Legacy: Celebrating the Strength of Our Families
BFS Families, Mark
your calendars for the events planned so far…
Tracing
Your Family Tree Tuesday,
February 2, 6:00 pm-8:30 pm
Always
wondered about your family’s roots but not sure where to start? Have you
successfully filled in several branches of your family tree and would like to
share your experiences with others? Come to this discussion, led by Susan Price
’86 and Daria Brown (great-aunt of Amara Granderson ’13) prepared to learn and
share tips on reconnecting with past generations. Participants are encouraged to bring genealogical clues and
results to share with the group.
Homework help will be
provided.
Art-Making Activity - Memory
Boxes Thursday, February 4,
3:00 pm-7:00 pm
Are there important events,
people or symbols you want to remember and pass on to future generations? Create a family treasure that honors
your ancestors. Art supplies and
boxes will be provided, but participants are encouraged to bring copies of
photos, clippings, pieces of fabric, or other effects of sentimental importance
to your family.
Legacy: Celebrating the
Strength of Our Families Friday, February 5, 6:00pm
Enjoy a hearty BFS family
dinner followed by a program of music and dance featuring the Dance Team and
talented BFS parent musicians Andrew Lamb and Masauko Chipembere. Prices are $60 for a family
of four, $20 for adults and $10 for students of BFS, $15 non-BFS Students.
Group Trip to MOCADA Saturday, February 6 11:00 am
Begin the day at Fort
Greene’s MOCADA (80 Hanson Place) http://www.mocada.org/ for a group visit of
the new exhibition, “The Gentrification of Brooklyn: The
Pink Elephant Speaks”. (Pre-registration will be required, cost is $4 per
person.)
ALSO . . .
In celebration of Black
History Month, the art exhibition “Artists Speaking for the Spirits” will debut
on Thursday February 4, 2010. The
exhibition features 40 mural sized paintings on canvas created by emerging as
well as mid career artists representing the African Diaspora. A project of the Addiction Research and
Treatment Corporation (ARTC), and its affiliate, Urban Resource Institute
(URI), the artists are enrolled in a historic initiative to introduce the
healing power of art into various therapeutic settings.
The
exhibition is free to the public.
Opening week-end hours are: Fri, 11-5, Sat. and Sun. 3-6. The remaining February schedule is:
Thurs-Fri 11-5, and Sun 3-6, with artist talks each Sunday. School groups are welcome by
appointment.
ARTC, Arthur Bennett
Hall, 22 Chapel Street, located near Jay Street between the Brooklyn and the
Manhattan Bridges.