Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Monday, August 29, 2011
Week 14: August 29 – September 4 . . . the final countdown!
The final week of the 2011 Summer in the City Blog, it all comes to a blazing end on Sunday, September 4th. If you’ve been waiting to be this year’s fundraising drive super hero, now’s the time to step up to the challenge and change a few Art for Change lives.
DC Adventures
Monday
Rahim AlHaj
Event Type: Grammy nominee Iraqi oud virtuoso takes the millennium stage
Location: Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (2700 F Street, NW Washington, DC)
Time: 6:00 PM
Cost: FREE
Forum Season 8 Preview
Event Type: Sneak Peak of Forum Theatre’s 2011-2012 Season
Location: Round House Silver Spring (8641 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD)
Time: 7:30 PM
Cost: FREE, space limited RSVP requested
Tuesday
Julius Caesar (thru September 4th)
Event Type: Free Shakespeare for all
Location: Sidney Harman Hall 610 F Street NW
Time: 2:00 PM and 7:30/8:00 PM
Cost: FREE
Wednesday
National Portrait Gallery Pop Quiz: Invention and Innovation with DJ Maskell
Event Type: Multimedia Trivia . . theme Invention
Location: National Portrait Gallery Kogod Courtyard (Eighth and F Streets NW, Washington, D.C.)
Time: 5:30 PM Music starts, 6:30PM trivia game begins
Cost: FREE
Thursday
Art after Dark
Event Type: Art, Music and an Open Bar
Location: Art Museum of the Americas (201 18th Street, NW)
Time: 8:00 PM
Cost: $25.00 advance, $30.00 at Door
Jazz on Jackson Place
Event Type: Jazz under the Stars
Location: Decatur House on Lafayette Square(1610 H Street, NW Washington)
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Cost: $25.00
Friday
Lohninger, Fischbacher and Band
Event Type: Jazz at the Embassy
Location: Embassy of Austria (3524 International Court NW)
Time: 7:30 PM
Cost: FREE, RSVP required
NY Adventures
Monday
Moth Story Slam: Drive
Event Type: Story Telling at its best . . . most of the time
Location: The Bitter End (147 Bleeker Street)
Time: 7:00 PM
Cost: $8.00
MoMA Films: The Kings of Pastry
Event Type: Sugar Sculpture that will make a grown man cry
Location: MoMA, Theatre 1 (11 West 53rd Street, New York)
Time: 7:00 PM
Cost: $10.00
Wednesday
Bright Eyes
Event Type: Outdoor concert with Indie originals
Location: Williamsburg Waterfront (East River Park between North 8th and North 9th Streets)
Time: 5:30 PM
Cost: $35.00
Thursday
Charles Yang
Event Type: Classical Violin with a rock star slant
Location: David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center (Broadway at 62nd Street)
Time: 8:30 PM
Cost: FREE
DC Adventures
Monday
Rahim AlHaj
Event Type: Grammy nominee Iraqi oud virtuoso takes the millennium stage
Location: Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (2700 F Street, NW Washington, DC)
Time: 6:00 PM
Cost: FREE
Forum Season 8 Preview
Event Type: Sneak Peak of Forum Theatre’s 2011-2012 Season
Location: Round House Silver Spring (8641 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD)
Time: 7:30 PM
Cost: FREE, space limited RSVP requested
Tuesday
Julius Caesar (thru September 4th)
Event Type: Free Shakespeare for all
Location: Sidney Harman Hall 610 F Street NW
Time: 2:00 PM and 7:30/8:00 PM
Cost: FREE
Wednesday
National Portrait Gallery Pop Quiz: Invention and Innovation with DJ Maskell
Event Type: Multimedia Trivia . . theme Invention
Location: National Portrait Gallery Kogod Courtyard (Eighth and F Streets NW, Washington, D.C.)
