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CENTENNIAL BEE-DAY PARTY

The Brooklyn Botanic Garden will be celebrating its one hundredth b-day on June 12 with a slate of free programs

Brooklyn Botanic Garden
900 Washington Ave.
Saturday, June 12, free, 12 noon – 6:00 pm
www.bbg.org/visit/beeday

The Brooklyn Botanic Garden is turning one hundred years old, and it’s celebrating the anniversary with a free, all-day birthday party featuring special activities, live performances, film screenings, workshops, and more. Among the performers are the Hiten Marimba Duo, Mecca Bodega, Stephane Wrembel: the Django Experiment, the Persuasions, Paul Mueller, and the Sweet Divines with the Legendary Maxine Brown, while the activities and tours include “Native Bees and Native Plants,” “Heirloom Annuals for the Home Gardener,” “Beekeeping Boot Camp,” “Fruit Tree Pollinators,”and boos signings with Rose-Lynn Fisher and Mary Ann Hoberman.

FUTURE ISLANDS

Baltimore-based trio head to Queens for latest area show (photo by Abram Sanders)

The Silent Barn
915 Wyckoff Ave. at Weirfield
Saturday, June 12, 8:00
www.myspace.com/futureislands
www.myspace.com/thesilentbarn

Melding post-punk and new wave in what they refer to as post wave, Future Islands play gliding songs built on sweeping synthesizers and steady drumbeats. Formed in Greenville, North Carolina, and based in Baltimore, the band consists of J. Gerrit Welmers on synths and programming, William Cashion on bass, and Samuel T. Herring on vocals. The trio has just released IN THE EVENING AIR (Thrill Jockey, May 2010), eight post-wave songs centered by Herring’s gruff voice singing about “the weight of the world,” along with the brief, gentle title-track instrumental, as if giving Herring a short break right in the middle of the record. Future Islands will be at the Silent Barn in Queens on June 12, on a bill with Lower Dens and Sensual Harassment.

i actually love this

Square One
Hand & Foot at Available Space
260 Butler St. between Nevins & Bond Sts.
Saturday, June 12, free, 7:30 & 9:30
www.jumpoffdance.org

When not dancing with Molissa Fenley or teaching yoga, Cassie Mey choreographs outdoor site-specific works in unusual places. Last year she performed “What We Can See from Here” (with Jesse-Phillips Fein) as part of the Greening the Ridge event at the 69th St. Veteran’s Memorial Pier in Bay Ridge and “Susurrus” as part of FLOAT (with Danny Johnston and Terry Hempfling) at Socrates Sculpture Park, incorporating the landscape into the set, using trees and picnic tables as well as bringing kiddie pools. This weekend she and her group, Square One (Mey, Phillips-Fein, and Johnston), will be staging the world premiere of “I actually love this,” what they are calling “a rooftop dance about texture, decay, birds, soft spots, listening, falling, and getting dirty,” also featuring Hempfling, Xavier Cha, Heather Hammond, and EmmaGrace Skove-Epes. It’s always fascinating to see what Mey and Square One are up to, so this should be another very different, entertaining event.

HELP BUILD HOMEBASE

BENEFIT, BRICK DRIVE & ART SALE
East Village Townhouse
Saturday, June 12, and Sunday, June 13, 12 noon – 6:00 pm
Donation: $25-$500
www.homebaseproject.com

For the past four years, Anat Litwin has been examining the idea of home in site-specific installations in which she gathers together a diverse group of artists who each get a room of their own in an abandoned structure either soon to be torn down or completely renovated. The HomeBase Project has been previously situated in a brick building in Greenpoint, a cast-iron building in SoHo, a historic townhouse in Harlem, and a former nursing home on the Lower East Side, where artists filled the rooms with multimedia works and were on hand to speak with visitors as they walked through. For its fifth incarnation, Litwin is taking HomeBase to the Pankow district of Berlin (not at the urging of Helen Thomas), near Germany’s largest synagogue. In order to raise funds for the ambitious project, there will a fundraiser this weekend at a private home in the East Village, open to everyone who buys a brick ($25-$500) that is symbolic of the construction of the German installation. The event will feature an art sale with works by an international collection of artists (from Israel, Lebanon, Switzerland, Iran, Poland, America, and other countries), live music and performances (by Sylvie Diegez, Willum Geerts, Amir Darzi, and others), a hard/soft lemonade stand, baked goods from Colson Patisserie, special presentations, and a raffle. Artists interested in being part of the project can attend an information session on Saturday at 3:00, while Litwin will host “Tea Time Tales: Stories That Lino Loves” at 4:00. On Sunday, German filmmaker Mo Asumang will screen her documentary ROOTS GERMANIA at 2:30. The exact location, an architectural delight, will be emailed upon donation.

