Brooklyn Academy of Music
@bambrooklyn.bsky.social
Brooklyn’s hub for cutting-edge creativity and connection. Home of #Next Wave, #DanceAfrica, #BAMFreeMusic, and that thing you heard about.
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Palimpsests of Leslie Cuyjet: how do these projections fit into For All Your Life? 🧐 It's a performance, film, & social experiment investigating the value of Black life & death, drawing on the life insurance industry for method & metaphor.
🎟️ https://tr.ee/GEfNZ9
🗓️ Dec 3—7
🎟️ https://tr.ee/GEfNZ9
🗓️ Dec 3—7
November 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Palimpsests of Leslie Cuyjet: how do these projections fit into For All Your Life? 🧐 It's a performance, film, & social experiment investigating the value of Black life & death, drawing on the life insurance industry for method & metaphor.
🎟️ https://tr.ee/GEfNZ9
🗓️ Dec 3—7
🎟️ https://tr.ee/GEfNZ9
🗓️ Dec 3—7
We have something to show you....BAM KBH is just steps away from the Peter Jay Sharp Building. The programming you love, now in two great locations. Welcome to the next gen of BAM Rose Cinemas.
#arthousecinema #arthousecinemareviews #brooklynacademyofmusic
#arthousecinema #arthousecinemareviews #brooklynacademyofmusic
November 5, 2025 at 7:53 PM
We have something to show you....BAM KBH is just steps away from the Peter Jay Sharp Building. The programming you love, now in two great locations. Welcome to the next gen of BAM Rose Cinemas.
#arthousecinema #arthousecinemareviews #brooklynacademyofmusic
#arthousecinema #arthousecinemareviews #brooklynacademyofmusic
"Optimism can be tough to summon even in calm times. The present is clearly not that. But Juliana F. May, known for weaving movement, text and song into a complex choreographic language, is feeling defiant."
Optimistic Voices opens tonight.
https://nyti.ms/3JDNKoO
Optimistic Voices opens tonight.
https://nyti.ms/3JDNKoO
November 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
"Optimism can be tough to summon even in calm times. The present is clearly not that. But Juliana F. May, known for weaving movement, text and song into a complex choreographic language, is feeling defiant."
Optimistic Voices opens tonight.
https://nyti.ms/3JDNKoO
Optimistic Voices opens tonight.
https://nyti.ms/3JDNKoO
"It is folk horror stripped down to its barest and most beautiful."
Enjoy @screenslate.bsky.social's write up on The White Reindeer, playing tonight at 9PM.
https://t.co/3L90v5EAOj
Enjoy @screenslate.bsky.social's write up on The White Reindeer, playing tonight at 9PM.
https://t.co/3L90v5EAOj
November 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
"It is folk horror stripped down to its barest and most beautiful."
Enjoy @screenslate.bsky.social's write up on The White Reindeer, playing tonight at 9PM.
https://t.co/3L90v5EAOj
Enjoy @screenslate.bsky.social's write up on The White Reindeer, playing tonight at 9PM.
https://t.co/3L90v5EAOj
Viy | Tonight at 7:15PM & Sun, Nov 2 at 8:15, this nightmarish Soviet-era fantasy feature recounts the tale of a Kiev seminary student who becomes entangled with a powerful, seductive witch who won’t take no for an answer.
🎟️ https://tr.ee/sF3PlN
🎟️ https://tr.ee/sF3PlN
October 31, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Viy | Tonight at 7:15PM & Sun, Nov 2 at 8:15, this nightmarish Soviet-era fantasy feature recounts the tale of a Kiev seminary student who becomes entangled with a powerful, seductive witch who won’t take no for an answer.
🎟️ https://tr.ee/sF3PlN
🎟️ https://tr.ee/sF3PlN
From feminist guerrillas in Oman to the banned songs of Sheikh Imam — Heiny Srour’s fearless cinema returns to BAM's big screen.
📽️ The Hour of Liberation Has Arrived + The Singing Sheikh
🎤 Q&A with Srour follows tonight's 7PM screening.