Time: 5:30 PM Music starts, 6:30PM trivia game begins
Cost: FREE
Thursday
Art after Dark
Event Type: Art, Music and an Open Bar
Location: Art Museum of the Americas (201 18th Street, NW)
Time: 8:00 PM
Cost: $25.00 advance, $30.00 at Door
Jazz on Jackson Place
Event Type: Jazz under the Stars
Location: Decatur House on Lafayette Square(1610 H Street, NW Washington)
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Cost: $25.00
Friday
Lohninger, Fischbacher and Band
Event Type: Jazz at the Embassy
Location: Embassy of Austria (3524 International Court NW)
Time: 7:30 PM
Cost: FREE, RSVP required
NY Adventures
Monday
Moth Story Slam: Drive
Event Type: Story Telling at its best . . . most of the time
Location: The Bitter End (147 Bleeker Street)
Time: 7:00 PM
Cost: $8.00
MoMA Films: The Kings of Pastry
Event Type: Sugar Sculpture that will make a grown man cry
Location: MoMA, Theatre 1 (11 West 53rd Street, New York)
Time: 7:00 PM
Cost: $10.00
Wednesday
Bright Eyes
Event Type: Outdoor concert with Indie originals
Location: Williamsburg Waterfront (East River Park between North 8th and North 9th Streets)
Time: 5:30 PM
Cost: $35.00
Thursday
Charles Yang
Event Type: Classical Violin with a rock star slant
Location: David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center (Broadway at 62nd Street)
Time: 8:30 PM
Cost: FREE
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Friday, August 26, 2011
Week 13: Weekend Edition
Thought you'd like to know about all of the adventures that are in danger of being cancelled this weekend because of Hurricane Irene. But while you're here you might as well make a donation and support our friends at Art for Change!
DC Adventures:
Friday
Comedy for a Cause: Rachel Feinstein in support of Habitat for Humanity
Event Type: A little stand up action
Location: Gala Hispanic Theatre (3333 14th St NW, Washington DC)
Time: 7:30 PM or 10:00 PM
Cost: $20.00
The Black Power Mix Tape (1967 – 1975)
Event Type: Because you thought you’d make an awesome black panther
Location: House of Sweden
Time: 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Cost: FREE, RSVP Required
Sunday
Charity Ping Pong Event
Event Type: Ping Pong and Pizza
Location: Comet Ping Pong (5037 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington)
Time: 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Cost: $20.00 Participant Fee
Sonoma's Crab Feast
Event Type: Crab and Beer in Capital Hill . . .
Location: Sonoma (223 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE Washington)
Time: 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Cost: $35.00 in Advance, $40.00 at the Door
NY Adventures
Friday
2011 Afro Punk Festival (thru Sunday 8/28)
Event Type: Music, Skate/BMX Park, Food Trucks . . . what more could you ask for . . . oh wait did I mention Janelle Monae. . . oh yeah the cherry on top!
Location: Commodore Park, Brooklyn
Time: Shows start at 11:00 AM
Cost: FREE
The Prince and Michael Experience
Event Type: The Purple Prince and the Prince of Pop
Location: Brooklyn Bowl (61 Wythe Avenue, Brooklyn)
Time: 11:30 PM Doors
Cost: $5.00
Saturday
Charlie Parker Jazz Festival
Event Type: Hello Jazz Harmonica
Location: Marcus Garvey Park (Madison Avenue, East 120 to East 124 Streets)
Time: 3:00 PM
Cost: FREE
Mario Batali's Edible Garden
Event Type: Garden Party, Cooking Demos,
Location: New York Botanical Garden, 2900 Southern Blvd.
