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Stephen Mallon

The Front Room Gallery Presents: Next Stop Atlantic
September 10th-October 3rd, 2010
Opening Reception: Friday, September 10th, 7-9
Hours Fri-Sun 1-6 and by appt.

The Front Room gallery is proud to present “Next Stop Atlantic,” an exhibition of photographs by Stephen Mallon. In his second solo exhibition at the gallery Mallon presents a stunning series of photographs, which capture the retirement of hundreds of New York City Subway cars to the depths of the Atlantic Ocean.

In a bold move, the NYC Transit authority joined the artificial reef building program off the East Coast of the US in 2000 and sent stripped and decontaminated subway cars off on barges to be dropped into the Ocean in order to build refuge for many species of fish and crustaceans which would colonize the structures.

Mallon traces the progress of the train cars on their way towards their last voyage, majestic waves approach the viewer in these large scale photographs as they too are transported out to sea to behold the lifting and transfer of these massive machines. One photograph hauntingly depicts elements of nature creeping into their barren hulls, drifts of snow lines the walkways, a glimpse of sunshine streams through their removed doors as they wait in stacks to be carted off to sink to the dark depths of the ocean floor.

These newly released photographs are from Mallon’s continuing series; “American Reclamation” which chronicles and examines recycling processes in the U.S. Most recently, Mallon gained much acclaim with his striking “Brace for Impact: The Salvage of Flight 1549,” a series of photographs documenting the salvaging of the US Airway flight that, amazingly, airline captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger had managed to safely emergency- land in the Hudson River in on January 15, 2009.

Front Room Gallery; 147 Roebling Street; Brooklyn, NY 11211

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Paper Girl

August 24, 5-10pm, August 25, noon-6pm


Soon New Yorkers will be surprised to find a troupe of bikers, armed with noisy horns and bright flags, handing out rolls of free and original art, fresh out of a gallery. This guerilla-distribution of art will mark the end of this year’s PaperGirl-NY. The art will be distributed after hanging in galleries in Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Albany from August 24 to September 6.

PaperGirl was started by Aisha Roniger in Berlin in 2006 as a way to bring art to all walks of life, and New York got its first PaperGirl in 2009 in Albany. The art must be rollable, original, and can be of any size, material, or medium. Anyone can help organize or distribute the art. The show is not curated, none of the art is for sale, and after the showings the art is randomly distributed to unsuspecting strangers.

By distributing art in Albany and New York City neighborhoods ranging from rich to poor, commercial to residential, gentrified to recent immigrant, PaperGirl aims to expose new audiences to different arts and artists. PaperGirl is an interactive experience that brings art out of elitist galleries and into everyday lives. This art comes with no price tag, only a loud and friendly group of cyclists. PaperGirl 2010 will include at least 70 artists from 9 countries. The art will be exhibited for 8 days in 3 galleries and will be distributed in the 2 cities of Albany and New York.

For more information on the PaperGirl-NY project please contact Sina B. Hickey at 518.379.7642 or PaperGirl.Albany@gmail.com.

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MOVIES WITH A VIEW

The Conservancy's most popular event returns for its eleventh anniversary season! Movies With A View is one of the city's premiere outdoor film series with an eclectic lineup of films and breathtaking views of the NYC waterfront. The films are chosen by an all-volunteer Film Committee and each feature is preceded by a short film, this year curated by BAMcinématik. DJs from Brooklyn Radio kick off the evening, spinning tunes as the sun sets and bike valet provided by Transportation Alternatives. Harbor View Lawn, Pier 1 section of Brooklyn Bridge Park; Arrive early for the best seats: lawn capacity is limited.

DATE: Thursdays, July 8 - September 2; 6:00pm - 11:00pm, Music at 6:00pm, movies at sunset; FREE!

