Transcending Boundaries: Con-Verse
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Through My Lens: NYC In The 1970s
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Magisterial Feminae
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Women of Slender Means
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Walt Whitman, A Brooklyn (College) Boy
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The Free Black Women's Library
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30th Annual Author ReceptionAttention Faculty and Staff! When: Tuesday, May 9, 2023 12:15 -1:45pm Where: Kimmich Reading Room Additional Information: http://libguides.brooklyn.cuny.edu/bookparty
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Places of SilencePaintings by Asya Dodina, M.F.A '00 & Slava Polishchuk, M.F.A. '02When: Spring 2023 Artists’ Statements |
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ref-u-gee
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29th Annual Book PartyAttention Faculty and Staff! When: Tuesday, May 10, 2022 12:15 -2:00pm Where: Kimmich Reading Room Additional Information: http://libguides.brooklyn.cuny.edu/bookparty |
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Stories Where We Fit: The Art of Paula Walters Parker When: April 7- 29, 2022 Where: Library Lobby Gallery
When: Monday, April 28, 2022 6:30pmpm Where: Zoom. Register for the event: https://bit.ly/StoriesWhereWeFit Ask a question in advance here. Cosponsored by: Brooklyn College’s Judaic Studies Department, Africana Studies, American Studies, Art Department, Caribbean Studies, History Department, Studies in Religion Program, Women and Gender Studies Program, Women’s Center, Office of Diversity and Equity Programs, We Stand Against Hate initiative and the Brooklyn College Library |
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Three Artists on Brooklyn's Black WaterfrontWhen:Thursday March 10, 3:30-5pm Where: Woody Tanger Auditorium, first floor of the Brooklyn College Library An exhibit of Whit Harris's work is featured in the Library Lobby during March 2022. Underwater New York invites three commissioned artists to critically engage the histories and futures of the Black diaspora along Brooklyn's waterfront. Visual artist Whit Harris and writers Mateo Askaripour and Bernard Ferguson interrogate and reimagine Brooklyn's waters, from Coney Island Creek to the East River and beyond. Join UNY and the artists as they present their original work, talk about their creative processes, and launch the journal's new issue. The event and exhibit is cosponsored by Brooklyn College’s The Center for the Study of Brooklyn and the Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities. See the complete issue: https://underwaternewyork.com/issue-18-byways |
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28th Annual Book PartyAttention Faculty and Staff! When: Wednesday, May 12, 2021 12:15 -2:00pm Where: Zoom Additional Information: http://libguides.brooklyn.cuny.edu/bookparty |
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Flatbush and the Junctions: A Pictorial JourneyWhere: Online Exhibit Flatbush and Flatlands, which were originally settled by the Dutch, were two of the six original towns that make up the modern borough of Brooklyn. Dutch settlers acquired the land from the Lenape Indians. In 1636 Flatlands, then called new Amersfoordt (after a town in Holland), was sold to Governor Wouter Van Twiller, who divided the land among himself, Andries Hudde, Wolphet Gerritsen, and Jacobus van Corlear. In 1652, Governor Peter Stuyvesant authorized the establishment of the town of Midwout (now Flatbush). The Lenape tribe that lived in Canarsee was not pleased, and demanded payment. After some resistance, the Governor relented and the tribe was paid. One of the earliest residents of Midwout was indentured servant Jan Aertsen Van-der-bilt, great-great-great-grandfather of "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt. Flatlands is a quiet neighborhood today, and its outlines can be seen on the 1873 and 1890 maps, just south and east of Flatbush. The boundaries of Flatbush today vary depending on who's describing them, but it roughly begins at Parkside and Ocean Avenues at the southwest entrance of Prospect Park, includes some of Coney Island Avenue on the west, and spans east to Nostrand Avenue, while Avenue H marks part of its southern edge. The path of Flatbush Avenue follows an old Native American trail. The towns remainded agricultural into the 19th century. The area was rich farmland, and colonists grew vegetables and tobacco, as well as raising livestock. Jamaica Bay was a rich source of clams. The coming of the railroad to Flatbush in 1878, and horsecar service to Flatlands in 1875 encouraged development in both areas. More growth occurred with the annexation of both towns into greater Brooklyn - Flatbush in 1894 and Flatlands in 1896. Farmland became housing developments such as Vanderveer Park. The opening of the Brooklyn College campus in fall 1937 marked yet another change for the Flatbush and Flatlands neighborhoods, which continue to evolve today, as seen in the photographs in this exhibit. Many of the images are courtesy of the BRIAN MERLIS Collection/oldNYCphotos.com. More images of the area and the campus can be found in the Archives, along with many books about the history of this area and Brooklyn in general. Additional Information: https://bcarchives1.omeka.net/exhibits/show/flatbush---the-junction-a-pict |
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Jewish Refugees in ShanghaiWhere: Library Lobby Gallery When: February 10-April 10, 2020 When Adolf Hitler came to power in Gernany in the 1930's and 1940's, he issues a series of anti-Semitic decrees depriving Jews of their civil rights. With the outbreak of WWII, many Jews chose to flee their hometowns, and a conderable number of them took refuge in Shanghai, China--a city they could travel to without a visa. Around that same time, students from the Mir Yeshiva in Vilna, Lithuania also made their way to East Asia to escape the Nazi regime, setting up yeshivas in their new home. Nearly half of these same students--and their families--emigrated to Brooklyn, NY following Japan's surrender in 1945.
