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Weeksville Heritage Center Weeksville Heritage Center (WHC) is an historic house museum. Weeksville is as dynamic as it was when its founders created it.

We celebrate the history of Weeksville, a free and intentional African American community founded in 1838 in Brooklyn. Weeksville Heritage Center is a multi-dimensional museum that celebrates the history of Weeksville, one of the first free African American communities in the country, established in 1838. Located in Central Brooklyn, the mission of Weeksville Heritage Center is to document, preserve and interpret the history of free African, Caribbean, and African American communities in Weeksville, Brooklyn, and beyond to create and inspire innovative, contemporary uses of history through research, education, the arts, and civic engagement. Drawing inspiration from the history of the community, WHC is known for the guided tours of its Hunterfly Road historic homes, public programs such as the Garden Party Concert Series, Brilliant Corners Jazz Concert, Farmers Market, Emancipation Day Celebrations, Vaudeville Family Day, ongoing oral history projects, and so much more. Walk in tours of the historic houses are Tuesday-Friday at 3:00 PM. Our public programming season begins in May/June with our annual jazz concert and weekend farmers market, and culminates in July with musical performances every Saturday, along with film screenings and lecture series. Special events are announced throughout the year. To learn more visit us at www.weeksvillesociety.org.

We Were Fridays arrives at Weeksville Heritage Center tomorrow for a full day of workshops, community conversation, and ...
10/16/2026

We Were Fridays arrives at Weeksville Heritage Center tomorrow for a full day of workshops, community conversation, and a live performance by cellist Jeffrey Zeigler ().

The day begins at noon with three teaching artist workshops running throughout the afternoon. Explore mixed media collage with Stephanie Santana, sound design and signal flow with Kambaba Jasper, and FLEXN dance and movement with Quamaine Daniels. At 4:45 PM, Tendaji Bailey facilitates a community conversation on intergenerational memory, migration, and diaspora.

The evening closes with the live performance of We Were Fridays at 5:30 PM, featuring cellist Jeffrey Zeigler and collaborators Etienne Charles, Tamar-kali, Hannah Ishizaki, Reggie ‘Regg Roc’ Gray, and sister sylvester.

Free and open to all. Walk-ins are welcome all day, including during the performance, on a first-come, first-served basis, but reserve your spot so we know you're coming!

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4AuO8vf

See you tomorrow!

10/15/2026

Hear from Reggie “Regg Roc” Gray himself.

The Flexn pioneer and choreographer of We Were Fridays shares what he is bringing to tonight’s performance at Weeksville Heritage Center. Doors open at noon for a full day of workshops. The live performance begins at 5:30 PM.

A few more tickets are now available. Free at the link in bio. Walk-ins are also welcome as space allows.

The season's last market is coming.The Weeksville Green Community Market returns Saturday, October 24, for its final gat...
10/14/2026

The season's last market is coming.

The Weeksville Green Community Market returns Saturday, October 24, for its final gathering of the year. Fresh produce from GrowNYC, Rest and Restore Yoga with Sensate Wellness, Sanuces Tai Chi and Qi Gong with Grandmaster Lumumba Hernandez, and a community literacy and creative workshop with 18 August Ave.

Free and open to all. EBT, SNAP, and HealthBucks accepted.

Reserve your spot: https://bit.ly/4s2DE2q

We are thrilled to welcome Quamaine Daniels to Jeffrey Zeigler's We Were Fridays program at Weeksville on October 17.Qua...
10/13/2026

We are thrilled to welcome Quamaine Daniels to Jeffrey Zeigler's We Were Fridays program at Weeksville on October 17.

Quamaine will lead a FLEXN dance workshop exploring the style's history, cultural context, and movement language. Participants will use FLEXN to explore choreography inspired by We Were Fridays' themes while discovering how personal experiences and movement can create and tell stories.

Free and open to all.
RSVP: https://bit.ly/4AuO8vf

We are excited to experience Kambaba Jasper () at Jeffrey Zeigler's We Were Fridays program at Weeksville on October 17....
10/08/2026

We are excited to experience Kambaba Jasper () at Jeffrey Zeigler's We Were Fridays program at Weeksville on October 17.

Kambaba's sound workshop asks: How can we use sound design and audio signal processing to understand signal flow in life and technology? How do ancestral memories modulate our current ways of being? The workshop is a hands-on exploration of synthesis, anthropology, creativity, and composition — open to all.

In Kambaba's own words:

"My process is a shrine to sacred inspiration and a tool to venerate, transmit, and create with. My understanding of signal flow provides a framework of understanding systems, in a way that is essential for my ideas of liberation."

Free and open to all. October 17.
RSVP: https://bit.ly/4AuO8vf

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We Were Fridays is Jeffrey Zeigler's decade-in-the-making exploration of Gullah Geechee heritage, cultural memory, and d...
10/07/2026

We Were Fridays is Jeffrey Zeigler's decade-in-the-making exploration of Gullah Geechee heritage, cultural memory, and diaspora. On October 17, it comes to Weeksville Heritage Center, where Tendaji Bailey leads the conversation at the heart of the day.

A Gullah Geechee native of Port Royal and St. Helena Island, SC, Tendaji founded the Gullah Geechee Futures Project. He will facilitate the community conversation that brings participants together before the evening performance.

"During the Great Migration, Gullah Geechee families made Brooklyn their new home, and they made sure to bring their culture with them. This day of workshops gives us an opportunity to remember, celebrate, and create, centering the spirit of our community." — Tendaji Bailey

Join us on October 17.
RSVP: https://bit.ly/4AuO8vf

10/07/2026

Hear it from Jeffrey Zeigler himself.

On October 17, the acclaimed cellist and creator of We Were Fridays brings a decade of work to Weeksville Heritage Center, tracing Gullah Geechee heritage, cultural memory, and his own family history through music and storytelling.

Come experience a full day of teaching artist workshops, community conversation, and a deeply personal live performance rooted in Gullah Geechee heritage.

Free and open to all.
RSVP: https://bit.ly/4AuO8vf

The Green Market returns one more time this season. Join us at Weeksville on October 24 at 12 PM.Photos: Alex Bershaw
10/06/2026

The Green Market returns one more time this season. Join us at Weeksville on October 24 at 12 PM.

Photos: Alex Bershaw

09/30/2026

We Were Fridays comes to Weeksville Heritage Center on October 17 for a full community day rooted in Gullah Geechee heritage, cultural memory, and diaspora.

As featured in the New York Times, this interdisciplinary work by cellist Jeffrey Zeigler traces a story from West Africa through the Trans-Atlantic slave trade to the Great Migration — told through cello, electronics, and dance. The day includes teaching artist labs, drop-in textile and photography workshops, a community conversation, and a concluding performance and Q&A.

Free. Doors open at 11:30 AM. Learn more and reserve your spot at the link below.

RSVP: https://bit.ly/4hF0LLR

Missed We Were Fridays at National Sawdust? You have another chance to experience it in Brooklyn.Fresh from its premiere...
09/28/2026

Missed We Were Fridays at National Sawdust? You have another chance to experience it in Brooklyn.

Fresh from its premiere and a feature in The New York Times, Jeffrey Zeigler’s We Were Fridays comes to Weeksville on October 17.

Beginning at 12 PM, we’re making a full day of it with workshops, community conversation, and a performance exploring Gullah Geechee heritage, cultural memory, and diaspora.

Come for the performance. Stay for the day.

Reserve your spot now: https://bit.ly/4AuO8vf

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