NYC - Downtown NYC River to River Festival
2008 Event Schedule |
- Lower Manhattan Cultural Council SITELINES Headlong Dance Theatre HOTEL POOL
Monday, June 2, 8:00 pm
Tuesday, June 3, 8:00 pm
Wednesday, June 4, 8:00 pm
Thursday, June 5, 8:00 pm
Friday, June 6, 8:00 pm
Saturday, June 7, 8:00 pm
Swimming Pool at 23 Rector Street
With vibrant wit and all-out physicality, Headlong Dance Theatre transforms the sanitized space of 225 Rector Street's pool into a site for dreams and longing.
RSVP required: www.lmcc.net/sitelines. FREE.
- Domingo Quiñones y orquesta
Wednesday, June 4, 7:00 pm
Wagner Park, Battery Park City
Domingo Quiñones is considered to be one of the most complete singers in the contemporary salsa scene. His music is romantic with a natural swing of Caribbean salsa. In addition to being a well-rounded singer, he is also a composer, producer and actor. FREE.
- Otis Clay and Ryan Shaw
Wednesday, June 11, 7:00 pm
Rockefeller Park
Chicago's enduring soul tradition. His great hits include "She's About a Mover," and "Trying to Live My Life Without You".
Ryan Shaw began singing when he was only three years old. "This Is Ryan Shaw", is a hip-shaking collection of covers from artists like Wilson Pickett, Bobby Womack, and Jackie Wilson, along with a few terrific originals. FREE.
- Children's Day AT THE SOUTH STREET SEAPORT
Saturday, June 14, 12-noon
Piers 16 and 17 South Street Seaport
Kids will sing-along with Gordon from Sesame Street, meet famous costumed characters, and enjoy hours of free entertainment. It all ends with the Spectacular Target Fireworks accompanied by the Brooklyn Philharmonic! FREE.
- Lower Manhattan Cultural Council SITELINES DOORKNOB COMPANY THE MIRACLE SHOW
Monday, June 16, 12:30 pm
Tuesday, June 17, 12:30 pm
Wednesday, June 18, 12:30 pm
Thursday, June 19, 12:30 pm
Monday, June 23,12:30 pm
Tuesday, June 24, 12:30 pm
Wednesday, June 25, 12:30 pm
Thursday, June 26, 12:30 pm
Bowling Green Park Cobblestone plaza Broadway and Whitehall Street
Doorknob Company seeks to explore the taboo of optimism through one community's celebration of an often overlooked phenomenon: the commonplace miracle.
FREE.
- Poets House celebration featuring special guest Jill Sobule
Wednesday, June 18, 7:00 pm
Rockefeller Park
Poets House is a national poetry library and literary center that invites poets and the public to step into the living tradition of poetry. In late 2008, Poets House will move to its permanent home at Two River Terrace in Battery Park City. Singer/songwriter Jill Sobule rose to fame with the hit single "I Kissed a Girl". Sobule has dabbled in off-Broadway musicals, made an appearance on NBC's "West Wing", composed for Nickelodeon, and was in the film "Mind the Gap".
FREE.
- AMERICAN BALLROOM THEATER COLORS OF THE RAINBOW TEAM MATCH
Saturday, June 21, 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm
World Financial Center Winter Garden
Talented 5th and 8th grade dancers from New York City public schools compete for the grand prize as they Fox Trot, Merengue, Rumba, Swing and Tango their way to the gold.
FREE.
- Ulrich Schnauss
Dorit Chrysler / Chiaki Watanabe
Tuesday, June 24, 9:00 pm
World Financial Center Winter Garden
Creating a sound that meanders between shoegazer and dance, yet demonstrating his skill at songwriting for electronic music, Berlin-based artist Schnauss opens arts > WFC’s summer season. Chrysler beguiles with her unique brand of vocal and theremin, and is accompanied by media artist Watanabe’s video projections. FREE.
- Orchestra Baobab
Wednesday, June 25, 7:00 pm
Rockefeller Park
Orchestra Baobab is a Senegalese Afro-Cuban band, and among the most important world music artists of today. Organized as a multi-ethnic, multi-national club band, their 2002 album "Specialist in All Styles" was produced by fellow Senegalese superstar Youssou N'dour.
FREE.