📽️ The Hour of Liberation Has Arrived + The Singing Sheikh
🎤 Q&A with Srour follows tonight's 7PM screening.
October 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
From feminist guerrillas in Oman to the banned songs of Sheikh Imam — Heiny Srour’s fearless cinema returns to BAM's big screen.
📽️ The Hour of Liberation Has Arrived + The Singing Sheikh
🎤 Q&A with Srour follows tonight's 7PM screening.
📽️ The Hour of Liberation Has Arrived + The Singing Sheikh
🎤 Q&A with Srour follows tonight's 7PM screening.
🚨 Michelle Obama is coming to BAM this November to present her new book, The Look. Tickets are on sale now for members.
In this one-night-only live podcast taping, Mrs. Obama will be joined in conversation by Tracee Ellis Ross.
Tickets at https://bit.ly/3JfBqe8
In this one-night-only live podcast taping, Mrs. Obama will be joined in conversation by Tracee Ellis Ross.
Tickets at https://bit.ly/3JfBqe8
October 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
🚨 Michelle Obama is coming to BAM this November to present her new book, The Look. Tickets are on sale now for members.
In this one-night-only live podcast taping, Mrs. Obama will be joined in conversation by Tracee Ellis Ross.
Tickets at https://bit.ly/3JfBqe8
In this one-night-only live podcast taping, Mrs. Obama will be joined in conversation by Tracee Ellis Ross.
Tickets at https://bit.ly/3JfBqe8
Kelly Reichardt’s The Mastermind (fresh from Cannes) lands with a sly, stunning take on 1970s suburbia, when an unemployed family man and amateur art thief sets out on his first heist. 🎞️
🎥 Q&A with Reichardt follows the 4PM screening Sun, Oct 19.
🎟️ https://bit.ly/476Tpvg
🎥 Q&A with Reichardt follows the 4PM screening Sun, Oct 19.
🎟️ https://bit.ly/476Tpvg
October 16, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Kelly Reichardt’s The Mastermind (fresh from Cannes) lands with a sly, stunning take on 1970s suburbia, when an unemployed family man and amateur art thief sets out on his first heist. 🎞️
🎥 Q&A with Reichardt follows the 4PM screening Sun, Oct 19.
🎟️ https://bit.ly/476Tpvg
🎥 Q&A with Reichardt follows the 4PM screening Sun, Oct 19.
🎟️ https://bit.ly/476Tpvg
One night only: 3 films by pioneering Lebanese auteur Heiny Srour, incl. a sneak peek of her new epilogue to The Hour of Liberation Has Arrived. 🎬
Join us Fri, Oct 17 at 7PM for the screening + Q&A with Srour, moderated by Ginou Choueiri (ArteEast).
🎟️ tr.ee/Y3gKAm
Join us Fri, Oct 17 at 7PM for the screening + Q&A with Srour, moderated by Ginou Choueiri (ArteEast).
🎟️ tr.ee/Y3gKAm
October 15, 2025 at 8:28 PM
One night only: 3 films by pioneering Lebanese auteur Heiny Srour, incl. a sneak peek of her new epilogue to The Hour of Liberation Has Arrived. 🎬
Join us Fri, Oct 17 at 7PM for the screening + Q&A with Srour, moderated by Ginou Choueiri (ArteEast).
🎟️ tr.ee/Y3gKAm
Join us Fri, Oct 17 at 7PM for the screening + Q&A with Srour, moderated by Ginou Choueiri (ArteEast).
🎟️ tr.ee/Y3gKAm
Did you know you can flip through a digital copy of our Next Wave brochure? Explore this season's offerings, and get tickets while you still can—multiple shows have sold out, and we expect more will.
Explore the world of the Next Wave: https://bit.ly/4nhnpe9
Explore the world of the Next Wave: https://bit.ly/4nhnpe9
October 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Did you know you can flip through a digital copy of our Next Wave brochure? Explore this season's offerings, and get tickets while you still can—multiple shows have sold out, and we expect more will.
