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 […]
To us, the sounds of a New York City summer is the cacophony of free music lilting from parks across the five boroughs, with just about everything under the sun, from folk, pop, punk, and rock to classical, show tunes, opera, and twee. Below is a day-by-day look at who’s playing where through July, including […]
COMPOSERS NOW FESTIVAL: PHILADELPHIA AND OTHER STORIES Walkerspace 46 Walker St. between Church St. & Broadway Wednesday – Saturday, February 11-21, 8:00 www.philadelphiaandotherstories.com It’s a match made in Brooklyn. Writer Paul Rome and composer Roarke Menzies got to know each other at the Wyckoff Starr Coffee Shop in Bushwick, where Rome works as manager. Soon […]
BLEAK MOMENTS (LOVING MOMENTS) (Mike Leigh, 1971) Film Society of Lincoln Center, Walter Reade Theater 165 West 65th St. between Eighth Ave. & Broadway Monday, September 22, 6:30 Series runs September 19-25 212-875-5050 www.filmlinc.com British master filmmaker Mike Leigh’s feature debut, 1971’s Bleak Moments, is just that, a series of grim scenes involving five main […]
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 […]
LOCAL COLOR — ZIPPER: CONEY ISLAND’S LAST WILD RIDE (Amy Nicholson, 2012) Nitehawk Cinema 136 Metropolitan Ave. between Berry St. & Wythe Ave. Wednesday, October 30, 9:30 718-384-3980 www.zipperfilm.com www.nitehawkcinema.com This past August, Amy Nicholson’s compelling, bittersweet documentary Zipper: Coney Island’s Last Wild Ride opened to wide acclaim during an extended run at the IFC […]
The free summer music season gets under way this month, as concerts start popping up all over the place, from such familiar festivals as SummerStage, River to River, and Celebrate Brooklyn! to smaller shows in parks and plazas and on street corners. Keep watching this space as we add more shows as they’re announced. Friday, […]