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BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL

Lovers of all things literature will flock to Brooklyn this year for tenth annual Brooklyn Book Festival

Lovers of all things literature will flock to Brooklyn this weekend for tenth annual Brooklyn Book Festival

Children’s Day: Saturday, September 19, MetroTech Commons, free, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Brooklyn Book Festival: Sunday, September 20, Brooklyn Borough Hall and Plaza, free, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
www.brooklynbookfestival.org

The Brooklyn Book Festival celebrates its tenth anniversary with a full slate of special events this weekend, beginning on Saturday as Children’s Day takes over MetroTech Commons with more than forty authors participating, followed on Sunday with more than 250 writers around Borough Hall. There will be plenty of booths and signings, with lots of books for sale. In addition, there will be such bookend and satellite programs as “Kevin Geeks Out About the Apocalypse” on Thursday at Nitehawk Cinema, “Granta Presents . . .” on Friday at BookCourt with Tracy O’Neill, Greg Jackson, Jesse Ball, Peter Gizzi, A. M. Homes, and moderator Sigrid Rausing, “Lost in NYC: A Subway Adventure with Author Nadja Spiegelman” on Saturday at the New York Transit Museum, “Strings and Slams” on Sunday in Brooklyn Bridge Park with poets Liza Jessie Peterson and Tongo Eisen-Martin performing to live music by violinists Jennifer Choi and Cornelius Dufallo, and “Net Lit Unlimited” on Monday at the Goethe-Institut with Geoff Mack, Eric Becker, and Katy Derbyshire. Below are only some of the many events honoring the rich literary tradition of the greatest borough in the world.

Saturday, September 19
What Are You Waiting For? Kevin Henkes in Conversation with Jon Scieszka, followed by a Q&A and book signing, NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering Auditorium, 10:00 am

Where We Belong, with R. J. Palacio, Kat Yeh, and Corey Ann Haydu, moderated by Andrew Harwell, Young Readers Stage, 11:00 am

What a Character!, with Abby Hanlon, Lenore Look, and Jon Scieszka, moderated by Anica Rissi, Young Readers Stage, 12 noon

Readers Theatre of Mystery and Magic, with Chris Grabenstein, Tracey Baptiste, Emily Jenkins, and Sarah Mlynowski, moderated by Adam Gidwitz, Young Readers Stage, 1:00

Do You Dig Worms?!, with Kevin McCloskey, Workshop Spot, fourth floor, NYU MetroTech Center, 2:00

Illustrators in Action, live-action drawing competition with Kevin Sherry, Kazu Kibuishi, George O’Connor, Aimee Sicuro, Frank Morrison, and Raúl Colón, moderated by Ayun Halliday, NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering Auditorium, 3:00

Sunday, September 20
Pen American Center Presents: The Words Your Children Cannot Read, with Matt de La Peña, Libba Bray, Robie Harris, and Christopher Myers, Main Stage, Columbus Park, 10:00 am

The Writer’s Life, with Joyce Carol Oates, Ben Greenman, and Pico Iyer, moderated by Elissa Schappell, St. Francis College Auditorium, 11:00 am

Concrete Jungle — Where Dreams Are Made, with John Leguizamo and Jonathan Lethem, moderated by Steph Opitz, St. Francis College Auditorium, 12 noon

Modern Families, with Kate Bolick, Augusten Burroughs, and Robert Christgau, moderated by Lisa Lucas, North Stage, Cadman Plaza East, 1:00

Redrawing Boundaries, with Eduardo Halfon, Geoff Dyer, and Francine Prose, moderated by Ryan Chapman, St. Francis College Auditorium, 2:00

Retribution, with Laura Lippman, Dennis Lehane, and Nina Revoyr, moderated by Clay Smith, St. Francis College Auditorium, 3:00

David Simon and Nelson George in Conversation, moderated by Farai Chideya, Main Stage, Columbus Park, 4:00

Brooklyn Places and Spaces, with Arabella Bowen and Oriana Leckert, moderated by Carlo Scissura, Main Stage, Columbus Park, 5:00

NEW YORK OYSTER WEEK: OYSTER SHELLEBRATION AND MORE

Tasty bivalve mollusks will be on special menus and at special events all over the city during New York Oyster Week

Tasty bivalve mollusks will be on special menus and at special events all over the city during New York Oyster Week

Multiple venues
September 10-27
www.oysterweek.com

Oysters have been an important part of New York City culture practically from the beginning, and not just because of how delicious and extravagant they are. “There used to be enough oysters in New York Harbor to process all the water there, which is one of the reasons environmentalists want them back,” Mark Kurlansky wrote in his celebrated 2006 book The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell. “And perhaps this is also why oysters taste like eating the sea.” You can swallow the slimy bivalve mollusks while learning more about them at the Oyster Shellebration, taking place September 12 ($100, 5:00 – 8:00) in the newest section of Brooklyn Bridge Park at Adams and John Sts. Sponsored by the park conservancy and One John Street, the event will feature tastings of East Coast oysters, clam chowder, shrimp rolls, canapés, beer, Champagne, wine, and more, with Oyster Concierge Julie Qiu, Master Mermmelier Kevin Joseph, and Chef Rob McCue as well as experts from the Billion Oyster Project and the Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries. Be prepared to discover that oysters aren’t just good, they’re good for all of us, for many reasons. Oyster Shellebration is part of New York Oyster Week, in which more than a dozen participating eateries will be preparing special menus highlighting oysters; the festivities kick off with the second annual Brooklyn Oyster Riot, being held September 10 at the Brooklyn Brewery ($95-$125) and featuring East and West Coast oysters served by oyster farmers, who will also share stories and answer questions. Also on the festival menu are the Shuckeasy on September 17, the Big Gay Oyster Brunch on September 20, and Oystoberfest and the Stone Street Oyster Festival on September 26.

FREE SUMMER THEATER 2015

New York Classical Theatre holds its first read-through of THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, which they will bring to multiple parks this summer

New York Classical Theatre holds its first read-through of THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, which they will bring to multiple parks this summer (photo courtesy of New York Classical Theatre)

What can compare to free open-air Shakespeare in a New York park on a midsummer night? The annual season celebrating the Bard all around the city has just begun, with presentations from such companies and organizations as New York Classical Theatre, Smith Street Stage, Boomerang, the all-female Manhattan Shakespeare Project, Hudson Warehouse, Hip to Hip, the Public Theater, and SummerStage. All of the below events are free, but, as always, Shakespeare in the Park at the Delacorte requires same-day ticketing. Don’t miss out on this city tradition; otherwise, as Will wrote in Sonnet 65: “O, how shall summer’s honey breath hold out / Against the wreckful siege of batt’ring days, / When rocks impregnable are not so stout, / Nor gates of steel so strong, but Time decays?”

Friday, May 15
through
Saturday, May 31
Shakespeare in the Parking Lot: Two Gentlemen of Verona, by the Drilling Company, directed by Hamilton Clancy, Bryant Park, Fridays & Saturdays at 6:30, Sundays at 2:00

Tuesday, May 26
Wednesday, May 27
Thursday, May 28
through
Sunday, June 28
New York Classical Theatre: The Taming of the Shrew, Central Park, 103rd St. & Central Park West, Thursday – Sunday at 7:00

Wednesday, May 27
through
Sunday, July 5
Shakespeare in the Park: The Tempest, starring Jordan Barrow, Louis Cancelmi, Francesca Carpanini, Nicholas Christopher, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Chloe Fox, Rosharra Francis, Thomas Gibbons, Frank Harts, Sunny Hitt, Brandon Kalm, Olga Karmansky, Tamika Sonja Lawrence, Rico Lebron, Danny Mastrogiorgio, Tim Nicolai, Matthew Oaks, Charles Parnell, Chris Perfetti, Rodney Richardson, Laura Shoop, Cotter Smith, Sam Waterston, and Bernard White, directed by Michael Greif, Delacorte Theater, Central Park, 8:00

Wednesday, June 3
through
Saturday, June 20
Inwood Shakespeare Festival: Hamlet, by the Moose Hall Theatre Company, Inwood Hill Park Peninsula, 7:30

Wednesday, June 3
through
Sunday, July 26
Manhattan Shakespeare Project: The Taming of the Shrew, directed by Kate Holland, Central Park Summit Rock (June 3, 11, 25, 26, 28), Astoria Park (TBA), St. Nicholas Park (June 18, 20), Sunset Park (June 19, 21, 27), Morningside Park (July 9, 10, 11, 12, 23, 24, 25, 26), 6:00

Thursday, June 4
through
Sunday, June 28
Hudson Warehouse: Henry IV Part I, with Steve Guttenberg, directed by Nicholas Martin-Smith, Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, Riverside Park, Thursday – Sunday at 6:30

Friday, June 5
SummerStage: Lemon Anderson ToasT, plus #LoveHustle with DJ Reborn and J. Keys, Red Hook Park, 7:00

The Nuyorican Poets Cafe will feature Elaine Del Valle’s BROWNSVILLE BRED in Betsy Head Park on June 13 (photo by Ron Marotta)

The Nuyorican Poets Cafe will feature Elaine Del Valle’s BROWNSVILLE BRED in Betsy Head Park on June 13 (photo by Ron Marotta)

Saturday, June 13
SummerStage: Nuyorican Poets Cafe featuring Elaine Del Valle’s Brownsville Bred, Betsy Head Park, 7:00

