Target First Saturday
March 7, 2015
The Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn
(718) 638-5000
Target First Saturday celebrates Women’s History Month with an evening of music, film, and more. Highlights include music by D.J. duo JSMN (Jasmine Solano) and MeLo-X, Alissia & the Funketeers and Princess Nokia; screenings of LaDonna Harris: Indian 101 and Didn’t I Ask for Tea?; a discussion with Tavi Gevinson, founder of Rookie Magazine; and a performance workshop with Colored Girls Hustle.
5 P.M. – Music: Bassist and composer Alissia Benveniste and her band, Alissia & the Funketeers, play contagious funk music. Presented in partnership with Berklee Conservatory of Music.
*6 P.M. – Curator Talk: Catherine Morris, Sackler Family Curator for the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, explores the exhibition Judith Scott-Bound and Unbound.
*6 P.M. – Film: Women Make Movies presents LaDonna Harris: Indian 101 (Julianna Brannum, 2014, 63 min.), which chronicles the life of Comanche activist LaDonna Harris.
*6:30-8 P.M. – Hands-On Art: Create a sketch of a powerful woman from a live model.
6:30-8:30 P.M. – Pop-Up Talks: Join a Museum Guide for a lively, ten-minute conversation about works by women artists in our collection.
7-9 P.M. – Healing Space: Participate in a song circle, movement activity, and meditation led my Harriet’s Apothecary, an intergenerational group of healers continuing the legacy of abolitionist, community nurse, and herbalist Harriet Tubman.
7:15 P.M. – Music: Princess Nokia, singer and voice behind the Smart Girl Club radio show, creates dance anthems for millennial feminists through a unique blend of trip-hop, cyberpunk, and electronic sound.
*7:30 P.M. – Film: Didn’t I Ask for Tea? (Rahwa Asmerom, 2014, 23 min.) follows protagonist Brandy as she navigates romance, friendship, and the Brooklyn rent market.
8 P.M. – In Conversation: Editor, actress, and writer Tavi Gevinson discusses her inspiration for founding Rookie Magazine, a site by and for young women, and compiling its companion print publication, Rookie Yearbook Three. Rookie Yearbook Three explores cures for love, girl-on-girl crime, and standing for something, and features advice from such female role models as Janet Mock, Kelis and Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson of Broad City.
8:30 P.M. – Performance Workshop: Join the performance collective Colored Girls Hustle for a group collaboration to create a “mix tape” of sounds, songs, and remixes that explores hip-hop feminist politics.
8:30 P.M. – Book Club: Dao X Tran discusses 101 Changemakers: Rebels and Radicals Who Changed U.S. History, a people’s history of individuals who shaped the United States, including Susan B. Antxhony, Angela Davis, Billie Holiday, and Audre Lorde, among others.
9 P.M. – Music: JSMN (Jasmine Solano) and MeLo-X, the DJ duo behind popular underground parties, spin reggae, dancehall, hip-hop, house, and electronic music inspired by downtown youth, indie, and street cultures from around the world.
* Denotes a ticketed event due to limited space.