Grand Pistachio: Layer the Walls Part I
January 25, 2026
2:00pm – 3:00pm
Leonard & Claire Tow Center @ 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 I tells the incredible stories held within each layer: an Irish immigrant helps build the Brooklyn Bridge, Italian brothers survive the blizzard of 1888, and two Jewish teenagers join the Garment Workers Strike of 1909. Ages 7 and up. 60 minute performance followed by a shadow puppet workshop.