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free events nyc Annual Mermaid Parade
free events nyc Concert at the coolest classical music concerts location in NYC
free events nyc Of Granite & Glass: A Singular Dance Spectacle
free events nyc A thought-provoking performance that will elicit laughter, fear, and sadness
free events nyc Golden Globe winning The Greatest Showman (2017): with Hugh Jackman (outdoors)
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Workshop | Morning Fitness


One hour of walking, stretching, and strengthening exercises. For a breath of fresh air, take your workouts more outdoors. Parks are becoming a logical alternative environment for those who want to add variety to their workouts, or who just don't like the gym. And, it's an affordable way to increase physical activity opportunities, because there's nothing special to build. Exercise with a view, in natural sunlight, with green scenery all around bestows health benefits that can’t be found indoors. Scientific studies have shown that the pleasure of being outdoors for example gives your brain, psyche, and immune system an extra boost. Led by trained professionals, and suitable for all levels. Wear comfortable clothing and bring water. less
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8:30 am
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Workshop | Drawing in the Park


Paint in watercolor, or use pastels, chalk, and charcoal to capture the magical vistas of the Hudson more River and the unique landscape. An artist/educator will help participants of all levels with instruction and critique. Art materials provided. Please note that this program is for adult participants (age 18 and up). less
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Knitting and Crocheting Circle


Please bring your own materials and a food item to donate to the Snack Table.
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10:00 am
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Fair | Street Fair


Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Yoga Flow Workshop


Want to flow through your chaturanga with views of NYC's future mega-neighborhood? From May through September, more this yoga session will happen every Saturday morning. Mats and blocks for the first 20 participants. less
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Butt and Gut Workshop


Veteran Donald Calliste leads you to tone and define your core, lower back, and glutes with cardio exercises more that keep your heart rate up and fat burning. Please bring a mat. less
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10:30 am
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Workshop | Knitting Club


Bring a project, an idea or a desire to learn. For all skill levels. Please bring knitting needles, more size 9-10.5. less
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10:30 am
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Tour | 13 tours, all City neighborhoods, take your pick!


Tours take place at various times during the day, all day long: SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown Brooklyn more Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO 3 Hour Lower Manhattan Harlem Chelsea and the High Line 6 Hour Downtown Combined Greenwich Village Central Park Lower Manhattan Midtown Manhattan Grand Central Terminal Graffiti and Street Art Tours World Trade Center less
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11:00 am
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Workshop | Chess Lecture and Simul with Grandmaster Lev Alburt


Learn techniques from world-renowned chess experts. Then put your new skills to the test against a grandmaster more while they challenge 30 participants – simultaneously. Ages 6+, prior experience required. Event begins at 11:00 am sharp. Must be present the entire program to play in simul. In-person registraion starts at 10am. less
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11:00 am
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Reading | Garden Reading


The weather is finally warm and beautiful! Why not enjoy a nice book in a beautiful courtyard. *Space more is limited! To ensure everyone has a chance to read in the courtyard, sessions will be 1 hour long. If no one is waiting, you may be granted extra time. less
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11:00 am
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Parade | Parade of vintage trains


Ride the rails in historic style by hopping on and off six different types of vintage train cars, including more the oldest train cars in the Transit Museum fleet – the BRT Brooklyn Union Elevated cars dating back to 1904! Metrocard is required. less
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11:00 am
$2.75

Workshop | Shape Up NYC Zumba


It's Shape Up NYC's fun Zumba class! Colorful outfits are encouraged! Zumba is a fusion of Latin, International, more and popular music dance themes creating a dynamic, exciting, and effective fitness system! The routines feature aerobic, fitness interval training with a combination of fast and slow rhythms that tone and sculpt the body with easy-to-follow dance steps. less
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11:00 am
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Tour | Southern Park Welcome Tour


An introduction to some of the southern Park highlights, including Grand Army Plaza, the Pond, Gapstow more Bridge, Wollman Rink, Chess and Checkers House, and the Dairy. less
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11:00 am
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Festival | The 14th Annual Adventures NYC Festival: Outdoor Fun and Fitness


