{"id":215397,"date":"2026-04-30T13:49:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T13:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/215397\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T13:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T13:49:08","slug":"show-brooklyn-mothers-some-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/215397\/","title":{"rendered":"Show Brooklyn Mothers Some Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A free Mother\u2019s Day weekend festival in Downtown Brooklyn features a flower bar, live performances, art activities and family programming at City Point and Albee Square Plaza.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"326\" data-start=\"93\">The third annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/show-brooklyn-some-love-fest-indoors-outdoors-tickets-1984630903457\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Show Brooklyn Some Love Fest<\/a> will return to Downtown Brooklyn on Saturday, May 9, bringing a free, family-friendly celebration to City Point and Albee Square Plaza during Mother\u2019s Day weekend.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"688\" data-start=\"328\">More than a dozen local organizations are joining forces to highlight Brooklyn\u2019s communities and the mothers and caregivers who support them.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"688\" data-start=\"328\">Presented by <a href=\"https:\/\/brooklyn.org\/event\/show-brooklyn-some-love-fest-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brooklyn Org<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/citypointbklyn\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">City Point<\/a>, the event builds on last year\u2019s festival, which drew more than 1,000 attendees, with an expanded lineup designed to welcome even more families across indoor and outdoor spaces.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"2025_0510_show-brooklyn-some-love-fest-44\" id=\"file-4372578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2025_0510_show-brooklyn-some-love-fest-44.jpg;w=960.jpeg\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\nPhoto: Supplied\/ City Point&#13;<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1063\" data-start=\"690\">A centerpiece of the festival is Brooklyn\u2019s largest free Mother\u2019s Day flower bar, where visitors can create custom bouquets.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1063\" data-start=\"690\">The event also features a wide range of interactive programming, including activities with the Brooklyn Museum\u2019s Museum on Wheels, dance classes and performances by the Mark Morris Dance Group and opportunities to meet dancers from Brooklyn Ballet.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1377\" data-start=\"1065\">Hands-on art experiences will be offered throughout the day, including bead-making workshops led by UrbanGlass and crafts hosted by the Red Hook Art Project. Live entertainment includes African drumming performances by Hope for Desperate Hearts and an African dance workshop led by Friends of Abolitionist Place.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1509\" data-start=\"1379\">Visitors can also enjoy discounted treats, with participating vendors at DeKalb Market Hall offering $1 desserts during the event.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1816\" data-start=\"1511\">The festival, from 11:00am to 2:00pm,\u00a0is organized in partnership with Brooklyn Bridge Parents, Downtown Brooklyn Partnership and Stardust Fund as part of the Monuments to Motherhood initiative. Additional participating organizations include Brooklyn Book Bodega, the Noel Pointer Foundation and Youth Design Center, among others.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1969\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\" data-start=\"1818\">The event remains free and open to the public, with programming aimed at celebrating families, creativity and community connections across the borough.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"2025_0510_show-brooklyn-some-love-fest-81\" id=\"file-4372579\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2025_0510_show-brooklyn-some-love-fest-81.jpg;w=960.jpeg\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\nPhoto: Supplied\/ City Point&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A free Mother\u2019s Day weekend festival in Downtown Brooklyn features a flower bar, live performances, art activities and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":215398,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,84958,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-215397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-mothers-dayshow-brooklyn-some-love-festcity-point-and-albee-square-plaza","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}