Date: Saturdays, August 16th & 23rd Time: 7:00am - 1:00pm Location: Brooklyn Bridge to Central Park along 4th/Park Ave Cost: Free
"On 3 consecutive Saturdays in August, Summer Streets will temporarily close off the traffic along Park Avenue and connecting streets from the Brooklyn Bridge to Central Park. Summer Streets creates an open space for New Yorkers and visitors of the city to use their city's streets without inteference of motorized vehicles. They will be free to run, walk, blade, bike, sit, or play." There's a map and a whole list of events on the official site.
Date: Tuesday, September 16th Time: 12:00pm - 7:00pm Location: Vada Spa (387 Avenue of the Americas) Cost: Free
Vada Spa is offering a number of free spa treatments today ladies, and i suggest you take advantage! Head in between 12pm and 7pm and choose from one of the following, a free Eyebrow, lip, or chin waxing, Bikini Waxing, free laser hair removal of the lip, chin, or sideburns, free blue marine foot scrub, free organic chocolate face mask, or free hair styling & consultation.. During the spa party, all gift certificates are 30% off. And you also get 30% off any treatments you book during the party. No appointments necessary.
Date: Saturday, August 16th Time: 1:00pm - 8:00pm Location: Lawanna's (155 Grand St., W'burg) Cost: Free
After nine years, Williamsburg staple Lawanna's is closing its doors forever. Last fall they moved from Bedford Ave to Grand St, but now it looks like they are permanently packin' it in. Today is the final day of their closing sale. Expect up to 75% off on men's and women's merch.
Date: Saturday, August 16th Time: 2:00pm Location: East River Amphitheater (Cherry St. and FDR Drive) Cost: Free
"The East River Music Project is a group of people dedicated to putting on free summer concerts of local music at the East River Amphitheater." Today's line up is curated by CounterstreamRadio.org and New Amsterdam Records and features live music by itsnotyouitsme,Mark Dancigers,Timberbrit,Alex Sopp, as well as Matt Marks and the Li’l Death Band. Band bios below... old flyer. All ages.
itsnotyouitsme:
“The four works on “walled gardens” are instrumental meditations that draw
heavily on early Minimalist techniques, most notably repetition and
gradual expansion. Repeating figures often continue without transformation
and gradually melt into the ambient haze as new layers of violin, guitar
and electronic sound are added.” (Allen Koznin, New York Times review of
walled gardens)
Mark Dancigers:
“The New York Youth Symphony premiered his Snow in Carnegie Hall in 2006.
The Cabrillo Festival Orchestra performed his Liquid Song in August 2006,
and the Minnesota Orchestra read the same piece in May 2006. The Yale
Philharmonia Orchestra premiered Liquid Song in March 2005. NOW Ensemble
performed Cloudbank at the 2006 Carlsbad Festival and and Hanging There at
the 2005 Look and Listen Festival in New York. Other performances of his
work have been at the Music at the Anthology Festival, Merkin Hall, the
Virginia Arts Festival, the Percussive Arts Society International
Conference, and venues throughout New York, Boston, New Haven, and
Philadelphia.”
Timberbrit:
“Straight from her latest barely clothed fiasco, Britney Spears is coming
to New York. On Sunday, March 16, “TimberBrit,” an opera telling the (as
yet) fictional story of the rekindled love between Spears and her former
beau Justin Timberlake, will receive its world premiere. To create the
songs, composer Jacob Cooper listened to hits from Spears’s oeuvre at a
very slow speed, eliminating the hooks from the slickly produced tracks,
and wrote his own songs inspired by the experience.” (Adam Rathe, The
Brooklyn Paper)
Alex Sopp:
“New York-based flutist Alex Sopp performs all different genres of music
and was recently called “outstanding” and “an admired new music mainstay”
by Time Out New York. Alex has commissioned, premiered, and recorded with
some of the most exciting composers and songwriters of our time, including
Björk, Nico Muhly, Sufjan Stevens, Philip Glass, Judd Greenstein, The
National, and makes professional appearances with The New York
Philharmonic and The Orchestra of St. Luke’s. Alex is a member of NOW
Ensemble, The Knights, the American Contemporary Music Ensemble (ACME),
AXIOM, and has performed with the Mark Morris Dance Group Music Ensemble
and Continuum. In the not-so-distant future Alex will make her solo
recording debut with an album on the newly-minted New Amsterdam label.”
Matt Marks and the Li’l Death Band:
“I attended the Eastman School of Music for undergrad, the Royal Academy
of Music for a bit of the Post-Grad, and am currently attending Stony
Brook University for my Master’s. I am an active performer in New York
City, also playing and composing wacky electronic music, and occasionally
performing on piano. Oh and I’m a Doggo virtuoso. I live in Kensington,
Brooklyn and enjoy reading, listening to my CDs/mp3s/records, walking
around New York, and writing zany bios.” (from his Alarm Will Sound bio)
Date: Saturday, August 16th Time: 3:00pm Location: Central Park SummerStage (Directions) Cost: Free
It's a whole day of home-grown bands that have garnered an international reputation as experimental sonic groundbreakers as Battles, Black Dice, & Gang Gang Dance all take the stage in Central Park this afternoon. More on the bands below. All Ages.
Battles ignores the rules of tempo and timing, creating an abstract and timeless blend of instrumentation, computerized beats, and manipulated voices to craft a uniquely organized sound. In 2006, the band released their debut album EP C/B EP, a collection of obscure EP releases. Their new full length album, Mirrored, has attracted international acclaim.
Black Dice formed at the Rhode Island School of Design a decade ago and have released two albums: Broken Ear Record and Manoman. Now based in Brooklyn, the sonic groundbreakers push the limits of experimental sound in rock music by focusing on only a few notes per song mixed with doses of distortion.
Gang Gang Dance is a much-revered leader in the NYC indie-rock scene, known for crafting haunting minimalist collages of sound. The band surreptitiously utilizes tribal influences, techno instrumentation, and the power of silence to evoke a frenzied mood of anticipation. GGD has performed with Sonic Youth, Massive Attack, Black Dice, and TV on the Radio.
Date: Saturday, August 16th Time: 8:00pm Location: The lawn at Southpoint Park, Roosevelt Island (The Southern tip of Roosevelt Island) Cost: Free
Rooftop Films presents Song Sung Blue, a documentary about Lightning and Thunder, "two American dreamers who fought their whole lives to make people happy by playing the music of one of America's great crooners. Filmmaker Greg Kohs goes backstage into the personal lives of the Neil Diamond cover band - from their humble beginnings over 20 years ago to the threshold of fame, from disaster to rebirth." And before the film take part in Neil Diamond Karaoke!
Date: Saturday, August 16th Time: 8:30pm Location: Meet in Union Square (14th St & Broadway) Cost: Free
Not a lot of details for are available for Pandemonium but, then again, the best street never release the goods to early. What I can tell you is this is a costumed, roving, street party, apocalyptic, dance, rock, battle. Get your best panda suit (or grab a mask at the park) and make sure to bring your boom box. Full details on the site and more details below. All ages.
Does Pandamonium have a twitter?
Yes, we do! Click here
Which beer company is sponsoring the event?
None! This is a self-organized, self-directed, and self-funded endeavor.
Why should I bring a radio or boombox?
Good question! Our cyber-pandas will deploy a musical transmission system that allows you to play our music from your very own handheld radios and boomboxes. This means that the sound will come forth in a decentralized fashion, ensuring the longevity of the festivities should any “complications” arise.
Should I bring my bike?
If you want. There will be a panda bike crew so you will be able to ride in style with other pandas.
