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2008 Performance Calendar
MUSIC LISTINGS (See
our Clubs Section Too):
Acoustic Sundays
Sunday July 13 to August 24, 7 PM to 9 PM
Pier I, Riverside Park South, Manhattan
Enjoy spectacular sunsets
over the Hudson as you listen to some of New
York’s best jazz, R&B, and world
music. Sponsored by Riverside South Properties.
July 13, Ernestidio Rodriguez y su conjunto
tipico; July 20, Nation Beat; July 27, Pharaoh's
Daughter; Aug 3, Howard Fishman's Biting Fish
Brass Band; Aug 10, Kate McGarry Quartet;
Aug 17, KJ Denhert and the NY Unit;
Aug 24, Los Soneros de Oriente. Presented
by Summer On the Hudson, New York City Department
of Parks and Recreation.
Tickets: Free. For more information, visit
www.nyc.gov/parks/soh, or call (212) 408-0219
Riverside Park South Pier
1|West 70th Street and the Hudson River
New York City
DIZZY'S CLUB COCA-COLA
Jazz at Lincoln Center
Jazz at Lincoln Center
is a not-for-profit arts organization dedicated
to jazz. With the world-renowned Lincoln
Center Jazz Orchestra, the Afro-Latin Jazz
Orchestra, and a comprehensive array of
guest artists, Jazz at Lincoln Center advances
a unique vision for the continued development
of the art of jazz by producing a year-round
schedule of performance, education, and
broadcast events for audiences of all ages.
These productions include concerts, national
and international tours, residencies, weekly
national radio and television programs,
recordings, publications, an annual high
school jazz band competition and festival,
a band director academy, a jazz appreciation
curriculum for children, advanced training
through the Juilliard Institute for Jazz
Studies, music publishing, children¹s
concerts, lectures, adult education courses,
film programs, and student and educator
workshops. Under the leadership of Artistic
Director Wynton Marsalis, President &
CEO Derek E. Gordon, Executive Director
Katherine E. Brown, Chairman of the Board
Lisa Schiff and Jazz at Lincoln Center Board
and staff, Jazz at Lincoln Center will produce
hundreds of events during its 2004-05 season.
This is the inaugural season in Jazz at
Lincoln Center¹s new home - Frederick
P. Rose Hall - the first-ever performance,
education, and broadcast facility devoted
to jazz.
Log onto www.jalc.org
for listings.
Frederick P. Rose Hall
|Broadway at 60th
Folks on the Island: An American Folk Music
Festival
Saturdays, July 5th - August 2nd, 2008. Concerts
start at 1:30 PM
Governors Island, New York City
Summer ‘08,
Trinity Wall Street presents Folks on the
Island, An American Folk Music Festival, on
Governors Island, five Saturdays, July 5 –
August 2, 2008, 1:30 PM. This year’s
concert series explores traditional folk music
and delves deeper into the American musical
landscape with the inclusion of blues, bluegrass,
and country western. Featured artists include
Janis Ian (July 5), Slaid Cleaves (July 12),
Bearfoot (July 19), Eric Bibb (July 26), and
Ronny Cox (August 2). The Concerts and ferry
service to Governors Island are free and open
to the public. Concerts take place on Governors
Island at Colonel’s Row beginning at
1:30 p.m. Free ferries to Governors Island
leave every hour, on the hour, starting at
10 a.m. from the Battery Maritime Building
in lower Manhattan, adjacent to the Staten
Island Ferry.
For travel directions
and more information, visit www.folksontheisland.com.
Live at the Gantries
Tuesday, July 8 / 7pm
Gantry Plaza State Park
Free, outdoor performances featuring some
of the borough’s most celebrated entertainers,
from Afro-Brazilian jazz musicians to Japanese
punk rockers, with acts for audience members
of all ages. Live at the Gantries’ nine
nights will take place on Tuesdays at 7 o’clock
at Gantry Plaza State Park, a 2.5-acre waterside
oasis between 49th and 50th Avenues along
the East River. The series will run from June
24th to August 26th. Performing July 8 is
Blue Pipa (Chinese Folk Music). Along with
her accompanying musicians, Min Xiao-Fen of
Blue Pipa is renowned for her exploration
of traditional and modern music from all cultures.
Famed for her virtuosity and fluid style on
the pipa, she has recorded and performed with
Björk.
The series is sponsored by The New York State
Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation,
Queens Council on the Arts, Queens Theatre
in the Park, and New York Water Taxi. Live
at the Gantries is funded in full by Rockrose
Development.
