MAY
24
Akwaeke Emezi presents You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
Co-presented by the Brooklyn Public Library (BPL Presents) and Greenlight Bookstore. Feyi Adekola wants to learn how to be alive again. It’s been five years since the accident that killed the love of her life and she’s almost a new person now—an...

MAY
25
Author Reading and Activity: Dad Bakes
Join children’s book artist Katie Yamasaki on a visit to her Brooklyn studio, where we will read and discuss her latest book, Dad Bakes. Katie will talk about what inspired the book, and how we can use both books and murals to tell our stories...

JUN
1
Lit Prize Post-Script Readings: Chanda Prescod-Weinstein on The Disordered Cosmos
In this series, past winners and nominees of the Brooklyn Public Library’s Literary Prize read and discuss their work. This time, it's Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein.In The Disordered Cosmos, Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein shares her love for...

JUN
4
Storytelling and Craft with Christopher Silas Neal!
Under the pond is a hidden world of minnows darting, beavers diving, tadpoles growing. These and many other secrets are waiting to be discovered... Brooklyn-based children's book illustrator Christopher Silas Neal will read his latest book Over...

JUN
7
CBH Talk: One Man’s Story of Gay Rights and Asylum
In May and June the Center for Brooklyn History opens its doors for limited, live public programs! Before renovations to our ground floor begin, join us in the building for one or more of these live programs and whet your appetite for CBH’s grand...
JUN
14
Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa on A Woman of Endurance
Co-presented by the New Lots Library, A Woman of Endurance, set in nineteenth-century Puerto Rican plantation society, follows Pola, a deeply spiritual African woman who is captured and later sold for the purpose of breeding future slaves. The...
JUN
15
Indigenous Poets Series: Laura Tohe
For BPL’s June Indigenous Poetry Series, Laura Tohe discusses her work.Join this one-of-a-kind series and find the full roster of 2022 poets here.
Laura Tohe is Diné and the current Navajo Nation Poet Laureate. She is Sleepy Rock...

JUN
22
CBH Talk - A Rainbow Spin Through NYC: The LGBTQ Guide to a New York You Didn’t Know
In May and June the Center for Brooklyn History opens its doors for limited, live public programs! Before renovations to our ground floor begin, join us in the building for one or more of these live programs and whet your appetite for CBH’s grand...