this week in music

UPTOWN NIGHTS: COUNTERCULTURE

kyle abraham uptown nights

KYLE ABRAHAM:AN LGBTQ NIGHT OF LIVE MUSIC & A DANCE PARTY
Harlem Stage Gatehouse
150 Convent Ave. at West 135th St.
Friday, May 23, $20, 7:00
212-281-9240 ext 19/20
www.harlemstage.org

It’s been quite a few years for Kyle Abraham. Abraham, who formed his dance company, Abraham.In.Motion, in Pittsburgh in 2006, won the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award in 2012, an honor bestowed in previous years on Merce Cunningham and Bill T. Jones. Later that year he was named the 2012–14 New York Live Arts resident commissioned artist, and his Alvin Ailey commission, Another Night, had its world premiere at City Center. In 2013 he was selected as a MacArthur Fellow and choreographed the pas de deux The Serpent and the Smoke for himself and New York City Ballet principal dancer Wendy Whelan. Now Abraham is curating the May 23 edition of Harlem Stage’s “Uptown Nights” series, celebrating LGBTQ culture with Pittsburgh-based DJ Edgar Um, gay New York rapper Le1f, who runs the hip-hop Camp & Street label; gay rapper Will Sheridan (G.I.A.N.T., Ngoma), who came out several years after playing basketball at Villanova; Brooklyn choreographer, dancer, video artist, and Crystal Consciousness practitioner Wendell Cooper, who runs Complex Stability; and vogue dance champion Javier Ninja of the House of Ninja. The evening begins at 7:00 with a mixer, followed by live performances and a dance battle at 7:30, and a dance party at 9:30.

CELLIST INBAL SEGEV: RECITAL AT THE FLAG ART FOUNDATION

(photo by ME Reps)

Inbal Segeb will perform works for solo cello at FLAG Art Foundation (photo by ME Reps)

MUSIC FOR SOLO CELLO BY BACH AND PENDERECKI
The FLAG Art Foundation
545 West 25th St. between Tenth & Eleventh Aves., ninth floor
Wednesday, May 21, free with advance RSVP, 6:00
www.flagartfoundation.org
www.inbalsegev.com

The FLAG Art Foundation exhibition “Roy Lichtenstein: Nudes and Interiors” comes to a close on May 21 with a special live performance by Israeli-American cellist Inbal Segev. The New York-based Segev, whose albums include Nigun: A Celebration of Jewish Music and Beethoven, Boccherini: Cello Sonatas and is a founding member of the Amerigo Trio, will perform J. S. Bach’s Suite in C Major and Krzysztof Penderecki’s Divertimento on her 1673 Francesco Ruggieri cello. The exhibit features more than three dozen drawings, collages, and sculptures by Lichtenstein, along with two new works by curators Ewan Gibbs and Hilary Harkness. The solo recital will take place at 7:00 in the gallery, following a 6:00 cocktail reception with wine and light refreshments. Advance RSVP is a must.

DANCE PARADE: BE THE MOMENTUM

Parade: Broadway & 21st St. to Tompkins Square Park, 1:00
DanceFest: Tompkins Square Park, 3:00 – 7:00
Saturday, May 17, free
www.danceparade.org

The eighth annual New York Dance Parade, a celebration of all kinds of movement, will shake and bake through the city on May 17, beginning at 1:00 at 21st St. & Broadway and making its way southeast until it reaches Tompkins Square Park, where DanceFest takes place from 3:00 to 7:00 with live performances, workshops, demonstrations, information booths, special presentations, and other activities. Leading the parade of ten thousand dancers from 142 representing 77 different styles will be a trio of grand marshals: remixer Hex Hector, tap dancer extraordinaire Savion Glover, and Urban Bush Women founder Jawole Willa Jo Zollar. The parade started as a response to New York’s antiquated Cabaret Law, which in 1926 held that dance was not a form of artistic expression and was not protected by the Second Amendment. The event’s mission is “to promote dance as an expressive and unifying art form by showcasing all forms of dance, educating the general public about the opportunities to experience dance, and celebrating diversity of dance in New York City.” Dance Parade is always a hot, sweaty, sexy, and fun event, whether you’re participating or just checking out the scene, which brings everyone together in the spirit of this year’s theme, “Be the Momentum.”

ZÜRICH MEETS NEW YORK: A FESTIVAL OF SWISS INGENUITY

Zürich Meets New York festival honors upcoming centennial of the Dada movement

Zürich Meets New York festival honors upcoming centennial of the Dada movement

Multiple locations
May 16-23, free – $20
www.zurichmeetsnewyork.org

In The Third Man, one of the greatest movies ever made, Harry Lime (Orson Welles) tells his childhood friend Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten), “You know what the fellow said — in Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace — and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.” Of course, Switzerland has contributed a whole lot more to international culture and history than the cuckoo clock — and by the way, who doesn’t love the cuckoo clock? — as evidenced by this month’s Zürich Meets New York: A Festival of Swiss Ingenuity. From May 16 to 23, more than two dozen events will be taking place around the city, from concerts and dance to panel discussions and film screenings, from art exhibits and seminars to theater and scientific conversations, with a particular focus on the one hundredth anniversary of the Dada movement, which was born at the Cabaret Voltaire. Aside from “How Black Holes Shape Our Universe,” a multimedia presentation at the Explorers Club that requires a $20 ticket, everything else is absolutely free, although most events require advance RSVP. Below are only some of the highlights; other participants and programs include Dieter Meier of Yello, game developer Tim Schafer, Jungian analyst Christopher Hauke, complexity scientist Dirk Helbing, financial economist Didier Sornette, IBM director of research John E. Kelly, novelists Renata Adler and Ben Marcus discussing the work of Max Frisch, and a pair of documentaries about artist Urs Fischer.