Admission is Free. Please contact Chris Henderson,
Queens Council on the Arts, Arts Services
Director at 347-505-3017 or chenderson@queenscouncilarts.org
for additional information or visit, http://queenscouncilarts.org/liveatthegantries/index.html.
Gantry Plaza State Park| 50-50 Second Street,
Long Island City, NY 11101
Live at the Gantries
Tuesday, July 15 / 7pm
Gantry Plaza State Park
Free, outdoor performances
featuring some of the borough’s most
celebrated entertainers, from Afro-Brazilian
jazz musicians to Japanese punk rockers, with
acts for audience members of all ages. Live
at the Gantries’ nine nights will take
place on Tuesdays at 7 o’clock at Gantry
Plaza State Park, a 2.5-acre waterside oasis
between 49th and 50th Avenues along the East
River. The series will run from June 24th
to August 26th. Performing July 15 is Bliminal
(Indie Rock), a self-described “band
of vagabonds that gathers together to exchange
thoughts of radical sound,” the Astoria-based
group lists among its influences Pavement,
The Darkside and Sergio Leone.
The series is sponsored
by The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation
and Historic Preservation, Queens Council
on the Arts, Queens Theatre in the Park, and
New York Water Taxi. Live at the Gantries
is funded in full by Rockrose Development.
Admission is Free. Please
contact Chris Henderson, Queens Council on
the Arts, Arts Services Director at 347-505-3017
or chenderson@queenscouncilarts.org for additional
information or visit, http://queenscouncilarts.org/liveatthegantries/index.html.
Gantry Plaza State Park| 50-50 Second Street,
Long Island City, NY 11101
Live at the Gantries
Tuesday, July 22 / 7pm
Gantry Plaza State Park
Free, outdoor performances
featuring some of the borough’s most
celebrated entertainers, from Afro-Brazilian
jazz musicians to Japanese punk rockers, with
acts for audience members of all ages. Live
at the Gantries’ nine nights will take
place on Tuesdays at 7 o’clock at Gantry
Plaza State Park, a 2.5-acre waterside oasis
between 49th and 50th Avenues along the East
River. The series will run from June 24th
to August 26th. Performing July 22 is Calpulli
Mexican Dance Company. Calpulli celebrates
the rich regional traditions of Mexico by
telling stories through colorful dance pieces.
Their fresh, vital repertoire honors not just
Mexico's past, but also the lives of its emigrants
in the United States. The performance-based
program will include didactic information
and interactive exercises for the young and
young at heart.
The series is sponsored
by The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation
and Historic Preservation, Queens Council
on the Arts, Queens Theatre in the Park, and
New York Water Taxi. Live at the Gantries
is funded in full by Rockrose Development.
Admission is Free. Please
contact Chris Henderson, Queens Council on
the Arts, Arts Services Director at 347-505-3017
or chenderson@queenscouncilarts.org for additional
information or visit, http://queenscouncilarts.org/liveatthegantries/index.html.
Gantry Plaza State Park| 50-50 Second Street,
Long Island City, NY 11101
Live at the Gantries
Tuesday, July 29 / 7pm
Gantry Plaza State Park
Free, outdoor performances
featuring some of the borough’s most
celebrated entertainers, from Afro-Brazilian
jazz musicians to Japanese punk rockers, with
acts for audience members of all ages. Live
at the Gantries’ nine nights will take
place on Tuesdays at 7 o’clock at Gantry
Plaza State Park, a 2.5-acre waterside oasis
between 49th and 50th Avenues along the East
River. The series will run from June 24th
to August 26th.
Performing July 29 is the
York College Summer Big Band. The student
jazz ensemble performs annually at the CUNY
Jazz Festival at City College and was featured
in Weltreisen on the German television station
ARD in April 2006. The members of the workshop
perform regularly throughout the borough.
The series is sponsored
by The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation
and Historic Preservation, Queens Council
on the Arts, Queens Theatre in the Park, and
New York Water Taxi. Live at the Gantries
is funded in full by Rockrose Development.
Admission is Free. Please
contact Chris Henderson, Queens Council on
the Arts, Arts Services Director at 347-505-3017
or chenderson@queenscouncilarts.org for additional
information or visit, http://queenscouncilarts.org/liveatthegantries/index.html.
