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August 2, 2008

Wave Your Flags!

3:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m. Performance
Public Plaza, Outside Museum

The West Indian–American Day Carnival Association kicks things off with steel pan music, stilt walkers, Carnival costumes, and more.

5:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m. Music
Steinberg Family Sculpture Garden, 1st Floor

Amma McKen and her drum and voice ensemble, Omiyesa, perform traditional Orisa music in Afro-Cuban style. (Rain location: Hall of the Americas)

6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m. Dance
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor

Ase Dance Theatre Collective presents "neo-folklore" representing the French Caribbean. Free tickets (340) are available at the Visitor Center at 5 p.m.*

6:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m. Reading
Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Forum, 4th Floor

Marie-Elena John reads from and discusses her acclaimed novel Unburnable, a riveting narrative of family, betrayal, vengeance, and murder revealed in Carnival chanté mas songs. Free tickets (30) are available at the Visitor Center at 5 p.m.*

6:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m. Hands-On Art
Education Division, 1st Floor

Participants are invited to decorate a Caribbean musical shaker with African patterns. Free timed tickets (380) are available at the Visitor Center at 5:30 p.m.*

8:00 p.m. Gallery Talk
Asian Galleries, 2nd Floor

Anthropologist Aisha Khan, Director of Undergraduate Studies at New York University, gives a Sign Language–interpreted talk on Hindu and Muslim communities in the Caribbean. Free tickets (30) are available at the Visitor Center at 7 p.m.*

8:30 p.m. Film
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor

See Life Is to Whistle (Fernando Perez, 2000, 106 min., NR), a humorous and insightful story of three young people on a quest for happiness in Havana. Free tickets (340) are available at the Visitor Center at 7 p.m.*

9:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m. Dance Party
Museum Parking Lot, Behind Museum

Reggae Retro's DJs and live band Judah Tribe play roots rockers, dancehall, and dub from around the world. (Rain location: Hall of the Americas, 1st floor.)

Sponsored by Target

Made possible by the Wallace Foundation Community Programs Fund, established by the Wallace Foundation, with additional support from DLA Piper, The Ellis A. Gimbel Trust, National Grid, and other donors. Also supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York Community Trust. Media sponsor: New York Times Community Affairs Department.

* Location: 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York 11238-6052

Brooklyn Museum First Saturdays

Real nice!
I'm going to do my hair, dolls up then go to a birthday party 3-7pm
And I am there!!!

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President Barack Obama!!!!
Be the change you wish to see in the world.
Let us work with others to change our communities.

I was there for the above and I had a blast!!!

Judah Tribe sounded good.
The DJ from Reggae Retro took me back. Sweet old school reggae.
In fact I was singing one song over and over on my way home.

Nice crowd too. Good turnout.

Message in the music from Judah Tribe
In fact: Featured in the show was guitarist, Les Paultre who is the Father of Sean Bell's bride, Nichole Paultre-Bell.

That man has skills on the guitar!!!

MySpace.com - Josh David/Judah Tribe - Roselle,NJ-Brooklyn,NY, Shashamane - Reggae / Hip Hop / Soul - www.myspace.com/joshdavidmusic

MySpace.com - Reggae Retro @ 5-Spot Brooklyn 459 Myrtle Ave. - 36 - Male - BROOKLYN, New York - www.myspace.com/reggaeretro1

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President Barack Obama!!!!
Be the change you wish to see in the world.
Let us work with others to change our communities.

Wow I missed this....i am so late ...damn

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TOO ANNOINTED TO BE DISAPPOINTED"