Brooklyn Public Library - Art and Culture Events at BPL

Lunchapalooza Kids! Storytelling

Central Library, Plaza
5/22/2013 11:30:00 AM

Kids can enjoy stories told by professional performers. Flor Bromley tells, “In a Land of Frogs and Princesses” Join us in traveling to faraway places to discover things are not what you expect. Frogs may indeed be princesses and princesses may be frogs!

Lunchapalooza! Bushwick Book Club

Central Library, Plaza
5/22/2013 12:30:00 PM

Eat your lunch to literature-inspired music! Local songwriters plumb the depths and scrape the ends of a chosen literary gem to create that rare and beautiful thing--a new song. Literary inspiration ranges from Charles Darwin to Dr. Seuss to Raymond Carver. Members of The Hip Hop Book Club and special guests from ArtStart will perform hip hop pieces inspired by children’s stories and Grimm’s Fairy Tales.

Lunchapalooza Kids! Storytelling

Central Library, Plaza
5/29/2013 11:30:00 AM

Kids can enjoy stories told by professional performers. Liz Parker tells “The Monster in the Mountain”: Help the monster overcome his fear in this tale of courage.

Lunchapalooza! Buyu Ambroise Quintet

Central Library, Plaza
5/29/2013 12:30:00 PM

Ambroise combines traditional Afro-Haitian beats with the smooth improvisational grooves of enticing bass lines, melodic brass solos and piano explorations in the styles of American jazz greats such as John Coltrane and Wayne Shorter.

Great Books Discussion Series: Latin American Literature

Central Library, Information Commons Lab
5/29/2013 2:00:00 PM

Noted translator Alfred MacAdam leads a five-part series on works by Jorge Luis Borges, Carlos Fuentes and Gabriel García Márquez. This first session is a general introduction to Latin American literature, with particular attention to Borges, the Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator.
This series is made possible through Brooklyn Public Library’s Fund for the Humanities, established through the generous support of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Additional funding was provided by The Hearst Foundation, Inc.; the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation; The Starr Foundation; the Leon and Muriel Gilbert Charitable Trust; the Henry and Lucy Moses Fund, Inc., and a gift in memory of Samuel and Pauline Wine.

Russian Literary Series: Trio of Award Winning Authors

Central Library, Dweck Center
6/1/2013 3:00:00 PM

A panel of three writers, all of whom received major Russian literary awards: Andrei Gelasimov, the winner of 2009 National Bestseller for his novel "The Gods of the Steppe"; poet Maxim Amelin, the winner of 2013 Alexander Solzhenitsyn Award, and novelist and literary historian Alexei Varlamov, the winner of the 2009 Big Book Award for his fictionalized biography of the writer Alexei Tolstoi. New York-based writer and journalist Vadim Yarmolinets will moderate the discussion. To register, please visit www.brownpapertickets.com and enter the keyword Brooklyn Public Library. Limit 3 tickets per person.
This series is made possible in part with support from the National Endowment for the Arts and with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

Lunchapalooza Kids! Storytelling

Central Library, Plaza
6/5/2013 11:30:00 AM

Kids can enjoy stories told by professional performers. Liz Parker tells “New York's Magic Subway Car”: What is in this magic subway? You decide! This interactive journey involves play, make believe, and lots of fantastical creations.

Lunchapalooza! Susan Pereira & Sabor Brasil

Central Library, Plaza
6/5/2013 12:30:00 PM

Sabor Brasil is acclaimed for blending traditional Brazilian genres with a contemporary jazz sound. From hot samba to cool bossa nova, elegant chorinho and the exotic rhythms of Bahia, along with modern Brazilian jazz, Sabor Brasil captivates audiences with its unique and electrifying performances

Plaza Swing Series: Matt Munisteri and His Syncopated Detonators

Central Library, Plaza
6/5/2013 6:30:00 PM

Munisteri leads his band through the swinging music of the 1920s-1940s. Munisteri is a virtuosic guitarist whose new album contains the lost music of Willard Robinson. Dance lessons are at 6:30, band starts at 7 pm. Rain date is June 6
This series is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

Russian Literary Series: Gennady Katsov

Central Library, Dweck Center
6/8/2013 4:00:00 PM

New York-based poet and journalist Gennady Katsov presents his new project "Slovosfera", which includes 180 poetic meditations inspired by the masterpieces of world art. The multimedia presentation will include a slide show, poetry reading and musical tribute by the renowned piano player and composer, Vadim Neselovsky. To register, please visit www.brownpapertickets.com and enter the keyword Brooklyn Public Library. Limit 3 tickets per person.
This series is made possible in part with support from the National Endowment for the Arts and with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

Lunchapalooza Kids! Storytelling

Central Library, Plaza
6/12/2013 11:30:00 AM

Kids can enjoy stories told by professional performers. Flor Bromley tells, “Trickster Tales”: This collection of stories involves sneaky characters who use wit and humor to trick their often bigger and scarier opponents.

Lunchapalooza! Ariadna Castellanos

Central Library, Plaza
6/12/2013 12:30:00 PM

Spanish pianist and composer, Castellanos , is one of the emerging talents on the Flamenco and Jazz scene. Her recent album "Flamenco en Black and White" was produced by Grammy winner Javier Limón.

Great Books Discussion Series: Latin American Literature: Borges

Central Library, Information Commons Lab
6/12/2013 2:00:00 PM

This session discusses Borges’s book, Labyrinths, an English language collection of short stories and essays.
This series is made possible through Brooklyn Public Library’s Fund for the Humanities, established through the generous support of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Additional funding was provided by The Hearst Foundation, Inc.; the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation; The Starr Foundation; the Leon and Muriel Gilbert Charitable Trust; the Henry and Lucy Moses Fund, Inc., and a gift in memory of Samuel and Pauline Wine.

Plaza Swing Series: Nu d’Lux

Central Library, Plaza
6/12/2013 6:30:00 PM

Incorporating Afro-Cuban and Afro-Puerto Rican vocal stylings, the Cuban tres guitar, violin, trombone, trumpet and a modern-groove rhythm section of New York's finest percussionists, Nu d’Lux travels from the sweetest Son to amped up and funky modern Cuban numbers with astounding ease. Dance lessons are at 6:30, band starts at 7 pm.Rain date is June 13
This series is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

Haitian Vodou in New York City

Central Library, Dweck Center
6/15/2013 2:00:00 PM

Ayiti Fasafas, the Haitian Community Cultural Initiative, and the Center for Traditional Dance and Music present Vodou artists and practitioners, who will demonstrate a variety of the Vodou art forms practiced locally. They will also honor New York City mambos.