Target First Saturdays go Caribbean

The first Saturday of every month the Brooklyn Museum hosts thousands of visitors to enjoy free programs of art, entertainment, and culture. This month it kicks off August Caribbean style. On Saturday, August 1st, the event will light up the afternoon with The West Indian Day Carnival Association’s steel pan music and carnival costumes at 3PM and will continue through out the day. The event will wrap up with a dance party featuring Jephte Guilliame and Sokalypso’s house DJs from 9-11PM.

Look below for a complete schedule of the event.

Meta and the Cornerstones perform their original song, Right Skank, at Village Underground in New York City. Shot and Edited By Lucas Gath.

For more information visit the Brooklyn Museum website

August 1, 2009

Celebrating the Caribbean: “Its Bacchanal Time Again!”
Performance

3–7 p.m.
The West Indian−American Day Carnival Association kicks things off with steel pan music, stilt walkers, Carnival costumes, and more.
Spoken Word Open Mic

5–6:30 p.m.
The enchanting Aracelis Girmay hosts a poetry open mic with featured artists from Urban Word NYC, Cheryl Boyce Taylor and Alexis Marie. Rain Plan: Rubin Pavilion, 1st Floor.
Performance

5:30–6:30 p.m.
The Brooklyn-based troupe Conjunto Nuevo Milenio showcases the Afro-Latino roots of Panamanian carnival with music and dance. Free tickets (340) are available at the Visitor Center at 5 p.m.
Hands-On Art

6:30–8:30 p.m.
Create a Carnival costume headdress inspired by objects in the Museum’s permanent collection. Free timed tickets (380) are available at the Visitor Center at 5:30 p.m.
Film

7–8:30 p.m.
Calypso Dreams (G. Dunn & M. Horne, 2004, 90 min., NR). In this intimate look at calypso music, some of its greats reveal why it is among the prized possessions of Caribbean people. Free tickets (340) are available at the Visitor Center at 6 p.m.
Music

7–9 p.m.
Meta and the Cornerstones’ reggae takes us from Jamaica to Senegal and right back to Brooklyn. Rain Plan: Rubin Pavilion, 1st Floor.
Gallery Talk

8 p.m.
Professor Veronica Gregg gives a talk in Yinka Shonibare MBE highlighting the parallels, related to identity and power, between Shonibare’s work and Caribbean literature. Free tickets (30) are available at the Visitor Center at 6 p.m.
Dance Party

9–11 p.m.
Jephte Guilliame and Sokalypso’s house DJs host a soca versus zouk party.