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Black History Month At The Brooklyn Museum Will Feature Bilal

On February 7th, to celebrate Black History Month, the museum will host an evening of music, film, and more. Highlights include music by soul icon, Bilal and Water Seed; screenings of Black Enuf, The Peculiar Kind, and Soul Food Junkies; and discussions with Kim Drew, founder of the blog Black Contemporary Art, and J. Ivy, Grammy Award-winning spoken word artist. The best part, all of this wonderfulness for FREE thanks to the Wallace Foundation Community Programs Fund, established by the Wallace Foundation, with additional support from DLA Piper US LLP, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, The Ellis A. Gimbel Trust, National Grid, and other donors.

Save the date and catch the AWESOME line-up below:

5 p.m. Music: The New Orleans Treme band Water Seed performs sophisticated jazz infused with adventurous funk.

6 p.m. Film: Soul Food Junkies (Byron Hurt, 2013, 60 min.) explores the love affair with soul food, a quintessential African American cuisine, and the relationship between food, family, and identity. Followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Hurt.

6:30 p.m. Film: Animated documentary-in-progress Black Enuf takes a playful approach to questions of racial identity and self-acceptance. Followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Carrie Hawks.

6:30-8:30 p.m. Pop-Up Gallery Talks: Join a lively discussion about artworks celebrating African American artists.

6:30-8 p.m. Hands-On Art: Use fabric to design a quilt square inspired by people and events in African American history and culture. (A ticket is needed for this event)
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7 p.m. Music: Soul Science Lab’s Chen Lo and Asante Amin present Soundtrack ’63, a multimedia, live music performance that honors the Civil Rights Movement.

7 p.m. Discussion: The Black Poets Speak Out campaign presents a poetry forum in response to racial injustice and the police.

7:30 p.m. Talk: Kim Drew, founder of the blog Black Contemporary Art, leads a panel discussion about the ways black contemporary artists engage social media. (A ticket is needed for this event)

8 p.m. Film: The Peculiar Kind, a documentary developed from the eponymous web series, uses unscripted conversation to look at the lives of queer women of color. (A ticket is needed for this event)

8:30 p.m. Book Club: J. Ivy, Grammy Award-winning spoken word artist, discusses his new memoir, Dear Father: Breaking the Cycle of Pain. (A ticket is needed for this event)

9 p.m. Music: Classic R&B singer, songwriter, and producer Bilal performs tunes inspired by this month’s theme, including selections from his album Love Surreal.

Admission will be free from 5 to 11 p.m and will include entrance to galleries and events.

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