Grand Pistachio: Layer the Walls: Mid-Century
January 31, 2026
2:00pm – 3:00pm
Leonard & Claire Tow Center at Brooklyn College
In one Lower East Side tenement, forty layers of wallpaper were found clinging to the walls - each piece applied by a new immigrant family. Using puppetry, masks and live action, Layer the Walls Part II tells the incredible stories held within each layer: a Chinese father enters the US and endures thirty years of separation from his family, a teen Holocaust survivor finds home in NYC, and Puerto Rican cousins join the Young Lords’ fight for healthcare equity. Ages 8 and up. 70 minute performance followed by a shadow puppet workshop.