ShowcaseOfrenda Altar and Chinese Buddhist Ancestral Altar Dedication
Workshop 2: Mexican Days of the Dead (Días de Los Muertos)
Workshop 1: Mexican Days of the Dead (Días de Los Muertos)
All Souls’ Day “Symbols, Stories and Trumpets” at Green-Wood Cemetery
Virgin of Sorrows Procession
04/10/09
5:00PM - 8:30PM
Pages From BAC
21st Annual Tribute to Our Ancestors of the Middle Passage
The 21st Annual Tribute to Our Ancestors of the Middle Passage is a traditional memorial and healing rite featuring drumming, dancing and singing that ends with a ceremony of remembrance at water’s ed... more
39th Annual International African Arts Festival (IAAF)
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3rd Wave: The Planet of Brooklyn Transitions
OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, October 13, 6 – 8pm OPEN HOUSE: Saturday, October 14, 1 – 5pm CURATORIAL TALK: Thursday, December 7, 6 - 8pm 3rd Wave: The Planet of Brooklyn Transitions, an exhibitio... more
Brooklyn Maqam Cultural Walking Tours are made possible by American Express®. Use the card to eat and shop along the way as you experience Brooklyn’s Arab neighborhoods and cultures.
A Glitch Music Event features performances by the electronic music duo Aerostatic, who will perform alongside vade (visuals) and the electronic collective Love Like Deloreans. This event will be held ... more
A Moroccan Beber from the town of Khenifra in the Middle Atlas Mountains, Boutat began playing the loutar as young boy in middle school. The loutar, a four stringed skin-faced lute, is among the diver... more
About Black Brooklyn Renaissance
Are you planning a cultural event in Brooklyn that's open to the public and features Black artists? We would like to know about it. Please click here to fill out our calendar submission form. ... more
African Dance/Brooklyn Style Symposium
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Ahlem was born in Tunis, Tunisia and began singing at age 13. She studied at the music conservatory of Tunis and then went on to perform at local parties and weddings, at national and international f... more
Singer, percussionist (dumbek and frame drum) and oud player, Alrodini was born in Bakat Al Hoddeidah on the Red Sea coast of Yemen. Learning music informally from the time he was a small boy, Alrodin... more
Al Nujoom is a New Jersey-based Palestinian folkloric debkah troupe founded in 2005 and led by Ramzi Zdouq, who has called Paterson his home for nearly 3 years. Many of Nujoom’s members are originally... more
All Souls’ Day “Symbols, Stories and Trumpets” at Green-Wood Cemetery
Tour Historic Green-Wood Cemetery with Steve Estroff, who will point out some of the many folk symbols in evidence at this beautiful landmark, and experience the Haitian rara band “Dja’rara,” led by L... more
Alsarah is a singer, songwriter, and ethnomusicologist. Born in Sudan, she called many places home around the world before settling in Brooklyn, NY. She began studying music at the age of 12, and jo... more
One of few in the world who is an expert in the Iraqi maqam, ElSaffar, trumpeter, composer, singer, and santoor player, is garnering an international reputation for his work, both in the traditional I... more
Arab-Influenced Song Traditions in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Brooklyn Presented by BAC Folk Arts, Brooklyn Maqam Arab Music Festival is a rare opportunity to experience the remarkable variety ... more
Answering the Call to Prayer: Arab Song Traditions in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Brooklyn
Sunday, March 30 Brooklyn Public Library/Grand Army Plaza, Stevan A. Dweck Center 1:30-3:30pm
Arab-o-rama: New York Bellydance Music and Dance Review
Friday, March 14 Lafayette Grill and Bar (Manhattan) 7:30-10:30pm
OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday, February 1, 6 – 8pm CURATORIAL TALK: Thursday, March 1, 6-8pm
Artist Residency Program in Senior Centers
Criteria & Guidelines Unless otherwise noted, spaces are NOT exclusive (i.e. when artist(s) are not in the space, it will be in use by others. Thus, leaving projects or supplies out overnight or f... more
Roots of the Community: Where It Began On Saturday, May 10th from noon to 3:00p.m., BAC Folk Arts will tour Atlantic Avenue, including stops at Rashid’s Music, the oldest Arab music store in New Yo... more
Since the start of her career, Azza has been a featured dancer in all of New York's top Arab nightclubs, including The Nile, Cedars of Lebanon, Mofeta's, and Ibis. Based in Brooklyn, she dances at man... more
BAC Gallery is located in the heart of the vibrant DUMBO arts district at 111 Front Street, Suite 218 and offers artists an opportunity to show their art in an environment frequented by a host of arts... more
BAC Gallery Film/Video Screening
Michelle Provenzano has exhibited her drawings, watercolors and interactive-event based works both nationally and internationally in the Netherlands, Japan, Belgium and Ireland. Recently, she has sho... more
BAM DanceAfrica Pre-Opening Activities
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Touma grew up singing traditional Lebanese songs at parties, festivals and with his school choir in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli. As a teenager, Touma enrolled in Tripoli’s music conservator... more
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FEBRUARY Sunday, February 28, 2-5pm African Dance/ Brooklyn Style Presented by BAC... more
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