this week in lectures, signings, panel discussions, workshops, and Q&As

ON BROADWAY: FROM RENT TO REVOLUTION

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Rizzoli Bookstore
1133 Broadway at 26th St.
Monday, May 23, RSVP only, 6:30
212-759-2424
rizzolibookstore.com
www.broadwaycares.org

Before word of mouth, before the reviews, before the public sees the cast and sets and hears the dialogue and music, a Broadway show attempts to define itself — and sell tickets — by establishing a look, a unique brand, via posters, billboards, and advertisements. For the last twenty years, SpotCo, originally known as Spot Design, has been at the forefront of this business, working on campaigns for more than three hundred clients, including eight Pulitzer Prize winners and the last eight winners of the Tony for Best Musical. The company’s history is celebrated in the new coffee-table book On Broadway: From Rent to Revolution (Rizzoli, April 2016, $45), which explores SpotCo’s branding of such shows as Rent, Chicago, The Vagina Monologues, Doubt, Avenue Q, Hair, Once, Kinky Boots, Fun Home, and Hamilton. “What separates SpotCo’s oeuvre from what has come before and makes it so astounding is that as a whole it has no recognizable visual style, in a business that was long thought to rely on exactly that, no matter how hackneyed and clichéd,” author and graphic designer extraordinaire Chip Kidd writes in his foreword. “The only thing that unites them all is an unwavering sense of intelligence and the apparent belief that their audience is comprised of people who can think, intuit, and take a chance on something they haven’t quite experienced before.” The book also features text by SpotCo founder Drew Hodges and producers, composers, illustrators, playwrights, artistic directors, photographers, and actors (Harvey Fierstein, Cherry Jones, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Patrick Stewart, Sting) detailing the various campaigns, in addition to an introduction by former company maid David Sedaris. On May 23, the Rizzoli Bookstore will host the annual Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS charity event while also celebrating On Broadway: From Rent to Revolution; the evening will include a red carpet entrance for numerous stars of the Great White Way, an auction of original art, and more.

MODERN MONDAYS: AN EVENING WITH WONG KAR WAI

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Who: Wong Kar Wai, La Frances Hui
What: Modern Mondays
Where: MoMA Film, Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53rd St. between Fifth & Sixth Aves., 212-708-9400
When: Monday, May 23, $8-$12, 7:30
Why: “Our distant comradeship went on for twenty years, all of them blessedly unconstrained by the inhibiting, red-eyed presence of a tape recorder. We never did a proper interview, much less anything so large as a book,” pop-culture and film critic John Powers recently wrote in his Vogue essay “How to Write a Book with Wong Kar Wai,” continuing, “As I flew home to L.A., I was experiencing what I’d long heard about working on one of Wong’s long-gestating films: You spend your time waiting and waiting, dependent on his decisions, wondering if there’s any end in sight.” They were trying to finish what would become WKW: The Cinema of Wong Kar Wai (Rizzoli, April 2016, $65) in time for the opening of the Met Fifth Avenue’s exhibition “China: Through the Looking Glass,” for which Wong was serving as artistic director. Well, they made it, and on May 23, Wong, the writer-director of such cutting-edge works as Days of Being Wild, Chungking Express, Happy Together, and the lush In the Mood for Love, will be at MoMA for a Modern Mondays presentation including film clips, a conversation with MoMA Department of Film associate curator La Frances Hui, and a book signing. “China: Through the Looking Glass” continues in the Met’s Chinese Galleries and Anna Wintour Costume Center through September 7.

GLIMMERGLASS FESTIVAL AT NYBG: AN EVENING OF WORLD-CLASS OPERA

The Glimmerglass Opera will preview 2016 summer festival at the New York Botanical Garden on May 26 (photo of 2015 Glimmerglass production of Mozart’s THE MAGIC FLUTE by Karli Cadel/The Glimmerglass Festival)

The New York Botanical Garden
2900 Southern Blvd., Bronx
Thursday, May 26, $35, 6:00
718-817-8700
www.nybg.org
glimmerglass.org

Opera in the Bronx? On May 26, as part of its 125th anniversary, the New York Botanical Garden will offer a sneak peek at this summer’s Glimmerglass Festival at a special one-night-only program. The evening begins at 6:00 with a viewing of the gallery section of the new exhibition “Impressionism: American Gardens on Canvas,” which features gardens curated by Francisca Coelho in the style of works by Childe Hassam, John Singer Sargent, and other artists, along with Impressionist paintings and sculptures. At 7:00 in Ross Hall, soprano Alison King, mezzo-soprano Zoie Reams, tenor Chaz’men Williams-Ali, baritone Johnathan McCullough, and pianist Kevin Miller will perform excerpts from a new Belle Époque production of Giacomo Puccini’s La bohème, Gioachino Rossini and Giovanni Gherardini’s The Thieving Magpie, Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s Sweeney Todd, and Robert Ward’s Pulitzer Prize-winning adaptation of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, as well as past favorites, presented by Glimmerglass artistic and general director Francesca Zambello and the Young Artists Program. Following the performance, ticket holders are invited to the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory to see the garden part of the Impressionism exhibition. The Glimmerglass Festival takes place July 8 to August 27 in Cooperstown and also includes Laura Karpman and Kelley Rourke’s new Youth Opera: Wilde Tales, discussions with New York State attorney general Eric Schneiderman and journalist Jeffrey Toobin on The Crucible, Sondheim on Sweeney Todd, and Supreme Court Justice and opera lover Ruth Bader Ginsburg in addition to master classes, lounges, preview brunches, and more.

