With Filmmaker and Writer Ethan Fuirst
Featuring Festive Streisand Inspired Cocktails

Join us for our two-part series on the life and career of Barbra Streisand from her Brooklyn beginnings to her legacy-affirming sold-out concerts. How do the themes of Funny Girl show up in Yentl? Does her musical success get in the way of her screen acting? How does she want to be seen and how do we see her? While no previous Streisand knowledge is required, participants are advised to watch Yentl ahead of the class.  Both sessions will include snacks and Streisand-themed cocktails.

Session 2 (1982 - Present) Please register below.
Exploring Barbra's three films as director (including Yentl), her stadium concerts, the legacy she wants to build for herself, and the legacy the public has for her.

We are also offering a Zoom option for those who cannot attend in person. Click here to join us on Zoom.

Click here to view Session 1 (1942 - 1982)
Tracking Barbra's rise to stardom through the New York nightclub scene, Funny Girl, musical film adaptations, up to the height of movie stardom in the 1970s.

Ethan Fuirst is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker and writer from Chappaqua.  His short films “Come at me, bro" and “Long Bad Text” have received national recognition.  His forthcoming short 1781 was featured in a New York Times Magazine feature on intimacy coordinators. A graduate of Kenyon College, where he studied film and history, Ethan has worked at the Jacob Burns Film Center, the Telluride Film Festival and the Tenement Museum.  And he is a big fan of Barbara Streisand.