Daily Awesome 7/22-7/28
Naomi Huth
I just learned the wonders of the Naked River Fairy. This is now Fairy Appreciation week so enjoy.
Please continue to let me know who to add onto this list. A lot of you are involved in the arts, so if you know of any events that I should be aware of, please tell me about them.
Enjoy. Naomi
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Wednesday July 22nd
FILM: 24 Hour Party People @ Ballfields at McCarren Park, Brooklyn
FILM: Contempt @ Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens
MUSIC/DANCE: Hipnic on the Hi-Line @ Hi-Line, Manhattan
MUSIC: A Benefit for Empty Cages @ The Bell House, Brooklyn
FILM: The Dark Knight @ Pier 54, Manhattan
Thursday July 23rd
MUSIC: Summer Urban Lawn Concert @ Abrons Arts Center, Manhattan
MUSIC: Ted Leo & the Pharmacists @ Pier 54, Manhattan
FILM: Paper Moon @ Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn
PARTY: Free Wedgie @ Openhouse, Manhattan
THEATER: Shakespeare in the park (ing Lot) @ Municipal Parking Lot, Manhattan
MUSIC/DANCE: Solar One Presents 5th Annual Solar-Powered Dance Series @ At Solar One, Manhattan
Friday July 24th
DANCE/MUSIC/FILM: Passport Fridays 2009: Outdoor Film, Dance & Music Series @ Queens Museum of Art, Queens
MUSIC/ART: Woods / YellowFever @ Whitney Museum of American Art, Manhattan
MUSIC/FILM: Animation Block Party @ On the lawn of Automotive High School, Brooklyn
MUSIC: Hank & Cupcakes @ Cameo Art Gallery, Brooklyn
PARTY: Beach Blanket Bacchanal @ Rubulad Home Base, Brooklyn
THEATER: Shakespeare in the park (ing Lot) @ Municipal Parking Lot, Manhattan
MUSIC/DANCE: Solar One Presents 5th Annual Solar-Powered Dance Series @ At Solar One, Manhattan
Saturday July 25th
MUSIC:Festivus @ Great Hill, Central Park, Manhattan
MUSIC/FILM: Stay the Same Never Change @ On the roof of the Old American Can Factory, Brooklyn
WORKSHOP: Hobotech #3 @ House Of Yes, Brooklyn
PARTY: Kostume Kult's FreaKKshow #2 @ DNA Dance Center, Manhattan
THEATER: Shakespeare in the park (ing Lot) @ Municipal Parking Lot, Manhattan
MUSIC/DANCE: Solar One Presents 5th Annual Solar-Powered Dance Series @ At Solar One, Manhattan
Sunday July 26th
MUSIC/ART: New Museum Block Party @ Sara D Roosevelt Park & New Museum, Manhattan
TOUR: Tour of Fort Totten @ 212th Street and Cross Island Parkway, Queens
MUSIC: Jelly presents The Pool Parties 2009 @ East River State Park, Brooklyn
MUSIC/PERFORMANCE:Handmade Television for the Masses @ The Tank, Manhattan
Monday July 27th
MUSIC: Elect-=a-lujah Fundraiser w/Joan Baez & Weekly BBQ Revival w/Rev Billy @ 431 W 16th St, Manhattan
FILM: The Defiant Ones @ Bryant Park, Manhattan
******* Ongoing ******
July 23rd-July 25th
8:00pm
Shakespeare in the park (ing Lot) @
Municipal Parking lot at Ludlow and Broome
Free; Come get some
free Shakespeare in the Park(ing Lot)! The Drilling Company is
putting on their 16th annual summer of Free Shakespeare with A
Midsummer Night's Dream on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night at
8:00. The venue is a parking lot at Ludlow and Broome Streets on the
Lower East Side. Bring chairs/blankets/pillows or come early to grab
a seat. Be sure to check the forecast because they can't perform in a
downpour. http://www.drillingcompany.org/nowplaying.html
July 23th-25th (Rain
Date July 26) 6:00pm
Solar
One Presents 5th Annual Solar-Powered Dance Series @ At Solar One,
23rd St and the East River
Free; Annual Solar-Powered Dance Series
on the outdoor stage at Stuyvesant. The stage is made of recyclable
materials and everything runs on solar power! Free and kid-friendly.
