CULTURE BRIEFS: Week of November 3

DISCOVER YOUR HOUSE’S HISTORY AT BHS

Have you ever wondered about the history of your house beforeyou lived in it? On Saturday, November 12 from 2 to 4 p.m., theBrooklyn Historical Society can help you find some answers. TheResearch Your House Workshop being held at BHS’s 128 PierrepontStreet location, will teach you how to use the images, records anddocuments in the society’s archives to reveal your dwelling’s past.Tickets are $50. For more information, call 718-222-4111 or visitwww.brooklynhistory.org.

SARAH SILVERMAN AT BAM

With a reputation for holding nothing back and a delivery assharp as the wit behind it, Sarah Silverman shows are not for thefaint of heart. Don’t be shocked to find yourself cracking up inmoments that catch you off guard. Sensitive souls take cover asSilverman brings her cutting edge comedy to the Brooklyn Academy ofMusic (BAM) at 8 p.m. on Saturday, November 12 as part of the NewYork Comedy Festival. Tickets start at $36 for the performance atBAM’s Howard Gilman Opera House at 30 Lafayette Avenue. For moreinformation, call 718-636-4100, extension 1, or visitwww.bam.org.

RECYCLE, EXPLORE, CREATE

You might not know it, but Tuesday, November 15 is AmericaRecycles Day. Seize the opportunity to teach your family aboutrecycling at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum with a lecture at 11:30a.m. that day, free with the museum’s $7.50 admission. Participantswill check out musical instruments, footwear and toys in themuseum’s collection made out of recycled materials and then work ontheir own creations. The museum is at 145 Brooklyn Avenue. For moreinformation, call 718-735-4400 or go to www.brooklynkids.org.

REGINA OPERA PRESENTS MADAMA BUTTERFLY

Giacomo Puccini’s Madama Butterfly is the story of a Japanesewoman who forsakes her family to marry an American soldier. OnNovember 19, 20, 26 and 27 at 3 p.m., Regina Opera Company willpresent the tragedy at Regina Hall, 1210 65th Street. Tickets are$25, $20 for students and senior citizens. For more information,call 718-259-2772 or visit them online at www.reginaopera.org.