Finding Joy at BAM With Solange

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.