Thirteen and The New York Botanical Garden are giving away 5 Family Packs of tickets to Darwin’s Garden: An Evolutionary Adventure, which explores the story of Darwin’s botanical influences and his research. Tune-in to Thirteen for New York Voices, Tue. May 20 at 10:30pm for a special behind the scenes tour of Darwin’s Garden.

Curator Naomi Beckwith guides the viewer through this broad show of young African modern artists, designers and architects, which runs at the Studio Museum though June 29.

In 2002, Marianna Koval and her colleagues at the Brooklyn Bridge Park Coalition organized an effort to plant 25,000 daffodil bulbs in the shape of two towers on the Brooklyn waterfront. A tribute to those lost on September 11, the memorial garden was part of a citywide undertaking that turned into the largest volunteer horticulture project in New York history. Watch the video.

Nature producer Fred Kaufman and cinematographer Paul Atkins discuss the rarity of catching a lava flow as it hits the ocean–and the perils involved in shooting such an occurrence. See …

Unique New York City events and entertainment for Friday May 16 - Sunday May 18.