Past Events

Revisit your favorite BHS events and programs.

Events
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July Thursday

Fermented Foods: A Bubbly History and Funky Future

Are you ready to get “cultured” in a different way?

BHS Pierrepont
Events
15
July Monday

Crossing Brooklyn Ferry: A Walt Whitman Walking Tour of DUMBO

Join us for the second offering of this walking tour following Whitman’s trail through DUMBO
Events
13
July Saturday

If These Walls Could Talk

Get hands-on with the process of researching home and building history in this workshop.

Othmer Library
Events
10
July Wednesday

Telling the Art Deco Story of Downtown Brooklyn & Brooklyn Heights - Part 1: Talk

Hear the story of Brooklyn’s Art Deco masterpieces in this lecture.

BHS Pierrepont
Events
10
July Wednesday

Telling the Art Deco Story of Downtown Brooklyn & Brooklyn Heights - Part 2: Walk

Following a lecture on the history of Art Deco buildings, take to the streets to see them in person.

BHS Pierrepont
Events
09
July Tuesday

Islam and the Soul of Hip Hop

How does Islam inspire the dynamic culture of hip hop?

BHS Pierrepont
Events
26
June Wednesday

Getting the History of HIV/AIDS Right

Debunk historical myths about HIV/AIDS in America.

BHS Pierrepont
Events
24
June Monday

The Tea on Brooklyn's Prismatic LGBTQ Nightlife

Celebrate the vibrant LGBTQ nightlife that has existed in Brooklyn for decades.

BHS Pierrepont
Events
21
June Friday

Inspired by the Water's Edge

Author Jennifer Egan, whose forthcoming novel, Manhattan Beach, led her to years of research about communities on the water’s edge, leads this panel in a conversation about Brooklyn’s waterfronts, industrial and liminal, as an inspiration to artists.