NEW YORK ON LOCATION

Visitors can step into working movie trailers during New York on Location festival in Astoria (photo by Rene Carson for Museum of the Moving Image)

Museum of the Moving Image, 35th Ave. at 36th St.
Kaufman Astoria Studios backlot, 36th St. between 34th & 35th Aves.
Sunday, May 22, free, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
718-777-6800
www.movingimage.us

New York on Location, the Museum of the Moving Image’s annual street fair and celebration, will take place on May 22, featuring a full day of movie-related activities. A joint venture of the museum, Theatrical Teamsters Local 817, I.A.T.S.E. Local 52, and Kaufman Astoria Studios, the festivities include car, fire, and high-fall stunts, weather effects, hair and makeup demonstrations, face painting and hair extensions, and more. Visitors can also go inside twenty working trailers and trucks that come directly from shoots and speak with professionals about their jobs, in addition to using a few of their bathrooms. Even some of the food that is available for purchase will be set up in movie-catering fashion. “The film and television industry employs thousands of New Yorkers every year, from electricians to carpenters to makeup artists. And while we love seeing the magic that appears on screen, few people outside the industry can really appreciate all the work that goes into creating that magic,” Kaufman Astoria Studios president and CEO Hal Rosenbluth said in a statement. “New York on Location is a wonderful way for families and anyone interested in movies and TV shows to experience what goes on behind-the-scenes and meet the people who work in the industry.” As a bonus, the museum will be open for free as well, so be sure to check out such exhibitions as “Behind the Screen,” “Arcade Classics: Video Games from the Collection,” “The World of Anomalisa,” “To the Moon and Beyond: Graphic Films and the Inception of 2001: A Space Odyssey,” “Mutant Leftovers,” and “Computer Films of the 1960s.”

WEINER

The colorful Anthony Weiner marches in the Gay Pride Parade as he runs for mayor in 2013, a bright future potentially ahead of him

WEINER (Josh Kriegman & Elyse Steinberg, 2016)
IFC Center, 323 Sixth Ave. at West Third St., 212-924-7771
Lincoln Plaza Cinema, 1886 Broadway between 62nd & 63rd Sts., 212-757-2280
Opens Friday, May 20
www.ifcfilms.com

Near the end of Weiner, one of the most revealing and entertaining documentaries about a political figure you’re ever likely to see, one of the directors, Josh Kriegman, asks subject extraordinaire Anthony Weiner, “Why have you let me film this?” It’s a great question, and one that can be inquired of Weiner’s wife as well, Huma Abedin, who stands alongside her scandal-ridden husband nearly every step of the way. In May 2011, during his seventh term as a fierce, fiery congressman representing parts of Brooklyn and Queens, Weiner was forced to resign in disgrace after it was discovered that he had sent lewd pictures of himself to several women over a public social media account while lying about it as well. Just two years later, the Brooklyn-born Weiner decided to get back in the game, running for mayor of New York City. Kriegman, who was a senior aide to Weiner in 2004-5 and his New York chief of staff in 2005-6, thought the comeback campaign would make a fascinating story, and Weiner agreed, giving him virtually unlimited access to his family and staffers. Initially, everything is going better than expected: Weiner is leading in the polls and getting his message across. But then the sexting scandal rises up again, and it all starts falling apart. Weiner tries hard to fight the good fight, concentrating on communicating his political platform, but the media only wants to ask him and his brave wife about the sexting, even when it is clear that the people of New York City prefer to talk about the issues. “I guess the punch line is true about me. I did the things . . . but I did a lot of other things too,” Weiner acknowledges. Of course, maybe Weiner never really had a fair chance. The movie begins with a telling quote from Marshall McLuhan: “The name of a man is a numbing blow from which he never recovers.”

Yet another texting scandal forces Anthony Weiner to reconsider his options under media scrutiny

PBS and MTV veterans Kriegman and codirector Elyse Steinberg amassed more than four hundred hours of footage for their feature debut, and very rarely does Weiner or Abedin shut them out, even when things appear to hit rock bottom. Kriegman focuses his camera on Weiner, who doesn’t flinch as he considers all his options and, all too often, takes the wrong path, whether it’s getting angry with a patron in a Jewish deli or arguing with Lawrence O’Donnell on a videolink interview. Weiner continually performs self-defeating acts that Abedin, a longtime Hillary Clinton supporter who is now vice chairwoman of the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee’s campaign, gracefully and painfully points out to him, but she sticks with her husband and his campaign to the bitter end. Kriegman and Steinberg show Weiner hanging out at home, walking around barefoot, and playing with son Jordan, who was born in December 2011. But it’s truly heartbreaking when the directors zero in on Abedin’s forlorn face as the scandal grows and grows and the media has a field day with it. Weiner is seamlessly edited by Eli Despres (Blackfish, Red Army), who keeps the tension high even when we know what is coming, as the narrative plays out like a unique kind of political thriller. It’s impossible to take your eyes off the screen, to stop watching Weiner and Abedin as they have to deal with his dirty laundry in public. In addition to allowing Kriegman and Steinberg to follow him everywhere, the usually charismatic Weiner is decidedly dour as he sits down for a candid wraparound interview with the filmmakers. “Shit. This is the worst. This is the worst. Doing a documentary on my scandal,” Weiner opines at one point, displaying a rare moment of genuine regret as opposed to his usual hubris. But the film, which makes no judgments — and which Weiner and Abedin have refused to see so far — is as much about the relationship between media and politics as it is about one specific politician who made some personal mistakes, and it does not bode well for our future. Will Weiner ever be able to stage another comeback? He’s a determined guy, almost to the point of obsession, with a deep desire to help the people of New York City and the country, but then there’s that name, and the photos he posted, and the strange faces that he makes, so a third chance might just be one too many. A most human drama that won the U.S. Grand Jury Documentary Prize at Sundance, the extraordinary Weiner opens at Lincoln Plaza and IFC Center on May 20, with the filmmakers at IFC for Q&As following the 8:00 show on Friday night and the 7:15 and 8:00 shows on Saturday.

TICKET ALERT — MEL BROOKS: BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN!

