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FREE SUMMER MUSIC 2014

Here We Go Magic (photo by Gregory Mitnick)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Janelle Monae kicks off Celebrate Brooklyn! festival on June 4

Janelle Monáe kicks off Celebrate Brooklyn! festival on June 4

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SummerStage: J Holiday, Queensbridge Park, 7:00

Mobb Deep will get deep on July 17 in Queensbridge Park

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

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

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

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

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

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

SummerStage: Mobb Deep, Queensbridge Park, 7:00

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FREE SUMMER THEATER 2013

THE COMEDY OF ERRORS is first of two free Shakespeare in the Park presentations at the Delacorte this summer

Tuesday, May 28
through
Sunday, June 30
Shakespeare in the Park: The Comedy of Errors, starring Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jonathan Hadary, Hamish Linklater, Heidi Schreck, Skipp Sudduth, Jessica Wu, and others, directed by Daniel Sullivan, Delacorte Theater, Central Park, Tuesday – Sunday at 8:30

Thursday, May 30
through
Sunday, June 23
New York Classical Theatre: The Seagull by Anton Chekhov, translated by Jean-Claude van Itallie, directed by Stephen Burdman, Central Park, 103rd St. & Central Park West, Thursday – Sunday at 7:00

Monday, June 17
River to River Festival: Bad News!, staged reading directed by JoAnne Akalaitis, Poets House, 10 River Terrace, 6:30

Saturday, June 22
River to River Festival: Andrew Schneider, Tidal, curated by Laurie Anderson, East River Esplanade, Pier 15, 9:00

Tuesday, June 25
through
Sunday, June 30
New York Classical Theatre: The Seagull by Anton Chekhov, translated by Jean-Claude van Itallie, directed by Stephen Burdman, Prospect Park, Rustic Shelter by the Lake, 7:00

Thursday, June 27
through
Sunday, June 30
River to River Festival: Sekou Sundiata / Rhodessa Jones, blessing the boats: the remix, with Will Power, Carl Hancock Rux, and Mike Ladd, part of “Blink Your Eyes: Sekou Sundiata Revisited,” 3:00 or 8:00

Friday, June 28
through
Sunday, July 14
Shakespeare in Carroll Park: Julius Caesar, Smith Street Stage, bring your own seating, Carroll Park, 7:00

Sunday, June 30
River to River Festival: Isolde, LMCC Open Studios with New York City Players, written and directed by Richard Maxwell, starring Jim Fletcher, Brian Mendes, Victoria Vazquez, and Gary Wilmes, 1 Liberty Plaza, advance RSVP required, 3:00

Sunday, June 30
Tuesday, July 2
and
Wednesday, July 3
River to River Festival: You, My Mother: A Chamber Opera in Two Parts, by Two-Headed Calf & Yarn/Wire, directed by Brooke O’Harra, music by Brendan Connelly and Rick Burkhardt, text by Karinne Keithley-Syers and Kristen Kosmas, performed by Gelsey Bell, Beth Griffith, Laryssa Husiak, and Mike Mikos, Pier 17, South Street Seaport, advance RSVP required, 3:00 and/or 8:30

ONE from Piper Theatre Productions on Vimeo.

Friday, July 5, 12, 19
Saturday, July 6, 13, 20
and
Thursday, July 11, 18
Piper Theatre: Frankenstein, directed by John P. McEneny, with films by Jeremy Mather and original score by Lucas Syed, Old Stone House in Washington Park, 8:30

Saturday, July 6, 13, 20
and
Friday, July 12, 19
Piper Theatre: You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, directed by Mollie Lief Abramson, Old Stone House in Washington Park, 7:00

Tuesday, July 9
through
Sunday, August 4
New York Classical Theatre: The Tempest by William Shakespeare, directed by Sean Hagerty, Battery Park, Tuesday – Sunday, 7:00

Wednesday, July 10
through
Saturday, July 13
River to River Festival: This Great Country by 600 Highwaymen, directed by Abigail Browde & Michael Silverstone, advance RSVP required, Pier 17 Storefront, South Street Seaport, 8:00

Thursday, July 11
through
Saturday, July 27
Shakespeare in the Parking Lot: Cymbeline, municipal parking lot, corner of Ludlow & Broome Sts.

Saturday, July 13
River to River Festival: Open Studios with Andrew Ondrejcak based on Strindberg’s A Dream Play, Building 110, LMCC’s Arts Center at Governors Island, 2:00 – 6:00

Tuesday, July 23
through
Sunday, August 18
Shakespeare in the Park: Love’s Labour’s Lost: A New Musical, songs by Michael Friedman, book adapted by Alex Timbers, directed by Alex Timbers, Delacorte Theater, Central Park, Tuesday – Sunday at 8:30

Tuesday, July 30
through
Thursday, August 1
SummerStage “This is __ Hip-Hop”: King Kong by Alfred Preisser & Randy Weiner, directed by Alfred Preisser, Herbert Von King Park, 8:00

Thursday, August 1
through
Saturday, August 17
Shakespeare in the Parking Lot: Richard III, directed by Hamilton Clancy, municipal parking lot, corner of Ludlow & Broome Sts.

