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::@chevon recommends:: 150 years of @BAM_Brooklyn Exhibit
Sanitary Fair stamps, 1864
During the Civil War, BAM held a Sanitary Fair to raise funds to buy medicine and bandages for the Union army. “It raised $400,000, which was a really big amount of money then,” explains Lehner. One of the more popular items sold were “these incredibly rare and beautiful stamps,” she continues. “All of the proceeds from these stamps went to the Sanitary Commission. People would come [to the fair] and post letters to one another in the neighborhood.”
When the Brooklyn Academy of Music kicked off its inaugural 1861–1862 season, the venue offered residents of the borough—then the third largest U.S. city—top-tier cultural happenings without having to trek to Manhattan’s theaters. Aside from performances, the institution, which originally resided in Brooklyn Heights, hosted “everything from social dances to lectures to political events,” says Sharon Lehner, director of the BAM Hamm Archives. Nowadays, BAM attracts gaggles of Manhattanites to Fort Greene for big-ticket draws like Academy Award winner Kevin Spacey, currently performing the titular role in Shakespeare’s Richard III (through Mar 4), and once-reclusive indie-rock hero Jeff Mangum (Jan 19–21). To celebrate its storied past, the institution has searched through its archives to create a rotating exhibit examining two time periods: 1861 to 1967 (Sun 15–Apr 15) and 1967 to today (May 1–Sept 2). We chatted with Lehner about the cultural force’s collection of rare films, photos, promotional knickknacks and artifacts on display for its sesquicentennial.
SEE IT NOW! “From Brooklyn to the World: A History of BAM,” BAM Peter Jay Sharp Building lobby, 30 Lafayette Ave between Ashland Pl and St. Felix St, Fort Greene, Brooklyn (bam.org). Mon–Sat noon–11pm, Sun 1–11pm; free. Sun 15–Sept 2.
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