Adventure is calling; and NYC Parks invites you to answer the call as they transform the park into the more nation’s largest urban adventure playground at the 14th annual Adventures NYC Festival. The annual celebration provides New Yorkers with an opportunity to engage in some outdoor fun. Get out and get active, with activities for all ages and skill levels. Some of this year’s activities will include: · Zip lining · Log rolling · Stand-up paddle boarding · Rock climbing · Introducing futsal – a variation of soccer played on a hard court or surface · Gaga ball · Parkour course · Fitness Instruction · Free bike valet parking less
   New York City, NY; NYC
11:00 am
Free

Workshop | Meditation session


This session offers simple but powerful practices involving the breath, as well as a guided meditation more to bring stability, balance and a deep sense of relaxation to both body and mind. No prior mediation experience needed. Benefits: Can relieve chronic ailments. Can relieve stress, anxiety and tension. Brings balance and harmony to the system. less
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12:30 pm
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Talk | Modern Art Meetup


This meetup is designed to help anyone interested in learning more about modern and contemporary art. more Themes can provide an effective structure for engaging with art. Meetup participants receive a pass to MoMA to continue the conversation in MoMA’s galleries. less
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12:30 pm
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Author Reading | 5 Easy Steps to Financial Freedom


Duane Harden, entrepreneur and author of 5 Easy Steps to Financial Freedom, to discuss his book.
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Performance | Grandma: Performance Art That Conjures the Past


From the artist, Cori Olinghouse: "Grandma is an evening-length performance where I conjure my late Grandma, more Addie Lee Holder. Set in an American landscape of Twinkies and Wonder Bread, I excavate the effects of television, consumerism, and familial pasts as portals. Until the age of 94, Grandma delighted in her daily Twinkies and Mr. Pibb’s, acquired from the local Piggly Wiggly. She saved tourist sweatshirts wrapped neatly in plastic sheeting, collected crocheted Barbie clothes, refrigerator magnets, and a vast array of thimbles". Cori Olinghouse is an interdisciplinary artist, archivist, and curator. Her work has been commissioned by Danspace Project, New York Live Arts, BRIC Arts Media, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Movement Research, and Brooklyn Museum of Art. Recently, she was the recipient of The Award (2015-2016), and a participant in Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Extended Life Dance Development program made possible in part by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (2016-2017). less
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Film | The Snowman (2017): Murder in Norway


Detective Harry Hole investigates the disappearance of a woman whose scarf is found wrapped around an more ominous-looking snowman. Director: Tomas Alfredson. Starring Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, Charlotte Gainsbourg. 119 min. less
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Parade | Annual Mermaid Parade


A celebration of ancient mythology and honky-tonk rituals of the seaside, it showcases over 3,000 creative more individuals from all over the five boroughs and beyond, opening the summer with incredible art, entrepreneurial spirit and community pride. The Mermaid Parade is the nation's largest art parade and one of New York City's greatest summer events. less
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1:00 pm
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Hike | Global Wind Day Hike


Global Wind Day is a worldwide event that occurs annually on 15 June. It is a day for discovering wind, more its power and the possibilities it holds to change our world. On this hike, discover the wind, from its power to its importance and to its possibilities. less
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1:00 pm
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Book Club | Pulp magazines collectors club


If you collect, read, or are interested in classic Pulp magazines, join the Gotham Pulp Collectors Club. more The group members meet once a month to talk about their favorite subject: popular fiction magazines from the first half of the 20th century. They discuss what they've been reading along with new developments in the fields of reprints, movies, TV, auctions, conventions, "New Pulp" fiction, and more. less
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1:00 pm
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Performance | Shakespeare for Everyone: Henry the Sixth Part 2


A presentation of The Second Part of Henry the Sixth. The play set during the lifetime of King Henry more VI of England. Whereas The First Part of Henry VI deals primarily with the loss of England's French territories and the political machinations leading up to the Wars of the Roses, The Second Part focuses on the King's inability to quell the bickering of his nobles, the death of his trusted adviser Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, the rise of the Duke of York and the inevitability of armed conflict. As such, the play culminates with the opening battle of the War, the First Battle of St Albans. The Instant Shakespeare readings are set up to make Shakespeare accessible. The readings are usually without rehearsal, but they are on-your-feet Instant staged readings where the actors move around as much as they feel comfortable. less
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1:00 pm
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Jazz | Afternoon Jazz


This show features an eclectic potpourri of musicians, vocalists, tap dancers, and African Drummers who more can make summer sizzle. With: Vocalist Dr. John “Satchmo” Mannan Saxophonist Alvin Ellington Flythe Percussion master Miguel Sevilla Richard Clements Mike Flythe Nobert Marius Dancers David Gilmore, B ,Moreen and many others Baba Toma African Drum Group less
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1:30 pm
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Opera | New York Opera Forum: Adriana Lecouvreur


