YOU SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION: REMEMBERING THE 60s
NYPL explores the 1960s counterculture movement in multimedia exhibit (photo by twi-ny/mdr)
The New York Public Library
Stephen A. Schwartzman Building
D. Samuel and Jeane H. Gottesman Exhibition Hall
Daily through September 1, free
917-275-6975
www.nypl.org
The New York Public Library revisits one of the most turbulent eras of American history in “You Say You Want a Revolution: Remembering the 60s,” which continues at the main Manhattan branch through September 1. Part of Carnegie Hall’s citywide “The ’60s: The Years that Changed America,” the show features photographs, art, letters, documents, video, music, propaganda, and more, divided into “Get My Soul Free: Consciousness,” “Wang Dang Doodle: Sexuality and Gender,” “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall: The New Left,” “Bad Moon on the Rise: War in Vietnam,” “I’m Black and I’m Proud: Civil Rights and Black Power,” and “Back to the Garden: Communal Life,” exploring the counterculture and its legacy. John Updike defends the war in Southeast Asia. Tom Wolfe takes notes for what would become The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. Film clips celebrate Woodstock and Hair. Buttons declare, “Black Is Beautiful.” The death of the hippie is memorialized in Haight-Ashbury. Psychedelic posters announce happenings. Patty Hearst reinvents herself as Tania. Gloria Steinem has something to say to the New York Times. And Uncle Sam wants out. There are also listening booths where you can act as your own DJ, choosing songs from hundreds of albums arranged politically. Free tours will be held at 12:30 and 3:30 Monday through Saturday and Sunday at 2:00.
BRYANT PARK PICNICS: LA TRAVIATA
New York City Opera continues summer season in Bryant Park next week with La Traviata (photo by Matthew Eisman)
New York City Opera
Bryant Park Upper Terrace
Forty-First St. between Fifth & Sixth Aves.
Tuesday, August 28, 6:00
bryantpark.org
nycopera.com/parks
New York City Opera has spent significant time in Bryant Park this summer, performing hour-long versions of Bizet’s Carmen, Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci, Rossini’s La Cenerentola, and Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West and Madama Butterfly, among other special presentations. Next up is Verdi’s perennial favorite, La Traviata, based on a novel by Alexandre Dumas fils. It’s more timely than usual now that Pretty Woman is on Broadway, featuring a scene in which the protagonists go to the opera to see the show. La Traviata will be performed in the park on August 28 at 6:00; the People’s Opera summer season concludes September 17 with Rossini’s The Barber of Seville.
METROPOLITAN OPERA SUMMER HD FESTIVAL 2018
Met summer Live in HD screening festival starts this week
THE MET LIVE IN HD
Lincoln Center, Josie Robertson Plaza
Columbus Ave. at 63rd St.
August 24 - September 3, free, starting time between 7:30 and 8:00
212-769-7028
www.metopera.org
The Met Opera’s annual — and free — Summer HD Festival kicks off August 24, consisting of ten filmed operas from 2012 to 2018, projected onto a large screen on Josie Robertson Plaza, plus a bonus opening-night screening of the Marx Brothers classic A Night at the Opera, which goes behind the scenes of Verdi’s Il Trovatore. Even with three thousand available seats for each presentation, be prepared to get there early. Below is the full schedule.
