Volume 21 May 31- June 14
COOL PICKS
East Harlem Walking Tour: El Barrio Week- Saturday, May 31- $5-$9, 212.534.1672 East Harlem’s lively art scene, which began after World War II, has fostered emerging and mid-career artists of many ethnicities. Join art historian and El Barrio resident Mario Cesar Romero for a walking tour of galleries, museums, artists’ studios, and public murals in the vicinity of East 106th Street, El Barrio’s cultural corridor. Presented in celebration of the fifth annual El Barrio Week. Reservations required.
The World Science Festival May 27-June 1 brings the wonder and excitement of science to a large and diverse audience. In all there will be more than 30 events, including an all-day street fair in Washington Square Park with dinosaurs and robots. The program, chock-full of Nobel laureates, has been evolving, with more events added right up to the last minute The World Science Festival takes to the streets with a non-stop program of interactive exhibits, experiments, games, and shows that will entertain and inspire. Come and join us in the streets around Washington Square — it's fun, it's science, and it's free! Street fair schedule www.worldsciencefestival.com/2008-festival/events/all-events/street-fair/WSF-scheduleWEB.pdf www.worldsciencefestival.com
Pathmark Multicultural Arts Festival -Latin Dance Spectacular Sunday, June 1 12:00p to 5:00p Pier 17, South Street Seaport, South and Fulton Streets | 866-894-1812 From noon to 5pm, dance ensembles and classes—from glamorous pros to aspiring young talents—perform their most sizzling routines. Hosted by comedian Rich Ramirez. Hundreds of dancers take part on stage, with food and other samples for the audience and a great day for families to be together.
Japan Day 2008 Sunday, June 1 Central Park, East Meadow (97th Street & 5th Ave.) | 212-398-7145 “The Consulate and the Japanese community wanted to say ‘thank you’ to all New Yorkers,” and we also expect to exchange our culture and understand each other more deeply. Live stage performances will feature Japanese famous singers, traditional performers. you also can eat some Japanese dishes for free!!
Comic Strip Live Guinness World Record Event-Tuesday June 3rd at 8:30 pm and ending on Thursday, June 5th at 10:30 pm 1658 Second Ave | 212-861-9386 The World Famous Comic Strip Live will set the Guinness World Record for Longest Stand Up Comedy Show in a fundraiser for the USO Metropolitan New York–an organization that helps US Troops and their families. Over 100 professional stand up comedians will grace the Comic Strip Live stage for 50 hours over three nights. www.comicstriplive.com/guinness_details.php
Harley Davidson Ride- 6/01/2008, 1:00 pm- 5:00 pm Northern Blvd-Qns Boro Bridge- FDR-Williamsburg Bridge, etc., Queens
FESTIVALS
42nd Annual Art Exhibit and Sale, 6/01/2008, 11:00 am- 5:00 pm , Conference House Park (7455 Hylan Boulevard), Staten Island Contact Information: (718) 984-6046
5th Avenue BID Festival, 6/01/2008, 11:00 am 5th Avenue between 65 & 85 Streets,
Brooklyn 116th Street Festival 6/07/2008, 11:00 am, 116th St/2nd-Lex Aves & Third Ave/106-122 Sts,
Manhattan 6th Precinct Community Council Festival 6/07/2008, 11:00 am Bleecker Street between 7th & 8th Avenues,
Manhattan Annual Gowanus Canal Ferry Boat to the Red Hook Waterfront Arts Fest , 6/07/2008, 10:00 am Boat launches at 2nd Avenue and Bond & Canal streets, Brooklyn Come participate in the annual "Gowanus Canal Ferry Boat" to The 15th Annual Red Hook Waterfront Arts Fest...an EcoCruise & Flotilla Masquerade. Crew participants will be wearing Renaissance costumes. Bring your own or loan one of ours. Please note: life preserver (vest style) must fit beneath your own costume. Boat launches at 2nd Avenue and Bond & Canal streets.
The Sixth Annual Big Apple Barbecue Block Party - returns to Madison Square Park June 7–8, 2008, from Noon–6:00 PM. The weekend-long event takes place every June and brings together the country’s top pitmasters who cook up their award-winning food for over a hundred thousand barbecue enthusiasts. Set against the beautiful backdrop of Madison Square Park, the Big Apple Barbecue Block Party attracts people from near and far to sustain and celebrate America’s authentic culinary and musical traditions. Admission to the event is free. Take in the sights, sounds and smells of the event – from great live music to engaging seminars and demonstrations – without ever dropping a dollar. The country’s best barbecue is available from top pitmasters for only $8 per plate.
