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JUNE – SEPTEMBER


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Acoustic Sundays
Sunday July 13 to August 24, 7 PM to 9 PM
Pier I, Riverside Park South, Manhattan

Enjoy spectacular sunsets over the Hudson as you listen to some of New York’s best jazz, R&B, and world music. Sponsored by Riverside South Properties.
July 13, Ernestidio Rodriguez y su conjunto tipico; July 20, Nation Beat; July 27, Pharaoh's Daughter; Aug 3, Howard Fishman's Biting Fish Brass Band; Aug 10, Kate McGarry Quartet; Aug 17, KJ Denhert and the NY Unit;
Aug 24, Los Soneros de Oriente. Presented by Summer On the Hudson, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.

Tickets: Free. For more information, visit www.nyc.gov/parks/soh, or call (212) 408-0219

Riverside Park South Pier 1|West 70th Street and the Hudson River
New York City


 

Double-Bill of Stage Works by Polish Composer Karol Szymanowski
Presented by Bard Summerscape,
July 25, 31, and August 2+ at 8 pm
July 27* and August 3 at 3 pm
July 25 - August 3
Sosnoff Theater


Bard SummerScape’s exploration of “Prokofiev and His World” will be enriched by fully-staged productions of two rapturous works by Polish composer Karol Szymanowski – a contemporary and friend of Prokofiev’s – opening Friday, July 25 for a run of five performances through August 3. Under music director Leon Botstein, SummerScape’s resident American Symphony Orchestra will play both the acclaimed opera King Roger (The Shepherd) and Harnasie, a pastoral dance by the composer who is widely considered the father of modern Polish music. The Wroclaw Opera Chorus will perform, with Polish vocal soloists, and a children’s choir. Both works will be directed and designed by Lech Majewski.

$25, $55, $75; except Thursday (July 31) perf: $20, $45, $65
For tickets and further information on all SummerScape events, phone the Fisher Center box office at (845) 758-7900 or visit www.fishercenter.bard.edu
(845)758-7900
www.summerscape.bard.edu


Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts| 60 Manor Avenue


 

8 Prospects -Music inspired by Brooklyn's Prospect Park
Sunday July 20th and 27th at 7pm
Barbès

Joshua Camp, of One Ring Zero and Chicha Libre, pays tribute to Charles Ives, 100 years after his ground-breaking piece Central Park In The Dark. This suite for six musicians reflects Brooklyn's most-loved park and a new century of urban sounds. This project is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Dept. of Cultural Affairs, administered by the Brooklyn Arts Council, Inc.

trombones: Brian Drye, Curtis Hasselbring - violas: Karen Waltuch, Victor Lowrie - violin: Ben Lively - vibraphone: Matt Moran

Tickets $12.

Barbès |376 9th St.| Park Slope, Brooklyn
718.965.9177
(corner of 6th Ave.)


 

Folks on the Island: An American Folk Music Festival
Saturdays, July 5th - August 2nd, 2008. Concerts start at 1:30 PM
Governors Island, New York City

Summer ‘08, Trinity Wall Street presents Folks on the Island, An American Folk Music Festival, on Governors Island, five Saturdays, July 5 – August 2, 2008, 1:30 PM. This year’s concert series explores traditional folk music and delves deeper into the American musical landscape with the inclusion of blues, bluegrass, and country western. Featured artists include Janis Ian (July 5), Slaid Cleaves (July 12), Bearfoot (July 19), Eric Bibb (July 26), and Ronny Cox (August 2). The Concerts and ferry service to Governors Island are free and open to the public. Concerts take place on Governors Island at Colonel’s Row beginning at 1:30 p.m. Free ferries to Governors Island leave every hour, on the hour, starting at 10 a.m. from the Battery Maritime Building in lower Manhattan, adjacent to the Staten Island Ferry.

For travel directions and more information, visit www.folksontheisland.com.

