NYC What's Poppin'?

"Brooklyn Bowl is proud to host an exclusive listening session for John Legend and the Roots upcoming album "Wake Up". The upcoming CD, being released by Sony Music on September 21, 2010, will feature soulful music from the 60’s and 70’s all with an underlying theme of awareness, engagement and consciousness— effectively telling listeners to Wake Up! Note: This is not a performance" - http://www.brooklynbowl.com/event-detail/?tfly_event_id=15547

Tue, August 31, 2010

Doors: 6:00 PM / Show: 9:00 PM FREE

Ft. DJ Parler

Harlem Hop Meets Digger’s Delight

Presented by Tools of War grassroots Hip Hop in assoc. with The Friends of St. Nicholas Park

5-9pm Ft. DJs Rockin Rob, Chuck City, Muro, Lean Rock, Boogie Blind, Chairman Mao, Jazzy Jay, Fabel, Lord Finesse, Bobbito, Miss Shing-a-Ling, Woodee, Forrest Getemgump and more!

St. Nicholas Park 135th St. Plaza & St. Nicholas Ave. Harlem NY 10031Mission: Keep the B-Boys, B-Girls, Poppers, Lockers & Uprockers rocking with the Rarest of Funky Grooves each DJ can find!

Everyone is invited! All Ages welcome. FREE!

F.O.K.U.S. PRESENTS THE STOOP 2010 ON AUGUST 14, 2010 IN FORT GREENE PARK, BROOKLYN, NY

Brooklyn, NY – Stoops are known for being a common meeting ground for people to share stories and relax. With this in mind, F.O.K.U.S. designed The Stoop, its annual summer arts event, to serve as the artistic physical crossroads between individuals, communities and their respective artistic experiences. F.O.K.U.S. will produce the third annual event- The Stoop - in Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn, NY on August 14, 2010 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m (rain or shine).

The Stoop is a free outdoor community gathering to celebrate the arts and healthy living. This year will feature performances by artists of various genres and promises to be a fantastic and unique addition to NY’s roster of summer events. The exciting and unique line-up includes: Si*Se, Pattern Is Movement, Kagero, Ayodele Alli, and Ishmael Islam. There will also be live art, face painting, games and an array of fun games for the entire family. Invited artists include Convoluted Construct, Alice Mizrachi and Free5. We will also have StoryCorps and The Icla da Silva Foundation, and other organizations at the event for you to interact and learn about their unique opportunities. Invited organizations include: Urban Art Beat, Black Teen Empowerment Movement, YOUNITY, SohNup, LIFEbeat, Brooklyn Salsa Dance Party, Metro Hospital.

August 14, 2010; 1:00 with performances starting at 1:15pm
Fort Greene Park,
(Myrtle Ave and N. Portland)
Brooklyn, NY

Presented by F.O.K.U.S. (http://www.onefokus.org)

Contact:
F.O.K.U.S.
press@onefokus.org

Free Fridays! – Africanísímo 4

Outdoor Film Screening
in collaboration with
African Film Festival

FRIDAY AUGUST 13, 6:00pm to 10:00pm

Screening of Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love" Chai Vasarhelyi, Senegal/USA, 2008, 102 min. (View Trailer)

Preceded by animated shorts by artist Piniang (Formally artist-in-residence at The Bronx Museum of the Arts)

Music by DJ Laylo
(Afrobeat, High Life, Reggae)

Performances by Asase Yaa
(Ivory Coast,Guinea, Mali)

Location: The Andrew Freedman Home
1125 Grand Concourse (at McClellan Street)

Rain location:
The Bronx Museum of the Arts

Admission: FREE!

"At the Brooklyn Museum's Target First Saturdays, thousands of visitors enjoy free programs of art and entertainment each month from 5 to 11 p.m. All evening long, the Museum Café serves a wide selection of sandwiches, salads, and beverages, and a cash bar offers wine and beer. Parking is a flat rate of $4 starting at 5 p.m. All other Saturdays, the Museum closes at 6 p.m."

**Highlights from August's schedule:**

Theme: Konbit Haiti (Together for Haiti)

Dance: 4:30 p.m.
Peniel Guerrier and Tamboula dance troupe, presented in conjunction with Haiti Cultural Exchange.

Music: 5–7 p.m.
La Troupe Makandal uses Haitian drumming to represent Haiti’s history and culture.

