Monica Bill Barnes: Game Face

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Date: August 11th – 14th
Time: 12:00pm & 1:00pm
Location: Robert Wagner Jr. Park (Battery Places bet. West St & 1st Place) - directions
Cost: Free

"Monica Bill Barnes’ Game Face compares the show business motto of 'the show must go on with the current day’s view of high-finance business as an all-consuming self-sacrificing endeavor. Exploring a performer’s endurance and “do or die” attitude as an illustration of Wall Street’s reputation for tireless work, this new work is bizarre, exhausting and boldly funny. A cast of eight dancers is decked out in costumes inspired by Broadway musicals and larger-than-life Vegas shows. The audience will witness the effort and fatigue that result from 'performing' as the dancers fight against the odds with hilarious and heartbreaking results." All Ages.

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Summer Recess-ion Clothing Exchange Party

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Date: Monday, August 11th
Time: 5:30pm - 9:00pm
Location: Lolita Bar (266 Broome St)
Cost: Free

"Feeling the burn of summer? (and the recession?) Bring your (nice) clothes that you are tired of and exchange them for someone else's nice clothes. Please don't bring anything stained or gross. Really. Come by for some drink specials, good tunes, and walk out with a new outfit. Carla and Midge Pingleton DJ summer jams. Snacks provided by Midge and the Green Markets of Manhattan."

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Clinton Concert Series: Reuben Butchart

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Date: Monday, August 11th
Time: 6:00pm
Location: Pier 84 at 44th Street
Cost: Free

"This evening, Reuben Butchart will be performing a unique blend of soul-tinged chamber pop, a style similar to Chet Baker and Stevie Wonder's. Concerts start at 6pm and offer lawn seating only. Bring your picnic and make a night of it! Free kayaking is also available at the site." (Note, Parks and Recs has this listed as "Butchard" and not "Butchart")

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Giant Step at The Hudson: Bobbito

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Date: Monday, August 11th
Time: 7:00pm - 11:00pm
Location: The Hudson Hotel (356 W 58th St.)
Cost: Free with RSVP

"Manhattan native Bobbito Garcia a.k.a. Kool Bob Love is a world class DJ and Co-Founder/Editor at large of Bounce magazine. In 1990 along with Stretch Armstrong, they started the Hip Hop radio show at WKCR 89.9 FM, and by '98 the Source Magazine voted them the 'Best Hip Hop Radio Show of All Time'... Although Bobbito is a bonafide Hip Hop legend, any former reader of his Vibe column knows that his musical passion goes way beyond just Rap. As a club DJ, crowds worldwide from China to South Africa have celebrated his unique blend of Rare Funk, Latin, Afro-Beat, Soul, Classic Rock, House, and Ballads."

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MLK Jr. Concert Series - Jill Scott

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Date: Monday, August 11th
Time: 7:30pm
Location:
Cost: Wingate Field (Winthrop St btw. Brooklyn and Kingston Ave

The MLK Jr. Concert Series continues bringing live music to the BK masses tonight with special guest Jill Scott. Scott, a Philly native, is an artist with "an abiding, deep commitment to lyrical honesty and musical integrity. Simply put, if Jill feels it, she writes and sings it. While vivid imagery, metaphor analogy are her stock in trade, there's no pretense, no hiding. She's upfront, in-your-face always real, using her own distinctive poetry to breathe life into words, digging inside to bring forth the accompanying emotion." While it doesn't say it on the site, I heard a rumor that Estelle may be joining her on stage today. Guess we'll just have to wait and see.

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The Candidate at Bryant Park

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Date: Monday, August 10th
Time: Films begin at Dusk (about 8ish)
Location: Bryant Park (40th and 42nd Sts & Fifth and Sixth Aves)
Cost: Free

Bring your picnic baskets and pull up some lawn for an evening under the stars with the HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival. Every Monday throughout the summer HBO dusts off some old classic movies and plays them on a big screen in Bryant Park. Tonight set your eyes on The Candidate. "Robert Redford is the idealistic son of a famous politician who is talked into running, against all odds, for the U.S. Senate. Peter Boyle co-stars as the campaign manager intent on making the candidate more electable. Political satire at its finest."

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