 



KRS-One
Thursday, July 24– 7:00 PM – Late
East River Park


CityParks Concerts presented by Verizon - Grammy-nominated rapper, KRS-One is a significant figure in hip hop, often considered one of the greatest rappers to pick up a microphone. An outspoken MC, KRS-One has been a mainstay in anything hip hop over the last 15 years. Hip-Hop Lives, his 2007 collaboration with fellow veteran, Marley Marl, met with positive reviews. Adventures in Emceein and Conflosation with Buckshot, are KRS-One’s most recent releases.
Ticket Price- FREE, CityParks Concerts presented by Verizon. For more information go to http://www.cityparksfoundation.org


East River Park | Manhattan , At the Bandshell along the East River, between Grand & Jackson Sts.


 


Lauren Ianuzzi
Thursday July 31st – 8pm
507 Grand

Jersey Girl Lauren Ianuzzi likes to play with matches and start fires. Good news! She can take the heat. Lauren's songwriting and unique vocal style reveal what she and most girls think about relationships and boys, but not rarely ever say. With tight clothes, flashy earrings and curls for days, Ianuzzi's spontaneous and sexy personality match her soul and funk driven music. www.myspace.com/laurenianuzzi WHAT: Inspired by the likes of Prince, Carole King and Stevie Wonder and musical genres such as Motown, hair metal and classic rock, Ianuzzi is a classically trained pianist and saxophonist who uses her musical inspirations to create witty songs loaded with wordplay and pop-culture references. Some outrageous tracks by Ianuzzi consist of “Cotton Underwear Days” which is an ode to all the ladies out there who just don’t feel like wearing sexy silk undergarments everyday! "Strawberry Poison" was written through the eyes of a rockin sex-goddess character, so Ianuzzi has fun tapping into that mysterious, alluring attitude. “Nobody really knows what Strawberry Poison is, but everybody has to want some,” jokes Ianuzzi.

507 Grand | 507 Grand St. Brooklyn, NY


Live at the Gantries
Tuesday, July 29 / 7pm
Gantry Plaza State Park

Free, outdoor performances featuring some of the borough’s most celebrated entertainers, from Afro-Brazilian jazz musicians to Japanese punk rockers, with acts for audience members of all ages. Live at the Gantries’ nine nights will take place on Tuesdays at 7 o’clock at Gantry Plaza State Park, a 2.5-acre waterside oasis between 49th and 50th Avenues along the East River. The series will run from June 24th to August 26th.

Performing July 29 is the York College Summer Big Band. The student jazz ensemble performs annually at the CUNY Jazz Festival at City College and was featured in Weltreisen on the German television station ARD in April 2006. The members of the workshop perform regularly throughout the borough.

The series is sponsored by The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Queens Council on the Arts, Queens Theatre in the Park, and New York Water Taxi. Live at the Gantries is funded in full by Rockrose Development.

Admission is Free. Please contact Chris Henderson, Queens Council on the Arts, Arts Services Director at 347-505-3017 or chenderson@queenscouncilarts.org for additional information or visit, http://queenscouncilarts.org/liveatthegantries/index.html.

Gantry Plaza State Park| 50-50 Second Street, Long Island City, NY 11101


Music at the Bridge: Curated by Zebulo
Wednesdays from July 9th - August 6th @ 6PM
Tobacco Warehouse, Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park

This summer, the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy's first music series Music At The Bridge kicks off. Each evening is curated by a different venue. Expect something new, different and challenging each week. Curious? Come down to the tent in the historic Tobacco Warehouse. RICE sells dinners on-site and Brooklyn Brewery provides the libations. Doors at 6:00pm, performances at 6:30pm. Capacity is limited.

On July 16, the fine folks at Zebulon curate an evening of live music with performances by Stuart Bogie/Superhuman Happiness, the Charles Gayle Trio, Colin Stetson, and Sharon Van Etten.

FREE!