Mel Brooks will take viewers behind the scenes of BLAZING SADDLES at special screening at Radio City Music Hall

Who: Mel Brooks
What: A Hilarious LIVE Conversation with Mel Brooks and Screening of Blazing Saddles
Where: Radio City Music Hall, 1260 Sixth Ave. at 50th St., 212-465-6741
When: Tickets go on sale Friday, May 20, at 10:00 am for show Thursday, September 1, $60-$130, 7:30
Why: Eighty-nine-year-old Melvin James Kaminsky, aka Mel Brooks, is one of the funniest people to have ever stepped foot on the planet Earth. And his 1974 comedy classic, Blazing Saddles, is one of the funniest movies to have ever been shown on the big screen. The riotously lewd film leaves no one and nothing unscathed, having fun with and skewering Westerns, Hollywood musicals, racism, religion, pies, beans, horses, alcoholism, sex, guns, politics, anti-Semitism, and, of course, friendship and heroism. The all-star cast includes Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn, Slim Pickens, Dom DeLuise, John Hillerman, David Huddleston, Alex Karras, Rodney Allen Rippy, and Brooks himself in two roles. On September 1, Brooks will be at Radio City Music Hall for a screening of Blazing Saddles, followed by an inside look at the making of the picture and an audience Q&A with the comedy legend, who also wrote and directed such fab flicks as The Producers, Young Frankenstein, Silent Movie, High Anxiety, and History of the World, Part 1. And don’t forget to harrumph.

FREE SUMMER MUSIC 2016

Robert Pollard will guide Guided by Voices into the South Street Seaport for headlining gig at 4Knots Festival

The weather is not exactly cooperating yet, but the free outdoor summer music season is upon us, as new announcements are made nearly every day about concerts and series around the five boroughs taking place between May and September. Below is a day-by-day look at who’s playing where, including SummerStage, Summer on the Hudson, Bryant Park, Governors Island, River to River, the Naumburg Orchestral Concerts, the Riis Park Beach Bazaar, the Northside Festival, Sessions at the Circle at the Shops at Columbus Circle, Hot Summer Nights! at Kingsborough Community College, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Summer Sessions at Brookfield Place, Mad. Sq. Music in Madison Square Park, and Celebrate Brooklyn! Keep watching this space for more series as they are announced.

Saturday, May 21
Red Bull Music Academy Festival New York: Eddie Palmieri’s Harlem River Drive Revisited, Marcus Garvey Park, 2:30

Friday, May 27
Summer on the Hudson: Freshen Up Friday Concert Series with Elle Winston, West Harlem Piers, Riverside Park, 7:00

Saturday, May 28
Memorial Day Weekend at Riis Park Beach Bazaar: Simon & the Bar Sinisters with DJ Larry Flowers, Riis Park, 12 noon

Seaport Smorgasburg, with Flower Girl, Rips, Fulton Market Building, South Street Seaport, 3:00

Sunday, May 29
Memorial Day Weekend at Riis Park Beach Bazaar: the Supertones with DJ Mathcore, Riis Park, 12 noon

Seaport Smorgasburg, with Sheer Agony with special guest Erin Birgy (Mega Bog), Heavy Birds, Fulton Market Building, South Street Seaport, 3:00

Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum Fleet Week Block Party: Cage the Elephant, Pier 84, Hudson River Park, free with advance RSVP beginning May 25, 4:30

Rite of Summer Music Festival: Parker Quartet, Colonels Row, Governors Island, 1:00

Monday, May 30
Memorial Day Weekend at Riis Park Beach Bazaar: the Shipwrecks with DJ Mathcore, Riis Park, 12 noon

Seaport Smorgasburg, with Katie Von Schleicher, Patrick Freeman, Fulton Market Building, South Street Seaport, 3:00

NY Philharmonic Twenty-Fifth Annual Memorial Day Concert: A Tribute to Kurt Masur, with Alan Gilbert, Wynton Marsalis, and Thomas Hampson, Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, Cathedral (live broadcast on Pulpit Green), 8:00

Thursday, June 2
BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech: Zapp, MetroTech Commons, 12 noon

Jazz at Socrates: The Alvin Flythe Quartet, Socrates Sculpture Park, 6:30

McCoy Tyner will be honored by fellow legends Ron Carter and Roy Haynes in Central Park on June 4

Saturday, June 4
SummerStage: Legends Honor McCoy: McCoy Tyner, Ron Carter, and Roy Haynes, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 6:00

Wednesday, June 8
Celebrate Brooklyn! Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Prospect Park Bandshell, 8:15

Thursday, June 9
BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech: William Bell and Band, MetroTech Commons, 12 noon

Northside Festival: Wolf Parade, Land of Talk, McCarren Park, free with advance RSVP, 6:00

Arts, Culture & Fun: Taikoza Concert in the Park, Dekalb Ave. & South Portland Ave., 6:00

Friday, June 10
Northside Festival: Grandmaster Flash and special guests, McCarren Park, free with advance RSVP, 6:00

Sunset on the Hudson: Shanti Star & the Afro-Reggae All-Stars, Pier 45, Hudson River Park, 7:00

Saturday, June 11
Summer on the Hudson: AmpLit Amplifying Fresh Voices in Literature, with Jill Dearman, Nina Crews, Una LaMarche, Thomas Dooley, and more, Pier I, Riverside Park South, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm

Arts, Culture & Fun: Taikoza Concert in the Park, Orchard Beach in Pelham Bay Park, 2:00

SummerStage: Cymande, KING, Deva Mahal, DJ Parler, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 3:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Ezra Jack Keats Family Concert: Dan Zanes’ Lead Belly Project, TADA! Youth Theater, Prospect Park Bandshell, 4:00

Arts, Culture & Fun: Concerts at Isham Park, with East Winds Ensemble performing the music of Masayo Ishigure and Marco Lienhard, Bruce’s Garden, 6:00

Saturday, June 11, and Sunday, June 12
Big Apple Barbecue Block Party, Madison Square Park, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm

Sunday, June 12
Ninth Annual Red Hook Jazz Festival, Urban Meadow Community Garden, 1:00 – 6:00

Scandinavian Music Festival Concert: The Scandia String Orchestra, Billings Lawn, Fort Tryon Park, 2:00

