Summer might be ending soon—but that doesn’t mean your adventures have to stop. In fact, here at the Brooklyn Museum, there’s a whole new season of incredible programming waiting for you!
We hope we’ll see you soon for a Brooklyn Talks, Yoga on the Stoop, Brooklyn Reads, and more.
Lauren Argentina Zelaya
Director of Public Programs
Brooklyn Talks: What If We Get It Right? with Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
Tuesday, September 17, 6–9 pm
Celebrate Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson’s new book What If We Get It Right? Visions of Climate Futures with friends and contributors from across the fields of culture and science.
A captivating new anthology on possible climate futures, What If We Get It Right? sugarcoats nothing while imagining the myriad opportunities we still have to get things right.
Yoga on the Stoop
Saturday, September 21, 10–11 am
Find your flow! 🧘 Meet instructor Beth Cooke on the plaza steps for our last yoga and meditation session of the season. Start your weekend on the right foot in this gentle, all-levels flow class. Please bring your own mat.
Brooklyn Reads: A Woman Is a School with Céline Semaan
Thursday, September 26, 7–9 pm
Ring in the release of Céline Semaan’s memoir A Woman Is a School with the author! Semaan is the founder of Slow Factory, an organization dedicated to addressing intersecting crises of climate justice and social inequity through education, narrative change, and regenerative design.
The program begins with a performance by a zaffe band, followed by a conversation with Semaan.
Celebration: A Black Revolutionary Artist and All That It Implies
Saturday, September 14, 12–7:30 pm
Celebrate the opening of Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist and All That It Implies. The day features a curator tour of the exhibition, conversations with art historians and museum leaders on the artist’s resounding legacy, and a tribute performance by Catlett’s son, composer and drummer Francisco Mora Catlett.
Summer Jazz: Siren Xypher
Sunday, September 29, 2–4 pm
Stop by the Museum’s lobby for a performance by Siren Xypher, a musical collective of three performing composers. 🎶
Presented in partnership with Jazz Foundation of America.
Brooklyn Pop-Up Market
Sundays through November 17, 10:30 am–5:30 pm
Every week, explore the offerings at our open-air market! Enjoy the sunshine and shop one-of-a-kind, handmade items from local artisans.
WNYC: Tell your New York story!
WNYC has been uplifting the voices of New Yorkers for 100 years. Do you have a story about a chance encounter, subway experience, or random conversation on a street corner in the city that led to something beautiful, surprising, or just plain unforgettable? WNYC wants to hear it.
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From top: Institution photography, 06/28/2024. Brooklyn Museum. (Photo: Adrianna Glaviano); Portrait of Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson; Céline Semaan, 2024. (Photo: Dean Majd; courtesy of the author and Slow Factory); Yoga on the Stoop, August 2024. (Photo: Kolin Mendez); Elizabeth Catlett. I am the Black Woman, 1946–47, from the series Black Woman in America. Linocut on paper. Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Art by Women Collection, Gift of Linda Lee Alter, 2011.1.172. © 2024 Mora-Catlett Family / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY; Siren Xypher. (Photo: Courtesy of the Jazz Foundation of America); Brooklyn Pop-Up Market, June 2023. (Photo: Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet)
