This Wednesday evening, the Brooklyn Academy of Music hosted its spring benefit, honoring artist Solange Knowles and arts producer and advocate Mikki Shepard.
It takes years of training to get on a stage as prestigious as the one at BAM’s Howard Gilman Opera House, but for one night, all it takes is one ticket to the benefit hosted right on the stage. Wednesday evening, the Brooklyn Academy of Music hosted its spring benefit, honoring artist Solange Knowles and arts producer and advocate Mikki Shepard.
BAM president Gina Duncan was nearly moved to tears during her speech explaining Knowles and Shepard’s impact. “They’re both incredible curators in their own right,” Duncan told the Cut. “I would not have found a home here if it weren’t for the work that Shepard had done in the ’70s. And Solange’s program ‘Eldorado Ballroom’ last year reminded me so much of why I’m in this role.
The signature drink of the evening was the Bee’s Knees, a mixture of Brooklyn gin, honey, and lemon. I opted for the rosé instead, a bubbly and sweet option from the McBride Sisters. There was also dinner, if you didn’t fill up on a little bit of zucchini. The first course was a gazpacho that was followed by a strip steak that got a few?” “Did anyone listen to Taylor Swift?” “What about Kendrick Lamar?”), the evening opened with Nailah Hunter on the harp.
The final moment we were all waiting for: Solange’s speech. “As I was preparing to write this, I thought about my journey into joy and how priceless the feeling is.” She read an essay she penned forin 2020 as a reminder to find joy, quoting a jingle she repeats to herself: “Doing the work sure ain’t pretty; it’s like tearing down and rebuilding whole damn cities.” Knowles thanked the audience for their energy and thanked BAM for being a “beacon of creation.”12:42 p.m.
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