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BRIC HOUSE SESSIONS PRESENTS Y LA BAMBA AND HABIBI, APRIL 11
Feb 19, 2019 • 5:30 PMBRIC, the pioneering NYC arts and media organization celebrating 40 years as the leading presenter of free cultural programming in Brooklyn, presents indie-folk singer-songwriter Y La Bamba with a live show in Fort Greene. Brooklyn-based, indie quartet Habibi opens the show.
BRIC HOUSE SESSIONS PRESENTS A CONCERT HEADLINED BY DONNY MCCASLIN, MARCH 28
Feb 19, 2019 • 5:00 PMBRIC, the pioneering NYC arts and media organization celebrating 40 years as the leading presenter of free cultural programming in Brooklyn, presents saxophonist and bandleader Donny McCaslin with a live show in Fort Greene, part of the 2019 season of BRIC House Sessions.
Brownstoner's Review of the BRIC Biennial
Feb 11, 2019 • 10:00 AMRead the Full Article Here
BRIC Biennial Puts Spotlight on Artists Working in South and Southern Brooklyn
by Craig Hubert
BRIC HOUSE SESSIONS PRESENTS 47SOUL AND UNDERGROUND SYSTEM, MARCH 7
Jan 29, 2019 • 10:45 AMBRIC, the pioneering NYC arts and media organization celebrating 40 years as the leading presenter of free cultural programming in Brooklyn, presents celebratory electro Arabic act 47SOUL with a live show in Fort Greene.
BRIC HOUSE SESSIONS PRESENTS SON LITTLE, MÉLISSA LAVEAUX, AND CHRISTOPHER PAUL STELLING, FEBRUARY 28
Jan 29, 2019 • 10:30 AMBRIC, the pioneering NYC arts and media organization celebrating 40 years as the leading presenter of free cultural programming in Brooklyn, presents genre-defying artist Son Little with a live show in Fort Greene.
BRIC HOUSE SESSIONS PRESENTS BOOGÁT AND WAAHLI, FEBRUARY 21
Jan 16, 2019 • 4:00 PMBRIC, the pioneering NYC arts and media organization celebrating 40 years as the leading presenter of free cultural programming in Brooklyn, presents Canadian-Mexican musician Boogát, whose blend of multi-lingual hip hop with danceable Latin rhythms has earned him critical praise and multiple awards.
BRIC HOUSE SESSIONS PRESENTS TALIB KWELI, FEBRUARY 14
Jan 16, 2019 • 3:30 PMBRIC, the pioneering NYC arts and media organization celebrating 40 years as the leading presenter of free cultural programming in Brooklyn, presents legendary MC Talib Kweli as he celebrates hometown love on Valentine’s Day with a live show in Fort Greene.
BRIC ANNOUNCES THE 2019 SEASON OF BRIC HOUSE SESSIONS
Nov 28, 2018 • 1:00 PMBRIC announces the spring 2019 season of BRIC House Sessions (February–April 2019), part of BRIC’s 40th Anniversary. The exhilarating concert series, held annually, brings the ethos of the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival into the organization’s Fort Greene headquarters through world-class performances on Thursday evenings. BRIC House Sessions draws its talent from a bold and eclectic array of musical genres and world cultures, with concerts featuring opening acts by DJs and musicians, and headlining sets from internationally-renowned artists.
BRIC ISSUES RFP FOR FOOD AND BEVERAGE SERVICES
Oct 29, 2018 • 11:00 AMBRIC, celebrating 40 years as the leading presenter of free cultural programming in Brooklyn, is seeking inventive and creative proposals to provide and operate food and beverage services seasonally for the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival at the Prospect Park Bandshell, and at its year-round venue BRIC House (647 Fulton Street, Brooklyn).
GRAMMY-NOMINATED ORCHESTRA THE KNIGHTS PERFORM AT BRIC, OCTOBER 27
Oct 2, 2018 • 6:15 PMBRIC is pleased to welcome back Grammy-nominated Brooklyn-based orchestra – and BRIC Artists-In-Residence – The Knights for an evening-length program titled Leonard Bernstein and Walt Whitman: American Originals & De Falla's Master Peter Puppet Show.
BRIC ANNOUNCES 2018-19 SEASON OF BRIClab RESIDENCIES
Sep 27, 2018 • 10:00 AMBRIC announces eight projects selected for its 2018-19 BRIClab residency program at BRIC House from September 2018 to May 2019. BRIClab is a commissioning and residency program that offers local artists time and space to explore and expand the possibilities of their work in music, dance, theater, and multidisciplinary performance. Work-in-progress showings, presented with moderated artist-audience dialogues, open artists’ process and creativity to BRIC’s diverse public.
BRIC ANNOUNCES THE NEW YORK PREMIERE OF HAIR & OTHER STORIES FROM NEWLY APPOINTED ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE URBAN BUSH WOMEN
Sep 22, 2018 • 4:00 PMBRIC, celebrating 40 years as the leading presenter of free cultural programming in Brooklyn, announces the New York premiere of Hair & Other Stories from newly appointed BRIC Artists-in-Residence Urban Bush Women. This evening-length experiential journey from the Brooklyn-based dance company that has “interpreted the black experience with passion and focus for [over] thirty years” (Village Voice) blends dance-theater performance and conversation (Jan. 31, Feb. 1-2, 7-9) in what Urban Bush Women describe as the “urgent dialogue of the 21st century.”
BRIC ANNOUNCES PROGRAMMING FOR MILESTONE 40TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON SEPTEMBER 2018-MAY 2019
Aug 10, 2018 • 5:45 PMBRIC, the pioneering NYC arts-and-media organization and leading presenter of free cultural programming in Brooklyn, announces programming for its milestone 40th Anniversary season at BRIC House (September 2018-May 2019)—the organization’s award-winning 40,000SF Downtown Brooklyn home. The season at BRIC House—its first under newly appointed BRIC President Kristina Newman-Scott—highlights the central idea that has animated BRIC’s identity from the very beginning: that to create the future we want to see, artists must be supported in their role as civic leaders and citizens must be empowered to speak in their own creative voice. The season also deepens the organization’s inclusive approach to both local and global discussions, and the places where they intersect