Tobacco Warehouse| Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park Main and Plymouth Streets
Brooklyn, NY
(718) 802-0603


 

Naughty By Nature
Tuesday, July 22 – 7:00 PM – Late
Queensbridge Park

CityParks Concerts presented by Verizon - Naughty By Nature electrified mainstream radio with their street-wise but contagious anthem, “OPP,” which is one of the most successful rap songs in music history. The phenomenal success of “Hip Hop Hooray” firmly cemented NBN’s place in hip hop legend. Their third album Poverty’s Paradise included “Uptown Anthem,” featured in the film, Juice.
Ticket Price- FREE, CityParks Concerts presented by Verizon. For more information go to http://www.cityparksfoundation.org


Queensbridge Park | 41 Ave., Bridge Plaza, Vernon Blvd. & East River


Neal Medlyn's Unpronounceable Symbol
Wednesdays - Sundays at 8
Additional Late Shows on Saturdays at 11
Opening Night Party Wednesday, July 9
July 9 - 20
PS 122

NEAL MEDLYN'S UNPRONOUNCEABLE SYMBOL is Neal Medlyn's fourth and largest to date pop song tragic-comedic extravaganza. Following the success of his Lionel Richie Opera, R. Kelly cabaret, and wild and bloody spin on Phil Collins, Medlyn takes on the purple, hyper-sexualized world of Prince.

Set to many of Prince's biggest hits and infamous b-sides, all performed onstage by a live band, Neal plays out an evening of seduction and intense internal spiritual conflict between two characters: an engaged cab driver and a messianic libertine. Jealousy, band troubles, violence, death, a dream ballet, decent into hell and the eventual transubstantiation of body fluids and redemption all find their place in an operatic and overblown evening of androgynous musical entertainment.

Use discount code "MS10" for $10 tickets (reg.$20)
Tickets available at www.ps122.org or call 212-352-3101

To find out more information, please visit http://www.ps122.org/performances/neal_medlyns_unpronounceable_symbol.html

*offer based on limited availability;may not be combined with other offers or applied to pas sales; may be discontinued at any time.

Performance Space 122 | 150 First Ave., new york, ny


 

On the Border Songwriter Series
Every Thursday, Friday and Saturday. 8PM – 11PM
May 1st Through August 30th.
Border Burrito

The series will feature many of the hottest contemporary songwriters in NYC and surrounding cities including Emily Zuzik, Nicola, Ian Axel, Open Book, Rorie Kelly, Ganessa James, Eric Squindo, Aliza Hava and Caleb Hawley among many others. It is unique, because it combines multiple genres and formats requiring only that all performances be of original material. The program is strictly not for profit and all performances are free to the public.

Admission is free. For more information and artist profiles visit www.myspace.com/borderburritonyc

Border Burrito |81 Third Avenue at 11th Street, East Village


Village Voice Presents Siren Music Festival
Saturday, July 19th Noon - 9PM
Coney Island

Featuring:
STEPHEN MALKMUS AND THE JICKS
BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE
ISLANDS
RA RA RIOT
THE HELIO SEQUENCE
BEACH HOUSE
TIMES NEW VIKING
JAGUAR LOVE
THE DODOS
ANNUALS
FILM SCHOOL
PARTS & LABOR
DRAGONS OF ZYNTH

FREE http://siren.villagevoice.com/siren/

Coney Island| W 10th St & Surf Ave

Coming Soon


The 19th Annual Bard Music Feistval: Prokofiev and His World
Aug 15 at 8:00pm
Aug 16 at 10:00pm, 1:30pm 8:00pm
Aug 17 at 1:30pm, 5:30pm
Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts.