Friday, August 2
and
Saturday, August 3
SummerStage Theatre: Diablo Love by Mando Alvarado, directed by Alfred Preisser, with music direction and composition by Tomás Doncker, Herbert Von King Park, 8:00

Alfred Preisser and Randy Weiner’s KING KONG is part of SummerStage season

Monday, August 5
SummerStage “This Is __ Hip-Hop”: King Kong by Alfred Preisser & Randy Weiner, directed by Alfred Preisser, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 8:00

Tuesday, August 6
Wednesday, August 7
and
Saturday, August 10
SummerStage “This Is __ Hip-Hop”: King Kong by Alfred Preisser & Randy Weiner, directed by Alfred Preisser, St. Mary’s Park, 8:00

Thursday, August 8
and
Friday, August 9
SummerStage Theatre: Diablo Love by Mando Alvarado, directed by Alfred Preisser, with music direction and composition by Tomás Doncker, St. Mary’s Park, 8:00

Tuesday, August 13
Wednesday, August 14
and
Saturday, August 17
SummerStage “This Is __ Hip-Hop”: King Kong by Alfred Preisser & Randy Weiner, directed by Alfred Preisser, Marcus Garvey Park, 8:00

Thursday, August 15
and
Friday, August 16
SummerStage Theatre: Diablo Love by Mando Alvarado, directed by Alfred Preisser, with music direction and composition by Tomás Doncker, Marcus Garvey Park, 8:00

Monday, August 19
SummerStage Theatre: Diablo Love by Mando Alvarado, directed by Alfred Preisser, with music direction and composition by Tomás Doncker, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 8:00

Tuesday, August 20
through
Thursday, August 22
SummerStage “This Is __ Hip-Hop”: King Kong by Alfred Preisser & Randy Weiner, directed by Alfred Preisser, Marcus Garvey Park, 8:00

Friday, August 23
and
Saturday, August 24
SummerStage Theatre: Diablo Love by Mando Alvarado, directed by Alfred Preisser, with music direction and composition by Tomás Doncker, East River Park, 8:00

FREE SUMMER DANCE 2013

Stephen Petronio Company will perform the site-specific LIKE LAZARUS DID on June 29 at St. Paul’s Chapel (photo by David Rosenberg)

Saturday, June 1
Red Hook Fest: Brown Rice Family, Gangstagrass, Camille A. Brown & Dancers, Avenida B, Nicholas Leichter Dance, the Hungry March Band, Louis J. Valentino Jr. Park & Pier, 12 noon – 7:00 pm

Sunday, June 2
SummerStage: Harborlore Festival: Dancing the Waters, with Annie Ferdous, Kaina Quenga, and Rita Silva, Kaiser Park, 3:00

Friday, June 14
SummerStage: Jamal Jackson Dance Company, Movement for the Urban Village, all levels open dance master class, Herbert Von King Park, 7:00

Friday, June 14, and Saturday, June 15
Hudson River Dances, with Naomi Goldberg Haas/Dances for a Variable Population, 14th St. Park, 5:00 & 6:30

Thursday, June 27
Celebrate Brooklyn! Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, Prospect Park Bandshell, 8:00

Saturday, June 29
SummerStage Kids: Bronx Family Day with KR3TS Dance Company, the Gizmo Guys, LuckyBob: Variety Performer, Double Dutch Dreamz, and DJ set by Idlemind “the Appropriate Agent,” St. Mary’s Park, 4:00

River to River: Stephen Petronio Company, Like Lazarus Did (LLD 6/29), St. Paul’s Chapel, 7:30

Tuesday, July 2
River to River: luciana achugar with Elastic City, Feeling Is Believing, walk begins at 100 Wall St., advance RSVP required beginning June 1, 7:00

Saturday, July 6, 13, 20
and
Sunday, July 7, 14, 21
4Chambers, Judy Oberfelder Dance Projects, Officers’ House #15, Nolan Park, Governors Island, 11:30 am, 1:00 pm, 2:30, 4:00, 5:30

Advance RSVP is required for luciana achugar’s special River to River walking performances

Tuesday, July 9
through
Thursday, July 11
River to River: luciana achugar with Elastic City, Feeling Is Believing, begins at 100 Wall St., 7:00

Friday, July 19
SummerStage: Rennie Harris Collective Inc., Queensbridge Park, 8:00

Saturday, July 20
SummerStage: Dance Iquail!, with live music by Iquail Shaheed, Christopher Ralph, and Amber Perkins, Queensbridge Park, All Levels Open Dance Master Class by Karisma Jay at 7:00, performance at 8:00

Tuesday, July 23
SummerStage: Martha Graham Dance Company with special guest, Dancin’ Downtown at the Joyce contest winner, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 8:00

Wednesday, July 24
SummerStage: Martha Graham Dance Company with special guest, Dancin’ Downtown at the Joyce contest winner, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 8:00

Wednesday, July 24
and
Thursday, July 25
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Kronos at 40, with Mark Dendy Dance & Theater Projects presenting the world premiere of Ritual Cyclical, Hearst Plaza, 6:00

Wednesday, July 31
SummerStage This Is_Hip-Hop: RSC Ghetto Made, by Rock Steady Crew, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 8:00

Thursday, August 1
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: A Tale of Two Nations, open rehearsal with Maracatu Nação Estrela Brilhante, and Nation Beat, Josie Robertson Plaza, 6:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal, Prospect Park Bandshell, 8:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Pavement by Kyle Abraham & Abraham.in.Motion, and The Living Word Project: Marc Bamuthi Joseph’s Word Becomes Flesh, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Friday, August 2
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: A Tale of Two Nations, with Maracatu Nação Estrela Brilhante, and Nation Beat, and Big Chief Monk Boudreaux & the Golden Eagles, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:00

