WOMEN IN ANIMATION PGM 1: ANIMATED ANIMALS
Ten shorts spotlighting women in animation, from a silent flower-fairy film to Mary Ellen Bute and Sally Cruikshank, many from 35mm and 16mm. Mindy Johnson and Rachael Guma introduce.
History this week
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Exhibition Tour, The Battle of Brooklyn: Fought and Remembered
A guided tour of an exhibition on the first and largest battle of the American Revolution, told through primary sources and led at the Center for Brooklyn History.
Shinnecock Oral History Plant Tour
Chenae Bullock, a member of the Shinnecock Nation, leads a walk through the Native Flora Garden, with plants explained through Indigenous traditional ecological knowledge. A small, specific tour.
Talk of the Town: Before New York with Eric Sanderson
Landscape ecologist Dr. Eric Sanderson gives a public lecture on historical ecology, looking at what the land was like before the city. It's held in a historic house.
Before New York: Staten Island
Dr. Eric W. Sanderson reconstructs the original forests, wetlands, and waterways of the place and ties them to today's flooding, climate resilience, and environmental justice.
Indigenous Peoples' Day: Native Plant and Bird Tour
Haley Scott and Tecumseh Ceaser of the Metoac Indigenous Collective lead a walk pointing out native birds and plants, and the Indigenous history and cultural meaning tied to them.
Before New York: The Bronx
Panoramas rebuilt from scientific data show the land as it looked 400 years ago, plus an interactive topographic model that compares the ancient terrain with today's street grid.
ISAW Gallery Tour: Cursed! The Power of Magic in the Ancient World
A guided walk through the institute's current exhibition on magic and curses in the ancient world, led in the gallery itself. An hour with the objects and someone who can explain them.
ISAW Exhibition Lecture: I Call Upon You, Gods of the Night: Protecting against Witchcraft and Demons in Mesopotamia
A lecture on the demons, monsters, and witches that haunted daily life in ancient Mesopotamia, blamed for disease and death, especially in infants, and the protective rituals people used against them.
Siena’s Bronze Renaissance
A lecture on the molten-metal side of a city known for painting: furnaces, bells, and monuments, with Donatello, Vecchietta, and Francesco di Giorgio among the makers.
Crime and Catastrophe Trolley Tour
A themed trolley tour of true crime and disaster stories, from a mentalist allegedly killed by autopsy to mob boss Albert Anastasia and the Hall-Mills murders.
Gagaku Demonstration: The Columbia Gagaku Instrumental Ensemble of New York
Kodai Speich, Lish Lindsey and Nina Fukuoka play hichiriki, ryūteki and shō, unpacking Gagaku, the "elegant music" tradition that shapes the sound of Allegra, with live repertory.
Revolutionary Spirits
A trolley tour of the cemetery's Revolutionary War figures and early distillers, then on to a whiskey tasting: rye straight off the still, a pour from the barrel, and barrel-aged maple syrup.
Postwar France: Empire, Consumer Culture, & the Politics of Everyday Life
A hybrid session on empire, consumer culture, and everyday life in postwar France, tied to a poster exhibition. The artwork pairs a cartoon bride with a refrigerator and a top hat.
Docent Tour: Reading Under Fire
A casual guided walk through the exhibition with the education team, unpacking the historical context and the design techniques behind the posters on the wall.
Raise Your Voice: Curator-led Tour
Curator Sarah Seidman leads a one-hour walk through the show, focused on Latinx food workers and activism, with professor Alexandra Délano Alonso and artist Marco Saavedra of La Morada.
CBH Talk | Reimagining Filipino Brooklyn
A talk on how to tell the stories of communities erased from a city's physical landscape, and the part historians, artists, and community members play in recovering and reimagining Filipino Brooklyn.
Growing America
American history told through food plants: historic botanical illustrations, planting ledgers and cookbooks inside, then outdoor beds tracing Indigenous foodscapes through the Great Migration.
Freedom to Read: The Fight Against Banned Books in WWII
An hour on how books became weapons in World War II, as the German government set out to ban and burn any title that threatened Nazi ideology, and how others pushed back.
Greetings from Staten Island: A Postcard Tour
Vintage postcards from the newly acquired William McMillen Collection set early 20th-century views beside today's, tracing the area's past as an industrial hub and summer destination.