- A Place to Bury Strangers, King Khan and the Shrines, Black Acid
Friday, June 27, 7:00 pm
South Street Seaport, Pier 17
APTBS with their tension-wracked, Joy Division-meets-Ministry backdrop, tinnitus-inducing noise-pop start the summer off on the pier. Joining them will be the super badass 10-piece soul inferno known as King Kahn & the Shrines and new Richard Fearless project, Black Acid.
FREE.
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- kode 9 / juakali / dubwar / eyewash
Tuesday, July 1, 9:00 pm
World Financial Center Winter Garden
DJing the Winter Garden’s first dance party, Kode 9’s set travels through a selection of dancehall-influenced, bass-heavy skank, currently referred to as grime and dubstep. Special guests include MC Juakali and DJ Dave Q and host of NYC’s Dub War events and VJ collective Eyewash provides the visuals. FREE.
- Sonic Youth / THE FEELIES TO OPEN
Friday, July 4
Battery Park, Gates Open at 2:00 pm and Concert Begins at 3:30pm
Battery Park
Sonic Youth came on the music scene in the early '80s and continues to be a major force in the indie genre today. Known to "redefine what rock guitar could do," they have created a new sonic landscape rich in alternate sounds. Bring a blanket and come Downtown to enjoy the hits that have earned them a dedicated decades-long following. The Feelies will reunite to open.
Free Tickets are required and space is limited.
The tickets are free and will be available by reservation on the River to River website starting at noon on Thursday, June 12. There's a strict limit of 2 per person. You will need to pick up your reserved tickets at one of the specified Downtown locations and times BEFORE July 4th, so please be prepared to do so. The times and locations for pickup will be given to you when you reserve your tickets.
- Rita Jaroslow & Dancers engage in a range of public interactions, while an interviewer involves passersby in the investigation of local government.
Monday, July 7, 12-noon and 1:30 pm
Tuesday, July 8, 12-noon and 1:30 pm
Thursday, July 10
Friday, July 11 12-noon and 1:30 pm;
Monday, July 14 12-noon and 1:30 pm;
Tuesday, July 15 12-noon and 1:30 pm;
Municipal Building at Chambers Street near food kiosks
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council SITELINES Rita Jaroslow & Dancers 311
FREE.
- José Franch-Ballester, clarinet
Monday, July 7, 7:30 pm
Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts at Pace University, Spruce Street Entrance.
Spanish clarinet virtuoso and Winner of the 2004 Young Artists International Auditions, has been described as, “a brilliant artist - a rare find.”
*Tickets required. Tickets available after 4:00pm day of show.
FREE.
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Jóhann Jóhannsson
Tuesday, July 8, 9:00 pm
World Financial Center Winter Garden
Performing for the first time in the US, Jóhann Jóhannsson is an Icelandic musician, composer, producer and an active member of the country’s artistic community (as the founder of the Kitchen Motors and member of Apparat Organ Quartet). His stately and hauntingly melodic music has been quietly bewitching listeners for some time and this concert featuring a string quartet and visual projections is sure to expand his audience still further. FREE.
- The Avett Brothers
Wednesday, July 9, 7:00 pm
Rockefeller Park
North Carolina's Avett Brothers play acoustic music that has roots in traditional folk and bluegrass - a sublime blend of folk, country, hillbilly, and blues, swirled through with pop, rock, and a touch of wry punk wrapped in gorgeous harmony. FREE.
- Jovino santos Neto
Thursday, July 10, 12:30 pm
World Financial Center Plaza
Obscuring the barriers between classical, jazz and indigenous Brazilian music, composer Jovino Santos Neto has played piano and flute with several of jazz and Brazilian music’s heavyweights and garnered two Grammy® nominations. FREE.
- St. Vincent
Thursday, July 10, 7:00 pm
Castle Clinton National Monument, Battery Park
Named 2008's 'Female Artist of the Year' by the PLUG Independent Music Awards, Annie Clark performs under the moniker St. Vincent. A multi-instrumental artist performing energetic and melodious pop tunes.
*Tickets will be distributed two per person, outside Castle Clinton on a first-come, first-served basis starting at 5:00pm on the day of the show.
FREE.
- Phillippe Baden Powell
Friday, July 11, 12:30 pm
One New York Plaza (at Water & Whitehall Streets)
Studying piano since the age of seven, Powell has performed with Flora Purim, Airto Moreira, Roberto Menescal, Wagner Tiso and Carlos Malta and others. Based in Paris, he is one of the young lions on the Brazilian and International jazz and music scene. FREE.
