Covid Guidelines for Physical Events

We continue to follow government guidelines regarding Covid-19 safety at the Festival. We encourage masks for indoor events. Please be aware that select indoor programs might require masks and we ask for your cooperation in these cases.
2:00 pm EST
September 28, 2026

Makers and Creators Area, Brooklyn Borough Plaza

209 Joralemon Streeet

Children / Creative Activity

Free

Customize Your Kicks

Design your own sneakers with award-winning creator C.G. Esperanza (Kicks in the Sky) in this craft activity, where kids and parents can color, sticker, and dream up their own fresh kicks to hang up!

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Cultural and Programming Partners

Brooklyn Law School
Brooklyn Public Library
The Center for Black Literature at MEC
The Center for Fiction
MTA Arts & Design
National Book Foundation
The New York Review Of Books
NYU
Poetry Society Of America
St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture