Upcoming Programs
With almost four decades of experience to draw on, the Brecht Forum is entering 2012 with high hopes and a renewed spirit. As one prescient sign at Occupied Wall Street read, "The Beginning is Near....
This is an introductory hands-on workshop in the use of popular education concepts and techniques based on the complementary approaches to Education for Liberation developed by two Brazilian Marxist...
In the tradition of the downtown loft music scene, The Music Now Series is a monthly showcase of advanced music, organized by Ras Moshe.
6pm
May 19th Ensemble with Bill Cole-Sona,...
Saudi Arabian poet Nimah Ismail Nawwab is an internationally published and recognized writer, best-selling poet, editor, photographer, women- and youth-empowerment activist,
Notably, she is the...
Social Security, not for nothing do politicians call it the “third rail of American politics—touch it, and you die.” Yet a powerful, well-funded movement to phase out Social Security or...
Invisible Theater is one of the techniques of the Theater of the Oppressed, in which "actors" create "theatrical" situations in public places, but where the public does not realize that a...
Neues Kabarett presents Marco Cappelli Acoustic Trio performing 'O Padreterno nun e` mercante ca pava o' sabbato – the world premiere of a new suite of compositions--featuring: Marco Cappelli (...
Join youth, artists, activists, and advocates for a dynamic dialogue and art showcase exploring young people's experiences with - and responses to - the City's current stop-and-frisk practices.
...Within hours of the attacks on the World Trade Center, misdirected assaults on Sikhs and other South Asians flared on streets across the nation, serving as harbingers of a more suspicious, less discerning,...
Cliff Conner's biography is a fresh, welcome look at one of the most complex and fascinating figures of the French Revolution. Marat's tumultuous career has many echoes for our own time, among...
“Central planning is a failure.” “Market socialism is an oxymoron.” Is anything left?
Believe it or not, the possibilities are just starting to...
In this beginning workshop, we will break down both the basic elements of how we communicate with each other and the (mostly unspoken/hidden) rules which govern that communication. Working with verbal and...
This extended workshop focuses on exercises, games, and improvised scene work of Forum Theater, one of the forms in the Theater of the Oppressed repertory developed by Brazilian director, popular educator...
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