7:00 - 9:00 pm Ways of Listening
An omnibus arts salon inspired by Shira Nayman's provocative new book, The Listener (Scribner, January, 2010). Through fiction, film, photography, dance, theatrical reading, and music, eight artists tune their ears to how war devastates the human psyche. The participating artists are: Ezra Barnes, Nanette De Cillis, Ben Moore,Shira Nayman, Todd Palmer, Lynne Sachs, Mark Street and Sasha Cooke. RSVP to the event by calling 718-222-4111.
Friday, January 22
5:00 - 7:30 pm
Late Night Viewing for Brooklyn Utopias
BHS will be open late with free admission from 5 - 7:30 pm for a special 'last chance' viewing hours of the Brooklyn Utopias exhibit (closing Jan 24)! Join curator Katherine Gressel and artists featured in the exhibit for this special viewing opportunity.
The Brooklyn Real Estate Roundtable returns to BHS for a 4th season!
The luncheon series kicks off on Tuesday, Feb. 2 with four influential figures in Brooklyn real estate.
The remaining roundtables will take place: May 4, August 3 and November 9. Click here to buy tickets!
A multimedia exhibition documenting the tenants of Crown Heights’ Tivoli Towers. Tivoli Towers stands in the midst of a gentrifying neighborhood and faces the possible removal of its Mitchell-Lama affordable housing program status. Curated by Delphine Fawundu.
NY Creates in association with the Brooklyn Historical Society will hold a Valentine's Day Weekend Crafts Fair at BHS. Come pick up handmade jewelry, clothing, pottery, soaps, sweets and other treats for your Valentine at the fair. The fair will take place on the ground floor entrance of BHS. Another sweet treat: All visitors to BHS receive free admission to the museum during the Fair .
Brooklyn in Prints: A Special Exhibition curated by The Old Print Shop
In celebration of the Centennial of the Brooklyn Heights Association, The Old Print Shop has mounted a unique exhibition of images of Brooklyn from farmland days to right now. Preview prints here
Prints will be available for sale, proceeds to benefit the BHS and the BHA.
Admission to Reception Event: $15, $10 for BHA & BHS members.
The exhibit will be open to the public February 27 - March 14.
The Brooklyn Historical Society, Historic House Trust and writer/director Lori Payne are organizing an afternoon of food, music and spoken word performances at BHS.
Illustrator Javaka Steptoe, solo performer Anthony Thompson and special guests will lend their talents for the cause. Javaka Steptoe is an award-winning artist, designer, and illustrator with an outstanding national reputation in the world of children’s literature. Anthony Thompson will present his one-man theatrical adaptation of Langston Hughes’ Jesse B. Simple Tales. Thompson’s Jesse B. Simple Tales has over twenty years of performance history. Wine and hors d'oeuvres donated by Footprints Café of Brooklyn will be served.
Admission to the benefit: $20. Reservations are required.
RSVP to the Brooklyn Historical Society by calling 718.222.4111.
All proceeds from this event will be donated to Doctors Without Borders to aid the people of Haiti affected by the earthquake.
DATE: Sunday, February 28th, 2010.
TIME: 2:30pm until 4:30pm.
(Reception - 2:30pm | Performances – 3:00pm)
March
Saturdays & Sundays - March through December 12:00 - 3:30 pm
Brewed in Brooklyn Tours
Discover how the story of the beer brewing industry tells a larger narrative about the neighborhood of Williamsburg, the borough of Brooklyn, and even the country as a whole. On this tour, you visit the Brooklyn Brewery and sample various beers on tap, then step back in time to explore the heart of the old Brewers Row, once a German immigrant area known for its brew houses and beer gardens. Learn about beer brewers of the past and present and explore the diverse cultures and mom-and-pop businesses that make the neighborhood what it is today. Plenty of beer tastings and food included.
Admission: $49/person (must be 21 years of age or older) for lunch, beer, map, & tour guide)
Discount for BHS members: 10% discount (contact BHS at 718-222-4111 x250
for code or to learn more about membership)
Tickets: Space is limited. Advance purchase required at www.urbanoyster.com.
The Center for Architecture Foundation Family Day at BHSBrooklyn Bridge Art Making
The Brooklyn Heights Association, as part of its year-long, Centennial Celebration, is pleased to sponsor a family art project focused on our great Brooklyn Bridge at the Brooklyn Historical Society. The project is produced by the Center for Architecture Foundation and provides an opportunity for families with children ages 6-12 to discover some of the bridge's secrets and, with model building supplies provided, to make a model to take home. Click here to register
Suggested donation $10 to $15 per family, $10 for BHS, BHA and Center for Architecture Foundation members.
Historian Nell Irvin Painter tells the forgotten story of the evolution of “whiteness” in America. Beginning at the roots of Western civilization, she traces the invention of the idea of the white race as it became intrinsically tied to the embodiment of beauty, power and intelligence.
Rites and Ceremonies of the Brooklyn African Diaspora
Join us for a symposium featuring major founders and organizers of ceremonies and rituals that create an annual calendar of celebration and remembrance. Events include West Indian American Labor Day Parade, Juneteenth and International African Arts Festival. This program is part of Black Brooklyn Renaissance presented by Brooklyn Arts Council, in partnership with Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation.
David Ruggles (1810-1849) was of one of the most heroic--and one of the most often overlooked--figures of the early abolitionist movement in America. Graham Russell Gao Hodges provides the first biography of this African American activist, writer, and publisher who secured liberty for more than six hundred former bond people, the most famous of whom was Frederick Douglass.
In celebration of the Centennial of the Brooklyn Heights Association. A workshop on how to discover the amazing history of your house using BHS’ images, records and documents. Attendees will be introduced to library collections used in house and building research and will learn to piece together the social history of a Brooklyn home or block. Workshop admission: $10
By daring to be herself, Shirley Chisholm changed the world
and paved the way for the Obama
Presidency. Come to this discussion
on how she cut her political teeth
right here in the neighborhoods,
homes, and bus stops of Brooklyn. This event is free and open to the public.
Special Guests: Congressman Ed Towns,
Editor Scott Simpson, Filmmaker Shola Lynch.
Brown Bag Lecture: Stories from the Puerto Rican Oral History Project, 1973-1975
From 1973-1975, the Brooklyn Historical Society interviewed over 70 people who migrated to Brooklyn from Puerto Rico between 1917-1940. These narrators, born between 1890-1940, tell wonderful stories about their steamship journey, family life, work life, and establishing Puerto Rican civic and cultural organizations in Brooklyn. This amazing collection of stories is now available to be listened to in BHS’ Othmer Library. Join BHS' oral historian Sady Sullivan, archivist Chela Scott Weber,
Pedro Juan Hernandez, Senior Archivist at Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños/ Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College, CUNY and Columbia University student Amna Ahmad for a Brown Bag Lecture introducing this important historical collection. Free and open to the public.
