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February 6, 2016

Gallery Tour: Collection

Saturday, February 6, 2016
1 pm

Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

Join a Museum Guide for a free tour exploring our collection in depth. To find out which collection areas this tour will visit, check at the Admissions Desk when you arrive.

Gallery Tour: Highlights

Saturday, February 6, 2016
2 pm

Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

Join a Museum Guide for a free tour of Museum highlights.

Music

Saturday, February 6, 2016
5 pm

Dasan Ahanu and Tai Allen present The Originals, a live mix-tape that honors the progressive music and poetry of legends Gil Scott-Heron and Oscar Brown, Jr.

I Love My Hair book cover

Book Signing: I Love My Hair

Saturday, February 6, 2016
5–7 pm

Museum Shop, 1st Floor

Join Andrea Pippins as she signs copies of I Love My Hair, her adult coloring book highlighting the beauty of many hairstyles.

Performance

Saturday, February 6, 2016
6 pm

The New Black Fest presents HANDS UP: 7 Testaments, a series of monologues by emerging black playwrights exploring their experiences with racial profiling and policing. Followed by a Q&A with the performers and playwrights.

Explore with an Expert

Saturday, February 6, 2016
6 pm

Use our new ASK app to chat with experts in real time, get your questions answered, and explore the Museum in a completely personalized way. Must have an iPhone to participate.

Workshop

Saturday, February 6, 2016
6 pm

Participate in a workshop led by organizer, abolitionist, and freedom fighter Joshua Allen exploring the important intersection between organizing around Black Lives Matter and gender justice.

Interactive Space

Saturday, February 6, 2016
6–9 pm

Explore the past, present, and future of black radicalism with the Museum of Impact through interactive activities. At 8 p.m. the #VeryBlack Project and #TeamMelanin host a celebration that honors our predecessors and inspires us to fight for the futures we want.

Pop-Up Gallery Talks

Saturday, February 6, 2016
6:30–8:30 pm

Enjoy ten-minute discussions about works of art around the Museum.

Hands-On Art

Saturday, February 6, 2016
6:30–8:30 pm

Be inspired by the art of Romare Bearden to create a collage portrait or self-portrait using special papers.

Music

Saturday, February 6, 2016
7 pm

Brooklyn-based Latasha Alcindor, aka L.A., presents the LA Lytes tour, with DJ Afro Panther and NonVisuals, fusing rhymes, music, and multimedia to promote forward movement and empowerment.

Film

Saturday, February 6, 2016
8 pm

In The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (2015, 71 min.), Stanley Nelson pairs rare footage and interviews to tell the story of a pivotal movement. A conversation with Nelson and Elizabeth Sackler follows. Co-presented by Independent Lens and THIRTEEN.

Explore with an Expert

Saturday, February 6, 2016
8 pm

Use our new ASK app to chat with experts in real time, get your questions answered, and explore the Museum in a completely personalized way. Must have an iPhone to participate.

Book Club

Saturday, February 6, 2016
8:30 pm

What is the legacy of the Black Panther Party? Join Andy Zee, from Revolution Books, in a discussion drawing from Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party, by Joshua Bloom and Waldo Martin (2013), and From Ike to Mao and Beyond: My Journey from Mainstream America to Revolutionary Communist, by Bob Avakian (2005).

Music

Saturday, February 6, 2016
9 pm

Brooklyn-bred singer Charles Perry blends pop, funk, and R&B to create soulful, sonic storytelling.