Programs
Presenting classic films, premieres, festivals, and retrospectives, with appearances by filmmakers, actors, and critics.
Experience world-class opera up close as The Metropolitan Opera’s pioneering series of live broadcasts comes to BAM Rose Cinemas, featuring insightful pre-show discussions with opera experts.
In this monthly repertory film series at BAM Rose Cinemas, Senior Cinema offers free admission to moviegoers 65 years and older, with complimentary popcorn and soda.
DanceAfrica’s beloved bazaar returns, featuring more than 150 vendors from around the world, offering African, Caribbean, and African-American food, crafts, and fashion.
BAM partners with Greenlight Bookstore to celebrate new books and their authors, creating a dynamic space for audiences to engage with critical questions facing our society.
Join us for big moments and easy fun with circus, film, music, and social justice programs!
Join BAMkids’ annual celebration of international stories on film—and create your own new stories through performances and play—at this interactive festival for kids!
Join us in person or via livestream for this beloved Brooklyn tradition, which honors Dr. King’s radical spirit with music, dance, and an invigorating call to action, led by keynote speaker Sherrilyn Ifill.
Presenting classic films, premieres, festivals, and retrospectives, with appearances by filmmakers, actors, and critics.
Start your trick-or-treating off right at this free Halloween party. Family-friendly music and mischief kicks off at 4pm! Join us for candy giveaways, carnival games, arts and crafts, movies and more!
This free, live, outdoor, fall concert series celebrates R&B, soul, jazz, funk, pop, blues, rock, electronica, spoken word, and more.
Celebrate spring with this series of free workshops and dance parties for art-loving seniors.
Everybooty is Brooklyn’s place to party in a city bursting with Pride. This all-inclusive, all-gender celebration of queer nightlife puts on a shimmering show, breaks down barriers, and builds community.
Discover work by renowned and emerging artists, support BAM’s artistic and educational programming, and celebrate the closing of this year’s BAM Art Auction with a live DJ and complimentary drinks and bites.
Presenting classic films, premieres, festivals, and retrospectives, with appearances by filmmakers, actors, and critics.
Celebrate spring with this series of free workshops and dance parties for art-loving seniors.
Join world-renowned authors for an evening of intimate discourse and reflection at this unique series for readers, writers, and diners—now adapted for the digital space.
We’re expanding our virtual programming this fall, as well as bringing back some BAM favorites, newly designed for the online space.
Presenting classic films, premieres, festivals, and retrospectives, with appearances by filmmakers, actors, and critics.
BAMkids inspires young audiences with a delightful and diverse lineup of concerts, workshops, movie matinees, and live performances for kids ages 3—11.
Transform the world around you at this interactive technology showcase, featuring multiple floors of all-new, multisensory installations from today’s leading digital artists.
Performances from London’s National Theatre come to BAM Rose Cinemas in high definition.
In this series of conversations and film screenings, we trace the concept of speaking truth to power—undeniably a form of resistance—and the many challenges that face the individuals, societies, and movements that seek to employ it.
BAM partners with New York pop-up lecture outfit Think Olio for a new seminar series that freshly examines the tensions inherent in our government since its founding.
For the fifth year running, BAM presents a celebration of innovative radio, live on stage.
The Bard’s most beloved plays come to BAM Rose Cinemas with HD films of live productions by the Royal Shakespeare Company, Julie Taymor, The Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company, and Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre.
What is the truth? Simon Critchley presents a new conversation series that encourages audiences to abandon their convictions at the door and explore the ambiguity of reality.
Bolshoi in HD presents screenings of world renowned ballets with additional behind-the-scenes content and backstage interviews.
BAM is proud to be a part of Cuban Culture Festival New York, an exciting multidisciplinary initiative in celebration of American Friends of the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba’s 15th anniversary and its efforts to promote arts exchange between the US and Cuba.
With a shared dedication to connecting artists across genres, BAM and Nonesuch have cultivated the work of many performers in this landmark festival that celebrates the influential label's 50 years.
Pride gets a Brooklyn edge this June with a multi-arts party; free comedy; two New York premiere films; and a special Anna Nicole Smith parade float.
The Bridge Project, a three-year transatlantic partnership between BAM, The Old Vic , and Neal Street, staged five stellar international productions.
A comedy showcase that allows comics to experiment recklessly with humor while causing only minimal harm to themselves and others.
BAM presents classic films, premieres, festivals, and retrospectives, plus special appearances by filmmakers and critics.
Experience true cultural adventure and world-class performances in locations across the globe with BAMtravel, a unique program that only BAM could arrange.