— Wednesday, April 18th, 2018 —

Invisible Water, Invisible Watersheds: The Gowanus Canal as a Case Study
128 Pierrepont Street at Brooklyn Historical Society
Time: 6:30pm – 8pm
Price: $5; FREE/members
Join BHS as they use the Gowanus Canal as a case study for a discussion of urban ecology, stressed city ecosystems, and innovative design solutions. Eric Sanderson, senior conservation ecologist at the Wildlife Conservation Society and director of the Manahatta Project; Kate Orff, MacArthur Award-winning landscape architect whose firm, SCAPE, has designed a visionary plan for the Gowanus Canal; and Andrea Parker, executive director of the Gowanus Canal Conservancy are moderated by Jarrett Murphy of City Limits.

Words@Weeksville: Adult Writing Workshop with Mahogany L. Browne
158 Buffalo Avenue at Weeksville Heritage Center
Time: 6:30pm – 8 :30pm
Price: $20
Poet Mahogany L. Browne, who burst onto our collective consciousness in 2016 with her poem “Black Girl Magic” on the PBS Newshour, will lead a hands-on writing workshop that will help you awaken, amplify and hone your poetic voice.

NYC’s Taste of the Nation
72 Noble Street at Brooklyn Expo Center
Time: 6pm – 9pm
Price: $250
Join 40 of NYC’s hottest chefs, bartenders, and sommeliers at the Brooklyn Expo Center for the food event of the season in NYC all to benefit a great cause – No Kid Hungry!

ImageDrink April
899 Bergen Street at Berg’n
Time: 6pm – 9pm
Price: $10.55
Meet new faces and break the ice with drawing games that will get your creative impulses firing. Berg’n will keep the drinks flowing, and ImageThink will provide the supplies and activities.

The Master – Free Screening
150 Greenpoint Avenue at Brooklyn Bazaar
Time: 8pm – 11pm
FREE
Enjoy a FREE screening of this classic film starring Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Restaurant and bar open before, during and after the movie!