Schedule:
Thursday, August 26, Feature Film: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Short: Jerrycan by Julius Avery, DJ: DJ Emch

Thursday, September 2, Feature Film: Public Vote! Check brooklynbridgepark.org for details

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Capture Brooklyn

Capture Brooklyn, a new initiative by the New York Photo Festival, is a juried exhibition of contemporary photography that seeks to capture the spirit and essence of Brooklyn, and to showcase the vitality of photography happening in the hottest part of New York right now!

Drawn from submissions received online through August 29, 2010, 80 photographs will be selected and exhibited at The powerHouse Arena in Dumbo, Brooklyn. The show's official opening will take place during this year's Dumbo Arts Festival (September 24–26), an event that draws over 150,000 visitors over 3 days – and will remain open until October 15, 2010. In addition, all submissions received by August 29 will be showcased in a slideshow presentation at the powerHouse Arena during the show's opening weekend.

Submission Deadline: August 29, 2010

For more details and entries: capturebrooklyn.nyphotofestival.com

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Sunday, September 26, 2010

Bringing together the city's most eclectic local artisans, food vendors and merchants, New York's biggest and most celebrated street festival is the perfect way to enjoy all that the borough has to offer. The Antic will be ringing in its 36th year in style with even more to explore as you stroll down the mile-long fair, stretching from Fourth Avenue to Hicks Street and through the heart of brownstone Brooklyn. Atlantic Antic attendees, from the first-timers to the veterans, will find endless ways to enjoy the avenue's sights, sounds and surprises.

Indulge in the array of gastronomical delights on each block guilt-free, as you walk it off along the avenue! Enjoy both the sweet and savory local offerings on display, from lobster rolls from the Red Hook Lobster Pound, to Steve's Key Lime Pie on a stick.

With ten live musical stages along the avenue--featuring blues, rock, country, R&B, jazz, and a Middle Eastern Orchestra with belly dancers, the diverse sounds of Brooklyn will be out in full force. Kids will also have the chance to enjoy some afternoon tunes, with acts like Joanne Riel's interactive "Musical Gumbo," Graciela's "Musica Para Mi," "Rolie Polie Guacamole," and more!

The local artisans and craftspeople who show their work at the Antic are unlike any others: whether you're in the market for printed tees from Rock Star Revolution or baby clothes for charity from Bugsella, the Atlantic Antic is the place to be. "The Antic has remained a staple of Brooklyn and the city at large year after year because of the eclectic vendors who show their wares, the incredible boutiques and restaurants along the avenue, and the amazing crowd it attracts," says Angela Ferrante, president of the AALDC. "We're thrilled to be able to continue the tradition of this wonderful street festival for another year."

For more info, visit atlanticave.org

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September 24th-26th

This year’s Festival, which will be held on September 24th, 25th and 26th, will take over the waterfront community of DUMBO – its galleries, storefronts, performance venues, studios, parks and even extend into the river. The Festival will be multi-disciplinary, celebrating high-quality art ranging from visual art to performance art, music, and literature. For the first time, the DUMBO Arts Festival will introduce family programming.

DUMBO’s performance venues, galleries bookshops, artist studios, raw empty spaces and the newly-opened Brooklyn Bridge Park will be the sites of colorful and innovative performances and exhibitions.

Cool things to look for:

Ed Purver video project: “Nesting” will be on display in the Archway under the Manhattan Bridge. “Nesting” will be a site-specific, interactive video installation projected onto the ceiling of the Archway. It will respond to the sounds of the subway trains passing overhead.

Sidewalk Series too! NYC Subway Girl is New York based singer-songwriter, activist, Cathy Grier, she combines rhythmic guitar, gutsy vocals with an infectious energy.

Ulises Beato’s curated music series on Sunday, September 26th at Tobacco Warehouse

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Last Days at Pier 11!

