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  • A cormorant in the water with text "A Persistence of Cormorants, Poetry by the Gowanus" in the water below it.

    A Persistence of Cormorants Poetry Reading

    A Persistence of Cormorants Poetry Reading
    Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club Boathouse 165 2nd St, Brooklyn, NY, United States

    A Persistence of Cormorants is a summer-long poetry reading series on our shoreline featuring accomplished and exceptional poets from the New York area, many of who live in Brooklyn. On each of the scheduled Sundays, from 1:30 to 3:30, up to four featured poets will read for 10 to 15 minutes each. Gerry reads poetry at […]

  • 8th Annual Gowanus Dawn Reading

    Ninth Street Bridge over the Gowanus Canal 9th Street & The Canal, Brooklyn, NY

    Our 8th annual Gowanus Dawn Reading! We’ll proclaim poetry from Julian Talamantez Brolaski's "gowanus atropolis" in canoes on the Gowanus Canal!

  • A cormorant in the water with text "A Persistence of Cormorants, Poetry by the Gowanus" in the water below it.

    A Persistence of Cormorants Poetry Reading

    A Persistence of Cormorants Poetry Reading
    Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club Boathouse 165 2nd St, Brooklyn, NY, United States

    A Persistence of Cormorants is a summer-long poetry reading series on our shoreline featuring accomplished and exceptional poets from the New York area, many of who live in Brooklyn. On each of the scheduled Sundays, from 1:30 to 3:30, up to four featured poets will read for 10 to 15 minutes each. Gerry reads poetry at […]

  • A cormorant in the water with text "A Persistence of Cormorants, Poetry by the Gowanus" in the water below it.

    A Persistence of Cormorants Poetry Reading

    A Persistence of Cormorants Poetry Reading
    Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club Boathouse 165 2nd St, Brooklyn, NY, United States

    A Persistence of Cormorants is a summer-long poetry reading series on our shoreline featuring accomplished and exceptional poets from the New York area, many of who live in Brooklyn. On each of the scheduled Sundays, from 1:30 to 3:30, up to four featured poets will read for 10 to 15 minutes each. Gerry reads poetry at […]

  • October Monthly Meeting

    Monthly Meeting
    Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club Boathouse 165 2nd St, Brooklyn, NY, United States

    Socialize with the Dredgers at our BOATHOUSE (165 2nd St.) to discuss the latest updates on Gowanus and get involved.  We continue to plan new and fun events on our shoreline and waterway. MONTHLY MEETING Third Thursday of the month, 6:30 PM 165 2nd St, Brooklyn, NY 11231 We've made the switch from meeting at […]

  • Brooklyn Folk Festival: Banjo Toss Competition

    Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club Boathouse 165 2nd St, Brooklyn, NY, United States

    Each year, as part of the Brooklyn Folk Festival , contestants gather on the banks of the fetid Gowanus Canal to see who can throw a banjo the farthest in the - BANJO TOSS: BANJO THROWING COMPETITION! The special "throwing banjo", attached to a rope is tossed into the canal, a federally designate Super Fund site. The marked rope pays out, showing how far the banjo has been tossed. It is then hauled back in for the next throw.

  • November Monthly Meeting

    Monthly Meeting
    Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club Boathouse 165 2nd St, Brooklyn, NY, United States

    Socialize with the Dredgers at our BOATHOUSE (165 2nd St.) to discuss the latest updates on Gowanus and get involved.  We continue to plan new and fun events on our shoreline and waterway. MONTHLY MEETING Wednesday, November 12th 6:30 PM 165 2nd St, Brooklyn, NY 11231 We've made the switch from meeting at the Bunker […]

  • Bunker Work Day

    Gowanus Dredgers Bunker (19th St.) 2 19th St., Brooklyn, NY

    Help us close down the Bunker for the season. We'll be doing some light construction work and building out a new canoe rack, come ready to get dusty and dirty and have some fun.

  • Argentinian Folk EP Listening party with LULITA

    Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club Boathouse 165 2nd St, Brooklyn, NY, United States

    Join LULITA for a listening party for her upcoming Argentinian Folk EP. Light snacks and drinks will be served, and the EP listening will be followed by a short live performance.