KIKI SMITH: LODESTAR / SOJOURN

Kiki Smith’s “Lodestar” continues at the Pace Gallery in Chelsea through June 19 (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

LODESTAR
The Pace Gallery
545 West 22nd St. between Tenth & Eleventh Aves.
Tuesday – Saturday through June 19
Admission: free
www.thepacegallery.com
“Lodestar” slideshow

German-born American artist Kiki Smith has been examining nature, the human body, and, particularly, the role of women in art and society for more than three decades, from her days as a member of the Colab group in the late 1970s through to today, as seen in two strong, powerful shows currently on view in Chelsea and Brooklyn. Inspired by Prudence Punderson’s lovely late-eighteenth-century silk needlepoint “The First, Second, and Last Scene of Mortality,” which depicts three stages of a woman’s life, Smith has created a pair of site-specific installations that center on the life cycle of women from birth to death, a compelling celebration of creative inspiration and innate spirituality. At the Pace Gallery in Chelsea, “Lodestar” consists of nearly thirty hand-painted mouth-blown stained-glass panels that tell an abstract narrative of pilgrimage. Smith collaborated with Munich glass atelier Mayer’sche Hofkunstanstalt GmbH-Mayer and Bill Katz, who designed the panels as well as three white benches where people can sit and take in the wonder of it all. Smith’s line drawings are spectacular, particularly one in which a baby’s beautiful head is just entering the world. Smith incorporates such symbols as lightbulbs, birds, and chairs as women proceed from life to death in dramatic opaque panels that can be seen from both sides, as if the past is always present. The title, “Lodestar,” evokes the guiding North Star as well as the word “motherlode,” paying homage to femininity.

Kiki Smith’s “Sojourn” runs at the Brooklyn Museum through September 12 (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

SOJOURN
Brooklyn Museum of Art
200 Eastern Parkway
Wednesday – Sunday through September 12
Suggested contribution: $10 (free first Saturday of the month after 5:00)
718-638-5000
www.brooklynmuseum.org
“Sojourn” slideshow

A related exhibition, “Sojourn,” continues the tale at the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum. Winding around Judy Chicago’s “Dinner Party,” the site-specific installation begins with “Field,” a bronze sculpture of a woman sitting on a chair, holding up her hand as if telling the viewer to proceed at their own risk. Divided into small roomlike segments, “Sojourn” features lifesize bronze sculptures, pencil and ink drawings on fragile Nepal paper, hanging lightbulbs and aluminum constructions, and even a wooden casket. The works feature such titles as “Messenger,” “Visitation,” “Annunciation,” “The Leaving,” and “I put aside myself that there was room enough to enter,” with several drawings the same as those seen at the Pace Gallery. In addition, Smith has added oil paintings, an embroidery, a projected video, and haunting, ghostlike papier-mâché figures to two rooms and the staircase of the Major Henry Trippe House, part of the museum’s outstanding period rooms in the Decorative Arts Galleries, once again evoking the past alongside the present. Taken together, “Lodestar” and “Sojourn” mark a major step forward in the career of one of America’s most important artists, a must-see pilgrimage well worth the journey.

