New York, July 19 - 25

New York, July 19 - 25 Concert, Friday, Jul 19 7:00AM free Cody Simpson, Teen Singer Fox News Plaza , 48th St. & Sixth Ave. The 16-year-old pop-star gained some notoriety after being discovered on YouTube. He will release his second full-length album, Surfers Paradise, on July 16.

Concert, Friday, Jul 19 7:00AM free Fall Out Boy, Platinum Rockers Rockefeller Plaza , bet. 48th & 51st Sts. and Fifth & Sixth Aves. Fall Out Boy is an American rock band from Wilmette, Illinois, formed in 2001. The band consists of vocalist/guitarist Patrick Stump, bassist Pete Wentz, guitarist Joe Trohman, and drummer Andy Hurley. The members originally played in local underground hardcore bands before forming Fall Out Boy. Attendees are advised to arrive early.

Tour, Friday, Jul 19 12:30PM to 2:00PM free Grand Central and Its Neighborhood Meet in Sculpture Court of the Whitney Museum at Altria lobby 120 Park Ave., at 42nd St. 1-212-883-2420 Discover architecture and social history of Grand Central neighborhood; learn secrets of Whispering Gallery in Grand Central Terminal; gaze upon hubcaps and roadsters on side of Chrysler Building; discover favorite Midtown Manhattan hangout of Mercury, Hercules, and Minerva; learn why Pershing Square isn’t really square; visit original Lincoln Memorial by Daniel Chester French. Award-winning tour led by urban explorer, historian, and storyteller Justin Ferate.

Concert, Friday, Jul 19 12:30PM free Isaac ben Ayala, Performing and Film Recording Pianist Bryant Park, Upper Terrace , Sixth Ave. & 42nd St. 1-212-768-4242 Isaac ben Ayala has performed and recorded with many notable bands and greats - from Quincy Jones, Ray Charles, Louis Bellson, Leon Thomas, Frank Foster, David Murray, James Spaulding, Roy Hargrove, and Wynton Marsalis, to The New York City Ballet, The Sultans of Swing, The Donald Byrd Dance Company and Joe Piscipo. He has scored numerous films and can be heard on the piano in Dave Chappelle's
Block Party (2006), The Mark Twain Prize Honors Billy Crystal (2007), and Denzel Washington's The Great Debaters (2008).

Film, Friday, Jul 19 2:00PM free John Ford's The Searchers (1956): Civil War Western 58th Street Library 127 E. 58th St. 1-212-759-7358 Stars John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles. As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable. 119 Minutes

Jazz, Friday, Jul 19 6:00PM Le Boeuf Brothers, Duo Pushing the Definition of Jazz Bryant Park, Upper Terrace & Lawn Gravel, Sixth Ave. & 42nd St. 1-212-768-4242 Remy and Pascal Le Boeuf represent a new breed of young artists that continuously push the definition of jazz. Commission: A Dream: The Musical Imagination of Franz Kafka.

Opening Reception, Friday, Jul 19 6:00PM to 8:00PM free Run, Rabbit, Run, a College Show School of Visual Arts, West Side Gallery 133-141 W. 21st St. 1-212-592-2000 This exhibition uses the idea of psychedelia—an ancient Greek term for “mind-manifesting”—to explore the manifestations of the mind: the weird, the crazy, the beautiful, the deeply private and the inconceivable. The artists present works that bring fantasies to life, memories to present time and delve into the deep crevices of the unconscious.

Jazz, Friday, Jul 19 6:30PM free Patience Higgins' Sugar Hill Quartet Marcus Garvey Park, Rodgers Amphitheater, West 122nd Street & Fifth Avenue 1-212-866-3616 If you like your jazz uptempo and overflowing with vitality, look no farther. Patience is a cooking, muscular-toned tenorman somewhere between Coleman Hawkins and Sonny Rollins—a musician great enough to have toured with Ellington, David Murray and Stevie Wonder.

Theater, Friday, Jul 19 6:30PM free Shakespeare's King Lear, the Classic Tragedy Riverside Park, Soldiers & Sailors Monument, 89th St. & Riverside Dr. 1-212-560-6579 Lear will be played by Hudson Warehouse Artist-in-Residence David Palmer Brown who has appeared in Hudson Warehouse productions since 2009. The complex relationships and heart-breaking abuse in this Shakespeare classic will be put together by director Jesse Michael Mothershed, also an Artist-in-Residence with the ten-year-old company.