Saturday, August 3
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: El Gusto, ZvidDance: Dabke,, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:00

TWIN is one of three pieces Dance Heginbotham will perform at River to River Festival (photo by Julia Cervantes)

TWIN is one of three pieces Dance Heginbotham will perform at Lincoln Center on August 8 (photo by Julia Cervantes)

Thursday, August 8
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Dance Heginbotham with the Raymond Scott Orchestrette (world premiere of Manhattan Research, plus Twin and throwaway), and Butler, Bernstein & the Hot 9, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Friday, August 9
SummerStage: Harlem Dance Caravan, with Forces of Nature Dance Theatre, Camille A. Brown & Dancers, Illstyle & Peace Productions, and OPUS Dance Theatre, Marcus Garvey Park, 8:00, All Levels Open Dance Master Class by Dana McBroom-Manno at 7:00, performances at 8:00

Saturday, August 10
Dance at Socrates: Julia K. Gleich / Gleich Dances, presented by Norte Maar, Socrates Sculpture Park, 3:00

SummerStage: Harlem Dance Caravan, with Forces of Nature Dance Theatre, Camille A. Brown & Dancers, Illstyle & Peace Productions, and OPUS Dance Theatre, Marcus Garvey Park, 8:00, All Levels Open Dance Master Class by Calvin Wiley at 7:00, performances at 8:00

Saturday, August 10
through
Friday, August 16
Downtown Dance Festival, Battery Park Dance Company, Battery Park

Sunday, August 11
SummerStage Harlem Family Day: Illstyle & Peace Productions, Robbi K, DJ set by Stormin’ Norman, “Sweet Billy & The Zooloos,” Marcus Garvey Park, 4:00

Friday, August 16
SummerStage: The Francesca Harper Project, East River Park, All Levels Open Dance Master Class by Cecilia Marta at 7:00, performances at 8:00

Saturday, August 17
Dance at Socrates: Edisa Weeks / Delirious Dances, presented by Norte Maar, Socrates Sculpture Park, 3:00

SummerStage: Speak featuring live music by Marla Mase and Tomás Doncker, book and lyrics by Marla Mase, choreography by Adrienne Hurd, and direction by Sara Berg, East River Park, All Levels Open Dance Master Class by Craig Smith at 7:00, performance at 8:00

Wednesday, August 21
SummerStage International Contemporary Circus Festival: Circus Now! featuring: AcroArts Productions, Frequently Asked Questions, Hybrid Movement Company, hosted by Bindlestiff Family Cirkus, Marcus Garvey Park, 7:00

Saturday, August 24
Dance at Socrates: Takehiro Ueyama / Take Dance, presented by Norte Maar, Socrates Sculpture Park, 3:00

Saturday, August 31
Dance at Socrates: Rachel Cohen / Racoco Productions, presented by Norte Maar, Socrates Sculpture Park, 3:00

DANCE IQUAIL

LIU Brooklyn, Kumble Theater
Long Island University
Flatbush Ave. between DeKalb Ave. & Willoughby St.
May 10-12, $30
718-488-1624
www.kumbletheater.org
www.danceiquail.org

Dancer, choreographer, and teacher Iquail Shaheed formed Dance Iquail (DIQ) five years ago as a way to use movement-based performance “to create and present programs that confront the destructive and divisive nature of racism, sexism, violence, drug and alcohol abuse, unmet needs of the poor, and the importance of family support and unity.” Inspired by his own childhood in which he experienced many of those elements, including LGBT bullying, Shaheed, who was born and raised in Philadelphia and currently lives in Harlem, has staged such original pieces as Together We Stand, Commonalities That Bind Us, and Equality for Us 2 as well as Melvin Purnell’s Someday We’ll All Be Free and Christopher Ralph’s Night Falls. DIQ is opening its fifth anniversary season this weekend at the Kumble Theater at LIU Brooklyn with a quartet of works, including two world premieres. Shaheed’s The Order (2011) features circular motion set to an original score by Dylan Ezzie, with the dancers (Shaheed, Allison Sale, Morgan Anderson, Winston D. Brown, Adrianne Chu, Harumi Elders, Ryan Houston, Randall Riley, and Elizabeth Washington) wearing Jessie Durham’s long, flowing costumes; Shaheed was inspired by a 1970 quote from Pablo Feirer’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed: “For the oppressed to be able to wage the struggle for their liberation, they must perceive the reality of oppression, not as a closed world from which there is no exit, but as a limiting situation which they can transform.” DIQ will also present the company premiere of Thread by choreographer and TCU associate professor of ballet Elizabeth Gillaspy, which examines the unraveling quality of life, set to Texas minimalist ensemble Balmorhea’s “The Winter.” The two world premieres are Ralph’s Inward Flux, which enters a dreamlike state, and Shaheed’s Sweet Surrender, in which three couples take part in an intimate battle of the sexes. DIQ will be back July 20, when they will present works by Ralph, Shaheed, and Amber Perkins at Queensbridge Park as part of SummerStage, preceded by an Open Dance Master Class led by Karisma Jay.

