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 […]
Billie Holiday Theatre Presents: Our Story To TellOur Open Casket to the World is a 200-page hardcover publication capturing the making of the ‘Black Lives Matter' Mural in Bed-Stuy. Featuring over 300 photos and commentary exploring a community’s resolve to find healing and justice amid a nation in crisis. 7PM: An in depth conversation of the beauty […]
Panel Discussion immediately after the screening with Segun Shabaka, Basir Mchawi and Mal.The Billie brings back The Sun Rises in The East and chronicles the birth, rise, and legacy of The East, a pan-African cultural organization founded in 1969 by teens and young adults in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. The East embodied Black self-determination, building dozens of […]
Excerpts from 6 historical Black plays that have crossed The Billie's stage over the past 5 decades. We are excited to reopen our doors for the first time since the start of the pandemic this spring 2023 with an unprecedented Mainstage world premiere: So Live A Concert Reading of Moments of Black Genius in the […]
Garment of Destiny, our annual dance concert celebrating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.Join us for Garment of Destiny, our annual event celebrating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.Witness the new class of our Pre- Professional Training Program this February. These tenacious young artists are looking forward to sharing their gifts […]