- Brazilian Connection Quintet
Saturday, July 12, 8:00 pm
World Financial Center Winter Garden
Celebrating a rich and diverse legacy, this unique concert brings together several of the greatest and most in-demand players of Brazilian and jazz music lead by the dynamic drummer and percussionist Duduka Da Fonseca, and featuring vocalist Maucha Adnet, Klaus Mueller on piano, Jorge Continentino playing saxophone & flute, and bassist Nilson Matta. FREE.
- José Feghali, piano
Monday, July 14, 7:30 pm*
Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts at Pace University, Spruce Street Entrance*
Gold-Medal Winner of the 1985 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, has electrified audiences worldwide with his virtuosity and musicianship.
*Tickets required. Tickets available after 4:00 pm day of show.
FREE.
- Fennesz / Sakamoto
Tuesday, July 15, 9:00 pm
World Financial Center Winter Garden
For its U.S. premiere, Christian Fennesz and Ryuichi Sakamoto will perform from their 2007 album, Cendre. This live collaboration creates a new synergy between acoustic piano and electronic and electric guitar music. Fennesz’ sensitive, ambient soundscapes balance and manipulate Sakamoto's elegant piano phrasing, creating vivid dialogues between melody and texture, exploring the idea of electronic music as an inspiration for new musical structures. FREE.
- Steel Pulse
Wednesday, July 16, 7:00 pm
Rockefeller Park
Steel Pulse is one of Great Britain's greatest reggae bands, "Handsworth Revolution", is still regarded by many critics a high point of British reggae. 1986's "Babylon the Bandit" won the Grammy® for Best Reggae Album. They also contributed the track "Can't Stand It" for Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing." FREE.
- JUNIOR MANCE
Thursday, July 17, 12:30 pm
World Financial Center Plaza
Pianist, composer, educator and International Jazz Hall of Famer, Mance has recorded over 30 albums as a leader and many as a sideman. Performing professionally since his early teens, Junior has played with jazz music’s greatest, including Lester Young, Dinah Washington, Cannonball Adderley and Dizzy Gillespie. FREE.
- Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Thursday, July 17, 7:00 pm*
Castle Clinton National Monument, Battery Park
Since the turn of the century, Ted Leo has been fusing the spirit of British punk's "Class of '77" with the sensibilities of 21st-century independent rock in America's northeast corridor. Along the way, he and his band the Pharmacists have become one of the most beloved live acts in the United States, bringing an earnest intensity to their craft.
*Tickets will be distributed two per person, outside Castle Clinton on a first-come, first-served basis starting at 5:00pm on the day of the show.
FREE.
- JUNIOR MANCE
Friday, July 18, 12:30 pm
One New York Plaza (at Water & Whitehall Streets)
Pianist, composer, educator and International Jazz Hall of Famer, Mance has recorded over 30 albums as a leader and many as a sideman. Performing professionally since his early teens, Junior has played with jazz music’s greatest, including Lester Young, Dinah Washington, Cannonball Adderley and Dizzy Gillespie. FREE.
- Mary Weiss of the Shangri-Las (others to be announced)
Friday, July 18, 7:00 pm
South Street Seaport, Pier 17
Mary was 15 years old when she and her sister Elizabeth (Betty) began singing with identical twins Margie and Mary Ann Ganser in their neighborhood of Queens, New York. They soon shot into the charts with massive hits including Remember (Walking In The Sand), Leader Of The Pack, and Give Him A Great Big Kiss. Mary put out a new album recently and has been tearing it up ever since. It’ll be a massive garage rock party when others are announced on this bill.
FREE.
- 360º Dance Company
performs an exploration of speed and possibility: a study of the intricacy of community and a meeting of two very different worlds.
Monday, July 21, 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm;
Tuesday, July 22 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm;
Wednesday, July 23 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm;
Monday, July 28 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm;
Tuesday, July 29 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm;
Wednesday, July 30 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm.
South Street Seaport, Pier 17
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council SITELINES 360º Dance Company MAKTUB
FREE.