www.solar1.org
July 18th – August 2nd
The Bully @ The Bleecker Street Theater, 45 Bleeker St
Playing Saturdays at 11am and 1pm and Sundays at 11am through August 2nd. When a bus mix-up strands Lenny, the nerd, and Steve, the bully, at the wrong school, they both get picked on for being "the new kids." The boys have to work together to get back to their school and begin to learn that they might not be so different after all. Featuring: Josh Beyers, Patti DeMatteo, Ashley Hannon, Greg Kalafatas, John Magalhaes, Janelle Mims, Frank Paiva, Jay Paranada, George E Salazar, Stephen Stocking, Abigail Taylor, Jesse R. Tendler
July 1st -30th Daily
Steve McQueen: Deadpan @ 44 ½ Broadway
Free; This July, as part of the ongoing 44 1/2 series, Creative Time recontextualizes Steve McQueen's Deadpan, a restaging of a classic Buster Keaton gag in which a house collapses around an individual who is left unharmed. Presented on MTV's outdoor, gilded screen, in the heart of media-saturated Times Square, the silent film's examination of slapstick cinematic conventions promises to take on new meaning. The 4.5-minute Deadpan screens daily, at the top of each hour. http://www.creativetime.org/programs/archive/44half/
Fridays 11:00am-4:00pm, Saturdays & Sundays Noon-6:00pm
PLOT/09: This World & Nearer Ones @ Governor's Island
Free; Ferry out of this world to one where 19 international artists bring installation, performance, video, and auditory works to historic Governors Island. For the occasion, Creative Time is opening five buildings not usually accessible to the public, and promises art that questions certainty, beliefs, and the future — all to be contemplated as you bike across the 172-acre island. Some of the marquee names participating: The Bruce High Quality Foundation, Lawrence Weiner, and Patti Smith.
******* Wednesday July 22nd ******
July 22nd 6:30pm music/movie starts at dusk
24 Hour Party People @
Ballfields at McCarren Park, N. 12th & Bedford, Brooklyn
Free;
The L Magazine’s outdoor film series, Summerscreen, returns this
year to North Brooklyn but in a new home. http://summerscreen.org
July 22nd 7:00pm
Contempt @ Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Vernon Blvd, Queens
Free; 1963, 102 mins. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard.With Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, Jack Palance, Fritz Lang. With eye-popping widescreen photography, French New-Wave master Godard creates his most lavish and thoroughly enjoyable movie, an audacious meditation on modern moviemaking, literature, and marriage. Pre Screening Performance by Pierre de Gaillande - Georges Brassens Translation Project http://www.myspace.com/peeair
July 22nd 7:00pm-9:45pm
Hipnic on the Hi-Line @ Hi-Line, between 14th st & 15th St Entrance
Back from a hiatus, Hipnic on the Hi-Line will return triumphantly. Bring your shareable items to eat (not Lunchables from Kraft), instruments and your heart. We will dance, celebrate our Kaleidoscopic adventures and populate the Hi-Line like no other. Seeking dancers who can teach others to dance, musicians who can soothe their audience. Pluses: Amazing music, Dancing - to Tango maybe Tango and "other", Best Wednesdays ever, and Unbranded booze. Rules: no branded booze you advertising hungry foodies & acoustic instruments only
July 22nd 7:00pm
A Benefit for Empty Cages
@ The
Bell House, 149 7th
St, Brooklyn
$10;
My Teenage Stride, The Drums, Paul & the Patients, and New
Numbers
July 22nd Dusk (around 8:30pm)
The Dark Knight @ Pier 54,
14th St. and the Hudson River
Free; On top of getting to watch
movies overlooking Hudson River on beautiful summer nights, the other
thing I like about River Flicks is that every year they pick a
central theme for their screenings. This year's they "know what
you did last summer" and screen films released in 2008.
Tonight's film The Dark Knight features Heath Ledger's Oscar winning
Joker.
******* Thursday July 23rd ******
July 23rd
6:30pm
Summer Urban Lawn Concert @ Abrons Arts Center, 466
Grand St
Free; Straight outta Brooklyn and in the spirit of Bad
Brains' hard-core punk and The Roots' masterful hip-hop musical
orientation, ADM brings those two influences together at a
galvanizing full speed. With a head-spinning attack of
dual-vocalists, percussion, horn, guitar, bass, and piano, they
shatter old stereotypes and surface with a complex, authentic sound.
The music comes from the center of their soul and their live show is
an experience that will stay with you.
July 23rd 7:00pm
Ted Leo & the
Pharmacists @ Pier 54, Hudson River at 14th St
Free; Veteran indie
band rocks the river! Ted Leo’s 8th consecutive summer of playing
free outdoor shows in NYC! With a work ethic and a commitment to
touring bordering on maniacal, Ted Leo can frequently be found
pouring his heart and soul into his legendary live performances. Ted
recently supported Pearl Jam on the North-East run of their 2008
summer tour. Extra Golden is a unique musical collaboration that
blends Kenyan Benga music with American Rock and other, assorted
African guitar stylings. Dynamic five-piece, Radio 4, known for
explosive, sweat-inducing live shows, will be bringing their classic
post-punk sound to Pier 54!