The New York Asian Film Festival , JUNE 20 - JULY 6 at the IFC Center is back ready to cleanse the dirt from your soul with a barrage of sparkling, super-powered movies straight out of Asia. It’s a seventeen day orgy of new films from Takashi Miike, Johnnie To, Hur Jin-Ho, Koji Wakamatsu and Shinji Aoyama. Plus, our first-ever documentary (YASUKUNI) and our first movies from Indonesia (KALA) and Vietnam (THE REBEL).We’ll spend the first fourteen days at the IFC Center (323 Sixth Avenue, between 3rd and 4th Streets) and the final four days up at the posh Japan Society (333 East 47th Street, between 1st and 2nd Avenues) where we’ll be co-presenting several films as part of their JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Films (which runs from July 2 - July 13).
SPOKEN WORD OPEN MIC
Spoken Word Café and Juice-226 4th Ave, Brooklyn NY Open mic sign-up starts at 7:30pm. Performance starts at 8pm, with featured guests at 8:30pm. 718-596-3923
Nuyorican Poets Cafe Verbs on Asphalt – Website launch Party Tuesday,June 3rd tells the story of a revolutionary art form as it was born in New York City. It creates the first comprehensive online history of the original Poetry Slam in New York – where it began– at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, a non-profit arts organization on the Lower East Side.http://www.nuyorican.org/ $10 gen admission, free admission past nuyorican slammaster and champions www.verbsonasphalt.com/intro.php
Nuyorican Poets Cafe - Hosted by Jive Poetic...Every Wednesday except the first Wednesday of the month. 9PM Admission: $7.00 Sign up and slam! If U win on a Wednesday night Open, you slam on Friday Nite! Friday Night Slam 10p $10 - Hosted by Jive Poetic
Brooklyn Moon Cafe, 745 Fulton St., Fort Greene, Brooklyn (718) 243-0424 Open mic on Fridays at 10:30pm for a $5 cover. Subway: C to Lafayette Ave., G to Fulton St.
Moca Restaurant Red Room Erotica – 2210 fredrick douglas blvd nyc 212-665-8081lassic and Erotic Poetry Try a little self indulgence& Lounge. If you're looking for provocative sensuality and mind blowing passion you can't miss this.
URBAN JUKE JOINT --June, 9 2008 at SUNSPOT YOUTH OPEN MIC Baha’i Unity Center, 53 E 11th St (btwn B’way/Univ Pl), New York City, Cost : FREE A new open mic for youth ages 12-19 to showcase their poetry, rhymes, music, and spoken word in "a nobler expression". Doors open at 6:30, show begins at 7:00. Hosted by Mozim the Messiah. Contact: Ken (917) 331-9189dway/University Place) Free | June, 27 2008 at URBAN JUKE JOINT OPEN MIC Baha’i Unity Center, 53 E 11th St (btwn B’way/Univ Pl), New York City, Cost : FREE A monthly open mic dedicated to a nobler expression of rhymes, beats, music, spoken word, and poetry. Hosted by Chris Phoenix. Featuring poet STEPHEN EARLY JORDAN. Sign up for the open mic begins at 8:30. Open discussion starts prior to feature and open mic. Free admission and refreshments. URBAN JUKE JOINT - where each poet brings truth to the axiom "We are all one human family".
Sunday, June 1 2008 The Bowery Poetry Club! Great poetry, music, art, performance, food & drinks! All night, all day, every day! www.bowerypoetry.com The Bowery Poetry Club 308 Bowery @ Bleecker (foot of 1st St., between Houston/Bleecker) Free |
What's Da Word Wednesdays- Every Wednesday, 8:30pm Open reading for poets, singers, musicans, comedians. Hosted by Brother Earl Londels Supper Club 2620 Frederick Douglas Blvd (139th/140th St.), Harlem $5 | rhymepays2@aol.com | Brotherearl@wordstockinc.com | 646-260-6046
COOL ACTIVITIES
IS SKYDIVING MORE YOUR SPEED
Check out this links
www.skydivetheranch.com/
www.skydivelongisland.com/tandem.shtml
www.frontierskydivers.com/page.php?page_id=3
www.skydivenjshore.com/firstjump.htm
BROADWAY
THE COUNTRY GIRL Directed starring Morgan Freeman, The Country Girl is Clifford Odets’ classic backstage story of a down-on-his-luck actor and the two people in his life that can make – or break – his comeback. Get tickets for just $70.Now playing through July 20 only at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. Visit BroadwayOffers.com and enter the code CGNPT55orCall Telecharge.com 212-947-8844 and mention the code CGNPT55
ARTS MUSIC & JAZZ
Saturday, May 31, 2008-Panel Discussion: Count Basie’s New York Panelists: Roxane Orgill, Loren Schoenberg, Benny Powell 2:00 pm | At the Museum of the City of New York 1220 Fifth Avenue, NY, NY FREE more information please call 212.534.1672, ext. 3395.
