December 2011
December’sTarget First Saturday is a celebration of glamour and physical expression inspired by the dynamism of the Jazz Age and the exhibition Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties. The exhibition will come alive through programs that evoke the atmosphere of the era. Highlights include:
Target First Saturdays at the Brooklyn Museum
Saturday, December 3: Youth and Beauty
Free admission from 5 to 11 p.m.

Hazmat Modine. Photo by Robert Polumbo
5–9 p.m. Costume Contest
Throughout the Museum
Dress in your 1920s best to celebrate the exhibition Youth and Beauty. Museum staff will be photographing participants and posting the images on the Museum’s Facebookpage. The best costume will win a Youth and Beauty catalogue.
5–7 p.m. World Music
Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Pavilion, 1st Floor
Hazmat Modine blends music styles of the twenties and thirties, including blues, swing, and New Orleans jazz. Presented in partnership with Carnegie Hall’s Neighborhood Concert Series .
5:30 p.m. Performance:
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor
Tap dancers Lisa La Touche and Joseph Webb weave poetry, music, film, and storytelling into a performance celebrating the Harlem Renaissance. Free tickets available at the Visitor Center at 5 p.m.
6 p.m. Curator Talk
Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art Forum, 4th Floor
Catherine Morris on Eva Hesse Spectres 1960 . Free tickets available at the Visitor Center at 5 p.m.
6–7 p.m. Dance Lesson
Beaux-Arts Court, 3rd Floor
Dance instructors Nathan Bugh and Evita Arce teach the Charleston and the Lindy Hop.
6:30–8:30 p.m. Hands-on Art
Education Gallery, 1st Floor
Create a painting inspired by the artists in Youth and Beauty. Free tickets available at the Visitor Center at 5:30 p.m.
7 p.m. Museum Guide Talk
Morris A. and Meyer Schapiro Wing, 5th Floor
Museum Guide Emily Sachar on Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties.
8–10 p.m. Dance Party
Beaux-Arts Court, 3rd Floor
TheHarlem Renaissance Orchestra plays music of the Jazz Age, from the Charleston to big band and swing.
9 p.m. Book Club
Waterfall Room, Luce Center for American Art, 5th Floor
Scholar Farah Griffin discusses The Blacker the Berry, a 1929 novel by Harlem Renaissance writer Wallace Thurman.
9–10 p.m. Performance
Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Pavilion, 1st Floor
Fitness consultant Phil Sottile hosts a bodybuilding showcase that highlights the beauty of the human physique.

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