Vegetarian Picnic
 Date: Saturday, July 1st
Time: 1:00pm
Location: Cleopatra's Needle, Central Part (79th St behind Met. Museum)
Cost: 1 Vegetarian entree or side dish for 8 people
Summary: While many New Yorker's are getting their grills fired up and marinating their meats this weeks, other's are choosing a more faceless optioon. Join likemineded NYC vegetarians for their annual picnic in Central park today. Brind a tasty treat to share and, of course, whatever park acutrements you may need (frisbee, lawn chair, blanket, musical instruments, etc.)
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"The Annual NYC Vegetarians Picnic. The picnic location is in Central Park, near Cleopatra's Needle. Enter Central Park at the Northwest corner of West 79th Street and 5th Ave, walk straight into the park, pass through the tunnel and make a right turn. Please bring a vegetarian (preferably vegan and organic) entree or side dish for about 8 people. Past favorites include: pasta and vegetables, veggie wraps, mixed greens salad, veggie meat sandwiches, fruit salad, lentil salad, 3 bean salad, etc. Feel free to bring musical instruments, frisbees, beach balls, etc. Children are welcome. Note: NYC Vegetarians strongly encourage you to bring a ground cover or beach chair to sit on and your own re-usable utensils, cups, and plates."
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Body And Soul Reunion at P.S.1 Kick Off
 Date: Saturday, July 1st
Time: 3:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: P.S.1 MoMA (22-25 Jackson Ave at the intersection of 46th Ave in LIC)
Cost: $10
Summary: If you lived here prior to 2004 hopefully you remember and got to spend your Sunday afternoons at Vinyl (ok fine, Arc) for Body And Soul. It was filled with a fair amount of glittery shirtless boys, but also featured some of the best house music in this city and the best sweaty, out of control dancing around. So when we heard that P.S.1 was kicking off their summer Warm Up season this year with the 10 Year Body And Soul Reunion, FreeNYC was super excited! Check rest of the entry for the details...
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The DJs for the day are Danny Krivit, François K. and Joe Claussell! A couple things to keep in mind here, the first being that admission is in fact $10, but we think it's highly worth it! Now if you have ever been to P.S.1 you know the crowd is crazy and the line to get in usually goes 'round the block so we suggest you pre-order your tickets here. Also, remember that that the summer Warm Up series at P.S.1 goes every Saturday all summer long and takes place outside in their court yard, so it will be hot and sweaty, remember to bring sunblock and water! This party is going to go off!
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Worldy Beats At Summer Stage
 Date: Saturday, July 1st
Time: 3:00pm - 6:00pm
Location: Central Park SummerStage (Rumsey Playfield - Enter at 69th and 5th or at 72nd Street and Central Park West)
Cost: Free
Summary: Ahh Summerstage how I love you! You love to bring me great, free, outdoor music, and today is no exception. Kiscking it off will be Brooklyn's own, Antibalas, with African polyrhythm and world music funk. To be followed by Balkan Beat Box, the renowned "circus-like live show, which typically features gypsy costumes...the spectacle is a delirious blend of Israeli and Egyptian dance rhythms, klezmer and Balkan marching band music, and a punkish disregard for stylistic boundaries." And topping it off you got the breezy strut of Jamaican ska to the sophisticated cadences of Cuban son and mambo of Ska Cubano.
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First Saturday Graffiti Style
 Date: Saturday, July 1st
Time: 5:00pm - 11:00pm
Location: Brooklyn Museum (200 Eastern Parkway)
Cost: Free
Summary: I know we have really pounded the idea of the Brooklyn Museum's First Saturday into your heads, but here is a refresher course. Every first Saturday of the month admission is free in the afternoon (thanks to big name corporate sponsorship that shall remain nameless), and there are a slew of events for the whole fam. Today they celebrate the opening of Graffiti which explores this genre of art and expression through twenty large-scale graffiti paintings from such influential artists as Tracy 168, NOC 167, Lady Pink, Daze, and Crash. Other of the days events include screenings of Wild Style and Dave Chappelle's Block Party. Click here for the day's line up.
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Rebound Music Series Kickoff
 Date: Saturday, July 1st
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Water Taxi Beach, LIC (Click for Directions)
Cost: Free
Summary: This is by the summer series we are most excited about. Probably because there is really no info on it yet. Today is the first in a series of free outdoor events planned for the Water Taxi Beach, an outdoor spot in LIC complete with food, beers, and imported Jersey sand. It all takes place at the dock of the Water Taxi and is within walking distance from the fantastic PS1 party. Tonight kick off line-up is first rate with DJs Monk-One, Oneman, and E's E. More to come we hope!
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South Africa Comes to Celebrate Brooklyn
 Date: Saturday, July 1st
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Prospect Park Bandshell - map
Cost: Free ($3 suggested donation to keep the shows comin')
Summary: Today Celebrate Brooklyn is an "all-star tribute to two of South Africa's musical legends. The great Beninoise songbird Angelique Kidjo joins forces with Vusi Mahlasela and Zola (making his NY debut!) to perform their own songs along with selections of Fassi's and Makeba's work to celebrate South Africa's rich contribution to the modern African sound."
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Sound Advice
 Date: Saturday, July 1st
Time: 10:00pm - 4:00am
Location: Supreme Trading (213 N 8th St, Williamsburg)
Cost: Free
Summary: Sound Advice is the hands down best feel good booty shaking get drunk and make out with a Williamsburg hottie party there is out there. K. Ross and Elsewhere bring the funk, the hip hop, the reggae, and any sort of other groove that makes you feel good to the floor. Come out, find the FreeNYC crew and say what's up.
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Declaration of International Hip Hop
 Date: Saturday, July 1st
Time: 10:00pm
Location: The Madison Loft (145 Madison)
Cost: Free with RSVP
Summary: On this weekend of beer, bbq, firing explosives into the sky and celebrating our independence, why not also celebrate intrnations hop hop. Tonight check out live performances by L.I.F.E. Long, Extraordinary Rhythm Poet Extravaganza, Kev Hutch, Sav Skillz, SARASHINA, Mr. Metaphor & Yushi, and Poetics, plus DJs Tito Roc and DHL. Live art and videos to keep things moving.
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FatCop XXL Launch Party
 Date: Saturday, July 1st
Time: 10:00pm - 4:00am
Location: Galapagos (70 N. 6th St @ Wythe, Williamsburg)
Cost: Free with RSVP
Open Bar: Brooklyn Beer, 10:30 - 11:30
Summary: Legions of hip-hop hipsters (think 1134, Mass Appeal, NYFC, & more) combine to celebrate the launch of clothing line Fatcop XXL's new website (which has not launched yet). Team Facelift take their laid back rhyme styles out of the houseparty and on to the big stage (hurray) along side Fetti G & Scrap Daddy (who?) and DJ support.
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City Sol '06
 Date: Sunday, July 2nd
Time: 12:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Stuyvesant Cove Park (E 23rd Street and The East River)
Cost: Free
Summary: "CitySol, a summer music and market series on Manhattan's East River waterfront is powered by the belief that bringing environmentalism to New York means first putting more New York into the environmental movement... Each free all-day event includes: renewable energy-powered live music featuring emerging NYC acts, interactive exhibits showcasing key innovations, practices and policies for New York's sustainable future, and a green lifestyle marketplace offering apparel, electronics, household goods, media and much more." The festival happens 3 Sundays throughout the summer, has some great music behind it and boasts Free Brooklyn Brew all day long! Check after the jump for full line up and details.
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Today's Music Line Up:
Aa(Big A Little a) - 6:30pm
Bennchoumy - 1:30pm
Dame Darcy - 1:00pm
Japanther - 7:30pm
The Occasion - 5:30pm
Parts & Labor - 3:15pm
Tomorrow's Friend - 4:30pm
The Wowz - 2:15pm
*All set times subject to change.
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A Taste Of Indepence Day Weekend
 Date: Sunday, July 2nd
Time: 1:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Brooklyn Diner (205 Kent)
Cost: Free with RSVP
Open Bar: Brooklyn Brew 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Summary: In case you're new, I love to play outside, and even more, I love to dance outside. The new party, A Taste of Summer, makes this possible every other Sunday all summer long. Today's line up is stellar with DB, Jason Jinx, and LoveSoundProject.
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Giant Step Comes to Summer Stage
 Date: Sunday, July 2nd
Time: 3:00pm - 6:00pm
Location: Central Park SummerStage (Rumsey Playfield - Enter at 69th and 5th or at 72nd Street and Central Park West)
Cost: Free
Summary: You may have first been introduced to Seu Jorge in the film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, where he played a guitar-totting, David Bowie playing sailor who only sung in Portuguese. But today the Brazilain musician will be showing us his full range as Giant Step brings its crew to Summerstage. Also on stage today will be Jose Gonzalez, Alex Cuba Band, and (because he is playing everywhere this week) DJ Cut Chemist!
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Splice
 Date: Sunday, July 2nd
Time: 9:00pm
Location: Solas (232 E 9th St. bet. 2nd and 3rd)
Cost: Free
Summary: Bring your open ears to Splice tonight for a night of new music. Maxx Klaxon is back on the scene bring "his ice-cold synths, street-hot beats, and paranoid style" to the stage alongside special guest vocalist/bassist Marlene Mars. He amazed us a few months back at Pianos and I can't wait to see what he's upto now. Also in the mix is DJ UltraV on the tables.
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ASSSSCAT 3000
 Date: Every Sunday
Time: 9:30pm
Location: Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (307 W. 26th St. @ 8th Ave.)
Cost: Free
Summary: Definitely some of the most fun you can have with your friends without going to a club or bar. Asssscat improv has been going on for years and every time I've been it's always been hillarious (yes, hillarious). It's hosted by Amy Poehler and always features a who's who of comedy writers from The Daily Show, Conan, SNL and tons of others and they're all surprisingly good improv performers. Celebrities (actual cool ones) frequently drop by to hone their skills. Tickets are distributed at 8:15, but definitely get there earlier. It really is a lot of fun AND they serve beer!
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Sitelines: Mary Stuart by Fredrich Schiller
 Date: Monday, July 3rd
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Castle Clinton, Battery Park (directions)
Cost: Free
Summary: As part of the Sitelines series - a series of theatre performances in public spaces - The New York Classical Theatre will perform Mary Stewart. "Staged in historic Castle Clinton and the majestic surrounding gardens, Mary Queen of Scots awaits her execution by Elizabeth I. Both descendents of the famous Henry VIII, these cousins never exchanged more than letters in real life, but Schiller helps us imagine a confrontation between two of Europe's mightiest female monarchs while overlooking the Statue of Liberty!"
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HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival
 Date: Monday, July 3rd
Time: Lawn opens for blankets at 5:00pm, film begins at dusk (8:00pm - 9:00pm)
Location: Bryant Park (East 40th and Fifth Avenue)
Cost: Free
Summary: HBO and Citi team up to bring you a another Summer of classic films. M*A*S*H is this week's offering. This movie spawned the TV series and is definitely one of the highlights of the series. Considered Counter Culture for the time this movie proves that Doctors plus the Korean War can equal hijinks.
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Metropol
 Date: Mondays
Time: 10:00pm
Location: Rififi (332 11th St. between 1st and 2ns)
Cost: Free (one drink minimum)
Summary: Each Monday, Metrolpol brings classic horror films to a small lower east side bar for your public freak-out enjoyment. Films are at 10 and the DJs spin rock and metal afterwards. $3 PBR all night. Tonight's Film, Uncle Sam... I Want you Dead.
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Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Contest
 Date: Tuesday, July 4th
Time: 11:00am
Venue: Nathan's Famous (Surf and Stillwell Ave, Coney Island)
Cost: Free
Summary: The world’s greatest eaters will compete at the historic Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest in Coney Island. Japanese eating phenom Takeru Kobayashi of Japan will defend his title and record (53 ½ hot dogs and buns in 12 minutes) against 20 other competitors from Germany, New Zealand, Japan, England and the United States.
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DUMBO Block Party
 Date: Tuesday, July 4th
Time: 2:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Pearl Street between Front and Water Streets, DUMBO
Cost: Free
Summary: Today Halcyon helps you celebrate the fourth with the Dumbo Block Party. There will be pony rides, face painting and arts and crafts for the kids. And of course what block party would be complete without tasty meat on the grill. Charles Webster, Brennen Green and DB will provide the soundtrack for the day. Festivities finish off just before your fireworks begin.
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July 4th Fireworks
 Date: Tuesday, July 4th
Time: 9:00pm
Location: Various Throughout NYC
Cost: Free
Summary: Its long standing FreeNYC tradition to spend July 4th surrounded in beer cans and BBQ down at the Jersey shore. This year however we're keeping the boozing local in order to get a glimpse of the infamous Macy's Independence Day fireworks. They are set off from the East River between 23rd and 42nd Streets, the Statue of Liberty, and the South Street Seaport. While the Statue of Liberty display is best seen from the West side, The East River and Seaport displays can be seen along the East Side and in BK where ever you can get a piece of unobstructed sky.
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1900s 4th of July Party
 Date: Tuesday, July 4th
Time: 11:00pm - 4:00am
Location: Brooklyn Diner (206 Kent Ave. @ N. 3rd, W'burg)
Cost: $5
Open Bar: Brooklyn Brewery 11-Midnight
Summary: Okay, so this isn't exactly free, but for five measly bucks there's free beer and they're giving away tons of free swag, like CDs, Scum Life Ts and Akademiks gear. It's also one of the coolest outdoor spots in W'burg and they'll have fireworks until 4am. My dude DJ King Fish also throws out some amazing sets, so it'll be great. It's where I'll be. And if you can scam your way into the building next door earlier in the evening, you'll also have one of the best views of NY fireworks this side of Manhattan (also where I'll be!).
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Summer in the Square
 Date: Wednesdays Through August 16th
Time: 12:30pm - 8:00pm
Location: Union Square (Broadway between 14th and 17th)
Cost: Free
Summary: "Every Wednesday from June 28 to August 16, Summer in the Square, a free weekly performance series hosted by the Union Square Partnership, will draw hundreds of people to Union Square Park’s center lawn for live dance, music, and theatrical performances. With funky jazz bands, classical ballet, innovative theater, yoga, and more, Summer in the Square has something for everyone! Best of all, every performance is free!" Click below for the Schedule
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12:30 p.m. GINA GIBNEY DANCE
This nationally acclaimed modern dance ensemble honors the strength and beauty of the female form. “Gina Gibney's dances are polished to a tantalizing sheen like semiprecious stones,” says the Washington Post.
6:00 p.m. HARAMBEE DANCE CO.
This troupe weaves African and Modern dance styles, live music and colorful costumes all into one unforgettable presentation.
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Sunset Yoga
 Date: Wednesday, July 5th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park, DUMBO
Summary: Enjoy an evening of Sunset Yoga on the water in the park. The free classes will begin shortly before dusk with instructors from DUMBO's Noodle Yoga and will feature the inspiring New York City Harbor sunset.
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Freegan Meeting and Trash Tour
 Date: Wednesday, July 5th
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Herald Square Park (34th bet. Broad and 6th)
Cost: Free
Summary: When I was in college, my roommates and I lived off discarded food for weeks. It was fine as long as it was bagels or muffins but then someone brought home sushi at that was just too far. Join the Freegans, an organization of people "who employ alternative strategies for living based on limited participation in the conventional economy and minimal consumption of resources" this evening to discuss upcoming organizationg plans. The meeting will be followed by a visit to nearby shops and dumpters to collect perfectly edible discarded food.
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"Our biweekly organizational meeting to plan events and deal with our website, upcoming events and more. After, we will visit nearby groceries and other shops for a dumpster tour. The meeting is NOT open to media, but media may attend the tour.
When & Where?
Meet at 7:30pm at Herald Square Park on 34th St. between Broadway & 6th Ave. To just come for the trash tour, meet us at 9:30 pm in front of the grocery on the west side of 3rd Ave. between 38th & 39th Sts."
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Mean Girls
 Date: Wednesday, July 5th
Time: Sundown (about 8:30ish)
Location: Hudson River Park, Pier 54 (just below 14th Street - map)
Cost: Free
Summary: River Flicks is an outdoor summer movie series along the Hudson. Every Wednesday night they bust out a new movie by the waterside and screen it as the sun goes down. Each summer they pick a theme, and this year it's all about bein' a big fat meany. Tonight's film is Mean Girls, the story of how Lindsay Lohan deals with high school drama by joining the mean girl posse. And if watching Ms. Lohan run around in a gaggle of girls doesn't do it for you, maybe the free popcron will.
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Peaches Listening Party
 Date: Wednesday, July 5th
Time: 9:00pm
Location: HiFi (169 Avenue A)
Cost: Free
Summary: First Taste, the weekly throw down for new and unreleased rock, is having a special listening party for the new Peaches album tonight. Come by early and hear the entire album... stay late for new sounds from your favorites. $3 Brooklyn Beers all night
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Songwriter Showcase
 Date: Wednesdays
Time: 9:00pm
Location: Laila Lounge (113 North 7th St, Williamsburg)
Cost: Free
Summary: Catch your favorite singer-songwriters in an itimate setting each week as Jezebel Music showcase some of the best local rock talent at this small Williamsburg Spot. Tonight's showcase features Andrew Hoepner (The Creaky Boards), Tom Sean (The Black Spoons), Len Monachello (All Night Chemists) and Brandon Wilde (Black Bunny). There's even a live audition from 7:30-9 for aspiring musicians.
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9:00: Andrew Hoepner
(of The Creaky Boards)
9:40: Tom Sean
(of The Black Spoons)
10:20: Len Monachello
(of All Night Chemists)
11:00: Brandon Wilde
(of Black Bunny)
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The Rakes afterparty
 Date: Wednesday, July 5th
Time: 10:00pm
Location: Sapphire Lounge (249 Eldridge St bet Houston and Stanton)
Cost: Free
Open Bar: Vodka, 11:00pm - midnight)
Summary: Calling all Kids, our favorite midweek rock party, is hosting a very special after-show event for The Rakes. There will be DJ sets by The Rakes and Every Move a Picture. If you've been sleeping on this party then tonight is a great time to go.
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Pure Fire w/ CX Kidtronik & Ysle
 Date: Wednesday, June 5th
Time: 10:00pm
Location: Subtonic @ Tonic (117 Norfolk St.)
Cost: Free
Summary: A Weekly Night of Esoteric Urban Noise. DJs Criterion, Peter Gunn and Reaganomics Spin grime, breakcore, reggaeton, rap, crunk, dancehall, punk and everything in between. Tonight's extra special Pure Fire features a DJ set from FreeNYC favorite CX Kidtronik (check in out at our Galapagos party this Saturday) and a live set from blip hopper Ysle.
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DJ CX Kidtronik (Sound-ink Records, NYC)
Getting muddy in the early south, CX was a prophet to that dirty and bassy booty noise that the continent of hotlanta was primed to erupt. Working with the K.I.N. alongside Saul Williams and the Further 3 M.C.s, he spanned the first storming of crunk and rode the fallout into the grime and soot of plugged-inBrooklyn. Here he has concocted a crooklyn take on crunk, producing the bootleg fantasyies "Electric Boogie Laser Battle Scratch Party Death Mix" and "ILLER", as well as working the decks with Anti-Pop Consortium and then Airborn Audio. When all the dust on the dirty south has settled, CX is getting onefor the road. Moving like a frantic planet, he will set two records into wobbly, dynamic tandem. CX is one of the inheritors of the maps of Sun Ra, the paths of Parliament, and heir to the NY subway system rattle and shake. He is a culprit who must be caught.
Ysle (Ysle.net, NYC)
Ysle is electronic music from Todd Krupa and Mathew Schmitz. An aural compound of fresh styles, they traverse the worlds of blip hop, dub, modern composition, ambient, and breakcore to arrive at their locus in today's music. With a performance based approach, centered around self-designed digital instruments and dynamic real time composition, their tracks constantly mutate in communication with audience and environment.
+++ Special Guest DJselector POINTBLANK (Runriot Records, PDX)
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Fly Movement Summer Showcase
 Date: Thursday, July 6th
Time: 5:30pm (see below)
Location: Tisch, NYU (721 Broadway)
Cost: Free with RSVP (bring ID)
Summary: The Fly Movement media collective presents three short works tonight by up-and-coming film makers including the world premier of Terence Nance's How Would you Feel? Other films include Mike Brown's Riot in the Dark and Ivan Shirley's Friday in February. There are 2 showings - 5:30 and 7:30 - with an after party at Horus (510 LaGuardia bet. Bleeker and Houston) at 9:30 with an open bar from 10-11. Full info and trailer on the site.
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Movies with A View - The Wizard of Oz
 Date: Thursday, July 6th
Time: 6:00pm (films at sundown)
Location: Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park, DUMBO
Summary: Movies with a View, DUMBO's weekly evening film festival, kicks off tonight with The Wizard of Oz. "Follow the yellow brick road to the City's most dramatic outdoor film venue." Halcyon DJs provide music before the film and there is free valet bike parking. Snack available.