Saturday, June 20
through
Sunday, July 19
Boomerang Theatre Company: Cymbeline, Central Park (69th St. & Central Park West), Saturdays & Sundays at 2:00

Tuesday, June 23, 30
Wednesday, June 24 & July 1
New York Classical Theatre: The Taming of the Shrew, Prospect Park, enter at Grand Army Plaza, 7:00

Thursday, June 25, 4:00 (open dress rehearsal)
Friday, June 26, 4:00
Saturday, June 27, 2:00
Sunday, June 28, 2:00
River to River: Love of a Poet, by John Kelly, Arts Center, Governors Island, advance RSVP required

smith street stage henry iv

Tuesday, June 30
through
Sunday, July 19
Shakespeare in Carroll Park: Henry IV (Parts 1 & 2) by Smith Street Stage, directed by Joby Earle, bring your own seating, Carroll Park, 6:30 or 8:00

Thursday, July 2
through
Sunday, July 26
Hudson Warehouse: She Stoops to Conquer, directed by Ian Harkins, Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, Riverside Park, Thursday – Sunday at 6:30

Thursday, July 2
through
Friday, August 7
Theatreworks USA: Skippyjon Jones Snow What (& the 7 Chihuahuas), Lucille Lortel Theatre, Sunday – Friday, times vary

Sunday, July 5
through
Sunday, July 26
SummerStage: The Tempest by Classical Theatre of Harlem, directed by Carl Cofield, Marcus Garvey Park, Tuesday – Sunday at 7:00

Wednesday, July 8
Friday, July 10
through
Sunday, July 12
New York Classical Theatre: The Taming of the Shrew, Teardrop Park, 7:00

Thursday, July 9
through
Saturday, July 26
Shakespeare in the Parking Lot: As You Like It, by the Drilling Company, directed by Hamilton Clancy, Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center, 114 Norfolk St., 8:00

Thursday, July 9
through
Thursday, August 13
Broadway in Bryant Park, Bryant Park Lawn, Thursdays at 12:30

Tuesday, July 14
through
Sunday, August 9
New York Classical Theatre: Measure for Measure, Battery Park by Castle Clinton, 7:00

Wednesday, July 15
through
Saturday, August 1
Inwood Shakespeare Festival: Henry IV, by the Moose Hall Theatre Company, Inwood Hill Park Peninsula, 7:30

Friday, July 17
through
Sunday, August 2
Shakespeare in the Parking Lot: Romeo and Juliet, by the Drilling Company, directed by Dave Marantz, Bryant Park, Fridays & Saturdays at 6:30, Sundays at 2:00

Wednesday, July 22
through
Saturday, August 15
Hip to Hip Theatre Company: The Merry Wives of Windsor and The Merchant of Venice, performed in repertory in parks across the city, including Agawam Park, Crocheron Park, Cunningham Park, Forest Park, Gantry Plaza State Park, Socrates Sculpture Park, Sunnyside Gardens Park, and Van Cortlandt Park, preceded by Kids & the Classics, Wednesday – Sunday at different times

shakespeare in the park cymbeline

Thursday, July 23
through
Sunday, August 23
Shakespeare in the Park: Cymbeline, starring Hamish Linklater, Lily Rabe, Teagle F. Bougere, Kate Burton, Raúl Esparza, David Furr, Jacob Ming-Trent, Patrick Page, and Steven Skybell, directed by Daniel Sullivan, Delacorte Theater, Central Park, 8:00

Thursday, July 30
through
Sunday, August 23
Hudson Warehouse: Titus Andronicus, directed by Nicholas Martin-Smith, Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, Riverside Park, Thursday – Sunday at 6:30

Friday, July 31
SummerStage: Mr. Joy by Daniel Beaty featuring Tangela Large, Clove Lakes Park, 7:00

Tuesday, August 11
Wednesday, August 12
Thursday, August 14
through
Sunday, August 16
New York Classical Theatre: Measure for Measure, Brooklyn Bridge Park, 7:00

Wednesday, August 12
SummerStage: The Wiz: A Celebration in Dance and Music, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 7:00

Thursday, August 13
and
Friday, August 14
SummerStage: The Wiz: A Celebration in Dance and Music, preceded by a Master Class led by Darrin Henson, Marcus Garvey Park, 7:00

Friday, September 4
through
Sunday, September 20
Shakespeare in the Parking Lot: The Taming of the Shrew, by the Drilling Company, directed by Alessandro Colla, Bryant Park, Fridays & Saturdays at 6:30, Sundays at 2:00

FREE SUMMER MUSIC 2015

The Tedeschi Trucks Band kicks off the free summer music season in Central Park n May 14 (photo by Mark Seliger)

The Tedeschi Trucks Band kicks off the free summer music season in Central Park on May 18 (photo by Mark Seliger)

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 SummerStage, Summer on the Hudson, various programs in Bryant Park and Madison Square Park and on Governors Island, River to River, the Naumburg Orchestral Concerts, the Riis Park Beach Bazaar, Hot Summer Nights at Kingsborough Community College, the Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival, NY Phil in the Parks, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, the BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech, Seaside Summer Concerts in Coney Island, Summer Sessions at Brookfield Place, the Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series in Wingate Field, Fulton Stall Market, the Washington Square Music Festival, and Celebrate Brooklyn! Keeping watching this space for more series and the August lineup as they are announced.

Thursday, May 14
Celebrate Brooklyn! Dance Parties: Classic Soul Funk, with Sonny Knight & the Lakers and the Rhythm Revue with Felix Hernandez, Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park, 7:00

Sunday, May 17
Summer on the Hudson: Mamapalooza Outdoor Extravaganza, Pier 1, Riverside Park, 12 noon – 5:00

Monday, May 18
New Music in Bryant Park: Chris Dingman and Waking Dreams & New Morse Code, Upper Terrace Steps, Bryant Park, 5:30

SummerStage: Tedeschi Trucks Band, Spirit Family Reunion, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 6:00

Wednesday, May 19
Summer on the Hudson — Make Some Noise: A Celebration of Women and Music, Crabapple Grove North, Riverside Park, 5:00

Thursday, May 21
Summer on the Hudson: Locomotive Lawn Live, Locomotive Lawn in Riverside Park South, 10:30 am

Celebrate Brooklyn! Dance Parties: Electro Soul, with Jamie Liddell, Fixed, and Brooklyn United Marching Band, Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park, 7:00

Saturday, May 23
Fulton Stall Market: Vaadat Charigim, Little Water Radio interview and performance, South Street Seaport, 4:30

Sunday, May 24
Eleventh annual Family Festival, Governors Island, 12 noon – 4:00

Monday, May 25
Riis Park Beach Bazaar: Computer Magic, Heavenly Beat, Nicholas Nicholas, Double Trouble Double Dragon DJs, Tribe Society, Toy Cities, Gateway National Recreation Area, 2:00

New Music in Bryant Park: Duo Yumeno & Robin Verheyen Quartet, Upper Terrace Steps, Bryant Park, 5:30

Thursday, May 28
Summer on the Hudson: Locomotive Lawn Live, Locomotive Lawn in Riverside Park South, 10:30 am

Celebrate Brooklyn! Dance Parties: Latin Jazz, with Poncho Sanchez, Bobbito Garcia, and Salsa Salsa Dance, Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park, 7:00

Friday, May 29
Summer on the Hudson: Sweet Spot Festival, West Harlem Piers Park, 3:00 – 9:00

Friday Freshen Up: Kelly Zullo, West Harlem Piers Park, Riverside Park, 6:00

Saturday, May 30
Rite of Summer Music Festival: John Brancy and Peter Dugan, Nolan Park, Governors Island, 1:00 & 3:00

Riis Park Beach Bazaar: Iron Chic, Soda Bomb, Somerset Thrower, Gateway National Recreation Area, 2:00

Sunday, May 31
Riis Park Beach Bazaar: Laura Stevenson, Slingshot Dakota, Vagabon, Gateway National Recreation Area, 2:00

Monday, June 1
New Music in Bryant Park: Duo Scorpio & Alexis Cuadrado Group, Upper Terrace Steps, Bryant Park, 5:30

Tuesday, June 2
Summer Sessions: Body Language, Waterfront Plaza at Brookfield Place, DJ 5:00, live music 6:30

Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: Pete Molinari, City Winery back parking lot, 155 Varick St., 5:30

SummerStage: Lyricist Lounge featuring Scarface, Red Hook Park, 7:00

Chaka Khan will feel for you at Celebrate Brooklyn! opening night on June 3

Chaka Khan will feel for you at Celebrate Brooklyn! opening night on June 3

Wednesday, June 3
SummerStage: Troy Ave, Phony Ppl, hosted by Hot 97s Ebro, Laura, and Rosenberg, Red Hook Park, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Chaka Khan, Prospect Park Bandshell, 8:00

Thursday, June 4
Summer on the Hudson: Locomotive Lawn Live, Locomotive Lawn in Riverside Park South, 10:30 am

BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech: Bobby Rush, MetroTech Commons, 12 noon

SummerStage: The Felice Brothers, the Barr Brothers, Red Hook Park, 7:00

Friday, June 5
SummerStage: Lemon Andersen, #LoveHustle featuring DJ Reborn & J. Keys, Red Hook Park, 7:00

Saturday, June 6
SummerStage: Blue Note Jazz Festival, with Meshell Ndegeocello, Roy Hargrove, and Gabriel Garzón-Montano, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 2:00

Riis Park Beach Bazaar: Dead Stars, Tribe Society, Toy Cities, Gateway National Recreation Area, 2:00

