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First Saturday: Freedom Is an Everyday Struggle

Saturday, March 7, 5–10 pm

Celebrate Women’s History Month and the culture-shaping contributions of women and gender-nonconforming artists. Inspired by Everyday Rebellions: Collection Conversations and former political prisoner and scholar Angela Davis’s reminder that “freedom is a constant struggle,” March’s lineup reimagines what’s possible through music, film, dancing, and literature that envision a more liberated world.

Free; registration  is required and includes Museum general admission. Tickets will be released on a rolling basis starting February 13 for Members and February 16 for the public. Sign up for the Brooklyn Museum newsletter  to be notified of the next release.

The lineup is subject to change; revisit this page for the latest details. For accessibility accommodations, including ASL interpretation, email access@​brooklynmuseum.​org .

Throughout the Museum

Three people dancing on a crowded dance floor

Schedule

  • 5–6 pm

    Music: Chispa
    Lobby, 1st Floor
    Channel the power of queer love with songs from Chispa’s debut album, Somos Medicina. Helmed by songwriter Julia Rocha-Nava and rooted in musical traditions of Latin America and the Caribbean, Chispa dreams of composting systems of oppression and reconnecting with the land.

  • 5–9:30 pm

    Brooklyn Pop-Up Market
    Beaux-Arts Court, 3rd Floor
    Shop unique and handmade items by more than 30 artists and vendors from across the borough, featuring art, jewelry, apparel, and apothecary and home goods.

  • 5:30–6:30 pm

    Music: Sukanya
    Beaux-Arts Court, 3rd Floor
    Experience a set by Sukanya, inspired by her open-format radio show Alloy Hour and featuring a performance by electronic and multimedia artist Nailoh.

  • 5:30–7:30 pm

    Hands-On Art
    Education Studios, 1st Floor
    Layer and tear away colored paper to create a landscape, taking inspiration from Sarah Sze’s Cave Painting in Everyday Rebellions: Collection Conversations.

  • 6–7 pm

    Gallery Talk: Tatreez with Wafa Ghnaim
    Arts of the Islamic World Galleries, 2nd Floor
    Immerse yourself in the matrilineal traditions of tatreez (embroidery) with dress historian Wafa Ghnaim, who showcases the detail of a Palestinian thobe (traditional dress) in the Museum’s collection.

  • 6:30–9 pm

    Film: Free Angela Davis and All Political Prisoners
    Auditorium, 3rd Floor
    The celebrated documentary Free Angela Davis and All Political Prisoners (Shola Lynch, 2013, 103 min.) spotlights the scholar and activist and the worldwide campaign surrounding her 1972 trial.

  • 7–8 pm

    Music: Ami Dang
    Lobby, 1st Floor
    Enter the soundscape of sitarist Ami Dang, who blends North Indian classical music with noise, ambient electronics, and experimental dance pop.

  • 7–10 pm

    Music: Canton Mambo 曼波 with Gia Fu
    Beaux-Arts Court, 3rd Floor
    Celebrate the cross-cultural legacies of Chinese and Afro-Latin music traditions in Canton Mambo 曼波, a party created by vinyl DJ Gia Fu. Start the evening by learning the cha-cha, and then dance to sets that mix traditional Latin salsa with Cantopop hits.

  • 8–9 pm

    Book Talk: The Waterbearers with Sasha Bonét
    American Art Galleries, 5th Floor
    Delve into Sasha Bonét’s dazzling and transformative meditation on Black motherhood with a reading from her debut memoir, The Waterbearers. Followed by a signing with Bonét and a book sale hosted by Lofty Pigeon Books.

  • 9–10 pm

    Music: DJ ራሄል (Rachel)
    Lobby, 1st Floor
    Dance to the sounds of ራሄል (Rachel), an all-vinyl DJ whose practice is a love letter to the rhythms of the world. She spins through genres and decades, weaving together disco, Afrobeat, Kwaito, Soca, funk, Zouk, boogie, and more.

First Saturdays are supported by the Office of the Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso. Made possible by the Wallace Foundation Community Programs Fund, established by the Wallace Foundation.

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