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The full schedule is:
July 6 – The Wizard of Oz
July 13 – Easy Rider
July 20 – Strangers on a Train
July 27 – Pee Wee’s Big Adventure
Aug. 3 – The Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert
Aug. 10 – Bonnie and Clyde
Aug. 17 – Raiders of the Lost Ark
Aug. 24 – The Warriors
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Crotona Park Jams
 Date: Thursday, July 6th
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Crotona Park (Charlotte St & Crotona Park East, Bronx)
Cost: Free
Summary: "The Crotona Park Jams are the closest you are going to get today to an authentic Bronx park jam from the 70s! Hip Hop enthusiasts and practitioners worldwide are marking their calendars to witness a phenomenon that those who weren't there at Hip Hop's emergence, could only dream of!" Tonight's line-up: Popmaster Fabel, Grandmaster Caz, & DJ Cash Money
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JULY 6: DJ sets by POPMASTER FABEL, GRANDMASTER CAZ and D.J. CASH MONEY.
JULY 13: DJ sets by LORD FINESSE, THE ORIGINAL JAZZY JAY and MIX MASTER ICE. Special guest emcee: DONALD D!
JULY 20: DJ STEVE DEE, IMPERIAL JAYCEE and ROCKIN ROB. Special guests: T-SKI VALLEY & DJ PRINCE!
JULY 27: DJ CHARLIE CHASE, KOOL DJ RED ALERT and GRANDWIZZARD THEODORE. Special guest DJ set by MEAN GENE!
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Celebrity Opening
 Date: July 6th (through August 14th)
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Sixtyseven Gallery (547 West 27th St. #309)
Cost: Free
Summary: Sixtyseven keeps the summer art shows rolling with this group show featuring Scott Hug, Jillian Mcdonald, Dawn Mellor, Rob Pruitt, Tom Sanford, and Federico Solmi. We can only assume that Celebrity features works focused around those prettier then you.
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Sixtyseven is pleased to announce the opening of CELEBRITY.
Starring: Paris Hilton, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Barbara Streisand,
Martha Stewart, Tupac Shakur, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt,
Jennifer Aniston, Julia Roberts, Johnny Depp, Keanu Reeves,
and many more... With work by: Scott Hug, Jillian Mcdonald, Dawn Mellor, Rob Pruitt, Tom Sanford, and Federico Solmi.
CELEBRITY opens on July 6TH and will run through August 12th. Gallery
summer hours are Tuesday through Friday, from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm. For
further information please contact Claire Lemetais or Ron Segev at
212.967.2260.
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After the Reality Opening
 Date: Thursday, July 6th (through August 12th)
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Deitch Gallery (76 Grand Street)
Cost: Free
Summary: Hiromi Yoshii currates the latest exhibit at superstar Deitch gallery. While unfamiliar with these works, Deitch shows are always great and the openings are always a great time. After the Reality features new work by Yoshitaka Azuma, Enlightenment, Koichi Enomoto, Taro Izumi, Soichiro Matsubara and Aya Ohki.
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Tara McPherson at Kid Robot
 Date: Thursday, July 6th (through August 15th)
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Kid Robot (126 Prince Street)
Cost: Free
Summary: Tara says... "I will be having a solo show this Thursday July 6th at Kidrobot NY from 6-8 pm. I will have my new "War Wound" Qee toy, the new "Vampire Ninja" Mini Punk toy, a painted 20" Dunny, a couple painted Munny's, some comic cover paintings, drawings, posters, art prints, stationery sets, stickers, buttons, and some other stuff for sale. Feel free to bring stuff down for me to sign too. I'll have the sharpie in hand for doing doodles and things. Also the event is being sponsored by the awesome Dogfish Head Brewery, so get ready for some yummy frosty beverages to cool off with!"
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TOSFTPOA&AT
 Date: Thursday, July 6th
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Telephone Bar (149 2nd Ave at 9th St)
Cost: Free with RSVP
Open Bar: Stoli Bluberi, 7pm 'til it runs out
Summary: The Onion Society For The Preservation Of Alcohol & Alcoholic Traditions gets together once again tonight to take comfort in the warm burning sensation that its alcohol sliding down your throat. Tonight they do it up with free Stoli Blueberi drinks. Your guess is as good as mine as to what you mix blueberry vodka with but I can just here the Smurf jokes now.
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They Say These Mountains Grow Opening
 Date: Thursday, July 6th (through July 23rd)
Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: Riviera (103 Metropolitan Ave, Williamsburg)
Cost: Free
Summary: "I was kidnapped for 5 days. Shot 39 rolls of film. Call me, Greg." This line showed up in my email box a few weeks ago and I could not think of a more enticing way to get me to see They Say These Mountains Grow, the new photo exhibit on view at Riviera. "In October 2005, Greg Wilson approached us about an exhibition of his photographs. He was going to California to document youth culture in a small town in the Mojave Desert. A day after he was scheduled to return to New York, we found a note at the gallery. It read..."
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In October 2005, Greg Wilson approached us about an exhibition of his
photographs. He was going to California to document youth culture in a
small town in the Mojave Desert. A day after he was scheduled to
return to New York, we found a note at the gallery. It read "I was
kidnapped for 5 days. Shot 39 rolls of film. Call me, Greg"
He recounted his story stream of conscience style into a microphone a
few days later. The transcript is a tense and terrifying account of
hitching a ride with the wrong people. He had two cameras with him
and, innocently enough, asked if they wouldn't mind if he took some
pictures.
Together, the story and the photographs are a frightening and
fascinating document of a simple trip gone wrong, from which Greg
Wilson was lucky to escape.
from the transcript:
"Jack was a master thief. He paid for a candy bar and we walked out.
The pockets in those big shorts of his were deeper that I thought, I
was shocked to see how many things he pulled from them. Loads of
candy, a 1 liter bottle of soda, and an entire outfit for Christy. It
didn't fit her properly, she threw a fit and made Jack go back into
the store and steal her another one. He was back in less than 10
minutes with a pair of white stretch pants, a tacky pink blouse and a
pair of thong underwear."
RIVIERA PRESENTS "THEY SAY THESE MOUNTAINS GROW"
Photographs and essay by Gregory J Wilson
Thursday July 6 - Sunday July 23rd
Opening reception Thursday, July 6th 7 - 10 pm
Hours: Saturday and Sunday 12-6pm
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Mates of State
 Date: Thursday, July 6th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Castle Clinton, Batter Park (directions)
Cost: Free with Ticket*
Summary: After tearing up Siren Fest last year, Mates of State are out of the studio with a brand new album. Tonight they bring their left coast blend of bass heavy organs and vocal harmonies to Battery Park City.
* "Tickets will be distributed, two per person, outside Castle Clinton on a first-come, first-served basis starting at 5pm on the day of the show."
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BMI Jazz Composers Workshop
 Date: Thursday, July 6th
Time: 8:00pm (7:30 doors)
Location: Merkin Concert Hall, Abraham Goodman House (129 West 67th St)
Cost: Free
Summary: "The highly lauded BMI Jazz Composers Workshop, now in its second decade, will highlight the best of new jazz compositions created during the last year at its 18th Annual Summer Showcase Concert. The concert will feature the BMI/New York Jazz Orchestra - a 16-piece modern repertory ensemble made up of leading Workshop members."
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The BMI Jazz Composers Workshop is led by internationally renowned composers Jim McNeely and Michael Abene, and offers a unique collaborative environment for professional jazz musicians with an emphasis on composition for the large jazz (big band) ensemble. The Workshop - a well-known forum for creative excellence - provides an environment where composers are free to explore new avenues in the creative process, while at the same time honing their skills. McNeely has performed with and written for Chet Baker, Stan Getz, Joe Henderson and the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, among others, and is a six-time Grammy Award nominee. Abene is the Dean of the Manhattan School of Music, and has composed and arranged for Dizzy Gillespie, Buddy Rich, Chick Corea and others; he is also a well-known record producer.
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Glamour Monsters Party
 Date: Thursday, July 6th
Time: 9:00pm - late
Location: Niagara (112 Ave A @ 7th St.)
Cost: Free
Summary: This little art party is part of The Antagonist Movement's ongoing weekly soiree, filled with art, live music and DJs. Come down this Thurs. and buy your very own plushy Glamour Monster.
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Sound Advice at Studio 323
 Date: Thursday, July 6th
Time: 10:00pm
Location: Soho 323 (323 West Broadway bet. Canal and Grand)
Cost: Free
Summary: Our friends the Sound Advice crew are guest DJing the Studio 323 weekly party so if you're looking for good time music to dance to tonight then this is the spot. $6 PBR & Jack or Tecate & tequila specials all night
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Neat Neat Neat
 Date: Thursday, July 6th
Time: 10:00pm
Location: Manitoba's, 99 Avenue B (bet. 6th & 7th)
Cost: Free
Summary: The Neat Neat Neat party brings you some raucous rock and roll all night. $3 PBRs.
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Tomorrow: Post-Dependence Day - Next Level Hip Hop!
 As I am sitting down to write the weekend email, I wanted to take a second to talk about our party tomorrow beyond the usual big-up hype that we usually spill into 100 words or less. Over here at FreeNYC, we're pretty much always on the hunt for new music. It's probably because I go through about 10 hours of music a day in the studio. Some day I burn and churn through sh!t pretty quickly (more on that next week). So about 2 months ago, Zack Shadetek approached me with the idea for this "Post-Depenence Day" show. Zack's been on the front of all things breakbeat in NYC for a while now as part of Team Shadetek and resident at the old Bangers and Mash monthly party (really, the first party to break grime in the city a few years back). I was lost at first...
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...not really familiar with the artists (which made me excited) and not sure if people would "get it" (which made me nervous). A few hours of beat digging, mySpacing, and Googling later (and one killer Bigg Jus track on myspace) and I was sold. This really was a group of artists who were picking up where avant hip hop left off (or took a left hand turn into miami bass and baltimore club anthems). The lyrics were on point, political, concious. The beats were hard hitting, spacey, and dancable all at the same time.
FreeNYC Events have - for the most part - always been about filling a gap in nightlife. Whether it was a bubbling sound movement not being represented, a vibe from our past that we missed, or just the lack of a real good party at a real good price, I've always tried to come at things with a purpose. Saturday our purpose is to usher in the next wave of hip-hop artists and prove to all the haters that hip hop is not dead, it just turned left while you were looking right. Big thanks to all the artists that are making this event possible, the crew over at Galapagos for putting up with my a$$ once again and everyone who helped promote the event. Oh, and as a thank you to everyone who read this huge rant, we're going to give away free comps to the first 10 people who email us. For the rest of you, its $5 buck but damn worth it! Full info here.
Date: Saturday, July 8th
Time: 10:00pm
Location: Galapagos Art Space (70 N6th St at Wythe, Williamsburg)
Cost: $5
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Freegan Feast
Date: Friday, July 7th
Time: 5:30pm
Location: RSVP for info
Cost: Free with RSVP (limited space)
Summary: Join the Freegans, an organization of people "who employ alternative strategies for living based on limited participation in the conventional economy and minimal consumption of resources," this evening "to help cook and eat a delicious meal made entirely of high quality foods recovered in good condition from the discards of wasteful food retailers." RSVP for location.
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Passport Friday Kickoff
 Date: Friday, July 7th
Time: 6:30pm - 10:00pm
Location: Queens Museum of Art (click for map)
Cost: Free
Summary: Tonight is the kickoff of Passport Fridays, an international outdoor series featuring live music, film screenings, and performing arts, at the Queens Muesum of Art. Each week through July and August will feature a different worldy theme with tonight's being a celebration of all things Mexican. Check the site for more info on the series.
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White Magic and Juana Molina with Mike Wexler at the Seaport
 Date: Friday, July 7th
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Pier 17 (Fulton St. and Water St.)
Cost: Free
Summary: The Seaport Music Festival continues this week with Brooklyn's dark-folk trio White Magic (pictured), Argentine singer-songwriter Juana Molina, and the guitar stylings of Mike Wexler.
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Celebrate Reggae With Celebrate Brooklyn
 Date: Friday, July 7th
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Prospect Park Bandshell - map
Cost: Free ($3 suggested donation to keep the shows comin')
Summary: A little Lindsay 101 for you, I love reggae. And well it's pretty hard to love reggae and not love Barrington Levy. Tonight Celebrate Brooklyn welcomes Mr. Levy to their stage accompanied by Patrick Junior for a lil taste of BK's own sound.
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Noche Flamenco at Summerstage
 Date: Friday, July 07
Time: 8:00pm to 10:30pm
Location: Central Park SummerStage (Rumsey Playfield - Enter at 69th and 5th or at 72nd Street and Central Park West)
Cost: Free
Summary: This is the 21st year of Central Park's Summerstage "bringing a wide range of music, dance, film and spoken word, by renowned and emerging artists" to the park. If your new to the city you should plan on spending a lot of time here. Tonight they welcome the reverend traditions of flamenco and tap-dance but invigorated with new life. Performing tonight are Noche Flamenca and Roxanne Butterfly's Worldbeats.
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Wallace & Gromit
 Date: Friday, July 7th
Time: Sundown (about 8:30ish)
Location: Hudson River Park, Pier 46 (just north of Christopher Street - map)
Cost: Free
Summary: River Flicks is an outdoor summer movie series along the Hudson. Every Friday night they bring out the family friendly movies for the kids along the water's edge. Each summer they pick a theme, and this year it's all about big adventures. Tonight snack on your free popcorn, pull up a chair and watch Wallace & Gromit - Curse of the Were-Rabbit.
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The Psychasthenia Society
 Date: Friday, July 10th
Time: 10:00pm
Location: Collective: Unconscious (279 Chuch St.)
Cost: $5
Summary: "The Psychasthenia Society is back again to lather you up with sardonic wit, tantalizing visuals, and infectious sounds. Once again at Collective:Unconscious, this month's featured guest musician is Jun Jensen. You won't want to miss it- Jun is quite simply one of the most talented cellists I have ever seen... and now he has evolved from his classical background to playing electric cello with laptop & midi controllers, infusing classical, drum and bass, and other broken structures into his own unique sound. We'll each do a set, then Jun and I will join forces for a live jam for the 3rd set... seriously- don't miss it." [guest written by Mad EP]
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Smashed! Blocked!
Date: Friday, July 7th
Time: 11:00pm
Location: Beauty Bar (231 East 14th Street bet. 2nd and 3rd)
Cost: Free
Summary: The Smashed! Blocked! monthly party is back at it again tonight with their unique blend of go go dancers, soul, garage, freakbeat, and psych music. This party gets packed and goes late.
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Drop The Lime Drops By Dirty Down
 Date: Friday, July 7th
Time: 11:00pm
Location: Lit (93 2nd Ave)
Cost: Free
Summary: It's good to have Drop The Lime Back in town and ready to party with the Cut Boys. Tonight Dirty Down brings you DTL, The Captain, Star Eyes, and Girltalk Live! Plus I hear that they will be shooting a new video for DTL tonight, so the drunken ruckus could land your face on tape!
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FreeNYC Presents: Post-Dependence Day
Date: Saturday, July 8th
Time: 10:00pm
Location: Galapagos Art Space (70 N6th St at Wythe, Williamsburg)
Cost: $5
The FreeNYC crew is back at Galapagos once again to tear up the front room with Post-Dependence Day, an all out blast of live hip-hop, grime, ghetto tech, miami bass, and more. The insane lineup is fronted by Big Dada recording artists Bigg Jus (ex-Company Flow) and Orko Elohiem (NMS) dropping political flows over "dilapidated sci-fi beats." They are joined by a "who's who" of the hip hop underground including High Priest (Ninja Tune), Despot (Def Jux) and Zesto (Stolen Music Imprint) live on stage. CX Kidtronik and Zack Shadetek hold it down on the tables all night! Drink Specials to be announced.
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Main Squeeze Accordion Festival
 Date: Saturday, July 8th
Time: 2:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Riverside Park South (Pier 1 at 70th St)
Cost: Free
Summary: While not a big fan of accordion music myself, aparently enough people are to warrent an entire festival today. Join Main Squeeze, the Balkan Brothers, Proyeccion Norteña, and Guy Klucevesk for a day of accordion fun. Bring your own squeeze box for the 8:30 "jam session" [via flavorpill]
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Festivus
 Date: Saturday, July 8th
Time: 2:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Great Hill, Central Park (enter at 10 and Central Park WEst)
Cost: Free
Summary: EMU, an organization commited to publically promoting electronic music as an art form, brings their 4th annual Festivus to Central Park today. Popping on my radar is on "Ol' School House Set" from Breakbeat Science founder and ex-Nasa member DB. Also notable are sets from NYC's masters of Progressive, John Creamer & Stephane K, and a live drumming performance at 2:30 by the Taiko Drumming Group. "Come Early for the Festivus Games..." whatever that means.
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Hakim, The Lion of Egypt, at Summerstage
 Date: Saturday, July 8th
Time: 3:00pm - 6:00pm
Location: Central Park SummerStage (Rumsey Playfield - Enter at 69th and 5th or at 72nd Street and Central Park West)
Cost: Free
Summary: Known to the world as "The Lion of Egypt," Hakim brings his guitar and synthesizer infused version of sha'bi, the homegrown music of Egypt’s working class, to Summerstage this afternoon. "Hakim has gradually blended Western pop influences into his sound, collaborating with James Brown, Stevie Wonder, and Britain’s TransGlobal Underground." The result is something akin to equal parts Basement Bhangra, Shakira background beat, and LES hookah bar. Listen Here.
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Rebound
Date: Saturday, July 8th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Water Taxi Beach, LIC (Click for Directions)
Cost: Free
Summary: The Rebound party series continues tonight at the Water Taxi Beach, an outdoor spot in LIC complete with food, beers, and imported Jersey sand. Tonight's line-up features DJ sets from Nickodemus & Mariano (Turntables on the Hudson) as well as Probus and Justin Carter.
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Celebrate Brooklyn with Toshi Reagon & BIGLovely
 Date: Saturday, July 8th
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Prospect Park Bandshell - map
Cost: Free ($3 suggested donation)
Summary: Brooklyn celebrates today with Toshi Reagon (that's her in the picture). Originally hailing from Atlanta (also my hometown... woop woop!), she now calls Brooklyn home. Her R&B singer-songwriter talents have toured with acts like Ani Difranco and Lenny Kravitz and she even performed with some dude named Elvis Costello with her band BIGLovely after he saw them in concert and requested they back him on a Letterman appearance. They'll be performing with special guest Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon (aka her mom), founder of the Grammy Award winning a cappella group Sweet Honey in the Rock.
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Global Family Day at Summerstage
 Date: Sunday, July 9th
Time: 1:30pm - 4:00pm
Location: Central Park SummerStage (Rumsey Playfield - Enter at 69th and 5th or at 72nd Street and Central Park West)
Cost: Free
Summary: "Global Family Day is marked this year by an extraordinary performance from the Chinese Golden Dragon Acrobats. Hailing from Cangzhou, China, this troupe has been astonishing audiences for years with feats of strength, grace and agility. Chinese acrobatics is an ancient art that combines story-telling, martial arts, comedy, drama and sheer bravado." Also on the bill is the Dirty Sock Funtime Band who combine retro-hipster cool with kid-style madness [to] crazy—ska and rock 'n roll songs about dinosaurs and dancing." Baby Loves Disco DJ this family friendly event with 70's and 80's classics.
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LES Farmers Market
 Date: Sundays
Time: 10:00am - 5:00pm
Location: Orchard Street bet. Delancey and Broome
Cost: Free to attend
Summary: The new weekly Lower East Side farmers market kicks off today and continues every Sunday. Now all you LES hipsters don't have to go to Union Square to get your fresh veggies... mmmmmm....
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Adidas World Cup Block Party
 Date: Sunday, July 9th
Time: 12:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Spring Street bet. Elizabeth and Bowery
Cost: Free
Summary: Despite my lack of online enthusiasm, I've been following the World Cup pretty closely (my half French and half Italian heritage doesn't hurt either!) and I've definitely been on the look out for a great place to watch the final match. Thankfully, Melody Nelson of Calling all Kids fame drop this little tidbit... This Sunday, Adidas will command Spring St. by broadcasting the World Cup final off the back of a large mobile screen truck. They party goes until 8pm with an afterparty to be announced. Participating sponsors are a who's who list of the LES finest including Lombardi's pizza (my favorite NYC pizza with fresh tomatos and calamata olives), SSUR, and Xicala Wine Bar.
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McCarren Park Pool Party With Les Savy Fav
 Date: Sunday, July 9th
Time: 2:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: The Pool @ McCarren Park (directions)
Cost: Free
Summary: What do you get when you cross Pool Parties with Williamsburg? No no, not a bunch of wet hipster haircuts but a free summer concert series in McCarren Park's emptied out pool. The Pool Parties feature some of the best bands and DJs Brooklyn has to offer. And when you aren't listening to music there is plenty going on, jump in a game of dodgeball, buy some Brooklyn Brew, grab a burger, play on a 27 foot slip n’ slide, or lay out and tan your tattoos. Today playing in the pool are Les Savy Fav, Beans with Holy Fuck, Dragons of Zynth and Proton Proton.
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Oasis Music and Dance Festival
 Date: Sunday, July 9th
Time: 3:00pm - 4:00pm & 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Location: Red Shade Plaza, Riverside Park South (62nd St & Hudson River)
Cost: Free
Summary: The Oasis Music and Dance Festival kicks off today with a series of modern dance pieces from The Modern Dance Awareness Society, Cathy Richards, and the Vangeline Theater. Each Sunday in July, the Oasis Festival will present free, site-specific outdoor music and dance showcasing promising, young choreographhers. Check below for full line-up
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Sunday, July 9th
The modern dance awareness society presents a new work challenging viewers to notice their surroundings and question their notions about the place for dance in the world, while Cathy Richards performs a duet about communication and the Vangeline Theater presents a Butoh exploration of the feminine principle.
