Thursday, November 20, 7:00PM
Central Library, Dweck Center

BR and Timebomb

Hip Hop artist BR (Beyond Recognition) lays his lyrical versatility over the grooves of Timebomb, a seven piece band that blends soul, R and B, jazz and classical music into a new sonic dimension of hip hop.

Tickets are $10 ($7 students and seniors). Visit www.smarttix.com to purchase tickets.

Saturday, November 22, 1:00PM
Central Library, Dweck Center

The Encounter of Juan Bobo and Pedro Animal!

Hysterical events revolve around these incredibly charming but not too bright characters. Juan Bobo and Pedro Animal are two kids from different islands that do everything backwards. Every other second they find themselves in sticky situations and that is when they turn to their most valuable resource: the audience. Presented by The Society of the Educational Arts, Inc. (Teatro SEA.)

Saturday, November 22, 4:00PM
Central Library, Dweck Center

Aquila Theatre Company: Catch 22

Joseph Heller's classic novel, adapted for the stage by the author himself. Yossarian, a bombardier on a B-25, is based on a small island off the coast of Italy in 1944. He questions the futile and ridiculous administration of his air base.

Sunday, November 23, 1:30PM
Central Library, Dweck Center

The Pleasures of Food: Holiday Baking

Melissa Murphy, chef and co-owner of Brooklyn's Sweet Melissa Patisserie, discusses holiday baking. She is the author of The Sweet Melissa Baking Book and has written numerous articles for magazines such as Food and Wine, Bride's Magazine and Fine Cooking.

Sunday, November 23, 4:00PM
Central Library, Dweck Center

Classical Interludes: BPL Chamber Players

Trio Solisti members Maria Bachmann and Jon Klibonoff join clarinetist Alan Kay in a recital drawing on canonical and contemporary composers. These award-winning artists will offer a spectrum of styles, highlighting the interplay of violin and clarinet.

Wednesday, December 3, 7:00PM
Central Library, Dweck Center

Russian Film Series: Nelegal

This feature film by Boris Frumin is part dark comedy and part spy drama. The Soviet intelligence service reassigns an agent from Helsinki to Leningrad, where he protects a fellow spy while living undercover in his own country.

Saturday, December 6, 1:00PM
Central Library, Dweck Center

Big Apple Circus, Circus to Go! presents - Circus Sisters

Liz and Lisa Lou combine their unique skills and talents to create a fun-filled extravaganza featuring circus skills, physical comedy and great music. Their dazzling visuals, charming wit and lyrical style is simply delightful.

Saturday, December 6, 4:00PM
Central Library, Dweck Center

Cosmopolis: Immigrant Writers in New York: Lara Vapnyar

Russian American Vapnyar is the author of the short story collections, Broccoli and Other Tales of Food and Love and There are Jews in My House. She is also the author of the novel Memoirs of a Muse. WNYC's Leonard Lopate hosts.

Sunday, December 7, 1:30PM
Central Library, Dweck Center

Silent Film Series: Harold Lloyd: All-American Dreamer

Lloyd's classic, genteel satire about innocence, vulnerability, college life and the need to be popular builds to a rousing football-game finale in The Freshman, a feature-length film starring Lloyd as an all-American go-getter.

Sunday, December 7, 4:00PM
Central Library, Dweck Center

Classical Interludes: Michi Wiancko

Violinist Wiancko is a winner of the 2002 Concert Artists Guild International Competition. Featured as an artist to watch in the January 2007 issue of Symphony Magazine, she performs woks by Brahms, Kreisler and Vaughan Williams

Wednesday, December 10, 7:00PM
Central Library, Dweck Center

Black Independents Film Series: The Blues Trail and Close Strangers

In The Blues Trail, filmmakers traveling to sites along the Mississippi Blues Commission's Blues Trail document the musicians and culture of the Mississippi Delta. Close Strangers, shot in Ghana near the former Slave Post and prison, Ussher Fort, examines the blurry lines between the history and reality of the area.

Thursday, December 11, 7:00PM
Central Library, Dweck Center

Brooklyn Sings, Brooklyn Swings: Rondi Charleston

Julliard-trained vocalist Charleston is a singer with languid phrasing and an unmannered, subtle style. Her innovative, poetic sensibilities electrify classics by Carol King, Johnny Mercer and Rogers and Hart.

Tickets are $10 ($7 students and seniors). Visit www.smarttix.com to purchase tickets.

Saturday, December 13, 1:00PM
Central Library, Dweck Center

The Spirit of Holidays

The children of the Filipino Arts & Music Ensemble present an hour of festive musical from around the world with their 14-string ensemble. Watch these talented children (ages 7 to 16 years old) in their heartfelt rendition of the Spirit of Holidays.

