Woody Wednesdays (and one Woody Thursday) bring together NYU students, alumni, and guest artists for acoustic sets inside the exhibition Woody Guthrie: What This Guitar Might Do. Each night features artists reinterpreting Guthrie’s work alongside original songs. Feel free to drop by, no registration is needed. Wednesday April 15, 6:00 - 8:00 pm Performing artists: Hannah […]
Join Haiti Cultural Exchange on Thursdays for the Mizik Ayiti! Residency Series. The Spring residency will be held by Twoubadou Lakay. Twoubadou Lakay is a collective of master musicians rooted in the rich traditions of Haitian music. The ensemble blends the storytelling spirit and dancing guitars of Haitian Twoubadou with deep Haitian rhythms, jazz sensibilities, […]
What does it mean to build a practice rooted in Brooklyn? This panel highlights architects and designers whose work is deeply embedded in Brooklyn’s neighborhoods. Speakers will discuss building a local practice, working with community clients, and balancing local impact with broader professional pressures. Brooklyn NOW! 2026, presented at BPL's Library for Arts & Culture, […]
Confronting Climate Change is a three-part series that explores one of the most urgent issues of our times. Join leading thinkers, scientists, journalists, and advocates for these vitally important conversations. Part One: Understanding Denial—Manufacturing Doubt, Shaping Debate Part One of Confronting Climate Change examines the rise and persistence of climate denial, asking how doubt about the well-established […]
Join The Center for Fiction for an evening with celebrated author Tom Perrotta (Little Children, The Leftovers, Election) as he discusses his new novel, Ghost Town, a darkly nostalgic and gripping tale of grief, adolescence, and the long shadows of the past. In Ghost Town, Perrotta brings his signature insight and wit to a story, set in 1970s suburban New […]
Kicking off an ongoing partnership between BAM and London’s National Theatre, director Robert Hastie (Operation Mincemeat) brings his witty, fearlessly contemporary take on Hamlet across the Atlantic for a four-week run. Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) stars in this sharp, darkly funny reimagining of Shakespeare’s famous tragedy.
Regarded as one of the greatest of all American novels, Herman Melville’s Moby Dick comes to BAM in a new production created by the iconic avant-garde director Robert Wilson for Germany’s Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus. This classic tale of obsession and vengeance becomes enigmatic and new in Wilson’s mix of tart dialogue with indie-rock riffs and soaring […]
British rapper Dave is coming to Brooklyn Paramount as part of The Boy Who Played the Harp Tour!
Suzanne Bocanegra’s Rerememberer (all the threads) is a translation of an old Danish peasant fabric into a performance / installation. Bocanegra wanted to apply the instructions for the creation of a simple, honest textile to sounds, actions, lighting and staging, transforming a small, flat scrap of material into an hour of noise and unearthly atmosphere. The […]
Join the Center of Brooklyn History for a free tour of The Battle of Brooklyn: Fought and Remembered. In August of 1776, the first and largest battle of the American Revolution took place in what is now Brooklyn, NY. The Battle of Brooklyn: Fought and Remembered uses primary source material from the Center for Brooklyn History's collection […]