BAM announces headliners and partial lineup for Crossing Brooklyn Ferry, a three-day music and film festival curated by Bryce Dessner and Aaron Dessner of The National (April 25—27) Solange, TV on the Radio, and The Roots helm 2nd annual celebration of music, film, and art Bloomberg is the BAM 2013 Winter/Spring sponsor Crossing Brooklyn Ferry Curated by Bryce Dessner and Aaron Dessner Produced by BAM BAM Peter Jay Sharp Building (30 Lafayette Ave) BAM Howard Gilman Opera House BAM Rose Cinemas BAMcafé Apr 25—27, events start at 5pm Tickets: $50 for individual dates; $120 Festival Pass (all three dates) Brooklyn, NY/March 14, 2013—From April 25 to 27, BAM reprises last year’s successful three-day music festival curated by Aaron Dessner and Bryce Dessner of The National (The Long Count, 2009 Next Wave; Crossing Brooklyn Ferry, 2012 Winter/Spring Season) featuring bands, songwriters, improvisers, composers, new music ensembles, and filmmakers from all corners of the New York City arts scene. Offerings include everything from screenings at BAM Rose Cinemas to a series of celebrated headliners at the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, as well as a late-night dance party with world-renowned DJs on Saturday night. With a title taken from Walt Whitman’s seminal poem, Crossing Brooklyn Ferry channels the creative expansiveness associated with the literary icon. This year’s headliners include Brooklyn hometown heavies Solange (Apr 26) and TV on the Radio (Apr 27) along with honorary New Yorkers, The Roots (Apr 25). Solange brings her 1980s pop R&B fusion to the festival performing songs from her lauded EP True. The Roots open the fest with their inimitable, driving hip- hop-neo-soul while rock-funk superstars TV on the Radio close the fest with their first public performance of the year. A single ticket allows access to the entirety of each evening’s events, with festival passes available for all three nights. Full lineup to be announced. Check www.CrossingBrooklynFerry.com for updates. Crossing Brooklyn Ferry 2013 artists: The Roots (Apr 25) Solange (Apr 26) TV on the Radio (Apr 27) David Longstreth Antibalas Here We Go Magic Eleanor Friedberger Reverend Vince and the Love Choir Higgins Waterproof Black Magic Band Sarah Neufeld Eddi Front Champagne Jerry Julia Holter Japanther Clare and the Reasons Pure X Dan Friel Olga Bell This is the Kit Brooklyn Youth Chorus Nightly Schedule BAMcafé Live music: 5—10:30pm DJ dance party: midnight—3am (Apr 27) BAM Howard Gilman Opera House Live music: 7—11:30pm BAM Rose Cinemas Screenings and live music: 7—10:30pm For press information contact Sarah Garvey, [email protected], 718.724.8025. Credits Bloomberg is the BAM 2013 Winter/Spring sponsor Leadership support provided by Frances Bermanzohn & Alan Roseman Brooklyn Brewery is the preferred beer of BAM & Crossing Brooklyn Ferry. Programming in the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House is supported and endowed by The Howard Gilman Foundation Programming in the Lepercq Space is supported by The Lepercq Foundation BAM Winter/Spring 2013 supporters: Bank of America; The Irene Diamond Fund; Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art; The Florence Gould Foundation; The Leona M. & Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust; The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; Mikhail Prokhorov Fund; Stavros Niarchos Foundation; The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc.; The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation; The SHS Foundation; The Shubert Foundation, Inc.; The Skirball Foundation; The Starr Foundation; Target; Time Warner Inc.; The Wall Street Journal; The Winston Foundation, Inc. Pepsi is the official beverage of BAM. Sovereign Bank is the BAM Marquee sponsor. Yamaha is the official piano for BAM. R/GA is the BAM.org sponsor. New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge is the official hotel for BAM. Your tax dollars make BAM programs possible through funding from the City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State Council on the Arts. The BAM facilities are owned by the City of New York and benefit from public funds provided through the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs with support from Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg; Cultural Affairs Commissioner Kate D. Levin; the New York City Council including Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, Finance Committee Chair Domenic M. Recchia Jr., Cultural Affairs Committee Chair Jimmy Van Bramer, the Brooklyn Delegation of the Council, and Councilwoman Letitia James; and Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz. BAM would like to thank the Brooklyn Delegations of the New York State Assembly, Joseph R. Lentol, Delegation Leader; and New York Senate, Senator Velmanette Montgomery, Delegation Leader. General Information BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, BAM Rose Cinemas, and BAMcafé are located in the Peter Jay Sharp building at 30 Lafayette Avenue (between St Felix Street and Ashland Place) in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn. BAM Harvey Theater is located two blocks from the main building at 651 Fulton Street (between Ashland and Rockwell Places). Both locations house Greenlight Bookstore at BAM kiosks. BAM Fisher, located at 321 Ashland Place, is the newest addition to the BAM campus and houses the Judith and Alan Fishman Space and Rita K. Hillman Studio. BAM Rose Cinemas is Brooklyn’s only movie house dedicated to first-run independent and foreign film and repertory programming. BAMcafé, operated by Great Performances, is open for dining prior to BAM Howard Gilman Opera House evening performances. BAMcafé also features an eclectic mix of spoken word and live music for BAMcafé Live on Friday and Saturday nights with a special BAMcafé Live menu available starting at 6pm. Subway: 2, 3, 4, 5, Q, B to Atlantic Avenue – Barclays Center (2, 3, 4, 5 to Nevins St for Harvey Theater) D, N, R to Pacific Street; G to Fulton Street; C to Lafayette Avenue Train: Long Island Railroad to Atlantic Terminal – Barclays Center Bus: B25, B26, B41, B45, B52, B63, B67 all stop within three blocks of BAM Car: Commercial parking lots are located adjacent to BAM For ticket and BAMbus information, call BAM Ticket Services at 718.636.4100, or visit BAM.org. ## ## ## .