THE LOTTERY

Christian Yoanson dreams of a better education in THE LOTTERY


THE LOTTERY (Madeleine Sackler, 2010)
Big Cinemas
239 East 59th St. at Second Ave.
Opens Friday, June 11
212-371-6682
www.tribecafilm.com
www.thelotteryfilm.com

The debate over charter schools reaches a fever pitch in Madeleine Sackler’s heart-wrenching documentary, THE LOTTERY. Sackler follows the hopes and dreams of four families who have entered their children in the annual lottery for placement in Harlem Success Academy, a free public elementary school founded by former city councilmember Eva Moskowitz. Some three thousand kids are vying for 475 coveted spots at the institution, which has an outstanding track record while doing things its own way, including not playing by the complex rules of the powerful teachers union. Sackler speaks with Moskowitz, Newark mayor Cory Booker, Harlem Children’s Zone president and CEO Geoffrey Canada, New York City schools chancellor Joel Klein, and several Harlem Success Academy parents, principals, and teachers, who have only glowing things to say about the charter school, especially as it fights to open another location inside PS 194, leading to an angry battle with the community that is simply mind-blowing. Also mind-blowing are many of the statistics Sackler shares about the sorry state of public education in New York City and across the country, specifically in regard to blacks and Latinos. The final scene, in which the families sit inside the Fort Washington Armory, praying that their child’s name will be called as if their entire future is dependent upon it, is not only heartbreaking but also beyond frustrating, revealing how difficult it can be for parents to find quality schooling in certain parts of the city and offer their children opportunities that they never had.

FREE SUMMER MOVIES 2010

THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT will bring bright color, loads of style, and murder to Central Park on June 11

The free summer movie season kicks off June 11 in parks throughout the city as Films on the Green, sponsored by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, goes musical on Cedar Hill in Central Park with Jacques Demy’s charming The YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT, starring Catherine Deneuve and Françoise Dorléac; later films in the eclectic series include François Ozon’s 8 WOMEN on June 18 in Washington Square Park and Jean-Luc Godard’s A WOMAN IS A WOMAN on July 2 in Tompkins Square Park. The big screen goes up in Bryant Park on June 21 for its annual summer filmfest, with GOLDFINGER lasering James Bond; on the horizon is such fine fare as THE FRENCH CONNECTION (July 5), MY MAN GODFREY (July 12), and ROSEMARY’S BABY (August 2). Movies with a View in Brooklyn Bridge Park starts its season off in style July 8 with Woody Allen’s ANNIE HALL; also on tap are THE BIG LEBOWSKI (July 22) and REAR WINDOW (July 29). Hudson River Park’s River Flicks screens movies for adults on Wednesdays (THE HANGOVER, PUBLIC ENEMIES) and kids movies on Fridays (THE WIZARD OF OZ, THE GREAT MUPPET CAPER). The River to River Festival’s Movies on the Elevated Acre will pair shorts with such films as BROADWAY DANNY ROSE, AUNTIE MAME, and THE COUNTRY GIRL. And Summer on the Hudson will present Tall Tales, comprising such works as Tarsem Singh’s THE FALL and Tim Burton’s BIG FISH. There will also be free films in Socrates Sculpture Park, Washington Park by the Old Stone House, and other locations; keep watching this space as more titles are announced. Most screenings begin at sundown sometime between eight and nine, but you’ll have to get there much earlier to grab a prime spot.

Friday, June 11 Films on the Green: THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT (Jacques Demy, 1967), Cedar Hill, Central Park, 8:30

Saturday, June 12 CityParks Music & Film: The eighth annual Cine Fest Petrobras Brasil, with live music by Os Paralmas do Successo and Maria Gadu, followed by OSCAR NIEMEYER – LIFE IS A BREATH OF AIR (Fabiano Maciel, 2007), 7:00

Friday, June 18 Films on the Green: 8 WOMEN (François Ozon, 2002), Washington Square Park, 8:30

Monday, June 21 Bryant Park Summer Film Festival: GOLDFINGER (Guy Hamilton, 1964), Bryant Park Lawn, 8:00-9:00 (lawn opens at 5:00

Friday, June 25 Films on the Green: SAME OLD SONGS (Alain Resnais, 1997), Washington Square Park, 8:30

Saturday, June 26 Pajamas and a Movie! MADAGASCAR (Eric Darnell & Tom McGrath, 2005), Marcus Garvey Park, 8:30

Monday, June 28 Bryant Park Summer Film Festival: CAROUSEL (Henry King, 1956), Bryant Park Lawn, 8:00-9:00 (lawn opens at 5:00

Friday, July 2 Films on the Green: A WOMAN IS A WOMAN (Jean-Luc Godard, 1961), Tompkins Square Park, 8:30