Theater, Friday, Jul 19 7:00PM free Outdoor Theater: Shakespeare's The Tempest Battery Park, Starts in front of Castle Clinton; State St. bet. Water & Pearl Sts. 1-212-252-4531 On a remote island, Prospero, the rightful Duke of Milan, plots to restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful place using illusion and skillful manipulation. This production, by New York Classical Theatre, is a roving production, in that the show and the audience move from place to place within the park.

Concert, Friday, Jul 19 7:00PM free Metropolitan Opera stars perform arias and duets Brooklyn Bridge Park, entrance at Old Fulton St. & Furman St., Brooklyn 1-212-360-2777 An enchanting evening of favorite opera arias and duets featuring rising Metropolitan Opera stars Erin Morley (soprano), Isabel Leonard (mezzo-soprano), and Stephen Costello (tenor), accompanied by pianist Bradley Moore.

Party, Friday, Jul 19 7:00PM to 11:59PM free Business Casual: The Best Office Party Ever EFA Project Space 323 W. 39th St., 2nd fl. 1-212-563-5855 From the clothes you wear to the language you use, the corporate workplace is a social minefield. Despite lengthy HR handbooks and employee guidelines the crucial behavioral codes and cues are often veiled and only discovered when we haplessly tread on them. This event confronts such danger zones with humor and art in an evening of comedy, storytelling, music and video about contorting, confusing or conforming to social norms in the workplace. You are invited to get tipsy, partake in juicy gossip and behave inappropriately without risking disastrous professional repercussions. Warning: Codes of conduct may be broken. Featuring: The Lady Aye, Amelia Bareparts, Ian Edgar, Emma Gordon, Mica Scalin, Rommel Wood, portrait photography by Jason Falchook and more. Music and video acts by Edgar of Eclectic Method and Forrest Lewinger.

Concert, Friday, Jul 19 7:30PM/ $3 suggested admission Celtic Folk Rock: The Waterboys / Alasdair Roberts Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Bandshell 1-718-683-5600 The enigmatic songwriter Mike Scott, “madman or genius, depending on your point of view,” (Record Collector Magazine) has explored many sounds and styles through THE WATERBOYS, his principle vehicle since 1983, but Celtic folk rock of burning intensity remains at the center. The band’s latest project is An Appointment with Mr. Yeats, music set to the words of Ireland’s greatest lyric poet. Scott’s fellow Scot ALASDAIR ROBERTS, a sometime collaborator with Will Oldham, infuses his songs “with the enduring melodies and lyrical twists of ancient folk music.” (The Guardian UK)

Theater, Friday, Jul 19 8:00PM free Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew - Calypso Style Riverbank State Park Amphitheatre 679 Riverside Dr., @ 145th St. 1-212-695-1596 The Pulse Ensemble Theatre presents this unique interpretation of the Bard's comedy about the courtship of Petruchio, a gentleman of Verona, and Katherina, the headstrong, obdurate shrew.

Film, Friday, Jul 19 8:30PM free French Cinema: Maurice Pialat's We Won’t Grow Old Together (1972) Riverside Park, Pier 1, W. 70th St. & the Hudson River 1-212-408-0219 A film director manages a wife and a lover, with unhappy results. 110 min.

Hike. Saturday, Jul 20 8:45AM $3 Rockland Lake-to-Nyack Hike Meet at Port Authority Bus Terminal, South Wing at the White Commuter Statues, Leader: Marvin Malater 1-718-376-3608 7 miles, moderate pace with climbs on the Long Path. The Hook Mountain Ridgeline and subsequent deer runs, return to Nyack for an optional dinner and/or visit to the Edward Hopper Gallery. Bring lunch

Festival,Saturday, Jul 20 10:00AM to 4:00PM free The City of Water Day Festival Governors Island 1-212-825-3045 Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance presents The City of Water Day Festival, a day of entertainment, education and adventure celebrating our waterfront and its potential. Enjoy free boat tours, children's activities, fishing, the Waterfront Activity Fair, and more.