Friday, May 16
“Collegium Novum Zurich: Live Music & Silent Films,” David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center, Broadway between 62nd & 63rd Sts., featuring screenings of shorts by Hans Richter, James Sibley Watson Jr. and Melville Webber, René Clair, and Joris Ivens with live musical accompaniment, free with advance RSVP, 7:00

Saturday, May 17
“Giants Are Small: Dada Bomb,” Dada performance art journey, free with advance RSVP, 7:00

Sunday, May 18
through
Thursday, May 22
“Dada on Tour,” art exhibition in a “nomadic” tent, Whitebox Art Center, 329 Broome St. between Chrystie St. & Bowery, free, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm

Monday, May 19
“What Can Robots and Economics Teach Us About Humanity?,” with Rolf Pfeifer and Ernst Fehr, moderated by Maria Konnikova, New York Academy of Sciences, 7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich St., 40th Floor, free with advance RSVP, 7:00

Monday, May 19
through
Thursday, May 22
“Dada Pop-Up: The Absurdities of Our Times,” opening will include spontaneous performances and exchanges, Whitebox Art Center, 329 Broome St. between Chrystie St. & Bowery, free, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm

Tuesday, May 20
and
Wednesday, May 21
“Simone Aughterlony/Antonija Livingstone/Hahn Rowe: In Disguise,” dance performance with choreographer Simone Aughterlony, performer Antonija Livingstone, and composer Hahn Rowe, the Kitchen, 512 West 19th St. between Tenth and Eleventh Aves., free with advance RSVP, 8:30

BIG APPLE BARBECUE BLOCK PARTY 2014

There’s plenty of smokin’ good ’cue at annual BBQ Block Party in Madison Square Park (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

There’s plenty of smokin’ good ’cue at annual BBQ block party in Madison Square Park (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

Madison Square Park
23rd to 26th Sts. between Fifth & Madison Aves.
Saturday, June 7, and Sunday, June 8, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
Admission: free; $9 per plate of barbecue, $3-$8 per dessert
Fast Pass: $125; BigPiggin’ Pass: $265
www.bigapplebbq.org
www.madisonsquarepark.org
big apple barbecue block party 2013 slideshow

The immensely popular and ridiculously crowded Big Apple Barbecue Block Party is less than a month away, when pitmasters from around the country gather in Madison Square Park and serve up some damn fine BBQ. The twelfth annual event, being held June 7-8, features some old favorites as well as some up-and-comers: North Carolina’s Ed Mitchell, Mike Mills of the 17th Street Bar & Grill (Murphysboro, Illinois), Chris Lilly of Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q (Decatur, Alabama), Joe Duncan of Baker’s Ribs (Dallas), Mike Emerson of Pappy’s Smokehouse (St. Louis), Jimmy Hagood of BlackJack Barbecue (Charleston, South Carolina), Patrick Martin of Martin’s Bar-B-Que Joint (Nashville), Garry Roark of Ubon’s Barbeque of Yazoo (Yazoo City, Mississippi), Scott Roberts of the Salt Lick Bar-B-Que (Driftwood, Texas), John Wheeler of Memphis Barbecue Co. (Horn Lake, Mississippi), Rodney Scott of Scott’s Bar-B-Que (Hemingway, South Carolina), Sam Jones of the Skylight Inn (Ayden, North Carolina), and local purveyors Jean-Paul Bourgeois of Blue Smoke, Charles Grund Jr. of Hill Country, John Stage of Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, and Daniel Delaney of Delaney Barbecue. The lines can get extremely long, so the best way to enjoy the event is to go with a bunch of friends, get on different lines, and then gather in the park to devour your meal. Each plate of ’cue is nine bucks, with desserts ranging from three to eight dollars each. Even the express lines for those BBQ lovers with the FastPass can get long — the FastPass is $125, with $100 redeemable for food, and tends to sell out in advance — so this year you can get the BigPiggin’ Pass, where for $265 you get $100 worth of barbecue using the express line and access to the VIP hospitality tent, which includes a Danny Meyer southern buffet, open bar (wine, beer, specialty cocktails), shaded seating, and air-conditioned rest rooms. There will also be live music, seminars, cooking demos, and more.

FREE SUMMER MUSIC 2014

Here We Go Magic (photo by Gregory Mitnick)

Here We Go Magic headlines the first night of the Brooklyn Half Pre-Party on May 14 (photo by Gregory Mitnick)

The weather is changing just in time for the start of the free summer music season, with concerts in parks, plazas, and other public spaces all over the city. Among those festivals that have announced their schedule are SummerStage, River to River, the BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech, the Lot Music Series in Long Island City, the Today show and Good Morning America series, and Celebrate Brooklyn!, with more to come. Below is the day-by-day lineup through June; keep watching this space as more festivals are announced and July and August dates are added.

Wednesday, May 14
Brooklyn Half Pre-Party, with Porcelain Raft (6:15), Gospels (7:30), and Here We Go Magic (8:45), Pier 2, Brooklyn Bridge Park

Thursday, May 15
Brooklyn Half Pre-Party, with Chaos Chaos (6:15) Radical Dads (7:30), and Oberhofer (8:45), Pier 2, Brooklyn Bridge Park

Celebrate Brooklyn! Dance Parties: Electro-Jamz Dance Party with Cibo Matto, Javelin, and JD Samson, Harbor View Lawn, Brooklyn Bridge Park, 7:00

Friday, May 16
Toyota Concert Series on Today: Mariah Carey, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am

Brooklyn Half Pre-Party, with Frances Cone (6:15), Body Language (7:30), and DJ set by Sinkane (8:45), Pier 2, Brooklyn Bridge Park

Thursday, May 22
Celebrate Brooklyn! Dance Parties: African Dance Party with Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars and Okayafrica Electrafrique w/ Chief Boima & DJ Underdog, Harbor View Lawn, Brooklyn Bridge Park, 7:00