Monday, July 5 Bryant Park Summer Film Festival: THE FRENCH CONNECTION (William Friedkin, 1971), Bryant Park Lawn, 8:00-9:00 (lawn opens at 5:00

Wednesday, July 7 Outdoor Cinema United States: FLOOD TIDE (Todd Chandler, 2010), featuring live musical score performed by Dark Dark Dark, Socrates Sculpture Park, film at sunset

Wednesday, July 7 Movies Under the Stars — Tall Tales: NEVERENDING STORY (Wolfgang Petersen, 1984), 8:30

Wednesday, July 7 Brooklyn Film Works: KISS ME KATE (George Sidney, 1953), Old Stone House, Washington Park, JJ Byrne Playground, 8:30

Wednesday, July 7 Postponed: Summerscreen: SAY ANYTHING (Cameron Crowe, 1989), McCarren Park ball fields, dusk

Wednesday, July 7 River Flicks — Wednesdays for Grown-Ups: THE HANGOVER (Todd Phillips, 2010), Pier 54, Hudson River at West 14th St., 8:30

Thursday, July 8 Summer Starz: kids hour with the French Embassy at 6:00, live music by Marie Martin at 7:00, AZUR & ASMUR (Michel Ocelot, 2006) at sunset, East River State Park

Thursday, July 8 Summer of Music: the Maysles Institute presents Afro-Haitian jazz with Buyu Ambroise, 7:00, and I BRING WHAT I LOVE (Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, 2008), 8:30, Morningside Park lower lawn

Thursday, July 8 Movies with a View: ANNIE HALL (Woody Allen, 1977), with DJ Ursula 1000, Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park, 8:00 – 9:00

Friday, July 9 Passport Fridays: South Africa (World Cup Edition), with dance by S.A.G.A., live music by Tuelo Minah, and screening of STREETBALL (Demetrius Wren, 2010), Queens Museum, 6:30

Friday, July 9 Films on the Green: LOVE SONGS (Christophe Honoré, 2007), Tompkins Square Park, 8:30

Friday, July 9 River Flicks — Fridays for Kids: THE WIZARD OF OZ (Victor Fleming, 1939), Pier 46, Hudson River at Charles St., 8:30

Saturday, July 10 Outdoor Summer Movie Series: ZOOLANDER (Ben Stiller, 2001), Firefighters’ Field, Roosevelt Island, 8:30

Monday, July 12 ImageNation Outdoor Film & Music Festival: Black Sheep, 7:30, and GOOD HAIR (Jeff Stilson, 2009), 8:30, St. Nicholas Park

Monday, July 12 Bryant Park Summer Film Festival: MY MAN GODFREY (Gregory La Cava, 1936), Bryant Park Lawn, 8:00-9:00 (lawn opens at 5:00

Tuesday, July 13 Red Hook Summer Movies: THE GOONIES (Richard Donner, 1985), Valentino Pier, 8:30

Wednesday, July 14 Outdoor Cinema Ireland: THE SECRET OF KELLS (Tom Moore & Nora Twomey, 2009), live music at 7:00, Socrates Sculpture Park, film at sunset

Wednesday, July 14 Summer of Music: the Maysles Institute presents the National Jazz Museum All-Stars, 7:00, and NINA SIMONE GREAT PERFORMANCES: COLLEGE CONCERTS AND INTERVIEWS (Andy Stroud, 2009), Marcus Garvey Park lawn

Wednesday, July 14 Movies Under the Stars — Tall Tales: PAN’S LABYRINTH (Guillermo del Toro, 2007), 8:30

Wednesday, July 14 Summerscreen: live music with Mirror Mirror and Light Asylum, 6:15, followed by LABYRINTH (Jim Henson, 1986), McCarren Park ball fields, dusk

Wednesday, July 14 Brooklyn Film Works: GIRL SHY (Fred C. Newmeyer & Sam Taylor, 1924), Old Stone House, Washington Park, JJ Byrne Playground, 8:30

Wednesday, July 14 River Flicks — Wednesdays for Grown-Ups: I LOVE YOU, MAN (John Hamburg, 2009), Pier 54, Hudson River at West 14th St., 8:30

Thursday, July 15 Summer Starz: kids hour with the Brooklyn Children’s Museum at 6:00, live music by the Click Clack Boom at 7:00, BOLT (Byron Howard & Chris Williams, 2008) at sunset, East River State Park

