BOMB's Spring Issue Launch with the Met Opera & Ace Hotel Brooklyn

Celebrate BOMB’s Spring Issue with an exclusive preview from Lincoln in the Bardo, an opera featuring music by BOMB contributor Missy Mazzoli. Mazzoli’s Lincoln in the Bardo, based on the book by George Saunders, premieres at the Metropolitan Opera in October 2026.

Director Lileana Blain-Cruz joins Missy Mazzoli in conversation after the performance.

This event is a part of BOMB’s ANALOG/DIALOG series—a partnership with Ace Hotel Brooklyn through which BOMB Magazine invites artist/s for an intimate dialogue and performance to explore what inspires them, what challenges them, where they are, and where they want to go.

Details:

6:30 PM Doors

7:00 PM Performance

7:25 PM Conversation & Q&A

Location:
The Atrium at Ace Hotel Brooklyn
252 Schermerhorn St.
Brooklyn, NY 11217

Cash Bar

All ticket holders will receive the spring issue of BOMB Magazine.

Excerpts of Lincoln in the Bardo, presented by the Metropolitan Opera by Missy Mazzoli. Based on the novel by George Saunders, dir. Lileana Blain-Cruz.

About Lincoln in the Bardo: Following the death of his 11-year-old son, the grief-stricken Abraham Lincoln makes nightly pilgrimages to the family crypt. Meanwhile, the spirits of the graveyard’s dead linger in a strange limbo between death and the afterlife, where ghosts complain, commiserate, and quarrel—and a struggle erupts over the boy’s soul.

In BOMB’s Spring 2025 Issue, Mazzoli interviews author Karen Russell, and the pair discuss their upcoming collaboration on a new opera, The Galloping Cure.

The Metropolitan Opera is a vibrant home for the most creative and talented singers, conductors, composers, musicians, stage directors, designers, visual artists, choreographers, and dancers from around the world. Lincoln in the Bardo premieres at The Metropolitan Opera in October 2026.

BOMB Magazine is a nonprofit, independent publishing house that has been spotlighting artists in conversation since 1981. BOMB’s mission is to deliver the artist’s voice. We develop, publish, and preserve artist-generated material, offering unique insight into the creative process.

Ace Hotel Brooklyn belongs to Boerum Hill — on the cusp of Downtown Brooklyn, a block from the Hoyt-Schermerhorn Station, at the intersection of everything. The 287-room hotel was built from the ground up. Designed by Roman and Williams, the hotel’s Brutalist facade includes a large-scale installation by artist Stan Bitters while the guest rooms feature floor-to-ceiling windows and panoramic views that stretch to Lady Liberty herself. The ground floor welcomes the community in, offering The Lobby’s large, lushly furnished living room-slash-bar. Adjacent is The Gallery, activated by obsessions and artists, and the greenery-filled indoor Garden with a double-sided fireplace and skylight. The second floor is wholly dedicated to event spaces including: the Atrium, with a capacity for more than 200; the modular Studio and Demo Kitchen, devoted to culinary programming; and the intimate Stoop. Every piece of the hotel is in service of the borough’s tireless ingenuity.

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