Friday, May 23
Good Morning America Summer Concert Series: Lady Antebellum, Central Park, 7:00 am

Toyota Concert Series on Today: Tim McGraw, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am

Friday, May 30
Toyota Concert Series on Today: Austin Mahone, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am

Good Morning America Summer Concert Series: Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Central Park, 7:00 am

Sunday, June 1
Third annual Bushwick Collective Block Party, with Naam, Pampers, Iron Force, Tournament, Fletcher C. Johnson, Such Hounds, Blackout, the Montauk Project, No Way, and Twin Strike, Troutman St. between Wyckoff & St. Nicholas, 11:00 am

Open Air Street Fair, with Jolliff, Johnson & Tice (12 noon), Mountain Animation (1:00), Odetta Hartman & the Jamborees (2:00), and the Harmonica Lewinskies (3:00), Crosby St. between Houston & Prince

Tuesday, June 3
Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: Wicked Knee, 155 Varick St. back parking lot, 5:00

SummerStage: Ty Dolla $ign, Red Hook Park, 7:00

Janelle Monae kicks off Celebrate Brooklyn! festival on June 4

Janelle Monáe kicks off Celebrate Brooklyn! festival on June 4

Wednesday, June 4
SummerStage: Mark McGuire, Marissa Nadler, Delicate Steve, Red Hook Park, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! with Janelle Monáe, Prospect Park Bandshell, 8:00

Thursday, June 5
Toyota Concert Series on Today: Pharrell, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am

BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech: Darlene Love, MetroTech Commons at MetroTech Center, 12 noon

SummerStage: Pro Era, Red Hook Park, 7:00

Friday, June 6
Good Morning America Summer Concert Series: Demi Lovato, Central Park, 7:00 am

Toyota Concert Series on Today: Sara Bareilles, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am

Saturday, June 7
Big Apple Barbecue Block Party: The Roosevelts (1:00), Black Taxi (2:45), Lissie (4:30), Madison Square Park

SummerStage: Twelfth Brazilian Film Festival of New York: Tribute to Vinicius de Moraes, with Toquinho, DJ Gaspar Muniz, Central Park, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! with the Soul Rebels, Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen, and Lost Bayou Ramblers, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:00

Sunday, June 8
Big Apple Barbecue Block Party: Riders Against the Storm (1:00), Lera Lynn (2:45), JD McPherson (4:30), Madison Square Park

Tuesday, June 10
Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: Commander Cody, 155 Varick St. back parking lot, 5:00

SummerStage: The Duck Down BBQ with Boot Camp Clik & Friends, Betsy Head Park, 7:00

Wednesday, June 11
SummerStage: Sisqó, Betsy Head Park, 7:00

Thursday, June 12
BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech: Nicholas Payton presents Black American Music, MetroTech Commons at MetroTech Center, 12 noon

Celebrate Brooklyn! Celebrate Ornette: The Music of Ornette Coleman Featuring Denardo Coleman Vibe, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:00

Friday, June 13
Toyota Concert Series on Today: Train, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am

Good Morning America Summer Concert Series: Paramore, Central Park, 7:00 am

Thee Oh Sees are playing a free show at the Northside Festival on June 14

Thee Oh Sees are playing a free show at the Northside Festival on June 14

Saturday, June 14
Northside Festival: Thee Oh Sees (advance RSVP required), McCarren Park, 2:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! with Ozomatli’s Ozokidz, Prospect Park Bandshell, 4:00

SummerStage: Roberto Roena y su Apollo Sound, La Mecánica Popular, Little Louie Vega, Central Park, 6:00

Sunday, June 15
SummerStage: Black Coffee Live, with DJ Spoko, Celebrating 15 Years of Okayplayer, Central Park, 6:00

Tuesday, June 17
Toyota Concert Series on Today: Little Mix, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am

Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: TBA, 155 Varick St. back parking lot, 5:00

SummerStage: John Butler Trio and Allen Stone, Central Park, 5:30

Wednesday, June 18
Bryant Park After Work: The Universal Thump, Fountain Terrace, Bryant Park, 6:00

Mad. Sq. Music: Nicole Atkins, Madison Square Park, 7:00

SummerStage: Salute to Hip Hop, with DJ Bent Roc, Chubb Rock, Dana Dane, Special Ed, Herbert Von King Park, 7:00

Thursday, June 19
BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech: the Ohio Players, MetroTech Commons at MetroTech Center, 12 noon

SummerStage: Algebra, Herbert Von King Park, 7:00

Friday, June 20
Good Morning America Summer Concert Series: Jennifer Lopez, Central Park, 7:00 am

Toyota Concert Series on Today: Fall Out Boy, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am

SummerStage: Jason Samuel Smith, All Levels Open Dance Master Class with Jamal Jackson, Herbert Von King Park, 7:00

River to River: Original Music Workshop’s Ex-Situ Series with Terry Riley & Friends, Federal Hall, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! with Amos Lee and Lake Street Drive, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:00

The Dum Dum Girls are at SummerStage in Central Park on June 21 (photo by Malia James)

The Dum Dum Girls will be celebrating in Brooklyn on June 21 (photo by Malia James)

Saturday, June 21
River to River: Pete M. Wyer’s “And Death Shall Have No Dominion,” 11:00 am

SummerStage: ChoreoQuest, All Levels Open Dance Master Class with Jamel Gaines, Herbert Von King Park, 7:00

River to River: Original Music Workshop’s Ex-Situ Series with Claire Chase & Svet Stoyanov, Federal Hall, 7:00

SummerStage: Fete de la Musique -M- Émilie Simon, Central Park, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! with Dum Dum Girls, Hospitality, and TEEN, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:00