New York Opera Forum presents a concert version of Francesco Cilea's opera Adriana Lecouvreur. The opera more is based on the life of the French actress Adrienne Lecouvreur (1692–1730). While there are some actual historical figures in the opera, the episode it recounts is largely fictional. Italian composer Francesco Cilea (1866-1950) is known for his operas L'arlesiana and Adriana Lecouvreur. He was director of the Naples Conservatory from 1916 to 1935. In addition to operas he composed chamber music. less
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1:30 pm
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Dance Lesson | Roots of Samba/Afro Brazilian Dance


A series of master classes given by professional instructors from Alvin Ailey. This afternoon: Roots more of Samba/Afro Brazilian Dance with Quenia Ribeiro less
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1:30 pm
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Opera | 2 Works Focusing on the the Peking Opera


Zhuo Fang Cao (Capture and Release of Cao) tells the story of a County Official and a Rebel Commander, more focusing on the singing and speaking skills of Peking Opera. Hu Jia Zhuang (The Hu’s Courtyard) is a solo show focusing on acting and martial arts of Peking Opera. less
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2:00 pm
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Film | 11 Flowers (2011): drama by one of China's foremost Sixth Generation directors


Wang Xiaoshuai (Beijing Bicycle, Shanghai Dreams) tells a striking, autobiographical coming-of-age tale more set in the final days of China's Cultural Revolution. Eleven-year-old Wang Han lives with his family in a remote village in Guizhou province. When Wang is selected to lead his school through their daily gymnastic regimen, his teacher recommends that he wear a clean, new shirt in honor of this important position—a request that forces his family to make a great sacrifice. Starring Liu Wenqing, Yan Ni, Wang Buqu, Mo Shiyi. 110 min. less
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2:00 pm
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Film | The Sicilian Girl (2008): True Story of Mafia Daughter


The Sicilian Girl recounts the true crime story of mafia daughter Rita Atria, who took her life into more her hands to break the code of silence and testify against "The Family" in 1991. Director: Marco Amenta. Starring Veronica D'Agostino, Miriana Faja, Francesco Casisa. Language: Italian (w/English subtitles). 114 min. less
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Film | Comedy Yours, Mine & Ours (1968) with Henry Fonda and Lucille Ball


A widower with ten children falls for a widow with eight, and they must decide about forming a huge, more unconventional family. 111 min. less
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Tour | Crossroads of New York Tour


The tour explores the social and political history of the one of the most active and most famous squares more in NYC through discussions about the people, history, architecture, and forces that have shaped its surroundings. You’ll hear how the square got its name, see where the legendary Tiffany & Co. once stood, and learn how to read the clock (yes, it’s a clock!) on the famous sculpture and so much more! The tour takes place every Saturday. less
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Park Walk | Heart of the Park Tour


Walk straight through the heart of Central Park on this east-to-west tour led by guides. Enjoy a great more variety of the scenic, sculptural, and ar chitectural elements the Park has to offer. Visit some of the Park's most famous landmarks, including Conservatory Water, Loeb Boathouse, Bethesda Terrace, Bow Bridge, Cherry Hill, The Lake, and Strawberry Fields. less
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Jazz | Jazz ensemble performs innovative music inspired by the 1960s


Future Music Project Ensemble take the stage with composer-pianist Fred Hersch for an evening of innovative more and inspiring music. The ensemble performs a new work by Hersch as well as music inspired by the 1960s. Future Music Project Ensemble is a collective of the young musicians from across New York. In this youth-led ensemble, teens bring their unique musical styles and learn the skills they need to create, perform, and produce original music. The ensemble is composed of students ages 14–19. less
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Festival | Juneteenth Celebration: Art, Music and Cowboys


Juneteenth, or Emancipation Day, the commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States originated more in Texas. Artists Autumn Ewalt and Dharmesh Patel, creators of the adjacent public art piece made of 9,000 prisms entitled "Sunrise, Sunset (Revolution)" share tales of celebrating in Texas. Make your light-catcher inspired by the art. The Federation of Black Cowboys returns with their horses and share stories. Music by Noami Shelton and the Gospel Queens and spoken word by Zell Miller III. less
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Workshop | Knitting & Sewing Circle


