Target First Saturday

“Art on the edge” is the theme of 2014’s principal Target First Saturday, the Brooklyn Museum’s popular free monthly program. The arty, edgy offerings include a screening of Iraqi music documentary Heavy Metal in Baghdad (8pm), global grooves by Dendê and Band (5pm), MC Nitty Scott’s socially conscious hip-hop (9pm) and a discussion called “What You Don’t Know Could Fill a Museum: Art, AIDS, Activism and the Institution” (7pm). Make use of gratis and discounted gallery access to check out current exhibits, including the sweeping 166-year survey, “WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath” (free) and style-focused show “The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk” ($10).