B’rook’lyn Chess Festival
Play the Master, learn chess and more at this awesome chess event!
Learn to play, hone your skills, or challenge the Master at this exciting chess event!
Activities for all skill levels will be offered. Attend beginner or intermediate clinics to learn the game and sharpen your skills. Participate in checkmate lessons, test your skills with pickup games, and more! Participants can also sign up to challenge Chess Master Giorgi Kacheishvili.
Please RSVP for one or more activities, whatever you’re interested in! Online registration is available at: bkchessfestival.eventbrite.com
8/9/2014 0:00 10:00:00 AM 4:00:00 PM
Ronee.Mattingly@parks.nyc.gov.
It’s My Park Day at Dr. Ronald McNair Park
Volunteers will clean up, plant daffodil bulbs, and beautify the park.
Volunteers should enter the park from Classon Avenue at Eastern Parkway.
Please join the Central Brooklyn Lions Club, and neighborhood residents for It’s My Park Day at Dr. Ronald McNair Park!
Volunteers will clean up, plant daffodil bulbs, and beautify the park.
If possible, please bring your own work gloves.
10/25/2014 0:00 10:00:00 AM 1:00:00 PM
(718) 965-6991
emily.sherrod@parks.nyc.gov.
It’s My Park at Dr. Ronald McNair Park
This It’s My Park season, volunteer with the Central Brooklyn Lions Club to beautify Dr. Ronald McNair Park. Volunteers will clean and mulch the tree beds.
This It’s My Park season, volunteer with the Central Brooklyn Lions Club to beautify Dr. Ronald McNair Park. Volunteers will clean and mulch the tree beds. Please bring your own work gloves. We look forward to caring for the trees in Dr. Ronald McNair Park with you!
5/16/2015 0:00 9:00:00 AM 2:00:00 PM
(917) 254-2847
aaird@msn.com.
It’s My Park at Dr. Ronald E. McNair Park
This It’s My Park season, please join Soundminds for Parks for a day of fun, planting, and music. We look forward to caring for Dr. Ronald McNair Park with you!
This It’s My Park season, please join Soundminds for Parks for a day of fun, planting, and music. We look forward to caring for Dr. Ronald McNair Park with you!
7/24/2015 0:00 12:00:00 PM 3:00:00 PM
(718) 450-4832
mlamothe07@gmail.com.
Brooklyn Chess Festival
Learn how to play chess, meet and play with a chess Grand Master, and much more! Pre-registration is required for some activities.
Join us to learn how to play chess, meet and play with a chess Grand Master, and much more!
All are welcome to come sharpen their chess skills through pick-up chess games, simul-play, learn to play chess clinics, a Blitz Tournament, and other board games!
This event is FREE and open to the public. Chess boards will be provided.
For more information regarding accessibility, please contact Ronee.Mattingly@parks.nyc.gov or (718) 965-8937.
Registration
Registration is required online to participate in the following activities:
USCF Rated Kids Chess Tournament
Play in the “Back To School” United States Chess Federation Kids Chess Tournament. Multiple sections. Trophies and medals for players! Check in at 10:00 a.m.. Tournament starts at 10:30 a.m. sharp!
30 Person Match vs. GM Irina Krush
Play the seven-time United States Women’s Chess Champion Grandmaster Irina Krush! She will take on 30 challengers at the same time! Starts at 2:00 p.m. sharp!
Learn to Play Chess Clinics
Learn Chess Master strategy and secret! Sit in on the hourly chess lectures taking place all day from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.. Topics will vary for players of all skill levels and experience. Everyone is welcome!
Make sure you register online to reserve your spot!
8/25/2018 0:00 11:00:00 AM 4:00:00 PM
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B’rook’lyn Chess Festival
Learn to play chess, compete, sharpen your skills, meet and play a chess master, and have fun!
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Learn to play chess, compete, sharpen your skills, meet and play a chess master, and have fun! No need to bring your board. All chess boards will be provided.
Activities include:
- Scholastic tournaments for grades 1-8
- USCF Action Tournament for grades 9-Adult
- Learn to play clinics for all levels
- Free play area
- Simul – Play International Grandmaster Giorgi Kacheishvili
- Play a Master – Play FM Andrey Krasnov and Azeez Alade
- Blitz Tournament
This event is FREE and open to the public. Pre-register at bkchessfestival.eventbrite.com.