Join Live IN Theater Productions at the Brooklyn Historical Society to solve a notorious New York City crime. During a two-hour journey through the Brooklyn Historical Society, you and fellow detectives will search for clues in order to solve a murder loosely based on a real crime. This unique and interactive theatrical experience will immerse you and teams of detectives in history as you gather clues from live characters from New York City’s past. Can you solve the mystery?
Tickets: $22.00 for BHS members and $25.00 for non members
Annual Brooklyn Jazz Hall of Fame and Museum's Induction Ceremony
The Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium created the Brooklyn Jazz Hall of Fame to recognize the contributions to the world of Jazz by women and men who call(ed) Brooklyn their home. The Brooklyn Jazz Hall of Fame will award Sam Pinn and Harold Valle (community impact), The Jazz Spot (jazz shrine), Parker McAllister (jazz youth) and induct recently deceased vocalist Ulysses Slaughter and 2010 NEA Jazz Master Kenny Barron into the hall of fame.
The Real Estate Roundtable is a quarterly luncheon series dedicated to examining, analyzing, reviewing and predicting the critical issues in Brooklyn real estate. All proceeds benefit the Brooklyn Historical Society.
Speakers and topics for the May 4 event include:
Robert C. Lieber, Deputy Mayor for Economic Development, will speak about the Administration’s current economic development strategy for Brooklyn;
Thomas O'Gara, Managing Director, National Equities LLC, will discuss 184 Kent, the 450-unit, waterfront rental building in Williamsburg;
Mike Baker, Store Manager, IKEA Brooklyn, will discuss the New York City market and IKEA's decision to come to Brooklyn; and
Richard Anderson, President, New York Building Congress, will speak about the current building climate and initiatives to increase construction activity in New York City.
If you haven't purchased your tickets yet, buy your them now for the 2010 Series here.
Drawing on thousands of pages of newly discovered government documents, wiretap transcripts, and Al Capone’s handwritten personal letters, New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Eig tells the dramatic story of the rise and fall of the nation’s most notorious criminal in rich new detail. Get Capone explores every aspect of the man called “Scarface,” paying particular attention to the myths that have for so long surrounded and obscured him. Jonathan Eig is a former writer and editor for the Chicago bureau of The Wall Street Journal and the former executive editor of Chicago magazine. He is the author of two highly acclaimed bestsellers, Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig and Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson’s First Season.
Saturday, May 8, 12:00 - 2:00 pm Is Affordable Housing Still Possible in NYC? Join housing advocates Megan Reed (Urban Homesteading Board, Organizing & Policy), Maggie Russell-Ciardi, (Executive Director, Tenants & Neighbors), Emily Goldstein (Subsidized Housing Organizer, Tenants & Neighbors), Alice Mitchell, (President, Tivoli Towers Tenants Association) and Doug Apple (First Deputy Commissioner, Department of Housing Preservation & Development -HPD) as they discuss the social and political climate of affordable housing in New York City. Learn about the various affordable housing programs in New York and what people are doing to maintain them. In conjunction with the BHS exhibition Tivoli: A Place We Call Home.
Free to the public.
Storyscape celebrates the publication of their fifth issue and their first print anthology. Join them for a night of poetry, prose, art and a melding of all of the above.
Baroque Across the River BaroQue Across the River returns to BHS for The French Cantata: Love, Longing & Triumph! featuring Michéle Eaton, soprano; Kathy McDonald, baroque flute;
Lisa Terry, viola da gamba; Jennifer Griesbach, harpsichord.
Classical mythology provided passionate and sometimes exotic subject matter for 18th Century poets. Through their verses, enterprising composers, like Montèclair & Rameau, set lovely arias and recitatives capturing the very essence of these stories through The French Cantata! Even when the story's outcome was not always favorable, the French still favored these tales as timeless moral lessons.
Enjoy French instrumental pieces that feature the harpsichord with Rameau’s Pièces de clavecin en concert and imagine yourself dancing to an 18th century chaconne (a dance that originated in post-conquest Mexico, traveling first to Spain, then to Italy, and finally to France!) for flute, viola da gamba and harpsichord.
We Are All The Same Inside - Sage Doll-making Workshop
Join BHS for a doll-making workshop with children's author and illustrator Timothy D. Bellavia. All necessary workshop / art materials provided. Participants will create a Sage doll that will resemble a historical figure from Brooklyn. The doll will show - despite our exterior differences; we are the same inside.
The primary purpose of the We Are All The Same Inside is to help young individuals develop, understand and appreciate the various aspects of cultural diversity and gender differences.Timothy D. Bellavia will also read aloud from We Are All the Same.
Exhibition Opening - Home Base: Memories of the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field
See the exhibit and meet the student-curators of Home Base: Memories of the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field at theBHS exhibit opening. Through archives, photos and oral histories, the exhibition explores the connection between Ebbets Field, the Dodgers and the Brooklyn community. The exhibit features the history of the team and its fans by digging into BHS’ rich Dodger collection that includes baseball cards, photographs of the field, ticket stubs, uniforms, seats from Ebbets Field, autographed baseballs, scorebooks from the 19th century, team photos and the famous Dodger Banner from their 1955 World Series win. The exhibition is curated by students in Exhibition Laboratory, BHS' after-school museum studies program.
How the Architectural Walking Tour Built the Preservation Movement
Join us at BHS and hear historian and journalist Francis Morrone discuss the history of the "walking tour." Learn how the first walking tours in the 1950s, (sponsored by The Municipal Art Society, the Museum of the City of New York and the Brooklyn Heights Association) made the public aware as never before of the city’s historic architecture, and how walking tours helped pave the way for the Landmarks Law of 1965. Mr. Morrone will discuss the European background of the New York walking tour, the pioneering uses of walking tours by architectural historians such as Henry Hope Reed, Clay Lancaster and Margot Gayle and Morrone’s own experiences as a leader of some 1,500 walking tours.
Tickets: $15, MAS or BHS members: $10. Reservations required.
This terrific talk was postponed last month because Francis Morrone lost his voice. His voice is back, so sign up now and learn about the role of walking tours in preserving the best of New York City!