Time: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Cost: $6.00 – $20.00
PS1: Warm Up
Event Type: Hot fun in the summer time
Location: PS1 (22-25 Jackson Ave. at the intersection of 46th Ave. Long Island City)
Time: 2:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Cost: $15.00 Cash Only
Sunday
El Bulli: Cooking in Progress (Held Over)
Event Type: The best restaurant in the world caught on film Location: Film Forum (209 W Houston St, New York)
Time: Varies
Cost: $12.50
Salsa Sunday’s with the Williamsburg Salsa Orchestra
Event Type: Get your dance on
Location: Brooklyn Bowl (61 Wythe Avenue, Brooklyn)
Time: 6:00 PM Doors, 8:00 PM Show Cost: $5.00
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Week 13: August 22 – August 28
DC Adventures
Tuesday
Ballet West
Event Type: Salt Lake sends it’s resident dance company to DC to show its stuff
Location: Wolf Trap Filene Center (1645 Trap Road, Vienna)
Time: 8:30 PM
Cost: $4.00 Lawn, $40.00 In-house
Wednesday
Opera’s Greatest Hits
Event Type: did someone say Denyce Graves? Wolf Trap Opera Company celebrates its 40th Anniversary
Location: Wolf Trap Filene Center (1645 Trap Road, Vienna)
Time: 8:30 PM
Cost: $4.00 Lawn, $40.00 In-house
Thursday
Handi Hour
Event type: Let’s get crafty from our beer to our music and yarn works
Location: Renwick Galleries (1661 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. at 17th Street)
Time: 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Cost: $15.00 Cash Only
ArtJamz
Event Type: Get tipsy, make art, make new friends, and take art home. . .
Location: Corcoran Gallery
Time: 6:30 PM – 10:30 PM
Cost: $65.00, pre-registration required
Les Chauds Lapins
Event Type: French Swing circa 1930s
Location: Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (2700 F Street, NW Washington)
Time: 6:00 PM
Cost: FREE
Friday
Comedy for a Cause: Rachel Feinstein in support of Habitat for Humanity
Event Type: A little stand up action
Location: Gala Hispanic Theatre (3333 14th St NW, Washington DC)
Time: 7:30 PM or 10:00 PM
Cost: $20.00
NY Adventures
Tuesday
Slavic Soul Party
Event Type: Balkan Funk
Location: Barbes (376 9th St. (corner of 6th Ave.) Park Slope, Brooklyn)
Time: 9:00 PM
Cost: $10.00
Wednesday
Vans House Party
Event Type: Converge, Touche Amore, Special Guest
Location: 25 Franklin Street, Brooklyn
Time: 7:00 PM
Cost: FREE, RSVP required
Thursday
Ballets with a Twist: Cocktail Hour
Event Type: you like dance, you like cocktails a match made in heaven
Location: David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center
Time: 8:30 PM
Cost: FREE
Movies with a View: Rosemary’s Baby
Event Type: You may want to leave the kids at home for this classic horror flick
Location: Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 1
Time: 6:00 PM
Cost: FREE
Friday
2011 Afro Punk Festival (thru Sunday 8/28)
Event Type: Music, Skate/BMX Park, Food Trucks . . . what more could you ask for . . . oh wait did I mention Janelle Monae. . . oh yeah the cherry on top!