Thursday, July 15 ImageNation Outdoor Film & Music Festival: Jeremy Jones, 7:30, and STILL BILL (Damani Baker & Alex Vlack, 2009), 8:30, St. Nicholas Park

Thursday, July 15 Movies with a View: MONSTERS VS. ALIENS 3D (Rob Letterman & Conrad Vernon, 2009), with DJ Lupe Loop, Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park, 8:00 – 9:00

Friday, July 16 Passport Fridays: Colombia & Ecuador, with dance by Estampas Negras, live music by GeoPro and ACES and Diego Obregon & Grupo Chonta, and screenings of WE PAINT HOUSES, WITH PAINT! (Celectivo El Deposito & Juan Zabala, 2008), THE HOUSE OF THE STIFF CAT (Nancy Burneo Salazar, 2009), and FREKUENCIA KOLOMBIA (Vanessa Goksch, 2009), Queens Museum, 6:30

Friday, July 16 River Flicks — Fridays for Kids: CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS (Phil Lord & Chris Miller, 2009), Pier 46, Hudson River at Charles St., 8:30

Friday, July 16 Films on the Green: TOSCA: THE MOVIE (Benoît Jacquot, 2001), Cedar Hill, Central Park, 8:30

Monday, July 19 ImageNation Outdoor Film & Music Festival: Nokie Henry, 7:30, and FREEDOM RIDERS (Stanley Nelson, 2009), 8:30, St. Nicholas Park

Monday, July 19 Bryant Park Summer Film Festival: THE CHINA SYNDROME (James Bridges, 1979), Bryant Park Lawn, 8:00-9:00 (lawn opens at 5:00)

Tuesday, July 20 Red Hook Summer Movies: DEEP BLUE SEA (Renny Harlin, 1999), Valentino Pier, 8:30

Wednesday, July 21 Outdoor Cinema Sweden: Swedish Short Films, live music at 7:00, Socrates Sculpture Park, film at sunset

Wednesday, July 21 Summerscreen: ROMEO + JULIET (Baz Luhrmann, 1996), preceded by live music, McCarren Park ball fields, dusk

Wednesday, July 21 Movies Under the Stars — Tall Tales: INKHEART (Iain Softley, 2009), 8:30

Wednesday, July 21 Brooklyn Film Works: Asbury Films Short Film Concert, Old Stone House, Washington Park, JJ Byrne Playground, 8:30

Wednesday, July 21 River Flicks — Wednesdays for Grown-Ups: THE PROPOSAL (Anne Fletcher, 2009), Pier 54, Hudson River at West 14th St., 8:30

Thursday, July 22 Summer Starz: kids hour with the New York Road Runners at 6:00, live music by the Backroad at 7:00, NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM (Shawn Levy, 2006) at sunset, East River State Park

Thursday, July 22 Celebrate Brooklyn!: “The Chaplin Mutuals,” with Carl Davis conducting the Brooklyn Philharmonic through live accompaniment to Charlie Chaplin’s EASY STREET, 1:00 AM, and BEHIND THE SCREEN, with the Two Man Gentlemen Band opening the show, 7:30

There should be plenty of rolling at outdoor screening of Coen brothers classic in Brooklyn Bridge Park on July 22

Thursday, July 22 Movies with a View: THE BIG LEBOWSKI (Joel Coen, 1998), with DJ Cosmo Baker, Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park, 8:00 – 9:00

Friday, July 23 Passport Fridays: South Korea, with dance byVongKu’s Traditional Korean Drum & dance Troupe, live music by the Blue & White, and screening of CASTAWAY ON THE MOON (Lee Hae-jun, 2009), Queens Museum, 6:30

Friday, July 23 River Flicks — Fridays for Kids: THE GREAT MUPPET CAPER (Jim Henson, 1981), Pier 46, Hudson River at Charles St., 8:30

Saturday, July 24 Outdoor Summer Movie Series: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (Steve Barron, 1990), Firefighters’ Field, Roosevelt Island, 8:30

Monday, July 26 ImageNation Outdoor Film & Music Festival: live music tba, 7:30, and EL ESPIRITU DE LA SALSA (Francisco Bello & Tim Sternberg, 2010), 8:30, St. Nicholas Park