Fulton Stall Market: Mahogany, Little Water Radio interview and performance, South Street Seaport, 4:30

Celebrate Brooklyn! Creole for Kidz! Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience, Prospect Park Bandshell, 4:00

Angelique Kidjo will make spirits rise on June 7 (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

Angelique Kidjo will make spirits rise in Central Park on June 7 (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

Sunday, June 7
SummerStage: Angelique Kidjo, Emmanuel Jal, and Rich Medina, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 2:00

Riis Park Beach Bazaar: Cheap Girls, Young Statues, Young and Heartless, Soda Bomb, Gateway National Recreation Area, 2:00

SummerStage: Brooklyn Family Day featuring Unlocking the Truth, Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls, Black Girls Rock, and DJ Diamond Kuts, Red Hook Park, 4:00

SummerStage: World’s Fair Anniversary Festival featuring Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires, Hollis Brown, and Damien Escobar, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, 4:00

Monday, June 8
New Music in Bryant Park: Music From China & Ben Wendel Group, Upper Terrace Steps, Bryant Park, 5:30

Tuesday, June 9
Summer Sessions: Margaret Glaspy, Waterfront Plaza at Brookfield Place, DJ 5:00, live music 6:30

Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: Pete Molinari, City Winery back parking lot, 155 Varick St., 5:30

Thursday, June 11
Summer on the Hudson: Locomotive Lawn Live, Locomotive Lawn in Riverside Park South, 10:30 am

BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech: Andra Day with the Kate Davis Band, MetroTech Commons, 12 noon

SummerStage: Duck Down Twenty-Year Anniversary BBQ featuring Boot Camp Clik & Friends, Kirk Knight & CJ Fly of Pro Era, Chelsea Reject, and Statik Selektah, Betsy Head Park, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Krosfyah featuring special guests Lead Pipe & Saddis / Something Positive, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Friday, June 12
SummerStage: Horace Brown, Jeff Redd, DJ Chuck Chillout, and DJ Mell Starr, Betsy Head Park, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Esperanza Spalding Presents: Emily’s D+Evolution, José James, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Saturday, June 13
Big Apple Barbecue Block Party: Reed Turner Band (1:00), Shook Twins (2:45), Andrew Combs (4:30), Madison Square Park

Riis Park Beach Bazaar: The Rooks, Douglas and the Goodharts, Nikhil P. Yerawadekar, Low Mentality, Gateway National Recreation Area, 2:00

SummerStage: Lettuce, the Soul Rebels, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 3:00

SummerStage: Nuyorican Poets Café featuring Elaine Del Valle’s Brownsville Bred, Betsy Head Park, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Lucius, Luke Temple, Pavo Pavo, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:00

Sunday, June 14
Big Apple Barbecue Block Party: Whiskey Shivers (1:00), Nikki Lane (2:45), Jonny Fritz (4:30), Madison Square Park

Riis Park Beach Bazaar: Williamsburg Salsa Orchestra and DJ Mickey Perez, Gateway National Recreation Area, 2:00

SummerStage: Brooklyn Family Day with Martha Redbone and Ebony Hillbillies, Betsy Head Park, 4:00

SummerStage: DJ Fulano and screening of Annie (Will Gluck, 2014), Betsy Head Park, 7:00

The Metropolitan Opera will visit six parks this summer

The Metropolitan Opera will visit six parks this summer

Monday, June 15
New Music Festival, Upper Terrace Steps, Bryant Park, 4:00 – 10:00

SummerStage: The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series featuring Janai Brugger, Nathan Gunn, Isabel Leonard, and pianist Dan Saunders, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 8:00

Tuesday, June 16
Summer Sessions: Banda Magda, Waterfront Plaza at Brookfield Place, DJ 5:00, live music 6:30

Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: Bhi Bhiman, City Winery back parking lot, 155 Varick St., 5:30

SummerStage: Yiddish Soul featuring Cantorial and Chassidic Music virtuosos, including Avraham Fried, Netanel Hershtik, Yanky Lemmer, Joseph Malovany, Lipa Schmeltzer, Zusha, music director Avremi Gourarie, and music supervisor Zalmen Mlotek, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 7:00

Washington Square Music Festival: Stanley Drucker, Joseph Anderer, and Richard Woodhams perform works by Leopold Mozart, Frederico Busoni, Jean Francaix, and Maurice Ravel, Washington Square Park, 8:00

Wednesday, June 17
SummerStage: The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series featuring Janai Brugger, Nathan Gunn, Isabel Leonard, and pianist Dan Saunders, Brooklyn Bridge Park, 7:00

SummerStage: Lyricist Lounge featuring Biz Markie and Masta Ace, Herbert Von King Park, 7:00

NY Phil Concerts in the Parks: All-American Program with Joshua Bell, conducted by Alan Gilbert, Great Lawn, Central Park, 8:00

Thursday, June 18
Summer on the Hudson: Locomotive Lawn Live, Locomotive Lawn in Riverside Park South, 10:30 am

BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech: Erica Campbell, MetroTech Commons, 12 noon

River to River: R2R BASH, block party with Somi and family-friendly activities, North End Way, Battery Park City, 5:00

SummerStage: Taana Gardner, Johnny Kemp, and DJ Yoda, hosted by TC Izlam, Herbert Von King Park, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! eighth blackbird with special guest Will Oldham, the Bill Frisell Trio with special guest Sam Amidon, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

NY Phil Concerts in the Parks: Charles Dutoit Conducts Petrushka, with soloist Renaud Capuçon, Prospect Park, 8:00

Saturday, June 20
Rite of Summer Music Festival: House of Waters, Nolan Park, Governors Island, 1:00

Riis Park Beach Bazaar: Cvnt Mafia, Sadar, DJ Volvox, Gateway National Recreation Area, 2:00

Fulton Stall Market: Freedy Johnston, Little Water Radio interview and performance, South Street Seaport, 4:30

SummerStage: Jungle and Ibeyi, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! DanceBrazil, Forro in the Dark, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Sunday, June 21
River to River: Annual Bang on a Can Marathon, with Asphalt Orchestra, Bang on a Can All-Stars, Crossfire Steel Orchestra Inc, Vicky Chow, Nels Cline, Corey Dargel, Dither, Gong Linna, Grand Band, Tomoko Kuroki, So Percussion, Bobby Previte, Third Angle New Music, and others, Winter Garden at Brookfield Place, 12 noon – 10:00 pm

Riis Park Beach Bazaar: A Village Raid, Gateway National Recreation Area, 2:00

SummerStage: Brooklyn Family Day with Laurie Berkner, Something Positive, and Brooklyn United Marching Band, Herbert Von King Park, 4:00

SummerStage: The Bullitts + DJ Spinna, with screening of They Die By Dawn (Jeymes Samuel, 2013), Herbert Von King Park, 7:00

Monday, June 22
NY Phil Concerts in the Parks: Alan Gilbert Conducts West Side Story, with soprano Julia Bullock, Cunningham Park, 8:00

Tuesday, June 23
Summer Sessions: Julia Easterlin, Waterfront Plaza at Brookfield Place, DJ 5:00, live music 6:30

Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: The Ballroom Thieves with Driftwood, City Winery back parking lot, 155 Varick St., 5:30

Naumburg Orchestral Concerts: The Knights — Opening Concert 2015, Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, 7:30

NY Phil Concerts in the Parks: Alan Gilbert Conducts West Side Story, with soprano Julia Bullock, Van Cortlandt Park, 8:00

Washington Square Music Festival: Works by André Caplet, A Poe, Sofia Gubaidulina, and Bela Bartok, Washington Square Park, 8:00

River to River: Krai, by Olga Bell, Pier 15, free with advance RSVP, 8:30

Tuesday, June 23, 9:30
and
Sunday, June 28, 6:00
River to River: R2R Living Rooms with C∆N-D + DRELLA, Vbar Seaport, RSVP recommended

Wednesday, June 24
Mad. Sq. Music: Above Ground, with the Side Project, Madison Square Park, 12:30

SummerStage: The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series featuring Kiri Deonarine, Ginger Costa-Jackson, John Moore, and pianist Dan Saunders, Queensbridge Park, 7:00

SummerStage: Judy Torres, Tony Touch, Crotona Park, 7:00

Mad. Sq. Music: Oval Lawn Series, with Chris Potter Underground Orchestra, Madison Square Park, 7:00

River to River: “Render & Ritornello,” by Roomful of Teeth, Liberty Plaza, advance RSVP required, 8:00

Lucinda Williams will get reflective in Prospect Park on June 24

Lucinda Williams will get reflective in Prospect Park on June 25

Thursday, June 25
Summer on the Hudson: Locomotive Lawn Live, Locomotive Lawn in Riverside Park South, 10:30 am

BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech: Al B. Sure!, MetroTech Commons, 12 noon

SummerStage: Lyricist Lounge presents the LOX, Crotona Park, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Lucinda Williams, Jason Walker, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Thursday, June 25, 4:00 (open dress rehearsal)
Friday, June 26, 4:00
Saturday, June 27, 2:00
Sunday, June 28, 2:00
River to River: Love of a Poet, by John Kelly, Arts Center, Governors Island, advance RSVP required

Friday, June 26
Friday Freshen Up: Leo Liebeskind, West Harlem Piers Park, Riverside Park, 6:00

