Friends of Dome Playground

01/14/2021

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01/09/2021

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10/01/2020

Parks are now open. Here's more info on Dome:

NYC Parks is making important service changes. Find out more about our additional safety precautions, program cancellations, and potential closures before you head to a park or recreation center.

03/13/2020

Back in the Spring of 2012, the Friends of Dome Playground was working to make Dome Playground the center of Kensington, Bklyn cultural activities--unique at the time. Long before Dome was renovated we produced the Stargazer night, music program, and the Alpona drawing workshop for Bangladeshi New Years, with the help of our friends: Annie Ferdous of Bangladesh Institute of Performing Arts (BIPA) and Jill Reinier of The Singing Winds, with support from CMember Brad Lander, who was wowed by the star gazing event, which was led by Joe Delfausse.

12/18/2019

Celebrate the Winter Solstice at a SIng-Along with FREE Hot Chocolate, Sat. Dec. 21, 5:30-7pm at Kensington Plaza, in front of Walgreen's on Church Avenue, Hosted by The Kensington Stewards (TKS), the singing will be led by Diedre Rodman Struck, a Kensington mom, pianist and jazz singer, with guitar by Gregg Gober. Banish the dark, sing loud with your neighbors.

07/11/2019

Nearby at Avenue C Plaza: Free 1 hr yoga class Mondays in July from 7-8pm, hosted by The Kensington Stewards, ad taught by local Liz Mulligan Ferry. to reserve your mat, rsvp to [email protected]

05/25/2019

The Friends of Dome Playground is no longer active. Should you miss it, or wish to reactivate it, please email us and let us know your thoughts and ideas. At one point, the NYC Parks Dept /Partnership for Parks was hosting events at Dome, aka 38th St. But funding ran out. Contact Council Member Brad Lander about funding activities at Dome again. His Kensington representative is Shahana Hanif: Shahana Hanif

04/11/2019

At Avenue C Plaza, Sat April 13, noon to 6 pm
Celebrate Bengali New Year 1426 called "Poehla Boshakh"

Here's a chance to diversify your cultural tastes in multicultural Kensington. A 6 yr-old Kensington tradition, this year's celebration of Bengali New Year will offer face painting, a magic show, art workshops et al for kids; and for the adults, dance and live music performances at 2 pm by the Bangladesh institute of Performing Arts (BIPA) and South Asian Cultural Collective (SACC). At 4:30 pm Fogo Azul NY, the all-women's marching band, will lead a police-escorted parade around the neighborhood,with Kensington locals carrying masks on sticks displaying tiger, owl, peacock, elephant, and large human faces.
These masks are a traditional part of Boishakh in Bangladesh. Those at this Saturday's festivities were made locally by The Singing Winds and BIPA students at PS 230 and PS 179 workshops.
Last year a decorated rickshaw arrived offering free rides to all. A big hit, it will return this Saturday.
The event is produced and directed by Annie Ferdous, dancer and choreographer, BIPA director and Kensington resident, with her partner, Jill Reinier, storyteller, The Singing Winds' project director and parent coordinator at PS 230.
Y'all come. It should be lots of fun. Wear red & white.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Noon Kids’ Face Painting; Magic show
1 pm “Dress as a Bangladeshi” Contest
2 pm Performances: LIVE BAND to play with “Bangladesh Institute of Performing Arts” (BIPA) and with the “South Asian Cultural Collective” (SACC)
2 pm Rickshaw rides
4 pm Rally gathering
4:15 pm Speakers (?)
4:30 pm Rally/parade: Fogo Azul NYC, an all-woman drum band, will lead mask-carrying celebrants in a police-escorted walk from Avenue C Plaza, along Avenue C, up Dahill Road and down McDonald Avenue back to the Plaza.

08/23/2018

This Saturday: Chess players alert