- Kieran hebden (four tet) & steve reid
Tuesday, July 22, 9:00 pm
World Financial Center Winter Garden
Nicolas Collins “Devil’s Music” with Koen Holtkamp, Collin Olan & Sawako Kato
On the stage or in the studio, Hebden and Reid create an abstract sound that incorporates elements of hip-hop, electronica, jazz, and folk music with live drumming & percussion. Opening the show, Collins and his band perform Devil’s Music, an improvised work using samples of live radio.
FREE.
- The Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile
Wednesday, July 23, 7:00 pm
Rockefeller Park
After Nickel Creek disbanded, mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile assembled the all-star quintet Punch Brothers. The new group issued a debut album, "Punch," in 2008, which was anchored by Thile's ambitious 40-minute, four-part suite "The Blind Leaving the Blind." In February 2008, The Punch Brothers performed a sold-out concert for Lincoln Center's American Songbook series.
FREE.
- ollabelle
Thursday, July 24, 12:30 pm
World Financial Center Plaza
In homage to Johnny Cash, Ollabelle, the multi-talented, Americana collective, performs special ‘themed’ shows based on the Man in Black’s muses: love, pain, misery, greed.
FREE.
- Akron/Family
Thursday, July 24, 7:00 pm*
Castle Clinton National Monument, Battery Park
Akron/Family is known for expertly mixing smooth harmonies with a variety of percussive and unpredictable sounds. The Castle will offer the optimal setting for their combination of experimental, folk and psychedelic music styles.
*Tickets will be distributed two per person, outside Castle Clinton on a first-come, first-served basis starting at 5:00pm on the day of the show.
FREE.
- ollabelle
Friday, July 25, 12:30 pm
One New York Plaza (at Water & Whitehall Streets)
In homage to Johnny Cash, Ollabelle, the multi-talented, Americana collective, performs special ‘themed’ shows based on the Man in Black’s muses: love, pain, misery, greed.
FREE.
- Atlas Sound, El Guincho
Friday, July 25, 7:00 pm
South Street Seaport, Pier 17
Atlas Sound is the solo moniker of Deerhunter frontman Bradford Cox. The music is a collage of ambient electronic influenced bliss-outs and avant-garage gauzy pop.
El Guincho’s live set is a unique experience. Some have called it “amazonic rave. Mind blowing and 200% danceable.” FREE.
- the big river project: the music of johnny cash
Saturday, July 26, 8:00 pm
World Financial Center Winter Garden
Culminating a week-long celebration of Johnny Cash, several of New York City’s premiere singer-songwriters gather to cover gems from Cash’s songbook. Featured guests include Ollabelle, Benevento/Russo Duo, Laura Cantrell, Catherine Russell, and The Persuasions, among many others.
FREE.
- Jennifer Stumm, viola
Monday, July 28, 7:30 pm*
Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts at Pace University, Spruce Street Entrance
Viola soloist and winner of three major competitions, is recognized internationally as a musical innvovator and dynamic advocate for her instrument.
*Tickets required. Tickets available after 4:00pm day of show.
FREE.
- Patti Austin’s “Avant Gershwin”
Wednesday, July 30, 7:00 pm
Rockefeller Park
"Avant Gershwin" is Patti Austin's 2008 Grammy®-winning, shimmering hour-plus tour-de-force through both familiar and obscure selections from the catalog of George and Ira Gershwin. A staple of pop, R&B and jazz over the past 30 years, Austin's versatile 16-album career rolls like a fascinating journey through those genres while also drawing wisdom and inspiration from The Great American Songbook.
FREE.
- The persuasions
Thursday, July 31, 12:30 pm
World Financial Center Plaza
The Persuasions may not have invented a cappella. They have, however, carried the torch and kept the art form alive, sometimes single handedly, for over four decades. They have done this by staying true to themselves, true to the music and true to their fans. FREE.
- The Long Winters
Thursday, July 31, 7:00 pm*
Castle Clinton National Monument, Battery Park
Hailing from Seattle, renowned singer/songwriter John Roderick fronts this creative and insightful band. The Long Winters are known for its personal and powerful lyrics, as well as its diverse, vibrant and sophisticated melodies.
*Tickets will be distributed two per person, outside Castle Clinton on a first-come, first-served basis starting at 5:00pm on the day of the show.
FREE.
