— Thursday, December 7, 2017 —

Jennifer Egan on Manhattan Beach
128 Pierrepont Street at Brooklyn Historical Society
Time: 6:30pm – 8pm
Price: $5; FREE for members
The Pulitzer-Prize winning author of A Visit from the Goon Squad, Jennifer Egan, is back with a new novel uncovering Brooklyn waterfront history, from women working in the Navy Yard to mobsters running the Red Hook docks. She sits down with Alexis Coe, author of Alice+Freda Forever, to discuss her extensive research and the process of building the book’s vibrant characters.

Wonderstruck
40 Bogart Street at Syndicated
Time: 6:45pm
Price: $7 (bring $$ for food)
Based on Brian Selznick’s critically acclaimed novel, Ben and Rose are children from two different eras who secretly wish their lives were different. Ben longs for the father he has never known, while Rose dreams of a mysterious actress whose life she chronicles in a scrapbook. Both children set out on quests to find what they are missing that unfold with mesmerizing symmetry. Much of this movie was filmed in Crown Heights, so look for the familiar parts.

Film: The Brooklyn Bridge with Ken Burns
200 Eastern Parkway at Brooklyn Museum
Time: 7pm
Price: $16, FREE for members
Join acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns for a screening of his newly restored Academy Award–nominated documentary The Brooklyn Bridge (1981, 60 min.), followed by a discussion with Burns and New York Times reporter Jim Dwyer. The film returns to the Brooklyn Museum, where it originally premiered, to examine the narratives of struggle and triumph behind the creation of the Brooklyn Bridge.

Fluent City Presents: Sip & Slang Williamsburg
109 S 5th Street at WeWork South Williamsburg
Time:
FREE
Fluent City — known for its unique conversational approach to language learning — is now offering courses in Spanish, French, Italian, Hebrew, German, Arabic, Japanese & more. Join WeWork for complimentary (adult) drinks followed by slang lessons in Spanish, French & Italian. Taste a curated menu of drinks from Mexico, Italy, and France, master key phrases, expressions and slang, and uncover the history of cultural and linguistic nuances

Beer and Sausages! w/ Conduit Beer Co.
309 Graham Avenue at Charter Coffeehouse
Time: 7:30pm – Midnight
Price: $35
Charter Coffeehouse will be hosting Conduit Beer Co., for a night of free beer and Fleisher’s Sausage. 10% of the proceeds will be donated to Coffee Kids (a branch of the non-profit organization, Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung). Your ticket covers 2 honkin’ Fleisher’s Sausages with all the Fixin’s, and a slab of Charter’s Egg Salad (soon to be a sandwich option). 4 kegs of beer will be flowing for free…more than we can finish.

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