Weekend Two (August 15–17), “The Faustian Pact,” covers Prokofiev’s world from 1939 onward. The weekend’s opening concert, on Friday, August 15 in the evening, will present works by Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, and Stravinsky, among others. The finale of Weekend Two is a late-afternoon concert of exoticism – “20th-Century Russia: Nostalgia and Reality” – with Prokofiev’s Egyptian Nights contrasted with his Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution, and Epitaph by Vladimir Dukelsky (aka Vernon Duke), followed Rachmaninoff’s Three Russian Songs.

$25 - $55 For tickets and further information on all SummerScape events, phone the Fisher Center box office at (845) 758-7900 or visit www.fishercenter.bard.edu (845)758-7900www.summerscape.bard.edu

Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts |60 Manor Ave | Annandale-on-Hudson


 

"A Bernstein/Bolcom Celebration"
September 23 and September 25, 8 PM
Merkin Hall

New York Festival Of Song (NYFOS, www.nyfos.org), co-founded and directed by pianists Steven Blier and Michael Barrett, who “reinvented the song recital during the 1990’s with daring and dramatic programming” (The New Yorker), opens its 2008-9 season on September 23 at the newly renovated Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center, with A Bernstein / Bolcom Celebration. The concert pays tribute to two of NYFOS’s guiding lights, Leonard Bernstein and William Bolcom; Bolcom and his wife, mezzo-soprano Joan Morris, will cap the evening with a selection of songs from their vast repertoire. The program also celebrates the ninetieth birthday of NYFOS’s Founding Advisor, Leonard Bernstein, who bestowed the American premiere of his last work, Arias and Barcarolles, to the newly-formed company. Their subsequent recording of the work in 1989, with Judy Kaye and William Sharp, earned the composer a posthumous Grammy Award for Best New Composition.

Tickets: Single ticket prices are $40 to $55, with half-priced student tickets (as available) a half hour before curtain, and a limited amount of $15 student tickets available by calling NYFOS at (646) 230-8380.

Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center | 129 West 67th Street
New York, NY 10023.


 


Charlie Parker Jazz Festival
Sunday, August 24th – 3:00 PM – Late
Tompkins Square Park

The Charlie Parker Jazz Festival annually assembles some of the finest musicians in the world who reflect Parker’s musical individuality and genius, to promote appreciation for this highly influential and world-renowned artist. The two days of free concerts take place in neighborhoods where Charlie Parker lived and worked, in Historic Harlem’s Marcus Garvey Park and in Tompkins Square Park within Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Featuring: Randy Weston, Jerry Gonzales and Fort Apache, Eric Lewis, Gretchen Parlato
Ticket Price- FREE, Charlie Parker Jazz Festival. For more information go to http://www.cityparksfoundation.org


Tompkins Square Park | E. 8th St. Between Aves. A & B


JUDAH TRIBE REGGAE GROUP PERFORMS LIVE @ TARGET 1st SATURDAYS
Saturday August 2nd, 9PM
BROOKLYN MUSEUM

On Saturday August 2nd, controversial soul reggae group Judah Tribe invades the Brooklyn Museum for Target 1st Saturdays. Judah Tribe is already stimulating a debate over its soon to be released single Judgment. Written in tribute to Sean Bell, killed by NYPD officers, Judgment features guitarist and father-in-law of
Sean Bell Les Paultre. The show will take place as part of the Reggae Retro/Revival Reggae Sundays outdoor dance party featuring Judah Tribe, DJs Silence, Jase and Styff.

FREE
www.JudahTribe.com
718.930.1316


BROOKLYN MUSEUM | 200 Eastern Parkway| Brooklyn NY
(Corner Washington Ave)
Brooklyn


 

