Brooklyn Museum First Saturdays May 2022

For over twenty-one years, Brooklyn Museum has hosted First Saturdays—monthly evenings of free programming welcoming visitors from central Brooklyn and beyond—at the Brooklyn Museum. Join for free every month (except January and September). Note: First Saturdays do not include entry to Andy Warhol: Revelation.

Theme: Asian American Features

Schedule:

Pop-Up Talks, 3–4 pm

Check at Admissions for Locations

Learn more about key artworks throughout the Museum during free, short talks led by our A.R.T. Guides. Each conversation is repeated every 15 minutes. Free with Museum admission.

Signature Cocktail by Mood Ring, 5–10 pm

Throughout the Museum

Enjoy a specialty cocktail created by Bushwick bar Mood Ring.

Interactive: The Man Who Fell to Earth, 5–10 pm

Beaux-Arts Court, 3rd Floor

Check out a one-of-a-kind interactive experience presented by SHOWTIME®, inspired by the new original series The Man Who Fell to Earth.

Hands-On Art: Collaborative Weaving, 5-7pm

Brooklyn Museum Plaza

Participate in a zero-waste weaving project with artist Cynthia Alberto and Park Slope–based studio Weaving Hand that highlights the relationships between healing, sustainability, and craft. Sponsored by Con Edison.

This event takes place outdoors (rain location: Education Studios, 1st Floor).

Brooklyn Pop-Up Market, 5–9:30 pm

Beaux-Arts Court, 3rd Floor

Shop one-of-a-kind, handmade items from more than thirty artisans and vendors from across Brooklyn offering artwork, jewelry, fashion, home and apothecary goods, and more.

Music: Shoko Nagai’s TOKALA, 5–6 pm

Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Pavilion and Lobby, 1st Floor

Kick off the night with a speculative imagining of music on the Silk Road as Shoko Nagai’s TOKALA explores ancient sonic connections between Japan and the Middle East.

Curator Tour: Arts of Buddhism, 6-7pm

Arts of Asia and the Islamic World, 2nd Floor

Joan Cummins, Lisa and Bernard Selz Senior Curator, Asian Art, leads a tour highlighting artworks in our new Arts of Buddhism galleries.

Pop-up Poetry: Kundiman, 6-7:30pm

Biergarten, Steinberg Family Sculpture Garden

Jaz Sufi, Jee Leong Koh, and Sally Wen Mao read and perform their original poetry. Presented in partnership with Kundiman, an organization for the creation and cultivation of Asian American literature. Seating is limited and is first come, first served.

This event takes place outdoors (rain location: Luce Center for American Art, 5th Floor).

Performance: Baseera Khan, 6-7pm

Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Forum, 4th Floor

Baseera Khan offers a lecture-performance that incorporates clips of their television pilot By Faith, which draws from the artist’s multifaceted practice (on view in our special exhibition I Am an Archive). Commissioned by artist residency Denniston Hill. Seating is limited and is first come, first served.

Music: Nathan Bajar, 7-8pm

Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Pavilion and Lobby, 1st Floor

Filipino-American multidisciplinary artist Nathan Bajar celebrates his new EP Joyride with a set inspired by soul, rock, R&B, and his family stories.

Music: YiuYiu 瑶瑶, 7-10pm

Beaux-Arts Court, 3rd Floor

YiuYiu 瑶瑶 (aka Rochelle Hoi-Yiu Kwan) celebrates intergenerational art, resistance, and resilience by spinning her unique collection of vintage Cantopop and Mandopop.

Teen Pop-Up Talks, 7:30-8:30pm

Arts of Asia and the Islamic World, 2nd Floor

Teen apprentices host ten-minute pop-up talks throughout our Arts of Asia and the Islamic World galleries.

Film: New York, I Missed You, 7:30-9:30pm

Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor

The Asian American International Film Festival presents New York, I Missed You, a series of shorts about yearning for connection, home, and joy. Followed by a talkback with filmmakers Wo Chan, Kana Hatakeyama, Minkyu Kang, and Denise Zhou, moderated by Charissa Isidro. Seating is limited and is first come, first served.

Music: Disco Tehran with Nabihah Iqbal, Sid Vaga, and Mirza & Mani, 8-10pm

Biergarten and Martha A. and Rubin S. Pavilion and Lobby

Brooklyn-based music and performance project Disco Tehran conjures 1970s-era Iranian nightlife. Catch their sets with DJs Nabihah Iqbal, Sid Vaga, and Mirza & Mani outdoors in our Biergarten at 8 pm and in the Pavilion at 8:30 pm.

This event takes place outdoors (rain location: Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Pavilion and Lobby, 1st Floor).