Festival, Saturday, Jul 20 10:00AM to 6:30PM Free; rides and games are $3 each Fête Paradiso, the World's First Festival of Vintage French Carnival Rides and Carousels Governors Island 1-212-825-3045 Fête Paradiso, the world's first festival of vintage French carnival rides and carousels, will make its American debut this summer. The rare, museum-quality collection, which includes a diverse array of attractions from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, such as carousels, flying swings and a pipe

Film, Saturday, Jul 20 11:00AM free Sam Raimi's Oz the Great and Powerful (2013): Magical Fantasy George Bruce Library 518 W. 125th St., @ Amsterdam Ave. 1-212-662-9727 With James Franco, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz. A small-time magician is swept away to an enchanted land and is forced into a power struggle between three witches. 130 min.

City Walk, Saturday, Jul 20 11:30AM free 8th Street & St. Marks Place Tour Meet at the SE corner of Second Ave. & St. Marks Pl. in front of Chase Bank 1-212-777-2173 A walking tour highlighting the unique, bizarre and beautiful bohemia we call Greenwich Village. Rain or shine. Tour is led by a licensed guide who focuses on the various social, architectural and/or historic aspects of the neighborhood.

Festival, Saturday, Jul 20 12:00PM to 4:00PM free Art and Design Installations That Create a New Temporary Park Pier 42, along the East River bet. the Manhattan & Williamsburg Bridges 1-212-219-9401 Celebrate the unveiling of art and design installations that create a new temporary park and will kick-off of a season of events and programming. There will hands-on art and educational activities for all ages. Learn about the new public space and how the community has been involved in creating it. Explore art, go on a walking tour, help plant a garden, and learn about river ecology at a fishing clinic. Meet the artists and designers who collaborated with local organizations to develop the creative installations. Pack a picnic! Or taste offerings from local food trucks.

Concert, Saturday, Jul 20 3:00PM free Hip-Hop: Planet Hemp / Gaby Amarantos / Emicida Central Park, Rumsey Playfield, mid-Park off Fifth Avenue at 69th Street 1-212-360-2777 Planet Hemp first hit the scene in 1993 when Marcelo D2 and Skunk, founding members, joined together to become a rap duo in Brazil. Soon they were joined by musicians Rafael, Bacalhau and Formigão which fused the groups rap origin with a little bit of rock, psychedelia, and hardcore. Born and raised in Brazil, Gaby Amarantos grew up surrounded by music. The “Tecnobrega” queen makes it clear that her main influence for her music is the neighborhood where she was born, where everything is played at the same time. Technobrega fuses together Techno music with brega, which referes to “tacky” and cheesy romantic music. Hailing from Sao Paulo, Brazil, Emicida began his career in 2006 when he sang his first rhymes at freestyle battles and underground parties throughout the city. In 2009, Emicida released, independently distributed, and sold more than 10,000 copies of his first mixtape. In 2010, the rapper released two mixtapes, which helped him become one of the leading names of the new Brazilian Hip-Hop generation.

Workshop, Saturday, Jul 20 3:00PM free Tae Kwon Do Workshop George Bruce Library 518 W. 125th St., @ Amsterdam Ave. 1-212-662-9727 Teaches the fundamentals of discipline, balance, Health and Wellness.

Concert, Saturday, Jul 20 7:00PM free The CCB Reggae All-Stars Riverside Park, at the tennis lawn overlooking the Hudson River at 97th St. 1-212-978-0277 Calling all blankets, picnic baskets, and candles! This week’s performer: CCB Reggae All-Stars. Last season’s surprise hit, CCB Reggae All-Stars, featuring Ros Droppa “Unplugged.” Bring your drums and any percussion instruments you might have down to the river and join in fun. Dancing, singing and audience participation is encouraged.

City Walk, Sunday, Jul 21 11:00AM free Historic Orchard Street Tour Meet in front of Katz’s Delicatessen, E. Houston & Ludlow Sts., 1-212-226-9010 Take a historical three-hour journey through the Lower East Side and explore some of the rich history tracing the arrival of immigrants to modern times.

