Library for Arts and Culture

COMING SOON! Join Heritage ambassador 2023 Polish Brooklyn-based visual artist Asia Sztencel for an interactive workshop exploring memory, storytelling and community connection through participatory art making.

Asia's conceptual practice and traditional craft offers a personal exploration within the larger narrative of the immigration experience, highlighting landscape as a narrative, dissecting the feelings of exile, recall, and longing.

How do landscapes stay with us across time, migration, and personal change? How can art help preserve memory and create connection between people and communities?


Drawing from her ongoing project You Can Carry Your Landscape With You, developed through collaborations with immigrant and older adult communities in Brooklyn, Asia will discuss how art can create spaces for reflection, exchange, and collective remembering.

Participants will engage in a sensory-based creative exercise using clay, ink, and memory as starting points for artistic exploration inspired by personal landscapes, recollections, and lived experiences.

The session will include conversation, reflection, and hands-on participation.
No previous art experience is required.

All materials will be provided.

RSVP here: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/heritage-ambassador-meet-library-for-arts-culture-20260624-0600pm

COMING SOON! 2nd Annual Business Pitch Competition hosted by Carib Biz Network for Caribbean American Heritage Month

Uber Soca Cruise and Carib Biz Network are excited to launch our second annual pitch event. This competition aims to highlight and support promising Caribbean entrepreneurs by providing a platform to pitch their business ideas to a panel of industry leaders!

Top 8 Finalists Pitch LIVE!

RSVP Here: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/uber-soca-cruise-x-cbn-library-for-arts-culture-20260630-0600pm

Taste of Haiti: Pikliz Making Workshop

Thank you to Rogers Burgers for bringing this amazing program to us! We had great conversations and explored the flavors and traditions behind Haiti's iconic condiment: Pikliz!

Photos by Roman Vail

COMING SOON! Join Panelists Dr. Gabrielle Hutchins and Kristian Balgobin to explore Caribbean ancestry as an act of cultural preservation, identity building, and intergenerational empowerment. Participants will learn how to research Caribbean family history, preserve ancestral narratives, and document lineage.

RSVP Here: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/roots-across-water-library-for-arts-culture-20260626-0600pm

NEXT WEEK! On the evening of June 22, artist Nikki Kramer will be holding a writing prompt forum. The theme of this event will be Embodiment and Transcendence. In this space, there will be a provided sequence of writing prompts; you may answer these prompts in whichever form of writing you desire: a poem, a fictional story, a play, a journal entry, etc. You will have an allocated amount of time to answer the prompts, then we will share and discuss.

You are not obligated to share, but this will be a safe and supported space where your writing will not be judged. If you have a notebook or paper and a writing utensil, please bring these items with you, if not, we will have supplies provided.

THIS SATURDAY! Come and join us for an afternoon of discussion and sharing with the launch of Parkinson's Voices.

The nine authors of Parkinson's Voices all have Parkinson's Disease, and this works showcases their journeys in coping & dealing with the disease. The book is intended for anyone who wants to get an authentic perspective on PD, from the inside.

The book is a groundbreaking work and is a testament to their determination to educate and inform others of how they continue to move forward with their lives. More importantly, they hope that the writing will promote greater understanding of what it means to live with PD and inspire dialogue with families, friends and caregivers, medical professionals and anyone with an interest in the fastest growing neurodegenerative disease in the world today.

Opening remarks by Lyman Clayborn, Brooklyn Public Library's Manager for Services for Older Adults followed by insights from some of the authors.

Refreshments will be served and there will be an opportunity to mingle with the authors, ask questions and even purchase the book.



The Writing Circle came together in 2024 and has helped improve the well-being of participants through greater awareness and acceptance of their situation.

Come join our Graphic Novel Book Club tomorrow!

This month we're celebrating Pride with Q***r stories and illustrative styles that spark irreverent joy!

Adulting is Hard: Graphic Novel Book Club | Brooklyn Public Library Greetings, Graphic Novel Crew! AiHGNBC is back the 2nd Saturday of each month.Whether you only read Graphic Novels or haven't picked up a comic since the Sunday funnies, this club's for you! You don't have to read all texts listed below but come ready to engage regardless. If wait times for books ar...

✨ Join us for an engaging conversation on the influence of Black hair and beauty in fashion and beyond.

Don't miss this inspiring discussion celebrating the power, creativity, and impact of Black beauty.

BKLYN Designs | Beyond the Chair: Black Beauty, Fashion & Cultural Influence | Brooklyn Public Library Part of the BKLYN DESIGNS series!This panel brings together beauty professionals, stylists, researchers, and authors to explore the influence of Black hair and beauty within the fashion industry and beyond.The conversation will examine Black beauty as a space of artistry, entrepreneurship, cultural....

JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT for evening of film and conversation!

Library for Arts & Culture
L10 Building
10 Lafayette Avenue, 2 Floor

Reel to Real: Communion - An Evening of Short Film & Conversation | Brooklyn Public Library This Pride month, join multi-disciplinary artist Chyna Cassell in conversation with artistsOsadolor and Nana Duffourafter a screening of their respective short films:a_blurred_fluxx_00.avi and Rainbow Girls a_blurred_fluxx_00.aviTHE LIMBOS OF A LO-FI DREAMSCAPE: OSADOLOR REFINES THEIR AESTHETIC SENS...