Saturday June 21
and
Sunday, June 22
SummerStage: Brooklyn Family Day, with Barolosolo Cirkus Company, Brooklyn Bridge Park, 3:00 & 7:00

Sunday, June 22
River to River: Bang on a Can Marathon, Brookfield Place, Winter Garden, 2:00 – 10:00

SummerStage: Buika, Marques Toliver, Central Park, 7:00

SummerStage: Whistle!: A Tribute to Frankie Knuckles with screening of Hands to the Sky, Herbert Von King Park, 7:00

Monday, June 23
River to River: Original Music Workshop’s Ex-Situ Series with Kimmo Pohjonen & Jeffrey Zeigler, Pier 15, 7:00

SummerStage: The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series, with Amber Wagner, Jamie Barton, Russell Thomas, and Dan Saunders, Central Park, 8:00

Tuesday, June 24
SummerStage: Our Latin Thing, New Swing Sextet, Crotona Park, 7:00

Naumburg Orchestral Concerts: The Knights, works by Luigi Boccherini, Andrew Norman, Charles Ives, and Timo Andres, Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, 7:30

River to River: Ethel with Special Guest Kaki King . . . and Other Stories, Brookfield Place, Winter Garden, 7:30

Wednesday, June 25
Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: John Doe album release party, 155 Varick St. back parking lot, 5:00

Bryant Park After Work: Ethan Lipton & His Orchestra, Fountain Terrace, Bryant Park, 6:00

Mad. Sq. Music: Ester Rada & Maya Azucena, Madison Square Park, 6:00

SummerStage: The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series, with Amber Wagner, Jamie Barton, Russell Thomas, and Dan Saunders, Brooklyn Bridge Park, 7:00

SummerStage: Chuck Chillout, DJ Hollywood, Brucie B, Chief Rocker Busy Bee, and LA Luv and 4th Quarter Boyz, hosted by Mick Benzo, Crotona Park, 7:00

Thursday, June 26
BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech: Butler Bernstein & the Hot 9, MetroTech Commons at MetroTech Center, 12 noon

SummerStage: D.I.T.C. featuring Lord Finesse, A.G., Diamond D, DJ Boogie Blind, and Large Professor, Crotona Park, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! with Warpaint and Yellowbirds, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:00

Friday, June 27
Toyota Concert Series on Today: Phillip Phillips, Rockefeller Plaza, 7:00 am

Good Morning America Summer Concert Series: Afrojack, Central Park, 7:00 am

River to River: Fronteras: New & Old Sounds from Latin America & the Caribbean, with Piñata Protest, Kuenta I Tambu (KIT), Helado Negro & SLV, the Uplands, South Street Seaport, 4:00 – 9:30

Celebrate Brooklyn! with Shovels & Rope, Valerie June, and Shakey Graves, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:00

Saturday, June 28
SummerStage: Club Classics Live! featuring Sam Sparro, Ultra Naté, Kevin Aviance, Company Freak, Alfa Anderson, Luci Martin, and Norma Jean Wright, with special guests and DJ set by Andre Collins, 3:00

River to River: Fronteras: New & Old Sounds from Latin America & the Caribbean, with Bélo & Curupira , the Uplands, South Street Seaport, 5:30 – 9:30

Celebrate Brooklyn! with Luciano and Sandra St. Victor & Oya’s Daughter, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:00

Sunday, June 29
River to River: Fronteras: New & Old Sounds from Latin America & the Caribbean, with Sergio Mendoza y la Orkestra and Rey Vallenato Beto Jamaica, the Uplands, South Street Seaport, 1:30 – 5:00

SummerStage: Jon Batiste and Stay Human and Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Central Park, 3:00

Tuesday, July 1
SummerStage: The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series, with Mary-Jane Lee, Ginger Costa-Jackson, Yunpeng Wang, and Dan Saunders, Crotona Park, 7:00

Wednesday, July 2
See/Change: DJ Ben the Beyonder, South Street Seaport, 5:00

Bryant Park After Work: Stephen Clair and the Millionaires, Fountain Terrace, 6:00

Thursday, July 3
BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech: Davell Crawford, MetroTech Commons at MetroTech Center, 12 noon

Pier/Party: Mike Verge (12 noon), Chris Bergson Blues (3:00), Dandy Wellington & His Band (6:00), South Street Seaport

SummerStage: Freedom Party, with Herbert Holler, DJ Cosi, and Marc Smooth, Central Park, 6:00

SummerStage: The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series, with Mary-Jane Lee, Ginger Costa-Jackson, Yunpeng Wang, and Dan Saunders, Clove Lakes Park, 7:00

Friday, July 4
Pier/Party: USO Show Troupe (1:30), Hungry March Band (4:00), Twin Forks ft. Chris Carrabba (8:00), South Street Seaport

Saturday, July 5
Pier/Party: Sam Barnes Bluegrass Review, South Street Seaport, 1:00

SummerStage: Teddy Afro, Noura Mint Seymali, HaHu Dance Crew, Central Park, 3:00

Celebrate Brooklyn!: Robert Glasper Experiment Featuring Talib Kweli, Glenn Kotche, and Aja Monet, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:00

On Stage at Kingsborough: Hot Summer Nights — Jeremy Davis & the Fabulous Equinox Orchestra: The Great American Swagger, Kingsborough Bandshell, 8:00

Tuesday, July 8
SummerStage: Andrew Bird & the Hands of Glory, Luke Temple, Central Park, 7:00

SummerStage: Tony Vega, St. Mary’s Park, 7:00

SummerStage: The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series, with Mary-Jane Lee, Ginger Costa-Jackson, Yunpeng Wang, and Dan Saunders, Jackie Robinson Park, 7:00

Wednesday, July 9
For the Sake of the Song: A Tribute to Townes Van Zandt, with David Berkeley, One New York Plaza, 12:30