Sunday, July 16th
Human Kinetics Movement Theater performs a movement piece created with fabric. Additionally, AdamScherDance performs a response to John Berger’s critical essay, “Ways of Seeing.”
Sunday, July 23rd
Nuevo Butoh Arpa presents a Butoh piece on earth, air and water accompanied by an electric harp. C Eule Dance performs a festive dance set to four different pieces of Brazilian music.
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Celebrate Brooklyn with Family Friendly Ralph's World
 Date: Sunday, July 9th
Time: 5:00pm
Location: Prospect Park Bandshell - map
Cost: Free ($3 suggested donation)
Summary: Praised for his McCartney-esque style Ralph's World brings his kiddie friendly "indie rock for music fans who still hold their parents' hands" to Prospect Park this Sun. WFUV personality Rita Houston warms the crowd with some chestnuts from Ezra Jack Keats.
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Acoustic Sundays
 Date: Sundays, July 9th - Aug. 13th
Time: 6:00pm
Location: Pier 1, Riverside Park South (enter at 68th or 72nd St)
Cost: Free
Summary: Every Sunday evening from July 9th to August 13th, Riverside Park eases you out of the weekend with a series of live, acoustic performances. The music varies from folk to rock, jazz to salsa, reggae to klezmer and beyond. Check below for the full schedule.
Sunday, July 9th - Metropolitan Klezmer
New York-based musicians perform an eclectic and vibrant array of lesser-known Yiddish gems including selections from trance, folk, swing and tango styles.
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Sunday, July 9th - Metropolitan Klezmer
New York-based musicians perform an eclectic and vibrant array of lesser-known Yiddish gems including selections from trance, folk, swing and tango styles.
Sunday, July 16th - The Paul Peress Quartet
The Paul Peress Quartet has appeared at music festivals throughout the world with music running the gamut from Latin Jazz to Brazilian to West African.
Sunday, July 23rd - Howard Fishman Quartet
The innovative, genre-defying singer, guitarist and songwriter brings his quartet and tasty blend of styles, including jazz, country, blues and pop, out for an evening of both original music and carefully chosen classics.
Sunday, July 30th - Kevin Kinsella
Singer and songwriter for the powerhouse roots reggae group, John Brown's Body, Kinsella’s musical goal (whether performing solo or with JBB) is creating what he calls "thanks and praise" music that will instill positive vibes in all who listen.
Sunday, August 6th - Paprika
Brooklyn’s own all-female, international dance music sensation brings crowds to life with music from around the globe. From a central core of Brazilian and Caribbean repertoire, music of the Mediterranean, Near and Far East and Africa, to rocking originals, Paprika creates an atmosphere of melody and rhythm that is irresistibly danceable.
Sunday, August 13th - Ray Martinez Sabor Criollo
Ray Martinez is known for his melodic and percussive style, and has been considered one of the most gifted and prominent bassist/arrangers in the contemporary Latin and Salsa music scenes.
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Hot Tub After Party
 Date: Sunday, July 9th
Time: 8:00pm
Location: Studio B (259 Banker St., Greenpoint, see MAP)
Cost: Free with RSVP
Summary: This hot little spot is hosting the after party for the McCarren Park Pool Party (see above), so RSVP and head over there after getting wet in the pool, however you managed to accomplish that. Sponsored by the L magazine and JELLYNYC, this after affair features entertainment from Foreign Islands and the Singles Going Steady crew Nate Turbow, Mark Ryan and Damien, with guest DJ Gina Bon Jersey.
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ASSSSCAT 3000
Date: Every Sunday
Time: 9:30pm
Location: Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (307 W. 26th St. @ 8th Ave.)
Cost: Free
Summary: Definitely some of the most fun you can have with your friends without going to a club or bar. Asssscat improv has been going on for years and every time I've been it's always been hillarious (yes, hillarious). It's hosted by Amy Poehler and always features a who's who of comedy writers from The Daily Show, Conan, SNL and tons of others and they're all surprisingly good improv performers. Celebrities (actual cool ones) frequently drop by to hone their skills. Tickets are distributed at 8:15, but definitely get there earlier. It really is a lot of fun AND they serve beer!
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John Breiner Art Opening
 Date: Monday, July 10th
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: 24 Prince St. (btwn Mott & Elizabeth
Cost: Free
Summary: This guy's artwork is sick! He draws and paints mostly on the covers of old books and his style is amazing. This show will be up until at least July 23 and will include some art fairs in the coming weeks with ill stuff from Bijules, Nossa and others.
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Lewis Black
 Date: Monday, July 10th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Barnes & Noble (6th Ave at 21st St)
Cost: Free
Summary: In his new book, Nothin's Sacred, The Daily Show's classic satirist Lewis Black touches on topics of religion, politics, and is own upbringing. Tonight he discuss the work with a Q & A at B & N.
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MLK Jr. Concert Series - Anthony Hamilton & Angie Stone
 Date: Monday, July 10th
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Wingate Field (directions)
Cost: Free
Summary: 24 years ago, Brooklyn Borough president Marty Markowitz began the Martin Luther King, Jr. Concert Series to bring outdoor entertainment to the BK Masses. Tonight's kickoff concert features an R&B Celebration with Performances by Anthony Hamilton and Angie Stone. Click on the logo for the full season line-up
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HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival
 Date: Monday, July 10th
Time: Lawn opens for blankets at 5:00pm, film begins at dusk (8:00pm - 9:00pm)
Location: Bryant Park (East 40th and Fifth Avenue)
Cost: Free
Summary: HBO and Citi team up to bring you a another Summer of classic films. Bullitt is the film for the week and you haven't seen a car chase until you've seen this movie. Not to mention it stars OG Steve McQueen so you can finally sing that awful Sheryl Crow song with purpose.
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Metropol
Date: Mondays
Time: 10:00pm
Location: Rififi (332 11th St. between 1st and 2nd)
Cost: Free (one drink minimum)
Summary: Each Monday, Metrolpol brings classic horror films to a small lower east side bar for your public freak-out enjoyment. Films are at 10 and the DJs spin rock and metal afterwards. $3 PBR all night. Tonight's Film, Dead Alive.
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CityParks Concerts - Brazilian Girls
 Date: Tuesday, July 11th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Ft Greene Park (Dekalb and Washington Park St - Directions)
Cost: Free
Summary: FreeNYC favorites the Brazilian Girls their unique blend of electro grooves with another free show tonight as part of the City Parks series. If you've been sleeping on these guys then catch them now before its Hammerstein Ballroom or nothing. Click here for the full series line-up.
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Puffy AmiYumi
 Date: Tuesday, July 11th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: World Financial Center Plaza (directions)
Cost: Free
Summary: Japanese sensation (and cartoon characters) Puffy AmiYumi bring their infectious pop to the stage for a live performance tonight.
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HAM-stravaganza!
 Date: Tuesday, July 11th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: The Frying Pan (West 23rd St and the Hudson River, North of Chelsea Piers)
Cost: Free
Summary: Clearly, this is my favorite event of the week due to the following simple passage from their website... "Will I be able to eat ham products, drink alcoholic beverages, dress up as pirate, participate in a fashion show, submit my raunchy seamen jokes in a bad-pirate-joke-competition, and join in other pirate and ham-related games and prizes, while becoming precariously intoxicated and/or sea-sick before vomiting on my date?... GOD, WE HOPE SO." Join a bevvy of bands, pork products, and alcohol for an all out celebration of "the time honored affiliation between high-seas piracy and delicious ham."
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Sh!T Hammered / WE Bite
 Date: Tuesday, July 11th
Time: 7:00pm - 4:00am
Location: Happy Ending (302 Broom St bet. Forsyth and Eldridge)
Cost: Free
Open Bar: Booze, 11-12
Summary: Its been a minute since I wrote about SH/WB on the main page and a "slurpee seconds" birthday marathon is just the occasion. This is by far the craziest midweek get-drunk-dance-make-out-with-strangers party going on right now. The music is everything from electro to classic rock but that is incidental to rest of the insanity. Tonight's special birthday back features go-go dancers and an open bar from 11-12.
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Summer in the Square
Date: Wednesdays Through August 16th
Time: 12:30pm - 8:00pm
Location: Union Square (Broadway between 14th and 17th)
Cost: Free
Summary: "Every Wednesday from June 28 to August 16, Summer in the Square, a free weekly performance series hosted by the Union Square Partnership, will draw hundreds of people to Union Square Park’s center lawn for live dance, music, and theatrical performances. With funky jazz bands, classical ballet, innovative theater, yoga, and more, Summer in the Square has something for everyone! Best of all, every performance is free!" Click below for the Schedule
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12:30 p.m. KATHAK ENSEMBLE & FRIENDS
Ten brilliantly-costumed dancers will dazzle park visitors as they present dances from the Hindu temples and Moghul courts, their one thousand ankle bells accenting fast footwork, multiple spins and sensuous poses. The Kathak Ensemble & Friends' performance is made possible in part by a grant from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's 2006 Fund for Creative Communities.
5:00 p.m. SPECIAL CHILDREN’S PRESENTATION FROM BARNES & NOBLE!
Join us for children’s storytelling with Barnes & Noble.
6:00 p.m. HOT PEAS ‘N BUTTER
By combining an interactive, invigorating approach to performance with mature, multicultural music, this children’s musical group truly reaches kids without lowering musical standards.
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Freegan Bike Building Workshop
Date: Wednesday, July 12th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Bicycle Rescue & Repair (327 W 36th St. bet. 8th & 9th)
Cost: Free
Summary: Join the Freegans, an organization of people "who employ alternative strategies for living based on limited participation in the conventional economy and minimal consumption of resources" this evening to build bikes using parts found abandoned in New York City. Tools and know-how supplied.
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CityParks Concerts - Doug E. Fresh
 Date: Wednesday, July 12th
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Location: Brower Park (Brooklyn Ave. & Prospect Place - Directions)
Cost: Free
Summary: Old school hip hop legend Doug E. Fresh drops a free show in the park this evening along with mix-tape pioneer DJ Brucie B. Click here for the full series line-up.
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Maude Maggart
 Date: Wednesday, July 12th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Rockefeller Park (directions)
Cost: Free
Summary: "Cabaret phenom Maude Maggart began her career in 2001 in West Hollywood at The Gardenia, legendary launching pad of her mentors Andrea Marcovicci and Michael Feinstein. Receiving rave reviews for her shows and albums, the chanteuse embodies a passed musical era with a penchant for the early 20th century song and a voice imbued with an eerie, haunting quality. The coolly elegant singer, songwriter and pianist Tony DeSare, leading an equally cool jazz trio, will open the show with his blend of American Songbook classics and original tunes. "
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Flirt with Flavor
 Date: Wednesday, July 12th
Time: 8:00pm - 11:00pm
Location: Guesthouse (542 W. 27th St. btwn 10th & 11th Aves.)
Cost: Free with Registration
Open Bar: Absolute Cocktails
Summary: Don your crispest shirt, trim your hair up proper, and practice your best pickup line skills as hundreds of NYC singles converge for a night of mixers and mingling. Free cocktails and the wonders of dating in NYC make this well worth it. Maybe you'll event meet Mr/Ms right. Worst case scenerio, you can always hang out with team FreeNYC (we'll be the ones in blue shirts and khaki pants, come say hi)
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Rosmary's Baby
 Date: Wednesday, July 12th
Time: Sundown (about 8:30ish)
Location: Hudson River Park, Pier 54 (just below 14th Street - map)
Cost: Free
Summary: River Flicks is an outdoor summer movie series along the Hudson. Every Wednesday night they bust out a new movie by the waterside and screen it as the sun goes down. Each summer they pick a theme, and this year it's all about bein' a big fat meany. Tonight's film is Rosemary's Baby. If finding out your unborn child is actually part of a satanic ritual isn't mean than I don't know what is. If you get scared you can soothe your nerves with some free popcorn!
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Gentri-Fi
 Date: Wednesdays
Time: 9:00pm - 1:00am
Location: The Creek & The Cave (1093 Jackson Ave, LIC)
Cost: Free
Summary: Dave Proper brings a rotating line-up to this our favorite LES mexican restaurant / lounge for a "mix of the newest danceable rock, hip-hop, and classics going back to the roots of it all." The kitchen is open until 11 and the margaritas are serious.
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Brother Love Rocks
 Date: Wednesday, July 12th
Time: 9:00pm
Location: Slate Plus (54 West 21st St. bet. 5th and 6th)
Cost: Free with RSVP
Open Bar: Cocktails & Appetizers, 9-10
Summary: NY Press celebreates their first ever music issue at Slate Plus' new weekly live music showcase. There are free booze and snack and a live performance by Brother Love who rocks in a very Arlene's Grocery kind of way.
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"I Want to Dance Better at Parties" Afterparty
 Date: Wednesday, July 12th
Time: 9:30pm
Location: Level V (675 Hudson St at 14th St)
Cost: Free with RSVP
Open Bar: Carlsberg, 9:30pm
Summary: Enjoy free beer, music by Low-Fi City, and meet the cast of "I Want to Dance Better a Parties" tonight. Improptu performance by Pilobolus.
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Calling All Kids
 Date: Wednesday, July 12th
Time: 11:00pm
Location: Sapphire Lounge (249 Eldridge St bet. Houston and Stanton)
Cost: Free
Open Bar: 11:00pm - Midnight
Summary: Carmine P. Filthy DJs this very special edition of the brit-dance-rock-indie-tronic party that is Calling All Kids. It's so speical that there's even an open bar! I can see the drunken rock n roll antics now...
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Tomorrow... Bugjuice
 That's right, its Bugjuice time again and we're killing it this week with two of the biggest risers on the scene. Mathhead is back from European Trouble and Bass tour with a fresh crate of records. If you've seen Mathhead at any of our recent events, or killing it downstairs at Lit for the Cut parties, then you that this is not to be missed. Also on the line-up is DJ Raedawn AKA Crunc Tesla (Tigerbeat6 Records) brining his unique blend of hip-hop techno to the floor to get you bouncing all night. Nublu's own Meera DJs to warm up the floor and we've got open bar from 10:30-11:30 to warm up your bellies. $3 Bugjuice specials all night to keep you saucy and its STILL free before 11pm and a mere $5 after (hey, DJs gotta eat.)
LISTEN TO THE MATHHEAD TROUBLE MIX (mp3)
Date: Friday, July 14th
Time: 10:00pm
Location: Luke & Leroy (21 7th Ave South at Leroy)
Cost: Free before 11, $5 after
Open Bar: Brahma Beer (and maybe some bugjuice), 10:30-11:30
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Movies with A View - Easy Rider
 Date: Thursday, July 13th
Time: 6:00pm (films at sundown)
Location: Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park, DUMBO
Summary: Movies with a View, DUMBO's weekly evening film festival, continues tonight with Easy Rider. "Hit the road with Jack Nicholson and Peter Fonda in Dennis Hopper's anti-establishment classic." Halcyon DJs provide music before the film and there is free valet bike parking. Snack available.
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The full schedule is:
July 6 – The Wizard of Oz
July 13 – Easy Rider
July 20 – Strangers on a Train
July 27 – Pee Wee’s Big Adventure
Aug. 3 – The Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert
Aug. 10 – Bonnie and Clyde
Aug. 17 – Raiders of the Lost Ark
Aug. 24 – The Warriors
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Crotona Park Jams
Date: Thursday, July 13th
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Crotona Park (Charlotte St & Crotona Park East, Bronx)
Cost: Free
Summary: "The Crotona Park Jams are the closest you are going to get today to an authentic Bronx park jam from the 70s! Hip Hop enthusiasts and practitioners worldwide are marking their calendars to witness a phenomenon that those who weren't there at Hip Hop's emergence, could only dream of!" Tonight's line-up: Lord Finesse, The Original Jazzy Jay, Mix Master Ice, and Donald D.
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JULY 6: DJ sets by POPMASTER FABEL, GRANDMASTER CAZ and D.J. CASH MONEY.
JULY 13: DJ sets by LORD FINESSE, THE ORIGINAL JAZZY JAY and MIX MASTER ICE. Special guest emcee: DONALD D!
JULY 20: DJ STEVE DEE, IMPERIAL JAYCEE and ROCKIN ROB. Special guests: T-SKI VALLEY & DJ PRINCE!
JULY 27: DJ CHARLIE CHASE, KOOL DJ RED ALERT and GRANDWIZZARD THEODORE. Special guest DJ set by MEAN GENE!
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Collectanea* Reading
 Date: Thursday, July 13th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Mo Pitkin’s House of Satisfaction (31 Ave. A)
Cost: Free
Summary: Organized by nycollective this evening features readings from the Summer 06 issue of Collectanea* at "the coolest address in town."
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Miss Rockaway Armada Benefit
 Date: Thursday, July 13th
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Holasek-Weir Projects (547 W. 21st near 11th Ave)
Cost: Free to attend
Summary: A Who's who of some of today's hottests artists host a silent auction tonight to raise money for the Miss Rockaway Armada to create a sustainable, mobile cultural center aboard a floatilla and then sale it down the Mississippi river. More info and artist list below.
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The silent auction will feature work from dozens of artists, including:
* Shepard Fairey
* Swoon
* Banksy
* ESPO
* Faile
* Logan Hicks
* Chris Stain
* The Barnstormers
* Eine
* Blek Le Rat
* Leon Reid (Darius Jones)
* Dennis Mcnett
* Matthew Modine
* The 62
The Armada project was conceived by street artist Swoon, and is now being built and organized by a collective of 25 artists, performers and activists from New York, San Francisco and Seattle. The Armada enjoys support from the Holasek-Weir Projects, the Wooster Collective and the Barnstormers art collective, who will donate a larger-than-life sound system sculpture that will float down the river. Send Our Hopes Down the River is presented in collaboration with Emergency Arts and Conjunction Arts, two organizations dedicated to promoting art with a social conscience.
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Okkervil River at Castle Clinton
 Date: Thursday, July 13th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Castle Clinton, Battery Park (directions)
Cost: Free with tickets*
Summary: Okkervil River are a sort of alternative-folk-rock thing with a dreamy lust for playing in the woods and visiting aviaries. Not sure what that sounds like, try this. *Tickets will be distributed, two per person, outside Castle Clinton on a first-come, first-served basis starting at 5pm on the day of the show.
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Seaside Summer Concerts - Al Green
 Date: Thursday, July 13th
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Asser Levy/Seaside Park, Coney Island (directions)
Cost: Free
Summary: 28 years ago, Brooklyn Borough president Marty Markowitz began the Seaside Summer Concert Series to bring outdoor entertainment to shores of Brooklyn. Tonight's kick-off show features soul legend Al Green along with Funk Brother Jack Ashford & The Original Motown Sound. Click on the logo for the full season line-up
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Yo La Tengo Score The Sound of Silence
 Date: Thursday, July 13th
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Prospect Park Bandshell (directions)
Cost: $3 Suggested Donation
Summary: "Adventures in sight and sound: the great experimental alt rock trio returns to Celebrate Brooklyn to perform its live score to a collection of the surreally beautiful short documentaries of underwater life by the revolutionary French filmmaker Jean Painlevé. The dreamy, atmospheric compositions of multi-instrumentalist Samara Lubelski set the mood."
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Concerts in the Parks - Queens
 Date: Thursday, July 13th
Time: 8:00pm
Location: Cunningham Park, Queens (directions)
Cost: Free
Summary: Now in its 42nd year, Concert's in the Park is back once again to bring the NY Philharmonic out of the concert hall and into your favorite park. This is a great chance to hear one of the best orchestra's in the world without killing your budget. Its the perfect date option as well. Tonight, watch on as Xian Zhang conducts three pieces by Tchaikovsky and Dvorák
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Better than Blueberries is Back
 Date: Thursday, July 13th
Time: 10:00pm
Location: Askew (504 Laguardia Pl Bet. Bleeker and Houston)
Cost: Free
Open Bar: p.i.n.k. vodka, 10-11
Summary: Better than Blueberries is back at Askew, a rather nice, refined bar just south of the NYU library. The Nossa crew bring top level baile, hip hop and more to the tables and an open bar make this a great jump off for the evening.
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The Return of Crazy Baldhead Soundsystem
 Date: Thursday, July 13th
Time: ??? (10pm?)
Location: Otto's Shrunken Head (538 East 14th St)
Cost: Free
Summary: This one is flying way under the radar (so low that no one will tell me what time it goes down) but the Crazy Baldhead Soundsystem is back! A few years back, these boys would bring the heaviest of heavy rock steady and skinhead reggae to the Raven where I would sip goblets of Maudite on a Monday night and enjoy their rare, scratch 45s. Tonight they take it to the tiki bar that is Otto's. If you are into roots reggae, rock steady, ska, or any of those other good time summer sounds, this is a great one to sit back and grab a beer with friends at.
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Bugjuice - Mathhead and Crunk Tesla
Date: Friday, July 14th
Time: 10:00pm
Location: Luke & Leroy (21 7th Ave South at Leroy)
Cost: Free before 11 ($5 after)
Open Bar: Brahma Beer (and maybe some Bugjuice), 10:30 - 11:30
Summary: Bugjuice returns in July with some serious heavy hitters. First up we've got Mathhead fresh of the Trouble and Bass world tour. He'll be dropping some of the freshest dancefloor bangers from his recent trip across the pond. Then Crunk Tesla (DJ Raedawn) rips up the floor with a live set of his unique crunked-up hip-hop techno pedigree.