Monday, July 26 Bryant Park Summer Film Festival: MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL (Terry Jones, 1975), Bryant Park Lawn, 8:00-9:00 (lawn opens at 5:00)

Tuesday, July 27 Red Hook Summer Movies: BIG WEDNESDAY (John Milius, 1978), Valentino Pier, 8:30

Wednesday, July 28 Outdoor Cinema Czech Republic: DAISIES (Vera Chytilová, 1966), live music at 7:00, Socrates Sculpture Park, film at sunset

Wednesday, July 28 ImageNation Outdoor Film & Music Festival: DJA-RARA, 7:30, and THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WATER (Jeremy Robins, 2008), 8:30, St. Nicholas Park

Wednesday, July 28 Movies Under the Stars — Tall Tales: THE FALL (Tarsem Singh, 2008), 8:30

Wednesday, July 28 Brooklyn Film Works: Piper Film Workshop, Old Stone House, Washington Park, JJ Byrne Playground, 8:30

Wednesday, July 28 Summerscreen: DEAD MAN (Jim Jarmusch, 1995), preceded by live music from Hymns, McCarren Park ball fields, dusk

Wednesday, July 28 River Flicks — Wednesdays for Grown-Ups: DISTRICT 9 (Neill Blomkamp, 2009), Pier 54, Hudson River at West 14th St., 8:30

Thursday, July 29 ImageNation Outdoor Film & Music Festival: DJ Cool Gee, 7:30, and THE PRINCESS & THE FROG (Ron Clements, 2009), 8:30, St. Nicholas Park

Thursday, July 29 River to River — Movie Nights on the Elevated Acre: BROADWAY DANNY ROSE (Woody Allen, 1984), preceded by short films by Alex Kalman and Josh Safdie, 55 Water St. between Broad & William Sts., 8:00 (tickets available starting at 6:00)

Thursday, July 29 Summer Starz: kids hour with El Puente at 6:00, live music by New York’s Finest Jazz Ensemble at 7:00, FINDING NEMO (Andrew Stanton, 2003) at sunset, East River State Park

Thursday, July 29 Movies with a View: REAR WINDOW (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954), with DJ DRM, Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park, 8:00 – 9:00

Friday, July 30 Passport Fridays: Taiwan, with dance by Sun Son Theater, live music by the Formosa Chamber Music Society, and screening of ORZBOYZ! (Ya-che Yang, 2008), Queens Museum, 6:30

Friday, July 30 River Flicks — Fridays for Kids: MONSTERS VS. ALIENS (Rob Letterman & Conrad Vernon, 2009), Pier 46, Hudson River at Charles St., 8:30

Monday, August 2 Bryant Park Summer Film Festival: ROSEMARY’S BABY (Roman Polanski, 1968), Bryant Park Lawn, 8:00-9:00 (lawn opens at 5:00)

Monday, August 2 Waterside Movie Nights: SPIDER-MAN (Sam Raimi, 2002), Waterside Plaza, 23rd St. & FDR Dr., 8:30

Tuesday, August 3 Red Hook Summer Movies: JAWS (Steven Spielberg, 1975), Valentino Pier, 8:30

Wednesday, August 4 Outdoor Cinema India: SITA SINGS THE BLUES (Nina Paley, 2008), live music at 7:00, Socrates Sculpture Park, film at sunset

Wednesday, August 4 Movies Under the Stars — Tall Tales: BIG FISH (Tim Burton, 2004), 8:30

Wednesday, August 4 River Flicks — Wednesdays for Grown-Ups: JULIE & JULIA (Nora Ephron, 2009), Pier 54, Hudson River at West 14th St., 8:30

Wednesday, August 4 Summerscreen: STARSHIP TROOPERS (Paul Verhoeven, 1997), preceded by live music, McCarren Park ball fields, dusk

Thursday, August 5 Summer Starz: kids hour with Rock City Theatrics at 6:00, live music by Opus Ditty at 7:00, ALADDIN (Ron Clements & John Musker, 1992) at sunset, East River State Park

Thursday, August 5 River to River — Movie Nights on the Elevated Acre: AUNTIE MAME (Morton DaCosta,1958), preceded by a short film by Cheryl Dunn, 55 Water St. between Broad & William Sts., 8:00 (tickets available starting at 6:00)

