June Target First Saturday @ Brooklyn Museum: Illuminating Islam

5–7 p.m. Music
Rubin Pavilion, 1st floor
Funky jass orchestra Brooklyn Qawwali Party performs songs that honor the legendary Pakistani vocalist Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

5:30–7 p.m. Film and Performance
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd floor
I Named Her Angel (Nefin Dinc, 2006, 30 min., Turkish with English subtitles) follows twelve-year-old Elif as she studies the art of whirling and prepares to join the Mevlevi Brotherhood. A Sufi whirling dance demonstration in the Beaux-Arts Court follows. Free tickets (340) are available at the Visitor Center at 5 p.m.

6–7 p.m. Artist Talk
Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Forum, 4th floor
Seher Shah, whose work is featured in the exhibition 21: Selections of Contemporary Art from the Brooklyn Museum, gives a talk. Free tickets (30) are available at the Visitor Center at 5 p.m.

6:30-8:30 p.m. Hands-On Art
Education Division, 1st Floor
Create a lantern inspired by Light of the Sufis art and poetry. Free timed tickets (380) are available at the Visitor Center at 5:30 p.m.

6:30 p.m. Film
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor
I Love Hip Hop in Morocco (Joshua Asen, Jennifer Needleman, 2007, 80 min., NR) follows a group of Moroccan artists producing the country's first professional hip-hop concert. Post-screening discussion with Director Joshua Asen follows. Free tickets (340) are available at the Visitor Center at 6 p.m.

7 p.m. Young Voices Gallery Talk
Meet at the entrance to the Islamic Gallery, 2nd floor
Student Guides explore the diversity of Islamic art and identity in the Museum's permanent collection.

8 p.m. Curator Talk (Sign Language-Interpreted)
Meet at the entrance to the Islamic Gallery, 2nd floor
Ladan Akbarnia, Associate Curator of Islamic Art, gives a talk on the special exhibition Light of the Sufis. Free tickets (30) are available at the Visitor Center at 6 p.m.

9 p.m. Target First Saturday Book Club
Islamic Gallery, 2nd floor
Join NYU professor Sibel Erol for an intimate discussion about Orhan Pamuk's My Name Is Red, an award-winning murder mystery revolving around illuminated manuscripts in sixteenth-century Istanbul.

9:30-10:45 p.m. Music
Rubin Pavilion, 1st floor
Funky jazz orchestra Brooklyn Qawwali Party performs a second set.

9-11 p.m. Dance Party
Museum Parking Lot (Rain Location: Beaux-Arts Court, 3rd floor)
GlobeSonic Sound System DJ Fabian Alsultany and DJ Pepe of Electric Lila transform the eclectic sounds and rythems of the Islamic world into a hot dance party.

And for 1stfans. . .

7 p.m. Art Collection Presentation
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st floor
Meet the Platea collective as they report on their latest public art projects carried out in the digital megacity of social media. Meet in the Rubin Lobby at 6:45 p.m.

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