Celebrate freedom this Juneteenth. Trace the steps of the ancestors in their pursuit of freedom by learning from historians and experts on the Underground Railroad and abolitionism in Brooklyn. Finish the day with the award winning love story about the Underground Railroad, Singin Wid A Sword in Ma Han.
Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival Discussion with Hip-Hop Legend Q-Tip and "Ma Dukes" Yancey
(immediately followed by after party)
On July 6th as part of BHF '10 Week, Brooklyn Bodega and The J Dilla Foundation present the Bodega Education Initiative (BEI), which will celebrate the legacy of J Dilla. Panelists will include Hip-Hop legend Q-Tip, Maureen "Ma Dukes" Yancey, DJ Spinna and more.
January 7, 5:30-7:30 PM Opening Reception: Brooklyn Redrawn
Join BHS and the artists of Brooklyn Redrawn to celebrate the opening of the newest Public Perspectives exhibit. Brooklyn artists Sarah Bostwick, Rebecca Layton, and Karla Wozniak have drawn upon Brooklyn's past and present urban structures to to curate, Brooklyn Redrawn, an exhibit that conveys the visual complexity of competing commercial, architectural, and real estate interests in the borough.
January 22nd, 2009 Brooklyn Bodega and BHS present:
Making History Now:
How Video Music Box Elected America’s first Black President 6:00 - 7:00 PM – Reception sponsored by Brooklyn Brewery
7:00 – 8:30 PM – Panel Discussion
On November 4th, 2008 The United States elected Barack Obama the first African American President in the country’s history. Brooklyn tallied more votes for President Obama than any other county in New York State and the fifth most in the country. Much has been made about the country’s ability to look past hundreds of years of racial insensitivity to elect a Black president only four decades after the end of Jim Crow. President Obama’s victory is credited with his ability to brand himself as a post racial candidate. How did he do this? During the campaign several journalists and experts cited Hip-Hop as one of the unifying cultural factors that precipitated the breakdown of these racial barriers. Black and white people in the post Civil Rights Era grew up watching images and hearing the sounds of Blacks and Latinos; so much so that the presence of an African American running for president or serving as CEO was not an alien concept to this generation.
Join BHS and Brooklyn Bodega for a conversation with Jason King, Artistic Director, Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music; Alvin Blanco, Features Editor, www.allhiphop.com and Ralph McDaniels, Founder of “Video Music Box.” Moderated by Wes Jackson, President, Brooklyn Bodega and Executive Director, Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival. Brooklyn Bodega is a leading cultural programmer and online music journal. They are the producers of the Annual Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival held each summer. For more info visit www.brooklynbodega.com
January 24 and 31, February 21 and 282:00 PM BHS Building Tour Come and explore our beautiful landmark building! Designed by architect George Post and built in 1881, the Brooklyn Historical Society’s building was ahead of its time. Using the latest technology, Post created a magnificent structure with amazing craftsmanship. On this guided tour you’ll learn not only about the building as an architectural gem, but you’ll also find out the “more than meets the eye” history of one of Brooklyn’s premier cultural institutions.
February 15, 12:30 PM The 24th Annual New York Sword Dance Festival
The Sword Dance Festival brings an ancient winter celebration to life with fast-paced rapper sword and mysterious long sword dancing. The dancers are linked in a ring by the “swords” as they weave ever-more complex figures in this modern display of skill—a New York tradition adapted from English and European customs.
March 5, 6:30 – 8:30 PM Discussion - Women Veterans: Citizen-Soldiers in Changing Times
Women veterans who served in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan discuss their military experiences and the expanding role of women in U.S. Armed Forces. Featuring Joan Furey, author with Lynda Van Devanter of Visions of War, Dreams of Peace, and Susan O'Neill, author of Don't Mean Nothing: Short Stories of Vietnam.
Presented in conjunction with the exhibit In Our Own Words: Portraits of Brooklyn’s Vietnam Veterans.
March 7, 1:00 – 4:00 PM The Center for Architecture Foundation’s Family Day at BHS Come in out of the cold and discover Brooklyn's most famous icon! The Brooklyn Bridge will be 126 years old in 2009 and the BHS, in conjunction with the Center for Architecture Foundation, is celebrating. Families with children ages 6 - 12 are invited to the BHS to discover the some of the bridge's secrets and to make a model of the Brooklyn Bridge to take home. All materials are provided and a $10 donation per family is requested. Gallery talks and art projects are geared for kids 5-13 years old.
March 11; 6:30 - 8:00 pm Photographer Nora Herting: A Work-in-Progress Presentation Join BHS for a special evening with Brooklyn-based photographer Nora Herting. Ms. Herting has been taking portraits of Brooklyn residents to serve "as a photographic record of the diversity and vibrancy of New York's most populous borough at the beginning of a new century". Her intimate portraits of residents and visitors from across the borough can be seen on her website Face of Brooklyn and will be part of BHS' upcoming exhibition Interpreting Brooklyn.
Interpreting Brooklyn is a project in which a group of artists and writers are creating original artwork inspired by the Brooklyn Historical Society's library and archives collections. The new works will be exhibited at BHS along with the inspirational pieces from the collections. BHS is proud to have Nora Herting present her works-in-progress joined by some of the Brooklynites featured in her photos. BHS' Photo Archivist, Julie May will also discuss the significance of Ms. Hertings portraits and their context within the BHS collection. This program is free and open to the public.
Interpreting Brooklyn is funded in part by the Getty Foundation.
March 13
6:00 - 8:30
Storyscape, a story-forward online literary journal, celebrates the publication of their 3rd Issue. The release party is free and open to the public and features local storytellers including poetry, photography, paintings, short stories, found itemsjc and radio documentaries performed live.
March 15, 1:30 PM Brooklyn Navy Yard Bus Tour One of the US Navy’s foremost shipbuilding facilities has been revitalized as an industrial and commercial park, employing over 4,500 people. The bus tour showcases the entire yard, stopping at historically significant sites along the way. Organized by the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation and Brooklyn Historical Society.
Meet at the Brooklyn Historical Society. Bus leaves BHS promptly at 1:45.
$25 members, $30 non-members.
Please call 718-222-4111 to reserve your seat. Tours book up fast, so call today!
March 18, 6:00 PM Domestic Violence, Citizenship and Equality – ALecture with Professor Elizabeth M. Schneider
Co-sponsored by the Brooklyn Women's Bar Association
In celebration of Women's History month BHS and the Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association present a lecture with Professor Elizabeth M. Schneider. Professor Schneider is a Rose L. Hoffer Professor of Law and Director of the Edward V. Sparer Public Interest Law Fellowship Program. She is a national expert in the fields of federal civil litigation, procedure, gender, law and domestic violence and is a frequent commentator for print and broadcast media. She is the author of the prize-winning book, Battered Women and Feminist Lawmaking and co-author of the law school casebook, Domestic Violence and the Law: Theory and Practice (with C.Hanna, J. Greenberg and C.Dalton). She is co-author of the new volume, Women and the Law Stories (Foundation Press, forthcoming 2010) (with S. Wildman). Reception with Professor Schneider to follow.