Thursday, August 5 Movies with a View: BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (Ang Lee, 2005), with DJ Soulstatic, Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park, 8:00 – 9:00

Friday, August 6 Passport Fridays: Middle East, with dance by Sramzi El-Edlibi Dabke Dance Group, live music by Salaam Middle Eastern Music Ensemble, and screening of AMREEKA (Cherien Debis), Queens Museum, 6:30

Friday, August 6 Celebrate Brooklyn!: House of Usher: Marco Benevento, White Magic, 7:30

Friday, August 6 Intrepid Summer Movie Series — Heroes of the Big Screen: RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (Steven Spielberg, 1981), Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, dusk

Friday, August 6 River Flicks — Fridays for Kids: BIG (Penny Marshall, 1988, Pier 46, Hudson River at Charles St., 8:30

Saturday, August 7 Outdoor Summer Movie Series: CONSPIRACY THEORY (Richard Donner, 1997), Firefighters’ Field, Roosevelt Island, 8:30

Monday, August 9 Bryant Park Summer Film Festival: THE GOODBYE GIRL (Herbert Ross, 1977), Bryant Park Lawn, 8:00-9:00 (lawn opens at 5:00)

Monday, August 9 Waterside Movie Nights: SUPERMAN (Richard Donner, 1978), Waterside Plaza, 23rd St. & FDR Dr., 8:30

Tuesday, August 10 Red Hook Summer Movies: THE SECRET OF ROAN INISH (John Sayles, 1994), Valentino Pier, 8:30

Wednesday, August 11 Outdoor Cinema Italy: MID-AUGUST LUNCH (Gianni De Gregorio, 2010), live music at 7:00, Socrates Sculpture Park, film at sunset

Wednesday, August 11 River Flicks — Wednesdays for Grown-Ups: PUBLIC ENEMIES (Michael Mann, 2009), Pier 54, Hudson River at West 14th St., 8:30

Wednesday, August 11 Movies Under the Stars — Tall Tales: STRANGER THAN FICTION (Marc Forster, 2006), 8:30

Wednesday, August 11 Summerscreen: POINT BREAK (Kathryn Bigelow, 1991), preceded by live music, McCarren Park ball fields, dusk

Thursday, August 12 Summer Starz: kids hour with New York Creative Arts Therapists at 6:00, live music at 7:00, THE LION KING (Roger Allers & Rob Minkoff, 1994) at sunset, East River State Park

Thursday, August 12 River to River — Movie Nights on the Elevated Acre: THE COUNTRY GIRL (George Seaton, 1954), preceded by short films by Alexandra Lerman, 55 Water St. between Broad & William Sts., 8:00 (tickets available starting at 6:00)

Thursday, August 12 Movies with a View: DREAMGIRLS (Bill Condon, 2006), with DJ Conquerrah, Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park, 8:00 – 9:00

Friday, August 13 Passport Fridays: Brazil, with dance by Carioca Capoeira, live music by Quenia Ribeiro, and screening of THE MAN WHO BOTTLED THE CLOUDS (Liro Ferreira, 2009), Queens Museum, 6:30

Friday, August 13 River Flicks — Fridays for Kids: ICE AGE: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS (Carlos Saldanha, 2009), Pier 46, Hudson River at Charles St., 8:30

Friday, August 13 The Vault of Horror Flicks: INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (Don Siegel, 1956), Tony Dapolito Recreation Center rooftop, 3 Clarkson St., 8:30

Monday, August 16 Bryant Park Summer Film Festival: 12 ANGRY MEN (Sidney Lumet, 1957), Bryant Park Lawn, 8:00-9:00 (lawn opens at 5:00)

Monday, August 16 Waterside Movie Nights: SPY KIDS (Robert Rodriguez, 2001), Waterside Plaza, 23rd St. & FDR Dr., 8:30

Tuesday, August 17 Red Hook Summer Movies: SPLASH (Ron Howard, 1984), Valentino Pier, 8:30

Wednesday, August 18 Outdoor Cinema Colombia: THE WIND’S JOURNEY (Ciro Guerra, 2009), live music at 7:00, Socrates Sculpture Park, film at sunset