July 23rd dusk
Paper Moon @ Brooklyn Bridge Park, 1 Main Street,
Brooklyn
Free; DJs from Brooklyn Radio will provide the pre-film
musical entertainment; the Manhattan skyline will provide the
breathtaking backdrop. http://www.brooklynbridgepark.org
July 23rd 8:00pm
Free Wedgie @ Openhouse,
201 Mulberry Street
$25; Help fund the worlds largest modular
museum of performance: the Wedge. Flight Zone, Fun House, Gallery,
Stage, Slide, Lounge, Lookout Massive Grassy Ramp of Evolution angled
to the sky. Festivities include: An Amazing Burlesque performance,
Great beats with 4 world renowned DJ's, Acrobats, Aerial
performances, Sexy Travel Agents, and the Wedginator! Art work, a
silent auction, video installations, wedgies, and many chances to win
stuff such as tickets to Fuerza Bruta, $100 gift certificates to Miss
Favela, and a ticket to Burning Man! www.freewedgie.com
******* Friday July 24th ******
July 24th 6:30-10:00pm
Passport Fridays 2009: Outdoor Film, Dance & Music Series @ Queens Museum of Art, Flushing Meadows Corona Park,Queens
Free; Dance & Music by Vongky Pak's Koren Dance & Drum Ensemble. Film is Miracle on 1st Street/Beon-Ga-Eui Gi Jeok.
July 24th 7:00pm
Woods / YellowFever @ Whitney Museum of American Art, 945 Madison Ave
Free w/Museum admission-6:00-9:00pm pay what you wish; Four Friday Evening Concerts in July presented as part of Dan Graham: Beyond. Woods is a Brooklyn-based psych-rock band known for upbeat folk jams awash in odd studio effects, cracked fuzz, and unique vocalizations. Hailing from Austin, Texas, the trio YellowFever play minimal art pop that dips into waters that Young Marble Giants, Stereolab, and 80s Rough Trade bands also explored.
July 24th 8:00pm
Animation
Block Party @ On the lawn of Automotive High School, 50 Bedford Ave,
Brooklyn
$9; Some call it punk rock, some call it grass roots, but
labels aside, NYC-based Animation Block Party is dedicated to
exhibiting the world's best independent, professional and student
animated short films. www.animationblockp arty.com
8:00pm: Doors open, 8:30pm: Live music by Teengirl Fantasy, presented
by Sound Fix Records, 9:00pm: Film, 10:30pm: Filmmaker Q & A
July 24th 9:00pm
Hank & Cupcakes @ Cameo Art Gallery, 93 North 6th St, Brooklyn
Cost TBA; With Asa Ransom
July 24th 10:00pm doors/11:00pm show
Beach Blanket Bacchanal @
Rubulad Home Base, 338 Flushing Ave., Brooklyn
$10 before 11pm or
in costume/ $15; Live Bands: The Pimps of Joytime, Inner Princess,
Hanuman Sextet, and dj/soundman Cody; djs:Joro Boro, Reaganomics,
Peter Gunn, $mall ¢hange; In the Cabaret Room: Corn Mo,
Mary-Go-Round, Saturn Return, a film by Jason Tallon with live music
by Samosa Hustle, Nathan Whipple with your dj/soundman Greything; In
the Starlight Lounge: G. Scopitronic's Non-Stop Film Fest; Collinâs
Scrumptious Samosas; Garden by the Green Scene Plus: Norm Francouerâs
Light Circus Extraordinaire; Food by Vicious Delicious and much, much
more! Dress: bikini bongo.
******* Saturday July 25th ******
July 25th 3:00-8:00pm
Festivus @ Great Hill, Central Park
Free; Bring your goggles, turkey and cheese plates, large and small hats, noise makers and adrenaline. Music for an electronic generation with laptops, cell phones, and cyberspace, ecommerce, email, Emusic, ynthetic fruits and synthesized tunes. Brought to you by EMU -- Electronic Music Umbrella. Electronic Music Umbrella (EMU) is a 501.c3 not-for-profit charitable organization. Enter at 106th Street and Central Park West
July 25th 8:00pm
Stay the Same Never Change
@ On the roof of the Old American Can Factory, 232 3rd St,
Brooklyn
$9/$20 for the combo ticket which includes admission to
the outdoor performance by Michael Gira; Celebrated video artist
Nakadate's first feature-length film, a hilarious and horrifying work
starring a series of teenage girls in their own rooms and clothes, in
a world in which the banal becomes extreme and the normal is infused
with a chronic and discomfiting strangeness. 8:00pm: Doors open,
8:30pm: Live music by Stars Like Fleas presented by Sound Fix
Records, 9:00pm: Film, 11:00pm–12:30am: Reception in courtyard
including free sangria courtesy of Carlo Rossi sangria
July 25th 9:00pm
Hobotech #3 @ House Of
Yes, 342 Maujer St, Brooklyn
$10 Advance, $15 Door. Includes Free
HoBrew, while it lasts. Put on your hobotech finery and join us to
support the projects of Hobotech's Burning Man home: Camp Image Node!