March 19, 7 – 8:00 PM BHS and Gilder Lehrman Institute Present a Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration Book Talk with Matthew Pinsker – “Lincoln's Sanctuary: Abraham Lincoln and the Soldiers' Home” Matthew Pinsker is the Pohanka Chair in American Civil War History and Associate Professor of American History at Dickinson College in Pennsylvania. He is the author of Lincoln’s Sanctuary: Abraham Lincoln and the Soldiers’ Home (Oxford, 2003). Pinsker serves as a member of the Pennsylvania Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission and was named by the Organization of American Historians (OAH) as one of its distinguished lecturers. Reception to follow. RSVPs to 718-222-4111 x250 are encouraged.
March 21, 2009 1 - 3pm
Join Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael D'Antonio with PeterO'Malley, president of the Los Angeles Dodgers 1970 - 1998, and Richard Sandomir, Sports Broadcasting Reporter for the New York Times, as they discuss the true story of Walter O'Malley and the Dodgers of Brooklyn and Los Angeles on the occasion of the launch of a new book Forever Blue.
March 22, 2:00 – 5:00 PM BaroQue Across the River Chamber Music Concert with Wine and Cheese Tasting Founded in 2000 by flutist Kathy McDonald, BaroQue Across the River is a chamber music concert series based in Brooklyn performing on original instruments in historical settings. This will mark the group’s fourth concert at BHS!
Alan Kozinn of the New York Times recently reported “BaroQue Across the River opened the concert with two elegant French cantatas — Rameau’s “Impatience” and Montéclair’s “Ariane et Bacchus” — to which Michèle Eaton brought a sumptuous tone, a keen dramatic sense and striking agility in the ornamental vocal scoring…” September 30, 2008.
Concert Tickets $25 members, $30 non-members. Seating is limited. Tickets include wine and pastry tasting. Special thanks to Michael Towne Wine & Spirits and to Lassen & Hennigs for their support of the event.
APRIL
Saturday, April, 11 2:00 PM BHS Building Tour
Come and explore our beautiful landmark building! Designed by architect George Post and built in 1881, the Brooklyn Historical Society’s building was ahead of its time. Using the latest technology, Post created a magnificent structure with amazing craftsmanship. On this guided tour you’ll learn not only about the building as an architectural gem, but you’ll also find out the “more than meets the eye” history of one of Brooklyn’s premier cultural institutions.
Wednesday, April 15, 7pm BRIC Rotunda Gallery Presents: Curator Talk - El Anatsui: Process and Project
In conjunction with the exhibition El Anatsui: Process and Project, join curator Lisa Binder for a public lecture and discussion about the artist and the upcoming major retrospective at the Museum for African Art. Process and Project presents thirty years of never-before-seen drawings and sketches by the internationally acclaimed sculptor El Anatsui.
This public program is co-sponsored by the Brooklyn Historical Society. Process and Project is organized by the Museum for African Art and on view at BRIC Rotunda Gallery March 25 through May 2, 2009.
Saturday, April 18, 10 AM – 12 PM Drawing Workshop: A Family Program with the artists of Brooklyn Redrawn Join artist Sarah Bostwick from the exhibit Brooklyn Redrawn and a guest arts educator for this hands-on drawing workshop for families. Attendees will be introduced to using line drawing as a way to explore and document the rich architecture of their neighborhoods. Kids and family members will have the opportunity share and discuss the artwork they create.
This program is geared for children ages 8+ and their parents. Limit of 20 children. Reservations recommended, please call 718-222-4111 x250. Spots filled on the day of will be first come, first served.
Free with regular admission to BHS.
$6 Adults
$4 Seniors and Students
Free for members and children under 12
Saturday, April 18, 2 PM Book Launch with Enrique Clio, “Faraway War”
Join BHS for the book launch of “Faraway War,” the story of Henry Reeve, a Brooklyn native who became a hero when he fought for Cuban freedom. Today almost no one in the United States knows who Henry Reeve was, but just about every Cuban knows his story and admires him.
Free and open to the Public
Sunday, April 19, 1:30 PM Brooklyn Navy Yard Bus Tour One of the US Navy’s foremost shipbuilding facilities has been revitalized as an industrial and commercial park, employing over 4,500 people. The bus tour showcases the entire yard, stopping at historically significant sites along the way. Organized by the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation and Brooklyn Historical Society. Meet at the Brooklyn Historical Society. Bus leaves BHS promptly at 1:45. $25 members, $30 non-members.
Please call 718-222-4111 to reserve your seat. Tours book up fast, so call today!
Thursday, April 23, 6:00 - 8:00pm
Book Launch - The Social Vision of Alfred T. White
Join us at BHS for the launch of The Social Vision of Alfred T. White. Proteotypes, the publishing arm of Proteus Gowanus, and the Brooklyn Historical Society are celebrating the publication of the first full-length study of the work of Alfred Tredway White (1846-1921). This book of essays focuses on the work of this little known, but immensely important 19th century Brooklyn social visionary.
Mr. White was eulogized as “the great heart and mastermind of Brooklyn’s better self” for his many forward-looking innovations in low-income housing, in promoting the welfare of poor children and for his ability to enlist others to this work. This event is free and open to the public.
Wednesday, April 29, 6:00 – 9:00 PM Brooklyn Jazz Hall of Fame Ceremony 2009 Inductees Leonard Gaskin & Freddie Hubbard Honored
Admission is a suggested donation to support the Brooklyn Historical Society
Questions? Call 718.569.1896
For more information on the Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium visit: www.cbjcjazz.org
MAY
Saturday, May 2, 10 AM - 5 PM &
Sunday, May 3, 12 – 4 PM NY Creates Mother’s Day Crafts Festival M is for the Many aMazing, Marvelous, reMarkable handcrafted gifts for MoM Mother’s Day is fast approaching – do you have a special gift for the aMazing wife, Mother or loved one in your life? You’ll find an array of unique craft items to suite any taste at the 2-day Mother’s Day Craft Festival sponsored by NY Creates at the Brooklyn Historical Society, featuring special events during the sale.