FREE SUMMER MOVIES 2013

JAWS will make people on board the Intrepid wary of the water on June 28

Relaxing on a beautiful night outdoors watching a free movie has become quite a city tradition, and you can find all kinds of films being shown in parks and plazas all over town, from Central Park, Bryant Park, and Riverside Park to the USS Intrepid, Socrates Sculpture Park, and the Queens Museum. Film screenings begin at dusk, although some series have live music before that, so be sure to get there early. Keep watching this space as we add more festivals as they’re announced.

Friday, May 24
Intrepid Summer Movie Series: Top Gun (Tony Scott, 1986), Pier 86

Thursday, June 6
Films in Tompkins: Romeo+Juliet (Baz Luhrmann, 1996), with Sweet Street Symphony, Tompkins Square Park

Friday, June 7
Films on the Green: Mississippi Mermaid (François Truffaut, 1969), Cedar Hill, Central Park

Tuesday, June 11
Family Guy, Hudson River Park, Pier 63 Lawn

Thursday, June 13
Films in Tompkins: O Brother Where Art Thou (Joel Coen, 2000), with the Dapper Dans, Tompkins Square Park

Friday, June 14
Films on the Green: L’Art d’aimer (The Art of Love) (Emmanuel Mouret, 2011), Washington Square Park

Sunday, June 16
SummerStage — This Is _ Hip-Hop: Soul Food Junkies (Byron Hurt, 2012) and live music by Dead Prez, Herbert Von King Park

SummerStage: Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury (Luiz Bolognesi, 2013) and live music by Preta Gil and DJ Just Marcelo, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park

Monday, June 17
Bryant Park Summer Film Festival: Tootsie (Sydney Pollack, 1982), Bryant Park Lawn

Thursday, June 20
Films in Tompkins: Rushmore (Wes Anderson, 1998), wtih Batala NYC, Tompkins Square Park

Friday, June 21
Intrepid Summer Movie Series: National Treasure (Jon Turteltaub, 2004), Pier 86

Films on the Green: French Cancan (Jean Renoir, 1955), Washington Square Park

Saturday, June 22
SummerStage — Make a Joyful Noise: A Tribute to Mahalia Jackson, featuring a screening of Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory (Jeff Scheftel, 1997) and live appearances by Joshua “the Prince of Kosher Gospel” Nelson and Della Reese, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park

Monday, June 24
Bryant Park Summer Film Festival: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Don Siegel, 1956), Bryant Park Lawn

Thursday, June 27
Canceled: Films in Tompkins: Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino, 1992), with Amour Obscur and free slices of Two Boots “Mr. Pink” pizza, Tompkins Square Park

Friday, June 28
Intrepid Summer Movie Series: Jaws (Steven Spielberg, 1975), Pier 86

Films on the Green: Angèle et Tony (Angel and Tony) (Alix Delaporte, 2010), Tompkins Square Park

Monday, July 1
Bryant Park Summer Film Festival: Frenzy (Alfred Hitchcock, 1972), Bryant Park Lawn

Flicks on the Beach: Little Fugitive (Ray Ashley, Morris Engel & Ruth Orkin, 1955), Beach and West Tenth St., Coney Island

Williamsburg Summer Nights, Movies in the Park: Life of Pi (Ang Lee, 2012), East River State Park

Wednesday, July 3
Outdoor Cinema: Our Nixon (Penny Lane, 2013), Socrates Sculpture Park

Friday, July 5
Films on the Green: L’Arancoeur (Heartbreaker) (Pascal Chaumeil, 2010), Tompkins Square Park

Saturday, July 6
Front/Row Cinema: Breaking Away (Peter Yates, 1979), South Street Seaport, Front & Fulton Sts.

Monday, July 8
Bryant Park Summer Film Festival: Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (Mel Stuart, 1971), Bryant Park Lawn

Flicks on the Beach: Bending Steel (Dave Carroll, 2013), Beach and West Tenth St., Coney Island

Tuesday, July 9
Red Hook Flicks: Stand by Me (Rob Reiner, 1986), Valentino Pier

Wednesday, July 10
Maysles Cinema’s Summer of Music — the Historic Harlem Parks Film Festival: I Want My Name Back (Roger Paradiso, 2012), with DJ Tedsmooth’s Old School Jam at 5:30, a live performance of “Rapper’s Delight” by MCs Wonder Mike, Master Gee, and Grandmaster Caz and special guests Melle Mell, Dana Dana, DJ Wiz, Grandmaster Dee, Keith LeBlanc, Vernon Reid, and Doug Winbish at 7:30, film screening at 8:30, moved to Mount Morris Ascension Presbyterian Church, 16-20 Mount Morris Park West, southwest corner of 122nd St.

RiverFlicks for Grown-Ups: Silver Linings Playbook (David O. Russell, 2012), Hudson River Park, Pier 63 Lawn

Outdoor Cinema: A Screaming Man (Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, 2010), Socrates Sculpture Park

Front/Row Cinema: Ice Age (Chris Wedge & Carlos Saldanha, 2002), South Street Seaport, Front & Fulton Sts.

