The Billie's Summerstage Jazz Series incorporates stellar artists from the neighborhood and beyond. Get ready to groove to the sounds of jazz at the Summerstage Jazz Series! Join us for an afternoon of live music, featuring some of the most talented jazz musicians in the city. Bring your friends and family, and let's have some […]
An electric blend of adventurous spoken word, musical, and movement-based artists. An electric blend of adventurous spoken word, musical and movement based artists. ABOUT Launched in 2018, Skylight Open is The Billie’s monthly music and spoken word series featuring cutting edge Brooklyn-based talent. Some 6 musicians and spoken word artists are presented each month with […]
Free - No Tickets RequiredIn 1970s Brooklyn, a pan-African collective called The East creates more than a dozen self-sufficient businesses and institutions — essentially building an independent Black nation.The Sun Rises in The East chronicles the birth, rise and legacy of The East, a pan-African cultural organization founded in 1969 by teens and young adults […]
Free - No Tickets RequiredSet against the high-energy, high-stakes world of show-style marching bands, "Drumline" is a fish-out-of-water comedy about a talented street drummer from Harlem who enrolls in a Southern university, expecting to lead its marching band's drumline to victory. He initially flounders in his new world before realizing that it takes a more […]
Free - No Tickets RequiredDeena (Beyoncé Knowles), Effie (Jennifer Hudson) and Lorrell (Anika Noni Rose) form a music trio called the Dreamettes. When ambitious manager Curtis Taylor Jr. (Jamie Foxx) spots the act at a talent show, he offers the chance of a lifetime, to be backup singers for a national star (Eddie Murphy). Taylor […]
Free - No Tickets RequiredChris, an African-American man, decides to visit his Caucasian girlfriend's parents during a weekend getaway. Although they seem normal at first, he is not prepared to experience the horrors ahead.Rated R | Runtime 1 hour 44 minutes | 2017Director: Jordan PeeleAbout The Black Joy Film Festival:Family-friendly films that engage audiences in […]