Do you like to knit and or sew? Come meet your fellow crafters in the neighborhood. Please bring more your own materials. less
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Workshop | Knitting Circle


Gather and socialize with others who share your interest, and perhaps pick-up a few tips and tricks as more you work your own creations. less
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Tour | Queer History of the Village Tour


Journey back to the queer '60s with someone who experienced it all first hand. Writer, storyteller and more queer legend Jay Toole leads folks on a walking tour of the West Village, sharing personal stories and stopping at important places and historical moments along the way. Learn more about the neighborhood through stories about historic lesbian bars, the Women’s House of D (Detention), homelessness in Washington Square park, the mafia's connection to local gay bars and much more. Sites Covered: Washington Square ”House of D” Stonewall Inn 8th Street Christopher Street West Side Piers less
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Park Walk | Stroll to Strawberry Fields


Explore the southwest of Central Park with Central Park Conservancy tour guides, and see it like never more before. From a planned military parade ground to the site commemorating a famous activist for peace, one of the most-visited areas of the Park has some secrets to share with even the most seasoned Park-goer. Highlights of this tour include: Maine Monument, the Children’s District, Sheep Meadow, Tavern on the Green, and Strawberry Fields. less
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Workshop | What does editor look for in a book?


What are editors looking for in a non-fiction book, be it a memoir or an essay collection or investigative more long-form reportage? In this 90-minute workshop, will be discussed: effective storytelling, pitching, and the ins and outs of publishing, and conclude with Q&A. Vivian Lee is an editor at Little A, Amazon Publishing's literary fiction and narrative nonfiction imprint. Her list includes Matthew Salesses' The Hundred-Year Flood (A Millions Most Anticipated Book of 2015), Viet Dinh's After Disasters (PEN/Faulkner Finalist), and Harold Schechter's Hell's Princess (A Washington Post Bestseller). less
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Classical Music | Works by Mozart, J.S. Bach, Handel and more


Organists Daniel Hyde and Benjamin Sheen perform works by Mozart, J.S. Bach, Handel and more. Program more Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876) Duet for organ Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, Op. 65, no. 6 G.F. Handel (1685–1759) Organ Concerto in F, Op. 4, no. 4 Mozart (1756-1791) March (Act III), from The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492 Mozart (1756-1791) Serenade (Act II), from Don Giovanni, K. 527 J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Brandenburg Concerto no. 6 in B flat, BWV 1051 less
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Lecture | Great Master of Renaissance ART: Michelangelo


Maestro Francesco Santoro will talk about one of the greatest artists of all time, Michelangelo (1475-1564). more Maestro Francesco Santoro studied and taught at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan. Over the years, Santoro exhibited his work in many places, including Gallery of the Torcello, Venice, Quadrennial of Milan, the Royal Palace of Naples. Lectures in Italian with simultaneous English translation. less
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Opening Reception | Maren Hassinger: Monuments: Site-Specific Sculptures


Maren Hassinger: Monuments will consist of eight site-specific sculptures installed for approximately more one year. Hassinger, who has been associated with the Studio Museum since 1984, is a Harlem-based multidisciplinary artist whose work, spanning performance, installation, sculpture, and video, are often meditations on nature and community. Hassinger will use branches to create forms that respond to aspects of the park’s landscape—an outcropping of rock, a triangle near flower beds, an oval near the pool. less
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3:00 pm
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Classical Music | Percussion Festival


Annual percussion festival.
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Classical Music | String Quartet performs works by Shostakovich and more


Diller-Quaile String Quartet will perform selections from Shostakovich's (1906-1975) String Quartet No. more 1 among others. Diller-Quaile String Quartet was founded by Philip Hough in 1988. The Quartet has participated in chamber music series in the United States and South America. The members are: Uli Speth, violin; Philip Hough, violin; Jack Rosenberg, viola; Tomas Ulrich, cello. less
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3:30 pm
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Classical Music | Carnegie Hall Neighborhood Concert: blend of R&B, soul, salsa and mambo


Leader of the Johnny Colon Orchestra and founder of the East Harlem Music School Johnny Colon presents more a sultry and swinging blend of R&B, soul, and mambo as well as, pieces from the Great American Songbook. less
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Classical Music | Concert at the coolest classical music concerts location in NYC