Explore the world of the Next Wave: https://bit.ly/4nhnpe9
Explore the world of the Next Wave: https://bit.ly/4nhnpe9
Our Winter/Spring 2026 season delivers a slate of innovative, full-tilt artistic visions across nearly every medium. Tickets on sale now for members. Join today:
https://t.co/PCJ6Bwzjhd
Explore our season: https://t.co/gBKDAGCoYj https://t.co/tJaInIVw5s
https://t.co/PCJ6Bwzjhd
Explore our season: https://t.co/gBKDAGCoYj https://t.co/tJaInIVw5s
October 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Our Winter/Spring 2026 season delivers a slate of innovative, full-tilt artistic visions across nearly every medium. Tickets on sale now for members. Join today:
https://t.co/PCJ6Bwzjhd
Explore our season: https://t.co/gBKDAGCoYj https://t.co/tJaInIVw5s
https://t.co/PCJ6Bwzjhd
Explore our season: https://t.co/gBKDAGCoYj https://t.co/tJaInIVw5s
This Saturday, as part of Best of BAMkids Film Festival, bring your family to Brooklyn Bridge Park to experience the vibrant spirit of DanceAfrica in this fun-filled outdoor workshop.
https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/brooklynbridgepark/items/290001/calendar/2025/10/?full-items=yes&flow=4749
https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/brooklynbridgepark/items/290001/calendar/2025/10/?full-items=yes&flow=4749
September 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
This Saturday, as part of Best of BAMkids Film Festival, bring your family to Brooklyn Bridge Park to experience the vibrant spirit of DanceAfrica in this fun-filled outdoor workshop.
https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/brooklynbridgepark/items/290001/calendar/2025/10/?full-items=yes&flow=4749
https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/brooklynbridgepark/items/290001/calendar/2025/10/?full-items=yes&flow=4749
'Scuse us while we whip out our tiny treasures
September 30, 2025 at 6:47 PM
'Scuse us while we whip out our tiny treasures
From the archive: Eiko & Koma throughout their 5x run in the Next Wave festival, '88-'00. This Oct, Eiko Otake returns to BAM w/ Wen Hui in What Is War—a searing duet that confronts the legacies of war on memory and the body.
🗓️ Oct 21—25
🎟️ https://tr.ee/N8JtJf
🗓️ Oct 21—25
🎟️ https://tr.ee/N8JtJf
September 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
From the archive: Eiko & Koma throughout their 5x run in the Next Wave festival, '88-'00. This Oct, Eiko Otake returns to BAM w/ Wen Hui in What Is War—a searing duet that confronts the legacies of war on memory and the body.
🗓️ Oct 21—25
🎟️ https://tr.ee/N8JtJf
🗓️ Oct 21—25
🎟️ https://tr.ee/N8JtJf
💻 Hack the planet! Hackers turns 30. Join Angelina Jolie & Johnny Lee Miller for the cybercult classic, back in a new 4K DCP.
📅 Sep 29–Oct 2 | Classroom Rebels
🎟️ https://tr.ee/oO5Hkl
📅 Sep 29–Oct 2 | Classroom Rebels
🎟️ https://tr.ee/oO5Hkl
September 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
💻 Hack the planet! Hackers turns 30. Join Angelina Jolie & Johnny Lee Miller for the cybercult classic, back in a new 4K DCP.
📅 Sep 29–Oct 2 | Classroom Rebels
🎟️ https://tr.ee/oO5Hkl
📅 Sep 29–Oct 2 | Classroom Rebels
🎟️ https://tr.ee/oO5Hkl
🥊 Michelle Rodriguez packs a punch in Karyn Kusama’s debut Girlfight.
Celebrating 25 years since its Sundance triumph, this groundbreaking drama lands in our Classroom Rebels series.
📅 Sep 27–30
🎟️ https://tr.ee/oO5Hkl
Celebrating 25 years since its Sundance triumph, this groundbreaking drama lands in our Classroom Rebels series.
📅 Sep 27–30
🎟️ https://tr.ee/oO5Hkl
September 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
🥊 Michelle Rodriguez packs a punch in Karyn Kusama’s debut Girlfight.
