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April 2, 2016

Gallery Tour: Highlights

Saturday, April 2, 2016
2 pm

Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

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

Gallery Tour: This Place

Saturday, April 2, 2016
3 pm

Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

Join a Museum Guide for a free tour of the exhibition This Place.

Music

Saturday, April 2, 2016
5 pm

Falu returns to the Museum to enchant with her fusion of Hindustani classical, raga, pop, and jazz.

Film

Saturday, April 2, 2016
6 pm

Planetary (Guy Reid, 2015, 52 min.) explores humanity's cosmic origins and invites us to rethink our relationship to each other and the world around us. Followed by a talkback. Free tickets (310) at the Admissions Desk at 5 p.m.

Hands-On Art

Saturday, April 2, 2016
6–7:15 pm

Create scrolls and paint papier-mâché beads with artists Steven and William Ladd, to contribute to a community mural project in City Point, Brooklyn. Free tickets (165) at the Admissions Desk at 5 p.m.

Book Signing and Pop-Up Shop

Saturday, April 2, 2016
6–8 pm

Museum Shop, 1st Floor

Welcome the spring with a full month of shopping events at the Museum!

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Pop-Up Gallery Talks

Saturday, April 2, 2016
6:30–8:30 pm

Enjoy ten-minute discussions about art related to nature and agriculture.

Performance and Workshop

Saturday, April 2, 2016
7 pm

Dust off your dancing shoes with a performance and workshop by Earl Mosley's Diversity of Dance, presented by the Brooklyn Dance Festival.

Music

Saturday, April 2, 2016
7 pm

High-energy band Brown Rice Family combines reggae, hip-hop, dancehall, Brazilian, Afro-beat, jazz styling, Latin, and funk.

Poetry

Saturday, April 2, 2016
7:30 pm

Desiree Bailey performs a deep-sea poetic exploration of mermaids, black female divinity, and the Haitian Revolution. Laura Lamb Brown uses poetry, song, and Craigslist posts to tell a story of love between a seal-woman and a farmer in Rhode Island.

Film

Saturday, April 2, 2016
8 pm

BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez (Barbara Attie, Janet Goldwater, and Sabrina Schmidt Gordon, 2015, 91 min.) reflects on the life and impact of poet, teacher, and activist Sonia Sanchez. Followed by a talk back with Gordon and musician Imani Uzuri. Free tickets (310) at the Admissions Desk at 7 p.m.

Music

Saturday, April 2, 2016
9 pm

Audiences worldwide have been inspired by Maya Azucena’s powerful voice and equally stirring messages of social activism since her performance here in 2012. Now she’s back to put some Spring in our step and get our hearts beating for the new season!

Dance Break

Saturday, April 2, 2016
9 pm

WNYC's Death, Sex & Money podcast hosts a dance break featuring a listener-powered playlist of “anthems of change.”