SummerScreen: Can’t Hardly Wait (Harry Elfont & Deborah Kaplan, 1998), McCarren Park

Summer on the Hudson — Movies Under the Stars: Song & Dance — Gold Diggers of 1933 (Mervyn LeRoy, 1933), Pier 1, Riverside Park South

The call of “Bueller . . . Bueller . . . Bueller . . .” will be heard throughout Brooklyn Bridge Park on July 11

Thursday, July 11
Movies with a View: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (John Hughes, 1986), preceded by Creep (Sharif Anthony), with music by DJ Still Life, Brooklyn Bridge Park

Films in Tompkins: Easy Rider (Dennis Hopper, 1969), with Main Street Quintet, Tompkins Square Park

Friday, July 12
RiverFlicks for Kids: The Pirates! Band of Misfits (Peter Lord & Jeff Newitt, 2012), Hudson River Park, Pier 46

Films on the Green: Marius et Jeannette (Robert Guédiguian, 1997), Pier 1, Riverside Park

Saturday, July 13
SummerStage — This Is _ Hip-Hop: Screening of From Mambo to Hip Hop: A South Bronx Tale (Henry Chalfant, 2006) and live music by the Ghetto Brothers, Crotona Park, 7:00

Front/Row Cinema: Heaven Can Wait (Warren Beatty, 1978), South Street Seaport, Front & Fulton Sts.

Monday, July 15
Flicks on the Beach: The Hunger Games (Gary Ross, 2012), Beach and West Tenth St., Coney Island

Bryant Park Summer Film Festival: Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte (Robert Aldrich, 1964), Bryant Park Lawn

Williamsburg Summer Nights, Movies in the Park: The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius, 2011), East River State Park

Tuesday, July 16
Red Hook Flicks: Kung Fu Panda (Mark Osborne, 2008), Valentino Pier

Wednesday, July 17
RiverFlicks for Grown-Ups: Looper (Rian Johnson, 2012), Hudson River Park, Pier 63 Lawn

Outdoor Cinema: Alamar (Pedro González-Rubio, 2009), Socrates Sculpture Park

SummerScreen: Pee Wee’s Big Adventure (Tim Burton, 1985), McCarren Park

Summer on the Hudson — Movies Under the Stars: Song & Dance — Duck Soup (Leo McCarey, 1933), Pier 1, Riverside Park South

Front/Row Cinema: Ghostbusters (Ivan Reitman, 1984), South Street Seaport, Front & Fulton Sts.

Thursday, July 18
Maysles Cinema’s Summer of Music — the Historic Harlem Parks Film Festival: I Remember Harlem: Toward Freedom (1940-1965) and I Remember Harlem: Toward a New Day (1940-1965) (William Miles, 1980), with a Harlem World DJ set by DJ Blade, St. Nicholas Park, 7:30

Movies with a View: Enter the Dragon (Robert Clouse, 1973), preceded by Catnip: Egress to Oblivion (Jason Willis), with music by DJ Hahn Solo, Brooklyn Bridge Park

Films in Tompkins: Drive (Nicolas Winding Ref, 2011), with Brendan O’Hara, Tompkins Square Park

Friday, July 19
RiverFlicks for Kids: ParaNorman (Chris Butler & Sam Fell, 2012), Hudson River Park, Pier 46

Films on the Green: Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble (We Won’t Grow Old Together) (Maurice Pialat, 1972), Pier 1, Riverside Park

Saturday, July 20
Front/Row Cinema: Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid (George Roy Hill, 1969), South Street Seaport, Front & Fulton Sts.

Sunday, July 21
SummerStage — This Is _ Hip-Hop: Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Screening of I’m Gonna Git You Sucka (Keenen Ivory Wayans, 1988) and live music by DJ D-Nice, Queensbridge Park

Monday, July 22
Flicks on the Beach: Wreck-It Ralph (Rich Moore, 2012), Beach and West Tenth St., Coney Island

Bryant Park Summer Film Festival: The African Queen (John Huston, 1951), Bryant Park Lawn

Williamsburg Summer Nights, Movies in the Park: Up (Bob Peterson & Pete Docter, 2009), East River State Park

Tuesday, July 23
Red Hook Flicks: Shaft (John Singleton, 2000), Valentino Pier

Wednesday, July 24
RiverFlicks for Grown-Ups: Argo (Ben Affleck, 2012), Hudson River Park, Pier 63 Lawn

Outdoor Cinema: In Another Country (Hong Sang-soo, 2012), Socrates Sculpture Park

SummerScreen: The Craft (Andrew Fleming, 1996), McCarren Park

Summer on the Hudson — Movies Under the Stars: Song & Dance — The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T (Roy Rowland, 1953), Pier 1, Riverside Park South

Front/Row Cinema: Finding Nemo (Andrew Stanton & Lee Unkrich, 2003), South Street Seaport, Front & Fulton Sts.

Thursday, July 25
Movies with a View: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (Mel Stuart, 1971), preceded by Irish Folk Furniture (Tony Donoghue), with music by DJ Ayres, Brooklyn Bridge Park

Maysles Cinema’s Summer of Music — the Historic Harlem Parks Film Festival: Shape of a Broken Heart (Andrew Dosumnu, 2012) and Jazz on a Summer’s Day (Bert Stern, 1960), with DJ Blade and live drumming, the Jackie Robinson Park Bandshell, 7:30

Films in Tompkins: The Big Lebowski (Joel Coen, 1998), with Jake Pinto and the Yeahtones and free slices of Two Boots “the Dude” pizza, Tompkins Square Park

Friday, July 26
RiverFlicks for Kids: Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Robert Zemeckis, 1988), Hudson River Park, Pier 46

Intrepid Summer Movie Series: Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Robert Wise, 1979), Pier 86

Films on the Green: U (Grégoire Solotareff & Serge Elissalde, 2006), Transmitter Park

Saturday, July 27
Front/Row Cinema: Working Girl (Mike Nichols, 1988), South Street Seaport, Front & Fulton Sts.