Arts, Culture & Fun: Concerts at Isham Park, with Taikoza, Bruce’s Garden, 6:00

Monday, June 13
SummerStage: screening of Afripedia and music by DJ Hard Hittin’ Harry, Saratoga Park, 7:00

Tuesday, June 14
SummerStage: Chairlift, Red Hook Park, 7:00

Naumburg Orchestral Concerts: Ensemble LPR — Opening Concert 2016, Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, 7:30

Wednesday, June 15
SummerStage: Just Blaze and Friends, Red Hook Park, 7:00

SummerStage: Yiddish Soul: A Concert of Cantorial & Chassidic Superstars, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 7:00

NY Phil Concerts in the Parks: Alan Gilbert Conducts Rossini, Mozart, and R. Strauss, with clarinetist Anthony McGill, Great Lawn, Central Park, 8:00

Thursday, June 16
BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech: Mali Music, MetroTech Commons, 12 noon

SummerStage: Blonde Redhead, Red Hook Park, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Baaba Maal, Lakou Mizik, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

NY Phil Concerts in the Parks: Alan Gilbert Conducts Beethoven and Wagner, Great Lawn, Central Park, 8:00

Friday, June 17
River to River Festival: M Is Black Enough, with cellist Jeffrey Zeigler, composer and percussionist Andy Akiho, poet Roger Bonair-Agard, and drummer Sean Dixon, Poets House, 6:00

Sunset on the Hudson: Chuck Braman Jazz Band, Pier 45, Hudson River Park, 7:00

SummerStage: Liza Jessie Peterson, LuQuantumleap, Red Hook Park, 7:00

NY Phil Concerts in the Parks: Alan Gilbert Conducts Beethoven and Mozart, with clarinetist Anthony McGill, Long Meadow, Prospect Park, 8:00

The Violent Femmes will show they can do anything at Brooklyn gig on June 18

Saturday, June 18
Make Music New York: Porch Stomp, Nolan Park, Governors Island, 12 noon – 5:00 pm

Corona Electric Beach: Jillionaire, DJ Belinda Becker, Lion Dub, Jimmy at the James Hotel rooftop lounge, free with advance RSVP to info@findyourelectricbeach.com, 3:00

SummerStage: Kamasi Washington, preshow panel discussion, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 6:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Violent Femmes, Kristin Hersh, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Sunday, June 19
Make Music New York: Punk Island, Parade Ground, Governors Island, 12 noon – 5:00 pm

Ninth Annual Red Hook Jazz Festival, Urban Meadow Community Garden, 1:00 – 6:00

Scandinavian Music Festival Concert: Songs of Scandinavia, with Thomas Storm and Mette-Maria Oyen, Billings Lawn, Fort Tryon Park, 2:00

SummerStage: DJ Rich Medina, RAAA, Urban Word & Hi-Arts: Journal to Journey, Ziearre, Red Hook Park, 4:00

River to River: Black Wall Street, by Alicia Hall Moran, Federal Hall, 7:00

Monday, June 20
SummerStage: Screening of In My Father’s House (Ricki Stern & Anne Sundberg, 2015), followed by Q&A with film subject Rhymefest, Saratoga Park, 7:00

River to River: Black Wall Street, by Alicia Hall Moran, Federal Hall, 7:00

NY Phil Concerts in the Parks: Alan Gilbert Conducts Rossini, Mozart, and R. Strauss, with clarinetist Anthony McGill, Cunningham Park, 8:00

Tuesday, June 21
Summer on the Hudson: Tenth Annual Make New York Presents Glass on Water, Pier I, Riverside Park South, 5:00 – 10:00

SummerStage: Fête de la Musique, with Charlélie Couture, Yael Naim, General Elektriks, and La Femme, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 6:00

SummerStage: Public Enemy, DJ Tedsmooth, Betsy Head Park, 7:00

NY Phil Concerts in the Parks: Alan Gilbert Conducts Rossini, Mozart, and R. Strauss, with clarinetist Anthony McGill, Van Cortlandt Park, 8:00

Wednesday, June 22
SummerStage: Angie Stone, DJ Chuck Chillout, Betsy Head Park, 7:00

River to River: Krai, by Olga Bell, 28 Liberty, 8:00

SummerStage: Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series, featuring Angel Blue, Ben Bliss, Alexey Lavrov, and Dan Saunders, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 8:00

Thursday, June 23
BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech: The Fat Afro Latin Jazz Cats, MetroTech Commons, 12 noon

SummerStage: Duck Down BBQ, Betsy Head Park, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Alvvays, Ducktails, Big Thief, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:00

Friday, June 24
SummerStage: Nuyorican Poets Café, with Mahogany Browne’s Redbone, reg e gaines’s the Last Celebrity, Betsy Head Park, 7:00

Sunset on the Hudson: Max Gallico & Friends, Pier 45, Hudson River Park, 7:00

Summer on the Hudson: Freshen Up Friday Concert Series with Tattoo Money, West Harlem Piers, Riverside Park, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn!¡Cubanismo!, Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Friday, June 24
SummerStage: Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series, featuring Angel Blue, Ben Bliss, Alexey Lavrov, and Dan Saunders, Brooklyn Bridge Park, 7:00

Saturday, June 25
Rite of Summer Music Festival: Jeffrey Ziegler with Ian David Rosenbaum, Nolan Park, Governors Island, 1:00

SummerStage: Butler, Bernstein, & the Hot 9, the Hot Sardines, Bria Skonberg and the New York Hot Jazz Festival All-Stars with Anat Cohen, Vince Giordano, Wycliffe Gordon, Joe Saylor, and Dalton Ridenhour, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 2:00

Ginuwine will be in Flushing Meadows Corona Park on June 26

Sunday, June 26
Scandinavian Music Festival Concert: Scandia Brass Quintet, Billings Lawn, Fort Tryon Park, 2:00

SummerStage: Christian Cultural Center C3 Choir, Mr. Reed, Boots Step Team, DJ Styff, Betsy Head Park, 4:00