Dance Performance, Sunday, Jul 21 11:30AM to 6:00PM Free; reservations required 4Chambers, a Sensorial Journey into the Human Heart by Jody Oberfelder Dance Projects Gov, ernors Island, Nolan Park, Officers' House #15 Reservations 1-212-777-6227 Jody Oberfelder Dance Projects transform a house into an intimate performance space with corridors that function as arteries and veins leading to four discrete chambers. Guided by six cast members, an audience of 12 moves through the space, monitoring their own hearts throughout. Start times: 11:30AM, 1PM, 2:30PM, 4PM, 5:30PM.

City Walk, Sunday, Jul 21 1:00PM $15; $5 for CfT members (see below) The New Times Square District Tour Meet at NE corner of Sixth Ave & 43rd Street, Leader: Bernie Cohen: 1-917-796-3988 Highlights: The Paramount Theater, Hudson Theater, Former I. Miller Shoe Store, the New TKTS Ticket Booth, Statue of George M. Cohan.


Jazz, Sund, ay, Jul 21 2:00PM free The Harlem Blues & Jazz Band Central Park, Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, inside Central Park at 110th St. between Fifth & Lenox aves 1-212-860-1370 The Harlem Blues and Jazz Band is the world's most authentic swing band, starring 7 veteran jazz and blues musicians and one vocalist.

Theater, Sunday, Jul 21 4:00PM free Brecht in the Park: 3 Rarely Perfomed Works Central Park, Great Hill, near the southeast corner of the Great Hill, West Side from 103rd to 107th Sts. 3 rarely­‐performed short plays by Bertolt Brecht, translated by Eric Bentley: The Elephant Calf (1926), In Search of Justice (1938) and The Exception and the Rule (1929). Presented by Elephant Run District. Running time approx. 65 minutes.

Concert, Sunday, Jul 21 6:30PM free Salsa with Los Hermanos Colon Hudson River Park, Pier 84 at W.44th St. 1-212-627-2020 Dance lessons begin at 6:30pm courtesy of Dance Manhattan. Live bands go on at 7pm.

Concert, Sunday, Jul 21 7:00PM to 9:00PM free Amplified Sundays: Vensaire Riverside Park, Pier 1, W. 70th St. & the Hudson River 1-212-408-0219 Vibrantly danceable live music accompanied by spectacular sunsets over the Hudson River. Tonight: Vensaire, experimental electronic folk pop out of Brooklyn.

Workshop, Monday, Jul 22 11:45AM Free; reservations required Beginner Italian Language Class Bryant Park, Upper Terrace Gravel across from the BP Cafe Reservations 1-212-682-8585 Instruction by inlingua. Learn a new language or brush up on your skills in these standalone classes.

Workshop, Monday, Jul 22 12:00PM free Learn Juggling in the Park Bryant Park, 42nd Street Plaza, Sixth Ave. & 42nd St. 1-212-768-4242 Test your coordination and dexterity with free juggling lessons in the park. All skill levels are welcome to join in the fun. Equipment is provided. Lessons are weather permitting. You'll be surprised that Alex and Jordan can often be found outside tossing pins in the snow!

Concert, Monday, Jul 22 6:45PM free Country Rock from 3 Local Songwriters Stuyvesant Cove Park, east of FDR Drive at 20th St., on the East River 1-212-505-6050 Paul Sachs, Dave Murphy and Tim Robinson play their tunes.

Film, Monday, Jul 22 8:00PM free John Huston's Oscar Winner The African Queen (1951): Floating, Flirting Bryant Park, The Lawn, Sixth Ave. & 42nd St. 1-212-768-4242 Stars Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley. In Africa during WW1, a gin-swilling riverboat owner/captain is persuaded by a strait-laced missionary to use his boat to attack an enemy warship. 105 Min. The lawn opens at 5:00pm for blankets and picnicking. Films begin at sunset (typically between 8pm and 9pm).

Workshop, Tuesday, Jul 23 10:00AM Free; registration required Park Yoga Bryant Park, Upper Terrace, Sixth Ave. & 42nd St. Registration 1-212-768-4242 Expert instructors lead all levels of yogis. Mats are provided. Presented by Athleta and produced by alignyo. Instructors and assistants from YogaWorks.