TankerTunes:
Wed 8/18 8:30pm - Jalopy Theatre brings their weekly Roots & Ruckus show to the deck of the Mary Whalen with Two Man Gentlemen Band AND Stephanie Nilles and Dayna Kurtz and Feral Foster. $10. Cash bar with beer and wine. Buy tickets here or at the door

Tall Ships: Thurs 8/19 - Mon 8/23
We make history by hosting the tall ship Gazela, the oldest wooden square-rigger in the USA still sailing, which has tried to come to NYC for years. Daytime tours at the dock: Thurs, Fri, Sun, Mon (no Sat) $5 donation requested. In the evening, 2 shows of pirate cabaret burlesque aboard (t'aint just about sailing pirates, the pirates of Wall Street make the story line) on the deck of the Gazela with soaring masts overhead. $25 for 8 or 10pm show. Tickets here.

TankerTalks:
Sun 8/15 - 11am local resident Seth Goodwin with captivating show n tell about knots, rope and the history of their uses.
Tue 8/17 - 8:30- 8:45pm Pratt Inst Chief Engineer Conrad Milster on the romance, commerce and technology of steamships of the Hudson, a slide show & talk. FREE

WaterStories:
Sat 8/22 11am Walking tour, Norwegian American history of Red Hook. FREE

TankerTime: (as featured on Grub Street)
Sun 8/15 and 8/22 - 5-9pm TankerTime - make the ship deck your own. Bring dinner, drinks, the kids, your dog and enjoy sunset. FREE. Also on Wed morning 7-11am.

Event info and fotos

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presents Dear Knights and Dark Horses

September 29 through December 4, 2010

photogravures and book launch by photographer, inventor and professor Thomas Roma

“This small, powerful book of photographs pairs children's fantasies of bravery, freedom, and power with the harsh realities of vulnerable, posturing soldiers at the edge of a terrible future. Dear Knights and Dark Horses is a call to consciousness about the realities of war and, like a short, sharp poem, a lament for lost dreams.”
Susan Kismaric, Curator,
The Museum of Modern Art, New York

Artists Reception:
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 from 6:00 - 8:30 PM

Gallery hours: Noon - 5:00 pm on THURSDAY, FRIDAY & SATURDAY
Call 718.833.9100 for events and schedule updates.

TABLA RASA GALLERY
224 48 Street (between 2nd & 3rd Avenues)
Brooklyn, NY 11220
718. 833-9100

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Third Annual Benefit

The Third Annual Presentation of the DEWITT CLINTON AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE
2010 Honoree: Elizabeth Barlow Rogers

A Gala Cocktail Reception, Thursday, September 16, 2010, 5:30 p.m.-8:30 P.m.

The DEWITT CLINTON AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE
in the Arts, Literature, Preservation and Historic Research
honors the legacy of 19th-century New York Governor DeWitt Clinton, who also served as mayor of New York City, state senator, assemblyman and United States senator. Clinton, who is interred in Green-Wood Cemetery, was a devoted supporter of the cultural growth of the city and the state of New York.

The Honoree: Elizabeth Barlow Rogers
Elizabeth Barlow Rogers is the president of the Foundation for Landscape Studies and an educator, historian, author and landscape preservationist of world renown. In her landmark tome, Landscape Design, A Cultural and Architectural History, Rogers writes extensively on the rural cemetery movement in the early 19th century, including Green-Wood’s role as the predecessor to New York’s Central Park and Prospect Park. She is the founding president of the Central Park Conservancy, the public-private partnership she created in 1980 and led for 15 years.

Inquiries? Contact Lisa Alpert at 718.210.3011 or lisa_alpert (at) green-wood.com

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FARM CITY FAIR FIAF FALL FESTIVAL

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 12th: 11am to 5pm

The Fair is a wild new take on the traditional County Fair, a day-long celebration of art and food grown in Brooklyn! Festivities engage all the senses: hear live music performed by local Bang on a Can marching band Asphalt Orchestra; taste delicacies prepared by local chefs inspired by ingredients from Brooklyn farms; view specially commissioned work exploring the culture of agriculture by local artists; get a feel for materials needed to produce your own food in workshops by Brooklyn Food Coalition; participate in a Blue Ribbon Competition hosted by GreenThumb; and browse a marketplace with some of Brooklyn’s small-batch artisanal food purveyors curated by Greenpoint Food Market. Cap it off with The Food Experiments’ live cooking competition—Brooklyn Roots—featuring savory samples and refreshing drinks from Brooklyn Brewery, Six Points Brewery, Red Hook Wines, Brooklyn Oenology, Kings County Distillery and others.

