Local History

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!

Join Weeksville Heritage Center, Creative Urban Alchemy, and the Beam Center to unveil Osisi Obodo, a new modular shade and gathering structure, on Thursday, June 25.

HBO and Weeksville Heritage Center present a special screening of The Gilded Age, Season 3, Episode 8 with Executive Producer Dr. Erica Armstrong Dunbar

Weeksville Green Market returns on August 22, 12- 5 p.m. 

Our ongoing film series, Weeksville Watchnight, returns Thursday, August 27th, from 6-9 pm with host Juju Bae.