Location: Commodore Park, Brooklyn
Time: Shows start at 11:00 AM
Cost: FREE
The Prince and Michael Experience
Event Type: The Purple Prince and the Prince of Pop
Location: Brooklyn Bowl (61 Wythe Avenue, Brooklyn)
Time: 11:30 PM Doors
Cost: $5.00
Saturday
Charlie Parker Jazz Festival
Event Type: Hello Jazz Harmonica
Location: Marcus Garvey Park (Madison Avenue, East 120 to East 124 Streets)
Time: 3:00 PM
Cost: FREE
PS1: Warm Up
Event Type: Hot fun in the summer time
Location: PS1 (22-25 Jackson Ave. at the intersection of 46th Ave. Long Island City)
Time: 2:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Cost: $15.00 Cash Only
Sunday
Salsa Sunday’s with the Williamsburg Salsa Orchestra
Event Type: Get your dance on
Location: Brooklyn Bowl (61 Wythe Avenue, Brooklyn)
Time: 6:00 PM Doors, 8:00 PM Show
Cost: $5.00
Tuesday
Ballet West
Event Type: Salt Lake sends it’s resident dance company to DC to show its stuff
Location: Wolf Trap Filene Center (1645 Trap Road, Vienna)
Time: 8:30 PM
Cost: $4.00 Lawn, $40.00 In-house
Wednesday
Opera’s Greatest Hits
Event Type: did someone say Denyce Graves? Wolf Trap Opera Company celebrates its 40th Anniversary
Location: Wolf Trap Filene Center (1645 Trap Road, Vienna)
Time: 8:30 PM
Cost: $4.00 Lawn, $40.00 In-house
Thursday
Handi Hour
Event type: Let’s get crafty from our beer to our music and yarn works
Location: Renwick Galleries (1661 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. at 17th Street)
Time: 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Cost: $15.00 Cash Only
ArtJamz
Event Type: Get tipsy, make art, make new friends, and take art home. . .
Location: Corcoran Gallery
Time: 6:30 PM – 10:30 PM
Cost: $65.00, pre-registration required
Les Chauds Lapins
Event Type: French Swing circa 1930s
Location: Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (2700 F Street, NW Washington)
Time: 6:00 PM
Cost: FREE
Friday
Comedy for a Cause: Rachel Feinstein in support of Habitat for Humanity
Event Type: A little stand up action
Location: Gala Hispanic Theatre (3333 14th St NW, Washington DC)
Time: 7:30 PM or 10:00 PM
Cost: $20.00
NY Adventures
Tuesday
Slavic Soul Party
Event Type: Balkan Funk
Location: Barbes (376 9th St. (corner of 6th Ave.) Park Slope, Brooklyn)
Time: 9:00 PM
Cost: $10.00
Wednesday
Vans House Party
Event Type: Converge, Touche Amore, Special Guest
Location: 25 Franklin Street, Brooklyn
Time: 7:00 PM
Cost: FREE, RSVP required
Thursday
Ballets with a Twist: Cocktail Hour
Event Type: you like dance, you like cocktails a match made in heaven
Location: David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center
Time: 8:30 PM
Cost: FREE
Movies with a View: Rosemary’s Baby
Event Type: You may want to leave the kids at home for this classic horror flick
Location: Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 1
Time: 6:00 PM
Cost: FREE
Friday
2011 Afro Punk Festival (thru Sunday 8/28)
Event Type: Music, Skate/BMX Park, Food Trucks . . . what more could you ask for . . . oh wait did I mention Janelle Monae. . . oh yeah the cherry on top!
Location: Commodore Park, Brooklyn
Time: Shows start at 11:00 AM
Cost: FREE
The Prince and Michael Experience
Event Type: The Purple Prince and the Prince of Pop
Location: Brooklyn Bowl (61 Wythe Avenue, Brooklyn)
Time: 11:30 PM Doors
Cost: $5.00
Saturday
Charlie Parker Jazz Festival
Event Type: Hello Jazz Harmonica
Location: Marcus Garvey Park (Madison Avenue, East 120 to East 124 Streets)
Time: 3:00 PM
Cost: FREE
PS1: Warm Up
Event Type: Hot fun in the summer time
Location: PS1 (22-25 Jackson Ave. at the intersection of 46th Ave. Long Island City)
Time: 2:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Cost: $15.00 Cash Only
Sunday
Salsa Sunday’s with the Williamsburg Salsa Orchestra
Event Type: Get your dance on
Location: Brooklyn Bowl (61 Wythe Avenue, Brooklyn)
Time: 6:00 PM Doors, 8:00 PM Show
Cost: $5.00
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Week 12: August 15 - August 21 (Weekend Edition)
2 weeks left of Summer in the City 2011, and $1500 to go to support our friends at Art for Change, help make my summer by helping me raise the difference in just two weeks.
