The Kings Theatre in Flatbush, Brooklyn was reopened in 2015 after being shuttered for 40 years. Join a tour of the historic venue.
Photo by Paul Martinka
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SUN KULCHA
COMMUNITY EVENTS
Day celebration. The event, “Unsung
Champions of Civil Rights from MLK
to Today” will feature interviews and
discussions about the forgotten heroes
of the era.
MON, JAN. 21
BIG APPLE CIRCUS: Check website for
schedule. Lincoln Center Damrosch Park.
See Friday, Jan. 18.
MLK DAY OF SERVICE: Crawford
Avenue and Palmer Avenue, Bronx, NY;
Shea Road and Meridian Road, Queens,
NY; Bayview Avenue and W. 33rd Street,
Brooklyn, NY, Brooklyn; 9 am–noon; Free.
Join other volunteers work citywide
to clean up city parks at Seton Falls
park in the Bronx, Flushing Meadows
Corona Park in Queens, and Kaiser
Park in Brooklyn.
MLK JR. DAY ART WORKSHOP: Highbridge
Recreation Center, Amsterdam
Ave. at W. 173rd Street, Manhattan; (212)
927–2012; www.nycgovparks.org; 10 amnoon;
Free.
A free art-making workshop celebrating
the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. for families.
HEALTHY MLK DAY: P.S. 284 and P.S.
270, 213 Osborn St. at Sutter Avenue; 60
E. 94th St. between E. New York Avenue
and Rutland Road, Brooklyn; info@seedsinthemiddle.
org; 10 am–2 pm.
Crown Heights organization Seeds in
the Middle is hosting their sixth annual
MLK Day of Service with a healthy eating
event at two local schools — P.S.
284 (10 am–2 pm) and P.S. 770 (11
am–3 pm).
CELEBRATING MLK AT BAM: BAM
Peter Jay Sharp Building, 30 Lafayette
Ave. between Ashland Place and St. Felix
Street, Brooklyn; www.bam.org; 10:30 am
(doors 8 am); Free.
Founder of the #MeToo Movement,
Tarana Burke, will be the keynote speaker
at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s
33rd annual Martin Luther King Jr.
tribute event.
MLK DAY AND STORYTELLING: Grace
Reformed Church of Flatbush, 1800 Bedford
Ave. at Lincoln Road, Brooklyn; (718)
287–4343; www.grcbrooklyn.org; 11 am–3
pm; Free with RSVP.
Greenlight Bookstore’s celebration
of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day to
foster literacy and awareness of the
Civil Rights Movement for youngsters
and families. Event will feature author
Jacqueline Woodson.
I HAVE A DREAM: Brooklyn Children’s
Museum, 145 Brooklyn Ave. at St. Marks
Avenue, Brooklyn; (718) 735–4400; www.
brooklynkids.org; 11 am–4 pm; $11 (children
under 1 free).
The Brooklyn Children’s Museum’s
ColorLab: I Have a Dream Edition is
going to explore Dr. King’s legacy, and
encourage young participants to draw
a dream for their community, to add to
their community dream cloud.
KIDS MARCH: Brooklyn Children’s
Museum, 145 Brooklyn Ave. at St. Marks
Avenue, Brooklyn; (718) 735–4400; www.
brooklynkids.org; 4:15–5 pm; $11 (kinds
under 1 free).
Kids get a reading of “Let the Children
March” by Monica Clark-Robinson
and learn about the 1963 Children’s
March in Birmingham, Alabama, and
learn how to make their own protest
signs and chants.
THE FIRE THIS TIME FESTIVAL:
Kraine Theater, 85 E. 4th St. at Second
Avenue, Manhattan; (212) 777–6088;
www. horsetrade.info; 7 pm; $5-$25.
The two-week long 10th annual
“This Fire This Time,” festival begins
on Martin Luther King Jr. day, celebrating
the diverse works and stories from
playwrights of African descent.
SUN, JAN. 20
BIG APPLE CIRCUS: Check website for
schedule. Lincoln Center Damrosch Park.
See Friday, Jan. 18.
MASS FOR MLK: First Baptist Church
of Crown Heights, 450 Eastern Pkwy. at
Rogers Avenue, Brooklyn; (718) 778–1200;
www.myfbcch.org; 10:30 am; Free.
Join parishioners at the First Baptist
Church of Crown Heights and Congressman
Hakeem Jeffries in a mass
celebrating civil rights leader, Martin
Luther King Jr.
HEALTH AND WELLNESS SUNDAY:
Bethany Baptist Church, 460 Marcus
Garvey Blvd. at Decatur Street, Brooklyn;
(718) 455–8400; 10:45 am; Free.
A service featuring Gospel singer
Vashawn Mitchell.
APOLLO CELEBRATES MLK JR: Apollo
Theater, 253 W. 125th St. between Frederick
Douglass and Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
boulevards, Manhattan; (212) 865–9606;
www.apollotheater.org; 3 pm (doors 2 pm);
Free with RSVP tickets.
The Apollo Theater and WNYC partner
for the sixth time to present WNYC’s
13th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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