Your Guide to the Brooklyn BEAT Festival

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    The Brooklyn Emerging Artists in Theater (BEAT) festival returns this fall, showcasing a diverse array of Brooklyn’s finest emerging performing artists. BEAT celebrates the Brooklyn community and its many performance spaces, and its lineup is as varied as its venues.

    From September 10-19, the BEAT festival will feature nine artists performing 11 shows. The events, some free and some ticketed, will span four Brooklyn neighborhoods: Crown Heights, Downtown Brooklyn, Sunset Park and Williamsburg. Below, a comprehensive guide to all BEAT performances.

    September 10
    Free Opening Night at the Brooklyn Museum, including performances from all involved artists in the festival. 7-9 p.m.

    September 11
    A free hour of midday entertainment in MetroTech Center called LunchTime Mashup #1. Featuring the Chinese Theatre Works performing traditional opera and Ming Dynasty poetry, and Brooklyn’s Finest Dance Company, throwing some salsa dancing into the mix. 12-1 p.m., free.

    An interactive performance titled Fertile Grounds will explore two sides of the Weeksville Heritage Center: the building’s 2013 multi-use cultural facility contrasted with the area’s history as one of the first free black communities. $20, 7:30 p.m. (performance also on September 12).

    September 13
    A free all-day performance called Sunset Park Portraits, to be performed in and around Sunset Park throughout the day.

    September 14
    Excerpts from the People Vs. is a free lunchtime dance show by Jamal Jackson Dance Company about the OJ Simpson trial. Noon to 1 p.m in the 1 MetroTech Center Lobby (at Lawrence Street).

    September 15
    Former BK Live host Robin Cloud presents Kings County Comedy at the Kumble Theater at 1 University Plaza in Downtown Brooklyn. 7 p.m., $20.

    September 16
    For one hour, world-renowned dancehall dancer Blacka Di Danca will turn Brooklyn Borough Hall into his stage. Noon to 1 p.m., free.

    Part installation, part lecture, and part “nerdy clown romp,” Dhira Rauch plans to teach you the entire evolution of information technology in The Proof is in the Processor. 7 p.m. at 246 Union Street, $20.

    September 17
    Look Up will feature the spoken word of Jamaican-born, New York–raised Keisha-Gaye Anderson. 7:30 p.m. at 558 St. Johns Place in Crown Heights, $10.

    September 18
    The second installment of the MetroTech Lunchtime Mashup, offering a mix of traditional Chinese and Spanish culture. Noon to 1 p.m. at MetroTech Center, free.

    Honoring Sunset Park’s Latino and Chinese communities, Ocaso: A Performance Adventure in Manufacture New York will take place on a 160,000-square-foot floor at Manufacture New York. 7:30 p.m., $20 (also September 19).

    Photos via Brooklyn BEAT Festival

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