It's a culture-packed spring at the Brooklyn Public Library's Stevan Dweck Center for Contemporary Culture (at the Central Library on Grand Army Plaza) which features an ambitious offering of literature, music, film and children's programming.
Ambitious.
Wednesday's, Thursday's, Saturday's and Sunday's: the joint is hopping with a really well-curated assortment of events, which are divided into various categories, including Classical Interludes, Russian Literary Series, Silent Film, Brooklyn Sings, Brooklyn Swings, Families and Children, Brooklyn Independents, Jewish Heritage Month, Final Thoughts to name a few.
–Adrienne Rich is May 6th at 7 p.m.
–Roz Chast, the great New Yorker cartoonist is May 9th at 4 p.m.
–Care Bears on Fire are performing outdoors on June 4th at 3:30 p.m.
But that's just a tiny taste. There is so, so much more. I don't know where to begin. Okay, below is a random list of random highlights. Check the Dweck schedule for details.
Anne Waldman (4/22), 10th Annual Central Brookyn Jazz Festival (4/1), Orchestra of St. Lukes presents Young Composers (4/2), Jane Brody (5/13), Brooklyn Funeral Home Directors Discuss Local Customs of Mourning and Remembrance (5/20), The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus (5/9), Yale Strom and Hot Pstromi (5/14), Manze Dayila and the Nago Nation (6/6).
Love you, Smartmom, but what’s up with the greedy apostrophes in the days of the week? Just got my 5yo a book on greedy apostrophes from the children’s section of that fine library. Now he points them out on signs all over the borough. Not going to show him this post. :-).