Sunday, December 14, 1:30PM
Central Library, Dweck Center

Russian Literary Series: Olga Isayeva

A short story writer, poet and journalist, Isayeva writes short fiction informed by her childhood experience in the Soviet Union.

Sunday, December 14, 4:00PM
Central Library, Dweck Center

Classical Interludes: Alexander Fiterstein and Friends

One of the leading clarinetists of his generation, Fiterstein has performed chamber music with Daniel Barenboim, Richard Goode and Emanuel Ax. He is a first-prize winner of the Carl Nielsen International Clarinet Competition. Carnegie Hall Neighborhood Concert series is a Program of The Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall.

Thursday, December 18, 7:00PM
Central Library, Dweck Center

Brooklyn Sings, Brooklyn Swings: Clare and The Reasons

Songbird Clare Muldaur Manchon leads this Brooklyn-based ensemble through lush pop and light folk tunes that range from harmonious and orchestral to jazz-inflected noir.

Tickets are $10 ($7 students and seniors). Visit www.smarttix.com to purchase tickets.

Saturday, December 20, 1:00PM
Central Library, Dweck Center

Gifts of the Season: Tales for Chanukah, Christmas and Kwanza

Storyteller Robin Bady tells stories from three different traditions in a program that explores and celebrates a present that is so often forgotten in the mad rush of holiday excitement--the gift of giving from the heart.

Saturday, December 20, 4:00PM
Central Library, Dweck Center

Funny Men: Shalom Auslander

Memoirist and novelist Auslander discusses his Orthodox Jewish upbringing and its impact on his life and work. He will read from his new book Foreskin's Lament.

Sunday, December 21, 1:30PM
Central Library, Dweck Center

The Pleasures of Food - Arthur Schwartz: Jewish Home Cooking

Schwartz offers contemporary versions of traditional Ashkenazi foods--rugulach, matzoh brei, challah and brisket. He'll add a dash of history lore about individual dishes and the people who nurtured them in America.

Sunday, December 21, 4:00PM
Central Library, Dweck Center

Classical Interludes: BPL Chamber Players

Aaron Boyd, Adela Pea, Ah Ling Neu, Roberta Cooper, and Peter Weitzner gather to perform Rossini's seldom heard "String Sonata #3 in C Major" and Antonin Dvorak's "String Quintet in G Major, Op. 77."

Saturday, January 24, 1:00PM
Central Library, Dweck Center

Reading is Cool: The Magic of Books

Using books from your library, this assembly encourages students to visit the library to explore their interests and fulfill their potential. Students learn about different types of books--fiction, biographies and research--and they're encouraged to turn off the TV and open a book.

Saturday, January 24, 4:00PM
Central Library, Dweck Center

Amanda Hesser: Eat, Memory

New York Times Magazine food editor Hesser and authors John Burnham Schwartz and Patricia Marx read from their essays in Eat, Memory: Great Writers at the Table. Schwartz wrote The Commoner, Marx wrote Him Her Him Again The End of Him.

Sunday, January 25, 1:30PM
Central Library, Dweck Center

Russian Literary Series: Vladimir Voinovich

Voinovich is the author of the keenly satiric novel Monumental Propaganda, an acidic critique of post-Communist Russia. His novels, which were prohibited by the Soviet authorities, are cult classics in Russia. This event is in Russian.

Sunday, January 25, 4:00PM
Central Library, Dweck Center

Classical Interludes: Brooklyn Baroque

Cellist David Bakamijan, harpsichordist Rebecca Pechefsky, and flutist Andrew Bolotowsky, specialize in the music of Bach and his contemporaries.

Wednesday, January 28, 7:00PM
Central Library, Dweck Center

Russian Film Series: In the Name of Love and Life

Directed by Aron Kanevsky, this documentary of a love story is set against the backdrop of the Siege of Leningrad and WWII. This January marks the 65th anniversary of lifting of the Siege. The film will be presented by Vladimir Kanevsky, the son of the late filmmaker. This program is in Russian.

Thursday, January 29, 7:00PM
Central Library, Dweck Center

Brooklyn Sings, Brooklyn Swings: Nicole Henry

Henry has gained international acclaim with her beautiful voice and her inspiring "joie de vivre." Critics have hailed her as one of the most impressive live performers to personalize the Great American Songbook.

