Target First Saturdays @ The Brooklyn Museum, March 1, 2008

At the Brooklyn Museum's Target First Saturdays, thousands of visitors enjoy free programs of art and entertainment each month from 5–11 p.m. All evening long, the Museum Café serves a wide selection of sandwiches, salads, and beverages, and a cash bar offers wine and beer. Parking is a flat rate of $4 starting at 5 p.m. All other Saturdays, the Museum closes at 6 p.m.

Please note that due to limited capacities, some Target First Saturday programs require tickets. Ticket lines often form 30 minutes before ticket distribution at the Visitor Center located in the Rubin Lobby. Programs are subject to change.
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Celebrate Women's History Month Carnival-Style

6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m. Music
Hall of the Americas, 1st Floor

Lucía Pulido puts her own spin on traditional Colombian rhythms.

6:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m. Poetry
Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Forum, 4th Floor

Chilean poet and artist Cecilia Vicuña debuts a multimedia program involving poetry, film, and music, based on the Paracas Textile. A Q & A follows. Free tickets (30) are available at the Visitor Center at 5 p.m.

6:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m. Hands-On Art
Education Division, 1st Floor

Sculpt an animal-inspired clay pot. Free timed tickets (380) are available at the Visitor Center at 5:30 p.m.

6:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m. Dance
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor

Ballet Folklorico Perú performs traditional Peruvian dance and music. A Q & A follows. Free tickets (330) are available at the Visitor Center at 5 p.m.

7:00 p.m. Young Voices Gallery Talk
Meet at the entrance to American Identities, 5th Floor

Student guides present an interactive tour "Looking At Art: Critical and Formal Perspectives" in American Identities.

7:30 p.m. Young Voices Gallery Talk
Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, 4th Floor

Grace Opper, a Student Guide, leads an interactive gallery talk in the exhibition Ghada Amer: Love Has No End.

8:00 p.m. Curator Talk
Hall of the Americas, 1st Floor

Nancy Rosoff, with a Sign Language interpreter, leads a multisensory tour of the Andean textile collection. Free tickets (30) are available at the Visitor Center at 7 p.m.

8:30 p.m. Film
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor

Witness the power of music to overcome violence in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in Favela Rising (Matt Mochary and Jeff Zimbalist, 2005, 80 min., NR). A Q & A with director Jeff Zimbalist follows. Free tickets are available (330) at the Visitor Center at 7 p.m.

9:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m. Music
Hall of the Americas, 1st Floor

Tango band Los Chantas performs.

9:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m. Dance Party
Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Pavilion, 1st Floor

BrazilianBeat Brooklyn's DJ Sean Marquand spins Brazilian dance music, Mardi Gras rhythms, and soca beats saluting carnivals of the world.

Sponsored by Target

Made possible by the Wallace Foundation Community Programs Fund, established by the Wallace Foundation, with additional support from DLA Piper US LLP, The Ellis A. Gimbel Trust, KeySpan Energy, and other donors. Also supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York Community Trust. Media sponsor: New York Times Community Affairs Department.

All images and text courtesy of the Brooklyn Museum.