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Mar
26
BAM Guest Curator Hanif Abdurraqib Releases Essay Collection on Black Performance

BAM Guest Curator Hanif Abdurraqib Releases Essay Collection on Black Performance

Hanif Abdurraqib. Photo credit: Megan Leigh Barnard. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In his new essay collection, ‘A Little Devil in America: Notes in
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May
22
DanceAfrica is Back For Its 43rd Year – And It’s All Virtual

DanceAfrica is Back For Its 43rd Year – And It’s All Virtual

Dancers of Creative Outlet Dance Theatre of Brooklyn performing at the DanceAfrica 2006 dress rehearsal. Courtesy of Jack Vartoogian/FrontRowPhotos.
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May
12
BAM Honors Cate Blanchett and Zadie Smith in First-Ever Virtual Gala

BAM Honors Cate Blanchett and Zadie Smith in First-Ever Virtual Gala

From left, Virtual Gala 2020 honorees Cate Blanchett; Zadie Smith; Jeanne Donovan Fisher. Courtesy of BAM.Tomorrow, BAM will honor
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Oct
22
Spook-tacular Halloween Events In Brooklyn

Spook-tacular Halloween Events In Brooklyn

Argyle Street, Ditmas Park (Pamela Wong/Bklyner)Saturday, October 26 3RD ANNUAL KIDS HALLOWEEN PARADE + SCAVENGER HUNT [https://industrycity.com/
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Oct
10
BAM’s New Artistic Director Previews His First Next Wave Festival

BAM’s New Artistic Director Previews His First Next Wave Festival

David Binder by Jesse Winter/BAMThe Next Wave Festival at BAM has always been a showcase for new, exciting theater.
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Aug
06
4 New Public Artworks Coming To BAM

4 New Public Artworks Coming To BAM

FORT GREENE – The Brooklyn Academy of Music [https://www.bam.org] (BAM) announced on Tuesday the commission of four new
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Jun
14
BAM Staffers Vote To Unionize

BAM Staffers Vote To Unionize

FORT GREENE – Administrative and cinema employees at the Brooklyn Academy of Music [https://www.bam.org/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIpbnY8sHp4gIVh5-zCh1nPwwkEAAYAyAAEgKvw_D_BwE&
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Apr
04
Word. Sound. Power. Celebrating 15 Years of Spoken Word and Hip Hop

Word. Sound. Power. Celebrating 15 Years of Spoken Word and Hip Hop

FORT GREENE – This weekend the Brooklyn Academy of Music [https://www.bam.org] (BAM) will present the 15th annual celebration
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Jan
31
Weekend Art Events: February 1-3 (Soul Of A Nation, New World, Lazer Eyes, The Female Gaze & More)

Weekend Art Events: February 1-3 (Soul Of A Nation, New World, Lazer Eyes, The Female Gaze & More)

This weekend is packed with fun things to check out, including Target First Saturday at the Brooklyn Museum celebrating Black
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Jan
18
Martin Luther King Day 2019 Celebrations In Brooklyn

Martin Luther King Day 2019 Celebrations In Brooklyn

Photo via Wikimedia Commons [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USMC-09611.jpg]Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. would have turned
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