Friday, August 24
A Night at the Opera (Sam Wood, 1935), 8:00
Saturday, August 25
Roméo et Juliette by Charles Gounod, libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, directed by Bartlett Sher, with Diana Damrau as Juliette and Vittorio Grigolo as Roméo, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda, from January 21, 2017, 8:00
Sunday, August 26
Norma, by Vincenzo Bellini, libretto by Felice Romani, directed by Sir David McVicar, with Sondra Radvanovsky, Joyce DiDonato, and Joseph Calleja, conducted by Carlo Rizzi, from October 7, 2017, 7:45
Monday, August 27
Elektra, by Richard Strauss, libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, directed by Patrice Chéreau, with Nina Stemme, Adrianne Pieczonka, Waltraud Meier, and Eric Owens, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, from April 30, 2016, 8:00
Tuesday, August 28
Il barbiere di Siviglia by Gioachino Rossini, libretto by Cesare Sterbini, directed by Bartlett Sher, with Christopher Maltman as Figaro, Isabel Leonard as Rosina, and Lawrence Brownlee as Count Almaviva, conducted by Michele Mariotti, from November 22, 2014, 8:00
Wednesday, August 29
Lulu by Alban Berg, libretto by Alban Berg, directed by William Kentridge, with Marlis Petersen, Johan Reuter, Daniel Brenna, Paul Groves, Franz Grundheber, and Susan Graham, conducted by Lothar Koenigs, from November 21, 2015, 7:30
Thursday, August 30
Rusalka by Antonín Dvořák, libretto by Jaroslav Kvapil, directed by Mary Zimmerman, with Kristine Opolais, Brandon Jovanovich, Eric Owens, and Jamie Barton, conducted by Sir Mark Elder, from February 25, 2017, 7:45
Friday, August 31
L’elisir d’amore by Gaetano Donizetti, libretto by Felice Romani, directed by Bartlett Sher, with Pretty Yende and Matthew Polenzani, conducted by Domingo Hindoyan, from February 10, 2018, 8:00
Saturday, September 1
Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi, libretto by Antonio Somma, directed by David Alden, with Marcelo Álvarez, Sondra Radvanovsky, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Kathleen Kim, and Stephanie Blythe, conducted by Fabio Luisi, from December 8, 2012, 8:00
Sunday, September 2
Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss, libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal and Harry Graf Kessler, directed by Robert Carsen, with Renée Fleming, Elīna Garanča, Erin Morley, Matthew Polenzani, and Günther Groissböck, conducted by Sebastian Weigle, from May 13, 2017, 7:15
Monday, September 3
Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini, libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa, directed by Anthony Minghella, with Kristine Opolais, Roberto Alagna, and Dwayne Croft, conducted by Karel Mark Chichon, from April 2, 2016, 8:00
CHARLIE PARKER JAZZ FESTIVAL 2018
Multiple locations
August 22-28, free (some events require advance RSVP)
cityparksfoundation.org/charlieparker
City Parks Foundation’s twenty-sixth annual Charlie Parker Jazz Festival, a five-day SummerStage salute to the Kansas City–born saxophonist known as Bird and Yardbird, kicks off August 22 at 2:00 with a Family Jazz Party with Adam O’Farrill and Immanuel Wilkins at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, followed at 7:00 by “Paper Man @ 50,” a conversation with trumpeter Charles Tolliver and saxophonist Gary Bartz on the occasion of the golden anniversary of the recording of Tolliver’s debut album. On August 23 at 5:30, the School of Jazz and Contemporary Music at the New School will host a “Paul Motian Tribute” featuring excerpts from Michael Patrick Kelly’s upcoming documentary Motian in Motion, a Q&A moderated by guitarist Steve Cardenas, and a live set by Cardenas, Frank Kimbrough, and Ben Allison. Also at 5:30, the Jazz Foundation of America and Ariana’s List present “Jazz in the Garden: George Braith,” with the saxophonist playing in the 6BC Botanical Garden. And at 7:30, the Maysles Documentary Center will present a free screening of Jake Meginsky’s Milford Graves Full Mantis, with Meginsky and Graves, who turns seventy-seven today, participating in a Q&A after the film. On August 24 at 5:30, for “Jazz in the Garden: Antoine Rooney,” the tenor and soprano saxophonist will perform in the Harlem Rose Garden.
The festival hits the next level on Friday night, when Tolliver will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Paper Man in Marcus Garvey Park with special guests Bartz, Jack DeJohnette, Buster Williams, and a surprise; vocalist Brianna Thomas gets things going with a Jazzmobile show at 7:00. On Saturday at 3:00, pianist Monty Alexander and the Harlem Kingston Express, vocalist Catherine Russell, pianist Matthew Whitaker and his trio, and trumpeter Keyon Harrold will take the stage in Marcus Garvey Park. And the partying reaches its crescendo on Sunday afternoon at 3:00 in Tompkins Square Park with the Gary Bartz Quartet, the Bad Plus, pianist Amina Claudine Myers, and the newly commissioned work “UNHEARD,” a Bird tribute with Wilkins, Joel Ross, and O’Farrill.
