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Target First Saturdays at the Brooklyn Museum FREE

Caribbean Heritage will be celebrated throughout the Museum this Saturday night. Events include BombaYo performing traditional Afro Puerto Rican bomba drumming (5pm); short films made by women of color who have connections to the Caribbean (5-9pm); the Braata Folk singers present Caribbean folk music (6pm); Selena Blake presents clips from her film Taboo Yardies (6pm); poet Arielle John performs and hosts Pop-Up Carnival with costumes and music (6-9pm); Hands-On Art: explore carving, printing and layering techniques in printmaking to create an island landscape (6:30-8:30pm); the film Papa Machete will be shown at 7pm. A Q&A with the director follows; his film Ackee & Saltfish will be shown at 8pm and a talk-back with the director follows; Naomi Jackson discusses her new novel at 8:30pm; Klash City Sound System and Supa Frendz perform a mash up of reggae, punk and hip-hop (9pm).











When: Sat., Aug. 1, 2015 at 5:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Where: Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Parkway (Washington Ave.)
718-638-5000
Price: Free
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Caribbean Heritage will be celebrated throughout the Museum this Saturday night. Events include BombaYo performing traditional Afro Puerto Rican bomba drumming (5pm); short films made by women of color who have connections to the Caribbean (5-9pm); the Braata Folk singers present Caribbean folk music (6pm); Selena Blake presents clips from her film Taboo Yardies (6pm); poet Arielle John performs and hosts Pop-Up Carnival with costumes and music (6-9pm); Hands-On Art: explore carving, printing and layering techniques in printmaking to create an island landscape (6:30-8:30pm); the film Papa Machete will be shown at 7pm. A Q&A with the director follows; his film Ackee & Saltfish will be shown at 8pm and a talk-back with the director follows; Naomi Jackson discusses her new novel at 8:30pm; Klash City Sound System and Supa Frendz perform a mash up of reggae, punk and hip-hop (9pm).

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