SummerStage: Only in Queens Summer Festival, with Ginuwine, Mack Wilds, Kid ’n Play, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, 5:00

SummerStage: DJ Gringo and screening of Queen Nanny: Legendary Maroon Chieftainess (Roy T. Anderson, 2015), Betsy Head Park, 7:00

Monday, June 27
SummerStage: Felix Hernandez’s Rhythm Revue and screening of 20 Feet from Stardom (Morgan Neville, 2013), Saratoga Park, 7:00

SummerStage: Indigo Girls, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 7:00

Tuesday, June 28
SummerStage: Lisa Simone and screening of What Happened, Miss Simone? (Liz Garbus, 2015), Herbert Von King Park, 7:00

Naumburg Orchestral Concerts: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, 7:30

Wednesday, June 29
SummerStage: Screening of A Ballerina’s Tale (Nelson George, 2015), with Jeremy McQueen’s Black Iris Project and preshow panel discussion, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 8:00

SummerStage: Soul in the Horn featuring Theo Croker, Maurice Mobetta Brown, Marcus Machado, Kendra Foster, and DJ Natasha Diggs, hosted by DProsper, Herbert Von King Park, 7:00

Thursday, June 30
BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech: George Gray Groove Coalition, MetroTech Commons, 12 noon

SummerStage: Vivian Green, Grand Wizzard Theodore, Herbert Von King Park, 7:00

Saturday, July 2
SummerStage: Freedom Party Thirteenth Anniversary, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 7:00

SummerStage: Everyday People, Herbert Von King Park, 7:00

Hot Summer Nights! On Stage at Kingsborough: The Glenn Crytzer Orchestra with special guest Lindy Hoppers from the Syncopated City Dance Company, Kingsborough Lighthouse Bandshell, 8:00

Sunday, July 3
SummerStage: King Sunny Adé, Orlando Julius and the Afro Soundz, DJ Rich Medina, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 3:00

Summer on the Hudson: Amplified Sundays, with Irka Mateo y la Tirindanga, Pier I, Riverside Park South, 7:00

SummerStage: Trouble Funk, Operator Emz, Herbert Von King Park, 7:00

Tuesday, July 5
SummerStage: George Lamond, DJ Lucho, Crotona Park, 7:00

Wednesday, July 6
SummerStage: Mexrrissey, Los Cafres, La Dame Blanche, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 6:00

SummerStage: Fat Joe, Tony Touch, hosted by Lyricist Lounge, Crotona Park, 7:00

Thursday, July 7
BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech: Fatback Band, MetroTech Commons, 12 noon

Broadway in Bryant Park: Wicked, Stomp, The Color Purple, Matilda, Bryant Park lawn, 12:30

Jazz at Socrates: Aqua Ninjaz Dynamic Tribute Ensemble, Socrates Sculpture Park, 6:30

SummerStage: Tribute to Latin Jazz Great Dave Valentin, Crotona Park, 7:00

SummerStage: Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series, with Michelle Bradley, Kang Wang, Yunpeng Wang, and Dan Saunders, Clove Lakes Park, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Red Baraat’s Brooklyn Mela, with DJ Rekha, Heems, Bhi Bhiman, & More, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

New Image Band, George Seuffert Bandshell, Forest Park, 7:30

Josh Ritter and his Royal City Band will be in Prospect Park on July 8

Friday, July 8
SummerStage: Leon Larregui, Rodrigo Amarante, Grenda, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 6:00

Sunset on the Hudson: Shanti Star & the Afro-Reggae All-Stars, Pier 45, Hudson River Park, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Josh Ritter & the Royal City Band, Martha Redbone, Birds of Chicago, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:00

SummerStage: Nuyorican Poets Cafe: Craig ‘muMs’ Grant’s “A Sucker Emcee,” Crotona Park, 7:00

Saturday, July 9
4Knots Music Festival, with Guided by Voices, the Strumbellas, Protomartyr, Car Seat Headrest, Kirk Knight, Girlpool, Bayonne, Diane Coffee, Promised Land Sound, Mile High Club, and more, South Street Seaport, 1:00 – 8:00

Columbia Summer Winds Concert, Billings Lawn, Fort Tryon Park, 2:00

SummerStage: Acrobuffos, Rob & Miss Jane, Sxip’s Hour of Charm, It’s Showtime NYC, Crotona Park, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Carla Morrison, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Buscabulla, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:00

SummerStage: Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series, with Michelle Bradley, Kang Wang, Yunpeng Wang, and Dan Saunders, Jackie Robinson Park, 7:00

Hot Summer Nights! On Stage at Kingsborough: Davina and the Vagabonds, Kingsborough Lighthouse Bandshell, 8:00

Sunday, July 10
SummerStage: Justin Roberts & the Not Ready for Naptime Players, Mister G, Excerpts from Finding Neverland, Gizmo Guys, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 3:00

Summer on the Hudson: Amplified Sundays, with Bella’s Bartok, Pier I, Riverside Park South, 7:00

SummerStage: DJ Kool Herc, Little Shalimar, and screening of Rubble Kings (Shan Nicholson, 2010), Crotona Park, 7:00

Monday, July 11
SummerStage: The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series, with Michelle Bradley, Kang Wang, Yunpeng Wang, and Dan Saunders, Socrates Sculpture Park, 7:00

Tuesday, July 12
SummerStage: Johnny Rivera, Joan Català, St. Mary’s Park, 7:00

Naumburg Orchestral Concerts: The Knights, Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, 7:30

Tuesday, July 12, and Wednesday, July 13
Lowdown Hudson Music Fest: Brookfield Place Waterfront Plaza, doors at 5:00

Wednesday, July 13
Around the Park @ Lunch: Found Sound Nation — Street Studio City, Madison Square Park, 12:30

SummerStage: Joe Bataan meets Setenta, Joan Català, St. Mary’s Park, 7:00

SummerStage: The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series, with Michelle Bradley, Kang Wang, Yunpeng Wang, and Dan Saunders, Crotona Park, 7:00