Bryant Park After Work: Defibulators, Fountain Terrace, 6:00

SummerStage: The Latin Alternative Music Conference, with Beatnuts, Ana Tijoux, Bodega Bamz, and DJ Tony Touch, Central Park, 7:00

SummerStage: Jose Alberto “El Canario,” St. Mary’s Park, 7:00

Thursday, July 10
BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech: Fredericks Brown, MetroTech Commons at MetroTech Center, 12 noon

Broadway in Bryant Park: STOMP, Rocky, Wicked, If/Then, Bryant Park Lawn, 12:30

For the Sake of the Song: A Tribute to Townes Van Zandt, with Amber Rubarth, Grace Building, 1114 Sixth Ave. at 41st St., 12:30

SummerStage: The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series, with Mary-Jane Lee, Ginger Costa-Jackson, Yunpeng Wang, and Dan Saunders, Socrates Sculpture Park, 7:00

SummerStage: Domingo Quinones, St. Mary’s Park, 7:00

RiverRocks: Wild Beasts, Mutual Benefit, DJ Bill Pearis, Pier 84, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn!: Illya Kuryaki & the Valderramas, Choc Quib Town, RVSB, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:00

Friday, July 11
New Music in Bryant Park: World Time Zone, Sybarite5, Upper Terrace Steps, 6:00

Seaport Music Festival: Protomartyr, Alvvays, Fulton & Water Sts., 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn!: Vote, It Ain’t Illegal Yet!, with Burning Spear, Vernon Reid, Maya Azucena, Roger Guenveur Smith, Carl Hancock Rux, Rosario Dawson, and Ramya Ramana, directed by Nelson George, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Saturday, July 12
4Knots Music Festival, with Dinosaur Jr., Mac DeMarco, Those Darlins, Speedy Ortiz, Radkey, Viet Cong, Nude Beach, Juan Wauters, Re-TROS, and Dead Stars, 1:00 – 8:00

SummerStage: The Latin Alternative Music Conference, with Babasónicos, Juana Molina, La Santa Cecilia, Central Park, 3:00

Celebrate Brooklyn!: Alloy Orchestra: live score to He Who Gets Slapped (Victor Sjöström, 1924), Stephane Wrembel, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

On Stage at Kingsborough: Hot Summer Nights — John Beasley’s MONK’estra, Kingsborough Bandshell, 8:00

Sunday, July 13
SummerStage: Bronx Family Day, with David Gonzalez’ Aesop Bops! Funky Fables, Kids Junk Orchestra, *Secret Agent 23 Skiddoo, St. Mary’s Park, 4:00

SummerStage: Celebrating Fifteen Years of Okayplayer, with Bonobo and Cibo Matto, Central Park, 6:00

Tuesday, July 15
SummerStage: Ismael Miranda, Rebel Tumbao, Queensbridge Park, 7:00

Live at the Gantries: Solomon Hicks, Gantry Plaza State Park, 7:00

Naumburg Orchestral Concerts: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, 7:30

Wednesday, July 16
Bryant Park After Work: Howard Fishman and the Biting Fish Brass Band, Fountain Terrace, 6:00

Lowdown Hudson Blues Festival: No BS! Brass Band (6:00), Lake Street Dive (7:00), Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings (8:30), Waterfront Plaza at Brookfield Place

SummerStage: J Holiday, Queensbridge Park, 7:00

Mobb Deep will get deep on July 17 in Queensbridge Park

Mobb Deep will get deep on July 17 in Queensbridge Park

Thursday, July 17
BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech: Third World, MetroTech Commons at MetroTech Center, 12 noon

See/Change: Jazz Franchise, South Street Seaport, 12 noon

Broadway in Bryant Park: Pippin, Chicago, Les Misérables, Atomic, Bryant Park Lawn, 12:30

For the Sake of the Song: A Tribute to Townes Van Zandt, with the Sea the Sea, Grace Building, 1114 Sixth Ave. at 41st St., 12:30

See/Change: Dandy Wellington & His Band, South Street Seaport, 6:00

Lowdown Hudson Blues Festival: James Carter Organ Trio (6:00), the Robert Cray Band (7:00), John Hiatt & the Combo (8:45), Waterfront Plaza at Brookfield Place

SummerStage: Mobb Deep, Queensbridge Park, 7:00

Friday, July 18
See/Change: Devon Marie and the Band Pineapples, South Street Seaport, 12 noon

New Music in Bryant Park: Cassatt Quartet, Greg Osby Group, Upper Terrace Steps, 6:00

Seaport Music Festival: Calvin Love, Las Rosas, Fulton & Water Sts., 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn!: Bebel Gilberto, Vinicius Cantuaria, and Netsayi, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:00

Saturday, July 19
SummerStage: Brasil Summerfest, with Lenine & the Martin Fondse Orchestra: The Bridge, Maíra Freitas, Tutu Moraes, Central Park, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn!: Deltron 3030, Nomadic Massive, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

On Stage at Kingsborough: Hot Summer Nights — Carole J. Bufford in Speak Easy with Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks, Kingsborough Bandshell, 8:00

Sunday, July 20
SummerStage: Catalan Sounds on Tour, with Mishima, Txarango, and DJ sets by Headbirds, Central Park, 3:00

SummerStage: Queens Family Day, with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Rashida Bumbray, Michael Mossman & Copland Jazz, Queensbridge Park, 4:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: A Memorial Concert for Pete and Toshi Seeger, with Judy Collins, Peter Yarrow, Holly Near, Paul Winter Consort, Martha Redbone, Dar Williams & Dan Zanes, Guy Davis, Tom Chapin & the Chapin Sisters, David Amram with Adira & Alana Amram, George Wein, Michael Moore, and many others, hosted by Kitama Cahill-Jackson, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 4:00

