— Friday, January 20th, 2017 —

Marathon Reading: “Let America Be America Again”
200 Eastern Parkway at The Brooklyn Museum
Time: 11am – 6pm
FREE
Looking for a way to release the stress of the presidential inauguration? Spend the day with activist, poets, writers and performers who will host a day-long reading of Langston Hughes’ poem, “Let America Be America Again.”

 

Brooklyn Gypsies: One Catches Light Festival
505 Waverly Avenue at Jack
Time: 6:30pm
Price: $15
Start the weekend will an evening full of plays which celebrate the art of five writers. Each play is 50 minutes long and runs into Saturday, January 28th.

The Election Monologues
315 Columbia Street at Jalopy
Time: 6:30pm
Price: Suggested Donation $10
Be in the crowd as 6 artists come together to spread the word of solidarity and comfort to those who are still unsure of the newest President of the U.S.A.

Nasty Women and Bad Hombres
627 5th Avenue at Freddy’s Bar
Time: 8pm
FREE
Ignore the inauguration and head over to one of Brooklyn’s best bars for an evening of live bands, performances, raffles and drink specials — with proceeds going to help the folks at Planned Parenthood — who risk losing their federal funding.

Joe Benjamin and A Mighty Handful
30 Lafayette Avenue at the Peter J. Sharp Building at BAM
Time: 9pm
FREE
Enjoy the sounds of Joe Benjamin and his band as they mis their original compositions with detailed accounts of New York City life, making for a uniquely lyrical, surprisingly hard-rocking set.

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