Film: 6–7:30 p.m.
Poto Mitan: Haitian Women, Pillars of the Global Economy (Renée Bergan and Mark Schuller, 2009, 50 min., NR). Documentary about the lives and struggles of Haitian women workers. Co-director Renée Bergan introduces the film and answers questions after the screening. Free tickets (30) are available at the Visitor Center at 5 p.m.

Performance: 7:30–8:30 p.m.
Master drummer Frisner Augustin of La Troupe Makandal leads a drum circle. Bring your drum!

Discussion: 8 p.m.
Sabine Toussaint leads a community discussion about rebuilding Haiti.

Dance Party: 9–11 p.m.
Brooklyn-based Haitian DJ Hard Hittin’ Harry and the Earthman Experience present a Haitian Carnival-style dance party with compas, soca, calypso, and other world music.

Info: Brooklyn Museum

HORI SMOKU SAILOR JERRY DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

FREE WITH RSVP TO SJRSVP@ROOFTOPFILMS.COM

"Hori Smoku Sailor Jerry is a feature length documentary exploring the roots of American tattooing through the life of its most iconoclastic figure, Norman "Sailor Jerry" Collins. Considered by many the foremost tattoo artist of all time, Collins is the father of modern day tattooing, whose uncompromising lifestyle and larger than life persona made him an American legend."

SATURDAY AUG 7, 2010 8:00 PM

IN CASE OF RAIN, THE SCREENING WILL BE HELD INDOORS AT THE SAME LOCATION.

The Roof of the Old American Can Factory (GOWANUS)
232 3RD STREET, BROOKLYN, NY 11215
Take the R to Union or the F or G to Caroll St/.

8:00	Doors Open
8:30	Live Music
9:00	Film Begins
10:30	After Party in the courtyard

Daptone Revue: Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
with Budos Band and more!

Saturday, August 7, 7pm
Gates open at 6pm

"The Bushwick label Daptone Records, long committed to bringing you the finest soul, funk, gospel and afrobeat sounds to be found on analog tape, trots out the family. With the unstoppable Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings headlining. Backed by the Bushwick Phil, which started as a growing string section that recorded on all of the SJDK albums and was only a Duo on ‘Dap-Dippin’, a Trio on ‘Naturally’, a Quartet on ‘100 Days’ and a Sextet on ‘I Learned the Hard Way’. For this epochal moment in the great Brooklyn soul revival, the line-up will expand to include Timpani, Vibes, the String Quartet and Victor Axelrod (Ticklah, Antibalas) on Piano."

KIDflix Film Festival
Every Friday Night in August
7:30pm
Fulton Park

The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA) and African Film Fest (AFF) proudly celebrate the 11th Annual KIDflix Film Fest of Bedford Stuyvesant in collaboration with the 52nd Annual Fulton Art Fair this August! This exciting partnership will bring fine art, film, music and dance to the Bedford Stuyvesant community in a brand new way.

Marking the 11thAnniversary of the Annual KIDflix Film Fest of Bed Stuy, this year's selection will feature the best of the last ten year's of the KIDflix Festival including:

AUGUST 6th:
Short: Brian Strongwind and Dirk Joseph: The Origin of Photohealing
Feature: Kirikou and the Sorceress
Performance: Indoda Entsha Drumming Ensemble

AUGUST 13th:
Short: Blitz the Ambassador: Something to Believe
Feature: Crooklyn
Performance: Kakande Quartet from Guinea

AUGUST 20th:
Short: Ali Santana and Spec Boogie: No Knock and Bed Stuy
Feature: Cornbread, Earl and Me
Performance: Restoration Youth Arts Academy

AUGUST 27th:
Feature: The Wiz
and a Special Tribute to Michael Jackson and Lena Horne (Prior to the film is The Wiz Costume Contest with awards and prizes given by the local businesses)

Vieux Farka Touré

Part of BAM's Rhythm & Blues Festival at MetroTech

Thu, Jul 29 at 12noon

"The son and torchbearer of West African musical icon Ali Farka Touré, Malian guitarist and singer Vieux Farka Touré has more than filled his father’s shoes, concocting his own hybrid style that radiates with “joyful audacity” (The New York Times). With an exuberant guitar sound perched perfectly between the blistering, desert-bred twang of the West African kora and the electric distortion of Chicago blues, Touré’s music is a study in seamless musical crossbreeding, born of both urban grit and blue Sahara skies."

MetroTech Commons
Free!