The Crafts Festival features high quality and creative hand-crafted gifts: ceramics, jewelry, apparel for adults, plush toys, organic cosmetics, glass works, photo art and home goods at affordable prices.
The Mother’s Day Crafts Festival and events are free and open to the public during BHS regular weekend hours. Free entry into the BHS museum with a purchase from the Craft Festival.
Tuesday, May 5, 12 – 2 PM Real Estate Roundtable Speakers: John Catsimatidis, Chairman of the Red Apple Group, will discuss his Myrtle Avenue development, as well as the state of the grocery business and his other Brooklyn investments. Adrian Benepe, New York City Commissioner of Parks & Recreation, will summarize the unprecedented scale of park construction and investment throughout Brooklyn, and its impact on neighboring real estate. Pamela Liebman, President & Chief Executive Officer of The Corcoran Group, will analyze the residential marketplace. Andrew Zobler, Chief Executive Officer of GFI Development Company, will present their 650,000 square foot office conversion of 470 Vanderbilt Avenue, making it Brooklyn's largest new commercial project.
Thursday, May 7, 5:30 - 7:30 PM Opening Reception - Public Perspectives Exhibit Living and Learning: Chinese Immigration, Restriction & Community in Brooklyn, 1850 to Present
Join curator Andy Urban to celebrate the opening of this new Public Perspectives exhibit that offers insight into the cultural, social, and legal implications of the history of Chinese immigration to Brooklyn. Free and open to the public.
Sundays, May 10, & 31 1:30 PM Brooklyn Navy Yard Bus Tour Ever wonder about what went on or even goes on today behind those mysterious walls at the Brooklyn Navy Yard? Join us at 1:30 PM for the Brooklyn Navy Yard Bus Tour with hop off stops along the way that provides an overview of the fascinating stories of the Navy Yard's past, present, and future.
On this tour you'll get a close look at a dry dock that has been used since before the Civil War, a glimpse inside the naval hospital campus that has been empty for decades, and one of the nation's first multi-story LEED-certified industrial buildings in the country.
Please call 718-222-4111 x250 to reserve your seat. Tours book up fast, so call today! $25 BHS members, $30 non-members.
Meet at the Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont St. Bus leaves BHS promptly at 1:45. Organized by the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation and Brooklyn Historical Society.
Wednesday May 13, 6:30 – 9:00 PM Nelson George's Brooklyn
Event: Book Launch, Panel Discussion
Join us for this special event and hear author Nelson George read from his memoir and discuss growing up in Brownsville and living in Fort Greene as an adult. Mr. George will be joined by panelists who will also weigh in on Brooklyn's changing face. Panelists include Andrea Williams, Nelson George's sister; BET's Samson Styles; and Mike Thompson of Brooklyn Moon Cafe.
Afterparty at Brooklyn Moon Cafe (745 Fulton Street)
Friday, May 15 Public Perspectives Proposal Deadline The Public Perspectives Exhibition Series provides a creative forum for Brooklynites to have an active voice at BHS by presenting community-curated exhibits. BHS is issuing an annual open call for exhibition proposals from Brooklyn-based individuals, school and community groups, and non-profit organizations. Three recipient groups will be selected per season by a panel of cultural and community representatives. The spring application deadline is May 15. For information and application materials, please visit our website, www.brooklynhistory.org or call 718-222-4111 x225.
June
Friday, June 5, 5:30 - 7:30 PM
Opening Reception Pages of the Past: The Breukelen Adventures of Jasper Danckaerts
Join BHS and the student-curators of “Pages of the Past” as we open this exhibit featuring the beautiful diaries and drawings of Dutch explorer Jasper Danckaerts. In 1679 Jasper Danckaerts and his colleague Peter Sluyter came to New York in search of land for a religious colony. Danckaerts’ meticulously written and illustrated diaries lay undiscovered until Henry C. Murphy, a founder of the Long Island Historical Society, (later renamed the Brooklyn Historical Society) came upon the diaries in 1864, in an Amsterdam book store. Now an important part of the BHS collection, the diaries will be featured in this exhibit in celebration of the 400 Years of the Dutch in New York.
The exhibit is curated by students participating in BHS’ educational program Exhibition Laboratory (Ex Lab). In the Ex Lab program, high school students from local schools are introduced to the art of exhibition preparation: they conduct research, select artifacts, write text, and work with scholars and curators to understand how to communicate ideas through an exhibition. The exhibit opens June 5, 2009 and is on view through January 2010.
Exhibition Laboratory is made possible through the generous funding of Timothy Bradley and Martha A. & Robert S. Rubin. Additional funding is provided by Astoria Federal Savings. Special thanks to Brooklyn Technical High School, Cobble Hill School of American Studies, The Packer Collegiate Institute and Saint Ann's School.
Friday, June 5, 5:30 - 7:30 PM
Saturdays throughout the Summer, 11:45 AM:
Tours Start June 6!
"Brewed in Brooklyn" Tours with Urban Oyster
Discover how the rise and fall and rise again of the beer brewing industry tells a larger story about the neighborhood of Williamsburg, the borough of Brooklyn, and even the country as a whole. On this walking tour, we’ll begin at the Brooklyn Brewery with a private tour and then we’ll head over to East Williamsburg to check out some of the last remaining 19th century brewery buildings; explore the diverse cultures and mom and pop businesses that make the neighborhood what it is today; learn about what happened to local beer producers; and discover how beer brewing has returned to Brooklyn. Along the way, we'll also visit a couple of restaurants and merchants, hear the stories of residents past and present, and, of course, sample some of the finest beer Brooklyn has to offer today.
Wednesday, June 10 6:00 - 9:00 PM Women Make Movies: PRIDE Film Screenings
The Brooklyn Historical Society and the New York Chapter of COLAGE, a national movement of children, youth, and adults with one or more LGBTQ parents, celebrate Brooklyn PRIDE with a screening of three films on same-sex marriage from Women Make Movies .
In Sickness and In Health directed by Pilar Prissas (56 min)
A battle to legalize same-sex marriage turns into a race against time and a fatal illness for Marilyn Maneely and Diane Marini in this poignant award-winning film that puts a real human face on the often abstract debate surrounding rights and equality for all Americans.
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My Sister My Bride directed by Bonnie Burt (26 min)
As the issue of gay marriage grips the country, this touching documentary follows the heartwarming and historic journey of two Jewish lesbians as they seek to celebrate their commitment to one another.
Sunday, June 21 1:30 PM Brooklyn Navy Yard Bus Tour Ever wonder about what went on or even goes on today behind those mysterious walls at the Brooklyn Navy Yard? Join us at 1:30 PM for the Brooklyn Navy Yard Bus Tour with hop off stops along the way that provides an overview of the fascinating stories of the Navy Yard's past, present, and future.