Come on down to get your super-deluxe hobotech edition of Jon's new
album TOO BIG TO FAIL, available exclusively on custom USB
flashdrive! Includes bonus tracks and DJ sets by ATOM, FreeBass and
Jon. Swing your bindle to music by: Jon Margulies, ATOM, FreeBass,
Hobotrail, Future Ben, and As Is. Enjoy video by Housewives' Guide To
Anatomy and Jaz's incredible Boxcar Bindletron. Dress: high-tech
hobo, low-tech robot, tech-house hilbilly, canned bean consultant,
boxcar betty, Experimental Plasma Wave Bindle Scientist, stew bum
sysadmin, Utah Phillips K. Dick.
www.brownpapertickets.com/event/73556; www.hobo-tech.com;
http://imagenode.org/
July 25th 10:00pm-5:00am
Kostume Kult's FreaKKshow #2 @ DNA Dance Center, 280 Broadway (enter at Chambers Street between Broadway & Elk St)
$15 Presale (ends Friday)/$20 Freakky/$25 Normal; On Saturday, July 25th, please join Kostume Kult and friends for FreaKKshow #2, an annual celebration of circus sideshows and freakky fashions. Sub-themed "evolutionary oddity" this year we suggest mixing classical circus style with nature-gone- wrong. Let us know if you would like to host a sideshow or perform! A Burning Man fundraiser with our NYrvana Village partners Squid Row, join the Award-Winning Mermaids and their aqua-evolutionary dance vibe in the Squid room. Tickets at: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/7352; http://www.dnadance.org
******* Sunday July 26th ******
July 26th 12:00-7:00pm
New Museum Block Party @ Sara D Roosevelt Park & New Museum
Free; The New Museum Block Party is a day of art activities and performances in Sara D. Roosevelt Park. First, enjoy a range of artist- and educator-led interactive projects and programs related to the neighborhood and the New Museum. Then join the Block Party Parade in a raucous processional marching from the park to the New Museum. Explore the current exhibitions with a free docent-led highlights tour, culminating in a special performance at the New Museum. The New Museum Block Party is free and open to the public. Participants receive a complementary guest pass to visit the New Museum on the day of the event.
July 26th 1:00pm
Tour of Fort Totten @ 212th Street and Cross Island Parkway, Bayside
History geeks can get a personalized tour of Fort Totten, the 19th century fortress that helped protect New York’s harbor from naval attack, by spending the afternoon with knowledgeable Urban Park Rangers. www.nyc.gov/parks/rangers
July 26th 6:00pm
Jelly presents The Pool Parties 2009 @ East River State Park, 90 Kent Ave, Brooklyn
Free; And You Will Know Us
by the Trail of Dead, The Black Lips, Health, and Grupo Fantasma.
www.thepoolparties.com
July 26th 7:30pm
Handmade Television for the Masses @ The Tank, 354 W 45th St
$5; Join us for a very special evening of showing and sharing. Artists Chris Faroe and Zupa Venu (Meghan Orbek and Mikal Shapiro) present a collaborative gumbo of original folk music, free bring-your-own-mug tea tasting, and the experimental shadow play "What's Black and White and Red All Over." Come sip between short musical sets featuring traditional and nontraditional instrumentation (from kazoos and musical saw to experimental radio looping) and a two part shadow saga about animals (using primitive devices crafted from trash and found objects- we call it handmade television). Highly participatory throughout and guaranteed to be lively, memorable, and delectable.
******* Monday July 27th ******
July
27th 7:00pm
Elect-=a-lujah Fundraiser
w/Joan Baez & Weekly BBQ Revival w/Rev Billy @ 431 W 16th
St
Donation;With the Rev and Life After Shopping Gospel Choir,
Joan Baez, Jollyship the Whiz-Bang, Greta Gaines, the New York Street
Vendors Chorus, and Yetta Kurland. Tix:http://bit.ly/vrbtix
July 27th Films begin at Dusk (about 8ish)
The Defiant Ones @ Bryant
Park, 40th and 42nd Sts & Fifth and Sixth Aves
Free; Bring
your picnic baskets and pull up some lawn for an evening under the
stars with the HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival. Every Monday
throughout the summer HBO dusts off some classic movies and plays
them on a big screen in Bryant Park. Tonight, check out The Defiant
Ones. Sidney Poitier and Tony Curtis are opposites unhappily shackled
together after escaping from a chain-gang in the South. As they flee
from the police, director Stanley Kramer showcases the humorous and
moving situations featuring memorable characters the fugitives come
across as they fight for their lives