Tag Archives: Macon Library

Swap+Meet This Saturday!

Posted on June 4, 2009 by The Changeling

[ June 6, 2009; 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ]
Economy getting you down? In the market for some new clothes? Need an excuse to clear up some clutter? Let’s have a clothing swap!

Bed Stuy based Brooklyn Clothing Exchange presents swap * meet
Saturday June 6 from 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Brooklyn Public Library > Macon branch
361 Lewis Avenue at Macon Street **
Stuyvesant Heights, Brooklyn
718-573-5606

**We’ll [...]

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FILM & TALK 4 THOUGHT at the Macon Library

Posted on May 27, 2009 by The Changeling

[ May 30, 2009; 1:00 pm; ]

FILM & TALK 4 THOUGHT invites you to a free screening of THE FEAST OF ALL SAINTS (with all the free hot popcorn you can eat!) this Saturday, May 30th at 1:00 p.m.

A movie you won’t forget…from the book by Ann Rice and directed by Peter Medak…Set in 1822…the free people of color in New [...]

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COMMUNITY MURALS IN NYC: PROTEST & CELEBRATION

Posted on May 12, 2009 by Alexa11221

[ May 12, 2009; 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ] You are cordially invited to attend this event:

COMMUNITY MURALS IN NYC:
PROTEST & CELEBRATION

A lecture by JANE WEISSMAN

Curator Jane Weissman discusses the vibrant collaboration between artists and neighborhood groups that has energized the visual landscape since 1968, as well as the cultural significance of the resulting images.

DATE 5/12/2009
TIME 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
LOCATION Macon Library

AFRICAN AMERICAN [...]

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Preserving Family History (A Free Family Day Photo Shoot)

Posted on May 4, 2009 by The Changeling

[ May 16, 2009; 12:00 pm; June 20, 2009; 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] The African American Heritage Center at Macon Library preserves and presents the history and culture of African Americans, with a special focus on Bedford-Stuyvesant’s rich history and its African American residents. The Generation Preservation Project will fulfill this vision through a series of photo shoots designed to document the history of families in Bedford-Stuyvesant. [...]

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DNA & Genealogy Seminar at Macon Library

Posted on April 24, 2009 by Alexa11221

[ April 25, 2009; 11:30 am to 4:30 pm. ] On Saturday, April 25, the Macon Library (Lewis Ave at Macon Street) presents a seminar and workshop about DNA and Genealogy.

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Genetics & Genealogy
11:30am – 1 pm
Adults Only

“How DNA Uncovers Human Ancestry,” presented by Dr. Doris Withers, Professor of Biology & Education, Medgar Evers College

Genealogy Workshop
1:00-3:00 pm
Adults Only

Presented by Wilhelmena Rhodes [...]

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Film&Thought4Talk Screening Lawrence of Arabia

Posted on April 16, 2009 by Alexa11221

[ April 18, 2009; 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Film&Thought4Talk is a film screening and discussion series held at the Macon Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library every first and third Saturday of the month at 1 p.m.

This week’s screening is: Lawrence of Arabia (216 minutes – 1962)

An inordinately complex man who has been labeled everything from hero, to charlatan, to sadist, Thomas Edward [...]

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