CITY OF FOREST DAY AT CITY HALL PARK
City Hall Park Conservancy will host the City of Forest day on Oct. 4 from 10a to 2p with a volunteer gardening and raking, tulip planting, a children’s art project and a photography display. At 11a, Downtown resident and naturalist Gail Karlsson will lead a tree walk through the park, pointing out the species and background of certain trees and “trying to encourage more people in to get acquainted with them as neighbors,” Gail said. She will also be giving out copies of her book “Meeting Trees in City Hall Park” to participants.

CARROT EXPRESS OPENS IN BROOKFIELD PLACE
Carrot Express, the fast-casual founded in Miami in 1993, has opened at Brookfield Place. This is its fourth NYC location and its 29th across the country. They serve vegan, gluten-free and vegetarian options. Owner Mario Laufer was diagnosed with high-blood pressure as a young adult and changed his diet, becoming a pescatarian and creating healthy recipes at home. After many failed businesses in different industries, he opened the first Carrot Express inside a gas station in South Beach.

THE KLEZMATICS AT WAGNER PARK
The Museum of Jewish Heritage will host the Grammy-winning klezmer band The Klezmatics in a free concert in Wagner Park on Sunday, September 14, at 4p. Celebrating their 40th anniversary, The Klezmatics play an eclectic fusion of Eastern European Jewish roots and contemporary themes and push the limits of klezmer, blending Latin stomps, jazz riffs and rhythms from the Balkans, Middle East, Africa, and America, all while addressing themes of human rights, identity and social justice.

Photo Credit: Raymond Sagapolutele

WORKS ON WATER AT GOVERNORS
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council presents the 2025 Works on Water Triennial, on view through October 26 at The Arts Center at Governors Island Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, noon to midnight. Works on Water advances artistic practices that engage water as material, site and collaborator and this show will feature two dozen international artists with site-specific installations, performances, workshops and participatory experiences that explore water sovereignty, environmental imagination and collective futures.