BPL Presents is BPL’s curated cultural program, with arts and culture offerings including author talks, live performances, music, film and visual art exhibitions that explore the critical issues of our time in Brooklyn and beyond.
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Brooklyn's culture past and present from the Center for Brooklyn History
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DJ Max Glazer
Max Glazer has represented New York City touring the world DJing parties for superstars like Naomi Campbell, Missy Elliott, 50 Cent, Branford Marsalis, and Jay-Z, to name just a few. Separate from the glamorous celebrity parties he was known for, Max was always cultivating his interest…
The Public Theater: Shakespeare in the Park Ticket Voucher Give Away
Free Shakespeare in the Park and Borough Distribution
Every summer, The Public partners with organizations throughout the five boroughs to host voucher distributions for Free Shakespeare in the Park performances at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park. We are excited to continue the…
CBH Talk | An Unfinished Revolution: Dialogues on Freedom and Democracy with Khalil Gibran Muhammad
Marking the 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding, join us to reflect, reckon, and reimagine the ideals at the heart of the American experiment.
Across three evenings, CBH invites distinguished historians to select short readings as starting points for guided public…
CBH Talk | Building Access: The History and Future of Disability Rights
The disability rights movement has transformed American life and expanded access, opportunity, and civil rights for millions of people. These hard-won gains are the result of decades of organizing, advocacy, and political struggle. And the fight for equality continues.
As we celebrate July…
Exhibition Opening with Christopher Myers and Jacqueline Woodson
GRAND LOBBY
BPL Presents welcomes you to the opening of the exhibition Christopher Myers: Unbound, featuring a conversation with two award-winning powerhouses: visual artist/author Christopher Myers and author Jacqueline Woodson.
Myers’ new works set loose the pages of…
Map Your Brooklyn Summer: A Collaging Workshop
Celebrate the season with a creative collage workshop inspired by the parks, people, playgrounds, and beaches that make Brooklyn a summertime oasis!
Using Brooklyn maps past and present as your canvas, pull from a fun selection of vintage photographs, archival images, and ephemera…
Brasil Summerfest with Os Clavelitos
Os Clavelitos is an "American Samba" band based in New York City, who creates original music combining traditional Brazilian rhythms (samba, baiao, bossa nova, and frevo) with English lyrics. With band members from Brazil, Japan, and the U.S., the six piece ensemble celebrates Brazil's rich…
CBH Talk | Country of Lords: Kim Phillips-Fein in Conversation with Steven Hahn
As the United States commemorates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, debates about equality, democracy, and power remain as urgent as ever. Join Pulitzer Prize finalist and Columbia University historian Kim Phillips-Fein for a discussion of her new book, Country of Lords:…
DJ Max Glazer
Max Glazer has represented New York City touring the world DJing parties for superstars like Naomi Campbell, Missy Elliott, 50 Cent, Branford Marsalis, and Jay-Z, to name just a few. Separate from the glamorous celebrity parties he was known for, Max was always cultivating his interest…
CBH Talk | An Unfinished Revolution: Dialogues on Freedom and Democracy with Elizabeth Hinton
Marking the 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding, join us to reflect, reckon, and reimagine the ideals at the heart of the American experiment.
Across three evenings, CBH invites distinguished historians to select short readings as starting points for guided public…
Queer Book Culture with LittlePuss Press and Hive Mind Books
Park Slope Library is pleased to welcome Emily Zhou and Sasha Karbachinskiy of LittlePuss Press and Jules Wernersbach, co-founder of Hive Mind Books to discuss queer publishing, bookselling, and readership in Brooklyn.
LittlePuss Press is a feminist press run by trans women and Hive…
Swingtime Big Band
In case of rain, this concert will relocate to the Dweck Center, located on the lower level of Central Library.
Dedicated to the performance of America's greatest popular standards, SWINGTIME BIG BAND is a 20-piece authentic swing band comprised of master interpreters of music from the…
CBH Talk | An Unfinished Revolution: Dialogues on Freedom and Democracy with Kellie Carter Jackson
Marking the 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding, join us to reflect, reckon, and reimagine the ideals at the heart of the American experiment.
Across three evenings, CBH invites distinguished historians to select short readings as starting points for guided public…
CBH Talk | The Untold Story of Brooklyn’s Revolutionary War Prison Ships
As the nation marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, many stories of the American Revolution are being revisited, yet few are as harrowing as the story of the British prison ships anchored in Brooklyn’s Wallabout Bay. Following the Battle of Brooklyn, thousands of…
Art Spiegelman Discusses In the Shadow of No Towers
25 years after 9/11, BPL Presents welcomes the Pulitzer-Prize winning author of Maus, with a series of comix broadsides that captures the events of 9/11 and the calculated hijacking of that event by the Bush government.
With Maus, Spiegelman resurrected the graphic novel for a new…
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