upcoming events. We encourage you to join us!

• Friday, June 7 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.: Join Kingsland Wildflowers and Atlas Obscura for a rooftop tour and lecture with NYC Audubon, who will present findings from the past year of monitoring and research at Kingsland Wildflowers. Food and refreshments will be provided. Tickets are limited. RSVP here.

• Saturday/Sunday, June 8/9 from noon to 4:00 p.m.: Greenpoint Open Studios Weekend. Bring your sketchbooks or easels and let the rooftop garden and cityscape inspire.  Free. No RSVP required.

• Saturday, June 8 at 6:30 p.m.: Rooftop concert with Ernesto Villalobos and Katy Gunn. Produced by NOoSPHERE Arts NYC. Free and open to the public. Limit 150. RSVP here.

P R I D E

Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, And the dreams that you dare to dream Really do come true

During this month and throughout the year, Broadway Stages celebrates the experiences, talents, and cultures across our operations, and across our vibrant and diverse city.

Our ability to coexist, to recognize, appreciate, and celebrate our differences and the value they each bring makes NYC a cosmopolitan city like no other. Broadway Stages encourages you to dare to dream, and check out the New York Times who have compiled more than 25 options to celebrate Pride Month. Also take a look at WorldPride, hosted this year by NYC.

Fantastic! Go Green Brooklyn Festival

FANTASTIC — the weather, the festivities, the people! This past Saturday, June 1, Town Square hosted their 11th annual Go Green Festival at McCarren Park. It was a picture-perfect day. Exhibitors were on hand with fun and creative activities for all ages. And festival goers were able to sample local food, art, and music while learning about local sustainability initiatives such as the Eagle Street Rooftop Farm. Built atop one of Broadway Stages' film production studios in Greenpoint, this 6,000-square-foot internationally acclaimed green roof is a commercially operated vegetable farm.

Green roofs are an excellent way to advance ecosystem services that are critical to habitat and community. Other green roof projects supported by Broadway Stages include Kingsland Wildflowers, solar panels that offset about a third of our annual electric consumption, and Broadway Stages Green Corridor — in cooperation with Alive Structures — we are in the planning phases of a 1.4 acre green roof project funded through New York State’s Environmental Facilities Corporation's Green Innovation Grant Program.

Take a virtual stroll through the festival by viewing our photo gallery below.

Brooklyn Film Festival 2019

The 2019 Brooklyn Film Festival (BFF) kicks off on Friday, May 31 and runs through Sunday, June 9. The 133 films featured at the 2019 BFF will compete for six awards, including:  

• Grand Cameleon Award

• Best in Category Award

• Best New Director

• Best Brooklyn Project

• Spirit Award

• Certificate of Excellence

The competition begins on opening night, with the film Above the Shadows, a supernatural tale that follows a young woman (Olivia Thirlby) who has faded from the world to the point of becoming invisible. Directed by Claudia Myers, the world premiere of this film — in the category of narrative feature — will be shown at the Wythe Hotel.

As a proud sponsor, Broadway Stages encourages you to check out showtimes, experience the power and artistic excellence of independent films, and be a part of the cinematic world of Brooklyn.  

ABOUT BFF: Brooklyn Film Festival (BFF), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, is an International, competitive festival. BFF mission is to provide a public forum in Brooklyn in order to advance public interest in films and the independent production of films. To draw worldwide attention to Brooklyn as a center for cinema. To encourage the rights of all Brooklyn residents to access and experience the power of independent filmmaking, and to promote artistic excellence and the creative freedom of artists without censure. BFF, inc. is a not-for-profit organization. Learn more about BFF.

It's Time to Think About Summer and Camp Brooklyn

The Camp Brooklyn Fund is on a mission to give kids from low-income families in Brooklyn the opportunity to attend sleep-away camp. Why you may ask? Because camp can transform lives, families, and our community. And just $750 will send one child to camp for two amazing weeks during the summer. An experience of a lifetime, camp can open up a world of opportunities and build character. Teamwork, loyalty, wholesome health habits, responsibility, personal respect, and appreciation for nature are all part of a child's education at summer camp.

Please take a few minutes to watch the 2018 Camp Brooklyn Fund video and see for yourself the impact that camp is making on our children. As a member of the board of The Camp Brooklyn Fund, Broadway Stages invites you to support our mission. Please donate today!.  

Sunset Ecology Tour - Kingland Wildflowers at Broadway Stages

Join Kingsland Wildflowers and Atlas Obscura on Thursday, May 30 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. for a green rooftop tour and lecture with NYC Audubon ecologists, who will present findings from the past year of monitoring and research at the Kingsland Wildflowers at Broadway Stages. There is a $40 admission fee that also includes food and refreshments. All profits from the event will go towards supporting Atlas Obscura, The NYC Audubon, as well as future events at Kingsland WIldflowers. To register, click here.

Go Green Brooklyn Festival! June 1

The Go Green Brooklyn Festival, now in its 11th year, will be held in McCarren Park on June 1 from noon to 5 p.m. Enjoy an afternoon in the park and learn about local sustainability initiatives while sampling local food, art, music, activities for all ages, and an eco-market.  

As a sponsor of the Go Green Brooklyn Festival, Broadway Stages invites you to attend and encourages you to stop by our exhibit to learn about our green rooftop gardens and their positive impact to our local ecosystem and environment. For more information about Go Green Brooklyn Festival, click here.

Don't Forget Shape-Up Bushwick

Hey folks, don't forget to mark your calendar for Thursday, June 6. Community Board 4 is hosting its 14th annual Brooklyn-Queens day parade in conjunction with Shape-Up Bushwick VII.

Geared toward promoting a healthy lifestyle for all, the day begins with a short parade followed by a ceremony to recognize the Grand Marshal and other honorees. After the parade, plan to enjoy various fitness and recreation activities for the entire family, as well as games, face painting, music, and a raffle for kids. A healthy lunch, sponsored by Broadway Stages, will be provided for all participants. For more information and to register, click here.

NY Sun Works Youth Conference 2019

NY Sun Works (NYSW), a non-profit organization that builds innovative science labs in urban schools, held its eighth annual Youth Conference on May 20. Through its Greenhouse Project Initiative, NYSW use hydroponic farming technology to educate students and teachers about the science of sustainability. The Youth Conference offers a platform for students to share their scientific creativity while celebrating the Greenhouse Project, which promotes urban sustainability through science education and approaches sustainability science by studying the interaction between humans, technology, and the environment.

As a company committed to community, education, and environmental sustainability, Broadway Stages is proud to support this initiative and hopes that it will serve to encourage a "...generation of environmental innovators, empowered to create solutions to global resource challenges."

Check out a live stream of the event here and a photo gallery below.

They're Ready for the Dance #PROM

The prom attire giveaway hosted by Ujima Community Working Together Inc. in cooperation with Broadway Stages was a big success. Thanks to our friends, neighbors and clients for donating their gently used prom appropriate attire. You helped someone deserving to attend prom in style.

Second Annual World's Fare Was a Delectable Hit!

The second annual World's Fare at Citi Field was a big hit. This two-day international food festival boasted more than 100 of NYC's top ethnic food vendors, more than 50 craft brewers, a market bazaar where you could purchase global food products and handmade crafts from around the world, music, dance, and art. Congratulations to the co-chairs and to the sponsors who helped to make this happen. Broadway Stages is proud to have sponsored the interactive mural. Take a look at the photos and mark your calendar for next year's World's Fare. You won't want to miss it.