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Giant Step Presents Private Park 8: DJ Spinna

Date: Monday, August 27th
Time: 6:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: Hudson Hotel (356 West 58th Street)
Cost: Free with RSVP

"A cornerstone of Hip-Hop's late 90's indie-uprise, DJ Spinna made much of his first impression on listeners as the musical background of his group The Jigmastas... As an emcee in New York City, if you didn’t have a Spinna production under your belt, well, you just hadn’t accomplished all there was to accomplish. Everyone from Mos Def, Talib Kweli to Pharaohe Monch boasted Spinna beats to prove their worth to the scene... Vincent 'DJ Spinna' Williams obsessively collects for his extensive vinyl library and pursues the full range of his roots (Funk, Soul and Jazz), foundation (Hip-Hop) and future (Electronic/Dance music) with no restraints." Tonight, join Giant Step for their eighth Monday evening boogie in their Private Park series with 4 hours of grooves provided by DJ Spinna.

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Blue Monday

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Date: Mondays
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Bar BQ (689 6th Ave at 20th St, Park Slope)
Cost: Free
Open Bar: Free bourbon of the week, 7-9

Not to be confused with the old Blue Owl Monday, Blue Monday is a more southern take on easing in your work week. Enjoy live blues (7-9) and free bourbon (7-9) if you can get out of work fast enough to hit the slope. If not, there's $2 Blue Points all night and, of course, BBQ).

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Cross Pollination

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Date: Mondays
Time: 7:30pm - 10:00pm
Location: Pianos, upstairs (158 Ludlow St)
Cost: Free

Liberated Matter and ASCAP bring this weekly series of unrelated live performances to pianos upstairs. This week its and indie rock and jazz double bill as The Monas and Taxi Taxi take the stage. More info on the bands below. 21+

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On the Waterfront Screening (rechedule)

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Date: Monday, August 27th
Time: sunset (8-9pm)
Location: Elevated Acre at 55 Water Street
Cost: Free

"Elia Kazan’s landmark movie stars Marlon Brando as a washed-up ex-prizefighter working on the docks for the local gang boss. The death of a childhood friend, ordered by this gangster, fills him with guilt because he is unwittingly involved in the murder. This hardscrabble tale of treachery and deceit also features Eva Marie Saint, Karl Malden and Rod Steiger. A conversation with filmmaker Jacob Burckhardt, a screening of his short Marten's Bar (5 minutes, 1976) – a poetic tribute to a solitary life shot in Manhattan and Red Hook, Brooklyn and based on a poem by Edwin Denby – and a screening of his father Rudy Burckhardt’s Up and Down the Waterfront (8 minutes, 1946) – an elegy to the city’s waterfront with its crates and boxes unloading in the morning, lonely men sitting on half-broken docks in the afternoon, and sailor bars at night – precede the film." All Ages.

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La India

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Date: Monday, August 27th
Time: 8:00pm
Location: Damrosch Park Bandshell
Cost: Free

"Come join the sizzling sensation — the 'Princess of Salsa' La India — as she heats up Lincoln Center with “salsaton,” her term for a sound fusion of salsa and reggaeton music designed to keep your hips shaking and your feet moving. An integral part of growth of dance music in discos in the 1980s, La India crossed markets in the 1990s, becoming salsa’s darling diva and the heir apparent to continuing the genre’s legacy. Her songs are infectious, her voice passionate, and the beats compelling — a perfect combination for a hot summer night."

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Date: Mondays
Time: 10:00pm
Location: Darkroom (165 Ludlow St at Stanton)
Cost: Free
Open Bar: PRB, 11-12

mmmmmm.... Monday drinking... Schools out, you know you want to. Hit up Darkroom tonight for this weekly night of booze and good times with hosted by Sean FightCats, & Mike Nouveau. Free Booze.... mmmmmm.... Photo by Nicky Digital...

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