Concert, Tuesday, Jul 23 12:30PM free Dona Carter, Composer and Pianist Bryant Park, Upper Terrace, Sixth Ave. & 42nd St. 1-212-768-4242 Pianist, composer, music educator, and mentor to students of all ages, Dona Carter has directed a variety of ensembles - large and small - composing and arranging many original pieces. Future performances with her band will include Cleopatra's Needle and the Hartford/Bushnell concert series this summer.She has performed in a variety of venues, in the United States and abroad often sharing the stage with other outstanding musicians and singers.

Concert, Tuesday, Jul 23 5:30PM free The 5th Annual Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival: Tulipa Ruiz City Winery 155 Varick St., @ Vandam St. 1-212-608-0555 Tulipa Ruiz is a razilian disco artist.

Concert, Tuesday, Jul 23 6:30PM free Stars of Tomorrow: Jazz & Classical Hudson River Park, Pier 45, off W. 10th St. 1-212-627-2020 Students from the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music and Mannes College The New School for Music play classical and jazz.

Theater, Tuesday, Jul 23 7:00PM Pay-what-you-can admission policy; minimum $1 per ticket Harbor by Chad Beguelin, a New York Theater Premiere 59E59 Theaters 55 E. 59th St., bet. Park & Madison Aves. 1-212-840-9705 When fifteen-year-old Lottie and her ne'er-do-well mother Donna drop in unannounced on the beautiful Sag Harbor home of Donna's brother and his new husband, all hell breaks loose. The bonds between kith and kin are tested in this alternately biting and touching comedy about the constantly shifting nature of the meaning of family. Harbor is from playwright Chad Beguelin, the author/lyricist of Broadway's The Wedding Singer and the lyricist for Elf; and Mark Lamos, the director of Black Tie, Indian Blood and Buffalo Gal. PLEASE NOTE: - Limited availability on a first-come, first-served basis - You are given a form upon your arrival (beginning at 4PM) - Fill out and return the form to a representative - You are free to leave once you've handed in your form but you must return by 5pm - At 5pm they will call out your name to purchase tickets in the order in which they have received the completed forms - You must be present at 5pm when your name is called to purchase tickets - NO EXCEPTIONS - Limit 2 tickets per person - Cash only, no change given - You are not able to select seats or be shown where seats are located before purchase - Seats bought at the same time are not guaranteed to be together - You will not be able to move or change seats after purchase - Once tickets are purchased, you are free to leave and come back at curtain

Dance Performance, Tuesday, Jul 23 8:00PM free The Martha Graham Dance Company Central Park, Rumsey Playfield, mid-Park off Fifth Avenue at 69th Street 1-212-360-2777 Informed by the expansive vision of pioneering choreographer Martha Graham, the Martha Graham Dance Company brings to life a timeless and uniquely American style of dance that has influenced generations of artists and continues to captivate audiences. As one of the most celebrated modern dance companies in America, Graham and her dancers have expanded contemporary dance’s vocabulary of movement and forever altered the scope of the art form.

Concert, Tuesday, Jul 23 8:00PM free Mostly VW: Verdi and Wagner Washington Square Park, Fifth Ave. & Washington Sq. N. 1-212-252-3621 Instrumental and vocal transcriptions for chamber ensemble: orchestral interludes and arias by Richard Wagner and Giuseppe Verdi in celebration of their 200th birthdays.

Theater, Tuesday, Jul 23 8:30PM Free tickets required Love's Labour's Lost, A New Musical Based on Shakespeare's Comedy Central Park, Delacorte Theater, entrances at 81st St. & Central Park W. or 79th St & Fifth Ave. 1-212-967-7555 Songs by Michael Friedman. Book Adapted by Alex Timbers. Directed by Alex Timbers Romance, revelry and enchanting music ignite in this contemporary yet lovingly faithful musical adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy. The King and his best buds decide at their five-year college reunion to swear off the joys of women. But when four cute, clever girls from their past show up, they’re forced to reconsider all of that nonsense! Smart, sexy, outrageous, and irreverent, LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST is a madcap celebration of true love and coming of age. Obie Award winner MICHAEL FRIEDMAN (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson) and two-time Tony Award nominee ALEX TIMBERS (Peter and the Starcatcher) reunite for this fresh and unexpected evening of song, sonnets and Shakespeare.