On this tour you'll get a close look at a dry dock that has been used since before the Civil War, a glimpse inside the naval hospital campus that has been empty for decades, and one of the nation's first multi-story LEED-certified industrial buildings in the country.
Please call 718-222-4111 x250 to reserve your seat. Tours book up fast, so call today! $25 BHS members, $30 non-members.
Meet at the Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont St. Bus leaves BHS promptly at 1:45. Organized by the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation and Brooklyn Historical Society.
Once again, BHS will participate in the annual Make Music New York, a unique festival of free concerts in public spaces throughout the five boroughs of New York City, all on Sunday, June 21st, the first day of summer. Playing on BHS' blue slate patio will be bands from the Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls, a Brooklyn-based a non-profit music and mentoring program that empowers girls and women through music education and activities that foster self-respect, leadership skills, creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration.
Friday, June 26, 6:00 PM
Exhibit Opening 6:00 PM: No Jheri Curls & No Drugs, A David Lee Photo
Exhibition
David Lee has been shooting stills on 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks' sets
since the beginning. Lee has been able to capture not only historic 40
Acres' scenes, but Brooklyn's vibrancy, and has inspired a flood of aspiring
artists, photographers and filmmakers. David Lee's stills of children,
brownstone-filled streets, and now blockbuster actors early in their careers
serve as some of the most beautiful examples of his brother's genius. Images
from "She's Gotta Have It" will be exhibited at the Brooklyn Historical
Society from June 26- July 5.
7:00 PM: Buggin' Out: Poetry Inspired by Spike Lee
"Do the Right Thing" was laced with some of the most memorable lines and
quotes of the 1980s. Through Sweet Dick Willie, Pino, Martin Luther King,
and Malcolm X, Spike Lee used soul-stirring language to connect with
audiences. This event will demonstrate the impact Lee's films have had on
the revived art of spoken word. Bug Out Poets include:
Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai
Jeffrey Dessources
Abena Koomson
Eboni
Ngoma
Adam Faulkner
Caitlin Meissner
khalil almustafa
and more!
This event is part of BROOKLYN HONORS SPIKE LEE: A MULTI-FACETED TRIBUTE,
orchestrated by PlanIt Brooklyn, that invites the five boroughs, and the
world, to celebrate the breadth and scope of Lee's work and t the impact he
has had on popular culture. Through collaborations with respected Brooklyn
entities, Brooklyn Honors Spike Lee sets a standard in innovation comparable
to the quality and integrity of the cultural contributions demonstrated by
the icon. Learn more about this amazing tribute here .
Saturday, June 27, 2:00 - 4:00 PM Walking Tour - Sunset Park
Join curator Andy Urban and tour guide Dave Madden for an informative walk through Brooklyn's Chinatown in Sunset Park in conjunction with the exhibit, Living and Learning: Chinese Immigration, Restriction & Community in Brooklyn, 1850 to Present.
Meeting point: 36th Street & 4th Avenue, SE corner (near entrance to 36th St subway station, D/M/N/R trains). Free and open to the public
JULY
July 12 & 26; 1:30 PM
Brooklyn Navy Yard Bus Tour
Ever wonder about what went on or even goes on today behind those mysterious
walls at the Brooklyn Navy Yard? Join us at 1:30 PM for the Brooklyn Navy
Yard Bus Tour with hop off stops along the way that provides an overview of
the fascinating stories of the Navy Yard's past, present, and future.
On this tour you'll get a close look at a dry dock that has been used since
before the Civil War, a glimpse inside the naval hospital campus that has
been empty for decades, and one of the nation's first multi-story
LEED-certified industrial buildings in the country.
For tickets and more information, please visit http://www.urbanoyster.com. Tours book up fast, so call today! $25 BHS
members, $30 non-members.
Meet at the Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont St. Bus leaves BHS
promptly at 1:45. Organized by the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development
Corporation and Brooklyn Historical Society.
AUGUST
Sunday, August 9; 2:00- 4:00 PM
Seminar: Brooklyn Images from Congo to Cucua
Join BHS for this seminar "Brooklyn Images from Congo to Cucua: Wearing and Dancing the Traditions of Panama & Exposition: 100 years of the Pollera" to kick off the Panamanian Folkloric Conference. Event funded in part by Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. For more information click here.
August 9 & 23; 1:30 PM
Brooklyn Navy Yard Bus Tour
Ever wonder about what went on or even goes on today behind those mysterious
walls at the Brooklyn Navy Yard? Join us at 1:30 PM for the Brooklyn Navy
Yard Bus Tour with hop off stops along the way that provides an overview of
the fascinating stories of the Navy Yard's past, present, and future.
On this tour you'll get a close look at a dry dock that has been used since
before the Civil War, a glimpse inside the naval hospital campus that has
been empty for decades, and one of the nation's first multi-story
LEED-certified industrial buildings in the country.
For tickets and more information, please visit http://www.urbanoyster.com . Tours book up fast, so call today! $25 BHS
members, $30 non-members.
Meet at the Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont St. Bus leaves BHS
promptly at 1:45. Organized by the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development
Corporation and Brooklyn Historical Society.
August 19, 20, 21
Singin Wid A Sword In Ma Han
A young woman tells her story of love, family and escape to freedom via the Underground Railroad -- interweaving the Spirituals as escape songs and showing a surprising range of conductors.
Selected for this year's 13th annual FringeNYC Festival. Only $15! Located at the Players Theatre, 115 MacDougal St, Greenwich Village. For tickets and more info: singinwidasword.com
Written and performed by Vienna Carroll with Griot Chorus
Directed by Keith Johnston
September
Sundays in September
"Summer Space" on Montague Street
11:00 am - 5:00 pm
For three Sundays in September, two blocks of Montague Street,
between Clinton and Hicks, will become pedestrian plazas, with outdoor seating, expanded cafés
and great activities that celebrate Montague Street's local merchants and the Brooklyn Heights
community.
Organized by the Montague Street BID, the first week, September 13th will focus on food, featuring discounts and samples from more than a dozen Montague Street eateries. September 20th will be dedicated to mind and body, with free outdoor yoga lessons and massages. Finally, September 27th will focus on games, with outdoor hula-hooping and free skateboard lessons. All events run from 11 am to
5 pm each day.
