FRIDA KAHLO EXHIBIT

We hope you can join us for our next adventure! This is a ticketed event.  40 tickets are allotted for each 15 minute slot. This is a very popular exhibit. 

Please purchase your tickets ASAP, and let us know what time slot you got and if you will be joining the group for lunch, so we can make a reservation.  As of January 23rd, 38 tickets are available for the 11:30 a.m. slot, 40 tickets are available for 11:45 a.m. slot and 38 tickets are available for the 12 noon slot.

WHAT:                 Frida Kahlo: Appearances Can Be Deceiving

This is the largest US exhibition in ten years devoted to the iconic painter an the first in the US to display a collection of her clothing and other personal possessions. They are displayed alongside important paintings, drawings, and photographs from the celebrated Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection 20th Century Mexican Art, as well as related historical film and ephemera.

For more info, visit their website.   https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/frida_kahlo 

WHERE:               Brooklyn Museum – 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238 Phone:  718.638.5000 – Robert E. Blum Gallery 1st Floor (just off the lobby)

WHEN:                 Friday, March 22, 2019

TIME:                   Meet at 11:30 am in Museum Lobby  (the Museum opens at 11:00 am)  Enter Exhibit: 11:45 a.m.

ADMISSION:        $16.00 (Adults 65+)

TICKET PURCHASE:   Please purchase tickets in advance. The ticket price includes general admission and allows access to the entire museum. Please go to https://brooklynmuseum.org, click purchase tickets and select 11:45 a.m. time.

NOTE: There are only 40  tickets for each time slot. If none available at that time, purchase earlier slot (wait for us inside). Please  purchase as soon as possible.

OPTIONAL:     Join us for lunch after the exhibit at The Norm, a restaurant at the Brooklyn Museum. If you are coming, let us know in your email back to us.    Take a look at their menu at https://www.thenormbkm.com/

WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO:  Send an email to [email protected] to reserve your place and purchase your ticket online. Please provide us with your name and cell phone number if this is your first outing with us. Also, please give us your cell phone number if you haven’t given it to us before.

TRAVELING OPTIONS:

SUBWAY: Closest trains are the #2, #3 to Eastern Parkway/ Brooklyn Museum (You can connect to the 2/3 line at Barclay Center on any of these subways B D, N, R, Q, 4,5 and LIRR)

BUS:  Close buses  are B41, B69 to Grand Army Plaza stop , then about a 4 block walk,  B45 to St. Johns Place and Washington Avenue, then about a 2 block walk.

For specific directions from your location, visit MTA trip planner http://tripplanner.mta.info/MyTrip/ui_web/customplanner/TripPlanner.aspx 

We hope you can join us for this long awaited exhibit.

Thank you for your interest in Unity of New York’s USA group.

USA’s Committee of Five:

Becca Bean,  Diana Torres, Jessie Gibbons, and Mary Ann Sekely