Celebrating 25 years since its Sundance triumph, this groundbreaking drama lands in our Classroom Rebels series.
📅 Sep 27–30
🎟️ https://tr.ee/oO5Hkl
Celebrating 25 years since its Sundance triumph, this groundbreaking drama lands in our Classroom Rebels series.
📅 Sep 27–30
🎟️ https://tr.ee/oO5Hkl
Tonight only: Ixcanul
Winner of the Berlinale’s Silver Bear, this Guatemalan drama follows a 17-year-old Kaqchikel Maya girl caught between ancestral tradition and an unforgiving modern world.
🗓️ Wed, Sep 24 at 7PM
🎟️ https://tr.ee/utGYPh
Winner of the Berlinale’s Silver Bear, this Guatemalan drama follows a 17-year-old Kaqchikel Maya girl caught between ancestral tradition and an unforgiving modern world.
🗓️ Wed, Sep 24 at 7PM
🎟️ https://tr.ee/utGYPh
September 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Tonight only: Ixcanul
Winner of the Berlinale’s Silver Bear, this Guatemalan drama follows a 17-year-old Kaqchikel Maya girl caught between ancestral tradition and an unforgiving modern world.
🗓️ Wed, Sep 24 at 7PM
🎟️ https://tr.ee/utGYPh
Winner of the Berlinale’s Silver Bear, this Guatemalan drama follows a 17-year-old Kaqchikel Maya girl caught between ancestral tradition and an unforgiving modern world.
🗓️ Wed, Sep 24 at 7PM
🎟️ https://tr.ee/utGYPh
Friendship. Music. One last high school concert.
On its 20th anniversary, Linda Linda Linda returns in a new 4K restoration. Doona Bae leads this tender, timeless coming-of-age story about a band, three songs, and a whole lot of heart.
📅 Sep 28 & 29
🎟️ https://tr.ee/oO5Hkl
On its 20th anniversary, Linda Linda Linda returns in a new 4K restoration. Doona Bae leads this tender, timeless coming-of-age story about a band, three songs, and a whole lot of heart.
📅 Sep 28 & 29
🎟️ https://tr.ee/oO5Hkl
September 23, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Friendship. Music. One last high school concert.
On its 20th anniversary, Linda Linda Linda returns in a new 4K restoration. Doona Bae leads this tender, timeless coming-of-age story about a band, three songs, and a whole lot of heart.
📅 Sep 28 & 29
🎟️ https://tr.ee/oO5Hkl
On its 20th anniversary, Linda Linda Linda returns in a new 4K restoration. Doona Bae leads this tender, timeless coming-of-age story about a band, three songs, and a whole lot of heart.
📅 Sep 28 & 29
🎟️ https://tr.ee/oO5Hkl
Classroom Rebels | It's back to school, so we're exploring stories of students who push back against the status quo. Featuring films from the 1950s-2019, the silver-screen rebellion starts here. 📝 How many of these classics do you recognize?
🗓️ Sep 26—Oct 2
🎟️ Link in bio
🗓️ Sep 26—Oct 2
🎟️ Link in bio
September 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Classroom Rebels | It's back to school, so we're exploring stories of students who push back against the status quo. Featuring films from the 1950s-2019, the silver-screen rebellion starts here. 📝 How many of these classics do you recognize?
🗓️ Sep 26—Oct 2
🎟️ Link in bio
🗓️ Sep 26—Oct 2
🎟️ Link in bio
Ixcanul: 10th anniversary | One screening only. Winner of the Berlinale’s Silver Bear, this Guatemalan drama follows a 17-year-old Kaqchikel Maya girl caught between ancestral tradition and an unforgiving modern world.
🗓️ Wed, Sep 24 at 7PM
🎟️ https://bit.ly/3JZ1CtB
🗓️ Wed, Sep 24 at 7PM
🎟️ https://bit.ly/3JZ1CtB
September 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Ixcanul: 10th anniversary | One screening only. Winner of the Berlinale’s Silver Bear, this Guatemalan drama follows a 17-year-old Kaqchikel Maya girl caught between ancestral tradition and an unforgiving modern world.