Lauren Ianuzzi
Thursday August 14th – 9pm
169 Bar

Jersey Girl Lauren Ianuzzi likes to play with matches and start fires. Good news! She can take the heat. Lauren's songwriting and unique vocal style reveal what she and most girls think about relationships and boys, but not rarely ever say. With tight clothes, flashy earrings and curls for days, Ianuzzi's spontaneous and sexy personality match her soul and funk driven music. www.myspace.com/laurenianuzzi WHAT: Inspired by the likes of Prince, Carole King and Stevie Wonder and musical genres such as Motown, hair metal and classic rock, Ianuzzi is a classically trained pianist and saxophonist who uses her musical inspirations to create witty songs loaded with wordplay and pop-culture references. Some outrageous tracks by Ianuzzi consist of “Cotton Underwear Days” which is an ode to all the ladies out there who just don’t feel like wearing sexy silk undergarments everyday! "Strawberry Poison" was written through the eyes of a rockin sex-goddess character, so Ianuzzi has fun tapping into that mysterious, alluring attitude. “Nobody really knows what Strawberry Poison is, but everybody has to want some,” jokes Ianuzzi.

 

169 Bar |169 E Broadway and Essex. NYC.


Lauren Ianuzzi
Wednesday August 27th – 8pm
The Cutting Room

Jersey Girl Lauren Ianuzzi likes to play with matches and start fires. Good news! She can take the heat. Lauren's songwriting and unique vocal style reveal what she and most girls think about relationships and boys, but not rarely ever say. With tight clothes, flashy earrings and curls for days, Ianuzzi's spontaneous and sexy personality match her soul and funk driven music. www.myspace.com/laurenianuzzi WHAT: Inspired by the likes of Prince, Carole King and Stevie Wonder and musical genres such as Motown, hair metal and classic rock, Ianuzzi is a classically trained pianist and saxophonist who uses her musical inspirations to create witty songs loaded with wordplay and pop-culture references. Some outrageous tracks by Ianuzzi consist of “Cotton Underwear Days” which is an ode to all the ladies out there who just don’t feel like wearing sexy silk undergarments everyday! "Strawberry Poison" was written through the eyes of a rockin sex-goddess character, so Ianuzzi has fun tapping into that mysterious, alluring attitude. “Nobody really knows what Strawberry Poison is, but everybody has to want some,” jokes Ianuzzi.

The Cutting Room | 19 w 24th St (btwn 6th ave & Bway) NYC.


Live at The Gantries
Tuesday August 5, 7-8 pm
Gantry Plaza State Park

Celebrating the rich musical and ethnic tapestries of Queens in boisterous style, “Live at the Gantries”, the borough’s newest free summer performance series will kick off in Long Island City on June 24th.
The free, outdoor performances will feature some of the borough’s most celebrated entertainers, from Afro-Brazilian jazz musicians to Japanese punk rockers, with acts for audience members of all ages. Live at the Gantries’ nine nights will take place on Tuesdays at 7 o’clock at Gantry Plaza State Park, a 2.5-acre waterside oasis between 49th and 50th Avenues along the East River. The series will run from June 24th to August 26th.
Event Schedule:
June 24 - Corina Bartra, Afro-Brazilian Jazz
July 1 - The F# Miners, Irish Traditional Music
July 8 - Blue Pipa, Chinese Folk Music
July 15 - Bliminal, Indie Rock
July 22 - Calpulli Mexican Dance, Traditional Mexican Dance
July 29 - York College Summer Big Band
August 5 - Mahina Movement, Folk, Rock and Rhymes
August 12 - No event scheduled
August 19 - Zikrayat, Arabic Music and Belly Dancers
August 26 - Noirceur and Uzuhi, Punk


The series is sponsored by The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Queens Council on the Arts, Queens Theatre in the Park, New York Water Taxi. Live at the Gantries is funded in full by Rockrose Development.
http://queenscouncilarts.org/liveatthegantries/index.html

Free Event, For additional information, please visit: www.queenscouncilarts.org or http://queenscouncilarts.org/liveatthegantries/index.html

Gantry Plaza |State Park, 50-50 Second Street
Long Island City, NY 11101



Live at The Gantries
Tuesday August 19th, 7-8:pm
Gantry Plaza State Park

Celebrating the rich musical and ethnic tapestries of Queens in boisterous style, “Live at the Gantries”, the borough’s newest free summer performance series will kick off in Long Island City on June 24th.
The free, outdoor performances will feature some of the borough’s most celebrated entertainers, from Afro-Brazilian jazz musicians to Japanese punk rockers, with acts for audience members of all ages. Live at the Gantries’ nine nights will take place on Tuesdays at 7 o’clock at Gantry Plaza State Park, a 2.5-acre waterside oasis between 49th and 50th Avenues along the East River. The series will run from June 24th to August 26th.

