{"id":23122,"date":"2011-08-04T11:22:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-04T15:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/?p=23122"},"modified":"2021-08-24T14:38:56","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T18:38:56","slug":"prospect-park-zoo-free-admission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/23122\/prospect-park-zoo-free-admission\/","title":{"rendered":"oM Weekend Agenda: Free Admission in Brooklyn, Car-Free Queens, Craft Beer and Lobster Festivals, More"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>The Prospect Park Zoo, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn Museum and more open their doors to the public for a <strong>day of free admission<\/strong> on Sunday. [Heart of Brooklyn]<\/li>\n<li>Chamber pop darlings <strong>Ra Ra Riot<\/strong> close out Celebrate Brooklyn\u2019s free summer shows Friday at Prospect Park. [Bric Arts]<\/li>\n<li>Where can you find 20,000 pounds of lobster this weekend? At the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/2011\/07\/26\/summer-festivals-nyc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">64th Annual Maine Lobster Fest<\/a><\/strong>, which runs through Sunday in Rockland, Maine. [offManhattan]<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Beer Fest Terrapin \" href=\"http:\/\/www.terrapinrestaurant.com\/events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Terrapin\u2019s New York State Craft BeerFest<\/strong><\/a> returns to the Hudson Valley for a fifth year on Saturday from 2-8pm. [TerrapinRestaurant]<\/li>\n<li>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/2011\/07\/11\/east-coast-music-festivals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Escape to New York music festival<\/a><\/strong> descends on Southampton Friday through Sunday, packed with critically acclaimed bands. [offManhattan]<\/li>\n<li>New York\u2019s only tall ship will be transformed into a <strong><a title=\"Permanent link to Yacht Rock Boat Cruise\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nickydigital.com\/index.php?\/blog\/comments\/yacht_rock_boat_cruise_33hz_them_jeans_clipper_city_tall_ship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">party boat<\/a><\/strong> on Friday, complete with live music. [Nicky Digital]<\/li>\n<li>Astoria\u2019s Shore Boulevard <strong><a title=\"Permanent link to Astoria Park Shore Fest\" href=\"http:\/\/astoriaparkshorefest.yolasite.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">closes to cars<\/a><\/strong> for the first of three Sundays for a variety of neighborhood activities. [Astoria Park Shore Fest]<\/li>\n<li>Escape to New York&#8217;s <strong>three-day festival in Southampton<\/strong> has live music, traditional Shinnecock arts and crafts, and the &#8220;world&#8217;s biggest brunch.&#8221; [DailyCandy]<\/li>\n<li>Tiny poetry press Boog City has gathered some of the best independent poets to perform in this <strong><a title=\"Permanent link to BoogFest\" href=\"http:\/\/wilderside.wordpress.com\/2011\/06\/09\/boog-fest-5-lineup-85-8911-nyc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">not-so-tiny festival<\/a><\/strong> Friday through Tuesday. [Wilder Sild]<\/li>\n<li>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/2011\/07\/26\/summer-festivals-nyc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Green Fest<\/a><\/strong> puts on exhibits, forums and a fair in the ultimate eco-friendly festival Friday through Sunday. [offManhattan]<\/li>\n<li>Amateur sculptures will transform 50 mounds of sand into art Saturday at the <strong>Coney Island Sand Sculpture Contest<\/strong>. [NYC Parks]<\/li>\n<li>Kids curious about the lifestyle in centuries past can get a feel for blacksmithing, spinning and quill-writing at <strong>Richmond\u2019s Community Day<\/strong> on Sunday. [Historic Richmond Town]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo: Courtesy of Silvia Nittel<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Prospect Park Zoo, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn Museum and more open their doors to the public for a day of free admission on Sunday. [Heart of Brooklyn] Chamber pop darlings Ra Ra Riot close out Celebrate Brooklyn\u2019s free summer shows Friday at Prospect Park. [Bric Arts] Where can you find 20,000 pounds of lobster [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":23146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,325],"tags":[281,21,196,49,120,142,666,586,20,192,507],"class_list":{"0":"post-23122","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-events","8":"category-new-york","9":"tag-astoria","10":"tag-beach","11":"tag-coney-island","12":"tag-cultural-activities","13":"tag-family-fun","14":"tag-festival","15":"tag-free-admission","16":"tag-live-music","17":"tag-music","18":"tag-prospect-park","19":"tag-zoo"},"acf":[],"mv":{"thumbnail_id":23146,"thumbnail_uri":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/3780640711_f6966f5d8a-300x199.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/73"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}