DJs Joe Hova, Busquelo, Jasmine Solano and Zach Witness bring their mix of hip-hop, global, folkloric, and futuristic soul.
Juliana Huxtable brings her unparalleled brand of witchy cyborg beats to Tom Sachs’s boom boxes. 6-8pm
Escape the heat and refresh while watching the 2016 Summer Olympics. 8/18. 8-10pm
Target First Saturday celebrates Caribbean heritage with an evening of music, dance and performance.
Juliana Huxtable brings her unparalleled brand of witchy cyborg beats to Tom Sachs’s boom boxes.
Artist Tom Sachs’s Bodega plays host to No Vacancy Inn (Tremaine Emory and Acyde) and special guests Venusx and NY Theo. 6-9:45PM
Two of America’s greatest provocateurs of the offbeat, David Byrne and Stephen Powers, join poet Tom Healy at the Brooklyn Museum.
Mursi Layne spins an open format set that includes hip-hop, club, dancehall, soca, electronic, and soul.
The most comprehensive presentation of sports photography ever organized.
This event will be rescheduled. Because of an air-conditioning outage, the Museum will be closed Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (July 8–10).
Claressa "T-Rex" Shields fought to become the first woman from the United States to win a boxing gold medal at the Olympics
Renowned Bread and Puppet Theater present their latest show using life-size puppets.
This evening celebrates Independence Day with programing inspired by the exhibition Agitprop! and our refreshed American Art collection.
Natasha Diggs is a force to be reckoned with on vinyl. With live horn-infused disco, soul, Latin, hip-hop, and funk.
25 contemporary artists connect with historical African masquerade and invite viewers to think critically about their place in the world.
Take a break from the political heat and join us as caribBEING's Heritage Film Series continues with an election season double feature.
Cimarrón Spirit celebrates the masquerade traditions of the cimarrones, descendants of Taíno Indians and escaped enslaved Africans.
Kick off our second annual Heritage Film Series with the U.S. premiere of "Sketches from the Underground". 8pm FREE
Spice up your Thursday night with salsa dancing lessons and performances by some of Brooklyn's best professional salsa teams.
Nemo Librizzi and his son, DJ Fulano, pay homage to the streets of Brooklyn in the '80s and '90s on Tom Sachs’s boom boxes.
TYGAPAW mixes dancehall and pop on Tom Sachs’s boom boxes.
Tom Sachs and Questlove chat sound systems, the intersections of art and science, and their mutual love of music.
Planned by LGBTQ teens, for LGBTQ teens and their allies, this free evening is filled with art, friends, food, and fun.
A multigenerational and multimedia-based dialogue highlighting the experiences of women artist-activists from the 1980s to the present.
Come join a Museum Guide for a variety free gallery tours of various exhibitions in the Museum. Every hour from noon to 3pm.
Site-specific installation recalls the birth of new public art in Coney Island, and the emergence of a uniquely American style of painting.
The filmmakers explore a wide range of lived experiences and dig deeper into the people and places depicted in the exhibition "This Place".
Celebrate Gay Pride Month and the special exhibition Agitprop! with artists and performers that initiate social change through their art.
Join us as we celebrate the release of Clara Bingham's book "Witness to the Revolution" with a reading, Q&A, and book signing.
Explore work by artists with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities who were inspired by their neighborhoods, past and present.
New York City Gay Men's Chorus performs works from their latest season.
Planned by teens, for teens, this free evening is filled with art, friends, food, and fun.
Artist Nina Katchadourian discusses her explorations of public space, the role of humor in her work, and four new projects.
Live music, dance, performance. Explore how African masquerade reveals the traditions of our predecessors and tells stories of our present.
Seriously unserious art history lectures accompanied by wine and beer in the Biergarten, Steinberg Family Sculpture Garden . 7PM
Whet your palate before the screening of "In Search of Israeli Cuisine" with a tasting prepared by two award-winning chefs.
The Rubin Pavilion has been turned into a living sound system that hovers between art and science, the functional and the mythological.
Join a Museum Guide for free tours exploring our collection in depth.
Works by Aram Khachaturian, Samuel Barber, and Antonin Dvořak. Explore the connections between art and music with tours at 1 and 3:15pm.
How does the democratic nature of photography challenge our notions of “high art" and the role of the individual artist?