FREE SUMMER EVENTS: AUGUST 19-26
Mr. Gaga screening in Central Park will be preceded by performance by Gallim Dance and Gaga class on August 22
The free summer arts & culture season is under way, with dance, theater, music, art, film, and other special outdoor programs all across the city. Every week we will be recommending a handful of events. Keep watching twi-ny for more detailed highlights as well.
Sunday, August 19
Jazz Festival, Morris-Jumel Mansion, 65 Jumel Terrace, free, 2:00
Monday, August 20
Movies on the Waterfront: Black Panther (Ryan Coogler, 2018), Astoria Park Lawn, 8:30
Tuesday, August 21
Movies Under the Stars: Singin’ in the Rain (Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen, 1952), Poe Park, Bronx, 8:30
Wednesday, August 22
SummerStage: Mr. Gaga (Tomer Heymann, 2017), preceded by a performance by Gallim Dance, with a preshow Gaga/people class taught by Omri Drumlevich (advance RSVP required), Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 8:00
Thursday, August 23
Pier 17 Cinema Club: ESPN Films presents Basketball: A Love Story, the Rooftop at Pier 17, 89 South St., free with advance registration, 8:00
Friday, August 24
Shakespeare: Macbeth, Fridays and Saturdays through September 8, no tarps allowed, Bryant Park Picnics, Bryant Park, 7:00
Saturday, August 25
Summer Concert Series: Joan Caddell & the Midnight Choir, Karlus Trapp, with wine and beer tastings and lawn games, chairs and blankets encouraged, Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Staten Island, 7:00
Sunday, August 26
Staten Island Philharmonic in High Rock Park: Woodwinds Ensemble, High Rock Gate, Staten Island, 3:00
HUDSON RIVER PARK BLUES BBQ FESTIVAL 2018
Vieux Farka Touré is headlining blues and barbecue festival in Hudson River Park on Saturday (photo by Tinomuvonga)
Hudson River Park, Pier 97
Enter at 59th St.
Saturday, August 18, free with advance registration
hudsonriverpark.org
The nineteenth annual Hudson River Park Blues BBQ Festival is set for August 18 at Pier 97, where blues and soul food and drink come together from 2:00 to 9:00. The former includes dishes from Brother Jimmy’s, Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, Mighty Quinn’s, Pig Beach, Ben & Jerry’s, and Melt, with beverages from Sixpoint and Glenfiddich and live music by the Slam Allen Band (2:00), Danielle Nicole (3:15), Welch-Ledbetter Connection (4:30), Dawn Tyler Watson (6:00), and Vieux Farka Touré (7:30). Admission is free with advance registration; chairs, blankets, beach umbrellas, pets, bicycles, and other items are prohibited.
BRYANT PARK PICNICS: EMERGING MUSIC FESTIVAL
Bryant Park Emerging Music Festival returns for fourth year Friday and Saturday (photo by Ryan Muir)
Bryant Park
Friday, August 17, and Saturday, August 18, free, 5:00
bryantpark.org
The fourth annual Emerging Music Festival in Bryant Park takes place Friday and Saturday afternoon, featuring sets by ten up-and-coming bands from across the musical spectrum. The free festivities begin Friday at 5:00 with EZTV, followed by Underground System at 6:00, Palmas at 7:00, Ohmme at 8:00, and Evolfo at 9:00. Saturday kicks off at 5:00 with Madison McFerrin and continues at 6:00 with Plastic Picnic, 7:00 with Jerron ‘Blind Boy’ Paxton & Terry Waldo Rum House Jass Band, 8:00 with Native Sun, and 9:00 with Katie Von Schleicher. There will also be lawn games and juggling in between sets and food and drink available for purchase. The concerts are part of the Bryant Park Picnics program, which concludes August 22 with Accordions Around the World.