El Taller/The Puerto Rican Workshop hosts New Works #11 Exhibition is open from May 23 - July 5, 2008 Opening Reception: Friday, May 30, 6:00-9:00pm Artist Talks: Saturday, May 31, 1:00- 3:00pmArtists Featured: Kesha Bruce, Adriana Katzew, Donald Daedalus, Charlie Grosso, Myra Greene, Esther Hidalgo, Wanda Acosta Dates: Friday, May 30, 2008 @ 6:00 pm Saturday, May 31, 2008 @ 1:00 pm
National Jazz Museum in Harlem, Tuesday, June 3, 2008- JAZZ FOR CURIOUS LISTENERS explores the world of Art Tatum 7:00 pm | At the Harlem School of the Arts 645 St. Nicholas Ave. (off 141st Street) FREE, Thursday, June 5, 2008- SPECIAL EVENT: A Tribute to Duke Ellington National Jazz Museum in Harlem All-Star Big Band 6:30 - 8:00 pm Location: Calvary Christian Church (Park Avenue South at 21st Street) FREE | More info: 212-260-3875 Friday, June 6, 2008 HARLEM IN THE HIMALAYAS Performer: Jane Ira Bloom, saxophonist 7:00 pm | Rubin Museum of Art 150 West 17th Street Box Office: 212.620.5000 ext. 344 $18 in advance | $20 at door Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Get your Friday Night Summer Jam on The Rick Younger Show merges live music, sketch comedy and stand-up in an evening of parody, soul, and silliness! Company members are sure to include regulars to the show Marc Theobald, Katie Northlich and Love Bucket, the show's amazing six piece House Band! Friday June 27th at 8pm at the Laurie Beechman Theatre, 407 W. 42nd St. $10.00 cash plus a $15 food or drink min. www.youngerchildproductions.com/
East Harlem Walking Tour: El Barrio Week- Saturday, May 31- $5-$9, 212.534.1672 East Harlem’s lively art scene, which began after World War II, has fostered emerging and mid-career artists of many ethnicities. Join art historian and El Barrio resident Mario Cesar Romero for a walking tour of galleries, museums, artists’ studios, and public murals in the vicinity of East 106th Street, El Barrio’s cultural corridor. Presented in celebration of the fifth annual El Barrio Week. Reservations required.
The World Science Festival May 27-June 1 brings the wonder and excitement of science to a large and diverse audience. In all there will be more than 30 events, including an all-day street fair in Washington Square Park with dinosaurs and robots. The program, chock-full of Nobel laureates, has been evolving, with more events added right up to the last minute The World Science Festival takes to the streets with a non-stop program of interactive exhibits, experiments, games, and shows that will entertain and inspire. Come and join us in the streets around Washington Square — it's fun, it's science, and it's free! Street fair schedule www.worldsciencefestival.com/2008-festival/events/all-events/street-fair/WSF-scheduleWEB.pdf www.worldsciencefestival.com
Pathmark Multicultural Arts Festival -Latin Dance Spectacular Sunday, June 1 12:00p to 5:00p Pier 17, South Street Seaport, South and Fulton Streets | 866-894-1812 From noon to 5pm, dance ensembles and classes—from glamorous pros to aspiring young talents—perform their most sizzling routines. Hosted by comedian Rich Ramirez. Hundreds of dancers take part on stage, with food and other samples for the audience and a great day for families to be together.
Japan Day 2008 Sunday, June 1 Central Park, East Meadow (97th Street & 5th Ave.) | 212-398-7145 “The Consulate and the Japanese community wanted to say ‘thank you’ to all New Yorkers,” and we also expect to exchange our culture and understand each other more deeply. Live stage performances will feature Japanese famous singers, traditional performers. you also can eat some Japanese dishes for free!!