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8/15/2015 0:00 10:00:00 AM 4:00:00 PM
(718) 965-8942
Ronee.Mattingly@parks.nyc.gov.
Arts, Culture & Fun: Jazz Concert
The School of Jazz at The New School, founded in 1986, is one of the most influential institutions of its kind. The quality and uniqueness of the school lie in its artist-as-mentor…
This summer, join us in the park for free jazz concerts, featuring talented young musicians from the world-renowned New School for Jazz. With notable alumni including Robert Glasper, Brad Mehldau, Bilal, and Becca Stevens, New School Jazz has been recognized as an innovative leader in musical higher education for nearly thirty years.
The School of Jazz at The New School, founded in 1986, is one of the most influential institutions of its kind. The quality and uniqueness of the school lie in its artist-as-mentor approach to learning, its progressive curriculum, small ensemble-based performance, a stellar faculty composed of artist-practitioners, and our access to unique musical opportunities throughout New York City.
6/15/2016 0:00 6:00:00 PM 8:00:00 PM
(718) 965-8942
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Brooklyn Chess Festival
Learn to play chess, sharpen your game, meet and play a chess master, and much more. Chess boards will be provided.
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Learn to play chess, sharpen your game, meet and play a chess master, and much more.
This festival is free and open to the public. Chess boards will be provided.
Activities include:
- Learn-to-play chess clinics for all levels
- Pick-up chess games
- Simul-play featuring seven-time Women’s World Champion and international Grand Master Irina Krush. First come, first served.
- Play a Master: International Chess master Yaacov Norowitz, World Chess federation’s Andrey Krasnov and National Master Azeez Alade
- Film Barn Blitz Tournament
- Kids Chess Tournament- Scholastics for grades one through eight. To participate in the Kids Tournament, you must register here: newyorkchessandgames.com/brooklynchessfestival
Registration
Please register here to sign up to attend the Brooklyn Chess Festival. Simul-play is first come, first served onsite on the day of the festival. To register your child for the Kids Chess Tournament, please visit newyorkchessandgames.com/brooklynchessfestival.
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8/26/2017 0:00 10:00:00 AM 4:00:00 PM
(718) 965-8937
ronee.mattingly@parks.nyc.gov.
TreesCount! 2015 Training Session
Join a TreesCount! Training class to learn the techniques you need to help us map, count, and care for every street tree in New York City.
Meet in front of the fountain.
Learn Tree ID skills while exploring Brooklyn’s urban forest! This is a free event, please bring a photo ID with you. All equipment will be provided. All volunteers will receive a Census Gear Pack to keep, including a NYC Tree Species ID guide! Training events are designed to help voluntreers apply their online learning to master the TreeKIT mapping method and the Treecorder software before collecting data for TreesCount! 2015.
8/14/2015 0:00 5:00:00 PM 8:00:00 PM
Treescount@parks.nyc.gov.
It’s My Park at Dr. Ronald McNair Park
This It’s My Park season, please join the Central Brooklyn Lions Club to help care for Dr. Ronald McNair Park. Volunteers will remove garbage and beautify the park.
Volunteers should meet in the park by the chess tables.
This It’s My Park season, please join the Central Brooklyn Lions Club to help care for Dr. Ronald McNair Park. Volunteers will remove garbage and beautify the park. We look forward to meeting you!
10/17/2015 0:00 10:00:00 AM 1:00:00 PM
718-965-6991
emily.sherrod@parks.nyc.gov.
Brooklyn Chess Festival
Learn to play chess, sharpen your game, meet and play a chess master, and much more.
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Learn to play chess, sharpen your game, meet and play a chess master, and much more.
Activities include:
- Learn-to-play chess clinics for all levels
- Skittles Pit Area; pick-up chess games
- Simul-play National Grandmaster Alexander Lenderman
- Play a Master: FM Andrey Krasnov and Azeez Alade
- Film Barn Blitz Tournament
- Scholastics Tournament for grades one through eight
This festival is free and open to the public. Chess boards will be provided. Visit bklynchessfest.eventbrite.com to register.
Sponsors: New York Chess & Games, Filmbarnbk.
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8/20/2016 0:00 10:00:00 AM 4:00:00 PM
(718) 965-8937
ronee.mattingly@parks.nyc.gov