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