The Day: Dance It Out, Tell Your Story and Get Your Art On

Good morning, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill.

It looks like the dog days of summer are refusing to let us go easily, as today’s high will be 74 degrees and reach the 80s by mid-week, according to the National Weather Service. In the meantime, there are plenty of events around the neighborhood today to work on your artistic inclinations, whether you are into dance, storytelling or sculpture.

• The Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company will lead a master class at the Brooklyn Academy of Music at 12 p.m. today. Janet Wong, the associate artistic director of the dance company will guide dancers through the same creative movements and collaborative choreography that was used to create this season’s “A Rite.” Although “A Rite” will premier later this week as part of BAM’s Next Wave Festival, experienced and professional dancers are invited to learn the methods behind this new piece. The workshop costs $25 and will be held at the Mark Morris Dance Center at 3 Lafayette Avenue. Pre-registration is encouraged. You can learn more and sign up here.
• Want to learn about the art of storytelling from the champions? Greenlight Bookstore and The Moth will host an evening of stories celebrating the release of the new book, “The Moth: 50 True Stories.” Featuring both Moth GrandSLAM winners and stories by the audience, the event will be moderated by The Moth Artistic Director Catherine Burns and will be followed by conversation and story coaching from The Moth’s Creative Team. If you would like to pitch a story to tell, call The Moth hotline at (877) 799-MOTH and specify that it is for the Greenlight Bookstore event. Need another incentive? Anyone who submits a story idea will get a special discount on copies of the new book on the night of the event. The free evening starts at 7:30 p.m. at Greenlight Bookstore at 686 Fulton Street.
• Is sculpture more your thing? The Fine Arts Department at the Pratt Institute is presenting a lecture by sculptor Tom Sachs. A sculptor whose work includes a miniature McDonald’s built from kitchen appliances and sculptures of Hello Kitty cast in bronze, Sachs will discuss his methods and artistic ideals. Sachs has exhibited his work internationally and has select works permanently exhibited in museums such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C. The free lecture is at 7 p.m. and will be held in Memorial Hall Auditorium at 200 Willoughby Avenue.