CULTURE BRIEFS: Week of November 10

SOPRANOS ACTOR DISCUSSES NEW FILM

Michael Imperioli is best known from his brooding performance asa gangster battling heroin addiction in HBO’s iconic mob drama TheSopranos. Imperioli, who also wrote five episodes of the defunctseries, has now written and directed a new film entitled TheHungry Ghosts. On Wednesday, November 16 at 7 p.m., BrooklynAcademy of Music will present a free screening of The HungryGhosts featuring a question and answer session with Imperioli.Email [email protected] for tickets or check out www.bam.org formore information.

ALZHEIMER’S SUPPORT GROUP

Taking care of a loved one suffering from dementia can be a lonelytask. The New York Memory Center is offering a free monthlyCaregivers’ Support Group on the third Thursday of every month.This month’s meeting will take place on November 17 from 6:30 p.m.to 8:30 p.m. at the Park Slope Geriatric Day Center, 199 14thStreet. Sign up in advance by calling Josephine Brown at718-499-7701, extension 21.

REMEMBERING BROOKLYN’S CIVIL RIGHTS LEGACY

Find out more about your neighborhood’s role in the civil rightsmovement when the Brooklyn Historical Society hosts Civil Rights inBrooklyn: Stories of Struggle and Protest from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. onSunday, November 20 at 128 Pierrepont Street. A panel of activistswill discuss Brooklyn’s role in the movement, followed by anopportunity for audience members to tell their own stories.Attendance is included with the museum’s $6 admission charge. Formore information, go to: www.brooklynhistory.org.

ICONIC CONEY ISLAND ART ON DISPLAY

Richard Eagan and Philomena Marano formed the Coney IslandHysterical Society in 1982, becoming two of the first visualartists to work within Coney Island during the area’s artisticrenaissance of the same decade. On Sunday, November 20 at 3 p.m.Eagan and Marano will deliver a free lecture at the site of theircurrent exhibition — Tabla Rasa Gallery — at 224 48th Street.Lila Place’s 15-minute film Under the Roller Coaster will beshown following the talk. Call 718-833-9100 to reserve a seat orvisit www.tablarasagallery.com for more information.