Classical music on a boat with an intimate and romantic setting and beautiful view of New York City. more Program and musicians TBA. less
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4:00 pm
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Classical Music | Ensembles Concert


Preparatory Orchestra, Intermediate Orchestra, and Bloomingdale Chamber Orchestra perform in the semi more annual concert. less
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Concert | Salsa royalty Johnny Colon with a unique spin on the Great American Songbook


Latino music legend Johnny Colon, leader of the legendary Johnny Colon Orchestra and founder of the East more Harlem Music School, ascended the throne with his 1967 album, Boogaloo Blues, which popularized a sultry and swinging blend of R&B, soul, and mambo. He continues in his reign at the helm of his band, with soulful singing and smoking stints on percussion, piano, and trombone. With his most recent album, Keeping It Real, he puts his own unique spin on the Great American Songbook. Seats are first to come, first served. less
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Performance | Grandma: Performance Art That Conjures the Past


From the artist, Cori Olinghouse: "Grandma is an evening-length performance where I conjure my late Grandma, more Addie Lee Holder. Set in an American landscape of Twinkies and Wonder Bread, I excavate the effects of television, consumerism, and familial pasts as portals. Until the age of 94, Grandma delighted in her daily Twinkies and Mr. Pibb’s, acquired from the local Piggly Wiggly. She saved tourist sweatshirts wrapped neatly in plastic sheeting, collected crocheted Barbie clothes, refrigerator magnets, and a vast array of thimbles". Cori Olinghouse is an interdisciplinary artist, archivist, and curator. Her work has been commissioned by Danspace Project, New York Live Arts, BRIC Arts Media, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Movement Research, and Brooklyn Museum of Art. Recently, she was the recipient of The Award (2015-2016), and a participant in Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Extended Life Dance Development program made possible in part by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (2016-2017). less
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Dance Performance | Revival 2: Dance with a Multi-Generational Company


Dances For A Variable Population will present a performance featuring their multi-generational company, more legendary guest artists, and neighborhood seniors in a celebration of great twentieth-century dance. less
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Dancing | Tonight We Dance: A Night of Jazz & Swing


A night of swing, dance and live jazz! Enjoy dancing with The Harlem Swing Dance Society and Harlem Renaissance more Orchestra. Share stories and listen to the music reminiscent of the Big Band Era. Dance lesson from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. less
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Play | A Midsummer Night's Dream: Open-Air Shakespeare


Shakespeare's comedy portrays the events surrounding the marriage of Theseus, the Duke of Athens, to more Hippolyta, the former queen of the Amazons. With these outdoor performances, audience members experience the plays how they were originally done at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre 400 years ago – in the open-air, in the round, on the water. The actors wear Elizabethan costumes and perform inside a theatre complete with chairs, audio, and lights. less
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Author Reading | Dark Nights: Metal: DC Comics Deluxe Edition


The Dark Multiverse is coming, and nothing will ever be the same! One of the biggest events in DC history more is here in the shocking, action-packed epic Dark Nights: Metal from critically acclaimed author Scott Snyder. less
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Dance Performance | Of Granite & Glass: A Singular Dance Spectacle


Choreographer Catherine Galasso work is based on Boccaccio’s 14th century Decameron. The performance more will combine her signature cinematic tableaux, whimsical nonlinear narratives, and charismatic performers to engage in a choreographic dialogue with the architecture and atmosphere of the venue. Performers will move between episodic and virtuosic movements on multiple planes, shaped closely by the grandeur and intrigue of the venue’s grand marble staircase, transforming the space into a singular spectacle. Catherine Galasso is a Brooklyn-based choreographer born in New York and raised in Italy. Past performances have been presented by places such as SFMoMA, Joyce SoHo, La MaMa, Danspace Project, MoCA Santa Barbara, the Bibliotheque National in Paris, the International Theater Festival in Kosovo, as well as underground Wall Street bank vaults and decaying 4-story homes. less
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7:00 pm
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Dance Performance | Revival 2: Dance with a Multi-Generational Company


Dances For A Variable Population will present a performance featuring their multi-generational company, more legendary guest artists, and neighborhood seniors in a celebration of great twentieth-century dance. less
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Play | Romeo & Juliet: Shakespeare's Classic Tale of Two 'Star-Cross'd Lovers'


