#139 Brooklyn Academy of Music

The Bowery Boys: New York City History

Tom Meyers

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, Places & Travel

4.8 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2012

⏱️ 46 minutes

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One of New York's oldest cultural institutions, the Brooklyn Academy of Music has an unusual history that spans over 150 years and two locations. We trace the story from the earliest roots of a Manhattan-Brooklyn rivalry and a discussion over high-class taste to the greatest stars of the arts, including a couple tragic tales and a bizarre event involving the mother of modern dance! www.boweryboyspodcast.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/boweryboys

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0:00.0	The Bowry Boys Episode 139, the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
0:04.4	Hey, it's the Bowry Boys.
0:06.0	Hey.
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0:20.4	Hello there. Welcome to the Bowry Boys. This is Greg Young.
0:23.2	And this is Tom Myers.
0:24.6	We're getting out of Manhattan.
0:26.4	Imagine. We're staying here physically,
0:28.8	but we are getting out of here with our topic.
0:31.2	Heading over to Sister Burrow, Brooklyn.
0:32.9	For a tale of one of America's oldest continually operating performance art centers
0:38.4	that would be the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
0:40.7	Did you just say one of America's oldest because I saw it specifically,
0:44.4	a few times as the oldest performing arts complex in the United States?
0:49.5	Well, it's older than any existing sports organization.
0:53.1	It's older than most civic institutions,
0:55.9	with only places like the New York Historical Society being a little bit older,
0:59.5	but it has been around for over 150 years since that first performance in 1861.
1:06.1	The Brooklyn Academy of Music, or BAM, as we shall be using a shorthand for most of this show,
1:12.5	as we shall be shouting and exclaiming at each other, BAM.
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