Monthly Events in Brooklyn

The July schedule for Celebrate Brooklyn! in Prospect Park is jammed with interesting music, dance and events. Admission is free with a $3 recommended contribution.

Summer in the city gets that much better with Celebrate Brooklyn!'s great August schedule of almost-free concerts, movies and dance in Prospect Park at the Bandshell. Here's the August schedule!

Dancing, Comedy Valentines Day at Union Hall, Bell House, Brooklyn

Brooklyn event listings for May 2010.

Brooklyn event listings for April 2010.

Brooklyn event listings for February 2010.

Brooklyn event listings for January 2010.

Not sure how to celebrate Valentine's Day in Brooklyn? Here are some ideas for everything from hiding under the bedcovers until the commercial lovestorm blows over, to proposing marriage in five of the arguably most romantic, and mostly free places in Brooklyn.

Also:  Valentine's Day for kids.

Black History Month Events in Brooklyn

Here's what to do and where to go in Brooklyn during February, including some free activities: watch the Super Bowl, celebrate Chinese New Year, observe Valentine’s Day, and shop President’s Day weekend holiday sales — not to mention find out if spring's around the corner on Ground Hogs Day!

Best bets this month for family activities in Brooklyn. Play outdoors, go to the zoo, attend special children's shows, and more.

Here's what to do and where to go in Brooklyn during February, including some free activities: watch the Super Bowl, celebrate Chinese New Year, observe Valentine’s Day, and shop President’s Day weekend holiday sales — not to mention find out if spring's around the corner on Ground Hogs Day!

February brings great Black History Month programming at the Brooklyn Children's Museum. Kids will hear African folk tales, hear music by African American greats, and enjoy special craft sessions. Separate programs for tots 5 and under, and children of elementary school age.

Brooklyn Botanic Gardens begins to bloom in early April, with "daffodil hill" in full bloom, the tulips beginning to bud, weeping cherry trees in blossom and the magnificent cherry blossoms starting to take hold. Lilacs soon—and as always the Japanese garden is magnificent in any season.

May Calendar for Brooklyn Events: Consult this handy overview if you're considering moving to Brooklyn, or just want to get out and about a bit, now that the weather's warmer.

Volunteer to Fight Hunger in Brooklyn: Join City Harvest's Skip Lunch, Fight Hunger program by creating a team in Brooklyn. The program is recruiting teams and individuals in Brooklyn, NY. Here's how to make a difference by volunteering to help out, just one day a year.

Here's the schedule for summer outdoor films, presented by Rooftop Films, in Park Slope, Fort Greene and Gowanus.

SummerScreen, launched in 2005, is a hugely popular free outdoor film series in Williamsburg's McCarren Park's ball fields. These famous films, presented by EPIX and The L Magazine, are shown on Wednesday evenings. Bring your blanket, food and drink, and settle in for a great evening. Here's the schedule of summer films.

The New York Metropolitan Opera holds one special concert in each borough of New York City every summer. Generally, the performance is a fabulous recital featuring rising opera stars. Note that it's not a full opera. But, it's free! When is the Met coming to Brooklyn? And where will the concert be held?

The NYC Parks Department, which manages the city's public pools, times the opening of the outdoor pools to coincide with the end of the public school year. When will the NYC and Brooklyn outdoor public pools open this year?

Get a feel for what Brooklyn's really all about. One of the best places to spend any Thursday, Friday or Saturday night during a New York summer is in Prospect Park's band shell, where the Celebrate Brooklyn! series regularly draws crowds of thousands to a richly varied program of music, dance, and film. Wonder who's performing this summer?...

Brooklyn is alive with fabulous free summer concerts and other music events. Learn where you can hear leading jazz, rock, soul, hip hop and oldies-but goodies performers this summer. Venues vary from a lovely park in Bay Ridge to Brooklyn's own "central park", Prospect Park, to Coney Island. Why pay $40 or more to attend a concert when you can...

Halloween isn't the only time of year you might need a costume. There's also Mardi Gras, masquerade parties for New Year's Eve, birthday and surprise parties, and Purim. Find out where you can buy costumes (or useful bits and pieces for a DIY costume) in Brooklyn.

Join the fun! Participate in the annual October 5-K Charity Run/Walk in Coney Island, Brooklyn to raise money for the Wildlife Conservation Society, in conjunction with the New York Aquarium.

Your June Calendar for Brooklyn Events: Consult this handy overview to see the range of happening events in the Big Apple's best borough, Brooklyn, in the month of June, from film festivals to the opening of Coney Island and other Atlantic Ocean beaches.

What's happening in Brooklyn this July? Check this up to date listing of some of the most interesting Brooklyn events, from film festivals to summer concerts, from free First Saturday events at the Brooklyn Museum to boating off of Brooklyn Bridge Park. Check these listings for Brooklyn cultural events: the West Indian Labor Parade or Coney...

What's happening in Brooklyn in August? Check this up to date listing of some of the most interesting Brooklyn events, from outdoor movies to events at Coney Island, ferry boat service on the East River, great summer concerts free First Saturday events at the Brooklyn Museum and kayaking and boating off of Brooklyn Bridge Park and Red Hook....

Brooklyn in February: Get an overview of what the borough has to offer.

December in Brooklyn is simply wonderful. Holidays are in the air. Christmas, Hanukah and Kwanzaa are special events, generating concerts, shopping opportunities, and parties galore. And, of course, New Year's Eve in Brooklyn is great, with fireworks in Prospect Park and parties galore. The following lists some annual December highlights. ...

New York in January offers plenty of opportunities. Attend a First Saturday at Brooklyn Museum, celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.'s holiday and on most years, also Chinese New Years. Speaking of which, January 1 in Brooklyn marks an event not to be missed: the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club dip into the frigid Atlantic.

See a March Calendar for Brooklyn Events: Consult this handy overview of annual events in the Big Apple's best borough, Brooklyn, during March.

Brooklyn in April: Find out where to go, what to do, and how to have fun in Brooklyn!

Find out when Leap Year is, and how to observe the event in Brooklyn. Also, how Brooklyn will change in the four years between leap years!

When are St. Patrick's Day Parades in Park Slope and Bay Ridge, Brooklyn New York?

Brooklyn offers a few good programs for children, focusing on Women's History Month Themes. Find out what's happening, where.

St. Patricks Day for Kids in Brooklyn: Things to do!