Brooklyn
NY 11217
February 8, 2014 • 2:00-11:00 PM
BRIC House
2:00 PM | FREE DAYTIME ACTIVITIES
8:00 PM | $10 Adv / $13 Door
Find your WOW factor, as BRIC celebrates individuality and imagination with a host of all-ages activities. Dance the night away with performers from Bushwig, Brooklyn’s annual festival of queer expression, drag queens, and music. CHERYL, Brooklyn’s video and performance art group, caps off the night with its exuberant sound and high-spirited displays of creativity sure to bring out your inner party monster.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
In Development – Check Back for Updated Information!
All Day
Boardgames!
Come play games such as Checkers, Connect Four, Candyland, Uno, Twister and more on the Stoop and in the gallery, all day long!
FREE | GALLERY & STOOP
2-4pm
Digital Remix
Green screen activity engaging visitors of all ages to create masks and props to perform with in front of a personally chosen green screen fantasy environment.
FREE | FLOOR TELEVISION STUDIO
2-3pm
Family Dance Class: SOCA with instructors from The School at Mark Morris Dance Group
SOCA is a fun dance experience accompanied by Soca music (a blend of calypso and soul music created in the early 60s). The class will start with a short warm up, teach you some basic moves, and end with a short choreography sequence. No previous dance experience required.
FREE | BALLROOM
3:30-5pm *(time subject to change)
Super Storytelling and Bookmaking Activity with 826NYC
826NYC, which is the home of the Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co., will lead youth and families through creating a character, imagining a dramatic storyline, and resolving the scene with heroic style. Participants will walk away with their very own book and have the opportunity to share their story with the crowd!
FREE | GALLERY & STOOP
Brooklyn Free Speech TV Screening
Hosted By Amar Taborn of Love We World Tour, we’ll check out the colorful variety of short videos produced by everyday people here at BRIC House, including:
* Dare 2 Dream: A Father’s Guide to Success – Teaching the values of being a father (Produced by Coach Stevan Lynn.)
* Man-Up: A Documentary on the effects of growing up without a father (Produced by Tonia Grady.)
* Paper Girl – A colorful exploration of fashion and entertainment (Produced by Ftema Raysor.)
* The Hambone Show – Edgy sketch comedy that tackles real life and the movie (Produced by Powell Burns.)
FREE | STOOP
6:30pm
Paris Is Burning Screening
Paris Is Burning is a critically acclaimed documentary filmed in the mid-to-late 80s, chronicling the ball culture of New York City and the African-American, Latino, gay, and transgender communities involved in it.
FREE | STOOP
8-11pm
Dance Party!
CHERYL with a performance by BUSHWIG
$10 | BALLROOM
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