
Photo by Abigail B. Clark
Brooklyn’s best daytime family parties continue!
Inclusive and welcoming programming that encourage creativity and discovery. Join us for dance classes, gaming, art-making and other participatory activities, culminating in a raucous all-ages dance party.
The Free Radicals House Party will feature a day of unbound exploration, action and reaction – from science projects to political movements.
SCHEDULE (Continually Updated):
12-5pm | Rad Women Coloring Booklet Color and draw important women in your life. GALLERY/STOOP/CAFE |
12-2pm | Digital Remix Educational Activity: Innovative in Motion Create and animate an invention of your very own! During this digital art-making activity, participants will have the opportunity to work with a Teaching Artist to cut out and assemble their own inventions/future technology (à la Rube Goldberg machines) using a selection of imagery—of science and inventions throughout history—as inspiration. These creations will then be animated and given life via our green screen! TV STUDIO/CAFE |
12:30-2:30pm | Magic of Science with Carmelo the Science Fellow Navigate your way through a laboratory of fun! Join Carmelo the Science Fellow for a lesson in chemistry with experiments focused on the states of matter and take home what you make! BALLROOM |
12:30- |
Rad American Women A-Z Recharge with some radical inspiration from 26 amazing women who have changed- and are changing - American History. We'll feature a slide-show of Miriam Klein Stahl's bold and colorful illustrations from the book RAD American Women A-Z. Learn from the only alphabet that starts with Angela Davis and ends with Zora Neale Hurston! Copies of RAD American Women A-Z and RAD Women Worldwide, by Kate Schatz with illustrations by Miriam Klein Stahl will be available for family reading. BALLROOM |
12:30-3pm | Radical Hope for the Year of the Rooster with artist Betty Yu and the USDAC January 28th marks the Chinese Lunar New Year, the year of the Rooster. In celebration, you’re invited to draw or write your radical hope or courageous act for our country. These messages will be placed in traditional lucky red envelopes, and hung on a lucky bamboo tree to create a collective, radical hope for the New Year. Participant messages will be incorporated into the USDAC’s The Poetic State of the Union Address which will be hosted by the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco on March 11. BALLROOM |
12:45 & 1:45pm |
Afro-Cuban Dance and Revolution! |
12:45-1:30pm | A Screening of Short Films by Imagine Science Imagine Science Films, whose mission is to bridge the gap between art and science through film, thereby transforming the way science is communicated to the public, presents a screening of kid-friendly short films. Come be amazed! STOOP |
1-4pm | Art-Making Activity: Protest Posters Let your voice and message be heard! SWING SPACE |
1:15 & 2:15pm | Movement for the People with Preschool Rock! (all ages welcome) Preschool Rock will lead an exploration through various movement traditions of unity, strength building, and collective resistance. We'll embody ideas from marching games, ring shout, gum boot, toi toi, hip hop - and we'll explore creative movement to interpret our hopes for our community into a collective action statement . . . movement for the people by the people! ARTIST STUDIO |
1:45-2:30pm | Shine & The Moonbeams Perform! Singer-songwriter Shawana “Shine” Kemp and her band bring soulful R&B and funk music to audiences of all ages through their interactive, family-friendly concerts. STOOP |
2-5pm | Minecraft Meet-Up! Place blocks and go on adventures by playing everyone's favorite game on your own or against others. MEDIA CENTER |
2:45-3:30pm | Brooklyn United Marching Band Performs! Practice your best parade form with Brooklyn United Marching Band as they enliven the Stoop with a full drumline. Learn some new rhythms and march with them into the new year. STOOP |
3:30-5pm | Party Like Brooklyn presents baby loves disco! Move your family dance party from the living room to the BRIC House Ballroom and dance it out! Party Like Brooklyn presents an afternoon dance party featuring real music spun and mixed by real djs blending classic disco tunes from the 70s, & 80s with today’s hottest dance tunes that creates a child-proof disco for toddlers, pre-schoolers, and parents looking to let loose! BALLROOM |
This program was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, grant #MA-10-15-0423-15; Con Edison and by TD Bank. Con Edison and TD Bank Logos.png
Special thanks to Imagine Science Films for their partnership in House Party activities.
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Venue Information:
BRIC House is Brooklyn’s cultural living room: a 40,000 square foot multi-disciplinary arts and media complex in the former Strand Theatre, where emerging and established artists can create work that deepens their practice and engages the diverse communities of the borough.
Beginning Nov. 1, 2022, attendees of any BRIC House programming will no longer have to show proof of vaccination or a negative test to enter the building. Masks are encouraged but not required in all BRIC operated spaces. If you have questions regarding this protocol, please email Safety@bricartsmedia.org
BRIC is committed to welcoming people of all abilities. The main floor of BRIC House has an accessible entrance on Rockwell Place, in addition to an accessible, all-gender bathroom. The BRIC Media Center, located on the 2nd floor, is accessible via elevator. The Gallery level is accessible via a wheelchair lift. Portable FM assistive listening devices are available for programs on the Stoop and in the Ballroom upon request. To make a specific access request, or to let us know other ways we can provide you with a welcoming experience, please contact Benno Orlinsky at borlinsky@bricartsmedia.org or (718) 683-5637.