SummerStage: The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series featuring Kiri Deonarine, Ginger Costa-Jackson, John Moore, and pianist Dan Saunders, Jackie Robinson Park, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Paris Is Burning (Jennie Livingston, 1990), JD Samson, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Saturday, June 27
Riis Park Beach Bazaar: Old Gray, Gateway National Recreation Area, 2:00

SummerStage: VP Records 35th Anniversary featuring Maxi Priest, Gyptian, Bunji Garlin & Fay Ann Lyons, and Massive B (Bobby Konders + Jabba), Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 3:00

Family Day: Magmanus, Brooklyn Bridge Park, 4:00

River to River: Benyoro, Los Crema Paraiso & Golem: Music from Mali, Venezuela, the Balkans, and Beyond, Fulton St. at Water St., advance RSVP required, 5:00

SummerStage: Nuyorican Poets Café featuring Jive Poetic, Jamaal St. John, and Pamela Sneed, Crotona Park, 7:00

Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series: Morris Day and the Time, Wingate Field, 7:30

Celebrate Brooklyn! Jason Moran’s Fats Waller Dance Party, and Butler, Bernstein & the Hot 9, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Sunday, June 28
Riis Park Beach Bazaar: Red City Radio, Gateway National Recreation Area, 2:00

Family Day: Magmanus, Brooklyn Bridge Park, 4:00

SummerStage: Catalan Sounds on Tour featuring Oques Grasses, La Iaia, Sílvia Pérez Cruz, and DJ Guillamino, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 3:00

SummerStage: The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series featuring Kiri Deonarine, Ginger Costa-Jackson, John Moore, and pianist Dan Saunders, Crotona Park, 7:00

Tuesday, June 30
Summer Sessions: Superhuman Happiness, Waterfront Plaza at Brookfield Place, DJ 5:00, live music 6:30

Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: Women That Rock featuring Betty, the Liza Colby Sound, and Grace & Rachel, City Winery back parking lot, 155 Varick St., 5:30

SummerStage: The Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series featuring Kiri Deonarine, Ginger Costa-Jackson, John Moore, and pianist Dan Saunders, Clove Lakes Park, 7:00

Naumburg Orchestral Concerts: Ensemble le Poisson Rouge, Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, 7:30

Washington Square Music Festival: Works by Max Bruch and Ludwig van Beethoven, Washington Square Park, 8:00

Kat Edmonson will share the big picture on June 24 in Madison Square Park

Kat Edmonson will share the big picture on June 24 in Madison Square Park

Wednesday, July 1
Mad. Sq. Music: Above Ground, with Cathy Grier, Madison Square Park, 12:30

Mad. Sq. Music: Oval Lawn Series, Kat Edmonson, Madison Square Park, 7:00

Wednesday, July 2
BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech: King Sunny Adé & His African Beats, MetroTech Commons, 12 noon

Saturday, July 4
Hot Summer Nights: The George Gee Swing Orchestra, featuring vocalists Hilary Gardner and John Dokes, with special guest Lindy Hoppers, Lighthouse Bandshell, Kingsborough Community College, 8:00

Festival of Independence: Prince Rama and Salt Cathedral, Fulton Stall Market, 207A Front St., South Street Seaport, 8:00

Sunday, July 5
Summer on the Hudson: Amplified Sundays Presents Banda Magda, Pier I, Riverside Park South, 7:00

Monday, July 7
Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: Anthony D’Amato, City Winery back parking lot, 155 Varick St., 5:30

SummerStage: Our Latin Thing, DJ Afro, St. Mary’s Park, 7:00

Washington Square Music Festival: New York Jazzharmonic, Washington Square Park, 8:00

Wednesday, July 8
Mad. Sq. Music: Above Ground, with Mr. Reed, Madison Square Park, 12:30

SummerStage: Compass, Systema Solar, Helado Negro, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 5:00

Mad. Sq. Music: Oval Lawn Series, The Stepkids, Madison Square Park, 7:00

SummerStage: Ismael Miranda, St. Mary’s Park, 7:00

Thursday, July 9
BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech: Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba, MetroTech Commons, 12 noon

Broadway in Bryant Park, Bryant Park Lawn, 12:30

RiverRocks: Waxahatchee, Pier 84, Hudson River Park, 6:00

SummerStage: Cano Estremera, St. Mary’s Park, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Punch Brothers, Sarah Jarosz, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Friday, July 10
Celebrate Brooklyn! Bajofondo, Astro, Los Auténticos Decadentes, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:00

SummerStage: Nuyorican Poets Cafe featuring La Bruja with Patty Dukes, Reph Star, and Nene Ali, St. Mary’s Park, 7:00

Saturday, July 11
Rite of Summer Music Festival: Don Byron New Gospel Quintent, Nolan Park, Governors Island, 1:00 & 3:00

SummerStage: Vicentico, Ximena Sariñana, No Te Va Gustar, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 2:00

SummerStage: Hip Hop Dance: From the Street to the Stage, with a Master Class led by Brandon “Peace” Albright, St. Mary’s Park, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! The New Pornographers, Thao & the Get Down Stay Down, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Hot Summer Nights: From Ragtime to Jazz! Waldo’s Gotham City Band, Lighthouse Bandshell, Kingsborough Community College, 8:00

Sunday, July 12
SummerStage: Cesária Évora Orchestra, Mayra Andrade, Dino D’Santiago, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 2:00

SummerStage: Family Day, with Mister G, Soul Street Dance, DJ ASHO, St. Mary’s Park, 4:00

SummerStage: Gerardo Contino y Los Habaneros and screening of Celia: The Queen (Joe Cardona & Mario de Varona, 2008), St. Mary’s Park, 7:00

Summer on the Hudson: Amplified Sundays Presents Ilusha Tsinadze, Pier I, Riverside Park South, 7:00

Tuesday, July 14
Lowdown Hudson Music Fest: O.A.R. and Ryan Bingham, Brookfield Place Waterfront Plaza, doors at 5:00

Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: Joe Pug, City Winery back parking lot, 155 Varick St., 5:30

SummerStage: The Chi-Lites, Queensbridge Park, 7:00

Naumburg Orchestral Concerts: Boston Symphony Chamber Players, Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, 7:30

George Clinton will make sure you get the funk on July 16 & 17

George Clinton will make sure you get the funk on July 16 & 17

Wednesday, July 15
Mad. Sq. Music: Above Ground, Madison Square Park, 12:30

Lowdown Hudson Music Fest: the Wood Brothers and the Word, Brookfield Place Waterfront Plaza, doors at 5:00

Mad. Sq. Music: Oval Lawn Series, The Family Crest, Madison Square Park, 6:00

SummerStage: NPR and WNYC’s Ask Me Another: Celebrating 30 Years of SummerStage, with Jonathan Coulton and host Ophira Eisenberg, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 6:00

SummerStage: George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic, Queensbridge Park, 7:00

Thursday, July 16
BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech: George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, MetroTech Commons, 12 noon

Broadway in Bryant Park, Bryant Park Lawn, 12:30

SummerStage: Lyricist Lounge “Live at the BBQ” featuring Large Professor and Marley Marl, Queensbridge Park, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Vieux Farka Touré, Tamikrest, DJ Dakar, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Passport Thursdays – Caribbean: Braata Folk Singers, Pan! Our Music Odyssey (Jérôme Guiot, 2014)

Friday, July 17
SummerStage: Soul Inscribed & the Spinning Wheel by Baba Israel, Twists & a Bridge by Jennifer Cendaña Armas, Queensbridge Park, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! The Son of the Sheik (George Fitzmaurice, 1926) with Live Score by Alloy Orchestra, and Ghost Train Orchestra, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Saturday, July 18
SummerStage: Freedom Party NYC: Special SummerStage Anniversary Theme, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 6:00

SummerStage: Rashida Bumbray & Dance Diaspora Collective: RUN MARY RUN, with Master Class led by Jamel Gaines, Queensbridge Park, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Rhiannon Giddens, Joe Henry, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Hot Summer Nights: Big Band Dance Party! Sammy Miller & the Congregation, Lighthouse Bandshell, Kingsborough Community College, 8:00

Sunday, July 19
SummerStage: Family Day, with Wycliffe Gordon & Friends, B-Love’s Hip Hop Jazzy Groove, Karisma Jay & AbunDance, and a Master Class led by Samuel Coleman, Queensbridge Park, 4:00

SummerStage: Jorge Drexler, Diego Garcia, Danay Suárez,
Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 6:00

SummerStage: Pete Rock and screening of Time Is Illmatic (One9, 2014), Queensbridge Park, 7:00

Summer on the Hudson: Amplified Sundays Presents Delsonido, Pier I, Riverside Park South, 7:00

Tuesday, July 21
Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: Elephant Revival, City Winery back parking lot, 155 Varick St., 5:30

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

Wednesday, July 22
Mad. Sq. Music: Above Ground, with Mariachi Flor de Toloache, Madison Square Park, 12:30

Mad. Sq. Music: Oval Lawn Series, Kiran Ahluwalia, Madison Square Park, 7:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Muscle Shoals All-Stars, Donnie Fritts and John Paul White, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Seaside Summer Concerts: JT “The Voice Taylor, MCU Park, 1904 Surf Ave., Coney Island, 7:30

We Were Promised Jetpacks land in Hudson River Park on July 23

We Were Promised Jetpacks land in Hudson River Park on July 23

Thursday, July 23
BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech: The Jones Family Singers, MetroTech Commons, 12 noon

