Special Events
Brooklyn Bounty
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
6:30pm - 10:00pm
26 Bridge St, DUMBO
A celebration of local food to benefit
Brooklyn Historical society
Our annual fall fundraiser includes the
4th Annual Brooklyn Food & Heritage Awards
Enjoy historic cocktails and delicious tastings from Brooklyn's finest chefs and food purveyors.
This event will sell out!
RSVP in the form blow to secure your spot and be listed as a supporter in the event invitation later this year!
General admission tickets go on sale July 28th
26 Bridge in DUMBO
Library Dinner
This year Brooklyn Historical Society has the pleasure of honoring Constance and Henry Christensen III. For those of you who do not know Connie and Terry, they have dedicated themselves generously to a wide range of important Brooklyn institutions including Terry’s current position as Chairman of the Board at Theatre for a New Audience; and Connie’s long-standing service to the Brooklyn Museum. We are delighted to celebrate our 150th Anniversary with these devoted Brooklynites.
Our distinguished speaker for the evening will be David Levering Lewis. Mr. Lewis is the author of eight books, including a two-volume biography of W.E.B. Du Bois – W.E.B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race, 1868-1919 and W.E.B. Du Bois: The Fight for Equality and the American Century, 1919-1963. Each Du Bois volume received the Pulitzer Prize for Biography. In October 2003, Mr. Lewis was named Julius Silver University Professor of History at NYU. Most recently, he published God’s Crucible: Islam and the making of Europe, 570 to 1215. Mr. Lewis was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama in February 2010. His current project is a life and times of Wendell Willkie. Mr. Lewis’s subject for the evening will be “W.E.B. Du Bois in Brooklyn: The Final Decade.”
The Library Dinner has extremely limited seating. Contributions at the Chairman’s Circle ($50,000), President’s Circle ($25,000) and Pierrepont Circle ($10,000) levels will receive special recognition. All attendees will become members of the Friends of the Library, a group dedicated to supporting the work and growth of the Brooklyn Historical Society’s Othmer Library. If you are unable to attend, we hope you will consider making a gift.
If you have questions or need additional information, please do not hesitate to contact Daisy Lee, Special Events Coordinator, at 718.222.4111 ext. 202 or e-mail dlee@brooklynhistory.org.
A pdf of the program is available here.Brooklyn Real Estate Roundtable Series
Brooklyn Real Estate Roundtable is a quarterly luncheon series dedicated to examining, analyzing, reviewing and predicting the critical issues in Brooklyn real estate.
Networking cocktail reception in the BHS Tile Lobby begins at 12:00 p.m. The luncheon program commences at 12:45 p.m.
Purchase of a series includes admission to all four luncheons.