August 22, 2008
Weekend on tap: Battle of Brooklyn, Charlie Parker jazz
With the end of summer just around the corner, New York City this weekend packs in one more Summer Streets event on Saturday, as well as a full contingent of Battle of Brooklyn commemorations – from Governors Island to Green-Wood Cemetery.
On Saturday, catch the Fort Greene Park Literary Festival, or Ashanti at the J&R MusicFest.
The free Charlie Parker Jazz Festival runs all weekend, the Mets host the Astros at Shea and the warm up to the US Open begins with Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
For ongoing events and shows, click to NewYorkology’s Now in NYC list. For events on tap after this weekend, see NewYorkology’s calendar.
Friday
Final day for Central Park hot air balloon rides
Three Changes, a new play by Nicky Silver, begins Off-Broadway previews at Playwright Horizons with Aya Cash, Scott Cohen, Dylan McDermott, Brian J. Smith and Maura Tierney
African Diaspora Summer Film Series begins at Riverside Theatre
Best of New Fest screens at BAM Cinematik
Sunshine Cinema screens a new 35 mm print of The Crow at midnight
Rooftop Films screens “Flying on One Engine” with live music by Kiran Ahluwalia from 8:30 p.m. on the lawn of Automotive High School
Free screening of Moonstruck at Central Park’s Rumsey Playfield for
Central Park Conservancy Film Festival
“Shrek” screens for free at RiverFlicks at 8:30 p.m.
Free J&R MusicFest at City Hall Park at 5 p.m. with Aaron Parks, Esperanza Spalding, and Caribbean Jazz Project featuring Dave Samuels
Closing night program for Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center
Spam Allstars, Still Black, Still Proud: An African Tribute to James Brown at the free Lincoln Center Out of Doors at Damrosch Park Bandshell at 7 p.m.
Free Music Fridays at the American Folk Art Museum with Daphne Darling at 5:30 and Arlon Bennett at 6:30 p.m.
Grand Archives and Violens play a free show at the South Street Seaport Music Festival
Rhett Miller of the Old 97’s play the Circle Line 42 concert cruise
Mets vs. Houston at Shea Stadium at 7:10 p.m.
Inter Milan Soccer Festival from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Juniper Valley Park in Queens
Fireworks night at Brooklyn Cyclones minor-league baseball at Coney Island
Free performance of 12 Ophelias at 8 p.m. in the McCarren Park Pool
Free one-hour Argentine Tango class for Absolute Beginners at Triangulo, an Argentine Tango studio from at 8:30 p.m.
Museums open after 7 p.m.: American Folk Art Museum, to 7:30 p.m. (with free admission from 5:30 to close;) and the Guggenheim to 7:45 p.m. (where admission is pay-what-you-wish from 5:45 to close.)
Museums open to 8 p.m.: International Center of Photography, (which has “voluntary contribution” admission from 5 to close;) Museum of Modern Art, (which is free from 4 to 8 p.m.;) New-York Historical Society, (with free admission from 6 p.m.;) Bronx Museum.
Museums open to 9 p.m.: the Met; Whitney, (which is pay-what-you-wish from 6 to 9 p.m. and sometimes hosts Whitney Live dance parties;) Cooper-Hewitt; the Morgan, (with free admission from 7 p.m.;) and the Neue Galerie.
Closing at 10 p.m.: Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, (with free admission from 7 p.m. to close.)
More late night NY: Top of the Rock (last ticket sold at 11 p.m.) and Empire State Building (last elevator up at 1:15 a.m.)
Tonight’s colors on the Empire State Building North side: Red/Green/Yellow - Lithuania; West side: Yellow/Red/Green - Cameroon; South side: White/Black/Blue - Estonia; East side: Red/White/Blue - Thailand
Saturday
Fort Greene Park Literary Festival from 3 to 9 p.m. featuring Amiri Baraka, Quincy Troupe, Louis Reyes Rivera, Hal Sirowitz and Indoda Entsha Percussion Ensemble
Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Pre-season football: Jets vs. Giants
Summer Streets: Park Avenue and connecting streets from the Brooklyn Bridge to Central Park close to motor vehicles and open to the public from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Free J&R MusicFest at City Hall Park at 1 p.m. with Joe, Nicole Henry, Jo De La Rosa, Naturally 7 and Ashanti
Free, weekend-long Charlie Parker Jazz Festival
Battle of Brooklyn Weekend on Governors Island
Bridges of Manhattan Series: Randall’s Island to Astoria free walking tour from noon
Free Greenwich Village walking tour
Free Fresh Kills Park Tours by bus, guided by NYC Urban Park Rangers at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Walking tour led by the Museum of the Chinese in America from 1 to 2:30 p.m.