DC Adventures
Thursday
Tiê and Tulipa Ruiz
Event Type: Brazilian Folk Music
Location: Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (2700 F Street, NW, Washington DC)
Time: 6:00 PM
Cost: FREE
Phillips after 5Event Type: Art + Music + CocktailsLocation: Phillips CollectionTime: 5:00 PM – 8:30 PMCost: FREE with Admission (Reservations)
Friday
Julius Ceasar (thru Sept. 4)
Event Type: Shakespeare’s classic tale of politics run amuck Location: Sydney Harmon Hall Time: VariesCost: FREE tickets required
Gypsy Kings (thru Saturday 8/20)
Event Type: Sing it with me now . . . . Bamboleo
Location: Wolftrap for the Performing Arts, Filene Center
Time: 8:00 PM
Cost: $25.00 - $75.00
Saturday
Chesapeake Crab and Beer Festival
Event Type: Mmmmm another summer food festival
Location: National Harbor (137 National Plaza, National Harbor, MD)
Time: 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM or 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Cost: $35.00 and up
Charles Covington, Jr
Event Type: Jazz Piano . . . not as cool as the Jazz flute, but pretty close
Location: Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (2700 F Street, NW, Washington DC)
Time: 6:00 PM
Cost: FREE
Hop Fu: Hip-hop meets Kung Fu
Event Type: Not even you can say no to this master combination
Location: Freer Gallery
Time: 2:00 PM
Cost: FREE
Sunday
Drunken Master + Panel Discussion
Event Type: Hip-hop/Kung Fu/Afro-Asian Connection
Location: Freer Gallery
Time: 4:00 PM
Cost: FREE
NY Adventures
Thursday
Movies with a View: Crooklyn
Event Type: A Spike Lee pebble of genius
Location: Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 1
Time: 6:00 PM
Cost: FREE
NY Moth Story Slam: Betrayal
Event Type: True stories that will melt your heart, make you laugh, and make you cry
Location: Housing Works Bookstore Café (126 Crosby Street)
Time: 7:00 PM Doors, 7:30 PM Story time begins
Cost: $8.00
Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys
Event Type: Cajun jams from a Grammy nominated ensemble
Location: David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center
Time: 8:30 PM
Cost: FREE
Vans House Party: Tokyo Police Club and Friends
Event Type: Vans summer concert series
Location: The House of Vans (15 Franklin Street, Brooklyn)
Time: 7:00 PM
Cost: FREE
Friday
Dre.Dance/White Wave Young Soon Kim Dance Company
Event Type: Taye Diggs tries his hand at choreography . . . again
Location: East River Park Amphitheater
Time: 7:00 PM
Cost: FREE
Mostly Mozart: Mark Morris Dance Group (thru Sunday 8/20)
Event Type: The master of Choreography in the Round
Location: Rose Theatre
Time: 7:30 PM
Cost: $40.00 and up
Saturday
Jazz Age Dance Party: Michael Arenella and His Dreamland Orchestra (thru Sunday 8/21)
Event Type: Take 2 of the 1920s inspired Lawn Party . . . costumes welcome
Location: Governors Island
Time: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Cost: $7.00 Advance, $10.00 at the “gate”
Sunday
Rakim / EMPD / Funkmaster Flex
Event Type: The history of hip hop unfolds before you, as you revisit the album “Paid in Full"
Location: Central Park Summer Stage (Rumsey Playfield)
Time: 3:00 PM
Cost: FREE
Sunset + Music
Event Type: Site specific musical event hits the county of kings
Location: Granite Prospect, Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge park
Time: 7:30 PM
Cost: FREE
DC Adventures
Thursday
Tiê and Tulipa Ruiz
Event Type: Brazilian Folk Music
Location: Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (2700 F Street, NW, Washington DC)
Time: 6:00 PM
Cost: FREE
Phillips after 5Event Type: Art + Music + CocktailsLocation: Phillips CollectionTime: 5:00 PM – 8:30 PMCost: FREE with Admission (Reservations)
