SUMMER OF MUSIC: WE LIKE IT LIKE THAT

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    When:
    July 17, 2017 all-day
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    Where:
    St. Nicholas Park
    St Nicholas Ave & St Nicholas Terrace, New York, NY 10030
    USA
    Cost:
    Free
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    Cultural Event FREE Event Parks Event Seasonal Event The Arts Event
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    SUMMER OF MUSIC: WE LIKE IT LIKE THAT

    Monday, July 17, ​2017​

    The Story of Latin Boogaloo

    Join Maysles Cinema, Sweet Spot Festival​,The Studio Museum in Harlem and Reel Harlem: The Historic Harlem Parks Film Festival ​ for the 2017 Summer of Music FREE outdoor film series. ​

    7:00 pm

    Latin Boogaloo, Afro-Cuban and Latin Soul, Salsa and Fania Records Tribute
    with DJ Laylo

    8:30pm

    We Like It Like That

    Mathew Ramirez Warren, 2015, 81 min

    Boogaloo is a vibrant sound that originated on the streets of New York in the 1950s and ’60s. This fascinating piece of musical history is told through rare concert footage and visits to the old neighborhood with living legends Johnny Colon, Bobby Marin, and Joe Bataan.

    St. Nicholas Park
    135th St. Plaza & St. Nicholas Ave

    (​Rain Location:​Maysles Cinema, 348 Lenox Avenue )
    Lawn Chairs Permitted

    Summer of Music is in conversation with the Studio Museum’s inHarlem. inHarlem: Kori Newark transforms one of the iconic sets of steps in St. Nicholas Park into the site of a ceremonial procession. Enter St. Nicholas Park at 137th Street and St.  Nicholas Avenue to experience inHarlem: Kori Newkirk.