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- The persuasions
Friday, August 1, 12:30 pm
One New York Plaza (at Water & Whitehall Streets
The Persuasions may not have invented a cappella. They have, however, carried the torch and kept the art form alive, sometimes single handedly, for over four decades. They have done this by staying true to themselves, true to the music and true to their fans. FREE.
- Lower Manhattan Cultural Council SITELINES Monica Bill Barnes GAME FACE
Monday August 4, 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm
Tuesday, August 5, 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm
Wednesday, August 6, 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm
Thursday, August 7, 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm
Monday, August 11, 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm
Tuesday, August 12, 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm
Wednesday, August 13, 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm
Thursday, August 14, 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm.
Wagner Park, Battery City
Monica Bill Barnes compares the dogged nature of show business with the all-consuming, self-sacrificing endeavor of high finance - with hilarious, heartbreaking results.
FREE.
- Wu Man, pipa
Monday, August 4, 7:30 pm*
Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts at Pace University, Spruce Street Entrance
An internationally renowned pipa virtuoso, was cited by the Los Angeles Times as “the artist most responsible for bringing the pipa to the Western World.”
*Tickets required. Tickets available after 4:00pm day of show.
FREE.
- Movie Nights on the Elevated Acre
Tuesday, August 5, Movies begin at Sundown (between 8:00 and 9:00 pm)
The Elevated Acre, 55 Water Street
Featuring a conversation with Filmmaker, Nisi Jacobs
Dishing (8 minutes, 2001)
Humming tugboats dock at the South Street Seaport, July 4th fireworks floating across a night sky canvas, random digital sweeps, with moments of a magician's deck of cards that ascends endlessly.
Sugartown (10 minutes, 2001)
New York City as seen through a glazed window by two women finding respite in a container of juice.
FEATURE FILM: On The Town (98 minutes, 1949)
“New York, New York--it's a helluva town; the Bronx is up and the Battery's down…” This classic musical, with lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green set to Leonard Bernstein's music, features Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, and Jules Munshin as sailors with 24 hours' leave to take their bite out of the Big Apple.
Nisi Jacobs has shown her experimental videos around the world in venues that include the Jeu De Paume Museum, SONAR Festival at the Caracas Contemporary Art Museum, The Alejandro Otero Museum, The National Cinématheque of Spain, Maya Stendhal Gallery, Manchester Metropolitan University, Tribeca Film Festival 2003, Sarah Lawrence College, The New School, Mass Art, The Donnell Library, San Francisco Cinematheque, roArtario Paris-Berlin, Glaz Art Festival, Hong Kong Film Festival, Millennium, and Anthology Film Archives. She is a graduate of Cooper Union and teaches at NYU. Her website is www.drawtoy.com.
FREE.
- Terence Blanchard
Thursday, August 7, 7:00 pm*
Castle Clinton National Monument, Battery Park
Blanchard is an exceptionally creative composer and trumpeter who works with world music, fusion, and hard bop. He has written a variety of orchestral music and in 2006 won a Grammy® award for A Tale of Gods Will, a very personal piece he wrote for Spike Lee's When the Levees Broke.
*Tickets will be distributed two per person, outside Castle Clinton on a first-come, first-served basis starting at 5:00pm on the day of the show. FREE.
- Monica Yunus, soprano
Monday, August 11, 7:30 pm*
Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts at Pace University, Spruce Street Entrance
One of America's most promising young soprano stars and described by The New York Times as, “especially winning,” is equally at home on the concert, recital or opera stage.
*Tickets required. Tickets available after 4:00pm day of show.
FREE.
- Movie Nights on the Elevated Acre
Tuesday, August 12, Movies begin at Sundown (between 8:00 and 9:00 pm)
The Elevated Acre, 55 Water Street
Featuring a conversation with Filmmaker, Adam Cohen
Blind Grace (21 minutes, 1993)
A personal street document, shot between 1989 and 1993, about New York City caught on the verge of disappearance – before Disneyfication – where presence becomes absence and poetry was the only thing left.