Hike, Wednesday, Jul 24 10:00AM Free; reservations required Hiking Through History: Governors Island’s Historic District Governors Island 1-212-825-3045 Join the National Park Service for a hike through the National Historic Landmark District on Governors Island. Park rangers will guide you on a 1.5-mile, 1.5-hour tour through over 200 years of history in one of New York’s most historic and beautiful places. Tours begin with the arrival of 10am Manhattan ferry.

Concert, Wednesday, Jul 24 12:20PM free Bach at Noon Grace Church 802 Broadway, @ 10th St. 1-212-254-2000 The keyboard works of Johann Sebastian Bach offered in 30-minute meditations.

Workshop, Wednesday, Jul 24 1:00PM Free; RSVP required Travel Photography Workshop B&H Photo 420 Ninth Ave., @ W. 34th St. RSVP info 1-212-444-6615 99% of people with cameras approach travel and landscape photography the same way. 99% of photographs you see of any given subject or landscape are all but identical. Remember Forever’s Luke Ballard will take you on a journey through Machu Picchu in Peru; Sydney, Australia and our very own New York City showing you how to avoid being part of the 99%.

Concert, Wednesday, Jul 24 1:00PM free St. Peter's Choir, Swing Band and Brass Band Trinity Church 74 Trinity Place, Broadway & Wall St. 1-212-602-0800 A concert performed by St. Peter's Choir, Swing Band and Brass Band, visiting from England.

Concert, Wednesday, Jul 24 6:00PM free Jazz: Dafnis Prieto Sextet / Yosvany Terry Quintet Madison Square Park, Madison Ave. & E. 23rd St. 1-212-538-1884 Cuban born drum virtuoso Dafnis Prieto takes the stage with his accomplished sextet including Ralph Alessi (trumpet), John Beaty (alto/soprano saxophones), Manuel Valera (piano), Peter Apfelbaum (tenor and soprano saxophone) and Johannes Weidenmueller (bass). Cuban saxophonist Yosvany Terry has absorbed and incorporated American jazz traditions with his own Afro-Cuban roots to produce compositions and solo work that flow from the rhythmic and hard driving avant-garde to sweet sounding lyricism. His voice and style are unique and complex, and with his new Quintet, he has married Cuban and American musical traditions to create a new and exciting sound. The Quintet is comprised of Jonathan Finlayson (trumpet), Osmany Paredes (piano), Yunior Terry (bass), and Justin Brown (drums). Bring a blanket for lawn seating; no chairs are allowed.

Jazz, Wednesday, Jul 24 7:00PM free Steve Shaiman & the Swingtime Big Band Carl Schurz Park, 86th St. & East End Ave., John Finley Walk & E. 86th St. Staircase 1-646-781-9100 The Big Band Sound is hat uniquely American combination of reeds, brass and rhythm which defined our nation's popular music for more than three decades and which still pervades our public consciousness. The SWINGTIME BIG BAND vividly brings this classic music to life for a new generation of audiences in three-dimensional sound, authentically recreating the style, musicality and essence of each Swing Era band that originated the hits from the Great American Songbook.

Jazz, Wednesday, Jul 24 7:00PM free Raymond Mantilla, Jazz Drummer Riverside Park, Grants Tomb, Riverside Drive & West 120th Street 1-212-866-3616 Raymond Mantilla (b. June 22, 1934, in New York City, New York) is an American jazz drummer. He has played as a session musician and toured with some of the most significant jazz musicians of his time. Mantilla has been bandleader of his own ensembles and was a founding member of the percussion ensemble M'Boom, with Max Roach. Bring your Picnic Basket and Chair or Blanket for the Lawn.

Film, Wednesday, Jul 24 8:00PM free Andrew Stanton & Lee Unkrich's Oscar Winner Finding Nemo (2003): Animated Fish Tale South Street Seaport 89 South St., Front/Row Cinema 1-212-732-8257 Stars Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould. After his son is captured in the Great Barrier Reef and taken to Sydney, a timid clownfish sets out on a journey to bring him home. 100 min.

