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| Experience Summer Fun with Free Festivals Citywide
Bronx Culture Trolley Bronx Council on the Arts Wednesday, June 6 Run by the Bronx Council on the Arts, catch the trolley on the first Wednesday evening of each month at Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos, on the campus of Hostos Community College at 450 Grand Concourse. The trolley departs at 5:30, 6:30, and 7:30pm for other venues in the South Bronx Cultural Corridor including the Longwood Art Gallery at Hostos College, Pregones Theater and the Bronx Museum of Art. The Bronx Culture Trolley vehicle is wheelchair accessible. 5pm – 8:30pm. Starts at Longwood Art Gallery, Bronx. Free. For additional details, visit Bronxarts.org. Celebrate Brooklyn! BRIC Arts|Media|Bklyn Tuesday, June 5 – Saturday August 11 In 1979, Celebrate Brooklyn! started as an attempt to revitalize Prospect Park. Today it is the longest running festival in New York City and one of the most prominent summer celebrations in the City for people of all ages. This summer, performances taking place at the Prospect Park Bandshell will span theatre, live music and dance with a wide range of artistic styles. Performance times vary. Prospect Park Bandshell. Free. Visit Bricartsmedia.org to learn more. Talib Kweli & Screening: Brooklyn Boheme SummerStage Sunday, June 10 A concert featuring Hip Hop artist Talib Kweli will be followed by a screening of the film Brooklyn Boheme - a love letter to the vibrant African American artistic community that resided in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill, Brooklyn during the 80s and 90s. This community of artists became a magnet for young blacks and Latinos, where they were bonded by great ambition, good times and jamming parties. Co-directed by award winning film director Diane Paragas, Brooklyn Boheme is a chronicle of that magical time. Come early to catch Brooklyn Family Day, featuring fun performances and workshops starting at 4pm. 7pm - 9:30pm. Herbert Von King Park. Free. For more details, visit Summerstage.org. Bang on a Can Marathon River to River Festival Sunday, June 17 Each summer, the River to River Festival presents programs in more than 25 indoor and outdoor locations across Lower Manhattan, across the genres of music, dance, theater, visual art, film and participatory experiences. This year’s festival, featuring world-renowned and break-out artists, kicks off with the Bang on a Can Marathon. Bang on a Can celebrates 25 years with its 12-hour super-mix of innovative music from around the corner and around the globe. The 2012 Bang on a Can Marathon will feature rare performances by some of the most pioneering musicians of our time side-by-side with some of today’s newest exciting young artists. 12pm. World Financial Center Winter Garden, Manhattan. Free. Visit Rivertorivernyc.com for more information. Make Music New York Thursday, June 21 Make Music New York, the largest annual day-long music event in the City’s history, returns for the sixth year with a global assortment of nearly 1,000 free concerts in public spaces across the five boroughs. In addition, on Sunday, June 24, Make Music New York will continue its weekend Punk Island tradition, with an all-day punk festival on Governors Island. All day. Citywide. Free. For a full schedule, visit Makemusicny.org. LUMEN International Video and Performance Art Festival Saturday, June 23 LUMEN is a video and performance art festival featuring site-specific projections, new media, installations and performance art by an international group of over 50 artists. The third annual festival will take place on Staten Island’s waterfront at the site of Atlantic Salt, a company that supplies road salt to the New York region. LUMEN 2012 will feature video installations, new media projections, animation, performance art, art interventions and sound art, curated by Christopher Eamon. Events will be equipped with cargo containers that have been transformed into video screening rooms, and specially formed salt sculptures that will be used as projection screens and installation pieces. 6pm – 12am. Atlantic Salt Company, Staten Island. Free. Visit Lumenfest.org to learn more. | | |
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