Gantry Plaza State Park| 50-50 Second Street,
Long Island City, NY 11101
6th annual
NYC Musical Saw Festival
Saturday July 5th, 2008 2pm - 5pm
Trinity Church LIC
See the saw players and
hear the singing sounds of the saw: the 6th
annual NYC Musical Saw Festival, Saturday
July 5th, 2008 , at Trinity Church , 31-18
37th Street, Astoria , Queens .
The cutting edge music starts
at 2:00 PM , with a concert featuring about
20 musical saw players from Mexico , Germany
, Canada and all over the USA . There is also
an art exhibition featuring the musical saw
in paintings and a video installation.
The world¢s greatest
saw players come out of the woodwork to join
other acoustic musicians in a variety of musical
performances. You¢ll hear classical,
contemporary, folk, gospel, pop, and show
tunes throughout the concert. The end of the
concert features the 'Chorus of the Saws'
- all the saw players playing together.
The festival is fun for
the whole family (kids 6 years old and up).
For more information, check out http://www.SawLady.com/musicalsawfestival.htm
. Organized and hosted by Natalia 'Saw Lady'
Paruz, this event is sponsored in part by
the Queens Council on the Arts with public
funding from the New York City Department
of Cultural Affairs. Come to the 6th annual
Musical Saw Festival, and say you saw it here
first!
Tickets $10. For more information
visit http://www.SawLady.com/musicalsawfestival.htm
Trinity Church |31-18
37th Street
( 37th Street at 31st Avenue ), Astoria ,
NY
Near by subway: 'R' train to Steinway Street,
N/W train to Broadway.
On the Border Songwriter
Series
Every Thursday, Friday and Saturday. 8PM –
11PM
May 1st Through August 30th.
Border Burrito
The series will feature
many of the hottest contemporary songwriters
in NYC and surrounding cities including Emily
Zuzik, Nicola, Ian Axel, Open Book, Rorie
Kelly, Ganessa James, Eric Squindo, Aliza
Hava and Caleb Hawley among many others. It
is unique, because it combines multiple genres
and formats requiring only that all performances
be of original material. The program is strictly
not for profit and all performances are free
to the public.
Admission is free. For more
information and artist profiles visit www.myspace.com/borderburritonyc
Border Burrito
|81 Third Avenue at 11th Street, East
Village
Coming
Soon
Double-Bill of
Stage Works by Polish Composer Karol Szymanowski
Presented by Bard Summerscape,
July 25, 31, and August 2+ at 8 pm
July 27* and August 3 at 3 pm
July 25 - August 3
Sosnoff Theater
Bard SummerScape’s
exploration of “Prokofiev and His
World” will be enriched by fully-staged
productions of two rapturous works by Polish
composer Karol Szymanowski – a contemporary
and friend of Prokofiev’s –
opening Friday, July 25 for a run of five
performances through August 3. Under music
director Leon Botstein, SummerScape’s
resident American Symphony Orchestra will
play both the acclaimed opera King Roger
(The Shepherd) and Harnasie, a pastoral
dance by the composer who is widely considered
the father of modern Polish music. The Wroclaw
Opera Chorus will perform, with Polish vocal
soloists, and a children’s choir.
Both works will be directed and designed
by Lech Majewski.
$25, $55, $75; except Thursday (July 31)
perf: $20, $45, $65
For tickets and further information on all
SummerScape events, phone the Fisher Center
box office at (845) 758-7900 or visit www.fishercenter.bard.edu
(845)758-7900
www.summerscape.bard.edu
Richard B. Fisher
Center for the Performing Arts| 60 Manor
Avenue
Charlie Parker Jazz
Festival
Sunday, August 24th – 3:00 PM –
Late
Tompkins Square Park
The Charlie Parker
Jazz Festival annually assembles some of
the finest musicians in the world who reflect
Parker’s musical individuality and
genius, to promote appreciation for this
highly influential and world-renowned artist.
The two days of free concerts take place
in neighborhoods where Charlie Parker lived
and worked, in Historic Harlem’s Marcus
Garvey Park and in Tompkins Square Park
within Manhattan’s Lower East Side.
Featuring: Randy Weston, Jerry Gonzales
and Fort Apache, Eric Lewis, Gretchen Parlato
Ticket Price- FREE, Charlie Parker Jazz
Festival. For more information go to http://www.cityparksfoundation.org
Tompkins Square
Park | E. 8th St. Between Aves. A &
B
KRS-One
Thursday, July 24– 7:00 PM –
Late
East River Park
CityParks Concerts
presented by Verizon - Grammy-nominated
rapper, KRS-One is a significant figure
in hip hop, often considered one of the
greatest rappers to pick up a microphone.