Listen to Mathhead's "Doom & Bass" mix (mp3)
Listen to Crunk Tesla on MySpace
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Triple 5 Soul Has Drinks With Stones Throw
 Date: Friday, July 14th
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Triple 5 Soul Store (290 Lafayette)
Cost: Free with RSVP
Open Bar: Bacardi
Summary: Triple 5 Soul is putting their afterwork-party-skills to the test again. This time they invite the kids to play in their Lafayette Street shop to get an earfull of new releases from Stones Throw artists Aloe Blacc, Egon and Jamie Strong. Complex will be on the scene peddlin' their mags and Bacardi will be there to give you free drinks.
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Campfire Sounds
 Date: Friday, July 14th - Sunday, July 16th
Time: 6:00pm Friday - 3:00pm Sunday
Location: free103point9 Wave Farm (5662 Route 23, Acra New York)
Cost: Free, $15 to camp
Summary: Ahh... hippies... how I love my people... "free103point9's Campfire Sounds is a two-day avant folk festival on 30 acres at free103point9's Wave Farm in upstate New York. Enjoy views of the Catskill Mountains with ponds, streams, fields, and forests. Free admission. Food/beverages sold. Camp overnight for $15" check the schedule below or click here for full info.
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"Campfire Sounds" is a weekend-long camp out. Avant-folk performers from throughout the Northeastern United States gather at the 30-acre Wave Farm for special performances in a rural setting. This year there will be a main stage, and a second stage in the woods without electricity for acoustic performances. As always, after hours, everyone will gather around the campfire for sounds late into the night.
SCHEDULE:
FRIDAY NIGHT: Impromptu acoustic performances around the campfire. Camping fee $15 for Friday and Saturday night.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON: Live performances begin. Food served all afternoon and evening. Performances from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m., then acoustic performances around the campfire.
SUNDAY MORNING: Brunch served, possibly followed by a noonish acoustic performance by Latitude/Longitude up in the woods around the giant tree.
FRIDAY JULY 14 6-9:30 P.M.: DJ Tom Roe
9:30-10:30: Sophea Lerner (Helsinki, Finland)
"one of the frogs in the pond"
10:30 on: gather round the campfire near the pond, everyone is welcome to play (without electricity)
SATURDAY JULY 15
IN THE POND
2 p.m.: Forest City Dust Dive (solo set near the pond/campfire)
Bryan Zimmerman gets in the pond for a performance, perhaps with others.
SECOND STAGE, UP IN THE WOODS, AROUND LARGE TREE (batteries only)
3 p.m.: Stars Like Fleas
MAIN STAGE
noon-2 p.m.: DJ Spirit + Free
4-4:35 p.m.: Melanie Moser
DJ Tom Roe between sets
4:55-5:30: The Dust Dive
5:50-6:25: Latitude/Longitude
6:45-7:20: Stars Like Fleas
7:40-8:10: Bunnybrains
DJ Ryan Sawyer between sets
8:30-9: Gown
9:20-10: Samara Lubelski
10:20-11: MV + EE with The Bummer Road
after 11 p.m., mics move to the campfire by the pond, for open mic, anything goes sans electricity
SUNDAY JULY 16
SECOND STAGE, UP IN THE WOODS, AROUND LARGE TREE (batteries only)
noonish: Latitude/Longitude
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Brooklyn Screeners Show
 Date: Friday, July 14th
Time: 6:00pm - 11:00pm
Location: Peripheral Media Projects (one block off Morgan L stop--MAP)
Cost: Free
Summary: This silkscreen show, in beautiful Bushwick, Brooklyn features prints by Aiko, Chris Rubino, BAST, Sarah Mead, Kayrock and Peter Meshcount. Go out and support Peripheral Media Projects, a progressive group of folks committed to "promoting awareness and social transformation through the creation of art and clothing, both within and outside the gallery and fashion systems." They also donate 10% of profits to humanitarian, environmental, independent media and anti-corporate causes. Holla!
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Passport Fridays
Date: Friday, July 14th
Time: 6:30pm - 10:00pm
Location: Queens Museum of Art (click for map)
Cost: Free
Summary: Passport Fridays, an international outdoor series featuring live music, film screenings, and performing arts, at the Queens Muesum of Art continues this week with more Mexican goodness. Check the site for more info on the series.
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Globesonic Dance Party on the Hudson
 Date: Friday, July 14th
Time: 7:00pm - 11:00pm
Location: Riverside Park Sound (enter at 72nd St. and Hudson River, walk north)
Cost: Free
Summary: The Globesonic DJs bring their unique blend of tribal-world-dance music outdoors for a special sunset party on the Hudson River pier tonight. These boys can bring a serious vibe so come prepared to get down. Upping the hippie factor are the Body Temple Drummers performing live percussion along with the DJs.
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Brooklyn Philharmonic at Celebrate Brooklyn
 Date: Friday, July 14th
Time: 8:00pm
Location: Prospect Park Bandshell (directions)
Cost: $3 Suggested Donation
Summary: "The dynamic young American conductor Robert Moody makes his Brooklyn Philharmonic and Prospect Park debut conducting the nationally acclaimed orchestra, which makes its 27th appearance at Celebrate Brooklyn with a program of crowd-pleasing classics. 'The most intellectually enticing and emotionally gripping concerts in New York.' (The New Yorker)"
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Stephen Petronio Company at Sumemrstage
 Date: Friday, July 14th
Time: 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: Summerstage (directions)
Cost: Free
Summary: The Stephen Petronio Dance company combines movement with fashion and visual arts to expand the world of modern dance. "Inspired by the music of Rufus Wainright, choreographer Petronio and company will present Bud Suite and Bloom [tonight] with original score by Wainwright, portions of which will be performed live by the Young People’s Chorus of New York City."
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March of the Penguins
 Date: Friday, July 14th
Time: Sundown (about 8:30ish)
Location: Hudson River Park, Pier 46 (just north of Christopher Street - map)
Cost: Free
Summary: River Flicks is an outdoor summer movie series along the Hudson. Every Friday night they bring out the family friendly movies for the kids along the water's edge. Each summer they pick a theme, and this year it's all about big adventures. Tonight snack on your free popcorn, pull up a chair and watch the cute, tuxedo weairng, arctic birds in March of the Penguins.
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Food Will Win the War CD Release
 Date: Friday, July 14th
Time: 9:00pm
Location: Crash Mansion (199 Bowery @ Spring)
Cost: Free with RSVP
Open Bar: Free PBR, 9-10
Summary: As described by Rob of Food Will Win the War: "Food Will Win the War is the Charlie Kaufman of New York Indie Rock, and creates a sound somewhere between a K Records artist and early Sebadoh. Celebrate the release of their self-titled debut CD on Friday, July 14th. This will undoubtedly be the best Food Will Win the War show to date. Come early for free PBR at 9:00pm and avoid the $10 cover charge by sending an e-mail to rsvp@newyorkunderbelly.com. Be sure to specify that you are coming for Food Will Win the War and indicate the number of people in your party. The show ends at 11:00pm, so the guest list is only good until then." They will also have a guest trumpet player and other surprises in store.
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Leci n'est pas une pipe
 Date: Saturday, July 15th
Time: 11:00am - 9:00pm
Location: 49 Bogard St, Bushwick
Cost: Free
Open Bar: beer and cheese
Summary: 13 glass artists from the east coast get together for this group show featuring live glass blowing demos, free beer & cheese, and music all day long. Works by Faile and Bast will also be on view and 50 random guests will receive free vinyl record bracelets. This event also takes place on Friday, July 14th from 6-11
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1st Annual Brooklyn Royalty Vintage/Designer Sale
 Date: Saturday, July 15th
Time: 11:00am - 5:00pm
Location: Choplet (238 Grand St. bet. Driggs and Roebling)
Cost: Free
Open Bar: Belgian Beer & Mimosas
Summary: Enjoy mimosas in the morning and belgian beers in the afternoon as Choplet presents their first ever vintage/designer sample sale. Grab discounted good from Betsey Johnson, BCBG, Hugo Boss and more, starting at $25 or pick up a $20 tee from the Brooklyn Royalty fall collection. It all goes down at Choplet, the hottest ceramics studio on Grand Street.
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The Siren Festival
 Date: Saturday, July 15th
Time: 12:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Coney Island (Between Surf Ave and the Boardwalk on W. 10th and Stilwell Avenue
Cost: Free
Summary: It's that time of year again, where The Village Voice sponsors not just you and 1000 of your closest friends getting drunk in public but also a 2 stages by the boardwalk with a bunch of bands. So far announced for this year's Siren Festival are She Wants Revenge, Stars, Art Brut, Tapes 'N Tapes, The Stills, The Cribs, Celebration, and Dirty On Purpose.
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Afro-Cuban Currents
 Date: Saturday, July 15th
Time: 2:00pm - 7:30pm
Location: King Park (153rd St & Jamaica Ave, Queens, E or J train to Parsons/Archer)
Cost: Free
Summary: Sponsored by the Queens Council on the Arts this amazing looking lineup celebrates everything that is Afro-Cuban music. And if you don't know, now's the time to get schooled. The highlight for me will be Obini Ashé, a 17-member all-female ensemble that will present: "a program of pulsating and soul-possessing music and dance that includes the Lucumí orishas, rumbas, the makuta social dance of Congo origin, and the festive Comparsa de Carnaval." And when they say soul-possessing, they mean it. Live and direct! Click below for full listing.
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FOLKLORIC DRUMMING & DANCE WORKSHOPS @ KING MANOR (2-4pm)
- Drummer/composer David Gomez (2-4pm), credited by the London Daily for his "out-of-this-world rhythmical approach."
- Percussionist Andrea Pryor de Manrique (3-4pm), who has studied Afro-Cuban percussion and folklore in Cuba since 1994.
- Folkloric dancers Ernest Barthelemy and Rebecca Bliss (2-4pm), who have trained extensively with leading companies in Cuba. (Featuring live percussion by Grupo Ara Oko.)
OUTDOOR CONCERT @ KING PARK (4-7:30 PM)
- Obini Ashé (4:30pm): A powerhouse all-female drum-and-dance ensemble that honors female deities and unsung women of Afro-Cuban spiritual and cultural traditions.
- La Bolá (5:30pm): A dynamic 13-piece timba band that reflects the real sounds of "la calle Cubana," without losing sight of the fact that timba is all about dancing.
- The Latin-Jazz Coalition (6:30pm): "One of the best new [groups] I've heard, that combines traditional Latin music, Latin jazz, Brazilian music and Funk." - Latin Beat
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The Family Stand at Summerstage
 Date: Saturday, July 15th
Time: 3:00pm - 6:00pm
Location: Summerstage (directions)
Cost: Free
Summary: "Central Park will overflow with soul when The Family Stand reunites on the Rumsey Playfield stage. One of the seminal groups of 1990’s urban R&B, the group released three great albums and created the disco classic “Ghetto Heaven.” Members Sandra St. Victor, Jeffrey Smith and Peter Lord extended their influence through writing and producing for others, perhaps most famously with “Promise Of A New Day,” the hit they penned for Paula Abdul’s Spellbound album." They are joined by the psychadelic sound of the “first black rock band," Black Merda, and poet and musician Sharrif Simmons.
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Summer Salon along the BK Waterfront
Date: Saturday, July 15th
Time: 6:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: Secret Project Robot (210 Kent Ave. at Metropolitan, W'Burg)
Cost: Free
Open Bar: Sangria
Summary: This is one of those, what they call, art happenings. It's a great location that affords a great view of the Manhattan skyline and will include some crazy experimentations, workshops and performances. Participants include "sculpturists/destructionists" Sarah Madson, Mathew Schrader, Courtney Duncan, and Anna Wolfgang, with music by Turner Cody, Golden Animals (Tommy and Linda), Shahin Motia (EX-Models) and Mathew Varvill Banjo & Voice. All will take place in the "forrest" of Monster Island. This will be ongoing throughout August, so stay tunned for more details.
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Nortec Coillective & Beto y Richie Grupo Soñador
 Date: Saturday, July 15th
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Prospect Park Bandshell - map
Cost: Free ($3 suggested donation)
Summary: Tijuana based Nortec Collective is a collective of south-of-the-border DJs, producers, and video and graphic artists that mash up electronic elements along with traditional sounds and instruments from their local region to create the essential party music vibe. Along with fellow countrymen Beto y Richie Grupo Soñad they're gonna bring it North Mexican style. (Dang. I wonder how quick I can get from Jamaica, Queens to Prospect Park...)
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Concerts in the Parks - Long Island
Date: Saturday, July 15th
Time: 8:00pm
Location: Heckscher State Park, East Islip, Long Island. (directions)
Cost: Free
Summary: Now in its 42nd year, Concert's in the Park is back once again to bring the NY Philharmonic out of the concert hall and into your favorite park. This is a great chance to hear one of the best orchestra's in the world without killing your budget. Its the perfect date option as well. Tonight, watch on as Xian Zhang conducts three pieces by Tchaikovsky and Dvorák.
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Sound Advice
Date: Saturday, July 15th
Time: 10:00pm - 4:00am
Location: Supreme Trading (213 N 8th St, Williamsburg)
Cost: Free
Summary: Sound Advice is the hands down best feel good booty shaking get drunk and make out with a Williamsburg hottie party there is out there. K. Ross and Elsewhere bring the funk, the hip hop, the reggae, and any sort of other groove that makes you feel good to the floor. Come out, find the FreeNYC crew and say what's up.
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Really Really Free Market
 Date: Sunday, July 16th
Time: 12:00pm - Dusk
Location: St. Marks Church (2nd Ave bet. 10th and 11th)
Cost: Free
Summary: The Really Really Free Market is about as close to karma based sustainability as possible. Several times throughout the year, people get together to share food, music, clothing, services, etc. with one another in a commerce free environment. Bring your own table or blanket to set up for whatever you'd like to share, or just come down for a day of dancing, hanging out, eating, and general anti-corporate antics. (view images from the last RRFM here.)
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"Swap goods (You know, the stuff that is too good to throw away but you shouldn’t keep), share skills, give presents, eat food, hang out, dance, sing and have fun—all for free!
Nothing will be for sale!
There will be Fun! Music! and Food!
The Really Free Market is an open-air bazaar and celebration, where we discard capitalist notions of interaction and have fun trying new models of exchange.
This will only be as great as you make it. We will provide the framework; you supply the material. Bringing free stuff and planning skill-shares are great ways to get involved.
If you have a skill to share, stuff to give away, a crazy art thing to do, music to play, an idea for entertainment or a topic to discuss; email us soon and let us know what you are planning! Otherwise, plan on bringing your own table or blanket and coming and going as you please, and if you want contact us, just e-mail: inourhearts@gmail.com
Show up to St. Mark's Church with something to share, and let this be another step in our movement towards a really, really free world. Bring friends and gifts, leave your wallet at home."
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Another Taste of Summer
 Date: Sunday, June 25th
Time: 1:00pm - 8:30pm
Location: Brooklyn Diner (205 Kent St., Williamsburg)
Cost: Free
Open Bar: Brooklyn Brew 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Summary: In case you're new, I love to play outside, and even more, I love to dance outside. The new party, A Taste of Summer, makes this possible every other Sunday all summer long. Today's line up features a full run of local afroacidhouse all stars including DJ Pierre, Ralph McDaniels, and the Love Sound Project.
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McCarren Park Pool Party With Dead Meadow and The Double
Date: Sunday, July 16th
Time: 2:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: The Pool @ McCarren Park (directions)
Cost: Free
Summary: What do you get when you cross Pool Parties with Williamsburg? No no, not a bunch of wet hipster haircuts but a free summer concert series in McCarren Park's emptied out pool. The Pool Parties feature some of the best bands and DJs Brooklyn has to offer. And when you aren't listening to music there is plenty going on, jump in a game of dodgeball, buy some Brooklyn Brew, grab a burger, play on a 27 foot slip n’ slide, or lay out and tan your tattoos. Today playing in the pool are Dead Meadow and The Double.
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Oasis Music and Dance Festival
Date: Sunday, July 9th
Time: 3:00pm - 4:00pm & 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Location: Red Shade Plaza, Riverside Park South (62nd St & Hudson River)
Cost: Free
Summary: The Oasis Music and Dance Festival continues today with a series of modern dance pieces from Human Kinetics Movement Theater and AdamScherDance. Each Sunday in July, the Oasis Festival will present free, site-specific outdoor music and dance showcasing promising, young choreographhers. Check below for full line-up
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Sunday, July 9th
The modern dance awareness society presents a new work challenging viewers to notice their surroundings and question their notions about the place for dance in the world, while Cathy Richards performs a duet about communication and the Vangeline Theater presents a Butoh exploration of the feminine principle.
Sunday, July 16th
Human Kinetics Movement Theater performs a movement piece created with fabric. Additionally, AdamScherDance performs a response to John Berger’s critical essay, “Ways of Seeing.”
Sunday, July 23rd
Nuevo Butoh Arpa presents a Butoh piece on earth, air and water accompanied by an electric harp. C Eule Dance performs a festive dance set to four different pieces of Brazilian music.
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Amadou & Mariam, Daby Toure, Birdy Nam Nam on Summer Stage
 Date: Sunday, July 16th
Time: 3:00pm - 6:00pm
Location: Central Park SummerStage (Rumsey Playfield - Enter at 69th and 5th or at 72nd Street and Central Park West)
Cost: Free
Summary: I have it on good recommendation that these French dudes, Birdy Nam Nam, have "face-melting" DJ skills. They simultaneously rock a table full of decks and treat each like an instrument in a band (drums, vocals, etc.). The blind couple from Mali, Amadou & Mariam rock the international sound with a fusion of "blues, French folk music, Cuban rhythms and South Asian textures," while Daby Toure is described as having a "perfect fusion of West African and Anglo-American pop music traditions."
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Burrow-be-que
 Date: Sunday, July 16th
Time: 4:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Burrow (31 Crosby Street)
Cost: Free
Open Bar: BBQ & Beer
Summary: The Soho artists collective/boutique Burrow is opening their doors for an afternoon of sample sales, free BBQ, palm readings, kiddie pool fun and (of course) free beer. This is my kind of shopping!
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Acoustic Sundays
Date: Sundays, July 9th - Aug. 13th
Time: 6:00pm
Location: Pier 1, Riverside Park South (enter at 68th or 72nd St)
Cost: Free
Summary: Every Sunday evening from July 9th to August 13th, Riverside Park eases you out of the weekend with a series of live, acoustic performances. The music varies from folk to rock, jazz to salsa, reggae to klezmer and beyond. Check below for the full schedule.
Sunday, July 16th - The Paul Peress Quartet
The Paul Peress Quartet has appeared at music festivals throughout the world with music running the gamut from Latin Jazz to Brazilian to West African.
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Sunday, July 9th - Metropolitan Klezmer
New York-based musicians perform an eclectic and vibrant array of lesser-known Yiddish gems including selections from trance, folk, swing and tango styles.
Sunday, July 16th - The Paul Peress Quartet
The Paul Peress Quartet has appeared at music festivals throughout the world with music running the gamut from Latin Jazz to Brazilian to West African.
Sunday, July 23rd - Howard Fishman Quartet
The innovative, genre-defying singer, guitarist and songwriter brings his quartet and tasty blend of styles, including jazz, country, blues and pop, out for an evening of both original music and carefully chosen classics.
Sunday, July 30th - Kevin Kinsella
Singer and songwriter for the powerhouse roots reggae group, John Brown's Body, Kinsella’s musical goal (whether performing solo or with JBB) is creating what he calls "thanks and praise" music that will instill positive vibes in all who listen.
Sunday, August 6th - Paprika
Brooklyn’s own all-female, international dance music sensation brings crowds to life with music from around the globe. From a central core of Brazilian and Caribbean repertoire, music of the Mediterranean, Near and Far East and Africa, to rocking originals, Paprika creates an atmosphere of melody and rhythm that is irresistibly danceable.
Sunday, August 13th - Ray Martinez Sabor Criollo
Ray Martinez is known for his melodic and percussive style, and has been considered one of the most gifted and prominent bassist/arrangers in the contemporary Latin and Salsa music scenes.
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Avaaz Summer Sessions
 Date: Sundays through September
Time: 7:00pm - midnight
Location: Le Caire Lounge (189 East 3rd St bet. A & B)
Cost: Free
Summary: Avaaz bring their unique blend of bhangra beats to the LES for a sunday evening summer series. Each week, residents DK and Dimmsummer will be joined by some of the freshest beat makers for DJ sets, live acoustic jams, hookahs, carrom, and chilled libations.
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Splice
 Date: Sunday, July 16th
Time: 9:00pm
Location: Solas (323 East 9th Street bet. 2nd and 3rd)
Cost: Free
Summary: NYC's live electronic underground rears it head at the bi-weekly Splice party. This week, special guest The Medicine Head perform live alongside DJ DJ Seth Questor of Xero/G. "Take one part pop/rock, add one part southern/gospel, mix in a dash of Bach and a pinch of electronica and shoot it into space. The result is The Medicine Head." Bio after the jump.
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The Medicine Head are a pair of Tennessee natives transplanted to NYC: Lance Massey (the award-winning sound designer responsible for T-Mobile's musical signature) and Darryl Thurston. Both of the duo are accomplished musicians, sharing duties on keyboards, guitars, vocals, and programming.
Darryl and Lance create celebratory music that is both primal and futuristic -- always building their sound around the heart of the song.
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ASSSSCAT 3000
Date: Every Sunday
Time: 9:30pm
Location: Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (307 W. 26th St. @ 8th Ave.)
