Week 1: May 30 - June 1

DC Adventures:

Monday, June 30
DanceAfrica, DC 2011 (thru June 5)
Event type: Festival
Location: Dance Place (3225 8th Street NE, Washington, DC)
Time: Varies
Cost: $8 - $22

Tuesday, May 31
Ballet Nacional de Cuba (thru June 5)
Event type: Dance
Location: Kennedy Center or the Performing Arts
Time: 7:30 PM and 1:30 PM
Cost: $25 - $99

Wednesday, June 1
Berklee World Jazz Octet
Event type: Concert
Location: Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Millenium Stage
Time: 6:00 PM
Cost: FREE

Sunday, June 5
Joel Faan, Piansit
Event Type: Concert
Location: National Gallery of Art, West Garden Court
Time: 6:30 PM
Cost: FREE




NY Adventures: Happy Fleet Week!

Monday, May 30
Dance Africa 2011
Event type: Festival
Location: Brooklyn Academy of Music
Time: Varies
Cost: Varies
**Outdoor Bazaar, Film Screenings, Dance Classes, Performances**

NY Moth StorySLAM "Transportation"
Event type: Spoken word
Location: The Bitter End (147 Bleeker Street)
Time: 7:00 PM (Doors Open), 7:30 PM Stories Begin
Cost: $8.00


Tuesday, May 31
Free Outdoor Movie! - "Triplets of Belleville"
Event type: Film Screening
Location: May Mathews Playground (45 Street btw 9th and 10th Ave)
Time: 8:00 PM
Cost: FREE

Wednesday, June 1
World Science Festival begins (thru June 5)
Event type: Festival
Location: Various
Time: Varies
Cost: Varies
** Highlights include: Phillip Glass, Maggie Gyllenhaal, E.O. Wilson, and Simon Singh**

East Harlem International Film Festival (thru June 5)
Event type: Film festival
Location: Various
Time: Varies
Cost: $12 per screening

Friday, June 3
Mad. Sq. Eats
Event type: culinary extravaganza
Location: Madison Square Park
Time: 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM
Cost: Varies from stall to stall

Poetry Unleashed: Voices of the Economy
Event type: Art for Change, spoken word
Location: Art for Change (1699 Lexington Ave btw 106th & 107th St. Basement Level)
Time: 7:00 PM
Cost: $5 suggested donation

Saturday, June 4
Smorgasburg courtesy of Brooklyn Flea
Event type: culinary extravaganza
Location: Williamsburg waterfront between North 6th and North 7th St., at the East River
Time:
Cost: Varies from stall to stall

cocktails@cooper-hewitt
Event type:
Location: Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum (2 E 91st St at Fifth Ave)
Time: 6:00 PM
Cost: Free with Museum Admission ($15)