How to Build a Fire: Endangered

January 30, 2026

On January 30th, Puffin Brooklyn and Open Source Gallery presented How to Build a Fire: Endangered. Four community members shared stories about things that feel at risk: identities, relationships, traditions, ecosystems, languages, jobs, bodies, neighborhoods, or versions of ourselves. These are stories about noticing what’s fragile, what’s being threatened, and what we’re trying to protect before it disappears — or the impact of what changes when something goes extinct.