Topic: Brooklyn Historical Society

Islamic beauty. Join Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya as he reads from his new novel, "The Storyteller of Marrakesh," about the beauty of Islamic culture.7...
The dilapidated, seemingly abandoned home on Driggs Ave. is faded relic of a Williamsburg long gone to many residents.. . But to filmmaker Lea...

Museum-day itineraries

Outsider artist Henry Darger's work has inspired everyone from Grayson Perry to Sufjan Stevens. Read free manga and eat a green-tea ice cream parfait ($8.50) at Hiroko's Place (75 Thompson St at Spring St, 212-625-1303). Brooklyn Historical Society 128 ...
Editor's Tips The Extras: Naturally Delicious also handles corporate functions, from lunch to all-out affairs, and photo shoots for some of New York's top magazines. ND catered my wedding at The Foundry this past weekend and I cannot begin to ...

Weekend Picks

Zero Film Festival Check out local filmmakers' works at the Zero Film Festival, the first festival ever to showcase only the works of self-financed filmmakers. Boating in Brooklyn Bridge Park So you don't own a yacht? Saturday, 11am to 3pm in ...

On Tomorrow...

, the Association of Real Estate Women presents a breakfast seminar, Finding Yourself in a Tough Climate, with leading real estate author (The Skinny on the Housing Crisis) and investor Jim Randel as guest speaker. Register online.Noon, the Brooklyn Historical Society presents ...
After receiving community pressure last year after it wanted to raze some Brooklyn houses that may or may not have been part of the Underground Railroad, the city has announced the outline of a $2 million commemoration of abolitionist efforts in Brooklyn ...
UPDATE: An earlier version of this blog incorrectly described the technology used in an advertisement for the A&E's TV show Paranormal State. The folks who heard the ad for A&E's TV show Paranormal State emitted from a billboard ...