In Brooklyn, 10th Anniversary Events of September 11 Attack-Ground Zero
11. Sun. Sept 1l, 2011: Exhibit of photographs of the World Trade Center (Red Hook)
See photos of the World Trade Center at the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition. A special memorial service will be held at the Gallery on September 11th.
- BWAC 499 Van Brunt Street, Red Hook
- 718-246-6882.
12. Sun. Sept 11, 2011: Author-Led Discussion of "Why We Do Good" (Brooklyn Hts)
Author Julie Salamon discusses her book Rambam’s Ladder: A Meditation on Generosity and Why It Is Necessary to Give in a discussion moderated by Marilyn Gelber, President of Brooklyn Community Foundation. This is the first program is a series tiled Why We Do Good.
- Where: Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont Street at Clinton Street. (718) 222-4111
- When: 2 p.m.
13. Sun. Sept. 11, 2011: Interfaith Service (Midwood)
An interfaith service will explore the meaning of tragedy, loss, and healing from the Muslim, Jewish, and Christian traditions.
Readings, music, and camaraderie.
- Our Lady of Refuge RC Church – Foster Avenue and Ocean Avenue
14. Sun. Sept. 11, 2011: Concert of Healing and Remembrance (Fort Greene) FREE
Irondale presents a concert to remember those who volunteered in response to the events of September 11, 2001 from 4 PM to
6 PM and in memory of those lost. Featuring a number of organizations including the String Orchestra of Brooklyn, Noel Pointer Foundation, Spoke The Hub and pianist Anton Batagov. The concert is free and open to the public.
- Irondale Center at 85 South Oxford Street
- (718) 488-9233
15. Sun. Sept 11, 2011: Screening of "Objects and Memory" at Brooklyn Museum
For a thoughful an artistic exploration of memory, see this film, shown from 2–3:30 p.m. at the Brooklyn Museum's Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd floor.More »
16. September: National Emergency Preparedness Month
Every September, OEM and the NYC Citizen Corps Council bring together disaster relief and volunteer organizations to distribute information, host demonstrations, and lead preparedness presentations.
- Sept 4-10: Make a plan
- Sept. 11- 17: Gather supplies
- Sept. 18-24: Get informed
- Sept. 25-30: Get involved, volunteer
17. Friday-Sun. Sept. 9-11 , 2011: Local Services Borough Wide
Brooklyn, once known as the "City of Spires," so-called for its many church spires, will be remembering the victims of the September 11 anniversary throughout faith organizations of all kinds, from Friday through Sunday. Please check your local synagogue, mosque or church for details.
18. DIY: Brooklyn Arts Council Invites You to Create & Submit a Personal Memorial
Brooklyn Arts Council has run innovative 9/11 anniversary projects since 2005. For 2011, they invite groups of people to make, document, and submit a home-made 9/11 memorial:
To remember and honor the dead on the 10th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC) invites you to create a simple memorial at home, at work, at school... Use available materials such as flowers, photos, paper, mementoes and candles ....
- Submit 1-5 digital photos of your memorial, with info about who and where you made it, to whom it’s dedicated, etc.
- Photos of ongoing or past 9/11 memorials OK
- ALL submissions will become part of BAC’s Folk Arts Archive “Return, Remember: Ephemeral Memorials in the Legacy of September 11 online exhibition.
19. Brooklyn Museum: Ten Years Later: Ground Zero Remembered
The Brooklyn Museum is showing Ten Years Later: Ground Zero Remembered, featuring a work in the late Michael Richards’s Tuskegee Airmen Series (1997; see photo) and Christoph Draeger’s photographic jigsaw puzzle WTC, September 17 (2003).
Also: Two 2002 comment books filled with text and images by visitors who viewed images documenting 9/11 displayed on
the first anniversary of the tragic events, and other related works of art.
Where: Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway. (718) 638-5000
20. September: Visit 9/11 Memorials in Brooklyn
The large national monument at "Ground Zero" where the World Trade Center's Twin Towers once stood is not the only NYC monument to the victims of the attack. In Brooklyn (and nationwide), one can find memorials in churches, cemeteries, at firehouses, in parks and elsewhere.
See some of Brooklyn's permanent 9/11 Memorials
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