Tag: New York Community Trust

A Creative Kind of Summer in the City via the Brooklyn Public Library

Four female dancers perform a dance to a waltz from their living rooms.

Since May, 15 virtual and in-person programs have been offered throughout Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) branches and the Library's Services for Older Adults (SOA) department as part of our Brooklyn Digital: Connecting Through Creative Aging initiative supported by The New York Community Trust. The most recent series brings the total number of older adult participants in this initiative to nearly 1,000.

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Brooklyn Digital Initiative Serves as a Remote, Anti-Isolation Program Model for Public Library Systems

This participant artwork is an abstract collage of different sized circles and lines.

advancing arts education programming in Brooklyn public libraries — has proven to serve as an anti-isolation remote program model for public library systems.

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Robin Bady

This is a headshot of teaching artist, Robin Bady. She has short brown hair and is smiling.

Lifetime Arts’ Roster Teaching Artist and award winning storyteller, Robin Bady, has been teaching theatre, writing and storytelling for as long as she can remember. Her career began with teaching children in schools and later branched out to teaching in libraries, theaters, parks and senior centers. In 2012, Robin was awarded the National Storytelling Network’s J.J. …

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