Music
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Patsy Grant. (Photo: Jazz Foundation of America)
Summer Jazz: Patsy Grant
Sunday, July 28, 2024 2–4 pm
Lobby, 1st Floor (rain location: Auditorium, 3rd Floor)
Stop by the Museum’s lobby for performances by some of the city’s best musicians. July’s concert features Patsy Grant, a soulful song interpreter cherished in the Brooklyn jazz world for her spirited performances.
Music: Metro Steel Orchestra
Saturday, August 3, 2024 5–6 pm
Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor
Kick off the evening with Brooklyn’s own Metro Steel Orchestra, whose steelpan players won last year’s Junior and Senior Panorama Championship. These activities are presented in partnership with the West Indian American Day Carnival Association.
Music: Dada Cozmic
Saturday, August 3, 2024 7–8 pm
Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor
Dominican-born and Bronx-raised Dada Cozmic plays a selection of dance hits, taking inspiration from local Caribbean underground communities.
Music: RAGGA NYC
Saturday, August 3, 2024 7–10 pm
Beaux-Arts Court, 3rd Floor
Queer Caribbean art collective, party, and platform RAGGA NYC brings Oscar Nñ and Byrell the Great to spin tunes for the evening.
Music: Lulada Club
Saturday, August 3, 2024 9–10 pm
Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor
New York’s all-women salsa orchestra, Lulada Club, plays interpretations of classic salsa and bolero songs.
Rachiim Ausar-Sahu. (Photo: Courtesy of the Jazz Foundation of America)
Summer Jazz: Rachiim Ausar-Sahu and Jazz/Espiritu
Sunday, August 25, 2024 2–4 pm
Lobby, 1st Floor (rain location: Auditorium, 3rd Floor)
Stop by for an afternoon of spiritual jazz in the tradition of honored musical elders and ancestors.
dapperQ Fashion Show at Brooklyn Museum, 2023. (Photo: Grace Chu)
dapperQ Presents Nine
Thursday, September 5, 2024 6–11 pm
Beaux-Arts Court, 3rd Floor
Queer style platform dapperQ returns to present Nine, the ninth annual edition of New York Fashion Week’s largest LGBTQIA+ fashion show.
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Céline Semaan, 2024. (Photo: Dean Majd; courtesy of the author and Slow Factory)
Brooklyn Reads: A Woman Is a School with Céline Semaan
Thursday, September 26, 2024 7–9 pm
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor
Celebrate the release of A Woman Is a School, the latest memoir by Slow Factory founder Céline Semaan.
Siren Xypher. (Photo: Courtesy of the Jazz Foundation of America)
Summer Jazz: Siren Xypher
Sunday, September 29, 2024 2–4 pm
Lobby, 1st Floor (rain location: Auditorium, 3rd Floor)
Stop by the Museum’s lobby for a performance by Siren Xypher, a musical collective of three performing composers.
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