Monday, July 21
SummerStage: New Songs of Justice: An Evening Honoring Pete Seeger, with Anti-Flag, Toni Blackman, the Chapin Sisters, Rebel Diaz, Steve Earle, Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion, James Maddock, Elizabeth Mitchell and Dan Zanes, Mike + Ruthy, Nyraine, Amanda Palmer, Michael Glabicki, the Tony Lee Thomas Band, and DJ sets by Kool Herc, Central Park, 6:00

Tuesday, July 22
Live at the Gantries: Dahka Band, Gantry Plaza State Park, 7:00

Naumburg Orchestral Concerts: The Knights, works by Gyorgy Ligeti, Bela Bartok, Sufjan Stevens, Ljova, and Igor Stravinsky, Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, 7:30

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Behind the Goove — Welcome Party for A Batalha do Passinho, with DJ KS*360, David Rubenstein Atrium, 8:00

Wednesday, July 23
For the Sake of the Song: A Tribute to Townes Van Zandt, with Keith Everett & the Orange Morris, One New York Plaza, 12:30

Bryant Park After Work: Morley, Fountain Terrace, 6:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Larry Harlow’s Hommy: A Latin Opera and Michael Stuart y Su Tremendo, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Thursday, July 24
BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech: Bobby Rush, MetroTech Commons at MetroTech Center, 12 noon

Broadway in Bryant Park: Phantom of the Opera, Piece of My Heart, Cinderella, Avenue Q, Bullets over Broadway, Bryant Park Lawn, 12:30

For the Sake of the Song: A Tribute to Townes Van Zandt, with Jason Myles Goss, Grace Building, 1114 Sixth Ave. at 41st St., 12:30

RiverRocks: Teenage Fanclub, Honeyblood, Saint Rich, Pier 84, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn!: Wordless Music, with Nickel Creek, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Friday, July 25
New Music in Bryant Park: Diane Moser Quintet, Guidonian Hand, Upper Terrace Steps, 6:00

Seaport Music Festival: Torres, Fulton & Water Sts., 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn!: Amandla: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony (Lee Hirsch, 2002), Neo Muyanga & William Kentridge’s Second-Hand Reading, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Friday, July 25
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Saturday, July 26
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: John Luther Adams’s Sila: The Breath of the World, Hearst Plaza, 6:00

Saturday, July 26
Lincoln Center Out of Doors Family Day: Deep Roots of Rock and Roll, with musical direction by Toshi Reagon, with Black Rock Coalition Orchestra and special guests, Hearst Plaza, 2:00

SummerStage: Celebrating 15 Years of Okayplayer and Federation Sound, with Chronixx & the Zincfence Redemption, Junior Reid, the Rice and Peas Crew, Central Park, 3:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Roberta Flack and Davell Crawford, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

On Stage at Kingsborough: Hot Summer Nights — Swingadelic with guest vocalist Gina Fox, Kingsborough Bandshell, 8:00

Sunday, July 27
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: globalFEST for Families, with Banda de los Muertos and M.A.K.U. Soundsystem, Hearst Plaza. 1:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: globalFEST, with BaianaSystem, Red Baraat, Emiline Michel, and Emil Zrihan, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 5:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: globalFEST, with Charanjit Singh, DJs Ushka and Ripley, Baiana Play Som, Jaffe Drive/Toll Porte-cochère, 5:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: globalFEST, with M.A.K.U. Soundsystem, Banda de los Muertos, and Debauche, Hearst Plaza, 5:45

SummerStage: The Rock Steady Crew 37th Anniversary Concert, Central Park, 7:00

Tuesday, July 29
Live at the Gantries: Kevin Batchelor’s Grand Concourse, Gantry Plaza State Park, 7:00

SummerStage: The Felix Hernandez Rhythm Revue, Clove Lakes Park, 7:00

Wednesday, July 30
Bryant Park After Work: Ayo Awosika, Fountain Terrace, 6:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Amel Larrieux, Avery*Sunshine, and the Jones Family Singers, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 6:30

SummerStage: The 40th Anniversary of Hip-Hop, with Lisette Melendez, Coro, and George Lamond, hosted by Mick Benzo, Clove Lakes Park, 7:00

Thursday, July 31
BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech: Snarky Puppy, MetroTech Commons at MetroTech Center, 12 noon

Broadway in Bryant Park: Rock of Ages, Once, Heathers, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Bryant Park Lawn, 12:30

For the Sake of the Song: A Tribute to Townes Van Zandt, with Milton, Grace Building, 1114 Sixth Ave. at 41st St., 12:30

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: José González and yMusic, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 6:30

SummerStage: Joe Bataan, Boogaloo Assassins, DJ Turmix, Clove Lakes Park, 7:00

Friday, August 1
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: A Celebration of Jenneth Webster, with Mingus Dynasty, Taylor 2, Yoshiko Chuma & the School of Hard Knocks (with Robert Black), Elder Edward Babb of McCollough Sons of Thunder, Pauline Oliveros, Elaine Summers, the Skymusic Ensemble conducted by Carman Moore, Imani Uzuri’s Mosaic (with guests Morley, Haleh, and Martha Redbone), Ologundê, Brooklyn Jumbies, Chinese American Arts Council, Hungry March Band, LaTasha Natasha Nevada Diggs, and special guest speakers, Hearst Plaza, 4:30

New Music in Bryant Park: Different but the Same, Del Sol Quartet, Upper Terrace Steps, 6:00

Seaport Music Festival: Snowmine, the Casket Girls, Fulton & Water Sts., 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn!: Jimmy Bosch y Su Estrellas, Pedrito Martinez Group Featuring Ariance Trujillo, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Kes the Band will be celebrating Brooklyn in Prospect Park on August 2