ELECTROCHROMA by RICHARD GARET
OPENING PARTY: SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 25th, 6pm
Sound and visual artist Richard Garet explores aural and visual spatial-contexts, relational structures, process, materiality, function, and form. Electrochroma is an audiovisual experiential installation that will be shown hourly in a specially built room at Brooklyn’s Invisible Dog Art Center.

The Invisible Dog; 51 bergen street, Brooklyn, NY, 11201
Subway F or G to Bergen Street

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CLAUDIA SBRISSA AND ALEXANDRE GUILLAUME

AUGUST 6TH, 2010 UNTIL SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2010

Muriel Guepin Gallery is pleased to present a group exhibition of new works by Claudia Sbrissa and Alexandre Guillaume.

Sbrissa's mixed-media drawings on paper, dense with energy and line work, recall stringy, planktons or molecular shapes. In her own words, "My work is reflective of my feminist artistic identity and is suffused with a quality of romance and material transcendence."

Alexandre Guillaume's acrylic paintings offer a more masculine take on abstraction. In his work, Guillaume incorporates the speed, brutality and impatience we experience in daily life to create paintings that ultimately leave the viewer in peace. A thick, carefully placed, large brush stroke interrupts a solid ground to end in light, airy splashes of thin lines, alleviating an omnipresent tension. His palette ranges from a monochromatic grey, to a swath of black paint on a bright orange, yellow, blue or red ground.

Together, these artists share a vivid and contrasted palette and offer viewers a unique and nuanced take on abstraction.

Muriel Guépin Gallery is located at 47 Bergen Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201; 1.718.858.4535

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Le Guichet: Sculpture by Alexander Calder

Friday, June 4–Wednesday, September 1

When Alexander Calder was selected by Lincoln Center for a 14-foot-high outdoor sculpture, it was a major victory for the home team in the big-league global competition among contemporary artists. "He is one hundred percent American," Fernand Léger had proclaimed in an effusive welcoming message for a gallery show in Paris more than three decades before.

Le Guichet offers viewers a chance to wander into and through its spiderlike apertures, looking up at the blue sky and marveling not only at the way Calder cut these graceful forms from plates of steel but also at the lively way in which he assembled them.

Excerpted by permission from Art at Lincoln Center; The Public Art and List Print and Poster Collections, by Charles A. Riley II. © 2009 Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

1000 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11225 • For directions to BBG, Click this link.

PHOTO CREDIT: Alexander Calder's sculpture Le Guichet onsite in BBG's Osborne Garden. Photo by Elizabeth Peters.

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Unbranded: Reflections in Black by Corporate America by Hank Willis Thomas on View through Spring 2011

A major recent acquisition by artist Hank Willis Thomas titled Unbranded: Reflections in Black by Corporate America is now on view on the Brooklyn Museum's fifth floor. The series of forty-one photographs appropriates print advertisements from the years 1968 to 2008 that targeted a Black audience or featured Black subjects.

From the original ads, Thomas digitally removed all text and company logos. Through the remaining images, in juxtaposition with the sometimes witty and provocative titles, the artist seeks to disclose the visual strategies of advertisers and how these are based in cultural stereotypes. The series encourages the viewer to think about how marketing images construct and underpin stereotypes about African American life in a way that is often embraced by the consumer.