Thursday, July 14
Concerts for Kids: Sonia de los Santos, Madison Square Park, 10:30

BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech: King Sunny Ade, MetroTech Commons, 12 noon

Broadway in Bryant Park: Chicago, The Fantastiks, Motown, Finding Neverland, Bryant Park lawn, 12:30

SummerStage: Tito Rojas, St. Mary’s Park, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Music & Movies: Triplets of Belleville (Sylvain Chomet, 2003), Jessica Fichot, Prospect Park Bandshell, 8:00

Friday, July 15
Bryant Park Presents INTERSECT: Kit of Parts, with the Westerlies, Ben Monder, Rabbit Rabbit (Carla Kihlstedt & Matthias Bossi), Argus String Quartet, and Ethan Iverson, Bryant Park Stage, 5:00 – 10:00

SummerStage: Felix Hernandez’s Rhythm Revue, screening of We Like It Like That: The Story of Latin Boogaloo (Mathew Ramirez Warren, 2015), St. Mary’s Park, 7:00

Sunset on the Hudson: Max Gallico & Friends, Pier 45, Hudson River Park, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Rachid Taha, Krar Collective, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Saturday, July 16
Louis Armstrong’s Wonderful World, with Dr. John, Kermit Ruffins, and Soulive, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, free with advance registration, 1:00 – 8:00

Hudson RiverStage: Deer Tick acoustic, Margo Price, Anaïs Mitchell, Chrome Pony, and Breanna Barbara, Pier 97, Hudson River Park, 2:00

SummerStage: Taiwanese Waves, with Anpu, Wonfu, Sunset Rollercoaster, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 6:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! The Wood Brothers, Aoife O’donovan, Hiss Golden Messenger, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:00

Hot Summer Nights! On Stage at Kingsborough: Tammy McCann & the Sharp Radway Big Band, Kingsborough Lighthouse Bandshell, 8:00

SummerStage: Full Circle Souljahs presents “From the Streets to the Stage,” Behind the Groove, preshow master class with Kwikstep & Rokafella, St. Mary’s Park, 7:00

Sunday, July 17
SummerStage: Paulo Flores, Herencia de Timbiquí, Monsieur Periné, DJ Greg Caz, DJ Manny, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 3:00

SummerStage: Legacy Women, Recess Monkey, Music with a Message, Double Dutch Dreamz, St. Mary’s Park, 4:00

Luna Park Entertainment Summer Series: Ellise Gitas, Luna Park, Coney Island, 4:00

Plastic Soul, George Seuffert Bandshell, Forest Park, 5:00

Summer on the Hudson: Amplified Sundays, with DeLeon, Pier I, Riverside Park South, 7:00

Monday, July 18
SummerStage: The Feelies, Beach Fossils, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 7:00

Tuesday, July 19
Summer Sessions: Panama Wedding, Upper Waterfront Plaza at Brookfield Place, DJs at 5:00, concert at 6:30

Naumburg Orchestral Concerts: The Knights, Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, 7:30

Wednesday, July 20
Summer Sessions: Spirit Family Reunion, Upper Waterfront Plaza at Brookfield Place, DJs at 5:00, concert at 6:30

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: A Night of Words and Music with Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye, and Tony Shanahan, and Mariachi Flor de Toloache, Damrosch Park, 7:30

Thursday, July 21
Concerts for Kids: Trout Fishing in America, Madison Square Park, 10:30

BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech: The Hallelujah Train, MetroTech Commons, 12 noon

Broadway in Bryant Park: Fiddler on the Roof, Les Miserables, Fuerza Bruta, The Marvelous Wonderettes, Paramour, Bryant Park lawn, 12:30

Around the Park @ Nite: Akim Funk Buddha, Madison Square Park, 7:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: The Hallelujah Train featuring Pastor Brady Blade Sr., Brian Blade, Daniel Lanois, and guests Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Damrosch Park, 7:30

Femi Kuti will celebrate Brooklyn and more on July 22

Friday, July 22
Sunset on the Hudson: Chuck Braman Jazz Band, Pier 45, Hudson River Park, 7:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, conducted by Louis Langrée, with violinist Simone Porter playing Mozart’s “Jupiter” Symphony, Damrosch Park, 7:30

Celebrate Brooklyn! Femi Kuti, Bombino, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Saturday, July 23
Lincoln Center Out of Doors Family Day: Lincoln Center Block Party with Illstyle & Peace Productions, Josie Robertson Plaza, 11:00 am

Rite of Summer Music Festival: Kara Sainz and Peter Dugan, Nolan Park, Governors Island, 1:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors Family Day: Dance Theatre of Harlem Company and School, Josie Robertson Plaza, 1:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors Family Day: Illstyle & Peace Productions, Hearst Plaza, 1:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors Family Day — She’s a Rebel: The Girl Group Project, featuring Nanette Licari, Lillian Walker Moss, Louise Murray, Beverly Warren, Margaret Ross Williams, and She’s a Rebel student participants, Josie Robertson Plaza, 3:00

Garden Grooves, Bedford Stuyvesant Community Garden, 6:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Jon Batiste and Stay Human & Friends, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: An Evening with Darlene Love, Damrosch Park, 7:30

Hot Summer Nights! On Stage at Kingsborough: Svetlana & the Delancey Six, with special guest tap star Michela Marino Lerman, Kingsborough Lighthouse Bandshell, 8:00

Sunday, July 24
Lincoln Center Out of Doors — Heritage Sunday Global Beat of the Bronx: From Bambara to Breakbeats, with Bambara Drum and Dance Ensemble, Bombazo Dance Company, Chief Joseph Chatoyer Dance Company, and Full Circle Souljahs, Hearst Plaza, 1:00

Summer on the Hudson: Amplified Sundays, with Michael Arenella & Quintet, Pier I, Riverside Park South, 7:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Richie Ray and Bobby Cruz, Miramar, Damrosch Park, 7:30

