Saturday, November 1:
London Calling
FREE admission from 5 to 11 p.m.
5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Singing Sculpture Interactive
Schapiro Wing, 5th Floor
Bring your favorite song on your MP3 player to lip synch, mime or dance to, and create your own singing sculpture like Gilbert and George's famous performance art project.
6 - 8 p.m. Music
Hall of the Americas, 1st Floor
Nigerian Brit Adama shares her repertoire of world- and jazz-influenced alternative pop, known in London as Electronica pop.
6 - 8 p.m. Film
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor
In a triumph of documentary storytelling, Election Day (Katy Chevigny, 2007, 90 min., NR) combines 11 stories of street-level experience of American voters on November 2, 2004. A discussion with director follows. Free tickets (340) available at the Visitor Center at 5 p.m.*
6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Artist Talk
Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Forum, 4th Floor
British-born artist Edwina Sandys discusses her work on feminist themes. Free tickets (30) available at the Visitor Center at 5 p.m.*
6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Hands-On Art
Education Division, 1st Floor
Be inspired by Gilbert and George's dedication to their London neighborhood and create a collage of your own neighborhood. Participants are encouraged to bring photographs or items from their neighborhood to include in their collages. Free timed tickets (380) available at the Visitor Center at 5:30 p.m.*
7:30 p.m. Young Voices Gallery Talk
Meet at the entrance to the Cantor Gallery, 5th Floor
Student Guide, Simone Herbin leads a lively Sign Language-interpreted gallery talk on the work of Gilbert and George.
8 p.m. Artist Talk
Meet at the entrance to the Robert E. Blum Gallery, 1st Floor
Artist Jesper Just discusses the exhibition Jesper Just: Romantic Delusions. Free tickets (30) available at the Visitor Center at 7 p.m.*
8:30 p.m. Film
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor
The enchanting film My Beautiful Laundrette (Stephen Frears, 1986, 97, NR, content advisory) shows an interracial, same-sex couple's struggle for love and success in England. Free tickets (340) available at the Visitor Center at 7 p.m.*
9 - 11 p.m. Dance Party
Beaux Art Court, 3rd Floor
DJs Miss Modular, Dr. Maz, and Kevington of Mondo NYC's legendary premier indie dance party host a dance party celebrating the creative sounds of young Britain, spinning Brit Pop, Northern Soul, New Wave, Beat, and British Indie.
* Due to limited capacity, some programs require tickets.
Free tickets are available for these selected programs. There are THREE ticket distribution times: 5 p.m. for ticketed programs that begin before 8 p.m.; 5:30 p.m. for Hands-On Art; and 7 p.m. for ticketed programs that begin at 8 p.m. and after. Lines for tickets often form 30 minutes before tickets are distributed. Members may pick up tickets from the Membership Desk beginning at 2 p.m. while supplies last.
Programs subject to change without notice.
Free general admission and $4 parking (flat rate), 5-11 p.m.
Museum galleries are open until 11 p.m.
Cash bar, food concessions, and Shop open until 11 p.m.
Learn more about the Brooklyn Museum and its rich selection of ongoing programs and resources.
Photo credit: Adama. Yaniv Edry
SOURCE: Brooklyn Museum
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