Arts & Entertainment

PHOTOS: Samba With the Sea Lions at the Prospect Park Zoo

Event kicked off Jazz: Brooklyn's Beat, a month-long jazz series with six performances taking place across Prospect Heights.

Humans and sea lions alike danced the afternoon away last week at ", the kickoff event of  Jazz: Brooklyn’s Beat, a month-long jazz series with six performances taking place at the , ,, , Prospect Park and, of course, the .

The event was started in 2007 by , a partnership of the six cultural institutions listed above, and the radio station WBGO, said Essie Lasch, Heart of Brooklyn’s spokeswoman. The dance school Samba New York! led the dancing.

Today the festival continues with  from 2:00pm–5:00pm at the .

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See the full schedule for the festival here.


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