At the Brooklyn Museum's Target First Saturdays, thousands of visitors enjoy free programs of art and entertainment each month from 5–11 p.m. All evening long, the Museum Café serves a wide selection of sandwiches, salads, and beverages, and a cash bar offers wine and beer. Parking is a flat rate of $4 starting at 5 p.m. All other Saturdays, the Museum closes at 6 p.m.

Please note that due to limited capacities, some Target First Saturday programs require tickets. Ticket lines often form 30 minutes before ticket distribution. Programs are subject to change.

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July 1, 2006
Schedule of FREE Programs


5:00 p.m. Film
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor


Style Wars (Henry Chalfant and Tony Silver, 1983, 69 min., adult language). Legendary hip-hop documentary about New York City graffiti writers.




6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m. Performance
Steinberg Family Sculpture Garden, 1st Floor


Beatboxer Entertainment presents a complete hip-hop performance including beatboxing, emceeing, breakdancing, and deejaying. (Note: Rain location is the Hall of the Americas, 1st Floor.)




6:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m. Hands-On Art
Education Division, 1st Floor


Create your own nickname and graffiti tag with markers and paint. Free timed tickets available at the Visitor Center in the lobby at 5:30 p.m.




6:30 p.m. Film
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor


New York graffiti artist Lee Quinones plays the part of Zoro, the city's most elusive graffiti writer, in Wild Style (Charlie Ahearn, 1982, 82 min., R.). A question-and-answer session with curator Charlotta Kotik follows the screening. Free tickets are available at the Visitor Center in the lobby at 5:30 p.m.




7:00 p.m. Artist Talk
Meet at the entrance to Graffiti, 5th Floor


Graffiti artist Crash, who started painting the sides of subway cars more than twenty years ago, gives a gallery talk about his work in the Graffiti exhibition. Free tickets available at the Visitor Center in the lobby beginning at 6 p.m.




8:00 p.m. Modern Voices
Meet at the entrance to Graffiti, 5th Floor


Ellis Gallagher, a.k.a. © Ellis G., an artist known for his outlines of shadows on Brooklyn streets, speaks on the history of graffiti and its connection to the contemporary art world. Free tickets are available at the Visitor Center in the lobby at 7 p.m.




8:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m. Dance Party
Museum Parking Lot, Behind Museum


The Black Underground Show brings its famous Coney Island boardwalk dance party to the Museum, spinning electro-funk, b-boy breaks, and eighties classics. (Note: Rain location is the Beaux-Arts Court, 3rd Floor.)




9:00 p.m. Film
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor


See Dave Chappelle's Block Party (Michel Gondry, 2005, 103 min., R), which features comedian Dave Chappelle hosting a Bed-Stuy bash with Kanye West, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Dead Prez, the Roots, Erykah Badu, and the Fugees. Free tickets are available at the Visitor Center in the lobby at 8 p.m.






Sponsored by Target:

Made possible by the Wallace Foundation Community Programs Fund and a grant from the New York Community Trust. Media sponsor: New York Times Community Affairs Department.



edit: i'll be there for the dance party, but will prob miss the other stuff b/c of the bbb/antibalas show in central pk

oh damn, Wild Style.. that was the shit.

I wish I could attend this .. brings me back