Best Events Happening in Brooklyn This Week: 3.2.19 – 3.8.19
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by — Wednesday, March 6th, 2019 —
The New Civil Rights Movement: Undocumented, Black, and Unafraid
128 Pierrepont Street at Brooklyn Historical Society
Time: 6:30pm – 8pm
Price: $10; $5/members
Join Cristina Jiménez and Rashad Robinson, two rising stars of the progressive movement, and Heather Booth, lifelong strategist and veteran of the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project, for an intimate conversation about building the next generation of progressive power.
The Fabulous Nicholas Brothers presented by Bruce Goldstein
30 Lafayette Avenue at BAM
Time: 7pm – 9pm
Price: $15
Fayard Nicholas (1914—2006) and Harold Nicholas (1921—2000) were two of the 20th century’s greatest dancers. These self-taught African-American brothers were still kids when they headlined at Harlem’s famed Cotton Club, later conquering Broadway and Hollywood—and eventually achieving international stardom—in a career that spanned eight decades. They dazzled audiences with their effortless balletic moves, elegant tap dancing, and jaw-dropping leaps, flips, and splits, counting among their fans the likes of Gregory Hines, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Bob Fosse, George Balanchine, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Paul Robeson, and Michael and Janet Jackson. Bruce Goldstein, Film Forum’s director of repertory programming since 1986 and founder of Rialto Pictures in 1998, was the writer and co-producer of an award-winning 1992 documentary on the team, whom he first met in the early 1980s. In this world premiere of an all-new version of his acclaimed presentation on the dance team, Goldstein utilizes rare personal and performance footage, recordings, and vintage photographs, along with his never-before-seen 1991 interviews with the brothers and other legends, including Cab Calloway, Max Roach, Bobby Short, Leonard Reed, and Gregory and Maurice Hines.
Danielle Sered presents Until We Reckon
686 Fulton Street at Greenlight Bookstore
Time: 7:30pm – 9pm
FREE
Join Greenlight Bookstore for a discussion on Until We Reckon: Violence, Mass Incarceration, and a Road to Repair.
WORD + the William Vale Present Amber Tamblyn and Uzo Aduba
126 Franklin Street at WORD Brooklyn
Time: 7:30pm – 9pm
Price: $29
WORD and the William Vale are proud to present Amber Tamblyn for her new memoir Era of Ignition: Coming of Age in a Time of Rage and Revolution. Amber will be joined in conversation by Uzo Aduba and there will be an opening reading by Rebecca Carroll.
Hot Mess: Drag Competition
2 Wyckoff Avenue at House of YES
Time: 10pm – 4pm
FREE
Come feel the fantasy as every kind of performer in the drag universe does whatever it takes to shock and amaze you. The performer with loudest audience reaction wins the title “Mx Hot Mess” and $100 cash money.