Cost: Free
Summary: Definitely some of the most fun you can have with your friends without going to a club or bar. Asssscat improv has been going on for years and every time I've been it's always been hillarious (yes, hillarious). It's hosted by Amy Poehler and always features a who's who of comedy writers from The Daily Show, Conan, SNL and tons of others and they're all surprisingly good improv performers. Celebrities (actual cool ones) frequently drop by to hone their skills. Tickets are distributed at 8:15, but definitely get there earlier. It really is a lot of fun AND they serve beer!
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Change Me
 Date: Monday, July 17th (weekdays through 28th)
Time: 10:00am - 6:00am (Fridays until 1pm)
Location: ADC Gallery (106 WEst 29th St at 6th Ave)
Cost: Free
Summary: Sometimes corporations do good things.... "Change Me is a global online photo activism forum with the power to affect positive change. The exhibit features a selection of inspiring images and comments that will rotate regularly, including those from notables such as Richard Gere, Matt Damon and Jessica Alba. Visitors are invited to help make a difference by creating their own Change Me submission at specially designed kiosks: For each entry, Getty Images donates $10 to Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria."
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Free Class at Choplet
 Date: Monday, July 17th
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Choplet (238 Grand Street bet. Driggs and Roebling, Williamsburg)
Cost: Free with Reservation (call 917.547.8316)
Summary: Our friends over at Choplet ceramics studio love us (and you) so much that they are offering a free introductory class this evening at the studio. Run by Nadeige Choplet, the studio is a fully functioning wheel throwing and hand building cermaics shop located on the heart of Grand street. Nadeige is super sweet and the studio is really welcoming. You've got to call to make a reservation and reservations are limited so don't sleep.
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MLK Jr. Concert Series - Stephanie Mills
Date: Monday, July 17th
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Wingate Field (directions)
Cost: Free
Summary: 24 years ago, Brooklyn Borough president Marty Markowitz began the Martin Luther King, Jr. Concert Series to bring outdoor entertainment to the BK Masses. Tonight's show features a soul celebration with performances by Stephanie Mills, The Whispers, & Melba Moore. Click on the logo for the full season line-up
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HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival
 Date: Monday, July 17th
Time: Lawn opens for blankets at 5:00pm, film begins at dusk (8:00pm - 9:00pm)
Location: Bryant Park (East 40th and Fifth Avenue)
Cost: Free
Summary: HBO and Citi team up to bring you a another Summer of classic films. A Fred Astaire comeback movie. I know your saying "That's unpossible", but it's exactly what this weeks movie was called when it was originally released. "The Band Wagon" was either his best dance film or his very own "Glitter" depending on the critic.
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Metropol
Date: Mondays
Time: 10:00pm
Location: Rififi (332 11th St. between 1st and 2nd)
Cost: Free (one drink minimum)
Summary: Each Monday, Metrolpol brings classic horror films to a small lower east side bar for your public freak-out enjoyment. Films are at 10 and the DJs spin rock and metal afterwards. $3 PBR all night. Tonight's Film, Friday the 13th Part 3.
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Talib and Jean Drop by the Apple Store
 Date: Tuesday, July 18th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Apple Store SoHo (103 Prince Street)
Cost: Free
Summary: The Apple Store is good for oh so many things, and today it's way more than iPods and the Genious Bar. Talib Kweli stops by for an in-store performance, and is joined by my favorite hip hop talent Jean Grae. I definitely advise you to arive early 'cause seating is very limited and you're gonna have to fight me for a seat.
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French Kicks Instore
 Date: Tuesday, July 18th
Time: 6:30pm
Location: Virgin Records USQ (14th St. & Broadway)
Cost: Free
Summary: The French kicks combine the rolling symphonic lyricism of - say - M83 with a sort of low key electro/punk drumming to create a sound space that is both atmoshpheric and energetic all at once. Throw in some vocal harmonies, good old guitar chords and a powerful chorus, and you've got a band on the verge of stealing your heart (or at least making their way into your iPod. Tonight they play a drive-by show at Virgin records in honor of the release of their new album, Two Thousand. Afterparty at the alway fun Sh!t Hammered at Happy Ending)
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Johnny Cash
 Date: Tuesday, July 18th
Time: 6:30pm
Location: The Cutting Room (19 West 24th St)
Cost: Free
Summary: Rosanne Cash celebrates the launch of legenday celebrity photographer Leigh Wiener's new book tonight. "Johnny Cash" is a series of photos of the music legend taken in Los Angeles during the 1960's. (I assume that) photos will be on display.
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Cool 'eh Pool Party
 Date: Tuesday, July 18th
Time: 8:00pm - 12:00am
Location: Hotel QT (125 West 45th St)
Cost: Free with RSVP
Open Bar: (probably) Cabana Cachaca
Sumnmary: Cool 'eh Magazine gets down with a little pool side action at midtown's Hotel QT tonight to colse out the Pool Trade Show. This spot is a bit too chlorine filled for me but with the 95º weather out, I'll def. make an exception tonight. Arrive early as the spots small.
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E+O Closing Party
 Date: Tuesday, July 18th
Time: 8:00pm - 11:00pm
Location: The Manor (71 8th Ave. at Greenwich, Apt 1)
Cost: Free with RSVP
Open Bar: Red Bull and Coors Light
Summary: Here's your packed-house party of the night. URB Magazine celebrates the close of their Eras + Omissions exhibit at the Project Trade show with a little throw down at new hot-spot The Manor. There a "select" open bar, music from FreeNYC favorites Caps 'n' Jones, and photographic projections from Ricky Powell, Jenny Lens, and Mark the Cobrasnake. Expect a crowd of fashion tradeshow folk.
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French Kick Listening Party at SH
 Date: Tuesday, July 18th
Time: 10:00pm - 4:00am
Location: Happy Ending (302 Broome St bet. Eldridge and Forsyth)
Cost: Free
Open Bar: ????, 11-12
Summary: Continue your French Kicks celebration with a listening party and open bar at Tuesday's finest, Sh!t Hammered. It's also Christmas in July so girls get to don their sluttiest Mrs. Claus outfits and dudes get to rock a sock and a santa hat a la Jarhead. In case your new to the site, this is our favorite "get drunk and sweaty and make out with strangers" party of the week.
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Summer in the Square
Date: Wednesdays Through August 16th
Time: 12:30pm - 8:00pm
Location: Union Square (Broadway between 14th and 17th)
Cost: Free
Summary: "Every Wednesday from June 28 to August 16, Summer in the Square, a free weekly performance series hosted by the Union Square Partnership, will draw hundreds of people to Union Square Park’s center lawn for live dance, music, and theatrical performances. With funky jazz bands, classical ballet, innovative theater, yoga, and more, Summer in the Square has something for everyone! Best of all, every performance is free!" Click below for the Schedule
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12:30 p.m. REBECCA PRONSKY BAND
This Brooklyn favorite brings an exquisitely jazz-trained voice to her original folk rock songs described as “literate, passionate, and wry” by Time Out NY.
3:00 p.m. TAKE A BREAK – PRACTICE OM YOGA IN THE PARK!
Experience yoga with Union Square-based OM Yoga. Enjoy a lively flowing yoga class led by OM certified teachers, accessible to all ages and abilities. Come in comfortable clothing, mats provided!
6:00 p.m. BATTERY DANCE CO.
This nationally acclaimed dance company kindles hearts and minds with its innovative modern movements.
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Accepted: Beer Pong Party
 Date: Wednesday, July 19th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Brooklyn Ale House (103 Berry St, Williamsburg)
Cost: Free
Open Bar: Dos XX, 7-8
Summary: For me, summertime is all about easy going comedy flix so Rejected is right up there on my list for some lazy afternoon when the mercury breaks 90º. Celebrate the pre-launch today with beer pong, free booze, and free movie pass give-aways at this L Magazine afterwork party.
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Upstairs at the Square
 Date: Wednesday, July 19th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Barnes & Noble USQ (33 East 17th Street at Union
Square)
Cost: Free
Summary: In their continuing series, B&N brings notable current authors and notable current songsmiths together in their upstairs café. Tonight's evening features Absurdistan author Gary Shteyngart, underground pop sensation Sondre Lerche, and journalist Katherine Lanpher. Bio's after the jump.
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Gary Shteyngart -- author of Absurdistan, praised by The New York Times Book Review as 'so immodestly vigorous, so burstingly sure of its barbaric excellence, that simply by breathing, sweating and
standing upright it exalts itself' -- was born in Leningrad in 1972 and came to the United States seven years later. His debut novel, The Russian Debutante's Handbook, won the Stephen Crane Award for First
Fiction and the National Jewish Book Award for Fiction. The novel was also named a New York Times Notable Book, a best book of the year by The Washington Post and Entertainment Weekly, and one of the best debuts of the year by The Guardian. Absurdistan has been translated into ten languages. Shteyngart's fiction and essays have appeared in The New Yorker, Granta, GQ, Esquire, The New York Times Magazine, and many other publications.
Still in his early twenties, Sondre Lerche has already released two critically acclaimed albums, and been called 'one of the most talented new names in contemporary pop' by The Los Angeles Times. He has appeared on the Conan O'Brien and Carson Daly shows, toured with Elvis Costello, Jason Mraz, Nada Surf, Liz Phair and Ed Harcourt. His new album, Duper Sessions, is a fresh, back-to-basics collection of songs that showcases a more intimate side of this gifted singer-songwriter. Inspired by Chet Baker, Caetano Veloso and even David Lynch, Duper Sessions transports the listener into a different time and place, filled with melody and romanticism. The album is Sondre Lerche's tribute to the music he loves.
Katherine Lanpher is an award-winning print and broadcast journalist. Springboard Press will publish her first book, Leap Days: Chronicle of a Midlife Move, this October.
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Upright Citizens Brigade in Central Park
Date: Wednesday, July 19th
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Rumsey Playfield in Central Park (enter at 69th St. & 5th Ave.)
Cost: Free
Summary: Oh, man. This is going to be hilarious and great at the exact same time! The indefatigable UCB is coming to Central park for a free night of stand-up and sketch comedy, featuring Matt Besser (UCB, Crossballs), Matt Walsh (UCB, Dog Bites Man), Todd Barry (Comedy Central), Slovin & Allen (SNL, Comedy Central), Jon Glaser & Jon Benjamin (Midnight Pajama Jam), Aziz Ansari (Crash Test, Human Giant), Rebecca Drysdale (Second City), Kristen Schaal (Winner - Andy Kaufman Award), Jackie Clarke (Showgirls, FreeFM) and hosted by Paul Scheer & Rob Huebel (VH1's Best Week Ever). Doors open at 6:30 and it's first come first seated, so get there early.
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In the Flesh Reading Series
 Date: Wednesday, July 19th
Time: 8:00pm
Location: Happy Ending (302 Broome Street)
Cost: Free
Summary: "In the Flesh is a monthly reading... [featuring] the city's best erotic writers sharing stories to get you hot and bothered, hosted and curated by Village Voice sex columnist and acclaimed erotic writer and editor Rachel Kramer Bussel. From erotic poetry to down and dirty smut, these authors get naked on the page and will make you lust after them and their words." This month's readers after the jump
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Take a break from the heat with sexy words and yummy cupcakes. With Diana Cage (Box Lunch, Bottoms Up, On Our Backs Guide to Lesbian Sex), Desiree Burch (SMUT Series), Zaedryn Meade (Covet, Valence, For the Record), Doreen Orsini (Hunting Diana, Tanner's Angel), the co-editor of The MILF Anthology, Cecilia Tan (Circlet Press), along with contributors Elspeth Potter (Tough Girls, Best Women's Erotica) and Stacy Brown, and host Rachel Kramer Bussel. Free candy and mini cupcakes will be served. Various erotic books, including The MILF Anthology, will be raffled off as door prizes.
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The Beastmaster
 Date: Wednesday, July 19th
Time: Sundown (about 8:30ish)
Location: Hudson River Park, Pier 54 (just below 14th Street - map)
Cost: Free
Summary: River Flicks is an outdoor summer movie series along the Hudson. Every Wednesday night they bust out a new movie by the waterside and screen it as the sun goes down. Each summer they pick a theme, and this year it's all about bein' a big fat meany. Tonight's film is The Beastmaster, a"sword-and-sorcery fantasy about a young man's search for revenge." And if you get bored with the sorcery ask the dude to whip you up some free popcorn.
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Love Ahoy Goes Both Ways
 Date: Wednesday, July 19th
Time: 8:30pm
Location: Galapagos Art Space (70 North 6th)
Cost: Free
Summary: Ahh dating, what an odd bird that is. And in case it wasn't odd enough Love Ahoy sails on in. Love Ahoy is as dating game that takes place at Galapagos. Today is a special instalment though, with their first ever bisexual episode, plus it celebrates disco with the Love Ahoy roller girls all the while in nautical theme.
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Gentri-Fi
Date: Wednesdays
Time: 9:00pm - 1:00am
Location: The Creek & The Cave (1093 Jackson Ave, LIC)
Cost: Free
Summary: Dave Proper brings a rotating line-up to this our favorite LIC mexican restaurant / lounge for a "mix of the newest danceable rock, hip-hop, and classics going back to the roots of it all." The kitchen is open until 11 and the margaritas are serious.
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Funk Nasty
Date: Wednesday, July 19th
Time: 11:00pm
Location: Sin Sin/Leopard Lounge (82 2nd Ave at 5th St)
Cost: Free
Open Bar: ???, 2:00am - 3:00am, downstairs
Summary: Nanochill and Soulgasm join forces for this mid-week banger on both floors of Sin Sin. Downstairs DJ Morsy drops feel good funk and old school hip hop while DJ Brian Coxx mixes House, Funk & Soul upstairs. Late night open bar downstairs makes this a necessary stop on your way home.
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Gnarls Biggie - Free Download
 We're stoked that our friends over at Sound Advice have finally dropped their highly anticipated Gnarles Biggie Album. Over the last month, K. Ross and Elsewhere - known for their blazing bi-weekly party at Supreme Trading in Williamsburg - have remixed, mashed-up, and tweaked the lyrics of the Notorious B.I.G. with the recent smash album, Gnarls Barkley. The results are... well... you'll just have to hear for yourself. And be sure to check out the Gnarls Biggie release party at next Friday's Bugjuice
DOWNLOAD THE GNARLS BIGGIE ALBUM HERE
THE GNARLES BIGGIE RELEASE PARTY AT BUGJUICE, JULY 28TH
TELL A FRIEND!
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mmmmm.... golf
 Date: Thursday, July 20th (through Sunday)
Time: 7:00am - 7:00pm
Location: Foley Square (Centre St. between Worth and Pearl)
Cost: Free
Summary: Celebrate your love for all things golf as free lessons, demos, and contests invade the financial district in honor of the British Open. There will even be a full-size tournament board with real-time scoring.
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Middle East: Persepective
 Date: Thursday, July 20th
Time: 4:30 - 6:00pm
Location: The B'nai Zion Building (136 E 39th Bet. Lex and 3rd Ave)
Cost: Free with RSVP (bring ID)
Summary: "Special briefing and discussion about the latest developments in the Middle East. Ambassador John Bolton, the U.S. Representative to the U.N; Ambassador Dan Gillerman, Israeli Representative to the U.N.; and Ambassador Arye Mekel, the Consul General of Israel in New York, will share with us their thoughts and perspectives on the situation and will answer questions from the audience."
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The New York Digital Salon presents Harmonic Light
 Date: Thursday, July 20th
Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Location: SVA (132 West 21st St, 7th Fl)
Cost: Free
Summary: For over a decade, the New York Digital Salon has been dedicated to promoting awareness of new media art. Tonight is the opening of their Harmonic Light exhibit, "the third of four summer visual music exhibitions features work that operates under the premise that perception of one sense can manifest as another. These works visually generate an association between sound and image for their audiences. The similarities between music and visual art are an essential thread to the creation of these abstract works." Artists after the jump.
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Harmonic Light Artists:
Bret Battey Autarkeia Aggregatum
Ruth Jarman 200 Nanowebbers
David Kiers META_EPICS
Andre Goncalvas Sound Studies
Chika Iijima & Zach Layton Chronos III
Marco DiNoia Pixelsound
Bozidar Svetek Queensland Music
Opening Reception: July 20, 5-7 PM
Exhibition: July 21 - July 29
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 12-5, or by appt.
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Ricky Powell Fan Club
 Date: Thursday, July 20th
Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Location: aNYthing (51 Hester St)
Cost: Free
Summary: People can't get enough of Ricky Powell. His iconic photographs of the 1980's NYC hip hop scene have basically defined the visual image of a time now past. Of course, having your name in a Beastie Boys song doesn't hurt either. Tonight he signs copies of his latest, Public Access, at LES hipster shop, aNYthing.
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Movies with A View - Strangers on a Train
 Date: Thursday, July 20th
Time: 6:00pm (films at sundown)
Location: Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park, DUMBO
Summary: Movies with a View, DUMBO's weekly evening film festival, kicks off tonight with Strangers on a Train. "Suspense-master Alfred Hitchcock's gripping tale of the 'perfect' murder gone perfectly mad." Halcyon DJs provide music before the film and there is free valet bike parking. Snack available.
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The full schedule is:
July 6 – The Wizard of Oz
July 13 – Easy Rider
July 20 – Strangers on a Train
July 27 – Pee Wee’s Big Adventure
Aug. 3 – The Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert
Aug. 10 – Bonnie and Clyde
Aug. 17 – Raiders of the Lost Ark
Aug. 24 – The Warriors
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Crotona Park Jams
Date: Thursday, July 20th
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Crotona Park (Charlotte St & Crotona Park East, Bronx)
Cost: Free
Summary: "The Crotona Park Jams are the closest you are going to get today to an authentic Bronx park jam from the 70s! Hip Hop enthusiasts and practitioners worldwide are marking their calendars to witness a phenomenon that those who weren't there at Hip Hop's emergence, could only dream of!" Tonight's line-up: DJ Steve Dee, Imperial Jaycee, Rockin Rob, T-SKi Valley, and DJ Prince
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JULY 6: DJ sets by POPMASTER FABEL, GRANDMASTER CAZ and D.J. CASH MONEY.
JULY 13: DJ sets by LORD FINESSE, THE ORIGINAL JAZZY JAY and MIX MASTER ICE. Special guest emcee: DONALD D!
JULY 20: DJ STEVE DEE, IMPERIAL JAYCEE and ROCKIN ROB. Special guests: T-SKI VALLEY & DJ PRINCE!
JULY 27: DJ CHARLIE CHASE, KOOL DJ RED ALERT and GRANDWIZZARD THEODORE. Special guest DJ set by MEAN GENE!
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Giant Step At River Rocks
 Date: Thursday, July 20th
Time: 6:00pm (doors)
Location: Hudson River Park’s Pier 54 (13th St at Hudson River)
Cost: Free
Summary: River Rocks brings great free music to the city and it's outside right on the river with a view of the city and the few stars in our sky. Tonight we love River Rocks even more than usual as Giant Step steps in for a Latin Celebration "encompassing the very best of New York’s emerging Latin sounds." And the night's line up is stellar with "Si*se, led by the incomparable Carol C, effortlessly fuses electronic and dance elements with Latin rhythms. Radio Mundial, world renowned for their high energy performances, deliver a fresh blend of Latin style rock/funk. Turntables on the Hudson DJs Nickodemus and Mariano have brought their eclectic beats to New York stages and clubs for the past seven years."
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Drunken! Careening! Writers!
Date: Thursday, July 20thth
Time: 7:00pm
Location: KGB Bar (85 East 4th St)
Cost: Free
Summary: "Drunken! Careening! Writers! is a reading series dedicated to the proposition that readings should be: excellent, well-read pieces that have at least one thing in them that makes people laugh (nervous laughter counts), and don't run more than 15 minutes each." Tonight is a special all-male edition (bios below)
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Novelist Brian Avenius is moving away from the oeuvre of PowerPoint presentations, and into complete sentences and prose that requires spiral binding.
Rich Merritt, author of Secrets of a Gay Marine Porn Star, "came out" of the closet -- at least, the closet of denial -- at the age of 25 while stationed in Okinawa, Japan. In 1998 Rich Merritt received an honorable discharge from the United States Marines Corps and in 2001 he graduated from the University of Southern California Law School. He is presently an attorney in New York.
Chris Weikel is an award-winning playwright (Penny Penniworth) and actor, currently appearing in “Talk of the Town, as Robert Benchley, at the Algonquin.
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Seaside Summer Concerts - Frankie Valli
Date: Thursday, July 20th
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Asser Levy/Seaside Park, Coney Island (directions)
Cost: Free
Summary: 28 years ago, Brooklyn Borough president Marty Markowitz began the Seaside Summer Concert Series to bring outdoor entertainment to shores of Brooklyn. Tonight's show features Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons along with Stewie Stone. Click on the logo for the full season line-up.
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Diggin Deeper with The Hydroponic Sound System
 Date: Thursday, July 20th
Time: 10:00pm
Location: The Leopard Lounge (248 East 5th St at 2nd Ave)
Cost: Free
Open Bar: ???, 10-11
Summary: About while bag, DRM from Bastard Jazz dropped the new Hyrdoponic Sound System release on me and its been on heavy rotation since.. Dancey, dubby, latin vibes run deep with this Dallas, TX crew and tonight they make an extra special NYC visit in honor of their record release. This is probably the best midweek dance party and tonight's guests AND open bar kick it into high gear! residents DRM, Sema4, and Paul Digs all take turns on the tables as well as DJ D-Macc in from DC.
