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Mark you calendar for these exciting events. While at the Brooks, enjoy dining at the Brushmark Restaurant, serving lunch Tuesday - Sunday and dinner every Thursday night until 9 pm. For more information about these events please call 901.544.6200. The Brooks Film Series is presented by CB Richard Ellis, Auditorium sound system provided by Ninth Wave Audio/Video Design, Sponsored by The Jeniam Foundation.
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Thursday, July 2 | 6 pm
Jazz & Jacob
The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s witnessed a burst of African American cultural life. The Brooks brings that excitement to Memphis by celebrating all the arts on Thursdays in July.
Poetry in the Galleries: All the World's a Poem
Included with Museum Admission
Click the image below and print to receive $3 off admission
Lauded actor Darius Wallace presents the poetry of the Harlem Renaissance,
featuring selections by Langston Hughes and Richard Wright.
Enjoy dinner in the Brushmark Restaurant from 5-9 pm. Reservations are required. For dinner reservations: 901.544.6225 or click here to make dinner reservations online.
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Thursday, July 9 | 7:30 pm
Jazz & Jacob
The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s witnessed a burst of African American cultural life. The Brooks brings that excitement to Memphis by celebrating all the arts on Thursdays in July.
FILM: Jump at the Sun
$5 for members; $7 for non-members; Free with VIP Film Pass. VIP Film Pass: Available for Brooks Members Only $35 for a year of free films!
Click here to purchase VIP Film Pass
Zora Neale Hurston was a pioneering writer and anthropologist, and one of
the first black women to enter the American literary canon for Their Eyes
Were Watching God. She established the African American vernacular as one
of the most vital, inventive voices in American literature. This definitive
film biography, eighteen years in the making, portrays Zora in all her
complexity: gifted, flamboyant, and controversial, but always fiercely
original.
Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun intersperses insights from leading
scholars and rare footage of the rural South—some of it shot by Zora
herself—with re-enactments of a revealing 1943 radio interview. Hurston
biographer, Cheryl Wall, traces Zora's unique artistic vision back to her
childhood in Eatonville, Florida, the first all-black incorporated town in
the U.S.
FILM TICKETS
Enjoy dinner in the Brushmark Restaurant from 5-9 pm. Reservations are required. For dinner reservations: 901.544.6225 or click here to make dinner reservations online.
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Friday, July 10 | 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Members' Only Reception
The Prints of Jacob Lawrence
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Museum members are invited to join us for this exclusive reception
celebrating the exhibition The Prints of Jacob Lawrence! Enjoy cocktails in
the Rotunda, then explore the galleries to experience Lawrence's vibrant,
powerful work.
Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917-2000)
The 1920’s . . . The Migrants Arrive and Cast Their Ballots, 1974
Silkscreen, edition of 150 with 15 AP
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Thursday, July 16 | 6 pm
Jazz & Jacob
The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s witnessed a burst of African American cultural life. The Brooks brings that excitement to Memphis by celebrating all the arts on Thursdays in July.
Art: Guided Tour and Activity
Take a docent-led tour of the Jacob Lawrence exhibition, then get in touch
with your inner artist by participating in an art activity in the rotunda.
Enjoy dinner in the Brushmark Restaurant from 5-9 pm. Reservations are required. For dinner reservations: 901.544.6225 or click here to make dinner reservations online. |
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Thursday, July 16 | 7:30 pm
Film: Visioneers
Free for Brooks & Indie Memphis members; $5 for non-members; Free with VIP Film Pass. VIP Film Pass: Available for Brooks Members Only $35 for a free year of free films!
Click here to purchase VIP Film Pass
Indie Memphis and the Brooks Museum of Art are thrilled to present the Memphis premiere of Visioneers, a quirky black comedy by first time feature filmmaker Jared Drake, concerning a curious spike in cases of spontaneous human combustion at the singular Jeffers Corporation. Starring comedian Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover).
FILM TICKETS
Enjoy dinner in the Brushmark Restaurant from 5-9 pm. Reservations are required. For dinner reservations: 901.544.6225 or click here to make dinner reservations online.
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Friday, July 17 | 12 pm
Art for Lunch
In Celebration: Carl Gutherz 1844-1907
$10 Members; $12 Non-members (price includes lunch)
Visit the Brooks for a unique lunchtime experience! After a delicious lunch
in the Brushmark, enjoy a guided tour of a featured exhibition. Seating is
limited. Reservations are required; call 901.544.6225 or click here to make reservations online.
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Saturday, July 18 | 10 am - 1 pm
Bright and Bold Family Day
Free admission and activities
Artist Jacob Lawrence used bright and bold colors in depicting the lives and
history of African Americans. Come for a fun-filled day of hands-on
activities, an exciting performance, and more! Families can enjoy the
exhibit using an interactive family guide.
Family Day is presented by The Macy's Foundation with additional support
from The UPS Foundation and Cummins Inc.
Enjoy lunch in the Brushmark Restaurant from 11:30 am - 2:30 pm. Reservations are recommended. For reservations: 901.544.6225 or click here to make reservations online. |
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Thursday, July 23 | 6 - 9 pm
Jazz & Jacob
The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s witnessed a burst of African American cultural life. The Brooks brings that excitement to Memphis by celebrating all the arts on Thursdays in July.
Music: Rene Koopman Trio
Jazz reached new heights in the Harlem Renaissance. Join us on the terrace
to enjoy an exciting performance of jazz music by the Rene Koopman Trio. This
program is presented in partnership with the Midsouth Jazz Foundation.
Enjoy dinner in the Brushmark Restaurant from 5-9 pm. Reservations are required. For dinner reservations: 901.544.6225 or click here to make dinner reservations online.
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Thursday, July 30 | 5:30 pm
Kids Can Film Festival
$5 for members; $7 for non-members; $3 for children; Free with VIP Film Pass. VIP Film Pass: Available for Brooks Members Only $35 for a year of free films!
Click here to purchase VIP Film Pass
This one-of-a-kind event is sure to be a hit with your kids! Walk down our red carpet entrance to the museum where the paparazzi will be waiting to
take your pictures, then head to the theater for a program of films made by
kids and for kids. Afterwards, treat yourself at our ice cream bar.
Brooks members receive an entire year of exciting benefits including: free
admission, discounts in the Brushmark Restaurant and Museum Store, reduced
tickets to special events, and invitations to exclusive opening receptions!
Not a member? Click here to join online or call 901.544.6230.
FILM TICKETS
Enjoy dinner in the Brushmark Restaurant from 5-9 pm. Reservations are required. For dinner reservations: 901.544.6225 or click here to make dinner reservations online.
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