Featured Events at Brooklyn Public Library

Book Swap Saturday

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:00:00 -0500 (UTC)

Carroll Gardens

Nov 7 2009, 10:30AM

Bring books to swap with others in the neighborhood.

Classical Interludes: Jade Simmons

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:00:00 -0500 (UTC)

Central Library, Dweck Center

Nov 8 2009, 4:00PM

Pianist Simmons offers a diverse mix of repertoire from the classics to the cutting edge. Chosen as Concert Artist Guild's inaugural New Music/New Places Fellow, she possesses artistry, passion and creativity, infusing all of her diverse projects with a unique brand of communicative power. Simmons was first runner up at the 2000 Miss America Pageant where she performed Chopin's Etude in c-sharp minor, Op. 10, No. 4. This program will last approximately 90 minutes. The Classical Interludes series is made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. Please exit via Eastern Parkway Exit.

Website Workshop

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:00:00 -0500 (UTC)

Sheepshead Bay

Nov 9 2009, 4:00PM

Learn how to create your own web page.

Prepare for a Job Interview Online

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:00:00 -0500 (UTC)

Mapleton

Nov 10 2009, 1:00PM

Learn about the many online resources available to help you prepare for an interview.

U.S. Citizenship Test Tutorial

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:00:00 -0500 (UTC)

Central Library

Nov 10 2009, 6:30PM

Get help preparing for this test.

Education in Dance

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:00:00 -0500 (UTC)

Clarendon

Nov 17 2009, 4:00PM

Combine basic dance skills with creative movement theater games and an exploration of music as it relates to dance.

Where the Jobs Are: Using LinkedIn to Find a Job

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:00:00 -0500 (UTC)

Central Library

Nov 17 2009, 6:00PM

Upwardly Global staff leads this workshop that teaches the dos and don'ts of creating a LinkedIn profile, how to make connections through online resources, and how to find recruiters through other social networking sites.

Money Matters: Finding Financing for Your Business

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:00:00 -0500 (UTC)

Business Library

Nov 17 2009, 6:00PM

Hear from various lenders about the different loans and financing alternatives they offer and how you can qualify.

Free HIV, STD & Hepatitis A, B and C Testing

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:00:00 -0500 (UTC)

Williamsburgh

Nov 18 2009, 1:00PM

Get free, immediate and confidential testing from the Brooklyn AIDS Task Force.

Gods, Warriors, Women: Exploring Identities in The Iliad

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:00:00 -0500 (UTC)

Central Library

Nov 18 2009, 2:00PM

The Iliad is famously the great epic of war; it is also the epic of the human condition--our mortal fates, our struggle to make and preserve community, our attempts at love, our capacity for violence, lust, affection, grief. The Iliad continues to speak to us, but it is not always or only about "us": its gods, its vision of the human, of war, of family, and of love, are both very strange and deeply familiar. In her lecture, "Gods, Warriors, Women: Exploring Identities in the Iliad," Professor Laura Slatkin will introduce the Page and Stage discussion series with an inquiry into the richness and strangeness of the Iliad. Further meetings will take up these motifs, exploring more fully the relations of and impasses between gods and mortals; the bonds among warriors; the status of women in the Iliadic universe. Our program will feature some forays into the modern world, including 20th C. responses to the Iliad by Simone Weil W.H. Auden, and Christopher Logue, as well as contemporary American reckonings with core Iliadic concerns, such as Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven.

Sex and the City

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:00:00 -0500 (UTC)

Central Library

Nov 18 2009, 7:00PM

Through humorous anecdotes, including the story of Brooklyn's first preacher and New York's first prostitute banished to Gravesend, Bill Greer looks at the libertine culture Europeans brought to the New York area.

Foundation Center Workshop

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:00:00 -0500 (UTC)

Central Library

Nov 19 2009, 1:00PM

Learn how to search the Foundation Directory Online, as well as the basics of grant seeking. First come, first seated.

Job Search Help in Chinese

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:00:00 -0500 (UTC)

Central Library

Nov 19 2009, 6:30PM

Learn tips and strategies to help you land the job you want.

