BPL PRESENTS is Central Library's series of arts and culture events, including talks, conversations, and readings with authors, artists and scholars; live music, dance and theater performances; film screening; and art exhibitions. Events are free or ticketed and are taking place at Central Library's S. Stevan Dweck Cultural Center, unless noted otherwise.
All BPL Presents programs at the Dweck Cultural Center and Central Library are free of charge (unless otherwise noted) and reservations are required for most adult programs. Patrons with reservations will be seated on a first-come, first-served basis. Unclaimed reservations will be released five minutes before the start of an event; we recommend arriving early. Patrons without reservations will be seated as capacity allows.
Reservations can be made 24 hrs. a day, 7 days a week on our website by visiting the program’s calendar entry at bklynlibrary.org/bplpresents or by phone at 718.230.2200 (please see our phone reservation policy for hours and additional details). Reservations can be made up to approximately one hour before the scheduled program start time. The maximum number of seats that can be reserved per event is 3.
The Dweck Center is an accessible venue. To request additional information regarding accessibility or accommodations at the event, please contact Margie Cook: MCook@bklynlibrary.org.
Reservations for adult programs can be made with a BPL representative Monday-Friday from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm. For weekend events, reservations must be made by 4 pm on the Friday before the event takes place. Any reservations received after 4pm will not be processed. If leaving a message, please slowly and clearly state your first and last name, your phone number, the name and date of the program you would like to attend, and the number of seats you are requesting (maximum of 3).
Upcoming
Hercules in Red Hook
This event will be held at The Flagpole, 450 Columbia Street.
Hercules in Redhook is a free, interactive performance featuring acclaimed actors reading scenes from an ancient play...
The Small Press Flea
A summer market of your favorite local publishers and magazines, the Small Press Flea 2018 is the fifth installment of the Small Press Flea, co-presented by BOMB Magazine and Brooklyn Public...
Stomp, Clap & Sing with Louie
Louie Miranda has been dazzling the hearts of children, parents & teachers everywhere he goes. He is unique, original & loved by an ever-growing population across the country! He has...
Green Series: Filmmaker Winslow Porter Discusses "Tree"
Winslow Porter will share his unique perspectives on utilizing virtual reality to tap into positive social and environmental change. He will discuss his VR pieces Giant and Tree, which premiered...
The Art & History of J'Ouvert: Tradition as Resistance
Have you ever experienced J’Ouvert, the pre-dawn procession from dark to light before the West Indian Day Parade? Come learn about this exciting Caribbean tradition on August 25th from 1-5pm at...
Stomp, Clap & Sing with The Jolly Lollies
Liz Corwin and Holly Johnson are both singer-songwriters who teamed up to create Liz, Holly, & The Jolly Lollies. Based in Charlotte, NC they are known around the Queen City for teaching early...
Anne Mourier: Women Who Read
Artist Anne Mourier’s work implements the materials and heritage of women’s craftwork to continue the dialogue about values and women’s rights in contemporary society.
For four days in...
Anne Mourier: Women Who Read
Artist Anne Mourier’s work implements the materials and heritage of women’s craftwork to continue the dialogue about values and women’s rights in contemporary society.
For four days in...
Anne Mourier: Women Who Read
Artist Anne Mourier’s work implements the materials and heritage of women’s craftwork to continue the dialogue about values and women’s rights in contemporary society.
For four days in...
Anne Mourier: Women Who Read
Artist Anne Mourier’s work implements the materials and heritage of women’s craftwork to continue the dialogue about values and women’s rights in contemporary society.
For four days in...
Jennifer Egan on Manhattan Beach
ONE BOOK, ONE NEW YORK winning author Jennifer Egan, in conversation with Meredith Wisner, former Asst. Director of Archives at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and Manhattan Beach researcher and oral...
Film Screening: Miles Davis and Quincy Troupe Live at the Studio Museum in Harlem
On April 15, 1989, writer and poet Quincy Troupe interviewed Miles Davis at the Studio Museum in Harlem, just a few months before the publication of their co-authored Autobiography of Miles Davis...
Quincy Troupe on Miles and Me
Poet, activist and journalist Quincy Troupe's candid account of his friendship with Miles Davis is a revealing portrait of a great musician and an engrossing chronicle of the author's own artistic...
Olga Tokarczuk Discusses Flights
Olga Tokarczuk in conversation with translator Jennifer Croft. Moderated by John Freeman.
In this Man Booker International Prize Winning Novel, a seventeenth-century Dutch...
Events for Youth and Families: La Fiesta Tropical
The Bilingual Birdies Band celebrates language and culture in a fun-filled live music and dance! Learn new words while you sing along to original hip tunes and your favorite traditional folk songs...
