This coming Monday evening, July 31 at 6:30, the Brooklyn Historical Society begins a series of movie screenings, “Hollywood Does History… Poorly.” This series will “look at films that play fast and loose with history, often to absurd effect.” First in the series is Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989), starring Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, […]
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Brooklyn Historical Society Shows How Hollywood Gets History Wrong, For Free!
By Claude Scales on July 27, 2017 10:36 pm in 11201, Arts and Entertainment, Brooklyn Heights, History, movies
Brooklyn Historical Society to Show Four Capote Films
By Claude Scales on December 21, 2016 10:56 pm in 11201, Arts and Entertainment, Brooklyn Heights, Literature, movies
On four Thursdays in January and February, in conjunction with their exhibition Truman Capote’s Brooklyn: The Lost Photographs of David Attie, the Brooklyn Historical Society will present “Capote on Screen”, free screenings of films connected with Mr. Capote. On January 12 the series begins with Breakfast at Tiffany’s, based on Capote’s novella and starring Audrey […]
Coming at Brooklyn Historical Society
By Claude Scales on August 2, 2016 12:10 am in Arts and Entertainment, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn History, Events, Food, History, movies
Who knows the secrets that lurk in the vaults of the Brooklyn Historical Society? Reference Librarian Joanna Lamaida and Exhibition Coordinator & Registrar Anna Schwartz do! Come to BHS this Wednesday evening, August 3 at 6:30 for “Tales from the Vault: The Skeletons in Our Closets”. Admission is $5, or free for BHS and Green-Wood […]
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