NYC ideas

[ericwinters]

I'm going to the city this week. Any cool things going on to get on my list to do?

[samhexum]

Farmhouse Family Day: Lovely Leaves
Wyckoff House Museum
5816 Clarendon Road, East Flatbush
Saturday, October 16
11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The leaves are changing and a workshop at Brooklyn’s oldest house will let the curious learn some more facts while also trying their hand at making leaf prints. The activity is set to start at 1 p.m. but the grounds will be open to shop the farm stand, drop off food scraps for compost and get your hands dirty with some farm activities. You can also sign up for a “Sunflower Vegetable Share” food box, a low-cost seasonal fruit and vegetable box that accepts EBT/SNAP. The house itself will not be accessible as work continues to recover from the impact of Hurricane Ida. Visit the event page for all the details on the activities for the day.

Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy’s Harvest Festival
Brooklyn Bridge Park
Pier 6, Brooklyn Heights
Saturday, October 23
11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

After a pause in 2020 the annual festival returns to Pier 6 for a day of arts and crafts, storytelling and games. There will be a kick-off procession and the popular pumpkin patch will be back. More details are still to be announced so check out the event page online for further updates.

[samhexum]

On 10/11/2021 at 8:01 AM, ericwinters said:

I'm going to the city this week. Any cool things going on to get on my list to do?

QNS Weekender: 28 things to do in Queens

https://qns.com/2021/10/qns-weekender-28-things-to-do-in-queens/

The Amazing Maize Maze (Queens County Farm): See if you can make your way through NYC’s only corn maze, which celebrates the genius of Andy Warhol’s pop art. Get tickets. 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy., Floral Park. queensfarm.org. Advance tickets are $12 or $8 for children 4-11 and free for kids under 3. Open Fridays from 12 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Oct. 17 to 30.

[Luv2play]

If you are interested in art, you might want to check out the Madison Frick, the temporary home of the Frick Museum collection, while the museum undergoes two year renovations this year and next.

[samhexum]

On 10/11/2021 at 8:01 AM, ericwinters said:

I'm going to the city this week. Any cool things going on to get on my list to do?

Astoria street fair to thank neighbors for raising close to $90,000 for charities and progressive causes

Astoria volunteers will be hosting a free community cookout on the 31st Open Street on Saturday, Oct. 16, to thank neighbors for donating thousands of dollars to various organizations.

During the pandemic, Astoria resident Eli Goldman started barbecuing on Open Streets in his neighborhood to raise money for food pantries and progressive causes. Goldman has donated close to $90,000 to the ACLU, NAACP, Astoria Food Pantry, Astoria Mutual Aid and more.

Goldman started barbecuing off his balcony in hopes of bringing some joy to his neighborhood during the height of the pandemic, but never thought it would turn into such a large movement.

“People seemed to get a kick out of me barbecuing on my patio,” Goldman said. “It was boredom, working from home during the pandemic and a sense of hopelessness. Things were just so crazy in the beginning.”

Once Goldman started getting some more attention from his neighbors, he moved his set-up to the Open Street in Astoria.

“It quickly snowballed into a real thing,” Goldman said. “People started to see what I was doing and how much money we were raising for charity. There was once or twice a month when [we] would set up two smokers and make as much food as we could and feed anyone regardless if they could pay or not and instead of keeping it for ourselves, we gave it away.”

Goldman said that the event Saturday is meant to thank the neighborhood for helping him and his passion grow so quickly over the past year.

The street fair is the first of its kind, said Goldman, and he doesn’t know what to expect.

“We usually serve 150 people but we have a lot more restaurants involved,” Goldman said. “It’s usually just us.”

The event will be located at 31st Avenue between 33rd Street and 35th Street, and will start at 11:30 a.m. with music until 9 p.m.

There will be five DJs and a Brazilian drumline at 2:30 p.m. Free food from local restaurants like Between the Bagel, Cafe Boulis and King Souvlaki will be available from 1 to 5 p.m. Weather permitting, there will also be a family-friendly Halloween movie at 9 p.m.

The entire event is free, which Goldman said is a statement of what they believe in and how they should be treated.

“If you can’t afford it if you’re having a bad day, you forgot your wallet, you got fired or your employment ran out, as long as there is good, you’re getting fed,” Goldman said.

Goldman also said it was really important to him to feature Astoria restaurants and artists at the event.

“We really wanted to show how vibrant this community is,” Goldman said. “Some street festivals aren’t reflective of their neighborhood, but these are Astoria bars and restaurants. After this event, you can still meet these people just two blocks away from you.”

For more information on the event, visit their Instagram page @tikkunbbq. Donations can be made on their GoFundMe page.