Summer Internship at the Brooklyn Navy Yard

Brooklyn Navy Yard

The Brooklyn Navy yard is offering a summer internship opportunity to young adults attending or entering college. The goal of the program is to provide worthwhile work experiences for college students living in the communities surrounding the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Application deadline is April 29th. For more information, visit: http://bit.ly/1pyXQJh

GRO NYC x HOV All Chicks Skate Jam NYC’s best indoor skate spot is going to the girls! House of Vans and GRO NYC present the All Chicks Skate Jam! All girls, all ages and abilities are invited to this session.  Last year this session had over 120 girls skate the session. This year the goal is 200 girls! Please help spread the word.  Even if you don't live in New York, gather the girls for a road trip or cash in your flight miles!   Saturday March 15th from 5pm to 11pm House of Vans, located at 25 Franklin Street, Brooklyn, NY The event is free, but donations are very welcome. All donations go to GRO NYC to keep building more events and opportunities for girls around the 5 boroughs.

2013 GRO x HOV Crew. This year the group photo will be at 8pm. Everyone must sign a waiver with House of Vans. If you are 18+ you can do so when you arrive. If you are under 18 you will need a parent or legal guardian to sign for you. If you are unable to have a parent with you, you must email info@girlsriders.org before this event to get the waiver handled in advance.   Our younger riders do need safety gear. There are helmets available to use. Any questions about the event or any media interested in covering this event email info@girlsriders.org.   Join the event on Facebook. This one is worth the trip! Please share this with any girls you know. See you March 15th!  Don’t miss it.

Brooklyn Historical Society Saturday Academy

Saturday Academy

BHS in partnership with The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, presents Saturday Academy for students in grades 6-12. Saturday Academy is a free, six-week program for students interested in American History, and best of all, there isn't any homework or testing! Spring 2012 registration has opened and ends February 1st. Questions?  Please contact the Saturday Academy Coordinator at saturdayacademy@brooklynhistory.org or 718.222.4111 ext. 228.  For a brochure and downloadable application, please click here.

High School Students Curate Exhibit on History and Culture of Brooklyn

High School Students Curate Exhibit on History and Culture of Brooklyn

"Inventing Brooklyn- People, Places and Progress" opens June 2 at Brooklyn Historical Society

May 18, 2011: Brooklyn, NY – Fourteen local teens curated the exhibition Inventing Brooklyn: People, Places and Progress at the Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS). Inventing Brooklyn: People, Places, Progress traces the evolution of Brooklyn into the place we know today. From Native American roots and Dutch colonial influences to icons such as the Brooklyn Bridge and the Dodgers, Inventing Brooklynexamines how various people, places, and historical events have shaped the development of the borough. Drawing on archival documents, photographs, prints, artifacts, and oral histories from the Brooklyn Historical Society collection, Inventing Brooklyn takes on 400 years of Brooklyn’s history. The exhibit includes items relating to the Battle of Brooklyn, Brooklyn's first newspapers, and Brooklyn’s diverse immigrant populations in order to capture the complexity and dynamism of the process of Inventing Brooklyn.

Inventing Brooklyn is curated by high school students from Brooklyn Technical High School, Cobble Hill School of American Studies, The Packer Collegiate Institute and Saint Ann’s School as part of the Brooklyn Historical Society's Exhibition Laboratory (Ex Lab) after-school museum studies program. Ex Labintroduces high school students to the art of exhibition development: conducting research, selecting artifacts, writing text and working with scholars and curators to understand how to communicate ideas through an exhibition. Check out Brooklyn Tech junior Neil Alacha’s blog post about Inventing Brooklyn.

Students in the program were excited about using BHS’s collection to piece together the exhibition. "Working on the Inventing Brooklyn exhibit has allowed me to form an even deeper connection with this incredible borough. In reading through letters from Brooklyn soldiers during the Civil War and perusing newspaper articles from the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge, I can't help but feel a sense of pride to be a part of the iconic legacy that is Brooklyn," says Neil Alacha, Junior at Brooklyn Technical High School.

WHO: Student curators from Brooklyn Technical High School, Cobble Hill School of American Studies, The Packer Collegiate Institute and Saint Ann’s School.

WHEN: See the exhibit and meet the student curators of Inventing Brooklyn: People, Places and Progress at the exhibit opening June 2, 2011 with a reception from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. The exhibition opening is free and open to the public.

WHERE: Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont St. (at Clinton St.) Brooklyn.

HIGHLIGHTS: The exhibit will include cannonballs from the Battle of Brooklyn, original copies of the Long Island Star from 1827, Civil War soldiers’ letters, and posters from Brooklyn movies such as It Happened in Brooklyn and Moonstruck.

Exhibition Laboratory is made possible through the generous funding of Martha A. & Robert S. Rubin, Con Edison, and an anonymous funder. Additional funding is provided by Astoria Federal Savings Bank, The Ferriday Fund, and The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation. Special thanks to Brooklyn Technical High School, Cobble Hill School of American Studies, The Packer Collegiate Institute and Saint Ann's School.

TONIGHT - Free Teen Night Open House: Celebrate March Madness

Free Teen Night Open House: Celebrate March Madness

Friday, March 11, 2011 at 4:30–6:30 p.m.

This event is planned by teens for teens and will celebrate modern and contemporary art. Come see live performances by teens and professionals and take part in interactive activities. For more information or to RSVP, contact (718) 501-6588 or e-mailteen.programs@brooklynmuseum.org.