Feature Film: Manhattan (96 minutes, 1979)
Woody Allen's follow-up to Oscar-winning Annie Hall, is a film of many distinctions: its glorious all-Gershwin score, its breathtakingly elegant black-and-white, widescreen cinematography by Gordon Willis; its deeply shaded performances; its witty screenplay that marked a new level in Allen's artistic maturity; and its catalog of Things that Make Life Worth Living. It's a romantic comedy about infidelity and betrayal, that stars a radiant and sweet Mariel Hemingway and older man Woody Allen
Adam Cohen is an artist who works in film. He has exhibited at numerous festivals and museums around the world, selected screenings include: The London, New York, Oberhausen Short Film, American Film Institute Video and Rotterdam - Film Festivals. The Metropolitan Museum of Art-NYC, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Museu Da Imagen e do Son-Sao Paolo-Brasil, The Dia Foundation-NYC, Museum of Contemporary Art-Barcelona and the Whitney Museum-NYC. His films have been broadcast on the Sundance Channel, WDR/Germany and PBS in the United States. He has been awarded grants by various foundations including: the New York Foundation for the Arts, Jerome Foundation, New York State Council for the Arts, Creative Capital Foundation and most recently the L. Comfort Tiffany Foundation.
FREE.
- Jimmy Delgado y orquesta featuring renzo padilla
Wednesday, August 13, 7:00 pm
Wagner Park, Battery Park City
This world-renowned percussionist has been performing Salsa for over 30 years. He has performed with Tito Puente, Harry Belafonte, and Johnny Pacheco among others. Jimmy recently produced his first CD titled Salsa Con Dulzura. FREE.
- Lower Manhattan Cultural Council SITELINES Richard Move and MoveOpolis! HOSTILE TAKEOVER
Monday, August 18 – August 22;
Culminating Performance event Monday, August 25, 8:00 pm
Final Event at: 210 Front Street @Seaport!
Richard Move creates a modern take on Butoh dance, elevating feminine beauty in the midst of the male-dominated world of high finance. Surprise Performance Installations at Various Locations.
RSVP strongly suggested: www.lmcc.net/sitelines.
FREE.
- Movie Nights on the Elevated Acre
Tuesday, August 19, Movies begin at Sundown (between 8:00 and 9:00 pm)
The Elevated Acre, 55 Water Street
Featuring a conversation with Filmmaker, Alan Berliner
Everywhere At Once (10 minutes, 1985)
"...a musical montage, a synchronized symphony composed from an infinity of elements at hand...a journey in images at the speed of sound."
City Edition (10 minutes, 1980)
"...the newspaper page...you have very loud and noisy headlines...a mosaic space made up of unconnected items from every part of the world at once.... The total lack of storyline...is as sophisticated as Picasso..." – Marshall McLuhan
Feature Film: Killer’s Kiss (67 minutes, 1955)
In Stanley Kubrik’s first feature film, Killer's Kiss the streets of Manhattan come alive in the brilliant black and white cinematography. The story is told in a flashback. We see Davy waiting at the old Pennsylvania Station for the train that is to take him to Seattle. He had planned to leave with Gloria, but she seems never to appear; for all we know, he might be waiting in vain.
Alan Berliner is a recipient of Rockefeller, Guggenheim and Jerome Foundation Fellowships, Berliner has received multiple grants from the NEA, NYSCA, NYFA and received numerous awards including three Emmy Awards. Selected retrospectives of his films have been presented at the Museum of Modern Art (NYC), the International Center of Photography (NYC) and at film festivals from Norway and Finland to England, Australia and Brazil. His work has been seen on many television program. He is currently a faculty member at the New School for Social Research in New York City.
FREE.
- La Excelencia
Wednesday, August 20, 7:00 pm
Wagner Park, Battery Park City
Jose Vasquez-Cofresi and Julian Silva’s orchestra performs salsa that has been compared to the New York salsa of the 70’s. They recently released their debut album entitled “Salsa Con Conciencia” which features beautiful harmonies and powerful arrangements of free-flowing horns and lively percussions. FREE.
- Movie Nights on the Elevated Acre
Tuesday, August 26, Movies begin at Sundown (between 8:00 and 9:00 pm)
The Elevated Acre, 55 Water Street
Featuring films by teen filmmakers, Kiri Davis and Karen Lum, in collaboration with Media That Matters and Arts Engine
A Girl Like Me by Kiri Davis (7 minutes, 2005)
A heart wrenching examination of how black girls view themselves and what they perceive to be beautiful. Kiri re-conducts the famous “doll test” initially conducted by Dr. Kenneth Clark, which was used in the historic desegregation case, Brown vs. Board of Education.