Kes the Band will be celebrating Brooklyn in Prospect Park on August 2

Saturday, August 2
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: La Casita, with live music by Acardenchados, Arooj Aftab, Soni Moreno, Sonia Olla & Ismael Fernández, Ologundê, and Orquesta SCC, and poetry by Jennifer Celestin, Louise Sky Dancer Halfe, Jamaal May, Tony Medina, Lenelle Moïse, Jessica Care Moore, Taqralik Partridge, Ramya Ramana, and Frank X Walker, with MC Baba Israel, Hearst Plaza, 12 noon

SummerStage: Dr. John & the Night Trippers, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Central Park, 3:00

Celebrate Brooklyn!: Kes the Band, Kuenta i Tambu, DJ Dr Wax, Steel Sensations, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:00

Sunday, August 3
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Heritage Sunday, Echoes of the Divine: Arts of the Turko-Persian Diaspora, with Ahmet Erdogdular, Shashmaqam, Quraishi, and the New York Crimean Tatar Ensemble, Hearst Plaza, 1:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: La Casita, with live music by Acardenchados, Arooj Aftab, Soni Moreno, Sonia Olla & Ismael Fernández, Ologundê, and Orquesta SCC, and poetry by Jennifer Celestin, Louise Sky Dancer Halfe, Jamaal May, Tony Medina, Lenelle Moïse, Jessica Care Moore, Taqralik Partridge, Ramya Ramana, and Frank X Walker, with MC Baba Israel, Teatro Pregones in the Bronx, 3:00

SummerStage: Gregory Porter & Revive Big Band led by Igmar Thomas, Central Park, 7:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Tribute to Pete “El Conde” Rodriguez, featuring the Cita Rodriguez Orchestra and Pete Rodriguez with Tito Allen, Herman Olivera, Karen Joseph, Willie Torres, Eddie Montalvo, Ray Martinez, and the Alma Moyo Drummers with special guest star Johnny Pacheco, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:00

Tuesday, August 5
SummerStage: Tipica 73 with guest Adalberto Santiago, Williamsburg Salsa Orchestra, East River Park, 6:00

Live at the Gantries: And You and I, Gantry Plaza State Park, 7:00

Naumburg Orchestral Concerts: Christina & Michelle Naughton, works by Darius Milhaud, John Adams, Maurice Ravel, and Igor Stravinsky, Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, 7:30

Wednesday, August 6
Bryant Park After Work: ABIAH, Fountain Terrace, 6:00

Uptown Bounce: Summer Nights at 104th & Fifth — Throwback, with DJ D’Marquesina, DJ Grand Master Caz, breakdancers the NBS Crew, video projections and sidewalk art by the Murcielagos Fumando Collective, and discussion with Perla de Leon, 6:00

SummerStage: Mobile Mondays Live, the Salsoul Edition featuring Joe Bataan, First Choice, Double Exposure, Instant Funk, and Ladies of Skyy, East River Park, 7:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Americanafest NYC, with Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell, and Robert Ellis, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Thursday, August 7
BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech: Lisa Fischer, MetroTech Commons at MetroTech Center, 12 noon

Broadway in Bryant Park: Jersey Boys, 50 Shades! The Musical, Cabaret, Revolution in the Elbow of Ragnar Agnarsson Furniture Painter, Bryant Park Lawn, 12:30

SummerStage: Mykki Blanco, East River Park, 7:00

RiverRocks: Temples, Here We Go Magic, Spires, Pier 84, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn!: Altan, Maura O’Connell, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Americanafest NYC, with Tift Merritt, David Rubenstein Atrium, 7:30

Friday, August 8
New Music in Bryant Park: Claudia Quintet +1, Lincoln Trio, Upper Terrace Steps, 6:00

Seaport Music Festival: Black Bananas, Shockwave Riderz, Fulton & Water Sts., 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn!: Asian Dub Foundation: THX 1138, Taylor McFerrin, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Americanafest NYC, with Cassandra Wilson, and the Campbell Brothers: A Sacred Steel Love Supreme featuring visuals by Brock Monroe, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Saturday, August 9
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Americanafest NYC, with the Devil Makes Three, Old 97’s, and John Fullbright, Hearst Plaza, 1:30

SummerStage: Motown Gospel Revue featuring Tasha Cobbs, Smokie Norful, Pastor Charles Jenkins, Vashawn Mitchell, Kierra Sheard, and Micah S., Central Park, 3:00

The LOT LIC Music Series: Streets of Laredo, Walking Shapes, 43-29 Crescent St., Long Island City, 3:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Americanafest NYC, with Rosanne Cash, the Lone Bellow, and Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 6:00

Celebrate Brooklyn!: St. Vincent, San Fermin, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Heroes of American Roots: From the Historic Films Archives, rare archival footage, Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, 1:00 & 4:00

Sunday, August 10
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Americanafest NYC Roots Sympoisum, with Heroes of Americana: From the Historic Films Archives (introduced by Joe Lauro); Talkin’ Blues: Music Makers Relief Foundation’s Beverly “Guitar” Watkins, Ironing Board Sam, Dom Flemons, and Tim Duffy in conversation with Coleman “Spike” Barkin; and SiriusXM’s “Buddy & Jim Show” with Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale, David Rubenstein Atrium, 1:00

SummerStage: Passenger, Laiam Bailey, and DJ Natasha Diggs, Central Park, 3:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Americanafest NYC, with Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires, St. Paul & the Broken Bones, and Bobby Patterson Music Maker Blues Revue featuring Dom Flemons, Beverly “Guitar” Watkins, and Ironing Board Sam, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 5:00

Tuesday, August 12
SummerStage: Joe, Marcus Garvey Park, 7:00

Live at the Gantries: Zikrayat, Gantry Plaza State Park, 7:00

Naumburg Orchestral Concerts: The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, works by Franz Joseph Haydn, Paul Schoenfield, and Carl Maria von Weber, Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, 7:30