Classical Interludes: The Knights
Driven by an open-minded spirit of camaraderie and exploration, The Knights inspire listeners with vibrant programs that encompass their roots in the classical tradition and passion for...
Stomp, Clap & Sing with Ian Hayes
Join children's musician Ian Hayes for a seasonal sing-a-long! An interactive music show to welcome the changing season with song and dance. Ian will perform children’s favorites, as well as...
Events for Youth and Families: Book Launch: Carmela Full of Wishes
Join Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson, the award-winning, bestselling duo behind Last Stop on Market Street for a special event celebrating the release of their second collaboration, Carmela...
Silent Movie Matinee: Buster Keaton in THE GENERAL (1926)
Keaton often referred to THE GENERAL as his favorite feature, and he adapted it from a real-life Civil War event that he read about in the book “The Great Locomotive Chase.” He plays Johnnie Gray...
Classical Interludes: Machiko Ozawa Tango Duo with Pablo Cafici
A formidable virtuoso violinist, Machiko Ozawa is internationally esteemed as an interpreter of the tango repertoire. This performance features her most recent project: a duo with the Argentinian...
The Review Panel
Leading art critics join in lively debate about current exhibitions around the five boroughs. Presented in association with Artcritical.
Events for Youth and Families: Pinkalicious
This is the tale, based on the popular book by Victoria Kann and Elizabeth Kann, of Pinkalicious, who can't stop eating pink cupcakes despite warnings from her parents. Her pink indulgence lands...
Stomp, Clap, & Sing with Meredith Levande
Get ready to play air guitar, jump high, go innie and outie, count the odds, pop the bubbles, stroll in the garden and do the “macaroni” with Monkey Monkey Music. Come early to get a seat!
Events for Youth and Families: A Haunted Journey with Myron the Magnificent
As Halloween approaches, join magician Myron the Magnificent for an afternoon of spooky, haunted, mysteries. Myron will amaze by levitating strange objects, sending items away to the netherworld,...
Classical Interludes: Rolf Schulte and Nico Namoradze
Violinist Rolf Schulte and pianist Nico Namoradze perform a program of Debussy, Ravel, and Stravinsky.
Silent Movie Matinee: ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)
We commemorate Veterans Day today, which marks the 100th anniversary of the Armistice that ended World War One. Today’s film is based on the German novel by Erich Maria Remarque, which tells the...
Classical Interludes: counter)induction
counter)induction’s mission since its inception has been straightforward: world-class performances of contemporary chamber music, without hype and without agenda other than our complete commitment...
Silent Movie Matinee: LUCKY STAR (1929)
Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell first co-starred in director Frank Borzage’s 7th Heaven. Lucky Star is their third and final work with Borzage, from a story by Tristram Tupper, who wrote...
Classical Interludes: Carnegie Hall Citywide: Lara St. John
Canadian-born violinist Lara St. John has been described as "something of a phenomenon" by The Strad and a “high-powered soloist” by The New York Times. She has performed as soloist with the...
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BPL Presents
Brooklyn Public Library
10 Grand Army Plaza
Brooklyn, NY 11238
bplpresents@bklynlibrary.org
718.230.2200
Exhibitions
Currently on view at Central Library:
Past Events
Theater of War: Hercules in Brooklyn, November 2016
Oliver Stone and Ben Wizner, September 2016
Edwidge Danticat and Jacqueline Woodson, April 2016
Alash, January 2016
Slavoj Žižek and Hari Kunzru, November 2016
The Night of the Cookers, February 2016
Viet Thanh Nguyen and Vu Tran, April 2016
Night of Philosophy. January 2017
Salman Rushdie with Joel Whitney, October 2015
John Irving, November 2015
SYBARITE5, February 2016
Yaa Gyasi, June 2016
Brooklyn Public Library gratefully acknowledges the many donors who have provided generous support for BPL Presents programs, including: Los Blancos, Fund for the Humanities, Cheryl and George Haywood Endowment for Cultural Diversity, The Kahn Endowment for Humanities Programs, Dr. J, The Miriam Katowitz and Arthur Radin Fund, Mapleton Endowment, New York State Council on the Arts, Stavros Niarchos Foundation, James O’Toole, Mike and Denise Reiss, the Estate of Pearl S. Reuillard in memory of her parents Yetta and Louis Schwartz, Sandra and Peter Schubert Endowment Fund, The Weissman Family Foundation, Inc., Janet Anderson and numerous individuals.
WNYC is a media partner of the 2017–2018 BPL Presents Season.