Free events at the Lincoln Center Out of Doors at Damrosch Park Bandshell: 25th Annual Roots of American Music Festival at 4 p.m. and 25th Annual Roots of American Music Festival at 5 p.m.
Jazz at the Mansion from 2 to 6 p.m. at Roger Morris Park
Harlem Week presents the free event “Stomping at the Savoy
Downtown Dance Festival from 1 to 5 p.m.
Free screening of August Rush, with a live pre-screening performance by Impact, the choir from the film at Central Park’s Rumsey Playfield for Central Park Conservancy Film Festival
Rooftop Films screening of Munyurangabo on the roof of the Old American Can Factory
Saw Doctors play Governors Island
Free one-hour Argentine Tango class for Absolute Beginners at Triangulo, an Argentine Tango studio at 8 p.m.
Mets vs. Houston at Shea Stadium at 7:10 p.m.
Brooklyn Cyclones minor-league baseball at Coney Island
NTDTV Second International Chinese Dance Competition at Town Hall
SMV: Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller, Victor Wooten at the Nokia Theatre Times Square
WWE Presents RAW / ECW Live at Madison Square Garden
Baseball Hall of Famer Bob Feller signs autographs at Last Licks ice cream parlor on East 93rd from 5 to 6:30 p.m.
Saturday’s weekly free walking tours include the Wall Street walking tour at noon and Union Square at 2 p.m.
Museums open late: Museum of Sex to 8 p.m. and the Met Museum to 9 p.m.
More late night NY: Top of the Rock (last ticket sold at 11 p.m.) and Empire State Building (last elevator up at 1:15 a.m.)
Tonight’s colors on the Empire State Building North side: Black/Green/Yellow - Jamaica; West side: Red/White/Green - Iran; South side: White/Red/White - Georgia; East side: Red/White/Blue - Norway
Scheduled subway interruptions
Sunday
New York Turkish Festival from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. in Central Park at 97th
9th Annual Blues and BBQ Festival at Pier 54 at W.14th St. form 2 to 9 p.m.
Indonesian Food Bazaar in Astoria from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Fiesta Folclorica Puertorriqueña at Central Park’s Rumsey Playfield
African Day Parade
The Battle of Brooklyn Annual Commemoration Ceremonies at Green-Wood Cemetery
American Revolution and War of 1812 walking tour of Central Park
Free 11 a.m. walking tour: Central Park Unlocked Series: Hallet Nature Sanctuary
Municipal Art Society walking tour: Radical Greenwich Village, at 11 a.m.
Free nature walking tour: Gems of Queens Series at noon
Free 1 p.m. walking tour: Twin Island Exploration
Audubon Park and the Audubon Terrace walking tour at noon
Yo Lo Tengo play the McCarren Park Pool from 2 p.m. to dusk
Free events at Lincoln Center Out of Doors at Damrosch Park Bandshell: 25th Annual Roots of American Music Festival Family Show at 11 a.m. and 25th Annual Roots of American Music Festival at 4 p.m.
The Red Hook Ramblers play a free concert at the Louis Armstrong House Museum at 1 p.m.
Mets vs. Houston at Shea Stadium at 1:10 p.m.
Staten Island Yankees home game
New York Marble Cemetery, the oldest public non-sectarian cemetery in New York City, is open to the public from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Tonight’s Olympics colors on the Empire State Building will all be Red/White Blue for the USA
Target Free Sundays at the Studio Museum from noon
Sunday’s weekly free walking tours include Discover Flatiron at 11 a.m. and Orchard Street at 11 a.m.
Late night NY: Top of the Rock (last ticket sold at 11 p.m.) and Empire State Building (last elevator up at 1:15 a.m.)
Scheduled subway interruptions
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