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Calendar of Events
All events are held at BHS and are free to the public unless otherwise noted
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2010 Winter Events
February
Friday, Feb. 26, 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Reception and Gallery Talk -
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.
Sunday, February 28th, 2:30 – 4:30
A Brooklyn Poetry Slam for Haiti
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.
Saturday, March 6, 1:00 -4:00 pm
The Center for Architecture Foundation Family Day at BHS: Brooklyn 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.
Saturday, March 13, 2:00 pm
Book Talk: History of White People
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.
Wednesday, March 17, 6:30-8:30 pm
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.
Thursday, March 18, 6:30 -7:30 pm
Book Talk by Graham Hodges
David Ruggles: A Radical Black Abolitionist and the Underground Railroad in New York
David Ruggles (1810-1849) was of one of the most heroic--and has been 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.
Saturday, March 27, 2:00 pm
Researching My Old House
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
April
Friday, April 16, 12:00 - 2:00 pm
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, and Amna Ahmad for a Brown Bag Lecture introducing this important historical collection.
Free with admission.
Co-sponsored by Centro de Estudios Puertorriquenos at Hunter College.
Saturday, April 17, 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Public Program: Discussion - Surviving the Affordable Housing Struggle in Brooklyn
Join the curator and tenants featured in the exhibit Tivoli: A Place We Call Home for this timely and engagin discussion at BHS.
Sunday, April 18, 4:00 - 6:00 pm
Solve a Murder Mystery at the Historical Society
 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
Space is limited, RSVP strongly suggested.
Buy tickets on eventbrite.
Thursday, April 29, 6:00 - 8:30 pm
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.
May
Wednesday, May 5, 6:30 pm
Reading with Jonathan Eig, Author of Get Capone
 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.
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