Showing posts with label Prospect Park. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Prospect Park. Show all posts

Saturday, August 29, 2009

Fit for a King- Michael Jackson's 51st Birthday Party Today 8/29

Anybody and everybody is invited to attend Michael Jackson’s 51st birthday party.

Today, thousands are expected to fill the Nethermead meadow in the center of Prospect Park to celebrate Mr. Jackson’s life on what would have been his 51st birthday.

The event, organized by Spike Lee, will feature Borough President Marty Markowitz on hand to proclaim the date "Michael Jackson Day." Afterwards, DJ Spinna will be spinning all things Jackson, from the Jackson 5 to the Jacksons to Michael Jackson. “At the end, we’ll all sing Happy Birthday to Michael,” Lee says. “We’re going to make sure he hears us, too. All over the world, people are going to be celebrating his birthday. But he’s going to hear Brooklyn; Brooklyn is going to be in the house. Deep.” All ages.

Where: Prospect Park, Nethermead Meadow

When: August 29th, 2009, 12-5pm (Rain or Shine)

The Nethermead is most accessible from the 16th Street and Prospect Park Southwest entrance, the Bartel-Pritchard entrance, the 9th Street entrance, the 3rd Street entrance or the Willink Entrance at Ocean and Flatbush Avenues.

• F Train to 15th St./Prospect Park station or 7th Ave. station
• 2 or 3 Train to Grand Army Plaza station
• Q Train to Parkside Ave. station

Cost: FREE

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Byrne Baby Byrne! Free David Byrne Concert June 8th

One of the city's coolest summer concert series, "Celebrate Brooklyn!" opens its 2009 season with a free show by one of New York's art-rock deities, David Byrne. If you caught the former Talking Heads frontman at Radio City back in February, you know what he's offering: "Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno," a full-on band-plus-dancers spectacle built around music from the three classic Heads albums Eno produced, as well as the duo's pair of egghead-pop collections, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts and last year's Everything That Happens Will Happen Today. Sounds Amazing.

Monday, June 8th
8:00 pm
(Gates open at 6:30pm)
95 Prospect Park W, Brooklyn, NY
Enter at 11th Street and Prospect Park West
Cost: FREE