Comic Strip Live Guinness World Record Event-Tuesday June 3rd at 8:30 pm and ending on Thursday, June 5th at 10:30 pm 1658 Second Ave | 212-861-9386 The World Famous Comic Strip Live will set the Guinness World Record for Longest Stand Up Comedy Show in a fundraiser for the USO Metropolitan New York–an organization that helps US Troops and their families. Over 100 professional stand up comedians will grace the Comic Strip Live stage for 50 hours over three nights. www.comicstriplive.com/guinness_details.php
Harley Davidson Ride- 6/01/2008, 1:00 pm- 5:00 pm Northern Blvd-Qns Boro Bridge- FDR-Williamsburg Bridge, etc., Queens
FESTIVALS
42nd Annual Art Exhibit and Sale, 6/01/2008, 11:00 am- 5:00 pm , Conference House Park (7455 Hylan Boulevard), Staten Island Contact Information: (718) 984-6046
5th Avenue BID Festival, 6/01/2008, 11:00 am 5th Avenue between 65 & 85 Streets,
Brooklyn 116th Street Festival 6/07/2008, 11:00 am, 116th St/2nd-Lex Aves & Third Ave/106-122 Sts,
Manhattan 6th Precinct Community Council Festival 6/07/2008, 11:00 am Bleecker Street between 7th & 8th Avenues,
Manhattan Annual Gowanus Canal Ferry Boat to the Red Hook Waterfront Arts Fest , 6/07/2008, 10:00 am Boat launches at 2nd Avenue and Bond & Canal streets, Brooklyn Come participate in the annual "Gowanus Canal Ferry Boat" to The 15th Annual Red Hook Waterfront Arts Fest...an EcoCruise & Flotilla Masquerade. Crew participants will be wearing Renaissance costumes. Bring your own or loan one of ours. Please note: life preserver (vest style) must fit beneath your own costume. Boat launches at 2nd Avenue and Bond & Canal streets.
The Sixth Annual Big Apple Barbecue Block Party - returns to Madison Square Park June 7–8, 2008, from Noon–6:00 PM. The weekend-long event takes place every June and brings together the country’s top pitmasters who cook up their award-winning food for over a hundred thousand barbecue enthusiasts. Set against the beautiful backdrop of Madison Square Park, the Big Apple Barbecue Block Party attracts people from near and far to sustain and celebrate America’s authentic culinary and musical traditions. Admission to the event is free. Take in the sights, sounds and smells of the event – from great live music to engaging seminars and demonstrations – without ever dropping a dollar. The country’s best barbecue is available from top pitmasters for only $8 per plate.
The New York Asian Film Festival , JUNE 20 - JULY 6 at the IFC Center is back ready to cleanse the dirt from your soul with a barrage of sparkling, super-powered movies straight out of Asia. It’s a seventeen day orgy of new films from Takashi Miike, Johnnie To, Hur Jin-Ho, Koji Wakamatsu and Shinji Aoyama. Plus, our first-ever documentary (YASUKUNI) and our first movies from Indonesia (KALA) and Vietnam (THE REBEL).We’ll spend the first fourteen days at the IFC Center (323 Sixth Avenue, between 3rd and 4th Streets) and the final four days up at the posh Japan Society (333 East 47th Street, between 1st and 2nd Avenues) where we’ll be co-presenting several films as part of their JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Films (which runs from July 2 - July 13).
SPOKEN WORD OPEN MIC
Spoken Word Café and Juice-226 4th Ave, Brooklyn NY Open mic sign-up starts at 7:30pm. Performance starts at 8pm, with featured guests at 8:30pm. 718-596-3923
Nuyorican Poets Cafe Verbs on Asphalt – Website launch Party Tuesday,June 3rd tells the story of a revolutionary art form as it was born in New York City. It creates the first comprehensive online history of the original Poetry Slam in New York – where it began– at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, a non-profit arts organization on the Lower East Side.http://www.nuyorican.org/ $10 gen admission, free admission past nuyorican slammaster and champions www.verbsonasphalt.com/intro.php
Nuyorican Poets Cafe - Hosted by Jive Poetic...Every Wednesday except the first Wednesday of the month. 9PM Admission: $7.00 Sign up and slam! If U win on a Wednesday night Open, you slam on Friday Nite! Friday Night Slam 10p $10 - Hosted by Jive Poetic
Brooklyn Moon Cafe, 745 Fulton St., Fort Greene, Brooklyn (718) 243-0424 Open mic on Fridays at 10:30pm for a $5 cover. Subway: C to Lafayette Ave., G to Fulton St.
Moca Restaurant Red Room Erotica – 2210 fredrick douglas blvd nyc 212-665-8081lassic and Erotic Poetry Try a little self indulgence& Lounge. If you're looking for provocative sensuality and mind blowing passion you can't miss this.