Saturdays, September 19; November 21
BHS Building Tour
2:00 pm Come and explore our beautiful landmark building! Designed by architect George Post and built in 1881, the Brooklyn Historical Society’s building was ahead of its time. Using the latest technology, Post created a magnificent structure with amazing craftsmanship. On this guided tour you’ll learn not only about the building as an architectural gem, but you’ll also find out the “more than meets the eye” history of one of Brooklyn’s premier cultural institutions.
Sunday, September 20
Montague Street Festival
1:00, 2:00 and 3:00 pm - FREE
Walking Tour of Montague St.
Thursday, September 24—Sunday, September 27
KEA Carpets & Kilims BHS Fundraiser Sale
Featuring antique rugs & tribal carpets from across the globe.
Opening: Thursday 6:00—8:00 pm, with an informal lecture on tribal carpets by KEA owner Susan Gomersall.
Sale: Fri.—Sun. during regular BHS hours
Sunday, September 27
Brooklyn Navy Yard Tours
1:45-3:45 pm
Ever wonder about what went on or even goes on today behind those mysterious walls at the Brooklyn Navy Yard? Join us for the Brooklyn Navy Yard Bus Tour with hop off stops along the way that provides an overview of the fascinating stories of the Navy Yard's past, present, and future.
Crown Heights Pictorial History
with Wilhelmena Rhodes Kelly
Held in the Brooklyn Collections Room
Brooklyn Public Library - Grand Army Plaza
October
Thursday, October 1
Public Perspectives Opening: Brooklyn Utopias?
5:30-7:30 pm
Join us for the opening of the first Public Perspectives exhibit of the 2009-2010 series. Curated by Katherine Gressel. An invited group of artists respond to the question of Brooklyn's future by presenting their differing visions of an ideal Brooklyn.
Thursday, October 8
100 Years of the Manhattan Bridge - A Lecture with "Dave the Bridge Man"
2:00 pm
Please join BHS and Dave Frieder, aka Dave the Bridge Man, for an enlightening lecture on the 100th anniversary of the magnificent Manhattan Bridge. Dave will be giving a video presentation and lecture on the engineering, history and building of the Manhattan Bridge. He will show a DVD and present photos of the Bridge that he has taken over the last 16 years. Dave has also been working on a fine art coffee table book on New York’s great bridges. One of his favorites is the Manhattan Bridge. He will discuss how the Bridge was conceived, designed and built and also talk about the problems the Bridge has encountered over the years and what was done to correct them. Dave’s website is WWW.DAVEFRIEDER.COM.
Saturday, October 10 & Sunday, October 11
OpenHouse NYBHS Building Tour
2:00 pm
Come and explore our beautiful landmark building! Designed by architect George Post and built in 1881, the Brooklyn HistoricalSociety’s building was ahead of its time. Using the latest technology, Post created a magnificent structure with amazing craftsmanship. On this guided tour you’ll learn not only about the building as an architectural gem, but you’ll also find out the “more than meets the eye” history of one of Brooklyn’s premier cultural institutions.
Friday, October 16
StoryScape Magazine Launch
7:00-10:00 pm
Storyscape, a story-forward online literary journal, celebrates the publication of their newest issue. The release party is open to the public and features local storytellers including poetry, photography, paintings, short stories, found items and radio documentaries performed live.
There is a suggested donation of $3 for this event.
Sunday, October 25
Brooklyn Utopias? Roundtable Discussion
2:00-4:00 pm
Join BHS & the curators of the exhibit for a lively discussion on the future of Brooklyn.
Sunday, October 25; November 8, 22, 29
Brooklyn Navy Yard Tours
1:45-3:45 pm
Ever wonder about what went on or even goes on today behind those mysterious walls at the Brooklyn Navy Yard? Join us for the Brooklyn Navy Yard Bus Tour with hop off stops along the way that provides an overview of the fascinating stories of the Navy Yard's past, present, and future.
Please join BHS for for this extraordinary event, a concert and talk focused on the lives of John and Abigail Adams.
Introductory Talk: "John Adams--Junk Bond Salesman"
by James Grant, author of John Adams: Party of One
John Adams never got his due as a financier of the American Revolution. Living in Amsterdam without official portfolio, he cultivated the Dutch bankers on behalf of the indigent American government. Interest rates at the time were almost as low as they are today. The Dutch were hungry for income. So Adams saw his opportunity – and seized it. Like any 21st-Century junk-bond salesman, he put the best possible gloss on the affairs of the debtor. He succeeded in raising life-giving loans – though he regarded the Dutch bankers as predators more than patriots.
CONCERT: Libretto by TERRY QUINN; Music by GARY FAGIN
In the summer of 1774, John Adams left wife, children and family farm for Philadelphia and the First Constitutional Congress, surely expecting the separation to be a relatively short one. Yet except for intermittent visits home, he and Abigail would not be reunited for nearly eleven years. A Distant Love attempts to render the flavor of this extraordinary couple’s time apart.
The libretto and score of A Distant Love are designed to give a sense of the historic tumult that marked two critical decades in the life of an emerging nation. Reception immediately following the program.
Admission is free. RSVP: 718 222.4111, ext. 250
Tuesday, November 10; 12:00 – 2:00 PM Real Estate Roundtable – See Eventpage for ticket information
Wednesday, November 11
Veterans Day – FREE BHS Admission for Veterans
12:00-5:00 pm
Thursday, November 12
5 Dutch Days Kick Off with Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz
6:00 - 7:30 pm
Put on your best orange and join us at Brooklyn's Borough Hall to kick off 5 Dutch Days 2009 with Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz. We'll preview the Dutch contemporary art featured in HOME|LAND, the special Quadricentennial project, and then proceed down Montague Street to continue the festivities at the Brooklyn HistoricalSociety and view Pages of the Past: The Breukelen Adventures of Jasper Danckaerts.
Saturday, November 14
Bookmaking and Painting with Studio in a School
1:30 -3:30 pm
After a special tour of the Pages of the Past exhibit featuring a 1679 Dutch explorer’s journal, create your own bound journal to record observations using paints and pencils with Studio in a School artists.
$20 (one adult plus 2 children; $5 per additional person). RSVP is recommended.
In conjunction with the Exhibit, Pages of the Past, BaroQue Across the River explores music from the Netherlands and beyond. 17th & 18th century songs for soprano with flute, viola da gamba, lute & harpsichord.
The documentaries screening at the Brooklyn Film & Arts Festival will address the theme “Brooklyn Back in The Day.” The main films selected for the festival’s third year will reflect on the transformations, challenges and turmoil faced by Brooklyn in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s.
This screening has been curated by Aziz Rahman, director of the Brooklyn Film & Arts Festival.