Film, Wednesday, Jul 24 8:30PM free Ben Affleck's Argo (2012): Oscar Winner for Best Picture Hudson River Park, Pier 63 at W.23rd St. 1-212-627-2020 With Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin. A dramatization of the 1980 joint CIA-Canadian secret operation to extract six fugitive American diplomatic personnel out of revolutionary Iran. 120 min. Free popcorn.

Performance,Thursday, Jul 25 12:30PM free Broadway in the Park Bryant Park, Le Carrousel, Sixth Ave. & 42nd St. 1-212-768-4242 The most popular musicals on and off Broadway perform their biggest hits. Today's featured shows: Avenue Q Rock of Ages Soul Doctor Murder Ballad Gazillion Bubble Show Lite FM Host: Christine Nagy Co-host: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

Other, Thursday, Jul 25 5:00PM to 8:00PM free Galleries Open Their Doors The fourth annual Art Walk will take place at over 125 galleries and art institutions. In addition to extended hours at all of the locations, there will be special events such as talks by artists, curators, and gallery owners, live performances, book sales, book signings and receptions MOMA

Concert, Thursday, Jul 25 7:00PM free Rock: Foxygen / Thao & The Get Down, Stay Down Hudson River Park, Pier 84 at W.44th St. , Foxygen is the bi-coastal duo of Sam France and Jonathan Rado. Their hyper-real portrait of psychedelic sounds calls to mind 60’s era Rolling Stones, The Kinks, and David Bowie. San Francisco based Thao Nguyen has worked with a long list of acclaimed artists including Andrew Bird, Mirah, and Laura Veirs and has released two critically acclaimed records with her backing band the Get Down Stay Down.

ConcertThursday, Jul 25 7:00PM free River & Blues with the Grammy-Nominated Christian Scott Quintet Robert F. Wagner, Jr. Park, Battery Park City (access: Battery Place) 1-212-267-9700 Enjoy sunsets and live blues along the Hudson River. Grammy-nominated trumpet sensation Christian Scott plays original compositions with one foot deep in his New Orleans roots, and the other leaping forward with the Rock and Hip Hop influence of his NYC home.

Jazz, Thursday, Jul 25 7:30PM free Let Freedom Swing Concert Lincoln Center, David Rubenstein Atrium, Broadway between 62nd and 63rd Streets 1-212-875-5377 Jazz grew out of the African-American community in turn of the 20th century New Orleans. It is a mingling of the musical expressions of all the people who came to the United States by choice or by force — people from Africa, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean — as well as those already living in America. Jazz musicians brought their traditions together (with special emphasis on the blues, church spirituals and ragtime) in a new, universal language. Through the blues, jazz musicians showed that the sorrows common to us all could be overcome with optimism and humor. Through improvisation they celebrated newfound expressive freedom. And through the joyous rhythms of swing, they taught the many different people of New Orleans that they could work together with feeling and style. This concert will illustrate the ideals of American democracy, the struggle for freedom, and the beauty of self-expression through the lens of America's greatest and most democratic art form - jazz.

Concert, Thursday, Jul 25 7:30PM free Smokey Robinson, Motown Legend and Rock Hall of Famer Next to MCU Park, Brooklyn, W. 21st St. & Surf Ave., Coney Island, Brooklyn 1-718-222-0600 Smokey Robinson has written some of the memorable songs in the Motown catalogue: "My Guy," "The Tracks of My Tears," "Tears of a Clown," "Shop Around," "You've Really Got a Hold on Me," "I Second That Emotion," "My Girl," -- the list goes on. Don't miss this opportunity to catch him live. The public is encouraged to bring their own chairs. A limited number of $5 rental chairs in a specially designated area are available on a first-come first-served basis.

Concert, Thursday, Jul 25 7:30PM $3 suggested admission Gospel: BeBe Winans / Alicia Olatuja Prospect Park, Brooklyn, Bandshell 1-718-683-5600 Carrying on the legacy of America’s first family of gospel, six-time Grammy and ten-time Dove Award-winner BEBE WINANS’ “polished R&B sound helped transform the…genre in the '80s and '90s.” (Detroit Free Press) The Brooklyn native ALICIA OLATUJA brings an operatic range to gospel-infused jazz and pop sprinkled with grace notes from her bandleader husband Michael Olatuja’s African heritage.