Monday, July 29
Flicks on the Beach: Men in Black 3 (Barry Sonenfeld, 2012), Beach and West Tenth St., Coney Island

Bryant Park Summer Film Festival: A Foreign Affair (Billy Wilder, 1948), Bryant Park Lawn

Williamsburg Summer Nights, Movies in the Park: Skyfall (Sam Mendes, 2012), East River State Park

Tuesday, July 30
Red Hook Flicks: Strictly Ballroom (Baz Luhrmann, 1992), Valentino Pier

Movie fans can find the underrated MOONRISE KINGDOM in Hudson River Park on July 31

Wednesday, July 31
RiverFlicks for Grown-Ups: Moonrise Kingdom (Wes Anderson, 2012), Hudson River Park, Pier 63 Lawn

Outdoor Cinema: Domestic (Adrian Sitaru, 2013), Socrates Sculpture Park

SummerScreen: The Goonies (Richard Donner, 1985), McCarren Park

Summer on the Hudson — Movies Under the Stars: Song & Dance — Fiddler on the Roof (Norman Jewison, 1971), Pier 1, Riverside Park South

Front/Row Cinema: Star Trek (J. J. Abrams, 2009), South Street Seaport, Front & Fulton Sts.

Thursday, August 1
Movies with a View: 8 Mile (Curtis Hanson, 2002), preceded by Until the Quiet Comes (Kahlil Joseph), with music by DJ Who Am I, Brooklyn Bridge Park

Films in Tompkins: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Jim Sharman, 1975), with Jason Trachtenburg and the Pendulum Swings, Tompkins Square Park

Friday, August 2
RiverFlicks for Kids: Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath & Conrad Vernon, 2012), Hudson River Park, Pier 46

Intrepid Summer Movie Series: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Chris Columbus, 2001), Pier 86

Films on the Green: Conte d’été (A Summer’s Tale) (Eric Rohmer, 1996), Transmitter Park

Saturday, August 3
Front/Row Cinema: The Muppets (James Bobin, 2011), South Street Seaport, Front & Fulton Sts.

Monday, August 5
Flicks on the Beach: The Avengers (Joss Whedon, 2012), Beach and West Tenth St., Coney Island

Bryant Park Summer Film Festival: Norma Rae (Martin Ritt, 1979), Bryant Park Lawn

Tuesday, August 6
Red Hook Flicks: Akeelah and the Bee (Doug Atchison, 2006), Valentino Pier

Wednesday, August 7
RiverFlicks for Grown-Ups: The Avengers (Joss Wheedon, 2012), Hudson River Park, Pier 63 Lawn

Outdoor Cinema: Sugar (Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck, 2008), Socrates Sculpture Park

SummerScreen: Speed (Jan de Bont, 1994), McCarren Park

Summer on the Hudson — Movies Under the Stars: Song & Dance — Little Shop of Horrors (Frank Oz, 1986), Pier 1, Riverside Park South

Front/Row Cinema: Young Frankenstein (Mel Brooks, 1974), South Street Seaport, Front & Fulton Sts.

Thursday, August 8
Movies with a View: Roman Holiday (William Wyler, 1953), preceded by How She Slept at Night (Lilli Carré), with music by DJ $mall ¢hange, Brooklyn Bridge Park

Friday, August 9
RiverFlicks for Kids: Rise of the Guardians (Peter Ramsey, 2012), Hudson River Park, Pier 46

Saturday, August 10
Front/Row Cinema: Hugo (Martin Scorsese, 2011), South Street Seaport, Front & Fulton Sts.

Sunday, August 11
SummerStage: screening of 1981 BBC documentary Hotter than July and live music by DJ Spinna, Mika, Gloria Ryann, Asa Lovechild, Darien, Mike Hammond, Chris Robb, Vivian Sessoms, and Jesse Fischer & Soul Cycle performing “A Soul Train Tribute to Stevie Wonder,” Marcus Garvey Park

Monday, August 12
Flicks on the Beach: Fame (Alan Parker, 1980), Beach and West Tenth St., Coney Island

Bryant Park Summer Film Festival: The Women (George Cukor, 1939), Bryant Park Lawn

Tuesday, August 13
Red Hook Flicks: The Thing (John Carpenter, 1982), Valentino Pier

Wednesday, August 14
RiverFlicks for Grown-Ups: Pitch Perfect (Jason Moore, 2012), Hudson River Park, Pier 63 Lawn

Outdoor Cinema: The Gleaners & I (Agnès Varda, 2000), Socrates Sculpture Park

SummerScreen: Audience Pick, McCarren Park

Summer on the Hudson — Movies Under the Stars: Song & Dance — Pitch Perfect (Jason Moore, 2012), Pier 1, Riverside Park South

Front/Row Cinema: The Amazing Spider-Man (Marc Webb, 2012), South Street Seaport, Front & Fulton Sts.

