December Target First Saturday: Ladies’ Night‏

When:Saturday December 11, 2010
Time:5-11pm
Where:The Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11238-6099
(718) 638-5000
Cost:Free

Come out to Brooklyn For Target’s First Saturday’s at The Brooklyn Museum. Check out all of the great exhibits and the awesome party later at night. Event is limited capacity, some programs require tickets. Free tickets are available for selected events. Please note ticket distribution times above. Members may pick up tickets from the Membership Desk beginning at 2 p.m. while supplies last. Programs subject to change without notice.Free general admission and $4 parking (flat rate), 5–11 p.m. Museum galleries are open until 11 p.m. Cash bar, food concessions, and Shop open until 11 p.m.

Here is the list of scheduled events:

5–10:30 p.m. Object of the Month
Arts of the Islamic World, 2nd Floor
Examine a sculpture of the Buddhist goddess Green Tārā with the help of a “Looking Closer” guide.

5–7 p.m. Music
The Rubin Pavilion, 1st Floor
Canadian rock star Carole Pope sings alternative New Wave rock.

5:30 p.m. Film
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor
Frida (Julie Taymor, 2002, 123 min., R). Free tickets (330) available at the Visitor Center at 5 p.m.

6–7 p.m. Performance (Adult Content)
Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art Forum, 4th Floor
Performance artist and comedian Shelly Mars presents her solo multimedia work Homo Bonobo. Free tickets (25) available at the Visitor Center at 5 p.m.

6:30–8:30 p.m. Hands-On Art
Education Gallery, 1st Floor
Create a found-object sculpture inspired by the Pop art of Joyce Wieland. Free timed tickets (380) available at the Visitor Center at 5:30 p.m.

7 p.m. Curator Talk
Morris A. and Meyer Schapiro Wing, 5th Floor
Curator of Contemporary Art Eugenie Tsai on the work of Fred Tomaselli. Free tickets (25) available at the Visitor Center at 6 p.m.

8 p.m. Young Voices Talk
Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, 4th Floor
Student Guides on Seductive Subversion: Women Pop Artists, 1958–1968.

8–10 p.m. Dance Party
Beaux-Arts Court, 3rd Floor
DJ Laylo hosts a party highlighting the divas of hip-hop and soul.

9 p.m. Book Club
American Identities, 5th Floor
Brooklyn-based graphic novelist Misako Rocks! discusses her most recent book, Detective Jermain.

9–10 p.m. Performance
Rubin Pavilion, 1st Floor
Brooklyn-based video-performance collaborative CHERYL hosts.

10–11 p.m. Late Night in the Galleries
All galleries open