Hal Willner Music
Bill Withers Project
Thu, May 8 at 8pm & Sun, May 11 at 7pm
BRICstudio
(57 Rockwell Place, 2nd floor, between Fulton and DeKalb in Fort Greene)
$12 adults / $10 students

Commissioned by the Celebrate Brooklyn! Performing Arts Festival, a program of BRIC

Visionary music producer Hal Willner, called "one of the most adventurous and audacious music men in the game" by the Irish Times, commandeers BRICstudio for a week of sessions to prepare for a celebration of the music of acoustic R&B pioneer Bill Withers.

Since his first album was released in 1981 featuring contributions from pop icon Debbie Harry and a then-unknown Wynton Marsalis, Willner has continued to produce eclectic music that highlights the talents of diverse artists from pop to jazz to avant-garde. Willner has brought three of his epic, live multi-artist explorations of a single songwriter's work to Celebrate Brooklyn!: Came So Far for Beauty: An Evening of Leonard Cohen Songs Under the Stars in 2003, Dream Comfort Memory Despair: The Songs of Neil Young in 2004, and I Count The Tears: Songs and Journals of Doc Pomus for Hitmaker in 2007.

The Bill Withers Project will premiere at Celebrate Brooklyn! in Summer 2008.

Tickets & More: 866.811.4111 or bricstudio.org

Dread Scott: Welcome to America
Feb 28—Jun 1
MoCADA
80 Hanson Place
(at South Portland Street in Fort Greene)

Dread Scott is a revolutionary artist whose work speaks to the social, economic, and political transitions occurring throughout the United States and the globe. Influenced by issues of police and governmental violence, traumatic events such as Hurricane Katrina and the exploitation of people throughout the world, Welcome to America includes engaging multi-media installations, sculptures, and videos.

Public Programs

Reception
Thu, May 15 6—9pm
Open to the public

Student Program for Malcolm X's Birthday
Mon & Tue, May 19 & 20, 9am—12pm
RSVP to kg@mocada.org

For more information, call 718.230.0492 or visit mocada.org.

LAVA Dance/Music
The Paradise Project
Thu & Sat, May 1 and 3 at 8pm
BRICstudio (Fort Greene)

The 9th National Black Writers Conference
Fri, Mar 28—Sun, Mar 30
Medgar Evers College (Crown Heights)

A Brooklyn Nutcracker
Dec 2007
The Brooklyn Music School Playhouse
(Fort Greene)

BK All Day! (BK'AD!)
From Stills To Reels: Transcending From Photography To Film
Nov 2007
Harriet's Alter Ego (Prospect Heights)

Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival
Sep 2007
Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus
(Fort Greene)

DUMBO Fight Night
Sep 2007
St. Ann's Warehouse (DUMBO)

Grand Avenue Block Party
Aug 2007
Le Grand-Dakar Restaurant
(Grand between Lafayette and Clifton in Clinton Hill)

Brooklyn International Film Festival
June 2007

Mayim Rabim / Great Waters
May 2007
BRICstudio
(57 Rockwell Place, 2nd Floor, between Fulton & DeKalb in Fort Greene)

DJ Moni Presents Liberacion: Sacudate!
Sep 2006
718 B-klyn Diner/ Ms. Williamsburg
(Kent between North 3rd and Metropolitan in Williamsburg)