Broadway in Bryant Park, Bryant Park Lawn, 12:30

RiverRocks: We Were Promised Jetpacks, Pier 84, Hudson River Park, 6:00

Passport Thursdays – Taiwan: Taiwanese Music Ensemble of New York, Zone Pro Site: The Moveable Feast (Zung Pou Si, 2013)

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich + Fussible with Wolfgang Flür/MusikSoldat, Jungle Fire, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Seaside Summer Concerts: Starship featuring Mickey Thomas, MCU Park, 1904 Surf Ave., Coney Island, 7:30

Friday, July 24
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Gaby Moreno, Hearst Plaza, 7:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors — Dorrance Dance: The Blues Project Revisited with Toshi Reagon and BIGLovely, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Celebrate Brooklyn! Jason Isbell, Dawn Landes, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Seaside Summer Concerts: Latino Music by the Sea with Eddie Santiago and N’Klabe, MCU Park, 1904 Surf Ave., Coney Island, 7:30

Saturday, July 25
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Lil Buck, Josie Roberston Plaza, 11:00 am

SummerStage: Bombino, Young Fathers, Fantastic Negrito, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 2:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Joyous Quartet, Josie Robertson Plaza, 3:00

SummerStage: Jose Virgilio Peña Suazo y la Banda Gorda, Highbridge Park, 7:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Randy Newman, Wycliffe Gordon and His International All Stars, Lil Buck, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Sylvan Esso, Porches, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Hot Summer Nights: Hot Jazz! The Bria Skonberg Quintet, Lighthouse Bandshell, Kingsborough Community College, 8:00

Sunday, July 26
SummerStage: Rock Steady Crew 38th Anniversary Concert, with Whodini, Big Daddy Kane, and more, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 2:00

Summer on the Hudson: Amplified Sundays Presents River Whyless, Pier I, Riverside Park South, 7:00

Tuesday, July 28
Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: David Wax Museum, City Winery back parking lot, 155 Varick St., 5:30

SummerStage: Mack Wilds hosted by Hot 97’s Peter Rosenberg, Clove Lakes Park, 7:00

Wednesday, July 29
Mad. Sq. Music: Above Ground, with Underground Horns, Madison Square Park, 12:30

Mad. Sq. Music: Oval Lawn Series, New York Night Train SOUL CLAP & DANCE-OFF featuring DJ Jonathan Toubin with the Suffers, Madison Square Park, 6:00

SummerStage: Jellybean Benitez, DJ Street Tech, D-Train, Clove Lakes Park, 7:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: The Mavericks, Orkesta Mendoza, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:00

Thursday, July 30
BAM R&B Festival at MetroTech: Theo Croker, MetroTech Commons, 12 noon

Broadway in Bryant Park, Bryant Park Lawn, 12:30

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Letieres Leite & Orkestra Rumpilezz with special guests Arturo O’Farrill and Steven Bernstein; Cyro Baptista’s Banquet of the Spirits, Forró in the Dark: The Music of John Zorn, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! The Musical World of Harmonium Mountain: Clifford Ross & the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and Jeffrey Zeigler, Andy Akiho & Roger Bonair-Agard, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Friday, July 31
Friday Freshen Up: The War and Treaty, West Harlem Piers Park, Riverside Park, 6:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Afropunk @ Lincoln Center, with Vintage Trouble, The Triptych: Wangechi Mutu, LION BABE, the Skins, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Chargaux, Hearst Plaza, 7:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Big K.R.I.T., Angel Haze, the D.R.E.A.M. Ring: FLEXN, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Lincoln Center Out of Doors — “Silent” Movie: Rocky Horror Picture Show (Jim Sharman, 1975), Damrosch Park Bandshell, 11:45

Saturday, August 1
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: La Casita tribute to Sonia Sanchez and Ntozake Shange, Hearst Plaza, 12 noon

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: A Celebration of the Life of Geoffrey Holder, with the panel discussion “The Life and Work of Geoffrey Holder,” screening of documentary Carmen and Geoffrey (Nick Doob, 2005) and rare archival footage, Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, 1:00

SummerStage: Dr. John & the Nite Trippers, Amy Helm, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 2:00

SummerStage: TKA, Flaco Navaja and the Razor Blades, Tony Touch, Clove Lakes Park, 7:00

Sunday, August 2
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Heritage Sunday — Opening Doors: Celebrating Immigrant New York, featuring Abdoulaye Diabaté and Super Manden, Boodoosingh Tassa Drummers, Calpulli Mexican Dance Company, Csűrdöngölő Folk Ensemble, and Ikhlaq Hussain, Hearst Plaza, 1:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: La Casita tribute to Sonia Sanchez and Ntozake Shange, Teatro Pregones, 2:00

SummerStage: Nação Zumbi, Nation Beat’s Carnival Caravan feat. Cha Wa, DJ sets by Vinil Pompéia, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 2:00

SummerStage — Family Day: Little Club Heads, Sugar Free Allstars, Hopalong Andrew, Uptown Dance Academy, Clove Lakes Park, 4:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Ache: Lavagem da Rua, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:00

SummerStage: Felix Hernandez Rhythm Revue and screening of Get On Up, Clove Lakes Park, 7:00

Monday, August 3
SummerStage: Beautiful — The Carole King Musical: Songs in Concert, Scott Shea, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 7:00

Tuesday, August 4
SummerStage: Tito Nieves, East River Park, 7:00

Wednesday, August 5
SummerStage: RATKING, Bishop Nehru, East River Park, 7:00

Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series: Ricky Dillard & New G, Wingate Field, 7:30

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Full Band Electric Counterpoint + Dither and friends, featuring Lee Ranaldo, Yo La Tengo and Mark Stewart; Matmos, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Thursday, August 6
Passport Thursdays – Colombia: M.A.K.U. Sound System, Mateo (Maria Gamboa, 2014), Queens Museum

SummerStage: Caribou with guest Sinkane, East River Park, 7:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: We Like It Like That! A Boogaloo Celebration with Joe Bataan; Ray Lugo and the Boogaloo Destroyers with special guest Richie Ray and Pete Rodriguez; ABAKUÁ Afro-Latin Dance Company; DJ Turmix, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:00

Friday, August 7
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: denitia and sene., Hearst Plaza, 7:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors — Rock My Soul: The Fairfield Four and the McCrary Sisters, Junior Mambazo, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Saturday, August 8
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Roots of American Music: Americanafest NYC, the Quebe Sisters, Sam Outlaw, Hearst Plaza, 2:00

SummerStage — 30th Anniversary DJ Celebration: Quantic, Gilles Peterson, Afrika Bambaataa, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 5:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Dylan’s Highway 61 Revisited performed in its entirety by house band Watkins Family Hour house band, Shawn Colvin, Pokey LaFarge, and Aimee Mann & Ted Leo; Watkins Family Hour featuring Sean and Sara Watkins of Nickel Creek with special guest Fiona Apple and more; Justin Townes Earle, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:00

Sunday, August 9
SummerStage: Glass Animals, Taylor McFerrin, BattleFest League Dancers, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 2:00

SummerStage — Family Day: INVINCIBLE: Michael Jackson Tribute, Marika Hughes & Bottom Heavy, East River Park, 4:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors — Roots of American Music: Americanafest NYC, An Evening with Lyle Lovett and His Large Band, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:00

SummerStage: Felix Hernandez Rhythm Revue, screening of Our Latin Thing (Leon Gast, 1972), East River Park, 7:00

Monday, August 10
Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series: Reggae Night, with Freddie McGregor, Christopher Martin, and New Kingston, Wingate Field, 7:30

Tuesday, August 11
SummerStage: Rakim, DJ Tedsmooth, Marcus Garvey Park, 7:00

Wednesday, August 12
SummerStage — The Wiz: A Celebration in Dance and Music, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 7:00

SummerStage: Mobile Mondays! Live with Roy Ayers, Marcus Garvey Park, 7:00

Thursday, August 13
Passport Thursdays – South Korea: Korean Traditional Music & Dance Center, Miss Granny (Hwang Dong-hyuk, 2014), Queens Museum

Monday, August 17
Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series: Old School Night, with Doug E. Fresh, Kurtis Blow, and Special Ed, Wingate Field, 7:30

Thursday, August 20
Passport Thursdays – South Africa: Azanian People’s Movement, Felix (Roberta Durrant, 2013), Queens Museum

Friday, August 21
SummerStage: Charlie Parker Jazz Festival, with Oliver Lake Big Band, the King Solomon Hicks Trio, Michela Taps: Bird Lives!, Marcus Garvey Park, 6:00

Saturday, August 22
SummerStage: Charlie Parker Jazz Festival, with Dr. Lonnie Smith, Andy Bey, Jeff “Tain” Watts, Camille Thurman, and Norma Miller, Master Class: Samuel Coleman at 2:00, music at 3:00, Marcus Garvey Park

Sunday, August 23
SummerStage: Charlie Parker Jazz Festival, with Joe Lovano, Rudresh Mahanthappa: Bird Calls, Myra Melford, Michael Mwenso, Tompkins Square Park, 3:00

FREE SUMMER FILMS 2015

Roy Scheider cant believe JAWS is coming back for another summer

Roy Scheider cant believe JAWS is coming back for another summer

There’s nothing quite like catching a free movie in the summer in New York City, lying on a blanket in a park, gathering on an aircraft carrier, or huddling in an air-conditioned theater. The season’s free festivals are slowly being announced, with more to come. Below are the day-by-day listings of favorites as well as lesser-known festivals, including the Intrepid Summer Movie Series, Syfy Movies with a View, SummerScreen, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Films on the Green, SummerStage, RiverFlicks, Celebrate Brooklyn!, Coney Island Flicks on the Beach, the Central Park Conservancy Film Festival, Roosevelt Island’s Outdoor Summer Movie Series, Passport Thursdays at the Queens Museum, the Urban Drive-In at Abrons Arts Center, Red Hook Flicks at Valentino Pier, and other movies in the parks. Keep watching this page as more festivals are announced. (Films without exact start times generally begin around sunset.)