Thursday, August 15
Movies with a View: Rocky (John G. Avildsen, 1976), preceded by Marcel, King of Tervuren (Tom Schroeder), with music by DJ Emch, Brooklyn Bridge Park

Cries of “Beetelgeuse! Beetelgeuse! Beetelgeuse!” will echo through Hudson River Park on August 16

Friday, August 16
RiverFlicks for Kids: Beetlejuice (Tim Burton, 1988), Hudson River Park, Pier 46

Saturday, August 17
Front/Row Cinema: Chicago (Rob Marshall, 2002), South Street Seaport, Front & Fulton Sts.

Monday, August 19
Bryant Park Summer Film Festival: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Steven Spielberg, 1982), Bryant Park Lawn

Flicks on the Beach: 42 (Brian Helgeland, 2013), Beach and West Tenth St., Coney Island

Tuesday, August 20
Red Hook Flicks: Caddyshack (Harold Ramis, 1980), Valentino Pier

Wednesday, August 21
RiverFlicks for Grown-Ups: The Hunger Games (Gary Ross, 2012), Hudson River Park, Pier 63 Lawn

Outdoor Cinema: The Edge of Heaven (Fatih Akin, 2007), Socrates Sculpture Park

Front/Row Cinema: Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis, 1985), South Street Seaport, Front & Fulton Sts.

Thursday, August 22
Central Park Conservancy Film Festival: West Side Story (Robert Wise & Jerome Robbins, 1961), Sheep Meadow and the 72nd St. Cross Dr., DJ at 6:30, film at 8:00

Movies with a View: Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958), preceded by My Favorite Picture of You (Dan Lindsay & T. J. Martin), with music by DJ Geko Jones, Brooklyn Bridge Park

Friday, August 23
RiverFlicks for Kids: The Adventures of Tintin (Steven Spielberg, 2011), Hudson River Park, Pier 46

Central Park Conservancy Film Festival: Hook (Steven Spielberg, 1991), Sheep Meadow and the 72nd St. Cross Dr., DJ at 6:30, film at 8:00

Intrepid Summer Movie Series: The Karate Kid (John G. Avildsen, 1984), Pier 86

Saturday, August 24
Central Park Conservancy Film Festival: Silver Linings Playbook (David O. Russell, 2012), Sheep Meadow and the 72nd St. Cross Dr., DJ at 6:30, film at 8:00

Front/Row Cinema: Gigi (Vincente Minnelli, 1958), South Street Seaport, Front & Fulton Sts.

Sunday, August 25
Central Park Conservancy Film Festival: The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980), Sheep Meadow and the 72nd St. Cross Dr., DJ at 6:30, film at 8:00

Monday, August 26
Central Park Conservancy Film Festival: Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg, 1981), Sheep Meadow and the 72nd St. Cross Dr., DJ at 6:30, film at 8:00

SummerStage — This Is _ Hip-Hop: Thirtieth Anniversary Screening of Wild Style (Charlie Ahearn, 1983), live music by DJ D-Nice, East River Park

Tuesday, August 27
Red Hook Flicks — Red Hook Choice: Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead (Stephen Herek, 1991), Valentino Pier

Wednesday, August 28
Front/Row Cinema: The Aviator (Martin Scorsese, 2004), South Street Seaport, Front & Fulton Sts.

Thursday, August 29
Movies with a View: Public vote between Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Terry Gilliam, 1998), Good Will Hunting (Gus Van Sant, 1997), Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2003), and any rained-out films, Brooklyn Bridge Park

Saturday, August 31
Front/Row Cinema: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Steven Spielberg, 1977), South Street Seaport, Front & Fulton Sts.

Wednesday, September 4
Front/Row Cinema: Life of Pi (Ang Lee, 2012), South Street Seaport, Front & Fulton Sts.

Thursday, September 5
Films on the Green: Les Roseaux Sauvages (Wild Reeds) (André Téchiné, 1994), Columbia University Low Library steps

Saturday, September 7
Front/Row Cinema: Up (Bob Peterson & Pete Docter, 2009), South Street Seaport, Front & Fulton Sts.

TWI-NY TALK: PHIL HARTMAN OF TWO BOOTS

Phil Hartman and his son, Leon, will be celebrating the silver anniversary of Two Boots on August 23 in East River Park

TWO BOOTS 25th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT: AN EVENING OF FREE LIVE MUSIC, PERFORMANCE ART, POETRY, AERIALIST, AND FOOD
East River Park Amphitheater
FDR Drive between Grand & Jackson Sts.
Thursday, August 23, free, 5:00 – 9:00
www.twoboots.com
www.summerstage.org

Twenty-five years ago, New York native Phil Hartman and Doris Kornish opened Two Boots in the East Village, a pizzeria with a distinct Cajun flavor. In the ’90s they began expanding, adding a movie theater that screened alternative and foreign films while introducing pizzas named after fictional and real pop-culture figures. Today there are more than a dozen Two Boots restaurants, across Manhattan as well as in Brooklyn, New Jersey, Baltimore, and Los Angeles, selling specialty pies named for such favorite characters as Mr. Pink from Reservoir Dogs,, Andy Kaufman alter ego Tony Clifton, Newman from Seinfeld, Larry Tate from Bewitched, No. 6 from The Prisoner, Dr. John, Bella Abzug, Bette Midler, and Charlie Parker as well as the Village Vanguard. On August 23, Hartman and his son, Leon, who also works in the business, will host a free concert in East River Park in honor of Two Boots’ silver anniversary, featuring performances by Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars, Mamarazzi, Odetta Hartman, Himalayas, the Whiskeyhickon Boys, Lady Circus, and the Magic Beans; the event will also include poetry from the Nuyorican Poets Cafe (Caroline Rothstein, Mahogany Browne, and Marshall “Soulful” Jones ) and the City Lore/Bowery Poetry Club’s POEMmobile, live art and painting by Lizzy Grandsaert and Kat Carrot Flower, the Homespun Mini-Merry-Go-Round, and informational booths from the Lower Eastside Girls Club, the Lower East Side Ecology Center, and Time’s Up. The festivities will be emceed by actor Luis Guzmán, for whom the Luisaida pie is named after, and there will be free samples of the Newman and the Larry Tate. Phil discussed Two Boots, the revitalization of the Lower East Side, and more in our latest twi-ny talk.

