BRIC Presents TOURE SHOW, LIVE! Featuring Terry Crews

BRIC, the pioneering arts-and-media organization in Brooklyn, proudly presents a live taping of Tour Show, January 10 at BRIC House (647 Fulton Street). For his show, author, television host, podcaster and Brooklynite Tour conducts in-depth interviews with successful Black people, exploring what makes them successful and how they dealt with the most difficult moments of their lives. For the live event, which is being presented as part of the Brooklyn Podcast Festival, Tour will be in conversation with actor, athlete and activist Terry Crews.

Tour Show is a weekly talk show featuring in-depth conversations with some of the most respected and successful people in art, music, media, and more, with an eye toward revealing how they achieved their goals and persevered through difficult moments.

Actor, author and activist Terry Crews is best known for his starring roles on the TV show Brooklyn 99, the Expendables film franchise and as a beloved Old Spice pitchman. In 2017 he was named a Time Magazine 'Person of the Year' as one of the 'Silence Breakers' for speaking out against sexual harassment and assault via the #MeToo movement.

Launched in 2017, the Brooklyn Podcast Festival is a celebration of innovative, engaging, and informative podcasts of all genres, the artists who create them, and the community surrounding them. The Festival gives audiences the opportunity to see their favorite podcasts live and a chance to discover new and up and coming shows.

The Brooklyn Podcast Festival is presented by Pandora. WNYC Studios is a media partner of the Brooklyn Podcast Festival.

BRIC is the leading presenter of free cultural programming in Brooklyn, and one of the largest in New York City. The organization presents and incubates work by artists and media-makers that reflects the diversity of New York. BRIC programs reach hundreds of thousands of people each year.

BRIC's main venue, BRIC House, offers a public media center, a major contemporary art exhibition space, two performance spaces, a glass-walled TV studio and artist work spaces.

Some of BRIC's most acclaimed programs include the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival in Prospect Park; groundbreaking media initiatives, including BRIC TV, BRIC Radio, and Brooklyn Free Speech; and renowned contemporary art exhibitions. BRIC also offers education and community-building programs at BRIC House and throughout Brooklyn.

In addition to making cultural programming genuinely accessible, BRIC is dedicated to providing substantial support to artists and media makers in their efforts to develop work and reach new audiences. BRIC is unusual in both presenting exceptional cultural experiences and nurturing individual expression. This dual commitment enables BRIC to most effectively reflect New York City's innate cultural richness and diversity.

Learn more at BRICartsmedia.org.

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