Friday, May 15
Movie Night: Annie (Will Gluck, 2014), Victor Hanson Recreation Center, Rochdale Park

Friday, May 22
Summer Movie Series: Top Gun (Tony Scott, 1986), introduced by Scott D. Altman, the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum

Friday, May 29
Films on the Green: . . . And God Created Woman (Roger Vadim, 1956), Central Park, 79th St. & Fifth Ave.

Movie Night: Space Jam (Joe Pytka, 1996), Frederick B Judge Playground

Tuesday, June 2
FAB Flicks: Soul Power (Jeff Levy-Hinte, 2008), Putnam Triangle Plaza

Thursday, June 4
Rooftop Films: Sundance Film Festival Shorts, with Palm Rot (Ryan Gillis), The Face of Ukraine (Kitty Green), Papa Machete (Jonathan David Kane), Mynarski Death Plummet (Matthew Rankin), Volta (Stella Kyriakopoulos), Pop-Up Porno: m4m (Stephen Dunn), Mulignans (Shaka King), Myrna the Monster (Ian Samuels), and Storm Hits Jacket (Paul Cabon), MetroTech Commons, live music by Balancer at 8:30, screening at 9:00

Friday, June 5
Films on the Green: Caramel (Nadine Labaki, 2008), Washington Square Park

Free Summer Movies: The Lego Movie (Chris Miller & Phil Lord, 2014), Crocheron Park

Sunday, June 7
SummerStage: BattleFest League Dancers and screening of Flex Is Kings (Michael Beach Nichols & Deidre Schoo, 2013), Red Hook Park, 7:00

Tuesday, June 9
FAB Flicks: Dave Chappelle’s Block Party (Michel Gondry, 2006), Putnam Triangle Plaza

Thursday, June 11
Summer on the Hudson Picture Show: Hyde Park on Hudson (Roger Michell, 2012), Riverside Park, 72nd Track and Lawn

Friday, June 12
Films on the Green: Pépé le Moko (Julien Duvivier, 1937), Washington Square Park

Movie Night: Frozen (Jennifer Lee & Chris Buck, 2013), MacNeil Park

Monday, June 15
Outdoor Movie Night: Jaws (Steven Spielberg, 1975), Touchdown of the 103rd St. Footbridge, Randall’s Island Park

Tuesday, June 16
FAB Flicks: Shake! Otis at Monterey (D. A. Pennebaker & Chris Hegedus, 1987) and Jimi Plays Monterey (D. A. Pennebaker & Chris Hegedus, 1986), Putnam Triangle Plaza

Friday, June 19
Films on the Green: Priceless (Pierre Salvadori, 2008), Tompkins Square Park

Sunday, June 21
SummerStage: The Bullitts + DJ Spinna, with screening of They Die By Dawn (Jeymes Samuel, 2013), Herbert Von King Park, 7:00

Monday, June 22
Bryant Park Summer Film Festival: Ghostbusters (Ivan Reitman, 1984), Bryant Park

Friday, June 26
Films on the Green: Zarafa (Rémi Bezançon & Jean-Christophe Lie, 2012), Tompkins Square Park

Monday, June 29
Bryant Park Summer Film Festival: The Killers (Richard Siodmark, 1946), Bryant Park Lawn

Tuesday, June 30
Summer Movie Night: Despicable Me 2 (Pierre Coffin & Chris Renaud, 2013), Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson Community Garden

Wednesday, July 1
Summer on the Hudson Picture Show: Jurassic Park (Steven Spielberg, 1993), Pier 1, Riverside Park South

Outdoor Cinema: Don’t Look Back (D. A. Pennebaker, 1967), with a prescreening performance by Pam Reyes and Guests, Socrates Sculpture Park

Friday, July 3
Free Summer Movies: The Young Girls of Rochefort (Jacques Démy, 1967), Castle Clinton, Battery Park

Monday, July 6
Bryant Park Summer Film Festival: The Poseidon Adventure (Ronald Neame, 1972), Bryant Park Lawn

Coney Island Flicks on the Beach: The Terminator (James Cameron, 1984), West Tenth St.

The Iron Giant rules the Rockaways on June 7

The Iron Giant rules the Rockaways on July 7

Tuesday, July 7
Movie Nights in the Rockaways: The Iron Giant (Brad Bird, 1999), Beach 17th St. & Seagirt Blvd.

Red Hook Flicks: Jurassic Park (Steven Spielberg, 1993), Valentino Pier

Wednesday, July 8
SummerScreen: Clueless (Amy Heckerling, 1995), McCarren Park

Outdoor Cinema: Live-in Maid (Jorge Gaggero, 2005), with a prescreening performance by the Adam Tully Trio, Socrates Sculpture Park

Hudson RiverFlicks, Big Hit Wednesdays: The Imitation Game (Morten Tyldum, 2014), Pier 63, Hudson River Park, Chelsea Piers

Summer on the Hudson Picture Show: Edward Scissorhands (Tim Burton, 1990), Pier 1, Riverside Park South

Thursday, July 9
Summer Movie Series: October Sky (Joe Johnston, 1999), introduced by Kayla Rajsky, the Intrepid sea, Air & Space Museum

Urban Drive-In: His People (Edward Sloman, 1925), Abrons Arts Center

SyFy Movies with a View: High Noon (Fred Zinnemann, 1952), Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park

Summer on the Hudson Picture Show: Pride & Prejudice (Joe Wright, 2005), Riverside Park, 72nd Track and Lawn

Friday, July 10
Films on the Green: Goha (Jacques Baratier, 1958), Riverside Park, Pier I at 70th St.

Hudson RiverFlicks, Family Fridays: SpongeBob: Sponge Out of Water (Paul Tibbitt, 2015), Pier 46, Hudson River Park, Greenwich Village

Sunday, July 12
SummerStage: Gerardo Contino y Los Habaneros and screening of Celia: The Queen (Joe Cardona & Mario de Varona, 2008), St. Mary’s Park, 7:00

Monday, July 13
Outdoor Movie Night: Back to the Future Part II (Robert Zemeckis, 2989), Touchdown of the 103rd St. Footbridge, Randall’s Island Park

Bryant Park Summer Film Festival: I’m No Angel (Wesley Ruggles, 1933), Bryant Park Lawn

Coney Island Flicks on the Beach: The Grand Budapest Hotel (Wes Anderson, 2014), West Tenth St.

Tuesday, July 14
Summer Movie Night: All Dogs Go to Heaven (Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, & Dan Kuenster, 1989), 103rd St. Community Garden

Rooftop Films @ Bronx Terminal Market: The Lego Movie (Chris Miller & Phil Lord, 2014), Bronx Terminal Market

Red Hook Flicks: Coming to America (John Landis, 1988), Valentino Pier

Wednesday, July 15
SummerScreen: Wet Hot American Summer (David Wain, 2001), McCarren Park

Summer on the Hudson Picture Show: The Natural (Barry Levinson, 1984), Pier 1, Riverside Park South

Hudson RiverFlicks, Big Hit Wednesdays: Neighbors (Nicholas Stoller, 2014), Pier 63, Hudson River Park, Chelsea Piers

POSTPONED UNTIL AUGUST 26: Outdoor Cinema: Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (Joann Sfar, 2010), with a prescreening performance by Ginkgoa, Socrates Sculpture Park

Thursday, July 16
Passport Thursdays – Caribbean: Braata Folk Singers, Pan! Our Music Odyssey (Jérôme Guiot, 2014), Queens Museum

Summer Movie Series: Moon (Duncan Jones, 2009), introduced by Dr. Charles Marmar, the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum

Urban Drive-In: The Naked City (Jules Dassin, 1948), Abrons Arts Center

SyFy Movies with a View: Sharknado 2 (Anthony C. Ferrante, 2014), Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park

Friday, July 17
Films on the Green: Queen to Play (Caroline Bottaro, 2011), Riverside Park, Pier I at 70th St.

Celebrate Brooklyn! The Son of the Sheik (George Fitzmaurice, 1926) with live score by Alloy Orchestra, and Ghost Train Orchestra, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Hudson RiverFlicks, Family Fridays: The BoxTrolls (Graham Annable & Anthony Stacchi, 2014), Pier 46, Hudson River Park, Greenwich Village

Sunday, July 19
SummerStage: Pete Rock and screening of Time Is Illmatic (One9, 2014), Queensbridge Park, 7:00

Monday, July 20
Bryant Park Summer Film Festival: Badlands (Terrence Malick, 1973), Bryant Park Lawn

Coney Island Flicks on the Beach: The Goonies (Richard Donner, 1985), West Tenth St.

