A new play reading and immersive experience by playwright Goldie E. Patrick, set in June 1946 in Hooper City, Alabama, exploring love, forgiveness, and family secrets, drawn from the playwright's own family history.

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Community gathering kicking off the 10th Anniversary of the Dancing While Black Fellowship, themed "Legacies in Action", featuring storytelling by DWB community members followed by Story Circles, a democratic storytelling process created by John O'Neal of the Free Southern Theater.

Dancing While Black Story Circles

A 651 ARTS series centered on live exchange between artist and audience, part performance and part conversation. Featuring AMYRA and KAMAUU.

Song Salon

A satirical performance duo riffing on the best of the Groovy Seventies, Sizzle and Funk are the recovering child stars of The Drunkertons, a hit primetime television series. After the show's cancellation five seasons in, Sizzle and Funk were barred from performing under their stage names. Legal battle behind them this December, The Incredible Drunkertons take to the stage at 651 ARTS with a festive catalog of covers and original songs.

A Funky Sizzling ChristmaHanuKwanzaKuh Holiday Spectacular

Little Black Book follows a recently out Brooklyn poet as he looks back on the lovers who shaped him, ultimately discovering the power of self-love. Inspired by real stories and personal experience, the play turns memories of heartbreak, intimacy, and desire into living theater through poetry, movement, and live DJ mixes.

Little Black Book

Annual Day of Learning on Equity & Inclusion hosted by the NYC Arts in Education Roundtable at 651 ARTS, featuring four topic tracks, plenary sessions, a student performance, and a social hour.

2025 Day of Learning: Artful Justice and Collective Action

Album release concert for Restore by Nicholas Ryan Gant, featuring selections from his new album with a pre-show experience in the 651 ARTS atrium.

Restore Album Release Concert with Nicholas Ryan Gant

A new musical by Charlene Jean and Franklin Rankin, presented in partnership with The Apollo's New Works program and choreographed by 651 ARTS Artist-in-Residence Maleek Washington. A mother represses the gifts of her daughter hoping to protect her innocence from a world that has torn their lives apart, but as her daughter comes of age she learns the truth of her purpose and the spirits who guide her.

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Bricks

Proctors Theater

651 ARTS opens its first permanent home at 10 Lafayette in Downtown Brooklyn's Cultural District, a 12,500 sq ft facility with a blackbox theater, three studios, conference rooms, offices, and a gallery.

Home Coming

10 Lafayette

Film screening of Benji, directed by Coodie Simmons and Chike Ozah, recalling the life and impact of Ben “Benji” Wilson. Part Three of a three-part workshop series leading up to the World Premiere of Against Gravity: Flying Afrikans + Other Urban Legends.

Benji

A literary workshop facilitated by Rosamond S. King exploring the writings of Gwendolyn Brooks, reflecting on her contemporary relevance, and guiding participants to compose and share their own poetry. Part Two of the Against Gravity: Community Fly Zone Workshop Series, leading to the World Premiere of Against Gravity: Flying Afrikans + Other Urban Legends.

Community Fly Zone Workshop: Part Two — Gwendolyn Brooks & Poetry Workshop

The Free Black Women's Library

A movement-based workshop investigating themes of Black masculinity, led by André M. Zachery and Ayinde Jean-Baptiste. Part One of the Against Gravity: Community Fly Zone Workshop Series, an intergenerational safe space for Black men, boys, and masculine identifying people, followed by group reflection and discussion. Free, with donations encouraged.

Against Gravity: Community Fly Zone Workshop Series — Part One

Weeksville Heritage Center

A panel conversation and toast to Women's History Month, presented by 651 ARTS, exploring how Black women hold and create space for Black arts, culture, and archive.

The Art of Making Space

A screening of Madame of Leimert from PASSION: A larryjean “Gene” powell project, presented by 651 ARTS in partnership with The Fire This Time Festival. A legendary Black gay nightlife icon must decide between pursuing personal love or continuing to carry a community on his back. The screening is followed by a 20-30 minute talkback.

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Jan 27, 2027

Madame of Leimert

Sep 26, 2026

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Sep 3, 2026

Dancing While Black Story Circles

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