Info: Bam

**Lincoln Out of Door is another one of NYC's great summer music series, featuring free shows nearly every day of the week. Below are some of the best ones for the first half of the program**

Thursday, July 29 at 7:00pm: DJA-Rara @ Josie Robertson Plaza

Brooklyn’s DJA-Rara reinvents the joyous drum and horn-fueled processional music of Haiti in a carnival of music, spirituality, and cultural activism.

Thursday, July 29 at 7:30pm: Ansanm (In Love We Stand) Ft. Emeline Michel, Beethova Obas, BélO, Zili Misik, and Peniel Guerrier in collaboration with the Mikerline Dance Company @ Damrosch Park Bandshell

The music of Haiti has served multiple life-affirming tasks for its people: revelry, resilience, and resistance. Emeline Michel, known on the island as the First Lady of Haitian Song, gathers several star performers for a celebration that’s as much about artistic solidarity as it is about spiritual healing. In the hands of troubadours BélO and Beethova Obas, heated rhythms become smoothly mellifluous, while the all-woman troupe Zili Misik forges a Creolized connection between Haiti’s ancestral mizik rasin and other New World styles like jazz, reggae, Afro-Cuban son, and samba. Peniel Guerrier and the Mikerline Dance Company serve as ambassadors of Haitian culture through masterful traditional dance.

Friday, July 30 at 7:30pm:Nona Hendryx and Nicholas Leichter Dance with Monstah Black: THE WHIZ: Over the Rainbow @ Damrosch Park Bandshell

Nona Hendryx has been a maverick at every stage of her shape-shifting career, from early days with girlgroup The Bluebelles to scoring hits as a co-founder of black rock/funk superstars Labelle to charming the underground with her raucous ingenuity and songwriting prowess. Featuring choreography by Nicholas Leichter, and an adapted score by Monstah Black with added selections, The Whiz is a fierce, full-spectrum original show of song, dance, and theatrical extravaganza. Ease on down the road to recession, and back from the brink of fantasy, in this remix of The Wizard of Oz for the Obama generation.

Wednesday, August 4 at 7:30pm: Robert Glasper Experiment with Q-Tip, Bilal, and Jose James' Blackmagic @ Damrosch Park Bandshell

Brilliant keyboardist Robert Glasper is on a mission to bring jazz to the masses by infusing it with chordal dynamism and beat consciousness. His band, the Experiment, is as comfortable swinging hot bebop riffs as it is laying down the funk for this evening’s superstar guests, hip-hop philosopher MC Q-Tip and neo-soul singer Bilal. Vocal powerhouse José James’ rich baritone retains the sparkle of jazz traditionalism even as it charms revelers on the dance-club circuit.

Thursday, August 5 at 7:30pm: 80th Birthday Celebration - Paul Taylor Dance Company and Taylor 2 @ Damrosch Park Bandshell

Celebrate the 80th birthday of a true giant of modern dance with both of his esteemed dance companies sharing a program for the first time

Friday, August 6 at 7:00pm: Asphalt Orchestra @ Josie Robertson Plaza
Also: Saturday, August 7 at 6:00pm @ Hearst Plaza and Sunday, August 8 at 6:00pm @ Broadway Plaza

An iconoclastic 12-piece marching band conceived by Bang on a Can, the Asphalt Orchestra performs ambitious processional music from every corner of the world. Its selections have the ability to coax funk from the funereal and turn a halftime show into a marvel of sophistication. Featuring world premiere commissions by Yoko Ono and David Byrne with Annie Clark. Movement by Susan Marshall and Mark DeChiazza. Uniforms by Elizabeth Hope Clancy.

Saturday, August 7 at 7:00pm, Balkan Beat Box and Mucca Pazza @ Damrosch Park Bandshell

The globetrotting brainchild of drummer-producer Tamir Muskat, sax monarch Ori Kaplan, and dynamic MC Tomer Yosef, Balkan Beat Box transforms equal parts Balkan-Mediterranean traditions, punk intensity, electronic cool, jazz discipline, and hiphop attitude into a globalist groove extravaganza.The astounding 30-plus member circus punk marching band Mucca Pazza bulks up anarchic brass arrangements with gloriously mischievous polyphony. And cheerleaders.

Info: Lincoln Out of Doors

"The 28th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series performances are held Monday nights at 7:30 pm at Wingate Field, which is located on Brooklyn Avenue between Rutland Road and Winthrop Street opposite Kings County Hospital. Possible rain date on Tuesday night. The public is encouraged to bring their own chairs because seating is limited."

