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Darrah Carr - Irish dance Tamara Chernyakhovska - Ukrainian folk dance Don Coy - American square dance Yasser Darwish - Egyptian folk dances Nadia Dieudonné - Haitian folklore Leonardo Ivan Domin... more
Presented by BAC Folk Arts, Brooklyn Maqam Arab Music Festival is a rare opportunity to experience the remarkable variety of Arab music traditions that flourish throughout the metro area! WHEN: Wed... more
Participating Artists (Click on a name to view the artist’s bio) Najeeb Shaheen Dimitri Mikelis... more
Presented by BAC Folk Arts, Brooklyn Maqam Arab Music Festival is a rare opportunity to experience the remarkable variety of Arab music traditions that flourish throughout the metro area! WHEN: Thu... more
Thursday, March 27 Barbés 7:00-9:00pm
42nd Brooklyn Arts Council International Film Festival April 29 – May 9, 2008 More Info The BAC 41st International Film and Video Festival May 5 – 12, 2007 More Info ... more
Pratt Institute Higgins Hall Center Auditorium 61 St. James Place (corner of Lafayette Ave.) Brooklyn Don't miss BAC's special preview screening on April 1st of four of the award-winning films in... more
Roundtable: Arab Music Traditions and Their History in Brooklyn
Please RSVP by calling 718-625-0080 or sending an email to seminars@brooklynartscouncil.org Venue Information and Directions Brooklyn Historical Society 128 Pierrepont St. (corner Clinton St.)... more
Roundtable: Arab Music Traditions and Their History in Brooklyn
Sunday, March 9 Brooklyn Historical Society 2:00-4:00pm
Moroccan violinist Salah Rhani specializes in the popular musical genres of North Africa, sha’abi and Rai. At the age of 10 he began playing kamanja (Arab violin), which he learned from his brothers,... more
Ghacham hails from the village of Yaroun on the southern border of Lebanon, where families and friends dance debkah at every social gathering, from weddings to birthdays. Ghacham was particularly inf... more
Sawt al-Mar'a: Voice of the Women
Sunday, March 16 Kingsborough Community College, Leon M. Goldstein Performing Arts Center 3:00-5:00pm
Sawt al-Mar’a: Voice of the Woman
Presented by BAC Folk Arts, Brooklyn Maqam Arab Music Festival is a rare opportunity to experience the remarkable variety of Arab music traditions that flourish throughout the metro area! WHEN: Sun... more
Presented by BAC Folk Arts, Brooklyn Maqam Arab Music Festival is a rare opportunity to experience the remarkable variety of Arab music traditions that flourish throughout the metro area! WHEN: Sat... more
Site Matters: Brooklyn Represents Open House and Performance
Site Matters: Brooklyn Represents Open House: Saturday, September 29, 1-4pm featuring Sheryl Oring performing I Wish to Say
Sony Wonder Selects Youth Videos
Sony Wonder Technology Lab 550 Madison Avenue, Manhattan
Special Opportunities for 2008
BROOKLYN-BASED FILMMAKER SCREENING The 42nd Brooklyn Arts Council International Film Festival will feature a special screening of films and videos by Brooklyn-based artists. If you qualify and you... more
The 2006 Cine Banneker Film Festival
2006 Thursday May 25, 2006, 5:30 – 7:30pm Kumble Theatre Long Island University 1 University Plaza, Brooklyn Sponsored by Councilperson Leticia James, Brooklyn Arts Council, Long Island Uni... more
Timeless Traditions from Egypt and Iraq
Presented by BAC Folk Arts, Brooklyn Maqam Arab Music Festival is a rare opportunity to experience the remarkable variety of Arab music traditions that flourish throughout the metro area! WHEN: Thu... more
Timeless Traditions from Egypt and Iraq
Thursday, March 20 Joe’s Pub (Manhattan) 9:00-10:30pm
Tuning Your Ear: Learning to Listen to Arab Music
Thursday, March 6 Safe-T-Gallery 6:30-8:30
Tuning Your Ear: Learning to Listen to Arab Music
Tareq Abboushi, buzuq specialist and teacher, lead a workshop on Arab music basics. If you’re new to the music, this was the way to get an “ear up”.
Sponsored by the Brooklyn Chapter of Links.
