Brooklyn Museum Presents Adult Public Programs in March and April

During March and April the Brooklyn Museum will present an array of public programs for adults including a panel discussion moderated by Gloria Steinem, a screening of the film Reel Injun, performances by jazz violinist Regina Carter and the Orchestra of St Luke's, a quilt-making workshop, and a new series of engaging adult programs that take place every Thursday evening.

PERFORMING ARTS

Music: Regina Carter
Sunday, March 13, 3-5 p.m.
Award-winning jazz violinist Regina Carter performs tunes from here most recent album, Reverse Thread, featuring Will Holshouser on accordion, Chris Lightcap on bass, Yacouba Sissoko on kora, and Alvester Garnett on drums. This concert is a co-presentation of the Museum and the Neighborhood Concert Series of the Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall.

Music Off The Walls: Brooklyn Philharmonic
Sunday, March 27, 2-4 p.m.
In a program entitled "Where is My New Face?" a Philharmonic string quartet and guest artists present the world premiere of a work by composer Matthew Mehlan inspired by Hank Willis Thomas's installation Unbranded. A related gallery tour precedes the program at 1 p.m. Tickets are $15; $10 for members, students, and seniors. To purchase tickets, visit www.brooklynphilharmonic.org or call (718) 488-5913.

Music: AudioPhile Concert
Friday, April 15, 7 p.m.
The first of three concerts celebrating the most prolific and innovative emerging talent of Brooklyn's thriving music scene, including hip-hop, Indie rock, electronic, and psychedelic bands. The series continues May 13 and June 10. Produced in conjunction with L magazine. For more information, visit www.brooklynmuseum.org.

Music: Orchestra of St. Luke's
Saturday, April 30, 2-4 p.m.
St. Luke's presents a program entitled "Bohemian Rhapsodies," featuring quartets by the Romantic giants Schumann and Mahler and the prodigal late nineteenth-century Russian composer Anton Arensky. A gallery talk making connections between the music and art in the Museum will directly follow the program. Tickets are $35; $25 for members, and $10 for students. To purchase tickets, visit www.oslmusic.org or call (212) 594-6100.

TALKS & TOURS

Panel Discussion: Plains Women Artists
Saturday, March 12, 2 p.m.
Artists Carol Emarthale-Douglas, Anita Fields, and Teri Greeves join scholar Nancy Mithlo to discuss the relationship between their work and their identity as Native American women.

Russian-Language Gallery Tour: "Women in Ancient Egypt"
Sunday, March 13, 3 p.m.

Panel Discussion: "The Holocaust and Sexual Violence"
Sunday, March 20, 2 p.m.
Gloria Steinem moderates a discussion featuring co-editors of the groundbreaking book Sexual Violence against Jewish Women during the Holocaust, recently published by Brandeis University Press/University Press of New England. The program is one of several during March that mark the fourth anniversary of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art. Dr. Sonja M. Hedgepeth and Dr. Rochelle G. Saidel will speak about the book and its genesis. Nava Semel, whose novel And the Rat Laughed is the subject of a chapter of the anthology, will discuss her fictional exploration of the issue of sexual abuse of women during the Holocaust. A book signing will follow the discussion.

Panel Discussion: "From the (Trans)gendered Body to the Cyborg: Feminism, Art, and Technology"
Saturday, March 26, 2 p.m.
A.I.R. Gallery, the Institute for Women and Art, and the Feminist Art Project present a panel including Muriel Magenta, Yael Kanarek, Bang Guel Han, and Gayle Salamon. Ferris Olin and Kat Griefen moderate.

Russian-Language Gallery Tour: Norman Rockwell: Behind the Camera
Sunday, April 10, 3 p.m.

Panel Discussion: reOrder
Saturday, April 16, 2 p.m.
The members of Situ Studio discuss their site-specific architectural installation in the Museum's newly renovated Great Hall.

CLASSES & WORKSHOPS

Creative Art Making: Quilting
Saturday, April 23, 2-5 p.m.
Sioux artist Ina McNeil hosts a workshop for adults in which she introduces typical Plains quilt designs featuring such traditional symbols as eagles, deer, and the morning star. There is a $15 materials fee, and registration is required. Register at www.museumtix.com or at the Museum's Visitor Center. A limited number of free tickets are reserved for Museum members on a first-come, first-served basis. Members should call (718) 501-6326 for tickets.

THURSDAYS @ 7

The Museum comes alive every Thursday with a series of special programs. With a distinctive Brooklyn vibe, the series includes interviews, performance, film, and eclectic, eye-opening tours. *Programs begin at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted. The lineup for March and April is as follows:

March 3
Moonlight Tour: "Corsets and Bustiers: Erotic Fashion"

March 10
Moonlight Tour: "Love in Ancient Egypt"

In Conversation: Artist Lorna Simpson discusses her current Museum exhibition with Deborah Willis, Chair of the department of Photography and Imaging at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Tickets, which include Museum admission, are $10 ($6 for members and cultural colleagues). Seating is limited; advance purchase recommended via www.brownpapertickets.com.

March 17
Moonlight Tour: "Erotic Art through the Ages"

Nuyorican Poets Café
Accliamed Manhattan forum joins with the Museum to present innovative poetry every third Thursday evening. The March program features women poets, including Caroline Rothstein, Jennifer Falu, Aurora Barnes, and Camogne Felix. Tickets, which include Museum admission, are $10 ($6 for members and cultural colleagues). Seating is limited; advance purchase recommended via www.museumtix.com.

March 24
Moonlight Tour: "Buddhist and Hindu Stories"

Film: Reel Injun (2009, 85 min.) Entertaining and insightful look at Hollywood's portrayal of indigenous North Americans. Traversing the American heartland, Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond looks at how the myth of "the Injun" has influenced the world's misunderstanding of Native Americans.

March 31
Moonlight Tour: "Sex Personified"

April 7
Moonlight Tour:"Gods and Goddesses"

April 14*
Moonlight Tour: "Corsets and Bustiers: Erotic Fashion" (8 p.m.)

In Conversation: Artist and sound designer Daniel Perlin discusses contemporary interdisciplinary creative practices in Brooklyn with architect Mitchell Joachin, an innovator in ecological design and urbanism and one of Rolling Stone's "100 People Who Are Changing America." Tickets, which include Museum admission, are $10 ($6 for members and cultural colleagues). Seating is limited; advance purchase recommended via www.brownpapertickets.com.

Moonlight Tour: Associate Curator Susan Kennedy Zeller on mid-1830s Plains Native American clothing in the Museum's storeroom. Reservations required. RSVP to museumguides@brooklynmuseum.org. During March and April the Brooklyn Museum will present an array of public programs for adults including a panel discussion moderated by Gloria Steinem, a screening of the film Reel Injun, performances by jazz violinist Regina Carter and the Orchestra of St Luke's, a quilt-making workshop, and a new series of engaging adult programs that take place every Thursday evening.