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Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, Afrika Bambaataa and Love Trio with U-Roy at Summerstage

Date: Sunday, July 6th
Time: 3:00pm - 7:00pm
Location: Central Park Summerstage (directions)
Cost: Free

One of the best things about summer in New York City is Central Park's Summerstage. Today afro-Beat, hip hop, and dub converge on the stage. Funk, soul and percussion meet consciousness as Seun Kuti and Egypt80 join forces. Afrika Bambaataa, the legendary DJ and community leader from the South Bronx brings his classic hip hop sounds. And rounding out the line up is Jamaican toaster U-Roy joining forces with Lower East Side dub group Love Trio.

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New York Classical Theatre: The Tragedy of Macbeth

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Date: Monday, July 7th - 9th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Meet at Castle Clinton, Battery Park - map
Cost: Free

New York Classical Theatre's mission is to reinvigorate and create audiences for the theatre by presenting free productions of popular classics and forgotten masterpieces in non-traditional public spaces throughout New York City. This week they present Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth staged throughout Battery Park and Castle Clinton—as the play moves from scene to scene, the audience follows the performance from place to place. Full dates below. All Ages.

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Nuar Alsadir and Nick Flynn

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Date: Sunday, July 6th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Freebird Books (123 Columbia St btw. Kane and Degraw, Cobble Hill)
Cost: Free

Two up and coming authors, Nuar Alsadir and Nick Flynn, read from their latest this evening at this Cobble Hill independent book spot. Nick Flynn is author of Another Bullshit Night in Suck City and the recent play Alice Invents a Little Game and Alice Always Wins. Nuar Alsadir has published poems and essays in numerous periodicals, including Grand Street, The Kenyon Review, Agni, and others. All Ages.

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Evolve

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Date: Sunday, July 6th
Time: 8:00pm - 3:00pm
Location: Sapphire Lounge (249 Eldridge St)
Cost: Free

Smooth out your weekend with some deep, soulful house on one of the city's best soundsystems for it. DJ Markus Rice and the evolve crew bring the soulful beats. you bring the baby powder. 21+

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