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PROSPECT PARK/DUMBO – Looking for things to do on Thursdays throughout August? Prospect Park Alliance is offering free carousel rides and the Under the Archway Series continues in DUMBO with live music and art beneath the Manhattan Bridge. Prospect Park Carousel (Photo by Paul Martinka courtesy of Prospect Park Alliance)
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Lucio Schiavone. (Photo Credit: Virginia Freire)Prospect Park will lose a popular, long-time fixture when Lucio Schiavone retires as Carousel Manager in December after 26 years of service. On Saturday, November 5 at 11:45am the Prospect Park Alliance [https://www.prospectpark.org/] will commemorate Schiavone with a ceremony and
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Lucio Schiavone. (Photo Credit: Virginia Freire)Prospect Park will lose a popular, long-time fixture when Lucio Schiavone retires as Carousel Manager in December after 26 years of service. On Saturday, November 5 at 11:45am the Prospect Park Alliance [https://www.prospectpark.org/] will commemorate Schiavone with a ceremony and
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Courtesy Justine McLaughlinWhether your kids are in preschool or high school, planning a birthday party takes some serious thought. Do you invite the whole class? Should we hold the party at home, or seek out a venue that won’t break the bank? Do we go with princesses or Darth
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Photo via renagrisa [https://www.flickr.com/photos/renagrisa/14378749633/in/photolist-4LyzoX-nUARjr-4LBRVa-7aVJmG-7aRRER-gXYN9-4X75oZ-4J2mth-eez2wr-eeECVG-3ibL89-8waF8j-d94HQy-6wwd7N-6wwaPC-d94KYG-5WuLFT-6wwc6L-6oKZpX-6oQaJm-6oKZHx-6oQaYs-6wwbtY-d94LFd-6oQbcY-697xhZ-7bnvhd-d94JBs-d94S8o-4Fnq4X-eHpo1t-6ifmZR-4FQE5N-d94Miy-d94KgY-2GGCx-2GGCu-h8URF-9J2FMh-hqmnZ-h8URE-5SegLR-8g3b9V-8c2gP7-bMTomB-4LG3RS-4LBSt6-bpBgTT-4LBSKr-2GXHx] Looking for some dizzying fun before the kids have to head back to sch
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Many of us have sent our little ones off to spring break camp. Many of us, though, have opted to host spring break at home. The week is half over, the weather is still cold. What, you may be asking, is there left to do? Well, our sister-site, Park Slope
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After New Yorkers named Prospect Park their favorite green space [https://www.facebook.com/ProspectParkBrooklyn/photos/a.10150175295370385.403398.10150099384115385/10154527327065385/?type=1&theater] in a New York Landmarks Conservancy survey, the Prospect Park Alliance wants to know: What’s your favorite spot in the urban oasis [https://www.
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Looking for some fun events to enjoy with the kids this week? A puppet singalong, a trip back in time to learn about dinosaurs, a bedtime story, and more good stuff is coming up in the neighborhood. Details on those below, and for more of what’s coming up in
Hip Tot Music Fest
Got a kid who likes to sing and dance? We’ve got some fun musical events coming up this week, plus magic and a last chance to ride the carousel: Musical Storytime With Suzi Shelton [http://catalog.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/record=g1009287&searchscope=47&SORT2=R] When: Wednesday, November
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It’s the last Thursday for free rides [/blog/kids/free-rides-on-the-prospect-park-carousel-every-thursdays-in-august] on the Prospect Park Carousel [http://www.prospectpark.org/calendar/event/carousel-free] (kids 12 and under), so we thought we’d take a look at some classic photos of our 101-year-old beauty [/blog/events/its-the-prospect-park-carousels-100th-birthday-party-and-youre-invited] . The following series was
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Once again this year, every Thursday in August from 12-6pm [http://www.prospectpark.org/calendar/event/carousel-free], kids ages 12 and under can ride the Prospect Park Carousel [http://www.prospectpark.org/visit/places/carousel] for free! Children must be accompanied by an adult, but it’s still a bargain
Art Installations
Sing for Hope [http://singforhope.org/], an organization that works to bring art and “a voice” to the streets of New York, will be placing a piano near the Prospect Park Carousel [http://www.prospectpark.org/visit/places/carousel] this Saturday, June 1. The group worked with over 1,000