Arts & Culture

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 […]

Hop into a Gowanus Dredgers canoe and paddle at your own pace inside the protected Gowanus Canal. Enjoy discovering the canal’s unique mix of wildlife and urban waterway infrastructure, practice […]

Starring: Andre Gower, Robby Kiger, Stephen Macht Count Dracula adjourns to Earth, accompanied by Frankenstein’s Monster, the Wolfman, the Mummy and the Gillman. The uglies are in search of a […]

Warning: Images are not from the movies we’re showing. Trust us, you can’t imagine what we’re showing! Hopped up on hair metal, veins flowing with bright red karo syrup, and […]

Brooklyn Stage Company presents Bertolt Brecht’s Galileo on the Waterfront Museum Barge. A new adaptation by Robert Francis Cole, based on the English version by Brecht and Charles Laughton. Cast: […]

Tuesday evenings, 6-8:30 April through October. At the Gowanus Dredgers Boathouse 165 2nd Street between Bond and the Gowanus Canal. We are excited to expand our musical offerings with this […]

Starring: Paul Newman, Tom Cruise, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Helen Shaver, John Turturro, Bill Cobbs Former pool hustler “Fast Eddie” Felson (Paul Newman) decides he wants to return to the game […]

The Boathouse Jam every Wednesday evening 6-8:30 April-Oct. Just come, bring an acoustic instrument. The Boathouse Jam is hosted by the Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club to activate our shoreline while […]

Starring: John Boyega, Jodie Whittaker, Alex Esmail, Franz Drameh, Leeon Jones, Simon Howard, Luke Treadaway, Jumayn Hunter, Nick Frost South London teenagers (John Boyega, Alex Esmail, Leeon Jones) defend their […]

Starring: Nicole Kidman, Christopher Eccleston, Alakina Mann, James Bentley, Fionnula Flanagan, Elaine Cassidy New restoration by Rialto Pictures: the original 35mm negative was scanned in 4K on Blackmagic Cintel and the color grading was made with Da Vinci Resolve Studio. The restoration was supervised by the film’s director, Alejandro Amenábar. Grace (Nicole Kidman), the devoutly […]

Starring: Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Steve Martin, Vincent Gardenia, Tichina Arnold, Tisha Campbell-Martin Meek flower shop assistant Seymour (Rick Moranis) pines for co-worker Audrey (Ellen Greene). During a total eclipse, he discovers an unusual plant he names Audrey II, which feeds only on human flesh and blood. The growing plant attracts a great deal of […]

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 […]