Past Events

We invite you to join us at our Rest and Restore yoga series led by Six of Sensate Wellness and take a moment for you! Open to all ages and skill levels, and no rsvp required. Simply show up and join us for a rejuvenating yoga experience. *Space is limited and offered on a first come-first served basis. Please note that doors close 10 minutes after the class begins, so do plan to arrive on time.

Join filmmaker and organizer Edwin Santana for a screening of his award-winning film, Closing the Last Penal Colony. This documentary delves into the history of the Rikers Island jail complex and the grassroots movement to shut it down. The film received an Honorable Mention for Best Short Documentary at the 2024 Katra LatinX Film Festival in NYC.

In partnership with RPMP, Weeksville Heritage Center presents The Rikers Public Memory Project: A Community Truth and Healing Process, an exhibition showcasing works from its ongoing initiative with Freedom Agenda, Create Forward, and the Humanities Action Lab. The exhibition features creative works by the 2024 Narrative Change Community Fellows alongside historical context and personal stories about Rikers Island, the active New York City jail complex located in the East River.

Join us on January 4, 2025 and embrace the vibrant celebration of Dance For The Diaspora with HAUS of Glitter! This special celebration highlights movement, education, cultural practice, wellness, and a collective drive towards social change and unity within the African, Afro, and Black Diaspora community. Start the new year at Weeksville with this inspiring event!

On December 14th, from 10 am to 5 pm, we will host our first Weeksville Winter Craft Studio. The day will include holiday crafting, storytime with Sscarlet’s Web Bookstore, and Christmas classics on the big screen. We’ll also have holiday wreath workshops led by Regal Roots, henna design workshop led by Henna Get a What What and jewelry-making led by Jam & Rico.

Join us for an intimate afternoon as we close out our exhibition, Forward Ever: Celebrating Where We At Black Women Artists 1971–Now. In partnership with the Robert Blackburn Gallery, we invite you to join us in conversation with pioneering members of Where We At, the first Black women’s art collective, founded in 1971. This special gathering will feature artists Ann Tanksley, Linda Hiwot, Diane Ifill, Sadikisha Collier, and organizer Dindga McCannon, as they share their experiences and insights from decades of trailblazing creative work.

Join us for the Black Radical Women’s Bus Tour, a three-stop tour organized in collaboration with the Brooklyn Museum and the Robert Blackburn Gallery. This tour will connect exhibitions that explore the essence and creativity of Black women artists across Brooklyn and New York City. We will start at Weeksville, then travel to the Brooklyn museum, and end our day at the Robert Blackburn Gallery. Our aim is to learn from each other as we engage in dialogue and connect with the works on display.

We end our Harvest Festival with an intimate screening of Chanel Dupree’s award-winning documentary, You Think You Grown? Dismantling Adultification. This film sheds light on the origins of adultification bias and its direct connection to the amplified violence and dehumanization Black girls and women face today.

Dive deeper into Brooklyn's story with an enriching Torchlight Talk with historian Prithi Kanakamedala, author of Brooklynites. Artist Walis Johnson will join Kanakamedala, and together, we will explore the stories of four families from Brooklyn's 19th-century free Black Community. 

Stock up on fresh produce and pantry staples at our bi-weekly Farmer’s market! Artisans & Craft vendors, community organizations, free yoga classes, and other activities round out the market each week. Accepting: SNAP, Health Bucks, FMNP, FreshConnect coupons, and Greenmarket Bucks. This program is in partnership with GROW NYC.

Stock up on fresh produce and pantry staples at our bi-weekly Farmer’s market! Artisans & Craft vendors, community organizations, free yoga classes, and other activities round out the market each week. Accepting: SNAP, Health Bucks, FMNP, FreshConnect coupons, and Greenmarket Bucks. This program is in partnership with GROW NYC.

We are teaming up with The Haus of Glitter Dance Company for a free traditional West African dance class and performance with live drumming in partnership with The Yeredon Center on Saturday, October 12th, at 12 p.m., for Weeksville's Green Farmers and Community Market.