San Remo Café Plaque Unveiling Monday, July 29th 6:30 P.M. Corner of Bleecker and MacDougal Streets Free; reservations required Please join us as we unveil our latest historic plaque marking the site of the legendary San Remo Café, located at 189 Bleecker Street/93 MacDougal Street from 1925 to 1967. The site is located in the currently proposed, and (hopefully) soon-to-be-designated, South Village Historic District. In the late 1940’s and 50’s, the San Remo was the premiere haunt for the literary and artistic set, attracting an unparalleled array of figures from the Beat movement, the New York School of poets and painters, and The Living Theater. Regulars included Allen Ginsberg, Dylan Thomas, Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, Miles Davis, Frank O’Hara, Judith Malina, Jackson Pollock, James Baldwin, and Gore Vidal, among many others. Several of these eminent figures first met here, and many immortalized the San Remo in their writings. The unveiling will begin at 6:30 pm on Monday, July 29th. GVSHP, the Two Boots Foundation, and the board and managers of 93 MacDougal Street will be sponsoring the event.

  Sasaki Garden: A Modern Masterpiece A Walking Tour with Ellen Jouret-Epstein When: Thursday, August 1; 6:30 - 8:00 P.M. Where: Meeting location will be provided after reservation is confirmed Cost: free; reservations required This 1.5 acre garden was completed in 1959 as an integral part of Washington Square Village, the iconic modernist apartment complex, now owned by New York University. An early project of the young landscape architecture firm, Sasaki, Walker and Associates, the garden is one of the premiere examples of successful large-scale modernist landscaping in New York City. One of the first uses of a parking lot roof to create usable green space, the garden was determined eligible for the State and National Registers of Historic Places. Tragically, NYU's expansion plans, if allowed to proceed, will result in the garden's destruction. Based on her study of the garden, Ms. Jouret-Epstein will discuss the interesting history of the Washington Square Village complex, from its origins as part of Robert Moses' development plans for the South Village to its purchase by NYU, and highlight the garden's design and planting strategies that have preserved space and light for the surrounding buildings for more than 50 years.

Between the Seas Festival: Suite Camus by Andreas Arnold Wild Project Manhattan Sat, Jul 27, 2013, 9:30 pm Sun, Jul 28, 2013, 6:00 pm Suite Camus is an interdisciplinary work, an osmosis of music, textx and images that leads into the heart of Camusian ideas and aesthetics. Initiated by the Goethe Institut Paris at the occasion of A. Camus' centenary, the project is a meeting of outstanding young artists from Algeria, France and Germany.
Game Play Festival: Rock Band Karaoke Night Brick Theater brooklyn Sat, Jul 27, 2013, 10:00 pm - 11:59 pm Say farewell to Game Play with the ever-popular Rock Band Karaoke! Play on our giant screen to help the amazing Child’s Play charity, which provides games for sick kids stuck in the hospital.

KRONOS at 40: Parades – Jacob Garchik’s The Heavens, Asphalt Orchestra Josie Robertson Plaza Manhattan Sun, Jul 28, 2013, 6:00 pm Simultaneous parades by Garchik's "atheist trombone shout choir" and Bang on a Can's iconoclastic mobile band.

KRONOS at 40: Kronos Quartet with Asphalt Orchestra and Jacob Garchik Damrosch Park Manhattan Sun, Jul 28, 2013, 6:30 pm Kronos premieres new works by electronic vanguardists. Asphalt rearranges an alt-rock classic. Garchik leads a trombone choir.

Scott Kettner: Maracatu de Baque Virado: A Living and Changing Tradition Bruno Walter Auditorium Manhattan Mon, Jul 29, 2013, 6:30 pm Nation Beat's leader gives a multi-media presentation on the unique history and contemporary expressions of Northeast Brazil's maracatu.

Annual Gospel Night at Martin Luther King, Jr. Concert Series Martin Luther King, Jr. Concert Series brooklyn Mon, Jul 29, 2013, 7:30 pm Brooklyn's own Christian Cultural Center Choir joins Grammy winner Israel Houghton and the New Breed and gospel singer and minister Marvin Sapp for a night of gospel music.

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