WHAT: Paige in Full: A B-Girl's Visual Mixtape--How can we know who we are if we're changing all the time? Performer, writer, and choreographer Paige Hernandez answers a universal question in her own unique way in this moving and funny coming-of-age story. From her mixed African-American, Chinese, and Cuban heritage to her upbringing in Baltimore in the 1980s and 90s, Hernandez's life is the foundation of this mash-up solo performance—a vibrant meditation on the politics of identity in a multicultural world, told through spoken word and dance and set to infectious hip-hop beats by Brooklyn's own DJ Reborn: A Part of BAM Kids (Ages 12 +)
WHEN: Friday, March 14, 7:30pm
WHERE: BAM Fisher, Fishman Space, 30 Lafayette, Bklyn
HOW MUCH: $12; Buy tickets here
WHAT: BedStuy Fresh & Local Tasting Party-- Friday March 14th from 5:30-8pm at 210 Patchen Ave?Help us welcome Spring with some of our newest and tastiest products! As always, we'll have great music, free samples, fresh juice specials, and great produce on sale!?Meet with the following vendors:?Amazing Botanicals,?Bacchanal Sauce LLC., Brooklyn Delhi?Chutney Fix,?Gustavo's Salsa,?GOOD SWEETS almond butter cups, Blue Marble Ice Cream?Squared Foods?Chai Mookie?BKLYN WORX Sauces
WHEN: Friday March 14, 5:30pm — 8:00pm
WHERE: 210 Patchen Avenue at Macon, Bklyn
HOW MUCH: Free
WHAT: BK Nation LIVE! The best FREE music & culture showcase in NYC. Comedy, dance, musical performance and a short film, by Brooklyn artists
WHEN: Friday, March 14, 7:30pm
WHERE: Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleeker Street, NYC
HOW MUCH: Free with a 2-drink minimum
WHAT: Wonderground Party — New and rare grooves, rock, hip hop, Latin, afrobeat, electronica
WHEN: Friday, March 14, 10:00pm — 4:00am
WHERE: Bed-Vyne Brew, 370 Tompkins Avenue, Bklyn
HOW MUCH: Free
WHAT: Fashion Week Brooklyn 2014-- Fashion Week Brooklyn (FWB) is a bi-annual international collection show founded by the 501c3 non-profit, the BK Style Foundation (BSF). FWB has emerged as one of the leading fashion events showcasing the talent of aspiring and established designers from across the globe. Attendees include a diverse spectrum of socially conscious, influential, fashion-forward men and women.
WHEN: March 13 — 16, 2004
WHERE: INDUSTRY CITY @BUSH TERMINAL, 241 37TH STREET @ 2ND AVE, SUNSET PARK, BROOKLYN 11232, N/D TRAIN TO 36TH STREET BROOKLYN
HOW MUCH: Go here for general admission tickets.
WHAT: BAM Café-- Divinity Roxx-- She's toured the world as Beyonce's bassist, been appointed a professor at Bootsy Collins' Funk University, and shared the stage with Kanye West, Jay Z, and Janelle Monáe. But Divinity Roxx is spotlight-ready in her own right. Spitting fast and furious rhymes over frenetic bass lines, she delivers hard-rocking, propulsive rap. Roxx takes the stage at BAMcafé to unveil brand new material alongside songs from her 2012 release, The Roxx Boxx Experience.
WHEN: Saturday, March 15, 9:00pm
WHERE: BAM Café, 30 Lafayette Avenue, Bklyn
HOW MUCH: Free
WHAT: In Conversation with John Lewis and Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad - How does history animate and empower the social movements changing the world today? Civil rights leader and congressman John Lewis and Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, talk about the Civil Rights Movement, putting it into historical perspective and connecting it to a new generation of social media activism. Presented in celebration of the exhibition Witness: Art and Civil Rights in the Sixties.
WHEN: Sunday, March 16, 2:00pm
WHERE: The Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, Bklyn
HOW MUCH: Tickets are included in Museum general admission. Seating is first-come, first-served. To guarantee seating, advance purchase is recommended atwww.museumtix.com. Free for Museum Members; to reserve, call the Membership Hotline at (718) 501-6326 or email Membership
WHAT: NCAA Selection Sunday Watch Party
WHEN: Sunday, March 16, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
WHERE: Bed-Vyne Brew, 370 Tompkins Avenue
HOW MUCH: Free