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Aaron LaCrate CD Release Party
 Date: Thursday, July 20th
Time: 10:00pm
Location: Hiro Ballroom (16th St & 9th Ave)
Cost: Free with RSVP
Summary: Having done production for the likes of Spank Rock, Jurassic 5, Busta Rhymes and more, B-Club Gutter Producer Aaron LaCrate finally steps out to the forfront with his first artists album. Expect tonight's beats to be top notcha as LaCrate will be DJing alongside Low Budget (Hollertronix) and there is a special live performance by the queen of LES nightlife, Oxy Cottontail.
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Nik at Night at Better than Blueberries
Date: Thursday, July 20th
Time: 10:00pm
Location: Askew (504 Laguardia Pl Bet. Bleeker and Houston)
Cost: Free
Open Bar: p.i.n.k. vodka, 10-11
Summary: Better than Blueberries is back at Askew, a rather nice, refined bar just south of the NYU library. Tonight, Nik at Nite from The Bangers brings a mix of soul, funk, disco and more. The open bar make this a great jump off for the evening.
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Rock Bus Free Ticket Giveaway!
 NY Press is helping bring the Zac Brown Band and Wideawake to town tomorrow night and they're offering up two free pairs of tickets to anyone who wants them. It's that simple so hit us up and they are yours
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Rise And Rihanna
 Date: Friday, July 21st
Time: 7:00am
Location: Studio 1A in Rockefeller Plaza
Cost: precious hours of sleep... I mean Free
Summary: Who needs sleep when you can have Rihanna. Ok fine, I don't really believe that either, but she is performing this morning at the Today Show Concert Series.
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Elements
 Date: Friday, July 21st
Time: 6:00pm - 11:00pm
Location: Pochron Studios (20 Jay St, Suite 1100, DUMBO)
Cost: Free
Summary: I'm just going to claim ignorance on this one and tell you what I know... Digital Production/rental studio Pochron opens its DUMBO rooftop for a group art show (see artists below) and a live performance by Kali. I'm totally unfamiliar with all of this but watching the sun set from a rooftop on DUMBO with music and art sounds pretty damn good.
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Artists include:
John Ferro
Anne Gant
Jeri Coppola
Brigid Scruggs
Edina Seleskovic
Jody Ake
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X-Men Civil War Book Release
 Date: Friday, July 21st
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Jack the Pelican Presents (487 Driggs Ave, Williamsburg)
Cost: Free
Summary: "After establishing himself as one of the premiere and most sought after cover artists in the world of sequential art with his propaganda smashing X-Men: 198 covers, artist Juan Doe follows up the series with an equally striking set of covers for X-Men: Civil War, one of the major tie-in titles to Marvels most seminal event of the year, CIVIL WAR." Original images will be on display tonight for one night only.
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Backmail with Alloy Orchestra at Celebrate Brooklyn
 Date: Friday, July 21st
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Prospect Park Bandshell (directions)
Cost: Free ($3 Suggested)
Summary: Celebrate Brooklyn has quickly won out as my favorite summertime festival. It probably has to do in part with the eased up crowds, shorter beer lines, and the fact that the shows are in the evening when the city drops below 80º rather then the weekend Summerstage performances which happen right as the Mercury cracks 95º. Tonight is a more laid back performance as the Alloy Orchestra perform a live score to the Hitchcock Classic Blackmail. Morely, a "jazz minded pop chanteuse, soul sister, cosmopolitan home girl from Jamaica Queens," opens the show
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Vice Photo Party
 Date: Friday, July 21st
Time: 8:00pm - 12:00am
Location: Silverstein Photography (535 West 24th St)
Cost: Free with RSVP
Open Bar: I'm assuming Sparks
Summary: Vice celebrates their photo issue release and their exhibition closing tonight with a little party party at the photo gallery. Assume packed crowds, the madness that is a Vice party, and some great "caught in the moment" photography.
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ABC No Rio Building Title Party
 Date: Friday, July 21st
Time: 8:00pm - 12:00am
Location: ABC No Rio (156 Rivington St)
Cost: Free
Summary: After years of negotiations, ABC No Rio - the 26 year old LES center for art and activism - has finally obtained the title to their building. This is a huge win in times when real estate is being bought up from under our feet and NYC living is becoming unaffordable to anyone making less then $200K a year. ABC No Rio is the first placed that I silkscreened a shirt as well as the first place that I developed a roll of film in NYC. "Envisioned for the site is a multi-use community arts center with darkroom, silk-screen printing facility, small press resource center, computer center, expanded space for art, music, performance, educational and community activities, and meeting and office space." Celebrate tonight with cheap drinks, free snacks, music, and general reminiscing about the space.
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Chicken Run
 Date: Friday, July 21st
Time: Sundown (about 8:30ish)
Location: Hudson River Park, Pier 46 (just north of Christopher Street - map)
Cost: Free
Summary: River Flicks is an outdoor summer movie series along the Hudson. Every Friday night they bring out the family friendly movies for the kids along the water's edge. Each summer they pick a theme, and this year it's all about big adventures. Tonight snack on your free popcorn, pull up a chair and watch digital poultry in Chicken Run.
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Mondo
 Date: Friday, July 21st
Time: 10:00pm
Location: Luke & Leroy (21 7th Ave South at Leroy St.)
Cost: Free
Summary: This popular indie dance party has quickly become one of the most fun rock nights in the city. Miss Modular, Dr. Maz, Kevington, and Michael Grace Jr. spin a freewheeling array of indie rock, outré pop, retro, punk and dance to a cute but friendly in-the-know crowd that isn't afraid to cut loose on the dance floor.
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Dubtempo
 Date: Friday, July 21st
Time: 10:00pm
Location: Sputnik (262 Taaffe Pl @ Dekalb, Clinton Hill)
Cost: Free before Midnight ($5 After)
Summary: DubTempo, NYC best party for roots, reggae, dancehall, and all things JA, returns tonight at the hard to get to but oh so good Sputnik. DJ Chicus spins reggae inspired tunes all night but the top draw is Clark Gayton's Explorations in Dub, a live reggae/soul outfit with tight grooves and boundless energy.
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CLARK GAYTON'S EXPLORATIONS IN DUB
If you have seen them before you will know that this little horn based a reggae/jazz/soul fusion band is one of the hottest acts in town. With their boundless energy and their seamless transitions between songs and genres you will forget you are watching a band at all and just find yourself lost in the groove. The group is a collective of very accomplished jazz and reggae musicians who have played with Sting, the Skatalites, Steel Pulse, Maxwell, and many others. The band alone is well worth the trip to clinton hill.
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NYFC Fridays
 Date: Friday, July 21st
Time: 10:00pm
Location: Brooklyn Diner (205 Kent Ave bet. Metropolitain and N. 3rd, Williamsburg)
Cost: Free
Open Bar: Brooklyn Beer, 10-11
Summary: The NYFC Crew duplicate their Sunday formula on Fridays with an open bar and DJ sets from two of NYC's best residents, The Bangers and Nossa. Great choice if your a Williamsburg head and want to stay local. Equally good choice if you want to check out the 'burg for the evening.
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Dirty Down
 Date: Friday, July 21st
Time: 11:00pm
Location: Lit (93 2nd Ave)
Cost: Free
Summary: Dirty Down gets the award for longest running and continuously posted party from FreeNYC. They consistently bring good music and crazy dancefloors to Lit. Tonight, both of The Cut boys are in town, with The Captain DJing along with Japanster and Alexander Technique.
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The Black Factory
 Date: Saturday, July 22nd
Time: 10:00am - 6:00pm
Location: USQ Farmer's Market (14th St & Broadway)
Cost: Free
Summary: Bless Flavorpill... they still get some of the coolest submissions out there... "William Pope.L's Black Factory, an interactive performance installation and social experiment on wheels, rolls into Union Square this Saturday. Pope.L's performances, which have ranged from a 22-mile, hands-and-knees crawl across the city in a superman outfit to the literal consumption of stacks of the Wall Street Journal, address pervasive concepts of race. Black Factory invites people to provide the artist and his team of factory workers with objects that represent "blackness," initiating a series of skits that question the process of social and ideological transformation. In the factory's gift shop, "twice-sold" objects — goods re-labeled and signed by the artist — sell for $250 and up, with all proceeds going to local charity. (AM via Flavorpill)
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Dancing is Not a Crime
 Date: Saturday, July 22nd
Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Location: (79th St and 5th Ave)
Cost: Free
Summary: At this point we've all seen the woes of the insane Cabarate Laws. The irony of one of the largest cities in the world making it illegal to dance has left venues padlocked, fined, or event forced to close their doors (currently, only 244 venues in NYC are legal places to dance). Join Metropolis in Motion this afternoon as they take to the streets with "an open-air dance and participatory movement event to bring attention to the antiquated & restrictive NYC cabaret laws" Mayor Bloombergs house. Full info below.
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Why we're doing this:
In 1926, New York City sought to limit interaction among the races and control "public lewdness" by clamping down on the jazz scenes found in Harlem and West 52nd Street (and later in the bohemian Greenwich Village). To this end, the City established Cabaret Laws that limited dancing to specially licensed public spaces serving food or drink where three or more persons congregated, and stipulated that only musicians "of good character" could be licensed to play. Over the years, musicians won the right to forgo licensing, but laws regulating dancing remain on the books. As part of his "Quality of Life" campaign, Mayor Rudolph Guiliani used the laws to crack down on bars and clubs without a license that allowed people to dance. Venues were fined, or worse, padlocked and closed forever. The laws continue to be enforced under Mayor Bloomberg, while his Administration gives lip service to repeal or reform. According to the Department of Consumer Affairs, there are currently only 244 actively legal places to dance in New York City, including strip joints and clubs.
Why are these laws still on the books? Some people say it's to enforce a vague notion of the "quality of life." Other people know it's to keep property values high, club owners with cabaret licenses rich, and ordinary people, otherwise known as the citizens of New York, "in line." And we don't mean a kick line.
DANCE with us on July 22nd from 2pm to 4pm infront of the Mayor's house!* This is an open-air event to call attention to the Cabaret Laws which restrict dancing in NYC... Here we are in a city of an estimated 15 million people,** and there are only 244 currently legal places dance... And that number includes "adult dancing" venues... Its time to dance in the streets and remind our city that DANCING IS NOT A CRIME!
Dress Up, Bring Friends, Bring Music, Bring your Congas & Guitar, your Tapshoes and Flamenco dress, Tamborine, Voice, Accordian & your joyful exuberant spirit!
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ERMP: Dragons of Zynth
 Date: Saturday, July 22nd
Time: 2:00pm - 6:00pm
Location: East River Amphitheatre (directions)
Cost: Free
Summary: It's time for another East River Music Project, the series that brings the best in NYC underground rock music to a stage deep in the LES. High on our profile is the Dragons of Zynth who sound like the lovechild of Jimi Hendrix and the Red Hot Chili Peppers born and raised on the South Bronx. Of course, having your album produced by TV on the Radio helps too. Jonathan Kane's February, Taiko Masala, & Home also perform. Full info on site.
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Monster Sized Monsters Book Signing
 Date: Saturday, July 22nd
Time: 3:00pm - 6:00pm
Location: Jonathan LeVine Gallery (529 W. 20th St., 9E)
Cost: Free
Summary: Adam Wallacavage will be on hand for the closing night of his exhibition Il Lume Della Piovra at Jonathan LeVine Gallery, to sign his book Monster Sized Monsters. The book, just published by Gingko Press is a 15 year tour of his photographs of skateboarders, street artists and other assorted scoundrels. It's pretty much a who's who of who's who. Trust me. I've seen the book. It's ridiculous.
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Deepa Grooves at Coney Island
 Date: Saturday, July 22nd
Time: 4:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: Astrolands Park Wonderwheel, Coney Island Boardwalk
Cost: Free
Summary: The Deepa Crew bring their feel good house party vibe (a la Ain't Nothin' But a House Party) to the Coney boardwalk today. Grab a funnel cake and get down with a few hundred of your closest friends!
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Three Way Tie For Last
 Date: Saturday, July 22nd
Time: 6:30pm - 10:00pm
Location: GRNY (437 East 9th St between 1st and A)
Cost: Free
Summary: Giant Robot NY hosts an opening reception this evening for their newest show, Three Way Tie For Last. This group show features the post-apocalyptic drawings of Keith Jones, the autobiographical comics of Jeffrey Brown, and a collection of prototypes, drawings, sketches, and one-of-a-kind pieces from the Uglydolls.
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Rebound with Ursula 1000 and Alex from Tokyo
Date: Saturday, July 22nd
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Water Taxi Beach, LIC (Click for Directions)
Cost: Free
Summary: The Rebound party series continues tonight at the Water Taxi Beach, an outdoor spot in LIC complete with food, beers, and imported Jersey sand. Tonight's line-up features DJ sets from Alex from Tokyo and Ursula 1000 as well residents $mall ¢hange and Justin Carter. Guest write-up by Justin Carter after the jump.
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Alex from Tokyo is not necessarily from Tokyo. He does spend a lot of time there, but the truth is he's French, and he posts up for at least half of the year in New York City. His production and DJing reflect such disparate homelands: His style, rooted in house, swivels from Italo-disco and real-deal electro to raw Detroit techno. Ursula 1000 is from the States. He lives here, too. But even though he doesn't have beds in three ports doesn't mean his music isn't otherworldly. In fact, Ursula 1000 is hands down one of the best live DJs I've ever heard. His sets are all at once accessible and obscure, full of music that could get the stodgiest record store employee and his grandma on the dance floor at the same time. $mall ¢hange and Justin Carter, partner DJs in a past life, start off the evening with sounds from dancehall to punk funk.
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Tonearm, Jigsaw Soul, and Swinger Eight
Date: Saturday, July 22nd
Time: 7:00pm - 12:00am
Location: Ad Hoc Art Space (49 Bogard St at Grattan, Bushwick)
Cost: Free ($12 for all you can drink)
Summary: Visuals and music combine at the little art space that can out in Bushwick. Most notable on the bill is Tonearm whom Justin Carter (yes, there is much JC love on FreeNYC today) thinks sounds like Sparklehorse but I think sound much more like some sort of mellow Air / Mars Volta lovechild. The important thing is that he sounds like Tonearm and that's pretty damn good. Directions after the jump.
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directions: L train to Morgan Ave. Walk right on Morgan. First left on Grattan. Grattan runs into 49 Bogart.
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Cheb i Sabbah at Summerstage
 Date: Saturday, July 22nd
Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: Central Park SummerStage (Rumsey Playfield - Enter at 69th and 5th or at 72nd Street and Central Park West)
Cost: Free
Summary: "Cheb i Sabbah has a renowned international legacy as a pioneer and visionary in the exciting, fast-changing world of trans-global music as an artist, producer and DJ. From the energy of South Asian and Moghrebi dance music, Cheb i Sabbah and his 1002 NIGHTS brings the many facets of the outernational dance-floor vibration to life... He will be joined by stunning vocalist, composer and performer from Pakistan, Riffat Salamat Sultana (daughter of musical icon Ustad Salamat Ali Khan) the first female in her family’s legendary musical lineage to perform world wide. Riffat Sultana channels the musical wisdom of 500 years and eleven generations of master musicians from India and Pakistan."
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We Live!
 Date: Saturday, July 22nd
Time: 10:00pm - 4:00am
Location: Soda Bar (629 Vanderbilt Ave bet. Prospect Pl & St. Marks Ave, Prospect Heights)
Cost: Free
Summary: Not sure what's up with this one but if your out near Prospect Heights and don't feel like heading into the city then this is probably your best option. Captain Planet, DRM, and co hold down the tables playing dancefloor bangers all night while you drink away your woes. Drink Specials all night.
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Beach Ride
Date: Sunday, July 23rd
Time: 10:30am
Location: Meet at Brooklyn foot of the Williamsburg Bridge
Cost: Free
Summary: Take a bike ride with the team from Time's Up to discover a NYC beach which is only accessible by foot or bike (hopefully making it less crowded then the others)
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"Come prepared (tools, tubes, patch-kit, water, etc.) to ride some miles at a brisk pace. PLEASE BRING TUBES!! There are not any bike shops that are within walking distance of the route. DO NOT depend on others to carry supplies for you! Everyone will share things if they have them...but is better to COME PREPARED
We will be having a big communal picnic lunch so BRING SOMETHING TO SHARE (or take a quick detour to the grocery store in Breezy Point or the concession stands at Jacob Riis Park).
Note: this is a one way ride, meaning that the ride leaders plan to kick it at the beach until the sun goes down. (hey man! we like the beach! and after sunning and swimming all day, we prefer to ride back in the evening time.) Everyone is welcome to stay and ride back with us, however, you can ride back on your own (we will give you directions & no worries, it's super-easy!) or there is an A train a couple miles from the beach. PS: We are going to the Rockaways. Typically, it takes the group over an hour to get there. Single riders can do it in about an hour from GAP."
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CitySol '06
Date: Sunday, July 23rd
Time: 12:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Stuyvesant Cove Park (E 23rd Street and The East River)
Cost: Free
Summary: "CitySol, a summer music and market series on Manhattan's East River waterfront is powered by the belief that bringing environmentalism to New York means first putting more New York into the environmental movement... Each free all-day event includes: renewable energy-powered live music featuring emerging NYC acts, interactive exhibits showcasing key innovations, practices and policies for New York's sustainable future, and a green lifestyle marketplace offering apparel, electronics, household goods, media and much more." The festival happens 3 Sundays throughout the summer, has some great music behind it and boasts Free Brooklyn Brew all day long! Check after the jump for full line up and details.
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Today's Music Line Up:
Matthias Heilbronn
Michelle Shaprow
Bruce Tantum
Malena Perez
The Les
Bridget Marie 23
Nickodemus
Imani Uzuri Rock Quartet
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McCarren Park Pool Party With Pretty Girls Make Graves
Date: Sunday, July 23th
Time: 2:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: The Pool @ McCarren Park (directions)
Cost: Free
Summary: What do you get when you cross Pool Parties with Williamsburg? No no, not a bunch of wet hipster haircuts but a free summer concert series in McCarren Park's emptied out pool. The Pool Parties feature some of the best bands and DJs Brooklyn has to offer. And when you aren't listening to music there is plenty going on, jump in a game of dodgeball, buy some Brooklyn Brew, grab a burger, play on a 27 foot slip n’ slide, or lay out and tan your tattoos. Today probably your last chance to ever see a free set of spacey, female lyric fueled indie rock by Pretty Girls Make Graves or a solo shot from Jason Lytle of Grandaddy. Bon Savants & All England Club DJs join in as well
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Oasis Music and Dance Festival
Date: Sunday, July 9th
Time: 3:00pm - 4:00pm & 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Location: Red Shade Plaza, Riverside Park South (62nd St & Hudson River)
Cost: Free
Summary: The Oasis Music and Dance Festival concludes today with a series of modern dance pieces from Nuevo Butoh Arpa and C Eule Dance. Each Sunday in July, the Oasis Festival will present free, site-specific outdoor music and dance showcasing promising, young choreographhers. Check below for full line-up
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Sunday, July 9th
The modern dance awareness society presents a new work challenging viewers to notice their surroundings and question their notions about the place for dance in the world, while Cathy Richards performs a duet about communication and the Vangeline Theater presents a Butoh exploration of the feminine principle.
Sunday, July 16th
Human Kinetics Movement Theater performs a movement piece created with fabric. Additionally, AdamScherDance performs a response to John Berger’s critical essay, “Ways of Seeing.”
Sunday, July 23rd
Nuevo Butoh Arpa presents a Butoh piece on earth, air and water accompanied by an electric harp. C Eule Dance performs a festive dance set to four different pieces of Brazilian music.
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A World of Variety at Summerstage
 Date: Sunday, July 23rd
Time: 3:00pm - 7:00pm
Location: Central Park SummerStage (Rumsey Playfield - Enter at 69th and 5th or at 72nd Street and Central Park West)
Cost: Free
Summary: How about Mexican rock, Senegalese hip-hop and electrified African folk for your Sunday afternoon at Summerstage. "Maldita Vecindad is one of the seminal groups of the “rock en Espanol” movement. The band’s energetic live shows combine Mexican folk music with rock, rap, ska, salsa and metal for a rhythmically limber world beat sound... Konono N°1 plays raucous Congolese Bazombo trance music on likembé, or thumb piano, supplemented by traditional percussion instruments. What really sets Konono N°1 apart is its home-made sound system, built from old car parts, megaphones and discarded amps... Senegalese rap trio Daara J help bring African music full circle, being equally inspired by Jamaican reggae, Cuban funk, the traditional sounds of their native land, and the latest developments in American hip-hop."
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Acoustic Sundays
Date: Sundays, July 9th - Aug. 13th
Time: 6:00pm
Location: Pier 1, Riverside Park South (enter at 68th or 72nd St)
Cost: Free
Summary: Every Sunday evening from July 9th to August 13th, Riverside Park eases you out of the weekend with a series of live, acoustic performances. The music varies from folk to rock, jazz to salsa, reggae to klezmer and beyond. Check below for the full schedule.
Sunday, July 23rd - Howard Fishman Quartet
The innovative, genre-defying singer, guitarist and songwriter brings his quartet and tasty blend of styles, including jazz, country, blues and pop, out for an evening of both original music and carefully chosen classics.
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Sunday, July 9th - Metropolitan Klezmer
New York-based musicians perform an eclectic and vibrant array of lesser-known Yiddish gems including selections from trance, folk, swing and tango styles.
