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August 1, 2015

Gallery Tour

Saturday, August 1, 2015
12 pm

Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

Join a Museum Guide for a free tour of Museum highlights.

Gallery Tour: “Gods and Animals in Egyptian Art”

Saturday, August 1, 2015
1 pm

Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

Join a Museum Guide for a free tour of gods and animals represented in the installation Egypt Reborn.

Gallery Tour

Saturday, August 1, 2015
2 pm

Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

Join a Museum Guide for a free tour of the exhibition The Rise of Sneaker Culture.

Music

Saturday, August 1, 2015
5 pm

BombaYo performs traditional Afro Puerto Rican bomba drumming, which combines West African, Taino, and Spanish percussion. Presented in partnership with CaribBEING.

Film

Saturday, August 1, 2015
5–9 pm

Experimental media program Black Radical Imagination presents short films by Jeannette Elhers, Vashti Harrison, and Jamilah Sabur exploring mythmaking and folklore from different areas of the Caribbean.

Original jewelry by Lisa Monahan

Original jewelry by Lisa Monahan

Trunk Show: Lisa Monahan

Saturday, August 1, 2015
5–9 pm

Museum Shop, 1st Floor

Come check out metalsmith Lisa Monahan's beautifully crafted jewelry.

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Performance

Saturday, August 1, 2015
6 pm

The Braata Folk Singers present Caribbean folk music representing the diverse cultures of the West Indies.

Film

Saturday, August 1, 2015
6 pm

Selena Blake presents clips from her film Taboo Yardies (2011), which examines homophobia and the struggle for LGBTQ rights in Jamaica.

Pop-Up Carnival

Saturday, August 1, 2015
6–9 pm

Poet Arielle John performs and hosts a presentation of carnival costumes and musical traditions from various Caribbean islands. Curated by CaribBEING.

Hands-On Art

Saturday, August 1, 2015
6:30–8:30 pm

Explore carving, printing, and layering techniques in printmaking to create an island landscape.

Film

Saturday, August 1, 2015
7 pm

Papa Machete (Jonathan David Kane, 2014, 10 min.) tells the story of one of the few remaining masters of machete fencing, a martial art which emerged from the Haitian Revolution. A Q&A with the director follows. Presented in partnership with CaribBEING.

Music

Saturday, August 1, 2015
7 pm

Cuban jazz pianist Elio Villafranca blends sounds from the island nations of Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, and Cuba.

Film

Saturday, August 1, 2015
8 pm

Ackee & Saltfish (Cecile Emeke, webseries) follows best friends Rachel and Olivia as they tackle everything from gentrification to the difficulties of getting Lauryn Hill tickets. A talkback with the director follows. Presented in partnership with CaribBEING.

Book Club

Saturday, August 1, 2015
8:30 pm

Naomi Jackson, raised in Brooklyn by West Indian parents, discusses her new novel, The Star Side of Bird Hill (Penguin Press, June 2015), a story about community, betrayal, and love centered on a matriarchal family in Barbados.

Music

Saturday, August 1, 2015
9 pm

Klash City Sound System and Supa Frendz perform a mash up of reggae, punk, and hip-hop, expanding notions of Caribbean music.