Local History

Coming Home to Oneself, is a restorative Yoga Nidra program designed specifically for elders. The class is led by dancer, yoga instructor, and retired Special Education Teacher Dianne Scott. 

Weeksville is thrilled to welcome back the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce for their annual Black History Month Celebration!

Join us on Saturday, February 28th for a two-part public program exploring the vibrant intersections of Black queer history, public art, migration, and community memory.

Weeksville is getting a new shade structure! Join us Friday, March 27th, from 6-8 pm for a community design workshop to help shape it.

Take a well-deserved pause and join us for our Rest and Restore yoga session led by Six of Sensate Wellness.

Join us for a Women’s History Month community event and an interactive day of celebration! Honoring the legacy of Zora Neale Hurston, the groundbreaking writer of Their Eyes Were Watching God, cultural anthropologist, folklorist, playwright, and choreographer.

Take a well-deserved pause and join us for our Rest and Restore yoga session led by Six of Sensate Wellness.

Take a well-deserved pause and join us for our Rest and Restore yoga session led by Six of Sensate Wellness.

Join us for the opening reception of “Peace in Destruction: Art from Rikers Island,” presented by Groundswell at Weeksville Heritage Center.

On June 4th, Black & Free: Pleasure Histories will bring together film, performance, and storytelling to trace the legacies of Black queer and trans life through pleasure, resistance, and self-expression.

Join us on Saturday, June 6, 2026, from 10 AM to 6 PM for the 5th annual Black Man’s Health Festival at Weeksville!