URBAN JUKE JOINT --June, 9 2008 at SUNSPOT YOUTH OPEN MIC Baha’i Unity Center, 53 E 11th St (btwn B’way/Univ Pl), New York City, Cost : FREE A new open mic for youth ages 12-19 to showcase their poetry, rhymes, music, and spoken word in "a nobler expression". Doors open at 6:30, show begins at 7:00. Hosted by Mozim the Messiah. Contact: Ken (917) 331-9189dway/University Place) Free | June, 27 2008 at URBAN JUKE JOINT OPEN MIC Baha’i Unity Center, 53 E 11th St (btwn B’way/Univ Pl), New York City, Cost : FREE A monthly open mic dedicated to a nobler expression of rhymes, beats, music, spoken word, and poetry. Hosted by Chris Phoenix. Featuring poet STEPHEN EARLY JORDAN. Sign up for the open mic begins at 8:30. Open discussion starts prior to feature and open mic. Free admission and refreshments. URBAN JUKE JOINT - where each poet brings truth to the axiom "We are all one human family".
Sunday, June 1 2008 The Bowery Poetry Club! Great poetry, music, art, performance, food & drinks! All night, all day, every day! www.bowerypoetry.com The Bowery Poetry Club 308 Bowery @ Bleecker (foot of 1st St., between Houston/Bleecker) Free |
What's Da Word Wednesdays- Every Wednesday, 8:30pm Open reading for poets, singers, musicans, comedians. Hosted by Brother Earl Londels Supper Club 2620 Frederick Douglas Blvd (139th/140th St.), Harlem $5 | rhymepays2@aol.com | Brotherearl@wordstockinc.com | 646-260-6046
COOL ACTIVITIES
IS SKYDIVING MORE YOUR SPEED
Check out this links
www.skydivetheranch.com/
www.skydivelongisland.com/tandem.shtml
www.frontierskydivers.com/page.php?page_id=3
www.skydivenjshore.com/firstjump.htm
BROADWAY
THE COUNTRY GIRL Directed starring Morgan Freeman, The Country Girl is Clifford Odets’ classic backstage story of a down-on-his-luck actor and the two people in his life that can make – or break – his comeback. Get tickets for just $70.Now playing through July 20 only at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. Visit BroadwayOffers.com and enter the code CGNPT55orCall Telecharge.com 212-947-8844 and mention the code CGNPT55
ARTS MUSIC & JAZZ
Saturday, May 31, 2008-Panel Discussion: Count Basie’s New York Panelists: Roxane Orgill, Loren Schoenberg, Benny Powell 2:00 pm | At the Museum of the City of New York 1220 Fifth Avenue, NY, NY FREE more information please call 212.534.1672, ext. 3395.
El Taller/The Puerto Rican Workshop hosts New Works #11 Exhibition is open from May 23 - July 5, 2008 Opening Reception: Friday, May 30, 6:00-9:00pm Artist Talks: Saturday, May 31, 1:00- 3:00pmArtists Featured: Kesha Bruce, Adriana Katzew, Donald Daedalus, Charlie Grosso, Myra Greene, Esther Hidalgo, Wanda Acosta Dates: Friday, May 30, 2008 @ 6:00 pm Saturday, May 31, 2008 @ 1:00 pm
National Jazz Museum in Harlem, Tuesday, June 3, 2008- JAZZ FOR CURIOUS LISTENERS explores the world of Art Tatum 7:00 pm | At the Harlem School of the Arts 645 St. Nicholas Ave. (off 141st Street) FREE, Thursday, June 5, 2008- SPECIAL EVENT: A Tribute to Duke Ellington National Jazz Museum in Harlem All-Star Big Band 6:30 - 8:00 pm Location: Calvary Christian Church (Park Avenue South at 21st Street) FREE | More info: 212-260-3875 Friday, June 6, 2008 HARLEM IN THE HIMALAYAS Performer: Jane Ira Bloom, saxophonist 7:00 pm | Rubin Museum of Art 150 West 17th Street Box Office: 212.620.5000 ext. 344 $18 in advance | $20 at door Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Get your Friday Night Summer Jam on The Rick Younger Show merges live music, sketch comedy and stand-up in an evening of parody, soul, and silliness! Company members are sure to include regulars to the show Marc Theobald, Katie Northlich and Love Bucket, the show's amazing six piece House Band! Friday June 27th at 8pm at the Laurie Beechman Theatre, 407 W. 42nd St. $10.00 cash plus a $15 food or drink min. www.youngerchildproductions.com/
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