Tuesday, July 26
Summer Sessions: Kate Davis, Upper Waterfront Plaza at Brookfield Place, DJs at 5:00, concert at 6:30

Sessions at the Circle: Camille Thurman with the Darrell Green Trio, the Shops at Columbus Circle, second floor mezzanine, 6:00

SummerStage: Black Moon & Smif-N-Wessun performing a tribute to Enta Da Stage & Dah Shinin’, Queensbridge Park, 7:00

Wednesday, July 27
Summer Sessions: Upper Waterfront Plaza at Brookfield Place, DJs at 5:00, concert at 6:30

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: AfroPunk’s Girrrl Riot @ Lincoln Center, with SATE and the VeeVees, Damrosch Park, 7:00

SummerStage: Dianne Reeves, DJ Greg Caz, Queensbridge Park, 7:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Dane Terry, Hearst Plaza, 7:00

Thursday, July 28
Concerts for Kids: the Not-Its!, Madison Square Park, 10:30

BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech: Ladies Sing the Blues, with Catherine Russell, Charenee Wade, and Brianna Thomas, MetroTech Commons, 12 noon

Broadway in Bryant Park: Waitress, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, Kinky Boots, Fun Home, Himself & Nora, Bryant Park lawn, 12:30

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Jaime Woods, Hearst Plaza, 7:00

SummerStage: Lyfe Jennings, Queensbridge Park, 7:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Maurice Hines Tappin’ Thru Life, Michael Mwenso & the Shakes, Damrosch Park, 7:30

Paul & the Goodfellas, George Seuffert Bandshell, Forest Park, 7:30

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Eli “Paperboy” Reed, Hearst Plaza, 7:30

Celebrate Brooklyn! Gregory Porter, Marcus Strickland & Twi-Life, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Friday, July 29
Summer on the Hudson: Freshen Up Friday Concert Series with Consumata Sonidera, West Harlem Piers, Riverside Park, 7:00

SummerStage: Nuyorican Poets Cafe: Paolo Javier and Maria Lisella hosting Queens Poets, Queensbridge Park, 7:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Okayafrica: Afrobeat x Afrobeats, with Davido and Antibalas, Damrosch Park, 7:30

Celebrate Brooklyn! Angelique Kidjo’s Celia Cruz Tribute with Pedrito Martinez, Yosvany Terry Quintet, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Saturday, July 30
Lincoln Center Out of Doors — The Bells: A Daylong Celebration of Lou Reed, Damrosch Park

Eighth Annual Stan Michels Memorial Jazz Concert, with Marjorie Eliot and her ensemble, Stan Michels Promenade, Fort Tryon Park, 1:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: La Casita at Teatro Pregones, 571 Walton Ave., the Bronx, 2:30

SummerStage: Stefanie Batten Bland with Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber, preshow master class with Karisma Jay, Queensbridge Park, 7:00

Luna Park Entertainment Summer Series: DJ Saasha Foo, Luna Park, Coney Island, 7:00

SummerStage: Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Empress Of, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Digable Planets, Camp Lo, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Sunday, July 31
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: La Casita, Hearst Plaza, 12 noon

SummerStage: Marc Cary: The Harlem Jam Sessions, Joseph Webb: Dancing Buddhas, WBGO Kids Jazz with Brianna Thomas & the Jazz Travelers, Queensbridge Park, 4:00

Summer on the Hudson: Amplified Sundays, with JoJo Abot, Pier I, Riverside Park South, 7:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Songs of Freedom, with Ky-Mani Marley and Finotee, Damrosch Park, 7:00

SummerStage: Rock Steady Crew Thirty-Ninth Anniversary with Nice & Smooth, Bahamadia, Doug E. Fresh, and more, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 7:00

Jon B will be at Cloves Lake Park in Staten Island on August 2

Tuesday, August 2
Sessions at the Circle: Riley Mulherkar Quartet, the Shops at Columbus Circle, second floor mezzanine, 6:00

SummerStage: Jon B, Clove Lakes Park, 7:00

Naumburg Orchestral Concerts: ECCO, East Coast Chamber Orchestra, Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, 7:30

Wednesday, August 3
SummerStage: Screening of Kirikou and the Wild Beasts (Michel Ocelot & Bénédicte Galup, 2005), Orisha’s Journey, DJ Djib Sayo, Clove Lakes Park, 7:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Soledad Barrio and Noche Flamenca, and Manhattan Camerata: Tango Fado Project featuring Nathalie Pires, Damrosch Park, 7:00

Thursday, August 4
BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech: Dee Dee Bridgewater, MetroTech Commons, 12 noon

Broadway in Bryant Park: Beautiful, An American in Paris, Avenue Q, Holiday Inn, Bryant Park lawn, 12:30

Jazz at Socrates: Louis Armstrong Night with “Hot Lips” Joey Morant, Socrates Sculpture Park, 6:30

SummerStage: Jungle Brothers, G-Bo the Pro, Clove Lakes Park, 7:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: NPR Music Live in Concert, hosted by Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton, Felix Contreras, and Jasmine Garsd, Damrosch Park, 7:00

Temptations Revue Featuring Grammy Award Winner Barrington Henderson, George Seuffert Bandshell, Forest Park, 7:30

Celebrate Brooklyn! Music & Movies: Run Lola Run (Tom Tykwer, 1999) with U.S. premiere of live score by the Bays, Joan as Police Woman, Benjamin Lazar Davis, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Friday, August 5
SummerStage: Terence Blanchard featuring the E-Collective, Clove Lakes Park, 7:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Zé Renato with special guests Vinícius Cantuária and Ricardo Silveira, Hearst Plaza, 7:00

Sunset on the Hudson: Chuck Braman Jazz Band, Pier 45, Hudson River Park, 7:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: M. Ward, Margaret Glaspy, Damrosch Park, 7:30

Celebrate Brooklyn! Morgan Heritage, British Dependency, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Saturday, August 6
Luna Park Entertainment Summer Series: Apostrophe Base 12 Party, Luna Park, Coney Island, 1:00

