First Saturdays at the Brooklyn Museum - TONIGHT!

My best wishes to everyone - I hope you all are safe and doing well in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. I plan to spend tomorrow volunteering at a shelter - please contact me if you are interested in info on that. In the meantime, I thought it would be nice to get out and get to the Brooklyn Museum tonight for First Saturdays (free). Let's meet inside the entrance/lobby between 5 and 5:15 pm. I'll email my phone number to those who rsvp yes. Also, when you're looking for me, I have short hair now! Hope to see you there. -Joanna

November 3, 2012
Jean-Michel Othoniel: My Way

Exlore the Galleries
5–9 p.m.
Explore the Galleries on the 1st, 3rd, and 4th Floors.

Music Showcase
5–8 p.m.
Dream-pop band Slowdance combines seventies synthwave, disco, and surf rock; Brooklyn-based Jarana Beat fuses elements of Mexico's African and Amerindian traditions with salsa and cumbia; and fantasy rock band Savoir Adore plays lush, dreamy songs from their new album, Our Nature.

Sensory Tours
5:30–8 p.m.
Using touch, smell, and sound, Museum Guides and educators lead lively discussions of works in the Museum's collection.

Performance Showcase
6 p.m.
Andrew Benincasa and Shadow Organ Theater present The Blue Belt, a folk tale about transformation told with music and shadow puppets. Artists from The Ailey School present a performance inspired by themes of metamorphosis.

Interactive Space
6–8 p.m.
Explore the art of origami; see a performance of Ghost Lines by Cori Olinghouse, an experimental dance that conjures memory and dreams of the past; and participate in a movement workshop with Hip-Hop Dance Conservatory.

Art Talk
6 p.m.
Two artists from Brooklyn's Urban Glass, a center for the creation and promotion of glass art, discuss their work.

Hands-on Art
6:30–8:30 p.m.
Explore the translucent qualities of glass by decorating a delicate bauble with transparent paints.

Book Club
7 p.m.
Ruth Bottigheimer, author of Fairy Tales: A New History, speaks about the origins of beloved fables and stories.

Light Show
7 p.m.
A projection of Cosmic Morning, a psychedelic light art project by Brooklyn-based visualist Don Miller.

See http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/visit/first_saturdays.php for more info