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October 20th, 2008

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Fiesta Time!

fall fiestaI don’t know about you all, but it’s been a crazy couple of weeks (election antics, economic meltdowns…). I’m looking forward to great music by OP! and all the other fun to be had this Thursday night at BHS’ Fall Fiesta. This year ticket proceeds will go to support Education programs at BHS.

Rumor has it that the guests to the Fiesta will get spaldeens in their gift bags (spaldeens are those red bouncy balls that you use to play handball or streetball with), which I’m thinking can also double as a fantastic stress-reliever when the fiesta-ing is over.

Back on the Block

Check out this video on the New York Times website where a reporter returns to her Brooklyn neighborhood after 20 years:

Back on the Block

Cinema of the Vietnam War

Tomorrow at 6:30pm we’ll be screening Thanh’s War, the fourth in the series Cinema of the Vietnam War we’ve been co-hosting with Brooklyn For Peace.  Moss Roberts, Professor of East Asian Studies at NYU will be leading the discussion following the film.

These film discussions have been really great.  At the last one, Brooklynite and former Congressmember Elizabeth Holtzman talked about Constitutional war-making powers and how things haven’t been the same since Nixon’s secret bombing of Cambodia.

You can listen to the converstation through our podcast on iTunes (search the iTunes store for Brooklyn Historical Society).