Event Schedule:
July 22 - Calpulli Mexican Dance, Traditional Mexican Dance
July 29 - York College Summer Big Band
August 5 - Mahina Movement, Folk, Rock and Rhymes
August 12 - No event scheduled
August 19 - Zikrayat, Arabic Music and Belly Dancers
August 26 - Noirceur and Uzuhi, Punk

The series is sponsored by The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Queens Council on the Arts, Queens Theatre in the Park, New York Water Taxi. Live at the Gantries is funded in full by Rockrose Development.
http://queenscouncilarts.org/liveatthegantries/index.html

Free Event, For additional information, please visit: www.queenscouncilarts.org or http://queenscouncilarts.org/liveatthegantries/index.html

Gantry Plaza |State Park, 50-50 Second Street
Long Island City, NY 11101


Live at The Gantries
Tuesday August 26, 7-8:00pm
Gantry Plaza State Park

Celebrating the rich musical and ethnic tapestries of Queens in boisterous style, “Live at the Gantries”, the borough’s newest free summer performance series will kick off in Long Island City on June 24th.
The free, outdoor performances will feature some of the borough’s most celebrated entertainers, from Afro-Brazilian jazz musicians to Japanese punk rockers, with acts for audience members of all ages. Live at the Gantries’ nine nights will take place on Tuesdays at 7 o’clock at Gantry Plaza State Park, a 2.5-acre waterside oasis between 49th and 50th Avenues along the East River. The series will run from June 24th to August 26th.

Event Schedule:
July 22 - Calpulli Mexican Dance, Traditional Mexican Dance
July 29 - York College Summer Big Band
August 5 - Mahina Movement, Folk, Rock and Rhymes
August 12 - No event scheduled
August 19 - Zikrayat, Arabic Music and Belly Dancers
August 26 - Noirceur and Uzuhi, Punk

The series is sponsored by The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Queens Council on the Arts, Queens Theatre in the Park, New York Water Taxi. Live at the Gantries is funded in full by Rockrose Development.
http://queenscouncilarts.org/liveatthegantries/index.html

Free Event, for additional information, please visit: www.queenscouncilarts.org or http://queenscouncilarts.org/liveatthegantries/index.html

Gantry Plaza |State Park, 50-50 Second Street
Long Island City, NY 11101


 

"REVOLUTIONARY ACTS"
A Benefit for the Living Theatre Honoring Judith Malina
Monday, August 25 @ 7pm-8:30pm Doors Open at 6:30pm
Joe's Pub,

Featuring: Debbie Harry, Justin Bond, Nellie McKay, Penny Arcade, Austin Pendleton, Tammy Faye Starlite, Sanda Weigl, Our Lady J, Nancy Magarill, Susan Hwang, and cast members from the Tony Award Winning Broadway Show, "Passing Strange", with a Special Appearance from Judith Malina.

"Revolutionary Acts"' Benefit for The Living Theatre - Produced by Barbara Maier & Goodie Magazine - Emceed by Murrary Hill

Tickets: $50 **30 Student Tickets Available for $30 Standing Room**
(on a first come, first served basis)

Plus 2 Drink Min, or $12 Food Minimum
Table Reservations: 212-539-8778
www.joespub.com


Joe's Pub |425 Lafayette Street
between Astor & E. 4th Streets
N/R Trains to 8th Street,
#6 Train to Astor Place


 

 

 

 


 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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