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March 11th, 2009

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Kids Workshops

Written by Sady on March 11th, 2009

Last weekend, the Center for Architecture Foundation’s Family Day and BHS hosted a workshop for kids about building the Brooklyn Bridge and lots of fun was had by all.  Which got us thinking…

Parents, teachers, babysitters, mentors and friends of young people:

We’d love to hear your ideas for future Kids Workshops.
Are mornings or afternoons better?  What age group has the greatest need?  What would your kids be into?  Let us know!

Photos by Catherine Teegarden

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Elders Share the Arts

Written by Sady on March 11th, 2009

I just went to a wonderful performance presented by Elders Share the Arts: Talkin’ Brooklyn - A Story Circle Showcase.  Story Circle has been partnering with neighborhood branches of the Brooklyn Public Library and local senior centers for six years, inviting elders to get together to share memories and reflect together on their long and unique lives.

For this showcase, eight storytellers read from a script made up of multiple narrators’ stories which echoed, overlapped, and brought to life Brooklyn childhoods.  They told about sing-a-longs in neighborhood movie theaters and street games: “Ring Olivio 1-2-3!”.  They played kissing games underwater at the McCarren Pool and sold pounds of old clothes to the rag man.  They took trolleys to work in factories making shoes and candy.  They went to the beach at Coney Island in wool bathing suits and watched Jackie Robinson play at Ebbetts Field.  And they hung out on the stoop with their friends.

Spread the word about Story Circle to elders in your neighborhood!

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North Brooklyn Story Project

Written by Sady on March 11th, 2009

Neighbors Allied for Good Growth (NAG), a community organization that has been serving North Brooklyn since 1994, is starting a project called the North Brooklyn Story Project and their first meeting is tonight at 7pm at 101 Kent Avenue at North 8th Street in Williamsburg.

This is such a wonderful idea, it’s an oral historian’s fantasy that everyone everywhere will start recording everybody else everywhere!  If you live in North Brooklyn, get involved, and if you live in another part of Brooklyn think about starting your own local Story Project.  And if you would like to learn more about archiving oral history recordings and other aspects of collecting community histories, contact us here at BHS.

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