twi-ny: What were the initial expectations when you opened your first pizza place twenty-five years ago?

Phil Hartman: Doris Kornish (my original partner) and I had two principal motivations: we badly needed funds to finish postproduction on our first film, No Picnic, which would go on to receive an award at Sundance in 1988, and we’ve always operated under this premise at our restaurants — don’t try to cater to an imaginary audience, just do something that we really love and hope that other people agree with us.

twi-ny: How did the idea for naming pies after famous fictional characters get started? Do you need to get permission to use the names? If so, has anyone ever turned you down?

Phil Hartman: The character names didn’t start until eight years in — beginning with Larry Tate, Mr. Pink, and Newman. I’ve always loved second bananas, oddballs, and the overlooked and underappreciated. And we’ve never been turned down — we just figure we’re honoring these characters and they would be proud of it.

twi-ny: What is your personal favorite slice?

Phil Hartman: The Bayou Beast (andouille, crawfish, jalapeños, mozzarella, and sauce), which combines the best of both worlds (Italy and Louisiana) is my fave — though as their parent, you know I love all the slices.

twi-ny: Is there a specific combination that you really wanted to work but it just couldn’t come out quite right?

Phil Hartman: My biggest disappointment is that we never really made our Pizza Piazza work — Mike, being one of our all-time idols (we’re enormous Mets fans); the pie was too soupy but will be resuscitated when he enters the Hall of Fame next year!

twi-ny: On August 23, you’ll be celebrating your twenty-fifth anniversary with a free concert in East River Park. How did the lineup come together?

Phil Hartman: We’ve always loved African pop music, and given that Fela Kuti is no longer with us, we had the chance to reach out to the Sierra Leone Refugee All-Stars and grabbed it. Mamarazzi is an amazing local Afro-funk band, with lots of our friends in it; Odetta, our daughter, just recorded her first album, and is bringing together her band and lots of special guests; Himalayas is an awesome Brooklyn marching band, which will rock the crowd, from within the crowd; Whiskeyhickon Boys are one of our house acts — gangsta folk at its best; plus Lady Circus from House of Yes, Nuyorican Poets Cafe all-star poets, live art by 4heads Art Collective, a mini-merry-go-round, and lots more.

twi-ny: When the first Two Boots opened back in 1987, the Lower East Side was a very different place. Since then, you’ve been at the center of the neighborhood’s transformation, adding such events as the Howl! Festival and leading an influx of new restaurants, music venues, and other institutions in addition to a revitalized Tompkins Square Park. How would you compare the Lower East Side of the 1970s and ’80s to the way it is now?

Phil Hartman: We’ve lost a lot of the color and complexity, but there still are a lot of great folks and great organizations carrying on the countercultural tradition here. It’s a lot less scary, which is good if you’re raising three kids here (like I have), but also a lot more tame (which is a shame!).

SIDI TOURÉ

Saturday, August 4, Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette St., $18, 9:30
Monday, August 6, SummerStage, Marcus Garvey Park, free, 7:00
www.myspace.com/siditoure

Amadou & Mariam might be the most well known Malian musicians around the world, but there’s another guitarist from that country who is also making a much-deserved name for himself, and both will be playing in New York City on August 4. The Blind Couple from Mali, who hail from Bamako, are headlining a free SummerStage show in the afternoon in Central Park, while Sidi Touré, an extraordinary guitarist from Gao, will be at Joe’s Pub at 9:30, followed by a free show Monday night in Marcus Garvey Park with Afro-Cuban specialists the Pedrito Martinez Group and South Africa’s Wouter Kellerman. On his full-length debut, 2011’s Sahel Folk, Touré recorded duets in his sister’s Gao home, but on his follow-up, Koïma (Thrill Jockey, April 2012), which means “Go hear,” Touré has opted for a fuller sound, heading into a Bamako studio with a quintet and coming out with ten pristine tunes built around traditional Songhaï music blended with Western folk and blues, featuring Touré and Oumar Konaté on guitar, Alex Baba on calabash, Charles-Eric Charrier on bass, and Zumana Téreta on sokou. Touré, who was born into a noble Malian lineage, is joined by female vocalist Leïla Gobi for sweet harmonies and beautiful conversational back-and-forths on such standout tracks as “Maïmouna,” “Woy tiladio (Beautiful Woman, Goddess of Water),” and “Ishi tanmaha (They No Longer Hope).” Although not related to his late fellow countryman Ali Farka Touré, Sidi Touré is well on his way to establishing himself as another Malian musician making his mark on the world music scene.