Join us at the Bunker (2 19th St.) for an Earth week shoreline clean & green! We're going to get the site ready for the upcoming season opening in May. Our plans include working on the OPTI habitats, creating some planters on the site and sprucing up everything to get ready to welcome the public […]
Two Doors Down from the ordinary, step into a Smoky Mountain fairy tale. This spring, the Gowanus Dredgers Boathouse transforms into a Dolly Parton paradise. Big hair, dazzling sequins, and country classics await! Don't just Think About Love, come experience it in every strum and harmony! RSVP here. Featuring Amie Amis, Angus Loten, Claudia Goddard, […]
Wednesdays April 3 through October 30th, 2024 6:00 - 8:30 PM The Boathouse Jam is hosted by the Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club to activate our shoreline while fostering the continued resurgence of acoustical collaborations in Brooklyn. We are inclusive of all - young & old, new & seasoned musicians. Just bring a smile and your musical […]
"Broadchannel" is a solo by Mia Martelli that visits childhood bedroom performance-making. Photo by Kiana Kodama The early 2000s-era sounds, drawings, lighting, poems, and unfinished choreographies created in private are put on display and repurposed as a platform for contemporary questions around aging, spirituality, and environmental collapse. Improvised dances emerge in response to the rhythm, […]
"Broadchannel" is a solo by Mia Martelli that visits childhood bedroom performance-making. Photo by Kiana Kodama The early 2000s-era sounds, drawings, lighting, poems, and unfinished choreographies created in private are put on display and repurposed as a platform for contemporary questions around aging, spirituality, and environmental collapse. Improvised dances emerge in response to the rhythm, […]
Wednesdays April 3 through October 30th, 2024 6:00 - 8:30 PM The Boathouse Jam is hosted by the Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club to activate our shoreline while fostering the continued resurgence of acoustical collaborations in Brooklyn. We are inclusive of all - young & old, new & seasoned musicians. Just bring a smile and your musical […]
As part of the ongoing Superfund cleanup of the Gowanus Canal, the federal government is required to study the impact of both the historic pollution and its cleanup on natural resources (fish, wildlife, air, water, etc.) and their uses (everything from habitat to breathing to boating) — and to identify funding and projects that will […]
**WEATHER UPDATE** Well this isn’t what we were hoping to post today! Sadly we’re making the call now to cancel today’s walk-up paddle. Chilly, raining and windy? Not a recipe for a fun day paddling OR for our volunteers manning the dock. This is the reality of running outdoor programming. Sometimes the weather doesn’t play […]
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 […]
Wednesdays April 3 through October 30th, 2024 6:00 - 8:30 PM The Boathouse Jam is hosted by the Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club to activate our shoreline while fostering the continued resurgence of acoustical collaborations in Brooklyn. We are inclusive of all - young & old, new & seasoned musicians. Just bring a smile and your musical […]
Birding by canoe, what could be better? Gowanus is an industrial area teeming with wildlife. Paddling along the canal and the mouth of the Gowanus bay is a great way to experience the vast biodiversity around us. Get your now! We'll head out in the morning from our 19th St. Bunker Launch site and see what kind of […]
Local artist Rich Garr leads this exploration through the Gowanus waterfront. He is a longtime area artist focusing on public art and community. This walking tour is a multi-sensory collage featuring art, and responding to the area's renowned history and current events. Swoon, Mast, Guild, Wolf Tits and other funky street artists are typically featured. […]