At the Brooklyn Museum's Target First Saturdays, thousands of visitors enjoy free programs of art and entertainment each month from 5–11 p.m. All evening long, the Museum Café serves a wide selection of sandwiches, salads, and beverages, and a cash bar offers wine and beer. Parking is a flat rate of $4 starting at 5 p.m. All other Saturdays, the Museum closes at 6 p.m.
Please note that due to limited capacities, some Target First Saturday programs require tickets. Ticket lines often form 30 minutes before ticket distribution at the Visitor Center located in the Rubin Lobby. Members may pick up tickets from the Membership Desk beginning at 2 p.m. while supplies last. Programs subject to change without notice.
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July 4, 2009
America Remix
Music
5–5:40 p.m.
Steinberg Family Sculpture Garden, 1st Floor
Music
6–6:40 p.m.
Steinberg Family Sculpture Garden, 1st Floor
The legendary
Mandingo Ambassadors play authentic Guinean music, using their rich melodies and funky moves to get you dancing.
Rain Plan: Rubin Glass Pavilion, 1st Floor.
Hands-On Art
6:30–8:30 p.m.
Education Division, 1st Floor
Stitch together your own patchwork quilt with fabrics and designs inspired by the diverse cultures of Brooklyn. Free timed tickets (380) are available at the Visitor Center at 5:30 p.m.
Film
6:30–8:30 p.m.
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor
The Namesake (Mira Nair, 2007, 122 min., PG-13) follows one family as they adjust to life in North America. Gogol, the American-born son of Bengali parents, struggles to find balance between his family’s traditions and his own path.
Free tickets (340) are available at the Visitor Center at 5 p.m.
Music
7–7:40 p.m.
Steinberg Family Sculpture Garden, 1st Floor
Samba Nation takes the musical energy up a notch with its Latin grooves.
Rain Plan: Rubin Glass Pavilion, 1st Floor.
Gallery Talk by Student Guide
7 p.m.
Meet at the Entrance to Yinka Shonibare MBE, Schapiro Wing, 4th Floor
Cristina Garza, a Student Guide, gives a Sign Language–interpreted talk on
Yinka Shonibare MBE.
Music
8–8:40 p.m.
Steinberg Family Sculpture Garden, 1st Floor
Brooklyn-based indie rockers
The Shondes keep the evening hot with high-energy, politically savvy rock’n’roll with Yiddish and classical influences.
Rain Plan: Rubin Glass Pavilion, 1st Floor.
Dance Party
9–11 p.m.
Museum Parking Lot, Behind Museum
Cosmo Baker from The Rub brings a fast-paced American music mash-up from disco to hip-hop and everything in between.
Rain Plan: Beaux-Arts Court, 3rd Floor.
Made possible by the Wallace Foundation Community Programs Fund, established by the Wallace Foundation, with additional support from DLA Piper, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, The Ellis A. Gimbel Trust, National Grid, and other donors.
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