Sunday, July 16th - The Paul Peress Quartet
The Paul Peress Quartet has appeared at music festivals throughout the world with music running the gamut from Latin Jazz to Brazilian to West African.
Sunday, July 23rd - Howard Fishman Quartet
The innovative, genre-defying singer, guitarist and songwriter brings his quartet and tasty blend of styles, including jazz, country, blues and pop, out for an evening of both original music and carefully chosen classics.
Sunday, July 30th - Kevin Kinsella
Singer and songwriter for the powerhouse roots reggae group, John Brown's Body, Kinsella’s musical goal (whether performing solo or with JBB) is creating what he calls "thanks and praise" music that will instill positive vibes in all who listen.
Sunday, August 6th - Paprika
Brooklyn’s own all-female, international dance music sensation brings crowds to life with music from around the globe. From a central core of Brazilian and Caribbean repertoire, music of the Mediterranean, Near and Far East and Africa, to rocking originals, Paprika creates an atmosphere of melody and rhythm that is irresistibly danceable.
Sunday, August 13th - Ray Martinez Sabor Criollo
Ray Martinez is known for his melodic and percussive style, and has been considered one of the most gifted and prominent bassist/arrangers in the contemporary Latin and Salsa music scenes.
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Survival Sundays
 Date: Sunday, July 23rd
Time: 9:00pm
Location: Vault Lounge at Element (225 E. Houston at Essex)
Cost: Free before 11, $3 after)
Summary: Dave Q brings the NYC dubstep crew to the revamped Element tonight for an evening of bass-drived, reggae tinged, beats. Expect everything from roots to dancehall, dubstep and beyond. DJs: Dave Q, Selector Moldy, I-Sound, & Seckle
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ASSSSCAT 3000
Date: Every Sunday
Time: 9:30pm
Location: Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (307 W. 26th St. @ 8th Ave.)
Cost: Free
Summary: Definitely some of the most fun you can have with your friends without going to a club or bar. Asssscat improv has been going on for years and every time I've been it's always been hillarious (yes, hillarious). It's hosted by Amy Poehler and always features a who's who of comedy writers from The Daily Show, Conan, SNL and tons of others and they're all surprisingly good improv performers. Celebrities (actual cool ones) frequently drop by to hone their skills. Tickets are distributed at 8:15, but definitely get there earlier. It really is a lot of fun AND they serve beer!
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MLK Jr. Concert Series - Gospel Night
Date: Monday, July 24th
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Wingate Field (directions)
Cost: Free
Summary: 24 years ago, Brooklyn Borough president Marty Markowitz began the Martin Luther King, Jr. Concert Series to bring outdoor entertainment to the BK Masses. Tonight's is gospel night with Mighty Clouds of Joy, Tye Tribbett & Greater Anointing, and Lexi. Click on the logo for the full season line-up
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HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival
 Date: Monday, July 24th
Time: Lawn opens for blankets at 5:00pm, film begins at dusk (8:00pm - 9:00pm)
Location: Bryant Park (East 40th and Fifth Avenue)
Cost: Free
Summary: HBO and Citi team up to bring you a another Summer of classic films. What do you do when you are the town marshall and a revenge obssesed outlaw is on the loose? When your friends leave you and even your new bride won't ride or die? Catch Gary Cooper in "High Noon" and see the cheese stand alone.
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Minty Fresh
 Date: Mondays
Time: 8:30pm
Location: Mo Pitkins (34 Avenue A)
Cost: Free
Summary: "Mintyfresh is a gypsy comedy show amongst the New York underground comedy scene. We can be seen at several NYC locales with diverse themes but the same twinkle. Our stand up show can be seen at Mo Pitkin's every Monday at 8:30p with an eclectic lineup of comics." Check the Minty Fresh site for more info.
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Lynda Carter: A Celebration of the Birth and Life of a Wonderful Woman
 Date: Monday, July 24th
Time: 9:00pm
Location: Botanica (47 E Houston Bet. Mott & Mulberry)
Cost: free
Summary: Shakey and Justin Carter invite you to Botanica tonight to celebrate the 55th birthday of Lynda Carter, AKA Wonder Woman. There will be a best Wonder Woman costume contest as well as an evening of records by other wonder women. "Revelers are also invited to bring a record of their favorite wonder woman to play during the evening."
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Metropol
Date: Mondays
Time: 10:00pm
Location: Rififi (332 11th St. between 1st and 2nd)
Cost: Free (one drink minimum)
Summary: Each Monday, Metrolpol brings classic horror films to a small lower east side bar for your public freak-out enjoyment. Films are at 10 and the DJs spin rock and metal afterwards. $3 PBR all night. Tonight's Film, Return of the Living Dead.
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Karaoke Killed The Cat
 Date: Mondays
Time: 10:00pm
Location: Pianos (158 Ludlow at Stanton)
Cost: Free
Summary: While the karaoke madness in NYC has died down - or been replaced by more exotic renditions such as aireoke - one weekly event continues to keep packing them in. Karaoke Killed the Cat brings a deep song list, a reoccuring cast of karaoke "professionals," and general good time madness to pianos every week. Don't believe me, check out the photos.
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Adam Green (moldy peaches) instore
 Date: Tuesday, July 25th
Time: 6:30pm
Location: Virgin Megastore USQ (14th and Broadway)
Cost: Free
Summary: Adam Green of the Moldy Peaches brings his unique brand of anti folk to the Virgin Megastore tonight. While there is an alleged agreement (wikipedia) that refrains him from playing Peaches songs, I am sure that there will be some screaming, quirky goodness none the less
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McCarren Park Goes to the Movies
 Date: Tuesday, July 25th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: The McCarren Park Pool (Lorimer btw Driggs and Bayard)
Cost: Free
Summary: There seems to be no end to what can happen at the McCarren Park Pool this summer. Today The L magazine kicks off there summer movie screening, Summerscreen, at this empty-cement-hipster-hangout. On the big screen tonight is Do The Right Thing, plus local hip hop from Cold Hands Collective and Miya Masaoka.
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Chicks and Giggles
 Date: Tuesday, July 25th
Time: 8:00pm
Location: Mo Pitkins (34 Avenue A)
Cost: Free
Summary: Mo Pitkins continues their free comedy weekly, Chicks and Giggles, tonight. This all female comedy show, hosted by Laugh Factory's Carolyn Castiglia, features comedians from VH1, Gotham, Premium Blend, Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, BET, and Stand Up New York.
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Re:Up Release with Daedelus
 Date: Tuesday, July 25th
Time: 9:00pm - 4:00am
Location: APT (419 West 13th St)
Open Bar: Vodka, 9-10
Cost: Free
Summary: Re:Up and FreeNYC are quite likeminded when it comes to our love for abstract hip-hop beats and tonight they bringone of our current loves, Daedelus to APT for their release party. "Contrasting IDM styled cut-ups with childlike arrangements from the 30s and 40s, he has created a sound that is entirely new. His productions find the hidden common denominator between modern electronics and sampled music from days gone by. Recording out of Santa Monica, Daedelus also incorporates hip-hop into his mix, with guest spots from Busdriver, MF Doom, Absract Rude, Madlib, and High Priest (Anti-Pop Consortium). His live show, which utilizes a custom-built sample trigger device and software package, has... secured his reputation as one of the most exciting producers in electronic music." DJ Duane and Scott Mou offer turntable support.
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New York Dolls Release Party
 Date: Tuesday, July 25th
Time: 10:00pm
Location: The Manor (78 8th Ave between 13th and 14th)
Cost: Free with RSVP
Open Bar: Stoli and Heineken, 10-11
Summary: L Magazine brings an open bar and a DJ set from punk legends the New York Dolls (or at least a DJ set from Sylvain) tonight. While not the biggest fan of reuniting rockers, the rumor mill says that the new album is quite good.
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Summer in the Square
Date: Wednesdays Through August 16th
Time: 12:30pm - 8:00pm
Location: Union Square (Broadway between 14th and 17th)
Cost: Free
Summary: "Every Wednesday from June 28 to August 16, Summer in the Square, a free weekly performance series hosted by the Union Square Partnership, will draw hundreds of people to Union Square Park’s center lawn for live dance, music, and theatrical performances. With funky jazz bands, classical ballet, innovative theater, yoga, and more, Summer in the Square has something for everyone! Best of all, every performance is free!" Click below for the Schedule
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12:30 p.m. NEW SCHOOL UNIVERSITY’S AFRO-CUBAN JAZZ ORCHESTRA
Under the direction of faculty member and acclaimed drummer Bobby Sanabria, New School Jazz students and alumni present a lively afternoon of blues, bolero and mambo by the masters of Afro-Cuban music, including Mario Bauzá, Tito Puente and Machito.
6:00 p.m. PERFORMANCE SPACE 122
Join us for what promises to be an innovative and cutting edge contemporary performance by the best and brightest combination of emerged and emerging artists.
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Jaws
 Date: Wednesday, July 26th
Time: Sundown (about 8:30ish)
Location: Hudson River Park, Pier 54 (just below 14th Street - map)
Cost: Free
Summary: River Flicks is an outdoor summer movie series along the Hudson. Every Wednesday night they bust out a new movie by the waterside and screen it as the sun goes down. Each summer they pick a theme, and this year it's all about bein' a big fat meany. Tonight's film is Jaws, the tragic tale of how one man rallys a town to murder a cute cuddly lil shark. While the shark eats people, you eat free popcorn.
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Gentri-Fi
Date: Wednesdays
Time: 9:00pm - 1:00am
Location: The Creek & The Cave (1093 Jackson Ave, LIC)
Cost: Free
Summary: Dave Proper brings a rotating line-up to this our favorite LIC mexican restaurant / lounge for a "mix of the newest danceable rock, hip-hop, and classics going back to the roots of it all." The kitchen is open until 11 and the margaritas are serious.
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It's Just a Plant... Or Is It?
 Date: Wednesday, July 26th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Housing Works Bookstore Café (126 Crosby St. bet. Houston and Prince)
Cost: Free
Summary: Childrens book author Ricardo Cortés is joined by Drug Policy Alliance Executive Director Ethan Nadelmann this evening for a reading and discussion of It's Just A Plant. "A controversial book, It’s Just a Plant was called 'an outrage' by Entertainment Weekly. Bill O’Reilly, on the other hand, points out that 'Just Say No doesn’t always work.' Join the experts for a discussion of this hot-button issue; they will discuss the failures of current anti-marijuana efforts and alternatives to the war on drugs."
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First Taste of Tapes 'n Tapes
 Date: Wednesday, July 26th
Time: 9:00pm
Location: Hi-Fi (169 Avenue A)
Cost: Free
Summary: The AdVice crew's weekly listening party hosts a special listening session for the new Tapes 'n Tapes album tonight (at 10pm). Beyond that its all the skinny jean rockin you could want in one night. $3 Brooklyn beers from 9-12
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Industry Sample Sale!
 Date: Thursday, July 27th
Time: 10:00am - 6:00pm
Location: 209 West 38th Suite 602
Cost: Free entrance, discounted clothes
Summary: Hi, my name is Lindsay and I have a clothing problem! Sigh, it's true, I love to buy clothes. Even when I shouldn't spend money I get suckered in by some cute little sun dress. So I was super excited when I found out one of my favorite clothing lines, Industry, was having a sample sale! The shopping begins today and runs through next Thursday!
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If They Come for You in the Morning Benefit Art Show
 Date: Thursday, July 27th & Friday, July 28th
Time: 5:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: ABC No Rio (156 Rivington, btwn Suffolk & Clinton)
Cost: Free
Summary: Organized by the super dope folks at Visual Resistance this benefit will include tons of great art for auction by some amazing street artists like Swoon, Banksy and loads of others. All funds will go toward the legal defense of Daniel McGowan, an activist who was arrested recently as part of the FBI’s Operation Backfire. He faces life in prison plus 335 years under some seriously iffy charges. This is serious! Whatcha gonna do when they come for you? Click below for more info and to see the crazy number of artists lending support...
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Participating artists:
Arofish * Icky A. * Erok Alrededor * Banksy * Brandon Bauer * Thomas Blanchard * V Blanco * Victoria Booth * Borf * Dianne Bowen * Scott Boylston * Breakfast * Kelly Burns * JN Cantor * Christopher Cardinale * Celso * Etta Cetera * Angela Coppola * Alison Corrie * DarkClouds * Eric Drooker * Eelus * Elbow Toe * David Ellis * Endless Love Crew * Benjamin Ferguson * Karen Fiorito * Flower Face Killah * Julia Garder * GoreB * Lynn Hassan * Eric Hauser * Art Hazelwood * Infinity * Influenza * Ryan Inzana * Klutch * Andalusia Knoll * Peter Kuper * Nicolas Lampert * James Leonard * David Lester * Josh MacPhee * Magmo the Destroyer * Colin Matthes * Keith McHenry * Saiya Miller * Douglas Minkler * Claude Moller * MOMO * Nik Moore * Math-You Namie * Brandon Neubauer * Barry Newman * Laura Parker * Peripheral Media Projects * Bill Pierce * RB827 * Leon Reid (aka Darius Jones) * Asante Riverwind * Cristy Road * Andrew Rodman * Melina Rodrigo * Eliot Rosewater * Erik Ruin * Jennifer Salerno * Fabio Sassi * Nicole Schulman * Tod Seelie * Erin Siegal * Andy Singer * Chris Stain * Meredith Stern * Judith Supine * Swoon * The 62 * Seth Tobocman * Edwin Vazquez * Kristine Virsis * Colin White * Pete Yahnke
The cause:
Daniel McGowan is an environmental and social justice activist, unjustly arrested and charged in federal court on multiple counts of arson, property destruction, and conspiracy, relating to two incidents that occurred in Oregon in 2001. Daniel has asserted his innocence by pleading not guilty to all charges. He is facing a minimum of life in prison if convicted.
Daniel is from New York, and has been an active member of the community, working on diverse projects such as military counter-recruitment, demonstrations against the Republican National Convention, Really Really Free Markets, and supporting political prisoners such as Jeff "Free" Luers and others. Daniel was a graduate student earning a Master's degree in acupuncture and was working at WomensLaw.org, a nonprofit group that helps women in domestic abuse situations navigate the legal system, which is where he was arrested by federal marshals on December 7, 2005.
Daniel had originally been indicted separately, but his arrest comes in the context of a well-coordinated, multi-state sweep of numerous activists by the federal government, who has charged the individuals with practically every earth and animal liberation case left unsolved in the Northwest. Many of the charges, including Daniel's, are for cases whose statute of limitations were about to expire.
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Movies with A View - Pee Wee's Big Adventure
 Date: Thursday, July 27th
Time: 6:00pm (films at sundown)
Location: Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park, DUMBO
Summary: Movies with a View, DUMBO's weekly evening film festival, continues tonight with Pee Wee's Big Adventure. "Tim Burton's directorial debut follows Pee Wee on a cross-country trek in pursuit of his beloved bicycle." Halcyon DJs provide music before the film and there is free valet bike parking. Snack available.
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The full schedule is:
July 6 – The Wizard of Oz
July 13 – Easy Rider
July 20 – Strangers on a Train
July 27 – Pee Wee’s Big Adventure
Aug. 3 – The Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert
Aug. 10 – Bonnie and Clyde
Aug. 17 – Raiders of the Lost Ark
Aug. 24 – The Warriors
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Crotona Park Jams
Date: Thursday, July 27th
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Crotona Park (Charlotte St & Crotona Park East, Bronx)
Cost: Free
Summary: "The Crotona Park Jams are the closest you are going to get today to an authentic Bronx park jam from the 70s! Hip Hop enthusiasts and practitioners worldwide are marking their calendars to witness a phenomenon that those who weren't there at Hip Hop's emergence, could only dream of!" Tonight's line-up: DJ Charlie Chase, Kool DJ Red Alert, Grandwizzard Theodore, and Mean Gene
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JULY 6: DJ sets by POPMASTER FABEL, GRANDMASTER CAZ and D.J. CASH MONEY.
JULY 13: DJ sets by LORD FINESSE, THE ORIGINAL JAZZY JAY and MIX MASTER ICE. Special guest emcee: DONALD D!
JULY 20: DJ STEVE DEE, IMPERIAL JAYCEE and ROCKIN ROB. Special guests: T-SKI VALLEY & DJ PRINCE!
JULY 27: DJ CHARLIE CHASE, KOOL DJ RED ALERT and GRANDWIZZARD THEODORE. Special guest DJ set by MEAN GENE!
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Sheppard Fairey's Supply and Demand
 Date: Thurday, July 27th
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: The New Museum of Contempory Art (556 West 22nd)
Cost: Free
Sumamry: From clothing to posters to "viral propaganda" Shepard Fairey has long been one of the biggest names in the street art scene. Tonight with book launch and party for Supply and Demand we get a look at his work and the influence it has had over the past 17 years.
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Braindump 1.2
 Date: Thursday, July 27th
Time: 6:30pm - 10:00pm
Location: Fontanas (105 Eldridge bet Grand and Broome)
Cost: Free
Summary: "Mixed media swap meet. Donate old brainfood, score free new brainfood. Is it hot enough for you? Is your brain wilting? Perk it up. Bring any media -- CDs, books, comix, DVDs, etc -- you have already uploaded or wish to share with others. Get that media out of your life and into the brains of others."
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re:vision
 Date: Thursday, July 27th
Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: Canal Chapter (343 Canal St, 4th floor)
Cost: Free
Sumamry: Back in November the re:vision project was set up to sell photogrpahs by Chris Pieretti in order to raise enough money to publish a book. After the success of the the first show, they were able to get sponsorship and get a hardcover printed. Re:vision, gives viewers a look at sixteen working NYC artists, including Alife co-founder Tony Arcabascio and street artists Swoon & Skewville. Signed and numbered copies will be on sale at tonight's release party.
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The Hold Steady at Castle Clinton
 Date: Thursday, July 26th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Castle Clinton (directions)
Cost: Free (see below)
Summary: "Freewheeling and dramatic, The Hold Steady is going to rock the audience with their theatrical melodies during this special stripped-down acoustic performance." Tickets will be distributed, two per person, outside Castle Clinton on a first-come, first-served basis starting at 5pm today.
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One Bounce to the Ounce - Zapp Band
 Date: Thursday, July 27th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: South Street Seaport (directions)
Cost: Free
Summary: "Influenced by premier funk groups like Parliament, the Zapp Band first emerged in the 1980s with a unique brand of electro-funk. They gained popularity nationwide with the success of their hit, 'More Bounce to the Ounce.'"
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Haunted Hallway Reception
 Date: Thurday, July 27th (Through Aug. 6th)
Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: Riviera Gallery (103 Metropolitan Ave at Wythe, Williamsburg)
Cost: Free
Summary: "Riviera is pleased to present 'Haunted Hallway', an exhibition and celebration of [NYC Illustrator] Holly Stevenson's book, 'Mexican Love Story.' The show will feature the original artwork form the book as well as several large drawings inspired by the artist's own haunted hallway. Holly Stevenson is a NYC based illustrator, artist and designer."
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Seaside Summer Concerts - Julio Iglesias
Date: Thursday, July 13th
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Asser Levy/Seaside Park, Coney Island (directions)
Cost: Free
Summary: 28 years ago, Brooklyn Borough president Marty Markowitz began the Seaside Summer Concert Series to bring outdoor entertainment to shores of Brooklyn. Tonight's show features a romatic evening with Julio Iglesias. Click on the logo for the full season line-up.
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Deluxe*
 Date: Thursday, July 27th
Time: 9:00pm
Location: Lolita (266 Broome St)
Cost: Free
Summary: "Dr Maz has been treating NYC's most discerning indie audiophiles with a monthly dose of new and vintage indiepop, britpop, and french pop. Come celebrate the one-year anniversary party with guest DJ Shirley Beans from New york Noise fame."
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The Creature
 Date: Thursday, July 27th
Time: 10:00pm - 4:00am
Location: Sapphire (249 Eldridge)
Open Bar: Sparks, 11-12
Cost: Free (be sure to mention Creature at the door so you don't have to pay)
Summary: Not sure what to do with yourself this evening.., how 'bout the self proclaimed "stankiest" party on the LES. "The Creature consists of DJs Broccoli, J.A.G.G.A. and Hot Doorknobs. We play electro slangers, sleazy metal, indie rock, sh!tty techno and ghetto anthems." Free Sparks from 11 to midnight.
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Supply and Demand Afterparty
 Date: Thursday, July 27th
Time: 10:00pm
Location: Home Sweet Home (131 Chrystie St. btwn Delancey & Broome)
Cost: Free
Summary: This is the afterparty for the Supply & Demand book signing. It will feature DJs Shepard Fairey and Jessica McMenamin. That's all the info I got folks, but aren't ya itchin' to know what DJ Shepard Fairey is gonna play? I am.
[This is a new spot that's all lodge like but crossed with a Welcome to the Johnson's feel (Unlike the Williamsburg Lodge which makes a damn fine scallop sandwich). Regardless, should be good times... Flyer here. PS. Shepard, great job on the book,hella trip... - pb]
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Bugjuice - Gnarles Biggie and Giant Panda Live
Date: Friday, July 28th
Time: 10:00pm
Location: Luke & Leroy (21 7th Ave South at Leroy)
Cost: $5
Open Bar: Bugjuice, 10:30 - 11:30
Summary: This may just be the Biggest, stupidest, craziest Bugjuice we've put together yet. First off, where are bringing the Sound Advice boys K. Ross and Elsewhere out of Brooklyn and over to L&L tonight for the highly anticipated release of their Gnarls Biggie album. Already making huge waves all over the internet, banned by MySpace (3 times at last count), this Notorious B.I.G. / Gnarls Barkley mash-up album is finally going live after over a month in the making. We'll be giving away copies all night and Sound Advice will be spinning the tracks into their set.