Tuesday, July 21
Summer Movie Night: The Rescuers Down Under (Mike Gabriel & Hendel Butoy, 1997), Westervelt Community Garden

Red Hook Flicks: Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson, 2009), Valentino Pier

Wednesday, July 22
SummerScreen: Dirty Dancing (Emile Ardolino, 1987), McCarren Park

THE GREAT GATSBY

The Great Gatsby brings the party to Riverside Park on July 22

Summer on the Hudson Picture Show: The Great Gatsby (Baz Luhrmann, 2013), Pier 1, Riverside Park South

Hudson RiverFlicks, Big Hit Wednesdays: Selma (Ana DuVernay, 2014), Pier 63, Hudson River Park, Chelsea Piers

Outdoor Cinema: Iron Crows (Bong-nam Park, 2009), with a prescreening performance by Bangladeafy, Socrates Sculpture Park

Thursday, July 23
Passport Thursdays – Taiwan: Taiwanese Music Ensemble of New York, Zone Pro Site: The Moveable Feast (Zung Pou Si, 2013), Queens Museum

Summer Movie Series: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Steven Spielberg, 1977), introduced by Dr. Steve B. Howell, the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum

Urban Drive-In: Hester Street (Joan Micklin Silver, 1975), Abrons Arts Center

SyFy Movies with a View: Attack the Block (Joe Cornish, 2011), Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park

Friday, July 24
Films on the Green: La Dérive (Paula Delsol, 1964), Transmitter Park

Hudson RiverFlicks, Family Fridays: Pee Wee’s Big Adventure (Tim Burton, 1985), Pier 46, Hudson River Park, Greenwich Village

Saturday, July 25
Roosevelt Island’s Outdoor Summer Movie Series: The Wiz (Sidney Lumet, 1978), Firefighters Field

Monday, July 27
Summer of Music: Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (D. A. Pennebaker, 1973), introduced by D. A. Pennebaker, preceded by Night of 1000 Bowies’ Dance Party and Look-a-Like Contest with DJ Cosmo Baker, Reel Harlem: The Historic Harlem Parks Film Festival, Morningside Park

Bryant Park Summer Film Festival: Footloose (Herbert Ross, 1984), Bryant Park Lawn

Coney Island Flicks on the Beach: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Steven Spielberg, 1984), West Tenth St.

Tuesday, July 28
Summer Movie Night: How to Train Your Dragon 2 (Dean DeBlois, 2014), Swindler Cove, Sherman Creek

Red Hook Flicks: Trouble in Little China (John Carpenter, 1986), Valentino Pier

Wednesday, July 29
SummerScreen: Dazed and Confused (Richard Linklater, 1993), McCarren Park

Summer on the Hudson Picture Show: Beasts of the Southern Wild (Behn Zeitlin, 2012), Pier 1, Riverside Park South

Hudson RiverFlicks, Big Hit Wednesdays: St. Vincent (Theodore Melfi, 2014), Pier 63, Hudson River Park, Chelsea Piers

Outdoor Cinema: Kings of the Wind & Electric Queens (Gaspard Kuentz & Cédric Dupire, 2015), with a prescreening performance, Socrates Sculpture Park

Thursday, July 30
Passport Thursdays – India: Parul Shah Dance Company, Haider (Vishal Bhardwaj, 2014), Queens Museum

Rooftop Films at Brookfield Place: Animation Block Party, with Almost There (Julia Glassman), Meanwhile (Stephen McNally), Beach Flags (Sarah Saidan), Aubade (Mauro Carraro), Little Doorman (Matt Marblo), Stella Nova (Ted Wiggin), Positronic (Ryan Mauskopf), Itch (Su-An Ng), Harvey Beaks (C. H. Greenblatt), and sneak peaks from Dreamworks TV, 230 Vesey St., live music at 7:30, films at 8:45

Summer Movie Series: Wall-E (Andrew Stanton, 2008), the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum

CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER: Urban Drive-In: Crossing Delancey (Joan Micklin Silver, 1988), Abrons Arts Center

SyFy Movies with a View: Clue (Jonathan Lynn, 1985), Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park

Friday, July 31
Films on the Green: La Collectionneuse (Eric Rohmer, 1967), Transmitter Park

Hudson RiverFlicks, Family Fridays: Annie (Will Gluck, 2014), Pier 46, Hudson River Park, Greenwich Village

Rooftop Films at Brookfield Place: Racing Extinction (Louie Psihoyos, 2015), 230 Vesey St., live music at 7:30, films at 8:45

Lincoln Center Out of Doors — “Silent” Movie: Rocky Horror Picture Show (Jim Sharman, 1975), Damrosch Park Bandshell, 11:45

Saturday, August 1
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: A Celebration of the Life of Geoffrey Holder, with the panel discussion “The Life and Work of Geoffrey Holder” and screening of documentary Carmen and Geoffrey (Nick Doob, 2005) and rare archival footage, Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, 1:00

Rooftop Films at Brookfield Place: Stop Making Sense (Jonathan Demme, 1999), 230 Vesey St., live music at 7:30, films at 8:45

Monday, August 3
Bryant Park Summer Film Festival: Marathon Man (John Schlesinger, 1976), Bryant Park Lawn

Coney Island Flicks on the Beach: Big Hero 6 (Chris Williams, 2014), West Tenth St.

Tuesday, August 4
Movie Nights in the Rockaways: Back to the Future Part II (Robert Zemeckis, 1989), Beach 17th St. & Seagirt Blvd.

Red Hook Flicks: When We Were Kings (Leon Gast, 1996), Valentino Pier

Nitehawk Presents BuzzFeed Throwback Theater: Twentieth anniversary screening of Mallrats (Kevin Smith, 1995), preceded by a DJ set by Steve Reynolds and a Q&A with Smith and costar Jason Mewes, 50 Kent, Brooklyn

Wednesday, August 5
Outdoor Cinema — Cold Conflicts: Swedish Short Films, with I Turn to You (Victor Lindgren, 2015), Bath House (Niki Lindroth von Bahr, 2014), and Pussy Have the Power (Lovisa Sirén, 2014), with a prescreening performance, Socrates Sculpture Park

Free Movies in the Park: Big Hero 6 (Chris Williams, 2014), Flushing Meadows Corona Park

SummerScreen: Jurassic Park (Steven Spielberg 1993), McCarren Park

Summer on the Hudson Picture Show: Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson, 2012), Pier 1, Riverside Park South

Hudson RiverFlicks, Big Hit Wednesdays: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (Francis Lawrence, 2014), Pier 63, Hudson River Park, Chelsea Piers

Thursday, August 6
Passport Thursdays – Colombia: M.A.K.U. Sound System, Mateo (Maria Gamboa, 2014), Queens Museum

SyFy Movies with a View: Friday (F. Gary Gray, 1995), Brooklyn Bridge Park

Friday, August 7
Hudson RiverFlicks, Family Fridays: Jumanji (Joe Johnston, 1995), Pier 46, Hudson River Park, Greenwich Village

Saturday, August 8
Roosevelt Island’s Outdoor Summer Movie Series: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Richard Brooks, 1958), Firefighters Field

Monday, August 10
Bryant Park Summer Film Festival: Desk Set (Walter Lang, 1957), Bryant Park Lawn

Roosevelt Island’s Outdoor Summer Movie Series: A Streetcar Named Desire (Elia Kazaon, 1951), Firefighters Field

Coney Island Flicks on the Beach: Mrs. Doubtfire (Chris Columbus, 1993), West Tenth St.

Tuesday, August 11
Summer Movie Night: Flight of the Navigator (Randal Kleiser, 1986) 103rd St. Community Garden

Rooftop Films @ Bronx Terminal Market: Big Hero 6 (Chris Williams, 2014), Bronx Terminal Market

Red Hook Flicks: High Fidelity (Stephen Frears, 2000), Valentino Pier

Wednesday, August 12
Outdoor Cinema: Wadjda (Haifaa al-Monsour, 2012) and Me and My Moulton (Torill Kove, 2014), with a prescreening performance by Nashaz with Shelley Thomas, Socrates Sculpture Park

SummerScreen: Audience Pick, McCarren Park

Summer on the Hudson Picture Show: Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax (Chris Renaud &Kyle Balda, 2012), Pier 1, Riverside Park South

BOYHOOD

A young boy grows up before our eyes in BOYHOOD

Hudson RiverFlicks, Big Hit Wednesdays: Boyhood (Richard Linklater, 2014), Pier 63, Hudson River Park, Chelsea Piers

Thursday, August 13
Passport Thursdays – South Korea: Korean Traditional Music & Dance Center, Miss Granny (Hwang Dong-hyuk, 2014), Queens Museum

Summer on the Hudson Picture Show Extension: The Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson, 2009), Riverside Park, 72nd Track and Lawn

SyFy Movies with a View: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Stanley Kubrick, 1964), Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge Park

Friday, August 14
Hudson RiverFlicks, Family Fridays: Paddington (Paul King, 2015), Pier 46, Hudson River Park, Greenwich Village

Monday, August 17
Outdoor Movie Night: Frozen (Jennifer Lee & Chris Buck, 2013), Touchdown of the 103rd St. Footbridge, Randall’s Island Park

Bryant Park Summer Film Festival: Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1974), Bryant Park Lawn

Coney Island Flicks on the Beach: Guardians of the Galaxy (James Gunnn, 2014), West Tenth St.

