07/01 @ 5:00pm - I Do Not Doubt I Am Limitless: Walt Whitman’s Brooklyn

ISSUE Project Room celebrates The Brooklyn Heights Association‘s 100th Anniversary with an event that will program channel the psychedelic spirit of poet, journalist, humanist and Brooklynite, Walt Whitman, set against the stunning waterfront backdrop on the Pier 1 Harbor View Lawn of the new Brooklyn Bridge Park on July 1st at 5 pm until midnight.

Musicians and bands including the Wingdale Community Singers, Christy and Emily, Prince Rama, and others will perform original work along with new pieces set to a marathon reading of “Leaves of Grass,” recited by some of the nation’s most intriguing poets.

The outdoor concert, closing with a late night program of acoustic music after 10 pm, is part of Celebrating a Century, an exciting year-long series of events highlighting Brooklyn Heights history, famous residents, and the BHA’s past & future.

Featuring:

CSC Funk Band

Rick Moody and Hannah Marcus of the Wingdale Community Singers

Loren Connors and Suzanne Langille

Jonathan Kane’s February

Prince Rama of Ayodhya

Henry Grimes

Christy and Emily

Shannon Fields

Sexual Energies School: Quebec City

Steve Dalashinsky

Bruce Andrews & Sally Silvers

Lilah Freedland

Holly Anderson

Alyssa Taylor Wendt

Nicole Peyrafitte, Pierre Joris, Brendan Lorber, Yuko Otomo,Tsaurah Litsky, Linda Lerner, and more…..

FOR INFORMATION AND DIRECTIONS TO THE PARK, CLICK HERE