“The Boys of 2nd Street Park” directed by Dan Klores, and Ron Berger, (2003). This moving documentary tells the story of five young men from Brighton Beach growing up in Brooklyn during the hippie-era 1960’s reflecting on the many exhilarating and challenging turns in their lives.
“The Cities; Dilemma in Black and White,” produced for CBS News by John Sharnik, Bernard Birnbaum, and Paul Greenberg (1968). Journalistic exploration of the social crisis in Bedford-Stuyvesant and the intervention efforts of local community groups, activists and politicians including Robert Kennedy, Jr.
"The Romeows” – Directed by Robert Sarnoff (2009). Explores the relationships among a group of Brooklyn College friends who have been together for 50 years.
Other Brooklyn short documentaries will also be presented.
You’ll find an array of unique craft items to suite any taste at theNY Creates Craft Festival sponsored by NY Creates at the Brooklyn HistoricalSociety, featuring special events during the sale.
The Crafts Festival features high quality and creative hand-crafted gifts: ceramics, jewelry, apparel, plush toys, organic cosmetics, glass works, photo art and home goods at affordable prices.
The Holiday Crafts Festival and events are free and open to the public. The museum is open with free admission during Crafts Festival hours!
Discover how the rise and fall and rise again of the beer brewing industry tells a larger story about the neighborhood of Williamsburg, the borough of Brooklyn, and the country. We begin with a visit to the Brooklyn Brewery and sample various beers on tap, then head over to the heart of the old Brewers Row in East Williamsburg, once a German immigrant neighborhood known for its brewhouses and beer gardens.
As we discover the past and how beer brewing has returned to Brooklyn we'll visit restaurants and merchants, hear the stories of residents and, of course, have a taste of some of the finest food and beer Brooklyn has to offer today.
Tickets are $49 per person. There is a 10% discount for members of the Brooklyn Historical Society (call BHSat 718-222-4111 for discount code). Advance ticket purchase required. The cost of your ticket covers the beer and food tastings, transportation, a neighborhood map with discounts, and your tour guide. Buy your tickets on-line or make your reservation by calling Urban Oyster at (347) 599-1842. Please make sure to bring a copy of your email confirmation or your confirmation number with you on the day of the tour.
Please note that no one under the age of 21 will be admitted on this tour. For more information and other Urban Oyster Tours, click here.
Discover how the story of the beer brewing industry tells a larger narrative about the neighborhood of Williamsburg, the borough of Brooklyn, and even the country as a whole. On this tour, you visit the Brooklyn Brewery and sample various beers on tap, then step back in time to explore the heart of the old Brewers Row, once a German immigrant area known for its brew houses and beer gardens. Learn about beer brewers of the past and present and explore the diverse cultures and mom-and-pop businesses that make the neighborhood what it is today. Plenty of beer tastings and food included. 
Join Live IN Theater Productions at the Brooklyn Historical Society to solve a notorious New York City crime. During a two-hour journey through the Brooklyn Historical Society, you and fellow detectives will search for clues in order to solve a murder loosely based on a real crime. This unique and interactive theatrical experience will immerse you and teams of detectives in history as you gather clues from live characters from New York City’s past. Can you solve the mystery?
Drawing on thousands of pages of newly discovered government documents, wiretap transcripts, and Al Capone’s handwritten personal letters, New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Eig tells the dramatic story of the rise and fall of the nation’s most notorious criminal in rich new detail. 
Join BHS for a doll-making workshop with children's author and illustrator Timothy D. Bellavia. All necessary workshop / art materials provided. Participants will create a Sage doll that will resemble a historical figure from Brooklyn. The doll will show - despite our exterior differences; we are the same inside.
See the exhibit and meet the student-curators of Home Base: Memories of the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field at theBHS exhibit opening. Through archives, photos and oral histories, the exhibition explores the connection between Ebbets Field, the Dodgers and the Brooklyn community. The exhibit features the history of the team and its fans by digging into BHS’ rich Dodger collection that includes baseball cards, photographs of the field, ticket stubs, uniforms, seats from Ebbets Field, autographed baseballs, scorebooks from the 19th century, team photos and the famous Dodger Banner from their 1955 World Series win. The exhibition is curated by students in 
Brooklyn Beatmakers at the Brooklyn Historical Society
celebrating beats, b-boys and girls, DJs, drummers, dancers and poets.
Curated in collaboration with 
On November 4th, 2008 The United States elected Barack Obama the first African American President in the country’s history. Brooklyn tallied more votes for President Obama than any other county in New York State and the fifth most in the country. Much has been made about the country’s ability to look past hundreds of years of racial insensitivity to elect a Black president only four decades after the end of Jim Crow. President Obama’s victory is credited with his ability to brand himself as a post racial candidate. How did he do this? During the campaign several journalists and experts cited Hip-Hop as one of the unifying cultural factors that precipitated the breakdown of these racial barriers. Black and white people in the post Civil Rights Era grew up watching images and hearing the sounds of Blacks and Latinos; so much so that the presence of an African American running for president or serving as CEO was not an alien concept to this generation.
Join BHS for a special evening with Brooklyn-based photographer Nora Herting. Ms. Herting has been taking portraits of Brooklyn residents to serve "as a photographic record of the diversity and vibrancy of New York's most populous borough at the beginning of a new century". Her intimate portraits of residents and visitors from across the borough can be seen on her website 
Matthew Pinsker is the Pohanka Chair in American Civil War History and Associate Professor of American History at Dickinson College in Pennsylvania. He is the author of Lincoln’s Sanctuary: Abraham Lincoln and the Soldiers’ Home (Oxford, 2003). Pinsker serves as a member of the Pennsylvania Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission and was named by the Organization of American Historians (OAH) as one of its distinguished lecturers. Reception to follow. RSVPs to 718-222-4111 x250 are encouraged.
Saturday, April 18, 2 PM
My Sister My Bride directed by Bonnie Burt (26 min)
Once again, BHS will participate in the annual Make Music New York, a unique festival of free concerts in public spaces throughout the five boroughs of New York City, all on Sunday, June 21st, the first day of summer. Playing on BHS' blue slate patio will be bands from the 
David Lee has been shooting stills on 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks' sets
Discover how the rise and fall and rise again of the beer brewing industry tells a larger story about the neighborhood of Williamsburg, the borough of Brooklyn, and the country. We begin with a visit to the Brooklyn Brewery and sample various beers on tap, then head over to the heart of the old Brewers Row in East Williamsburg, once a German immigrant neighborhood known for its brewhouses and beer gardens. 