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What the Butler Saw

September 11-26, 2010

Dr. Prentice – David Sedgwick*
Mrs. Prentice – Nicole Fitzpatrick*
Geraldine Barclay – Emily Taplin Boyd
Nicholas Beckett – Kane Prestenback*
Dr. Rance – Tom Cleary*
Sergeant Match – Nat Cassidy*
*appearing courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association

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The Prentices are not an ordinary couple. Dr. Prentice is a psychiatrist with his own hospital who believes that the best way to interview a girl for a job is to seduce her. Geraldine Barclay does her best to comply, but nothing is going to work smoothly in this nut house that includes Mrs. Prentice, a nymphomaniac who is seduced by a bellhop in a hotel, or maybe it’s vice versa. Mrs. Prentice brings home her reluctant bellhop just as the state inspector decides to pay a visit to the hospital. What ensues is a wild melee of disappearances, disguises and discoveries as husband and wife try to hide their prizes from the inspector and from one another. The ending is one of those delights that Oscar Wilde might have dreamed up in a sequel to The Importance of Being Earnest.

The Gallery Players is located at 199 14th St., between 4th and 5th Aves. in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Take the F Train to 4th Ave. or the R Train to 9th Street. By car: BQE to Hamilton Avenue to 14th Street.

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NEW EXHIBIT - CHILDREN OF HANGZHOU

In this new exhibit, visitors meet a real family in Hangzhou, a Chinese city, and experience the impact of modernization on the lives of the girls and boys in a family that bridges old traditions and new ways of life. Inside recreated models of an apartment, pagoda, open-air market, classroom, and rice field, and shopping mall, visitors try hands-on activities and participate in the lives of the local children as they go about their daily play, school life, and work in today’s China.

Step into the Children of Hangzhou exhibition and take a trip to the city of Hangzhou, China! Visit a real family, experience the impact of modernization on their lives, and discover how they are merging old traditions with new ways of life. Inside recreated models of an apartment, a pagoda,an open-air market, a classroom, a rice field, and contemporary shopping mall, children and adults can try hands-on activities and participate in the lives of the local children as they go about their daily play, school life, and work in China today.

FREE with general Museum admission.

CARIBBEAN STEEL ORCHESTRA AND BIG BELLY ADVENTURES CLOSE OUT BARCLAYS NETS COMMUNITY ALLIANCE FREE THURSDAY FAMILY JAM SERIES! 6/29-9/5) Family Jam Series.

Join us for amazing roof-top performances by the Sesame Flyers International Youth Steel Orchestra on Thursday, August 19 & Family Theatre Project - Adventures of Big Belly on Thursday, August 26 from 6:15 to 7:15pm as the Brooklyn Children’s Museum continues Barclays Nets Community Alliance Free Thursday Family Jam Series in style, flair, and much fanfare for all ages.


BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSEUM is located next to beautiful Brower Park, just one mile from Grand Army Plaza, in the Heart of Brooklyn cultural hub. 145 Brooklyn Avenue (at St. Marks Avenue), Brooklyn, NY 11213

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BATTLE WEEK! Friday, Aug. 20-Sunday, Aug. 29

Friday, August 20, 12:30 pm
Reading of the Declaration of Independence: Federal Hall, 26 Wall Street, Front Steps, Manhattan; (212) 825-6888/www.nps.org/federalhall

Saturday, August 21, 10 am: Maryland 400 Remembrance Ceremony
Memorial ceremony sponsored by Brooklyn Irish American Parade Committee and the Michael A. Rawley, Jr. A. L. Post No. 1636. Meet at 8th Street and 3rd Avenue, Brooklyn. A memorial march to the Old Stone House will follow the ceremony, with a reception and open house at the OSH Gallery.

