ShowcaseMore from Past DODB Events:
Undertaking Death: A Conversation with Brooklyn Funeral Directors features local undertakers providing insight into the folklore of death and remembrance as practiced in Brooklyn's diverse communities... more
Ofrenda Altar and Chinese Buddhist Ancestral Altar Dedication
Workshop 2: Mexican Days of the Dead (Días de Los Muertos)
Workshop 1: Mexican Days of the Dead (Días de Los Muertos)
All Souls’ Day “Symbols, Stories and Trumpets” at Green-Wood Cemetery
Past DODB Events
Waking the Dead: Afro-Caribbean Funerary Expressions features traditional artists, scholars, and funeral directors exploring pan-Caribbean mourning traditions. WHEN:Thursday, April 23, 2009 WHER... more
Join BAC folklorist Kay Turner for the annual Italian Catholic Sacred Hearts and St. Stephen Church Virgin of Sorrows Procession re-enacting Mary's mourning of the dead Christ. 20 participant limit *$... more
6TH ANNUAL FOLK FEET TRADITIONAL DANCE SHOWCASE DANCING THE DEAD Sunday, March 1, 2-5pm Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College Dancing the Dead, brings the various dances of... more
An intersection of Jewish, Afro-Grenadian, Italian Catholic and Nepalese Buddhist practices. Prayers for the Dead is the fifth event in a series of public programs for BAC's Days of the Dead in Bro... more
Ofrenda Altar and Chinese Buddhist Ancestral Altar Dedication
Come to a lively program surrounding the dedication of two altars installed at the library. One is an ofrenda, the Mexican Days of the Dead offering altar, and one is a Chinese Buddhist ancestral alta... more
Workshop 2: Mexican Days of the Dead (Días de Los Muertos)
Help prepare a Mexican Days of the Dead ofrenda, the traditional altar created to honor the dead and invite their spirits to visit earth for a few days. Ofrenda workshops led by Mexican artists Inés L... more
Workshop 1: Mexican Days of the Dead (Días de Los Muertos)
Help prepare a Mexican Days of the Dead ofrenda, the traditional altar created to honor the dead and invite their spirits to visit earth for a few days. Ofrenda workshops led by Mexican artists Inés L... more
Join BAC for a public forum Diverse Traditions of Death and Dying featuring Brooklyn-based traditional artists, neighborhood undertakers, and religion specialists. The forum launches the year-long BAC... more
All Souls’ Day “Symbols, Stories and Trumpets” at Green-Wood Cemetery
Tour Historic Green-Wood Cemetery with Steve Estroff, who will point out some of the many folk symbols in evidence at this beautiful landmark, and experience the Haitian rara band “Dja’rara,” led by L... more