This exhibition is made possibly by funding provided by The Charles H. Revson Foundation and Robin K. and Jay L. Lewis, Brooklyn Public Library, Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum, Brooklyn College Department of Modern Languages and Literatures and the Brooklyn College Library. |
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Beatrice SiegelWhere: Online Exhibit Acclaimed Cuban ballerina Alicia Alonso had severe eye problems. At the age of nineteen, after many operations for detached retinas in both eyes, young Alicia received a prognosis that changed her life: she would never again be able to dance. In the months she lay motionless in bed, the ballerina rehearsed in her head and with her fingertips. Every day she danced with her hands, working on Giselle. Additional Information: https://bcarchives1.omeka.net/exhibits/show/beatricesiegel |
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Ethiopia and the West
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BESA: A Code of Honor
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Salsa Soul Sisters
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Meditations & Mysticism
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YWCA of BrooklynWhere: Special Collections Gallery The Young Women’s Christian Association of Brooklyn was formed in December 1887 when a group of 30 women, inspired by associations in Baltimore, Boston, and New York City, voted to establish an organization for the empowerment of young women. The goal of these associations was to help and support women in a changing industrial world. Women needed jobs, and training in order to get them. Along with its wide variety of classes and affordable housing options, the YWCA provided a space for women and girls to meet and socialize. After opening an African American branch in 1903, and an International Institute in 1919, Brooklyn was the first YWCA in the country to fully integrate its programs and residences, in 1943. The items in this exhibit were from the YWCA of Brooklyn collection, which was processed by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Additional Information: https://bcarchives1.omeka.net/exhibits/show/ywcabrooklyn |
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27th Annual Book PartyAttention Faculty and Staff! When: Thursday, April 11, 2019 12:00 - 2:00 PM Where: Christoph M. Kimmich Reading Room Additional Information: http://libguides.brooklyn.cuny.edu/bookparty |
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Montage Quotidien
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A New Deal for Artists
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Flatbush and the Junction
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Beyond Vertieres:A Decolonial History of the HaitiansWhen: November 16, 2018 A selection of painting by contemporary Haitian artists who seek to reimagine and rediscover the spirit that drove their ancestors to victory against the army of Napoleon Bonaparte
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Women in the Archives
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26th Annual Book Party
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Showing Truth to Power
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Christopher Serrano
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Drawings by Joe LoGuirato
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Haiti Through the Eyes of Its Artists
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25th Annual Book Party
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Respond BCWhen: April 23- April 28, 2017 Respond BC exhibition addressed personal, social, cultural, and political issues of the Brooklyn College community members.
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Works by Alberto Marcos Bursztyn
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Value
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24th Annual Book Party
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Ruth Gruber
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23rd Annual Book Party
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John J. Arruda
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Fort Tiden and Jacob Riis Historic Parks before and after Hurricane Sandy
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A Walk Across Time
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James Bascara
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Crossing Borders
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Mining Mysteries
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Photographs and Paintings by Jake McDonough
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Devin Powers
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Rebecca Riley
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Katie YamasakiPintando Postales
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Hank BlausteinLifelong Brooklynite Presents New Sketchbook Diary
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Instant Messages and Visions:
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