Saturday, August 21, 11 am - 4 pm: Battle Days Opening Reception

Saturday, August 21, 11 am - 3:30 pm: Battle of Brooklyn Van Tour with NYC Urban Park Rangers. Reservations necessary/Limited seating. To reserve: 718-768-3195/info@theoldstonehouse.org

Sunday, August 22, 8 am: Battle of Brooklyn 10 Miler in Prospect Park
Race the entire 10 miles, or be part of a 3-person relay. Race past important Battle of Brooklyn sites. Registration: Individual $20 advanced, $30 race day. Relay: $45 advanced by 8/17. NO relay race day registration. Meet at Bartel Pritchard Square (15th St & Prospect Park West) Questions: (718) 636-9000

Sunday, August 22, 11 am - 1 pm: Evergreens Cemetery Walking Tour
Evergreen Cemetery presents a walking tour of the revolutionary war-related sites of the cemetery. Meet at Evergreens Cemetery Main Gate, Bushwick Avenue and Conway Street. Brooklyn. (718) 455-5300

Sunday, August 22, 11 am - 2 pm
Tour the sites of the Battle of Brooklyn by Bike. Meet just inside the Grand Army Plaza entrance to Prospect Park at the James Stranahan statue, southeast corner between the Park Drive and Flatbush Avenue. Tour ends at Ft. Defiance, a café/bar located at 365 Van Brunt Street. Bring your own bike or call OSH for rental info. To reserve: 718-768-3195

Wednesday, August 25, 6:00 pm - 8 pm: 151 2nd Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231
Self-guided canoe trips with the Gowanus Dredgers and an exploration at the Battle of Brooklyn escape route. Call 718-768-3195 or visit. www.gowanuscanal.org

Friday, August 27, 6 pm - 8 pm: Battle of Brooklyn Neighborhood Walk
Led by Old Stone House Board Member and Hunter College Archaeology professor William J. Parry. Meet at Grand Army Plaza, entrance to Prospect Park, Brooklyn. $12 per person/$10 OSH members; includes light refreshments. Wear comfortable shoes. Reservations and information: (718) 768-3195/info@theoldstonehouse.org

Saturday, August 28, 10 am sharp: Prison Ships Martyrs Memorial Ceremony
Coordinated by the Society of Old Brooklynites, American Merchant Marine Association, and Navy Armed Guard. Prison Ships Martyrs Monument, Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn (718) 499-7600

Saturday, August 28, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm: Set sail for Battle Week 2010!
Battle for New York author Barnet Schecter hosts this cruise aboard the classic 1920's-style motor yacht, Manhattan. Limited seating - purchase tickets early. Tickets: $65, including lecture, one free beverage and hors devours. Tickets available on-line at http://www.zerve.com/SailNYC/BattleBK or call (212) 209-3370. Meet at Chelsea Pier, 23 Street and the Hudson River, Manhattan

Sunday, August 29, 10 am - 3 pm, various events: Battle of Brooklyn Commemoration
The Green-Wood Cemetery was an integral site during the Battle of Brooklyn and still reflects aspects of the 18th century landscape. 5 Avenue at 25 Street, Brooklyn (718) 768-7300 for more information

The Old Stone House is a modern reconstruction of the Vechte-Cortelyou House, a 1699 Dutch stone farmhouse with important ties to American history. Today, the Old Stone House is operated as a historic interpretive center dedicated to its crucial role in the American Revolution and in the evolving histories of Brooklyn, New York and the United States.

3rd Street @ 5th Avenue in Park Slope, Brooklyn

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Home Base: Memories of the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field

Home Base: Memories of the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field is an exhibition curated by local high school students in BHS' Exhibition Laboratory program. Through archives, photos and oral histories, the exhibition explores the connection between Ebbets Field, the Dodgers and the Brooklyn community. The exhibit features the history of the team and its fans by digging into BHS’ rich Dodgers collection that includes baseball cards, photographs of the field, ticket stubs, uniforms, seats from Ebbets Field, autographed baseballs, scorebooks from the 19th century, team photos and the famous Dodger Banner from their 1955 World Series win. The exhibition will include humorous and emotional stories from fans and employees of Ebbets Field, recorded by students and BHS staff during the semester. Home Base recalls the thrill and excitement of attending games at Ebbets Field at the height of the Dodgers era.

Brooklyn Historical Society is located 128 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11201 at the corner of Clinton Street in Brooklyn Heights.