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About Beverly Sommer

Beverly Sommer is Marketing and Group Tour Coordinator and works in the Visitor Services Department, where she has been working since 2007. Most recently she served as Theater Manager for the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival. She is a founding member of Pop-Up Art and was the first Visual Arts Curator for Art House Productions. Prior to joining the Brooklyn Museum staff she worked as a professional photographer and has been published by Random House, Inc. and Conveyor Magazine. She holds a B.F.A. in Film, Photography, and Visual Arts from Ithaca College and a M.B.A. in Global Management from Rutgers University. Her favorite film is “Trip to the Moon” and she’s an award winning pie baker.

Breathe In, Breathe Out – you can relax now

A yoga teacher once told me, “you have everything you need and more than you could possibly imagine.” As an over scheduled, stressed out, on-the-go, hyper stimulated, frazzled, crazed, sometimes angst-y urban woman, this seemed like a really funny joke. … Continue reading

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Thursday @ 7 . . . in Yemen.

Filmed in Yemen, The Oath is an extraordinary portrait of Abu Jandal, former body guard to Osama bin Laden, jihadist, father, mentor, and cab driver. He’s also an engaging and intriguing character with a magnetic personality.  Dare I use the … Continue reading

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Chocolate and pastry, anyone?

When it comes to competition, visual artists and culinary chefs are some of the fiercest in the world. The intensity of sport, the drive for perfection, the endless refinement, and the glorious relief upon victory are as passionate as they … Continue reading

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Some things go better together: POV and Brooklyn Museum

Like Coney Island and hot dogs, some things just go together. Such is the combined forces of the award winning documentary series, POV and the Brooklyn Museum’s Thursdays @ 7. The partnership started as all partnerships do, with an idea … Continue reading

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