Friday
Julius Ceasar (thru Sept. 4)
Event Type: Shakespeare’s classic tale of politics run amuck Location: Sydney Harmon Hall Time: VariesCost: FREE tickets required
Gypsy Kings (thru Saturday 8/20)
Event Type: Sing it with me now . . . . Bamboleo
Location: Wolftrap for the Performing Arts, Filene Center
Time: 8:00 PM
Cost: $25.00 - $75.00
Saturday
Chesapeake Crab and Beer Festival
Event Type: Mmmmm another summer food festival
Location: National Harbor (137 National Plaza, National Harbor, MD)
Time: 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM or 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Cost: $35.00 and up
Charles Covington, Jr
Event Type: Jazz Piano . . . not as cool as the Jazz flute, but pretty close
Location: Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (2700 F Street, NW, Washington DC)
Time: 6:00 PM
Cost: FREE
Hop Fu: Hip-hop meets Kung Fu
Event Type: Not even you can say no to this master combination
Location: Freer Gallery
Time: 2:00 PM
Cost: FREE
Sunday
Drunken Master + Panel Discussion
Event Type: Hip-hop/Kung Fu/Afro-Asian Connection
Location: Freer Gallery
Time: 4:00 PM
Cost: FREE
NY Adventures
Thursday
Movies with a View: Crooklyn
Event Type: A Spike Lee pebble of genius
Location: Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 1
Time: 6:00 PM
Cost: FREE
NY Moth Story Slam: Betrayal
Event Type: True stories that will melt your heart, make you laugh, and make you cry
Location: Housing Works Bookstore Café (126 Crosby Street)
Time: 7:00 PM Doors, 7:30 PM Story time begins
Cost: $8.00
Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys
Event Type: Cajun jams from a Grammy nominated ensemble
Location: David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center
Time: 8:30 PM
Cost: FREE
Vans House Party: Tokyo Police Club and Friends
Event Type: Vans summer concert series
Location: The House of Vans (15 Franklin Street, Brooklyn)
Time: 7:00 PM
Cost: FREE
Friday
Dre.Dance/White Wave Young Soon Kim Dance Company
Event Type: Taye Diggs tries his hand at choreography . . . again
Location: East River Park Amphitheater
Time: 7:00 PM
Cost: FREE
Mostly Mozart: Mark Morris Dance Group (thru Sunday 8/20)
Event Type: The master of Choreography in the Round
Location: Rose Theatre
Time: 7:30 PM
Cost: $40.00 and up
Saturday
Jazz Age Dance Party: Michael Arenella and His Dreamland Orchestra (thru Sunday 8/21)
Event Type: Take 2 of the 1920s inspired Lawn Party . . . costumes welcome
Location: Governors Island
Time: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Cost: $7.00 Advance, $10.00 at the “gate”
Sunday
Rakim / EMPD / Funkmaster Flex
Event Type: The history of hip hop unfolds before you, as you revisit the album “Paid in Full"
Location: Central Park Summer Stage (Rumsey Playfield)
Time: 3:00 PM
Cost: FREE
Sunset + Music
Event Type: Site specific musical event hits the county of kings
Location: Granite Prospect, Pier 1, Brooklyn Bridge park
Time: 7:30 PM
Cost: FREE
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Week 11: August 8 – August 14 (Weekend Edition)
The 2011 Summer in the City Fundraising Drive in support of Art for Change, seems to have stalled at $470.
Will we reach our $2,000 goal?
That all depends on YOU!
This blog will officially come to a close on Sunday, September 4th, so if you haven’t reached into your pockets to make a contribution, now’s the time to do it as there are just 3 weeks left to make a huge difference for a small not for profit with a big heart.
This weekend edition celebrates Art for Change’s 4th Annual Publics Arts Festival.