Wednesday, August 13
SummerStage: Bobby Sanabria and screening of Chico & Rita (Javier Mariscal, Fernando Trueba & Tono Errando, 2010), Marcus Garvey Park, 6:00

Uptown Bounce: Summer Nights at 104th & Fifth — Remix, with DJ D’Marquesina, DJ Grand Master Caz, Kelly Peters and his Generation X Hip Hop Dancers, video projections and sidewalk art by the Murcielagos Fumando Collective, and El Museo founder Raphael Montañez Ortiz in conversation with Chon Noriega, 6:00

Bryant Park After Work: Miwa Gemini, Fountain Terrace, 6:00

Thursday, August 14
Broadway in Bryant Park: Matilda, On the Town, Mamma Mia!, Motown the Musical, Bryant Park Lawn, 12:30

Friday, August 15
SummerStage: Byron Cage, Marcus Garvey Park, 7:00

Seaport Music Festival: Boogarins, Jacco Gardner, Fulton & Water Sts., 7:00

Saturday, August 16
The LOT LIC Music Series: Taylor McFerrin, Jennah Bell, 43-29 Crescent St., Long Island City, 3:00

SummerStage: Blood Orange with guests Moses Sumney and Sean Nicholas Savage, Central Park, 7:00

Sunday, August 17
SummerStage: Harlem Family Day, with Shine and the Moonbeams, Moona Luna, Kojo Odu Roney & Friends, B-Love’s Hip Hop Jazzy Groove, and DJ KS*360, Marcus Garvey Park, 4:00

SummerStage: The Nuyorican Poets Cafe’s Fortieth Anniversary Celebration, with DJ Rahsaan and screening of Our Latin Thing (Leon Gast, 1972), East River Park, 6:00

SummerStage: Bellatrix! A Soul Train Tribute to Women in Music, with Ubiquita Sound System, Marcus Garvey Park, 7:00

SummerStage: WBLS Sixth Annual R&B Fest, with Musiq Soulchild, Central Park, 7:00

Wednesday, August 20
Bryant Park After Work: Thiefs, Fountain Terrace, 6:00

Friday, August 22
SummerStage: “The Marriage of Latin Music & Jazz,” musical discussion with Joe Conzo Sr., the New School, 55 West Thirteenth St., 6:30

Seaport Music Festival: Dead Gaze, Fulton & Water Sts., 7:00

Saturday, August 23
Summerstage: La Mega Seventh Annual Tropical Fest, featuring Alex Sensation, Central Park, 3:00

The LOT LIC Music Series: Small Black / Kevin Morby, 43-29 Crescent St., Long Island City, 3:00

SummerStage: Charlie Parker Jazz Festival, with the Wallace Roney Orchestra, Lionel Loueke, Melissa Aldana, and Kris Bowers with special guest Chris Turner, Marcus Garvey Park, 3:00

Sunday, August 24
SummerStage: Charlie Parker Jazz Festival, with Kenny Barron, Cindy Blackman Santana, Craig Handy & 2nd Line Smith, and Brianna Thomas, Tompkins Square Park, 3:00

Wednesday, August 27
Bryant Park After Work: Black Bottom Revue, Fountain Terrace, 6:00

Friday, August 29
Seaport Music Festival: Joanna Gruesome, Big Ups, Fulton & Water Sts., 7:00

Saturday, August 30
The LOT LIC Music Series: Fredricks Brown, Silver feat. Eddie Henderson, 43-29 Crescent St., Long Island City, 3:00

Saturday, September 6
The LOT LIC Music Series: Hollis Brown, Jonny Fritz, 43-29 Crescent St., Long Island City, 3:00

Saturday, September 13
The LOT LIC Music Series: Widowspeak, Alex Bleeker and the Freaks, 43-29 Crescent St., Long Island City, 3:00

Saturday, September 20
The LOT LIC Music Series: Sugarman 3, Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens, Daptone Records Family DJs, 43-29 Crescent St., Long Island City, 3:00

AN EVENING WITH CINEMA 16: IIII

Tadanori Yokoo’s 1965 KACHI KACHI YAMA is one of six experimental films being shown in latest Cinema 16 presentation

Tadanori Yokoo’s 1965 KACHI KACHI YAMA is one of six experimental films being shown in latest Cinema 16 presentation

The Kitchen
512 West 19th St. between Tenth & Eleventh Aves.
Wednesday, May 14, $20, 9:00
212-255-5793 ext11
www.cinemasixteen.com
www.thekitchen.org

Back in June 2011, photographer and curator Molly Surno told twi-ny, “The more experimental films I watch, the harder it is for me to sit through big-budget films. I mean, let’s put it this way: For me, a Saturday night spent among purely escapist entertainment would include The Godfather or The French Connection. . . . That is about as mainstream as I like to get.” Since 2008, the Brooklyn-based Surno, who earned her MFA from Columbia last year, has been reviving Cinema 16, the film society founded by Amos Vogel in 1947, combining experimental films with cutting-edge live music. The 2014 edition takes place May 14 at the Kitchen, with a half dozen far-from-mainstream films that examine the intersection of love, paradise, adventure, and mythology being accompanied by an original score by drum-synth collective IIII (“Four,” consisting of Hisham Akira Bharoocha, Ryan Sawyer, Brian Chase, and Ben Vida, joined by electronic musician Seja). The short films being presented are David Rimmer’s 1969 Migration, Frans Zwartjes’s 1968 Birds, One, Henri Platt’s 1968 I Am an Old Smoking Moving Indian Movie Star, Len Lye’s 1952-53 Color Cry, Tadanori Yokoo’s 1965 Kachi Kachi Yama, and Kihachirō Kawamoto’s 1965 Broken Branches.