An outspoken MC, KRS-One has been a mainstay
in anything hip hop over the last 15 years.
Hip-Hop Lives, his 2007 collaboration with
fellow veteran, Marley Marl, met with positive
reviews. Adventures in Emceein and Conflosation
with Buckshot, are KRS-One’s most
recent releases.
Ticket Price- FREE, CityParks Concerts presented
by Verizon. For more information go to http://www.cityparksfoundation.org
East River Park
| Manhattan , At the Bandshell along the
East River, between Grand & Jackson
Sts.
Main Squeeze Accordion
Festival
Saturday July 12, 2 PM to 9 PM
Riverside Park South
The 3rd Avenue
Main Squeeze Accordion Festival, part of
the annual free Summer On the Hudson festival,
features the acclaimed 18-piece all-female
Main Squeeze Orchestra, Los Macondos (headed
by the legendary Eugenio Ortega, playing
vallenato, the unique Colombian style combining
Spanish/African rhythms) Raul Jaurena and
many other accordion masters. There is also
free accordion instruction for children,
and an Accordion Flea Market. Presented
by the New York City Department of Parks
and Recreation.
Tickets: Free. For more
information, visit www.nyc.gov/parks/soh,
or call (212) 408-0219
Riverside Park
South| Pier 1| West 70th Street and the
Hudson River, New York City
Naughty By Nature
Tuesday, July 22 – 7:00 PM –
Late
Queensbridge Park
CityParks Concerts
presented by Verizon - Naughty By Nature
electrified mainstream radio with their
street-wise but contagious anthem, “OPP,”
which is one of the most successful rap
songs in music history. The phenomenal success
of “Hip Hop Hooray” firmly cemented
NBN’s place in hip hop legend. Their
third album Poverty’s Paradise included
“Uptown Anthem,” featured in
the film, Juice.
Ticket Price- FREE, CityParks Concerts presented
by Verizon. For more information go to http://www.cityparksfoundation.org
Queensbridge Park
| 41 Ave., Bridge Plaza, Vernon Blvd. &
East River
Neal Medlyn's Unpronounceable
Symbol
Wednesdays - Sundays at 8
Additional Late Shows on Saturdays at 11
Opening Night Party Wednesday, July 9
July 9 - 20
PS 122
NEAL MEDLYN'S UNPRONOUNCEABLE
SYMBOL is Neal Medlyn's fourth and largest
to date pop song tragic-comedic extravaganza.
Following the success of his Lionel Richie
Opera, R. Kelly cabaret, and wild and bloody
spin on Phil Collins, Medlyn takes on the
purple, hyper-sexualized world of Prince.
Set to many of Prince's
biggest hits and infamous b-sides, all performed
onstage by a live band, Neal plays out an
evening of seduction and intense internal
spiritual conflict between two characters:
an engaged cab driver and a messianic libertine.
Jealousy, band troubles, violence, death,
a dream ballet, decent into hell and the
eventual transubstantiation of body fluids
and redemption all find their place in an
operatic and overblown evening of androgynous
musical entertainment.
Use discount code "MS10"
for $10 tickets (reg.$20)
Tickets available at www.ps122.org or call
212-352-3101
To find out more information,
please visit http://www.ps122.org/performances/neal_medlyns_unpronounceable_symbol.html
*offer based on limited
availability;may not be combined with other
offers or applied to pas sales; may be discontinued
at any time.
Performance Space 122
| 150 First Ave., new york, ny
8 Prospects -Music inspired
by Brooklyn's Prospect Park
Sunday July 20th and 27th at 7pm
Barbès
Joshua Camp, of One Ring
Zero and Chicha Libre, pays tribute to Charles
Ives, 100 years after his ground-breaking
piece Central Park In The Dark. This suite
for six musicians reflects Brooklyn's most-loved
park and a new century of urban sounds.
This project is sponsored, in part, by the
Greater New York Arts Development Fund of
the New York City Dept. of Cultural Affairs,
administered by the Brooklyn Arts Council,
Inc.
trombones: Brian Drye,
Curtis Hasselbring - violas: Karen Waltuch,
Victor Lowrie - violin: Ben Lively - vibraphone:
Matt Moran
Tickets $12.
Barbès |376
9th St.|
Park Slope, Brooklyn
718.965.9177
(corner of 6th Ave.)
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