Hudson RiverStage: William Bell, the James Hunter Six, George Porter Jr. & Runnin’ Pardners, Taylor McFerrin, and Soul Clap & Dance-Off with DJ Jonathan Toubin and special guests, Pier 97, Hudson River Park, 2:00

Garden Grooves, Greene Acres Community Garden, 6:00

SummerStage: Monobloco, Cabruêra, Boogarins, DJ Luiz Santos, preshow panel discussion, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 6:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! The Hubble Cantata, Tigue, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Sunday, August 7
SummerStage: Secret Agent 23 Skidoo, Sierra Leone Dance Troupe, Wahoo Skiffle Crazies, Clove Lakes Park, 4:00

SummerStage: Igmar Thomas & the Revive Big Band present “A Journey Through the Legacy of Black Culture,” with preshow panel discussion, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 7:00

Tuesday, August 9
Sessions at the Circle: Jazz for Young People, the Shops at Columbus Circle, second floor mezzanine, 6:00

SummerStage: Neon Indian, East River Park, 7:00

Wednesday, August 10
SummerStage: “We Play for you, Butch Morris,” featuring Nublu Orchestra, DarkMatterHalo with Wadada Leo Smith, screening of Black February (Vipal Monga, 2014), East River Park, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Music & Movies: Labyrinth (Jim Henson, 1986), Donny McCaslin Group, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

SummerStage: Tamar-kali with ASE Dance Theatre Collective, Nathan Trice Rituals, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 8:00

Thursday, August 11
Broadway in Bryant Park: Phantom of the Opera, Something Rotten, Cagney, Ruthless!, Bryant Park lawn, 12:30

SummerStage: Roberto Roena y Su Apollo Sound, East River Park, 7:00

Friday, August 12
Sunset on the Hudson: Shanti Star & the Afro-Reggae All-Stars, Pier 45, Hudson River Park, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Dr. Dog with the Knights, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Saturday, August 13
Lincoln Center Out of Doors / Mostly Mozart: the public domain, David Lang’s Crowd Out performed by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, conducted by Simon Halsey, with movement by Annie-B Parson, Josie Robertson Plaza, 5:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Andra Day, Son Little, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Sunday, August 14
SummerStage: Mbongwana Star, Batida, Young Paris Okayafrica Electrafique with DJ Underdog, preshow panel discussion, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 6:00

SummerStage: DJ Spinna Celebrating Earth Wind & Fire, Shine & the Moonbeams, East River Park, 4:00

Tuesday, August 16
Sessions at the Circle: Christie Dashiell Quartet, the Shops at Columbus Circle, second floor mezzanine, 6:00

SummerStage: Alpha Blondy, Marcus Garvey Park, 7:00

Wednesday, August 17
SummerStage: Saul Williams, Kimberly Nichole, Marcus Garvey Park, 7:00

SummerStage: DJ KS 360 & Full Circle Souljahs presents Behind the Groove, Soul Connected, Raphael Xavier, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 8:00

Tamar-kali teams up with ASE Dance Collective in Marcus Garvey Park on August 18

Thursday, August 18
SummerStage: Tamar-kali with ASE Dance Collective, preshow master class with Calvin Wiley, Marcus Garvey Park, 7:00

Around the Park @ Nite: Phyllis Chen, Madison Square Park, 7:00

Friday, August 19
Bryant Park Presents Emerging Music Festival, Bryant Park Stage, 5:00 – 10:00

Sunset on the Hudson: Max Gallico & Friends, Pier 45, Hudson River Park, 7:00

Saturday, August 20
Luna Park Entertainment Summer Series: SheRoxxx, Luna Park, Coney Island, 5:00

Garden Grooves, Bedford Stuyvesant Community Garden, 6:00

Summer on the Hudson: FlyNYC, family kite festival with live music, Pier I, Riverside Park South, 7:00

Saturday, August 20 & Sunday, August 21
Hudson River Park seventeenth annual Blues BBQ, with Gaye and the Wild Rutz, Cash Box Kings, Bernard Allison Group, Sugaray Rayford Band, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, and restaurants Arrogant Swine, Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, Fort Gansevoort BBQ, Mighty Quinn’s Barbecue, Pier 97, Hudson River Park, 2:00 – 9:00

Jazz Festival, Morris-Jumel Mansion, Roger Morris Park, 2:00

Sunday, August 21
SummerStage: Sweet Micky, MHD, DJ Erick La Peau, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 3:00

SummerStage: Kalabantè Circus, Iron Skulls & Quim Moya, Sxip’s Hour of Charm, Marcus Garvey Park, 7:00

Tuesday, August 23
Sessions at the Circle: the Curtis Brothers Quartet, the Shops at Columbus Circle, second floor mezzanine, 6:00

Friday, August 26
Bryant Park Presents INTERSECT, Bryant Park Stage, 5:00 – 10:00

SummerStage: Jason Lindner: Breeding Ground, DJ Greg Caz, Marcus Garvey Park, 7:00

Summer on the Hudson: Freshen Up Friday Concert Series: The Bones of J. R. Jones, West Harlem Piers, Riverside Park, 7:00

Saturday, August 27
Rite of Summer Music Festival: Inuksuit, Nolan Park, Governors Island, 1:00

SummerStage: Randy Weston African Rhythms Sextet, Cory Henry & the Funk Apostles, the Artistry of Jazzmeia Horn, Charles Turner III, preshow master class with Samuel Coleman, Marcus Garvey Park, 3:00

Sunday, August 28
SummerStage: DeJohnette – Moran – Holland, Allan Harris, Donnie McCaslin Group, Grace Kelly, Tompkins Square Park, 3:00

SummerStage: Goldlink, Backyard Band, DJ Spicoli, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 3:00

Tuesday, August 30
Sessions at the Circle: Fleur Seule, the Shops at Columbus Circle, second floor mezzanine, 6:00

Wednesday, August 31
SummerStage: Chicago the Musical: 20th Anniversary Concert, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 8:00