We are partnering with PEN America to present an evening of cocktails and conversation centering Caribbean women writers. This evening, the second in our two-part series, presents Dominican poet Elizabeth Acevedo; Brooklyn-based Jamaican novelist Nicole Dennis-Benn, author of Here Comes the Sun, named a New York Times “Best Book of the Year”; and Malka Older, Cuban American author of Infomocracy and Null States, in conversation.

Schedule:

• 6 pm Cocktail hour and live jazz
• 7 pm Conversation with Elizabeth Acevedo, Nicole Dennis-Benn, and Malka Older
• 8:15 pm Live jazz by Neil Clarke Trio Plus

Tickets are $16 and include Museum admission. VIP tickets are $50 and include Museum admission and an open bar. Members receive complimentary tickets. To receive the Member code, email us at membership@brooklynmuseum.org with your full name and Membership ID. Not a Member? Join today!

Co-presented by the Jazz Foundation of America, with support in part from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts. 

Part of A Year of Yes: Reimagining Feminism at Brooklyn Museum.