Musiq Soulchild adn Chrisette Michele: July 26
Salt-N-Peppa, Naughty By Nature, Slick Rick: Aug 2

Info: Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series

BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK'S MOVIES WITH A VIEMusic Starts at 6pm, Movies at Sunset (8:30/9pm) at Pier 1
"Movies With A View is one of the city's premiere outdoor film series with an eclectic lineup of films and breathtaking views of the NYC waterfront. The films are chosen by an all-volunteer Film Committee and each feature is preceded by a short film, this year curated by BAMcinématik. DJs from Brooklyn Radio kick off the evening, spinning tunes."

Thursday, July 22
Feature Film: The Big Lebowski (R) – 1998, 117 min
Short: Dock Ellis and the LSD No-No by Christopher Isenberg
DJ: Cosmo Baker

Thursday, July 29
Feature Film: Rear Window (PG) – 1954, 112 min
Short: Sketches from Great Gull by Nicholas Laviola
DJ: DJ DRM

Thursday, August 5
Feature Film: Brokeback Mountain (R) – 2005, 134 min
Short: Last Address by Ira Sachs
DJ: Soulstatic

Thursday, August 12
Feature Film: Dreamgirls (PG 13) – 2006, 130 min
Short: S From Hell by Rodney Ascher
DJ: DJ Conquerrah

Info: Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy

Bilal - Part of BAM's Rhythm & Blues Festival at MetroTech

Thu, Jul 22 at 12noon
MetroTech Commons

"No longer the best-kept secret of the formidable Soulquarians collective—which includes such luminaries as Mos Def, Erykah Badu, and D’Angelo—singer/songwriter Bilal has become a neo-soul titan. His debut album, 1st Born Second, features production by Dr. Dre, and he’s collaborated with everyone from Beyoncé and Jay-Z to Sun Ra and Talib Kweli. Poised, suave, and prodigiously skilled, Bilal specializes in compelling, jazz-tinged ballads, which never sacrifice nuance to achieve showstopper status."

Info: BAM

SOMI with John Ellis & Double-Wide

Somi’s most recent recording is as much a testament of her global citizenship as it is of her musical poise. If The Rain Comes First (ObliqSound) was recorded in Paris, sung in English and three East African languages, and calls on an ensemble of greats including Hugh Masekela and David Gilmore. Often compared to Nina Simone and Diane Reeves, and described as “all elegance and awe” by Billboard.com, Somi brings a magical, captivating presence to the stage.

John Ellis & Double Wide open the night with music from Puppet Mischief (Obliqsound), The group features a hip blend of unorthodox jazz instrumentation for a carnival of high-flying tunes."

July 21, 6:00 pm

Info: Madison Square Park

July-August Events at the 10th Annual Free Summer on the Hudson:

All at Riverside Park South. For info on events, call 311 or visit http://www.nycgovparks.org/events/summer_on_the_hudson or http://www.riversideparkfund.org/

**Every Sunday from July 11 - August 15, 7:00pm
Pier I at 70th St
Acoustic Sundays
Enjoy spectacular sunsets over the Hudson as you listen to some of New York’s best jazz, R&B, and world music.

"Summer On the Hudson (SOH), one of New York City’s largest free summer festivals, now in its Tenth Anniversary Season, goes into high gear in July at Riverside Park South with Movies Under the Stars, the Children’s Performance Series, the pop-music Acoustic Sundays, and sports and recreation for the whole family. The six-month series, running through October 10, is an annual summer arts and cultural festival in Riverside Park South, West 59th Street to West 72nd Street at the Hudson River, presented by The New York City Department of Parks & Recreation.

The 2010 Festival once again features a wealth of free events for the entire family. This year’s Movies Under the Stars (July 7-August 11) are themed Tall Tales, and include the larger-than-life Pan’s Labyrinth, Stranger Than Fiction and Neverending Story; the Sunday evening Acoustic Sundays (July 11-August 15,) features the SOH debuts of Grammy-nominated Michael Powers Frequency and Meta and the Cornerstones’ African pop and reggae; the Children’s Performance Series, Thursday mornings July 8 to August 12, entertains with Improv4Kids, Robbi K, Bindlestiff’s Swashbuckling Cirkus and much more. The ever-popular kayaking, every Saturday and Sunday through October 10, includes free instruction; there is health and fitness with yoga, pilates and soccer and wee basketball for tots.