Then, if that wasn't enough, we're bringing the Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad into town and squeezing their 6 piece roots, dub, reggae live show onto our dancefloor. These guys have been turning heads up and down the east cost since the release of their debut album Slow Down in March.
And finally, we've got Nanachill head honcho DJ Morsy bringing the best in funk, hip-hop, re-edits and more too keep you moving on the dance floor. It's $5 all night with an open bar from 10:30 - 11:30. Oh, and Bugjuice, Bugjuice, and more Bugjuice drunk specials all night for $3! You def. don't want to miss this one!
Watch the Gnarles Biggie trailer on You Tube
Listen to a live version of Giant Panda's Buffalo (mp3)
Listen to DJ Morsy's "A Fun-Key Session" Mixtape (mp3)
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If They Come for You in the Morning Benefit Art Show
Date: Thursday, July 27th & Friday, July 28th
Time: 5:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: ABC No Rio (156 Rivington, btwn Suffolk & Clinton)
Cost: Free
Summary: Organized by the super dope folks at Visual Resistance this benefit will include tons of great art for auction by some amazing street artists like Swoon, Banksy and loads of thers. All funds will go toward the legal defense of Daniel McGowan, an activist who was arrested recently as part of the FBI’s Operation Backfire. He faces life in prison plus 335 years under some seriously iffy charges. This is serious! Whatcha gonna do when they come for you? Click below for more info and to see the crazy number of artists lending support...
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Participating artists:
Arofish * Icky A. * Erok Alrededor * Banksy * Brandon Bauer * Thomas Blanchard * V Blanco * Victoria Booth * Borf * Dianne Bowen * Scott Boylston * Breakfast * Kelly Burns * JN Cantor * Christopher Cardinale * Celso * Etta Cetera * Angela Coppola * Alison Corrie * DarkClouds * Eric Drooker * Eelus * Elbow Toe * David Ellis * Endless Love Crew * Benjamin Ferguson * Karen Fiorito * Flower Face Killah * Julia Garder * GoreB * Lynn Hassan * Eric Hauser * Art Hazelwood * Infinity * Influenza * Ryan Inzana * Klutch * Andalusia Knoll * Peter Kuper * Nicolas Lampert * James Leonard * David Lester * Josh MacPhee * Magmo the Destroyer * Colin Matthes * Keith McHenry * Saiya Miller * Douglas Minkler * Claude Moller * MOMO * Nik Moore * Math-You Namie * Brandon Neubauer * Barry Newman * Laura Parker * Peripheral Media Projects * Bill Pierce * RB827 * Leon Reid (aka Darius Jones) * Asante Riverwind * Cristy Road * Andrew Rodman * Melina Rodrigo * Eliot Rosewater * Erik Ruin * Jennifer Salerno * Fabio Sassi * Nicole Schulman * Tod Seelie * Erin Siegal * Andy Singer * Chris Stain * Meredith Stern * Judith Supine * Swoon * The 62 * Seth Tobocman * Edwin Vazquez * Kristine Virsis * Colin White * Pete Yahnke
The cause:
Daniel McGowan is an environmental and social justice activist, unjustly arrested and charged in federal court on multiple counts of arson, property destruction, and conspiracy, relating to two incidents that occurred in Oregon in 2001. Daniel has asserted his innocence by pleading not guilty to all charges. He is facing a minimum of life in prison if convicted.
Daniel is from New York, and has been an active member of the community, working on diverse projects such as military counter-recruitment, demonstrations against the Republican National Convention, Really Really Free Markets, and supporting political prisoners such as Jeff "Free" Luers and others. Daniel was a graduate student earning a Master's degree in acupuncture and was working at WomensLaw.org, a nonprofit group that helps women in domestic abuse situations navigate the legal system, which is where he was arrested by federal marshals on December 7, 2005.
Daniel had originally been indicted separately, but his arrest comes in the context of a well-coordinated, multi-state sweep of numerous activists by the federal government, who has charged the individuals with practically every earth and animal liberation case left unsolved in the Northwest. Many of the charges, including Daniel's, are for cases whose statute of limitations were about to expire.
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Pleasure Little Treasure
 Date: Friday, July 28th
Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: Stay Gold Gallery (451 Grand St. @ Keap, W'burg)
Cost: Free
Summary: This joint show features the cool stylings of Hiroki Otsuka and Lisa Alisa, two young artists who are definitely on the come up. Both are heavily influenced by Japanese pop culture and their art meshes well, each dealing with different aspects of sexual objectification, exploitation and violence. Stay Gold is always on some goodness, so you really can't go wrong.
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Celebrate Brooklyn with Leela James & Brooklyn Funk Essentials Sound System
 Date: Friday, July 28th
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Prospect Park Bandshell - map
Cost: Free ($3 suggested donation)
Summary: VIBE says Leela James "has funk, soul, and a whole lotta church in those mighty pipes�(her) husky vocals ring out like a thunderous prayer for love finally answered." The legendary BFE Sound System brings the funk, hip hop and acid jazz to get folks open beforehand.
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
 Date: Friday, July 28th
Time: Sundown (about 8:30ish)
Location: Hudson River Park, Pier 46 (just north of Christopher Street - map)
Cost: Free
Summary: River Flicks is an outdoor summer movie series along the Hudson. Every Friday night they bring out the family friendly movies for the kids along the water's edge. Each summer they pick a theme, and this year it's all about big adventures. Tonight snack on your free popcorn, pull up a chair and watch Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
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Alice Through the Subway System
 Date: Friday, July 28th
Time: 8:30pm
Location: Lucky Cheng's (101 East 2nd St off 1st Ave)
Cost: Free with RSVP
Summary: "When Alice Liddell’s commute takes a turn into Wonderland, she finds herself confronted by strangely familiar and peculiar characters. From the Cheshire Rat to the Mad Rapper, witness a trip through the New York City underground that rocks and rolls. 'Alice Through the Subway System' is a fresh, urban twist on Lewis Carroll’s classic tales. This interactive performance will be followed by The 80’s Dance Party with DJs spinning 80s, Brit Pop, and New Wave."
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A Tittsworth of Sweat
 Date: Friday, July 28th
Time: 9:00pm - 4:00am
Location: The Delancey (168 Delancey Street)
Cost: Free
Summary: It's time for another hot, summer Sweat. For your Friday night party jams this is your spot. Tonight DJ Moe Choi, Reverend McFly, Erminatti & Special Needs plus special DC DJ import, Tittsworth. 2-for-1 Heinekens from 9 to ll keeps your pricetag low.
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Nicky The Jazz Cat
 Date: Saturday, July 29th
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location: Big Apple Jazz (2236 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd bet. 131st and 132nd St)
Cost: Free
Summary: powerHouse books, publishers of most hipster must-read books, flips things this afternoon with a family friendly jazz celebration. "Carol Friedman, author of Nicky The Jazz Cat will read Nicky and host a jazzy sing-a-long with Nicky's Jazz For Kids CD, accompanied by very special guest jazz musicians."
Posted by Chris at 12:00 PM
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Celebrate Brooklyn's Boricua Festival
 Date: Saturday, July 29th
Time: 2:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Prospect Park Bandshell - map
Cost: Free ($3 suggested donation)
Summary: This is part of the Bud Light sponsored Latin music series and is a festival in celebration of Puerto Rican culture, featuring "an all-day lineup headlined by Ponce's salsa giants La Sonora Poncea and boasting the return of the one and only King of Latin Soul, Joe Bataan. Grupo Latin Vibe, Tato Torres' Yerba Buena, The Camacho Brothers, and The Starlite Studio Youth Dancers round out the bill."
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Goapele, Alice Smith, DJs: The Ladies of Ubiquita at Summerstage
 Date: Saturday, July 29th
Time: 3:00pm - 7:00pm
Location: Central Park SummerStage (Rumsey Playfield - Enter at 69th and 5th or at 72nd Street and Central Park West)
Cost: Free
Summary: Besides being seriously beautiful, Goapele is a neo-soul impresario with a strong sense of social consciousness. And I quote: "Showing a debt to politically aware artists like Nina Simone and Bob Marley, the singer wraps her progressive message in serene, romantic soul with a touch of hip-hop attitude." Alice Smith (also beautiful) was a member of the NY AfroPunk scene and "has an amazing four-octave range, and she uses it to realize a uniquely eclectic vision." The Ladies Of Ubiquita are NY's only all female crew and will be spinning hip-hop, house, Afro-Beat and reggae to kick things off. Wow, I wonder if I can get a backstage pass...
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Ukulele Cabaret
 Date: Saturday, July 29th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Jimmy's No. 43 (43 East 7th St)
Cost: Free
Summary: Leave it to NYC to have a sustainable Ukulele scene. Local duo Sonic Uke (ha!) host 14 different acts at tonight from 8-11. There's even a free form jam at 7. Music styles range from Tin Pan Alley to Heavy Metal... all on ukulele.
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Brooklyn Collective Party
 Date: Saturday, July 29th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Brooklyn Collective (198 Columbia St between Sackett and Degraw)
Cost: Free with RSVP
Open Bar: ???, 7-8pm (next door at Lido Bar)
Summary: Brooklyn Collective hosts an evening of art, design, music, and fashion! DJs Duckcomb & ShakeWell man the tables with paintings, photography, jewelry and more.
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FEATURING:
PAINTINGS
Becky Yazdan, Niccole Ugay & Jessica Rosin
PHOTOGRAPHY
Jess Levey & Alexandra Batsford
SCULPTURE & INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
Studio 1 am, Unfed and Boiler Design
JEWELRY & ACCESSORY DESIGN
Jess Yam, Rachel Goldberg, Species By The Thousands, Julie Kaputska
FASHION DESIGN
Tessa Phillips & Milton Carter
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One Night Of Fire
 Date: Saturday, August 29th
Time: Sunset to Very Late(or early depending on how you look at it)
Location: Must RSVP For Details
Cost: Free with RSVP
Summary: Permit, we don't need no stinking permit! Complacent Nation for the past seven years has been putting together massive art parties, intimate escapades, and events of epic success and infamous failure... so why should tonight be any different. They are describing One Night Of Fire as "a burning adventure of the everything-is-possible realized with music, performance and the spectacle of flame." Expect a crazy street party with revelry and risk filled with "drummers, stilt walkers, fire spinners, renegade aerialists, fireworks & rocketships, gifts of liquor, brass march bands, champagne showers, a liberated water-front, the unending spectacle of sparks and flame and a night gone wild."
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Sound Advice
Date: Saturday, July 29th
Time: 10:00pm - 4:00am
Location: Supreme Trading (213 N 8th St, Williamsburg)
Cost: Free
Summary: Sound Advice is the hands down best feel good booty shaking get drunk and make out with a Williamsburg hottie party there is out there. K. Ross and Elsewhere bring the funk, the hip hop, the reggae, and any sort of other groove that makes you feel good to the floor. Come out, find the FreeNYC crew and say what's up.
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Sounds Like Fun
 Date: Saturday, August 29th
Time: 10:00pm - 4:00am
Location: Savalas (285 Bedford Ave. @ S. 1st, W'burg)
Cost: Free (be sure to RSVP)
Open Bar: Yengling beer and all well drinks! 10:30 - 11:30
Summary: Yes, yes, y'all. My man DJ King Fish will be spinning the jams at this cozy little spot in the Burg. I promise you he'll bring the party tunes to get yo butt on the floor. Sounds like this might turn into a regular event, so head down there and buy TV on the Radio a drink if you see 'em.
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ELS on the LES
 Date: Sunday, July 30th
Time: 1:00pm
Location: East Side Info Center (261 Broome St.)
Cost: Free
Summary: Join ELS (Every Last Sunday) for a guided walking tour of independent art galleries and studios on the Lower East Side. Visit over a dozen sites on this organized tour or download the map and take the tour on your own. Continues every last Sunday of the month.
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Taste Summer Again
Date: Sunday, July 30th
Time: 1:00pm - 8:30pm
Location: Brooklyn Diner (205 Kent St., Williamsburg)
Cost: Free
Open Bar: Brooklyn Brew 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Summary: In case you're new, I love to play outside, and even more, I love to dance outside. The new party, A Taste of Summer, makes this possible every Sunday all summer long. Today Infrastructure Records presents Phono with Function, Plexus, Juan Gaviria and a live performance by Camea and Inside-out!
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McCarren Park Pool Party With Of Montreal and Enon
Date: Sunday, July 30th
Time: 2:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: The Pool @ McCarren Park (directions)
Cost: Free
Summary: What do you get when you cross Pool Parties with Williamsburg? No no, not a bunch of wet hipster haircuts but a free summer concert series in McCarren Park's emptied out pool. The Pool Parties feature some of the best bands and DJs Brooklyn has to offer. And when you aren't listening to music there is plenty going on, jump in a game of dodgeball, buy some Brooklyn Brew, grab a burger, play on a 27 foot slip n’ slide, or lay out and tan your tattoos. Today playing in the pool are Of Montreal, Enon, Irving, and Asobi Seksu.
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Lady Sov, Jean Grae and Pete Rock at Summerstage
 Date: Sunday, July 30th
Time: 3:00pm - 7:00pm
Location: Summerstage (directions)
Cost: Free
Summary: Today is also known as 'the day Lindsay showed up crazy early to avoid the massive swarm of LES and Williamsburg residents who came to watch Lady Sov, Pete Rock and Jean Grae in the park.' DJ Rekha curated the day of grime, and hip hop at Central Park's Summerstage. This promises to be one of the best days of the summer, dont sleep on it!
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Glide Summer Sessions
 Date: Sunday, July 30th
Time: 3:00pm - Midnight
Location: Laila Lounge (113 N.7th btwn Wythe & Berry, W'burg)
Cost: Free
Summary: Come get your house and world beat groove on with DJs Karl S, Maurice, De Fex and JuanMapu accompanied by live percussion. BBQ and drink specials for the early birds and there's also wireless for those so inclined.
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Acoustic Sundays
Date: Sundays, July 9th - Aug. 13th
Time: 6:00pm
Location: Pier 1, Riverside Park South (enter at 68th or 72nd St)
Cost: Free
Summary: Every Sunday evening from July 9th to August 13th, Riverside Park eases you out of the weekend with a series of live, acoustic performances. The music varies from folk to rock, jazz to salsa, reggae to klezmer and beyond. Check below for the full schedule.
Sunday, July 30th - Kevin Kinsella
Singer and songwriter for the powerhouse roots reggae group, John Brown's Body, Kinsella’s musical goal (whether performing solo or with JBB) is creating what he calls "thanks and praise" music that will instill positive vibes in all who listen.
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Sunday, July 9th - Metropolitan Klezmer
New York-based musicians perform an eclectic and vibrant array of lesser-known Yiddish gems including selections from trance, folk, swing and tango styles.
Sunday, July 16th - The Paul Peress Quartet
The Paul Peress Quartet has appeared at music festivals throughout the world with music running the gamut from Latin Jazz to Brazilian to West African.
Sunday, July 23rd - Howard Fishman Quartet
The innovative, genre-defying singer, guitarist and songwriter brings his quartet and tasty blend of styles, including jazz, country, blues and pop, out for an evening of both original music and carefully chosen classics.
Sunday, July 30th - Kevin Kinsella
Singer and songwriter for the powerhouse roots reggae group, John Brown's Body, Kinsella’s musical goal (whether performing solo or with JBB) is creating what he calls "thanks and praise" music that will instill positive vibes in all who listen.
Sunday, August 6th - Paprika
Brooklyn’s own all-female, international dance music sensation brings crowds to life with music from around the globe. From a central core of Brazilian and Caribbean repertoire, music of the Mediterranean, Near and Far East and Africa, to rocking originals, Paprika creates an atmosphere of melody and rhythm that is irresistibly danceable.
Sunday, August 13th - Ray Martinez Sabor Criollo
Ray Martinez is known for his melodic and percussive style, and has been considered one of the most gifted and prominent bassist/arrangers in the contemporary Latin and Salsa music scenes.
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Hell on Reels
 Date: Sunday, July 30th
Time: 8:30pm (doors 7:30pm)
Location: Hell Gate Social (12-21 Astoria Blvd, Queens)
Cost: Free
Summary: "H.O.R is a forum for the exhibition of unique and exceptional short format moving picture works. The intention of the event is to promote creative dialogue and collaboration among participants within the local Astoria, Queens community, greater metropolitan area and global moving picture society." Check the site for full details.
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Hefty not Wimpy
 Date: Sunday, July 30th
Time: 9:00pm - 2:00am
Location: Vault at Element (255 E. Houston)
Cost: Free
Summary: Brooklyn's Halycon Records bring their DJs across the river and onto Elements killer soundsystem tonight for for an evening of all-vinyl sounds. These DJs know their skills so come with an open mind and prepared to hear the newest dance tracks (in the techno, house, et al. genres that is)
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ASSSSCAT 3000
Date: Every Sunday
Time: 9:30pm
Location: Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (307 W. 26th St. @ 8th Ave.)
Cost: Free
Summary: Definitely some of the most fun you can have with your friends without going to a club or bar. Asssscat improv has been going on for years and every time I've been it's always been hillarious (yes, hillarious). It's hosted by Amy Poehler and always features a who's who of comedy writers from The Daily Show, Conan, SNL and tons of others and they're all surprisingly good improv performers. Celebrities (actual cool ones) frequently drop by to hone their skills. Tickets are distributed at 8:15, but definitely get there earlier. It really is a lot of fun AND they serve beer!
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Cheer New York Tryouts Clinic
-thumb.jpg) Date: Monday, July 31st
Time: 6:30pm
Location: Pier 46 (one pier north of Christopher St)
Cost: Free
Summary: Some folks relive their High School days by binge drinking with their friends. Others pick up a pom pom and work it out with basket tosses. "Cheer New York is inviting interested cheerleaders, gymnasts, dancers and athletes (men and women) to join the team! No one's too old, but you must be 21!" Come out to this free clinic today and get ready for the tryouts.
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New York Breaks and Beats
 Date: Monday, July 31st
Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: Adidas Originals (136 Wooster St)
Cost: Free with RSVP
Summary: Here's a line-around-the-block LES jam that's sure to Please. Vinyl junkie magazine Wax Poetics has teamed up with Adidas to bring a vinyl history lesson with DJ Kool Herc himself. To top it, Public Enemy's Chuck D hosts the event and we can only hope that he'll drop some knowledge on the mic. No word of an open bar but I am sure this one is flaskable.
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MLK Jr. Concert Series - Roberta Flack
Date: Monday, July 31th
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Wingate Field (directions)
Cost: Free
Summary: 24 years ago, Brooklyn Borough president Marty Markowitz began the Martin Luther King, Jr. Concert Series to bring outdoor entertainment to the BK Masses. Tonight's show celebrates classic soul with Roberta Flack and James Ingram. Click on the logo for the full season line-up
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HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival
 Date: Monday, July 31st
Time: Lawn opens for blankets at 5:00pm, film begins at dusk (8:00pm - 9:00pm)
Location: Bryant Park (East 40th and Fifth Avenue)
Cost: Free
Summary: HBO and Citi team up to bring you a another Summer of classic films."A Shot in the Dark" This is the second movie in the Pink Panther series and Inspector Clouseau tries to prove that the maid didn't do it.
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Nublu BBQ
Date: Mondays
Time: 8:00pm
Location: Nublu (62 Ave C)
Cost: Free
Summary: The Nublu crew kick it backyard style with a sunset BBQ every Monday. There are $1 hotdogs and tonight features music by East Village Radio's own DJ Bryant K and DJ Queen Majesty.
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Stain's Blackout Party
 Date: Monday, July 31st
Time: 8:00pm
Location: Stain (766 Grand St, Williamsburg)
Cost: Free
Summary: Where were YOU during the black out of '03? I was in the middle of a street party on Orchard Street with a drum circle and about 500 of my closest friends until about 4am (when the riot bridage showed up). Hopefully tonight will be just as much fun as Stain hosts their annual black out party with "Black Forest beer, dark chocolate, grilling, canned goods costume prizes, ghost stories, candles, boom box music, board games, strangers groping in the shadows." This one is def. going to be what you make of it so come prepared. BYOFlashlight
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Jack Rose at Other Music
 Date: Monday, July 31st
Time: 8:00pm
Location: Other Music (15 East 4th St.)
Cost: Free
Summary: Steel string guitar virtuoso Jack Rose swings by Other Music for an intimate solo performance this evening.
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Metropol
Date: Mondays
Time: 10:00pm
Location: Rififi (332 11th St. between 1st and 2nd)
Cost: Free (one drink minimum)
Summary: Each Monday, Metrolpol brings classic horror films to a small lower east side bar for your public freak-out enjoyment. Films are at 10 and the DJs spin rock and metal afterwards. $3 PBR all night. Tonight's Film, A Nightmare on Elm St Part 3
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Skye Steele Quintet
 Date: Monday, July 31st
Time: 10:00pm
Location: Zebulon (258 Wythe Ave bet. N 3rd and Metropolitain, Williamsburg)
Cost: Free
Summary: With special guests abound, the Skye Steele quintet bring some of the best new jazz the city has to offer to a free show tonight.
Listen to the Skye Steele Quintet's version of Freedom Impressionism (mp3)
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