Community Events

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Evening Tour: Mickalene Thomas: Origin of the Universe

Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 6:30 p.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

A Museum Guide leads a free evening tour of the exhibition Mickalene Thomas: Origin of the Universe.

Wandering Winter Solstice Concert with Make Music New York

Friday, December 21 | Noon–1:30 p.m. | Meet at Magnolia Plaza

Celebrate the start of winter as baritone Christopher Dylan Herbert presents a new realization of Franz Schubert’s Winterreise (winter journey), a song cycle that sets to music 24 poems by Wilhelm Müller. The performance will migrate throughout the Garden, using nature as a backdrop for the vivid imagery of Müller’s poetry and Schubert’s music, with German-to-English supertitles created by students from Parsons The New School for Design. Audience members will provide the musical accompaniment using handheld radios provided by Make Music New York.

Salsa Party: Hosted by DJ Henry and Balmir Studios

Thursday, January 17, 2013 at 7 p.m.
Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Pavilion, 1st Floor

Join us for an evening of salsa, merengue, and bachata featuring music by DJ Henry Knowles and a performance by Balmir Studio’s professional salsa team. Come early for a salsa class at 6 p.m., then stay and showcase your newly acquired moves over the course of a two-hour salsa party from 7 to 9 p.m. There will also be a gallery tour titled “Art, Dance, and Salsa” at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are available at the door or online at www.museumtix.com. Cash bar and small bites will be available.

New Ways of Seeing: Drop-in Drawing Workshop

Thursday, April 18, 2013 at 7:30–9:30 p.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

Join us every third Thursday of the month for drawing in the Museum’s galleries. Each workshop is led by a skilled teaching artist and focuses on a different object from the Museum’s collection, combining conversation with drawing to inspire engagement with art in new ways. Participants explore artists’ processes, build professional drawing tools and techniques, and meet others who share their interests in a casual and fun environment. Workshops are open to visitors of all ages, no experience necessary.

$8 materials fee; $7 for Museum Members. All materials are provided, and each person goes home with an original work on paper. For more information or to RSVP, email gallery-studio@brooklynmuseum.org.