Brooklyn’s Best Events Happening This Independence Week: 7.4.18 – 7.11.18
We've got all the best Brooklyn events happening this week, including everything happening on Independence Day.
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The Hip-Hop Institute at CUNY- Medgar Evers College
1650 Bedford Avenue at Medgar Evers College, CUNY
Time: 10am – 3pm
Price: $31
This three-day conference focuses on community engagement, mental health and wellness, Music Business, and Entrepreneurship and will feature panels discussions, keynote speakers, workshops and more.
Ari Berman on Voting Rights
128 Pierrepont Street at Brooklyn Historical Society
Time: 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Price: $5; FREE/members
Mother Jones senior reporter Ari Berman will discuss redistricting, race, and voting rights ahead of the 2018 midterm elections. Regarded as one of the country’s foremost authorities on the topic of voting rights, the author of Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America looks at current efforts to suppress voter turnout and manipulate district lines in the larger context of post-civil rights era efforts to roll back the Voting Rights Act.
Book Launch: Obama: An Oral History by Brian Abrams
28 Adams Street at powerHouse Arena
Time: 7pm – 9pm
FREE
Join author Brian Abrams at POWERHOUSE for the launch of his latest book, OBAMA: AN ORAL HISTORY. Brian will be moderating a panel discussion with White House staffers Rob O’Donnell and Rachel Racusen; followed by audience Q&A and book signing.
Mister Dips Cinema: Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion
111 North 12th Street at The William Vale
Time: 7pm – 10pm
FREE
Enjoy this outdoor screening of Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion. Mister Dips will be slinging its selection of burgers, fries, dairy dips, and beverages throughout the film.
The Lesbian Agenda at Union Hall
702 Union Street at Union Hall
Time: 8pm
Price: $8
Sophie Santos and Jess Salomon bring you their Agenda™ with this banging variety show featuring the best lez, bi and queer comedians* of all time. Buckle up those Birkenstocks ladies… they’ve got big plans.