Saturday, January 31, 1:00PM
Central Library, Dweck Center

Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm

A puppet show of the Grimm's Fairy Tales, but where's the puppeteer? The janitor takes over. using the tools of his trade he brings two tales to life, "The Spirit in the Bottle" and "The Frog Prince". Created and performed by award-winning puppeteer Preston Foeder, sponges, mops, and even garbage cans are transformed into all the characters and sets of this brilliant hysterically funny show.

Saturday, January 31, 4:00PM
Central Library, Dweck Center

Cuba Libre! 50th Anniversary of the Cuban Revolution

Alejandro de la Fuente, author of A Nation for All, discusses the Batista era, the rise of Fidel Castro, and the country's future under Raul Castro.

Sunday, February 1, 1:30PM
Central Library, Dweck Center

Author Talk: Julie Salamon

Author and journalist Salamon follows Maimonides Medical Center for a year in her book Hospital: Man, Woman, Birth, Death, Infinity, Plus Red Tape, Bad Behavior, Money, God and Diversity on Steroids in order to portray how medical care is delivered in America today.

Sunday, February 1, 4:00PM
Central Library, Dweck Center

Classical Interludes: Sweet Plantain

A string quartet that specializes in genre-blurring, original compositions and arrangements as well as contemporary works by Latin American composers. Its unique style fuses Latin, classical, jazz, and improvisational forms.

Wednesday, February 4, 7:00PM
Central Library, Dweck Center

Literary Wednesday: Paolo Rivera

Countdown to Comic-Con with Rivera, one of the most sought-after Marvel Comics artists who has worked on Iron Man, Fantastic Four and many others.

Thursday, February 5, 7:00PM
Central Library, Dweck Center

Brooklyn Sings, Brooklyn Swings: Buyu Ambroise

Ambroise combines traditional Afro-Haitian beats with the smooth improvisational grooves of enticing bass lines, melodic brass solos and piano explorations in the styles of American Jazz greats such as John Coltrane and Wayne Shorter.

Saturday, February 7, 1:00PM
Central Library, Dweck Center

Steal Away: The Living History of Harriet Tubman

New Perspectives Theater recreates the life of Harriet Tubman, from her childhood in slavery to her adult work championing freedom. The show integrates live actors, puppets and music.

Saturday, February 7, 4:00PM
Central Library, Dweck Center

Cosmopolis: Immigrant Writers in New York City: Colum McCann

McCann reads from Zoli, a novel based on the life of the Polish Gypsy poet "Papusza," who lived through most of the 20th century. WNYC�s Leonard Lopate hosts.

Sunday, February 8, 1:30PM
Central Library, Dweck Center

Author Talk: Jeffery Renard Allen

Allen is the author of Harbors and Spirits, a collection of poems, and a novel, Rails Under My Back, which won the Chicago Tribune?s Heartland Prize for Fiction. His book of poems, Stellar Places, and his collection of stories, Bread and the Land, are forthcoming.

Sunday, February 8, 3:45PM
Central Library, Dweck Center

Classical Interludes: Ensemble ACJW

Musicians from Ensemble ACJW--a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School and The Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education--perform a program of chamber music.

Tuesday, February 10, 4:00PM
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Arts and Crafts

Wednesday, February 11, 7:00PM
Central Library, Dweck Center

Literary Wednesday: Rick Moody & Matt Weiland

Moody and Weiland read essays they contributed to State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America, a book featuring original reporting and memoirs that capture the 50 states in our time.

Thursday, February 12, 7:00PM
Central Library, Dweck Center

Brooklyn Sings, Brooklyn Swings: Chanda Rule

Vocalist Chanda Rule performs a broad range of material drawn from African, African American, Caribbean, and Latin American sources.

Saturday, February 14, 4:00PM
Central Library, Dweck Center

An Afternoon of Love Poetry

Medgar Evers College students and faculty share poems of love gained, love lost, love imagined.

Sunday, February 15, 1:30PM
Central Library, Dweck Center

Author Talk: Phil Dray

Over a century before Barack Obama, men like Robert Smalls and Robert Brown Elliott were elected to Congress. Dray's book Capitol Men celebrates this path-breaking generation of African Americans.

Sunday, February 15, 4:00PM
Central Library, Dweck Center

Classical Interludes: Brooklyn Philharmonic

Members of the Philharmonic will perform pieces highlighting the contributions of African American women in music and letters.

Wednesday, February 18, 4:00PM
Central Library, Dweck Center

Brooklyn Independents: 50 Years of Black Literary History with Amiri Baraka, Ed Bullins and Elizabeth Nunez

Groundbreaking authors discuss their literary lives. Amiri Baraka founded Totem Press in 1958 and published his first book in 1961. Ed Bullins won his first Obie Award in 1975. Elizabeth Nunez won the American Book Award in 2001.