— Wednesday, April 11th, 2018 —

London’s Lost Amulets & Forgotten Folklore with Ross MacFarlane
500 25th Street at Green-Wood Cemetery
Time: 6:30pm – 8pm
Price: $10; $5/members
At the height of the Victorian era, Edward Lovett (1852-1933) spent his days working as a bank teller in London’s financial district and his nights exploring the city’s poorer areas. He was on the hunt to amass what would become one of the world’s largest collection of amulets, charms, and talismans. Among his curious findings were horseshoes hung above the bed to ward off nightmares, flints to cure bouts of gout, and acorn-shaped pulls for window blinds to protect houses from lightning. Lovett charted the history of these objects and other English folklore in numerous articles and lectures. In 1916, he curated the exhibit “The Folklore of London” at the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. Ross MacFarlane takes us back in time to uncover the range of objects Lovett collected, the collecting practices he performed, and the range of folk beliefs associated with his collection

Tell Them We Are Rising: Weeksville Celebrates HBCUS
158 Buffalo Avenue at Weeksville Heritage Center
Time: 7pm – 9:30pm
FREE
Weeksville invites you all to join them, in collaboration with HBCU Hub and the New York chapter of UNCF-IAC, as they screen Tell Them We Are Rising: The History of Black Colleges and Universities. After the screening, there will be a community conversation about the future of HBCUs and how we can continue to support and sustain them for the generations behind us.

PSYCHOS IN LOVE  and Q&A
136 Metropolitan Avenue at Nitehawk Cinema
Time: 7:30pm
Price: $16
Experience this classic 1987 film back on the big screen for one night only. Stay for a post show Q&A with director Gorman Bechard and star Carmine Capobianco moderated by Horror Boobs’ Matt Desiderio.

Being John Malkovich – Free Screening
150 Greenpoint Avenue at Brooklyn Bazaar
Time: 8pm – 11pm
FREE
Enjoy a FREE screening of this classic film. Restaurant and bar will be open before, during and after the movie!

Here and Now: a Luther Vandross Party
325 Franklin Avenue at C’mon Everybody
Time: 9:30pm – 12:30pm
Price: $5
Rock out to the best of the best Luther Vandross tunes. This is a “grown folks” party.

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