Wednesday, August 18 Summerscreen: SAY ANYTHING (Cameron Crowe, 1989), preceded by live music, McCarren Park ball fields, dusk

Wednesday, August 18 River Flicks — Wednesdays for Grown-Ups: STAR TREK (J. J. Abrams, 2009), Pier 54, Hudson River at West 14th St., 8:30

Thursday, August 19 River to River — Movie Nights on the Elevated Acre: THE MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN (Frank Oz, 1984), preceded by a short film by Jay Hufford, 55 Water St. between Broad & William Sts., 8:00 (tickets available starting at 6:00)

Thursday, August 19 Movies with a View: THE BLUES BROTHERS (John Landis, 1980), with DJ Soulstatic, Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park, 8:00 – 9:00

Friday, August 20 Intrepid Summer Movie Series — Heroes of the Big Screen: ROCKY (John G. Avildsen, 1976), Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, dusk

Friday, August 20 River Flicks — Fridays for Kids: ANNIE (John Huston, 1982), Pier 46, Hudson River at Charles St., 8:30

Friday, August 20 The Vault of Horror Flicks: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (George A. Romero, 1968), Tony Dapolito Recreation Center rooftop, 3 Clarkson St., 8:30

Saturday, August 21 Outdoor Summer Movie Series: NIGHTHAWKS (Bruce Malmuth, 1981), Firefighters’ Field, Roosevelt Island, 8:30

Monday, August 23 Bryant Park Summer Film Festival: BONNIE AND CLYDE (Arthur Penn, 1967), Bryant Park Lawn, 8:00-9:00 (lawn opens at 5:00)

Monday, August 23 Waterside Movie Nights: THE INCREDIBLES (Brad Bird, 2004), Waterside Plaza, 23rd St. & FDR Dr., 8:30

Tuesday, August 24 Central Park Conservancy Film Festival — Iconic New York: FAME (Alan Parker, 1980), Central Park, north of Sheep Meadow, behind Mineral Springs, 8:00

Tuesday, August 24 Red Hook Summer Movies: CABIN BOY (Adam Resnick, 1994), Valentino Pier, 8:30

Wednesday, August 25 Central Park Conservancy Film Festival — Iconic New York: THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123 (Tony Scott, 2009), Central Park, north of Sheep Meadow, behind Mineral Springs, 8:00

Thursday, August 26 Central Park Conservancy Film Festival — Iconic New York: SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (John Badham, 1977), Central Park, north of Sheep Meadow, behind Mineral Springs, 8:00

Thursday, August 26 Movies with a View: INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (Steven Spielberg, 1989), Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park, 8:00 – 9:00

Friday, August 27 Lawn Chair Theater: SHARK TALE (Bibo Bergeron, Vicky Jenson, and Rob Letterman, 2004), Salt Marsh Nature Center, Marine Park, 8:00

Friday, August 27 Central Park Conservancy Film Festival — Iconic New York: KING KONG (Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack, 1933), Central Park, north of Sheep Meadow, behind Mineral Springs, 8:00

Friday, August 27 The Vault of Horror Flicks: ROSEMARY’S BABY (Roman Polanski, 1968), Tony Dapolito Recreation Center rooftop, 3 Clarkson St., 8:30

Saturday, August 28 Central Park Conservancy Film Festival — Iconic New York: SERENDIPITY (Peter Chelsom, 2001) or MANHATTAN (Woody Allen, 1979), Central Park, north of Sheep Meadow, behind Mineral Springs, 8:00

Tuesday, August 31 Red Hook Summer Movies: THE PRINCESS & THE FROG (Ron Clements & John Musker, 2009), Valentino Pier, 8:30

Thursday, September 2 Movies with a View: public vote for film, with DJ to be announced, Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park, 8:00 – 9:00

Tuesday, September 7 Red Hook Summer Movies: THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU (Wes Anderson, 2004), Valentino Pier, 8:30

Friday, September 10 Lawn Chair Theater: WINGED MIGRATION (Jacques Perrin, 2001), Salt Marsh Nature Center, Marine Park, 8:00

Tuesday, September 14 Red Hook Summer Movies: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN (Gore Verbinski, 2003), Valentino Pier, 8:30