Target First Saturday: ¡Pa’lante!

After a year of increased anti-immigrant policy in the United States and natural disasters across the Caribbean, we come together to honor the resilience and diversity of Latinx communities in Brooklyn through a dynamic lineup of art-making, film, music, and poetry. Starting at 5 pm, please enter through our front entrance. Keep in mind that there could be lines for entry and that in order to comply with safety regulations we may have to limit entry when we reach maximum capacity. Check back with us in this Facebook Event where we’ll be posting day-of updates! #firstsaturdaysbkm Happy Hour is 5–7 pm. The schedule is as followed: MUSIC: CARNEGIE HALL CITYWIDE PRESENTS EL SEPTETO SANTIAGUERO 5–7 pm Direct from the famous Casa De La Trova club in their hometown of Santiago de Cuba, El Septeto Santiaguero is the foremost son music ensemble innovating on Afro-Cuban musical traditions today. Part of the Carnegie Hall Citywide series. LIT CRAWL: A MULTILINGUAL MOST EXQUISITE CORPSE 6–7 pm In this interactive reading, four international writers and their translators stitch together a story in multiple languages. Presented by Words Without Borders and SLICE Literary as part of PEN America's Lit Crawl Brooklyn 2018. COMMUNITY TALK: EN LA UNION ESTA LA FUERZA (IN UNITY THERE IS STRENGTH) 6–7 pm A year after Puerto Rico was ravaged by Hurricane Maria, Jonathan Soto, Union Theological Seminary and Project Refuge; Melissa Mark-Viverito, Latino Victory Fund; and community organizer and activist Arnie Segarra examine the status of recovery efforts and the role played by communities across the Latinx diaspora. HANDS-ON ART 6–8 pm Create wearable rope art in patterns that hold significance for you, inspired by the materials and form of Cecilia Vicuña: Disappeared Quipu. 330 free tickets in Hands-On Art line at Admissions at 5 pm. CONVERSATION: CECILIA VICUÑA AND GARY URTON 6–7 pm Join artist and poet CECILIA VICUÑA and Gary Urton, founder of the , for a conversation about Vicuña’s special exhibition Disappeared Quipu and Urton’s new book Inka History in Knots: Reading Khipus as Primary Sources. 30 free tickets in Forum line at Admissions at 5 pm. MUSIC: LEGACY WOMEN From 6:30–7:30 pm to 7:30-8:30 p.m. All-women drumming collective Legacy Women performs a dynamic mix of palos, congos, salves, and bomba rooted in indigenous Afro-Dominican and Afro-Puerto Rican musical traditions. POP-UP POETRY 7–8 pm Enjoy readings by poets Gabriel Ramirez, María Fernanda, and Roberto Carlos Garcia. Presented in partnership with Cave Canem, committed to cultivating the artistic and professional growth of Black poets. DANCE: SALSA PARTY 7–10 pm Catch a special edition of our monthly Salsa Party hosted by Balmir Dance Studio with a class led by professional dancers, followed by live music, social dancing, and performances from Brooklyn’s best Latin dance teams. MUSIC: BR0NZ3_G0DD3SS From 7:30–8:30 pm TO 9-10 pm Maya Monès—aka br0nz3_g0dd3ss—plays Latin pop and hip-hop tracks that celebrate her roots and amplify the voices of women across the Latinx diaspora. CURATOR TOUR: CECILIA VICUÑA: DISAPPEARED QUIPU 7:30–8:30 pm Catherine Morris, Sackler Senior Curator, Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, and Liz Munsell, Lorraine and Alan Bressler Curator of Contemporary Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, give a behind-the-scenes tour of Cecilia Vicuña: Disappeared Quipu, which opens at the MFA Boston later this month. FILM: EN EL SÉPTIMO DÍA 8 pm En el Séptimo Día (Jim McKay, 2017, 92 min.) follows a group of undocumented immigrants living in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, who earn a living as delivery people, construction workers, dishwashers, and vendors, anticipating their day of rest on Sundays on the soccer field. Followed by a Q&A with the director and cast. 330 free tickets in Auditorium line at Admissions at 7 pm.