If you’re going to be in New York this weekend make your way up to East Harlem for the 4th Annual Hacia Afuera Public Arts Festival, August 13-14, 1-6pm in East Harlem.
An event for the young and young at heart, the creative and intellectual, join AfC for the event of the summer and see what all of this hub bub has been all about.
Will we reach our $2,000 goal?
That all depends on YOU!
This blog will officially come to a close on Sunday, September 4th, so if you haven’t reached into your pockets to make a contribution, now’s the time to do it as there are just 3 weeks left to make a huge difference for a small not for profit with a big heart.
This weekend edition celebrates Art for Change’s 4th Annual Publics Arts Festival.
If you’re going to be in New York this weekend make your way up to East Harlem for the 4th Annual Hacia Afuera Public Arts Festival, August 13-14, 1-6pm in East Harlem.
An event for the young and young at heart, the creative and intellectual, join AfC for the event of the summer and see what all of this hub bub has been all about.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Monday, August 8, 2011
Week 11: August 8 – August 14
DC Adventures
Monday
Science Cafe at Busboys and Poets
Event Type: "The DNA you knew nothing about even though it is all about you"
Location: Bus Boys and Poets (5th & K St, NW)
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Cost: FREE
Tuesday
Daredevils and Yellow-Bellies: Stories about courage and cowardice
Event Type: DC’s Moth knock-off event a night of true tales told live
Location: Town Danceboutique (2009 8th St, NW,Washington, DC)
Time: Doors 5:30 PM, Show starts at 8:00 PM
Cost: $15.00
Wednesday
Science in the Cinema Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
Event Type: Cuba Gooding Jr. as pediatric neurosurgeon, Ben Carson
Location: AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, Silver Spring, MD
Time: 7:00 PM
Cost: FREE, Ticket distribution starts at 4:00 p.m. day of
Thursday
Phillips after 5
Event Type: Art + Music + Cocktails
Location: Phillips Collection
Time: 5:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Cost: FREE with Admission (Reservations)
Friday
Truckeroo Food Truck Festival: #3
Event Type: Food truck smorgasbord
Location: Half St. and M St., SE
Time: 11:00 AM – 11:00 PM
Cost: FREE
Pistolera
Event Type: Brooklyn + Mexico meet the accordion
Location: Artisphere (1101 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington)
Time: 9:00 PM
Cost: $15.00
NY Adventures
Monday
A Little Night Music:International Contemporary Ensemble
Event Type: Stravinsky, Bach, Denisov, Berio and more
Location: Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse
Time: 1:30 PM and 7:30 PM
Cost: Varies
Tuesday
Lincoln Center Festival: Royal Shakespeare Company (thru August 14)
Event Type: Last opportunity to see RSC in NYC
Location: Park Avenue Armory
Time: 10:30 PM
Cost: $45.00
Wednesday
"WE LIKE IT LIKE THAT - THE STORY OF LATIN BOOGALOO"
Event Type: Documusical. . . live music and documentary film
Location: Central Park Summer Stage
Time: 7:00 PM
Cost: FREE
Bon Iver
Event Type: Concert squatting, all the cool kids are doing it
Location: Prospect Park Bandshell (9th Street & Prospect Park West, Brooklyn)
Time: 6:30 PM
Cost: (Sold Out)
Thursday
Cut Copy with Foster The People and Midnight Magic
Event Type: Get your dance on . . . . on the other side of the fence
Location: Prospect Park Bandshell (9th Street & Prospect Park West, Brooklyn)
Time: 6:30 PM
Cost: (Sold Out)
Saturday
Bass Island Adventure
Event Type: LUPE FIASCO, Z-TRIP, PREFUSE 73, VIRTUAL BOY, DAVE NADA and JORO BORO
