Upcoming Programs

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Friday, May 18
7:00 pm
A Special Benefit for the Brecht Forum
Assembly Hall @Hunter College
The Beginning is Near
An Evening with Michael Moore & Cornel West

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....

Sunday, May 20
10:00 am
Co-sponsored by the Institute for Popular Education
Education for Liberation
A One Day Workshop
Carmelina Cartei, Shoshana Brown, Julie Novas, Kate Cavanagh, Esperanza Martell, Ruben Mina, Onaje Muid, Sally Hyppolite, Javier Salamanca & others

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...

Sunday, May 20
6:00 pm
Music Now! At The Brecht Forum
Curated by Ras Moshe featuring: Bill Cole-Sona, Hojok, Didgeridoo, Ras Moshe, Adesanya Akinyele, Larry Roland, Tor Yochai Snyder, Dave Ross & Ngoma Hill. Post-concert conversation with Kazembe Balagun

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,...

Monday, May 21
7:00 pm
Film Screening and Discussion
EXISTENCE IS RESISTANCE PRESENTS FILM SCREENING
HIP HOP IS BIGGER THAN THE OCCUPATION
Q &A with M1 of Dead Prez, Mazzi of SOUL PURPOSE, Marcel Cartier, Saeed and others from the documentary.

A documentary about a ten day journey of artists...

Tuesday, May 22
7:30 pm
BOOK PARTY / FORUM
Co-sponsors: The Women’s Islamic Initiative in Spirituality & Equality (WISE) of the American Society for Muslim Advancement (ASMA) and The Theater of the Oppressed Laboratory
Canvas of the Soul
Nimah Nawwab

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...

Thursday, May 24
7:30 pm
Book Party/Forum
The People's Pension
The Struggle to Defend Social Security Since Reagan
Eric Laursen

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...

Saturday, May 26
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
THREE-DAY WORKSHOP
Co-sponsor: Theater of the Oppressed Laboratory
Invisible Theater
Kayhan Irani & Marie-Claire Picher

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...

Saturday, May 26
8:00 pm
Neues Kabarett
O Padreterno nun e` mercante ca pava o' sabbato (God is not a merchant who pays on the due date)
Marco Cappelli Acoustic Trio

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 (...

Tuesday, May 29
5:30 pm
Stop- Stop and Frisk Youth Art Showcase
The Resilience Advocacy Project

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.

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Thursday, June 7
7:30 pm
Book Party/Forum
Co-Sponsored b y the Asian American Writers Workshop ,South Asian Solidarity Iniitative & South Asian Journalist Association
Uncle Swami:
South Asians in America Today
Vijay Prashad

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,...

Wednesday, June 13
7:30 pm
Book Party/Forum
Co-Sponsor: Pluto Press
Jean Paul Marat
Tribune of the People
Cliff Conner

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...

Thursday, June 14
7:30 pm
Thinking About What Replaces Capitalism
The State of Play in the “Designing Socialism” Discussion
David Laibman

“Central planning is a failure.” “Market socialism is an oxymoron.” Is anything left?

Believe it or not, the possibilities are just starting to...

Saturday, June 16
12:00 pm - 6:00 pm
1-DAY WORKSHOP
Co-sponsor: Theater of the Oppressed Laboratory
Cutting It Up
Julia Lee Barclay

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...

Thursday, June 28
12:00 pm
4-DAY WORKSHOP BEGINS
Co-sponsor: the Theater of the Oppressed Laboratory
Forum Theater in Movement Building & Creating Community
Julian Boal & Marie-Claire Picher

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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OUR SPECIAL THANKS! The Brecht Forum owes its existence to a broad network of support. Our modest fees cover only a fraction of our costs and we rely on the progressive community for our financial survival. Hundreds of valued subscribers and donors provide steady contributions to all of our activities. Our programs are funded in part by Manhattan Neighborhood Network, The Bardon Cole Foundation, The Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, The Surdna Foundation, and by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

  

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