Tuesday, August 18
Summer Movie Night: An American Tail (Don Bluth, 1986), Westervelt Community Garden

Red Hook Flicks: The Incredibles (Brad Bird, 2004), Valentino Pier

Wednesday, August 19
Outdoor Cinema: Alice (Jan Svankmajer, 1988), with a prescreening performance by Xeon and Oaklander, Socrates Sculpture Park

Free Movies in the Park: Guardians of the Galaxy (James Gunn, 2014), Flushing Meadows Corona Park

Hudson RiverFlicks, Big Hit Wednesdays: Interstellar (Christopher Nolan, 2014), Pier 63, Hudson River Park, Chelsea Piers

Thursday, August 20
Passport Thursdays – South Africa: Azanian People’s Movement, Felix (Roberta Durrant, 2013), Queens Museum

SyFy Movies with a View: Dazed and Confused (Richard Linklater, 1993), Brooklyn Bridge Park

Friday, August 21
Hudson RiverFlicks, Family Fridays: Hook (Steven Spielberg, 1991), Pier 46, Hudson River Park, Greenwich Village

Monday, August 24
Bryant Park Summer Film Festival: Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis, 1985), Bryant Park Lawn

Coney Island Flicks on the Beach: film TBA, West Tenth St.

Tuesday, August 25
Central Park Conservancy Film Festival: Fame (Alan Parker, 1980), Sheep Meadow and the 72nd St. Cross Drive, beginning with a DJ at 6:30

Roosevelt Island’s Outdoor Summer Movie Series: Singin’ in the Rain (Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly, 1952), Firefighters Field

Summer Movie Night: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (Steven Spielberg, 1982), Swindler Cove, Sherman Creek

Red Hook Flicks Neighborhood Choice: The Bad News Bears (Michael Ritchie, 1976), Valentino Pier

Wednesday, August 26
Central Park Conservancy Film Festival: The Blues Brothers (John Landis, 1980), Sheep Meadow and the 72nd St. Cross Drive, beginning with a DJ at 6:30

Outdoor Cinema: Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (Joann Sfar, 2010), with a prescreening performance by Ginkgoa, Socrates Sculpture Park

Free Summer Movies: Big Hero 6 (Chris Williams, 2014), Highland Park

Thursday, August 27
Central Park Conservancy Film Festival: Airplane! (Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker & David Zucker, 1980), Sheep Meadow and the 72nd St. Cross Drive, beginning with a DJ at 6:30

SyFy Movies with a View: Die Hard (John McTiernan, 1988), Brooklyn Bridge Park

Friday August 28
Central Park Conservancy Film Festival: Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese, 1980), Sheep Meadow and the 72nd St. Cross Drive, beginning with a DJ at 6:30

Saturday, August 29
Central Park Conservancy Film Festival: Superman II (Richard Donner & Richard Lester, 1980), Sheep Meadow and the 72nd St. Cross Drive, beginning with a DJ at 6:30

Tuesday, September 1
Red Hook Flicks: Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese, 1990), Valentino Pier

Wednesday, September 2
Free Summer Movies: Big Hero 6 (Chris Williams, 2014), George Seuffert Bandshell, Forest Park

Thursday, September 10
Films on the Green: The Rabbi’s Cat (Joann Sfar & Antoine Delesvaux, 2012), Columbia University at 116th St.

DUMBO ARTS FESTIVAL 2014

Taezoo Park’s “Digital Being” invites visitors to play with its many parts, all made out of waste

Taezoo Park’s “Digital Being” invites visitors to play with its many parts, all made out of electronic waste

Multiple venues in DUMBO
September 27-29, free
www.dumboartsfestival.com

The annual DUMBO Arts Festival is one of the most fun events of the year, as live performances, art installations, gallery shows, pop-up parties, and just about anything else can be found in nearly every nook and cranny all around the district Down under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass. The eighteenth annual event takes place September 26-28, with hundreds of artists participating in solo and group exhibitions, open studios, site-specific public art projects, interactive presentations, family-friendly activities, and much more, with a few hundred thousand people expected to attend. And yes, it’s all free. Below are only some of the highlights.

Friday, September 26
and
Saturday, September 27
DiscoTransformer, by Thomas Stevenson, mobile music and light system in street vendor cart, roaming throughout DUMBO, 7:00 – 10:00 pm

Friday, September 26
Saturday, September 27
and
Sunday, September 28
Digital Being, by Taezoo Park, evolving kinetic installation made from electronic waste, with people invited to manipulate the sculpture in various ways, St. Ann’s Warehouse, 29 Jay St., Friday 6:00 to 9:00, Saturday 12 noon – 9:00, Sunday 12 noon – 6:00

Rub Me the Wrong Way, by Traci Talasco, immersive installation in which gallery space has been covered with sandpaper to represent societal expectations of women, BAC Gallery, 111 Front St., Suite 218, Friday 6:00 to 9:00, Saturday 12 noon – 9:00, Sunday 12 noon – 6:00

Borges: The Complete Works, by Daniel Temkin & Rony Maltz, word search of every palabra ever written by Jorge Luis Borges, in Spanish and English translation (borgeslibrary.com), Manhattan Bridge, Adams Street side, 7:00 pm – 12:00 midnight

Xiu Xiu will deliver a special site-specific performance incorporating Danh Vo sculptures

Xiu Xiu will incorporate Danh Vo’s “We the People” Statue of Liberty installation into special performance on Sunday in Brooklyn Bridge Park

Saturday, September 27
Art Is Me, Art Is You: NYC Series #2, by Yikwon Kim, outdoor procession with artists marching in wearable art, including Yikwon Kim, Eleanor Bailey, Mike Brenner, Cyril Bullard, Bill Cromar, Vinson Houston, Richard Jochum, Grant Johnson, Scot Kaylor, Minny Lee, Yvonne Love, Courtney Morgan, Gabrielle Russomagno, Inyoung Seoung, Insook Soul, Graeme Sullivan, and Jay Sullivan, 12 noon – 4:00

The Imaginary Truck, by chashama, visitors invited to put on blindfold and be led through art truck, corner of Plymouth & Adams Sts., 12 noon – 6:00

I ____ a Dollar, by Jody Servon, public intervention exploring the value of a dollar, Main St. between Plymouth & Water Sts., 12 noon – 6:00

Saturday, September 27
and
Sunday, September 28
Barter Town (Trading Post XVI: Mesh & Lace), by Heather Hart Experience, interactive sharing economy in which visitors can barter for palm reading, massage therapy, costume making, face painting, and other services, no money allowed, 12 noon – 6:00

BEAUTY, interactive performance art by the South Asian Women’s Creative Collective (SAWCC), with Shahnaz Habib, Rachel Kalpana James & Svetlana Swinimer, Sunita Mukhi, Qinza Najm, Nooshin Rostami, Reya Sehgal, and Purvi Shah, Parul Shah, and Deesha Narichania, Main St. between Plymouth & Water Sts., 12 noon – 6:00

Sunday, September 28
Dreams for Free, by Jody Servon, in which visitors can share their dreams in exchange for a lottery ticket, Main St. between Plymouth & Water Sts., 12 noon – 6:00

Kling Klang, by Xiu Xiu, live music performance incorporating Danh Vo’s “We the People” installation, Pier 3 Greenway Terrace, Brooklyn Bridge Park, 1:00 – 4:00

The Imaginary App, by Paul D. Miller (aka DJ Spooky) and Svitlana Matviyenko, celebration of publication of anthology The Imaginary App, the powerHouse Arena, 37 Main St., 5:00 – 7:00

DANH VO: WE THE PEOPLE

(photo by twi-ny/mdr)

Danh Vo’s “We the People” offers visitors an alternate view of Lady Liberty’s famed drapery in Brooklyn Bridge Park (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

City Hall Park and City Hall
Brooklyn Bridge Park, Granite Terrace, Pier 3 Uplands
Through December 5, free
www.publicartfund.org
we the people slideshow

Danish installation artist Danh Vo, who was born in Vietnam in 1975 and lives and works in Berlin and Mexico City, deconstructs a treasured American landmark and international symbol of freedom in unique ways in “We the People.” The Public Art Fund project is named after the first three words of the preamble of the U.S. Constitution, which was ratified on June 25, 1788. Using the same technique nineteenth-century French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi employed to construct the 3/32-inch-thick copper drapery that envelops eighty percent of the 305-foot-high, 225-ton “Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World,” Vo, winner of the 2012 Hugo Boss Prize, re-created Lady Liberty’s clothing at scale in Shanghai, dividing it into approximately 250 pieces. Even the fresh copper color is faithful to the original, as the Grand Dame’s well-known green hue is the result of 128 years of weathering in New York Harbor.

(photo by twi-ny/mdr)

Sections of Danh Vo’s “We the People” are scattered throughout City Hall Park and inside City Hall itself (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

A true international affair, “We the People” has been seen in more than fifteen countries over the last few years and now has finally come to America, with select sections on view in City Hall Park and Brooklyn Bridge Park through December 5. The latter installation features three large-scale parts taken from thirteen individual pieces from the sleeve of the Lady on a Pedestal’s torch-raising right arm; as a not-coincidental bonus, the actual statue is visible in the distance. The pieces on display in City Hall Park include various segments on the grass and hidden among the trees; the broken chains and ear are inside City Hall itself, and a flower garden at the southern end further evokes the late-19th-century period in which the statue was built, referencing colonialism and missionary work. Vo has said that the full sculpture will likely never be put together to form a complete whole, metaphorically leaving Liberty naked and fragmented, representing the continuing struggle for freedom throughout the world and the inability of so many nations to unite in peace. The work also has deep personal meaning to Vo, whose family escaped from Vietnam in the late 1970s on a boat his father made, floating toward eventual freedom in Denmark just as so many people still take ships to Ellis Island, passing by the Statue of Liberty on their way to a new life in America.