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RIVER
TO RIVER™ FESTIVAL 2008
OFFERS NEARLY 500 FREE CULTURAL EVENTS THIS SUMMER
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The Largest Free Arts Festival in NYC History Returns for a
Fifth Season with Outstanding Array of Top Talent
The River To River® Festival presented by American Express, the nation's largest free summer-long arts festival, announces its seventh anniversary season opening May 28th. World-class music, dance and visual arts events will be presented through September at a variety of beautiful and historic Lower Manhattan venues, including the World Financial Center, South Street Seaport, Battery Park, Rockefeller Park, Wagner Park and Castle Clinton National Monument among others.
Highlights of the summer include the brilliantly transformative sound and light show She Wolves from the Tiber to the Hudson; punk-inspired alchemists Ted Leo and the Pharmacists; exultant jazz vocalist Patti Austin; aggressive, intense salsa superstar Domingo Quiñones; pipa virtuoso Wu Man; graceful, Grammy®-winning composer/trumpeter Terence Blanchard; Roots reggae trailblazers Steel Pulse; the software-driven ambience of Ulrich Schnauss; and the ever-colorful and fascinating dance troupe Richard Move and MoveOpolis!. Reclusive rock revolutionists Sonic Youth will highlight an Independence Day celebration in Battery Park and the third annual Big Draw event brings hands-on art projects for all ages to four locations in Lower Manhattan in September.
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