The Art of Nonfiction: Geoff Dyer

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:00:00 -0500 (UTC)

Central Library, Dweck Center

Nov 19 2009, 7:00PM

In recent years the lines between fact and fiction have grown blurry. Journalists, historians, and memoirists have been challenged on the truth of their non-fiction and novelists have sought to capture real-world details. Geoff Dyer is the author of three novels, a critical study of John Berger, and four genre-defying books, including But Beautiful, which was awarded the Somerset Maugham Prize, and Out of Sheer Rage, which was a National Book Critics Circle finalist. His latest book is Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi. This program will last approximately 90 minutes.

Ezra Jack Keats Story Time and Take-a-Book

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:00:00 -0500 (UTC)

Central Library

Nov 19 2009, 7:30PM

Hear great stories and take home a free book! Ages 3 to 8.

Arts and Crafts

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:00:00 -0500 (UTC)

DeKalb

Nov 20 2009, 3:30PM

Bob McGrath from Sesame Street

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:00:00 -0500 (UTC)

Central Library, Dweck Center

Nov 21 2009, 1:00PM

Bob McGrath--award-winning author, musician and original cast member of the show--performs his own music. THIS EVENT HAS REACHED CAPACITY AND REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED.

Forty Years of Sesame Street

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:00:00 -0500 (UTC)

Central Library, Dweck Center

Nov 21 2009, 4:00PM

In honor of Sesame Street's 40th year on television, personalities from the show and behind the scenes come together to discuss the impact of TV's longest-running educational program for children. Featuring Louise Gikow, author of Sesame Street: A Celebration of 40 Years of Life on the Street; Bob McGrath, original cast member since season 1 in 1969; Executive Producer Carol-Lynn Parente; Chris Cerf, Sesame Street composer and lyricist; Rollie Krewson, puppet builder with The Jim Henson Company; and Fran Brill, puppeteer for Zoe and Prairie Dawn. Please call to reserve your seat! 718.369.9385 ext. 152 Copies of Sesame Street: A Celebration of 40 Years of Life on the Street will be available for purchase. A book signing follows the event. This program will last approximately 90 minutes.

Classical Interludes: Trio Solisti

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:00:00 -0500 (UTC)

Central Library, Dweck Center

Nov 22 2009, 4:00PM

Trio Solisti is comprised of three brilliant instrumentalists - violinist Maria Bachmann, cellist Alexis Pia Gerlach and pianist Jon Klibonoff. Trio Solisti has earned a reputation for its passionate and adventurous performances. They will play a program of Mendelssohn, Piazzolla, and Mussorgsky. This program will last approximately 90 minutes. Please exit via Eastern Parkway Exit

Website Workshop

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:00:00 -0500 (UTC)

Sheepshead Bay

Nov 23 2009, 4:00PM

Learn how to create your own web page.

U.S. Citizenship Test Tutorial

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:00:00 -0500 (UTC)

Central Library

Nov 24 2009, 6:30PM

Get help preparing for this test.

Internet Workshop: Travel for Less

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:00:00 -0500 (UTC)

Gravesend

Nov 25 2009, 2:00PM

Explore inexpensive travel destinations.

African-Atlantic Genealogical Society Workshops

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:00:00 -0500 (UTC)

Macon

Nov 28 2009, 1:00PM

Trace your family tree with help from the newly chartered African-Atlantic Genealogical Society (AAGS).

Job Search Help in Spanish

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:00:00 -0500 (UTC)

Central Library

Dec 1 2009, 4:15PM

Learn tips and strategies that will help you land the job you want.

Free Money for College: Internet Workshop

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:00:00 -0500 (UTC)

Clarendon

Dec 2 2009, 1:30PM

Learn how to find grants, scholarships and other money for college online.

NY Artists Unlimited presents Isaiah's Dream

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:00:00 -0500 (UTC)

Dyker

Dec 3 2009, 3:15PM

This play is about a boy named Isaiah. Isaiah is struggling with a school assignment on poverty. He is visited by poets such as Langston Hughes who help him see the effect of poverty in his life. In the end Isaiah finds his own voice.