ART / DESIGN ARCHITECTURE DANCE / SING THEATRE / LIVE MONUMENTS GALLERIES / ® PARKSCultural Guide for Seniors: Brooklyn PHOTOGRAPHY Acknowledgments NYC-ARTS in primetime is made possible in part by First Republic Bank and by the Rubin Museum of Art. Funding for NYC-ARTS is also made possible by Rosalind P. Walter, The Paul and Irma Milstein Foundation, The Philip & Janice Levin Foundation, Elise Jaffe and Jeffrey Brown, Jody and John Arnhold, and The Lemberg Foundation. This program is NYC-ARTS.org supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. On multiple platforms, Thirteen/WNET’s Additional funding provided by members of NYC-ARTS aims to increase awareness of THIRTEEN. New York City’s nonprofit cultural organizations, whose offerings greatly benefit We are grateful to Megan Flood for residents and visitors—from children to adults, contributing the design of the cover of this and teenagers to senior citizens. publication. NYC-ARTS promotes cultural groups’ We are grateful for the cooperation of the activities and events to tri-state, national and cultural organizations that supplied information international audiences through nonprint media, for this guide. using new technologies as they develop. Through websites, television, mobile applications and social media, NYC-ARTS This program is supported, in part, by nurtures New York City’s position as a public funds from the New York City thriving cultural capital of the world, one that Department of Cultural Affairs. has both world renowned institutions and those that are focused on local communities. WNET 825 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10019 http://WNET.org (212) 560-2000 Cover Design: Megan Flood Copyright © 2012 WNET Table of Contents A.I.R./Artists in Residence Gallery.............................................................................. 4 Artichoke Dance ........................................................................................................... 4 BAM Rose Cinemas...................................................................................................... 5 Bargemusic.................................................................................................................... 6 Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation............................................................. 6 Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC)...................................................................................... 7 Brooklyn Botanic Garden ............................................................................................ 8 Brooklyn Bridge Park .................................................................................................10 Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts ..................................................................10 Brooklyn Historical Society.........................................................................................11 Brooklyn Museum .......................................................................................................12 Celebrate Brooklyn! ....................................................................................................14 Chassidic Art Institute.................................................................................................15 Circuit Productions .....................................................................................................15 Genesis Repertory Ensemble.......................................................................................17 Green-Wood Cemetery................................................................................................17 Heights Players ............................................................................................................20 Historic New Utrecht...................................................................................................20 House of Art Gallery....................................................................................................21 Kentler International Drawing Space.........................................................................21 Kingsborough Community College.............................................................................22 Lefferts Homestead Historic House Museum.............................................................22 Lifetime Arts................................................................................................................23 Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus ..............................................................23 Look North Gallery .....................................................................................................24 Mark Morris Dance Group.........................................................................................25 Martin Luther King, Jr. Concert Series .....................................................................25 New York Aquarium ...................................................................................................26 New York Transit Museum.........................................................................................26 Pratt Institute Schafler Gallery...................................................................................27 1 Prospect Park...............................................................................................................28 Prospect Park Audubon Center..................................................................................28 Prospect Park Zoo .......................................................................................................29 Regina Opera Company..............................................................................................29 Rotunda Gallery ..........................................................................................................30 Seaside Summer Concert Series..................................................................................30 Smack Mellon Studios .................................................................................................31 Spoke the Hub..............................................................................................................33 UrbanGlass: New York Center for Contemporary Glass..........................................33 Waterfront Museum....................................................................................................34 Weeksville Heritage Center.........................................................................................35 Williamsburg Art & Historical Center.......................................................................35 Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum.....................................................................................36 2 Introduction The NYC-ARTS Cultural Guide for Seniors: Brooklyn was developed in cooperation with the City of New York, which has declared its commitment to make the city friendlier to senior citizens through its program Age-Friendly NYC: Enhancing Our City’s Livability for Older New Yorkers. This guide is one part of a citywide guide that includes Bronx, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island editions. The NYC-ARTS Cultural Guide for Seniors is a natural extension of WNET/THIRTEEN’s online cultural guide and calendar, NYC-ARTS.org, which was built with support from the City of New York. Profiles of more than 1,100 arts organizations across the city and details of their thousands of cultural events can be found every day on NYC-ARTS.org. How to Use This Guide This guide can be read as a printed document or on a computer as a PDF. If you read this guide on a computer and have an Internet connection, you can click on highlighted, underlined text (a hyperlink) to reach a cultural group’s website or the group’s expanded description on NYC-ARTS.org. The 190 cultural groups in this guide appear in alphabetical order. Each listing begins with basic information such as address, telephone number, website address, subway directions, admission costs and open hours. Addresses are only included for organizations with facilities open to the public. A description of the organization follows. If the organization offers programs specific to seniors, those are highlighted under the heading Programs for Seniors. Listings also include information about Senior Discounts and Disability Access. The age at which a visitor is considered a senior varies by organization; that age is indicated in the guide. The two-part index indicates which organizations are free to every visitor, and which have programs for seniors. The information in this guide was up to date on June 30, 2012; however, changes are inevitable. Hours of operation, admission fees and programs may all change. Users of this guide are encouraged to contact the organization in advance to confirm particulars. 3 A.I.R./Artists in Residence Gallery 111 Front Street, #228 Tel: (212) 255-6651 (between Adams and Washington Streets) www.airgallery.org Brooklyn NY 11201 Directions: Subway: F to York Street. Turn right at station exit and walk one block downhill to Front Street. Turn left and walk 2 1/2 blocks to 111 Front Street, which will be on the right side. Hours of Operation Admissions and Fees Mon: Closed Free admission (all visitors, all hours) Tue: 11 am - 6 pm Wed: 11 am - 6 pm Thu: 11 am - 6 pm Fri: 11 am - 6 pm Sat: 11 am - 6 pm Sun: 11 am - 6 pm Artists in Residence's mission is to advance the status of women artists by exhibiting diverse work of the highest