🗓️ Wed, Sep 24 at 7PM
🎟️ https://bit.ly/3JZ1CtB
🗓️ Wed, Sep 24 at 7PM
🎟️ https://bit.ly/3JZ1CtB
Our friends over at @maison-francaise.bsky.social are hosting the director of LACRIMA, Caroline Guiela Nguyen, for a one-on-one talk in French tomorrow evening. If you're a francophone, don't miss out on a chance to meet the mind behind the show.
RSVP: bit.ly/4nwUoLQ
RSVP: bit.ly/4nwUoLQ
September 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Our friends over at @maison-francaise.bsky.social are hosting the director of LACRIMA, Caroline Guiela Nguyen, for a one-on-one talk in French tomorrow evening. If you're a francophone, don't miss out on a chance to meet the mind behind the show.
RSVP: bit.ly/4nwUoLQ
RSVP: bit.ly/4nwUoLQ
We're deeply saddened to hear of Robert Redford's passing today. In his honor, we're sharing some memories of him at BAM events, including his 2006 retrospective, Sundance screenings, and a special interview with him printed in a 2007 BAMbill.
September 16, 2025 at 9:44 PM
We're deeply saddened to hear of Robert Redford's passing today. In his honor, we're sharing some memories of him at BAM events, including his 2006 retrospective, Sundance screenings, and a special interview with him printed in a 2007 BAMbill.
The future of dance takes center stage at Next Wave ’25:
Eiko & Wen & nora & Juliana & Leslie & Richard.
What Is War & Dambudzo & Optimistic Voices & Martha@BAM.
🎟️ https://tr.ee/biJESZ
Psst... 20% off any 3 dance shows in Next Wave '25, or 25% off 4+
Eiko & Wen & nora & Juliana & Leslie & Richard.
What Is War & Dambudzo & Optimistic Voices & Martha@BAM.
🎟️ https://tr.ee/biJESZ
Psst... 20% off any 3 dance shows in Next Wave '25, or 25% off 4+
September 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The future of dance takes center stage at Next Wave ’25:
Eiko & Wen & nora & Juliana & Leslie & Richard.
What Is War & Dambudzo & Optimistic Voices & Martha@BAM.
🎟️ https://tr.ee/biJESZ
Psst... 20% off any 3 dance shows in Next Wave '25, or 25% off 4+
Eiko & Wen & nora & Juliana & Leslie & Richard.
What Is War & Dambudzo & Optimistic Voices & Martha@BAM.
🎟️ https://tr.ee/biJESZ
Psst... 20% off any 3 dance shows in Next Wave '25, or 25% off 4+
One Battle After Another | Prolific auteur Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood) writes & directs this big, splashy thriller starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, Regina Hall & more.
🗓️ Early Access at BAM: opens Sep 25
🎟️ bit.ly/4mcvbFt
🗓️ Early Access at BAM: opens Sep 25
🎟️ bit.ly/4mcvbFt
September 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
One Battle After Another | Prolific auteur Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood) writes & directs this big, splashy thriller starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, Regina Hall & more.
🗓️ Early Access at BAM: opens Sep 25
🎟️ bit.ly/4mcvbFt
🗓️ Early Access at BAM: opens Sep 25
🎟️ bit.ly/4mcvbFt
Tonight, Arundhati Roy comes to BAM for a revealing convo about her first memoir. Speaking w/ Imani Perry, Roy discusses her complex mother, Mary Roy, a formidable force she calls “my shelter and my storm.”
Tix are sold out at this time, but there will be a standby line.
Tix are sold out at this time, but there will be a standby line.
September 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Tonight, Arundhati Roy comes to BAM for a revealing convo about her first memoir. Speaking w/ Imani Perry, Roy discusses her complex mother, Mary Roy, a formidable force she calls “my shelter and my storm.”
Tix are sold out at this time, but there will be a standby line.
Tix are sold out at this time, but there will be a standby line.