Past Events
Past Events
Rhythm of the City: Rep Asia
Experience the fusion of Chinese and South Asian sounds and learn to move like we did at the summer Chinatown Block Party 夏日傾情 all over again.
Sold Out | Tenement Talk: Life and Death on the LES
In 1918 the Spanish Flu pandemic killed an estimated 50 million people world-wide. One-hundred years later, we look back on its impact on the world, city, and the Lower East Side.
City of Science: Infectious Disease and the Spanish Flu—Lessons for Science and Society
Featuring: Laura Spinney, author and science journalist, and Benjamin D. Greenbaum, assistant professor at the Tisch Cancer Institute.
Native American Heritage Celebration
Join us in celebrating the history of Native American groups of the Northeast region. Bring your family to hear folk stories and create a cornhusk doll.
Past Event: New York's Housing Crisis: Which Way Forward?
A conversation with economist Edward Glaeser and sociologist Miriam Greenberg.
Educator Workshop—Germ City: Science + History
Discover how disease has changed us in the urban context.
Podcast: Flatbush + Main Episode 29: Cholera in Brooklyn (Brooklyn Historical Society)
In this episode of Brooklyn Historical Society’s podcast Flatbush + Main, host Zaheer Ali and guest-host Erin Wuebker discuss the impact of cholera on Brooklyn, which led to the illness and death of thousands of residents in the 19th century.
Exhibitions
Songs of New York
Playful, kinetic, and full of surprises, Songs of New York is an immersive interactive experience that introduces visitors to a full range of music from and about New York City.
Urban Stomp
Immerse yourself in the vibrant dances that have shaped—and been shaped by—the city’s ever-changing cultural landscape.
Robert Rauschenberg’s New York
Features rarely seen photos that reveal Rauschenberg's deep engagement with the real world and his complex relationship with New York City.