In fair Verona, the long-standing feud between families Montague and Capulet cause tragic results for more their respective children, Romeo and Juliet. After meeting at a masked ball, Romeo and Juliet fall in love, only to discover the surname of their beloved. Revenge, love, and a secret marriage force the lovers to take drastic measures. In the end, both families learn the perils of needless violence. This summer will bring to life one of Shakespeare's most well known tragedies in a dynamic adaptationt. They will transform the park into Verona, with six actors playing all the roles in this fast-paced tour de force production. Tuesdays-Sundays, June 5-24 less
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Concert | Rhiannon Giddens, Grammy-Nominated Banjo and Fiddle Maestro


Rhiannon Giddens is best known for co-founding the string band Carolina Chocolate Drops. But Giddens’ more successes hardly stop with the Drops. She’s an acclaimed solo artist and formidable vocalist whose first album, Tomorrow Is My Turn, was nominated for a Grammy. In 2017, her work earned her the MacArthur Genius Grant. She’ll be joined by the musical alchemist, Son Little, for what promises to be a moving melange of some of America’s most storied musical traditions. less
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Concert | Roots Music and Country-Pop


For more than 30 years, The Jayhawks "have crafted widescreen power-pop with country-western affectations, more summoning an easygoing romanticism and a skyward sound that makes even their sad songs seem happy." (Portland Press Herald) They had a tremendous influence on the rise of alternative-country in Midwest, foreshadowing and inspiring such bands as Uncle Tupelo and the Gear Daddies. The sublime harmonies of North Carolina's Mandolin Orange, who "approach traditional roots music from a fresh, modern perspective," (Rolling Stone) guide us into the evening. With three albums since signing with Yep Roc in 2013, the co-ed duo has become a bastion of tightly woven Americana on the festival circuit. And to round out a perfect Saturday, Western Massachusetts quintet Parsonfield is a raucous, foot-stomping group who specialize in big choruses and move through different modes of contemporary roots music. less
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Play | A thought-provoking performance that will elicit laughter, fear, and sadness


HOW? invites its actors and the audience to explore violence in society. Each performance will be different—reflecting more the ever-shifting nature of young peoples’ lives—and will uncover uncomfortable aspects of the characters on stage. It’s a thought-provoking performance that will elicit laughter, fear, and sadness and raise questions that will stick around long after the audience leaves the theater. By novelist Lois Lowry (The Giver). For ages 13 and up. less
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7:30 pm
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Movie in a Park | Oscar-Nominated The Princess and the Frog (2009): Animated Adventure (outdoors)


A waitress, desperate to fulfill her dreams as a restaurant owner, is set on a journey to turn a frog more prince back into a human being, but she has to face the same problem after she kisses him. Directors: Ron Clements, John Musker 97 min. less
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Play | Othello: Shakespeare's Classic Drama


Tony winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson (Jitney, The Piano Lesson) directs a sumptuous new production of Othello. more Set amid war and palace intrigue in the 17th-century Mediterranean, this classic drama about a noble Black Venetian general whose marriage is sabotaged by theater’s most infamous villain, Iago, remains Shakespeare’s most urgent and relevant tragedy today. A lush, romantic vision gives way to the violent tangle of love and jealousy, race and revenge in this must-see production. May 29-June 3; June 5-9; June 14-18; June 20-24. less
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Performance | silent :: partner: Performance Art on Collective Memory and Monuments


silent :: partner explores the ideas of collective memory and its relationships to monuments. In front more of the venue stands a bronze statue of George Washington, erected in 1882—the same year the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed. Through the piece, artist Enrico D. Wey ruminates on the immaterial parts of the venue and the structure of memory itself. He ultimately creates an intangible monument, not made of stone or metal, but rather of movement, sound and language. “What decides(,) what remains, what remains silent?” Wey asks. “As we pass through these walls that stood/stand/will stand before us, we occupy a space with silent partners. With them, we flow outward, not forward, and in hushed tones, speak volumes.” Composer and sound designer: Fran MM Cabeza de Vaca Lighting designer and production manager: Elliott Cennetoglu Costume designer: Oana Botez less
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Movie in a Park | Golden Globe winning The Greatest Showman (2017): with Hugh Jackman (outdoors)


Celebrates the birth of show business, and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle more that became a worldwide sensation. Directed by Michael Gracey. Arrive before 7:30 p.m. to get your spot. Feel free to bring a blanket to sit on, although there will be a limited supply of chairs available. Bottled waters are OK, but no glass. less
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