Singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens will receive the Municipal Art Society’s 2008 Brendan Gill Prize this Saturday, September 27, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music for his multi-media musical composition, The BQE. His “symphonic and cinematic exploration of New York City’s infamous Brooklyn-Queens Expressway” was selected by the Brendan Gill jury for “capturing the energy, vigor, and verve of our incomparable city.” We are thrilled to invite MAS Members to join us this Saturday and meet Mr. Stevens at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

MAS members (and a guest) are invited to join us for the Brendan Gill Prize Ceremony (7:00 p.m.) at BAM and the private reception afterwards where you’ll have a chance to meet Mr. Stevens in person. Then, make a real New York night of it, by staying for BAM’s massively popular “Takeover” (9 p.m. to 4 a.m.). Tickets are available through BAM. MAS members who pick up their Takeover tickets in advance will be able to go to the front of the line and bypass the long wait. Box office hours 12:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Update – Thursday, September 25
Unfortunately, all tickets to the Brendan Gill Prize reception are now sold out. Reservations are required and neither memberships nor tickets will not be sold at the door. Tickets for Takeover are still available.