Slip of the Tongue by Karen Lum (4 minutes, 2005)
This dynamic short, set to slam poetry by Adriel Luis, is an examination of ethnicity, beauty products and the rejection of conformity. Shot in Oakland, CA in association with Youth Sounds Factory.
Feature Film: Imitation of Life (125 minutes, 1959)
Douglas Sirk’s greatest film is a searing melodrama that stars Lana Turner (Lora) as an aspiring actress and single mother who meets homeless, black mother, Annie (played by Juanita Moore) at Coney Island and takes her in as a nanny for her daughter Suzie. Lora becomes a successful star, but sacrifices a healthy relationship with her daughter. Annie's light-complexioned daughter, who has grown up in Lora’s home, rejects her mother's love and heritage to pass as a white woman.
Kiri Davis began making films as a teenager in New York. She studied filmmaking at the New York Film Academy. Her film has received numerous awards and she has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Today Show/Headline News, Good Morning America, ABC World News, and Sharp Talk with Al Sharpton. She participated in Reel Works Teen Filmmaking, supported by HBO and is currently studying at Howard University.
Karen Lum began filmmaking as a freshman at Skyline High School in Oakland, CA, in a video production class. Her brother, also involved with filmmaking, introduced her to the Oakland-based youth media organization Youth Sounds Factory. Through this program, she has produced a few shorts, including Slip of the Tongue and Culture Shock.
FREE.
- Ray Martinez Sabor Criollo
Wednesday, August 27, 7:00 pm
Wagner Park, Battery Park City
Known for his melodic and percussive style, Ray Martinez has been considered one of the most gifted and prominent bassist/arrangers in the contemporary Latin and salsa music scenes.
FREE.
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- City Hall Park Intersections of Park Row & Center Street and Park Row & Broadway
Wednesday, September 3, 12:30 pm
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council SITELINES Ofelia Loret de Mola's danscores AVAILABLE SPACE
Ofelia Loret de Mola's danscores explores what happens when we interact with architectural design, defying social expectations in order to redefine space. FREE.
- The Latin Giants of Jazz
Wednesday, September 3, 7:00 pm
Wagner Park, Battery Park City
These world-renowned musicians have toured for the last 30 years with Tito Puente. All of the music created by the Latin Giants is danceable and creates an environment enjoyable and exciting to all.
FREE.
- Evening Stars
Friday, September 5, Saturday, September 6, Sunday, September 7, 7:30 pm
Battery Park
Co-produced with The Joyce Theater, New York City’s largest free outdoor dance series returns for the fourth consecutive year to Battery Park with world-class dance companies performing in New York’s most spectacular outdoor venue. Come celebrate the very best in contemporary dance! Flamenco like you’ve never seen it before by the seven sizzling Spanish brothers of Los Vivancos, passionate modern by master choreographer Lar Lubovitch, and the wildly popular Bad Boys of Dance featuring ballet sensation Rasta Thomas and his crew of dancers from stage, screen and television. FREE.
- The Drawing Center presents The Big Draw
Saturday, September 6, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
World Financial Center’s Plaza; Battery Park City Parks Conservancy’s Teardrop Park; Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian; South Street Seaport Museum
A fun and exciting event for all ages, The Big Draw returns for its third year with hands-on art projects guaranteed to change the way you think about drawing. Presented by The Drawing Center and hosted by Lower Manhattan cultural partners, this day-long event takes place simultaneously at arts>World Financial Center’s Plaza, Battery Park City Parks Conservancy’s Teardrop Park, Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian and South Street Seaport Museum. Pick up a free sketchbook and draw on your own or join in one of our amazing, artist-led projects! FREE.
- Lower Manhattan Cultural Council SITELINES Ofelia Loret de Mola's danscores AVAILABLE SPACE
Saturday, September 6, 8:00 pm
Monday, September 8, 8:00 pm
Tuesday, September 9, 12:30 pm
Wednesday, September 10, 12:30 pm
Thursday, September 11, 12:30 pm
Friday, September 12, 12:30 pm
Saturday, September 13, 8:00 pm
Sunday, September 14, 8:00 pm
Monday, September 15, 8:00 pm
City Hall Park Intersections of Park Row & Center Street and Park Row & Broadway
Ofelia Loret de Mola's danscores explores what happens when we interact with architectural design, defying social expectations in order to redefine space. FREE.
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