Location: Governors Island, South Island Field
Time: 4:00 PM
Cost: $46.00
Rite of Summer Music Festival: Ethel
Event Type: plugged-in, post-classical string quartet
Location: Governors Island, Colonel Row
Time: 1:00 PM and 3:00 PM
Cost: FREE
Sunday
"GOSPEL EXPLOSION"
Event Type: Feed your musical soul with a little gospel under the sun
Location: Central Park Summer Stage
Time: 3:00 PM
Cost: FREE
28th Annual Roots of American Music Festival
Event Type: Soul to Soul inside of Stax Records
Location: David Rubenstein Atrium
Time: 2:00 PM
Cost: FREE
Monday
Science Cafe at Busboys and Poets
Event Type: "The DNA you knew nothing about even though it is all about you"
Location: Bus Boys and Poets (5th & K St, NW)
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Cost: FREE
Tuesday
Daredevils and Yellow-Bellies: Stories about courage and cowardice
Event Type: DC’s Moth knock-off event a night of true tales told live
Location: Town Danceboutique (2009 8th St, NW,Washington, DC)
Time: Doors 5:30 PM, Show starts at 8:00 PM
Cost: $15.00
Wednesday
Science in the Cinema Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
Event Type: Cuba Gooding Jr. as pediatric neurosurgeon, Ben Carson
Location: AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, Silver Spring, MD
Time: 7:00 PM
Cost: FREE, Ticket distribution starts at 4:00 p.m. day of
Thursday
Phillips after 5
Event Type: Art + Music + Cocktails
Location: Phillips Collection
Time: 5:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Cost: FREE with Admission (Reservations)
Friday
Truckeroo Food Truck Festival: #3
Event Type: Food truck smorgasbord
Location: Half St. and M St., SE
Time: 11:00 AM – 11:00 PM
Cost: FREE
Pistolera
Event Type: Brooklyn + Mexico meet the accordion
Location: Artisphere (1101 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington)
Time: 9:00 PM
Cost: $15.00
NY Adventures
Monday
A Little Night Music:International Contemporary Ensemble
Event Type: Stravinsky, Bach, Denisov, Berio and more
Location: Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse
Time: 1:30 PM and 7:30 PM
Cost: Varies
Tuesday
Lincoln Center Festival: Royal Shakespeare Company (thru August 14)
Event Type: Last opportunity to see RSC in NYC
Location: Park Avenue Armory
Time: 10:30 PM
Cost: $45.00
Wednesday
"WE LIKE IT LIKE THAT - THE STORY OF LATIN BOOGALOO"
Event Type: Documusical. . . live music and documentary film
Location: Central Park Summer Stage
Time: 7:00 PM
Cost: FREE
Bon Iver
Event Type: Concert squatting, all the cool kids are doing it
Location: Prospect Park Bandshell (9th Street & Prospect Park West, Brooklyn)
Time: 6:30 PM
Cost: (Sold Out)
Thursday
Cut Copy with Foster The People and Midnight Magic
Event Type: Get your dance on . . . . on the other side of the fence
Location: Prospect Park Bandshell (9th Street & Prospect Park West, Brooklyn)
Time: 6:30 PM
Cost: (Sold Out)
Saturday
Bass Island Adventure
Event Type: LUPE FIASCO, Z-TRIP, PREFUSE 73, VIRTUAL BOY, DAVE NADA and JORO BORO
Location: Governors Island, South Island Field
Time: 4:00 PM
Cost: $46.00
Rite of Summer Music Festival: Ethel
Event Type: plugged-in, post-classical string quartet
Location: Governors Island, Colonel Row
Time: 1:00 PM and 3:00 PM
Cost: FREE
Sunday
"GOSPEL EXPLOSION"
Event Type: Feed your musical soul with a little gospel under the sun
Location: Central Park Summer Stage
Time: 3:00 PM
Cost: FREE
28th Annual Roots of American Music Festival
Event Type: Soul to Soul inside of Stax Records
Location: David Rubenstein Atrium
Time: 2:00 PM
Cost: FREE
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
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