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May 6, 2017

First Saturdays brought to you by Brooklyn Museum.

Gallery Tour: American Art

Saturday, May 6, 2017
1–2 pm

Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

Join a Museum Guide for a free tour exploring our American Art galleries.

Gallery Tour: Georgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern

Saturday, May 6, 2017
1:30–2:30 pm

Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

Join a Museum Guide for a free tour of the exhibition Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern; free with exhibition admission.

Bang on a Can's Asphalt Orchestra performing

Bang on a Can's Asphalt Orchestra. Photo by Stephanie Berger

Bang on a Can Marathon

Saturday, May 6, 2017
2–10 pm

Throughout the Museum

Bang on a Can comes to Brooklyn! Join us for eight hours of musical performances as we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Bang on a Can Marathon. (Suggested admission $16 before 5 pm; free as part of Target First Saturdays after 5 pm!)

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Gallery Tour: Highlights

Saturday, May 6, 2017
2–3 pm

Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

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

Gallery Tour: We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–85

Saturday, May 6, 2017
2:30–3:30 pm

Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

Join a Museum Guide for a free tour of the exhibition We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–85.

Gallery Tour: Georgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern

Saturday, May 6, 2017
3–4 pm

Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

Join a Museum Guide for a free tour of the exhibition Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern; free with exhibition admission.

Interactive Workshop: Found Sound Nation

Saturday, May 6, 2017
5–9 pm

Express yourself with Found Sound Nation’s Mobile Street Studio, a recording studio equipped for passersby and Marathon musicians alike to spontaneously create and record original music!

Hands-On Art

Saturday, May 6, 2017
6–8 pm

Get inspired by the rhythms and grooves of Bang on a Can and use everyday materials to craft your own musical instrument. After Hands-On Art, join us in the Biergarten at 8:15 to become a player in the Orchestra of Original Instruments. All ages welcome!

Brooklyn Dance Festival

Saturday, May 6, 2017
6–7 pm

Brooklyn Dance Festival presents David Parker’s Turing Tests, in which dancers from The Bang Group use their bodies to perform the musical score Perfect For The Bang Group, by Dean Rosenthal. Takes place every half hour.

Pop-Up Gallery Talks: Arts of the Americas

Saturday, May 6, 2017
6:30–7:30 pm

Teen Apprentices host ten-minute discussions on the musical instruments in our installation Life, Death, and Transformation in the Americas.

Pop-Up Poetry: Jaime Lee Lewis

Saturday, May 6, 2017
7:30–8:30 pm

Stop by for pop-up spoken word performances and conga drumming organized by poet Jaime Lee Lewis. Features Jennifer Falu, Hadaiyah Bey, Ahlaam Abduljalil, Jamie Falu, and Lewis.

Workshop: Orchestra of Original Instruments

Saturday, May 6, 2017
8:15–9 pm

Bring your handmade instrument from Hands-On Art, or clap and tap along! Join Bang on a Can All-Star and instrument designer Mark Stewart to create a live group arrangement in this exciting workshop for all ages.

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