Food and drink is for sale at the park’s on-site Pier I Café, where patrons can sit and watch the action.

All events are FREE to the public

"The Soul Summit Music Festival is a event that takes place in Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn on Sunday afternoons, 3pm-8pm from the second Sunday in July through the last week in August. The Festival is always free and open to the public. The Festival showcases artist of various backgrounds including Djs,Bands, Dance Companies, Fashion designers, Filmmakers and Photographers just to name a few. Over the past eight years the Festival has become an institution developing a loyal following of music fans that bring the hills of Fort Greene Park alive with families, food, dancing. The festival provides the backdrop for access to music, networking and other activities. In just eight years the Soul Summit Music festival has become one of the most anticipated outdoor events in New York City.

Name: Soul Summit Music Festival Place: Fort Greene Park Days: Sunday July 11/Sunday July 18 Time: 3:00pm – 8:00pm Music: Soulful house, Classics Djs: Jeffery Mendoza,Sadiq,Tabu"

Info: Soul of Brooklyn

"An outdoor screening of shorts by Brooklyn filmmakers, with many that focus on issues affecting Black Brooklyn and African-Americans. Fiction and documentary films explore dying industries, gentrification and immigration. Films include “No Ward” by Terence Nance and “Monroe St.” by Durier Ryan."

FREE!

Presented by Rooftop Films in cooperation with BAC’s Scene: Brooklyn program.

WHEN: Saturday, July 17, 8:00pm: Doors; 8:30pm: Films
WHERE: Fort Greene Park, Southwest Lawn
Enter at North Portland & Myrtle Ave.

Brooklyn Arts Council

"Watch all of your favorite blockbusters from 2009 on the big screen, again! This time around, they’re all FREE and out under the stars. From Vegas to Outer Space, Hudson River Park’s RiverFlicks has all of last year’s favorite summer hits!

Movies start at Dusk, usually around 8:30pm. Bring Chairs and Blankets. Free Popcorn! Beverages and snacks available for purchase."

Pier 54, Hudson River Park

July 14 I Love You, Man R
July 21 The Proposal PG13
July 28 District 9 R
August 4 Julie & Julia PG13
August 11 Public Enemies R
August 18 Star Trek PG13

Info: RiverFlicks for Grown-Ups

"Over the last five summers, SummerScreen has lured thousands of Brooklynites out of their stuffy apartments with the promise of cold beer and classic movies under the stars. This year, we return to McCarren Park with a nod to our adolescent idols and crushes: Cusack, Bowie, Danes, Depp, Richards and Reeves.

Bring a blanket, drink beer, eat tacos and quote 'Vaya con dios' with 3,000 other Patrick Swayze fans.

SummerScreen takes place at the McCarren Park Ballfields (corner of Bedford and North 12th). Gates open at 6pm, films start at dusk. Get there early to enjoy Happy Hour specials and live music."

July 14 - Labyrinth | July 21 - Romeo + Juliet
July 28 - Dead Man | August 4 - Starship Troopers | August 11 -Point Break

Info: The L Magazine

Ase Dance Theater Collective

Tuesday, July 13, 2010
10:30 a.m, Dr Martin Luther King Jr Park, Brooklyn

"ASE Dance Theatre Collective is a professional neo-folkloric performance ensemble that specializes in Dance Theater from the African Diaspora and is dedicated to preserving the past, present and future of the African presence in the “New World”."

Again:
July 14: 11:00 am, Playground for All Children (in Pelham Bay Park), Bronx
July 15: 10:30 am, Alfred E Smith Park, Manhattan

Info: New York City Department of Parks & Recreation

Monday, August 30, 2010

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Dance: 4:30 p.m.Peniel Guerrier and Tamboula dance troupe, presented in conjunction with Haiti Cultural Exchange.

Music: 5–7 p.m.La Troupe Makandal uses Haitian drumming to represent Haiti’s history and culture.

Performance: 7:30–8:30 p.m.Master drummer Frisner Augustin of La Troupe Makandal leads a drum circle. Bring your drum!

Discussion: 8 p.m.Sabine Toussaint leads a community discussion about rebuilding Haiti.

Dance Party: 9–11 p.m.Brooklyn-based Haitian DJ Hard Hittin’ Harry and the Earthman Experience present a Haitian Carnival-style dance party with compas, soca, calypso, and other world music.

Saturday, August 7, 7pmGates open at 6pm

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Monday, July 26, 2010

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

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Sunday, July 11, 2010