Nelson George, author, most recently of The Plot Against Hip Hop (published by Brooklyn based Akashic Books), and film director will be at the Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont Street (corner of Clinton) this Thursday evening, March 15, starting at 7:00 p.m., for a screening of his new documentary Brooklyn Boheme.
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BHS Presents “Fading Ads” Wednesday Evening
No doubt you’ve seen this “fading ad” on the east wall of a building on Middagh Street, facing towards Henry. The word “flats” dates it. It once meant roughly what “apartment” means now, but there is some dispute over possible distinctions. This sign is an example of a “fading ad”, one of many painted on […]
BHS Opens Year’s Programming with Author of Literary Brooklyn Tomorrow Evening; Building Tour Saturday
The Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont Street (corner of Clinton) will open its 2012 series of events tomorrow evening, Wednesday, January 18, starting at 7:00, with a discussion on literature in Brooklyn, giving special emphasis to the Borough’s (then City’s) first literary great, Walt Whitman. Evan Hughes will discuss his recently published book Literary Brooklyn, […]
BHS Presents French Baroque Concert
This coming Saturday, December 3, starting at 7:00 p.m., the Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont street (corner of Clinton) will present “Sortilège d’Amour!, the French Cantata” by BaroQue Across the River (photo), featuring soprano Michèle Eaton, flutist Kathy McDonald, violist Lisa Terry, and Harpsichordist Dongsok Shin (see musician bios here). The program includes Rameau’s Orphée, […]
BHS Hosts “Trivial and Convivial” Pub Night Thursday
The Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont Street (corner of Clinton) will hold its third annual “Trivial and Convivial” pub night this Thursday evening starting at 7:00 (doors open at 6:30), sponsored by Urban Oyster and Brooklyn Brewery. Come test your wits with themed rounds about all sorts of Brooklyn ephemera including music, movies, geography, and […]
Last Minute Weekend Suggestion: Brooklyn Poetry at BHS
This in from the Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont Street (corner of Clinton): Poets and editors Julia Spicher Kasdorf and Michael Tyrell of Broken Land: Poems of Brooklyn will discuss their work on the anthology and share samplings from the book that express the borough’s rich and diverse literary history. This event is jointly sponsored […]
“Context\Contrast” Opens Thursday at BHS
Context\Contrast: New Architecture in Historic Districts, 1967 to Present will open at the Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont Street (corner of Clinton), this Thursday, October 6, starting at 6:00 p.m. The opening is free, and all are invited. BHS members are invited to a preview starting at 5:00 p.m. Refreshments will be served at the […]
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