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Department of Youth & Community Development Bill de Blasio Bill Chong Mayor Commissioner

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TUESDAY, JULY 1st Tai Chi 7:30–8:30am & 10:00–11:00am Bronx in Tai Chi and Eternal Spring are in- 2300 Southern , Bronx NY structed by members of the Tai Chi (718) 367–1010 Chuan Center for all ages and experi- Dinosaur Safari: Mysteries ence levels. Revealed Bryant Park 10:00am–5:00pm Fountain Terrace, 6th Avenue and 41st See more than 30 life–size animatron- Street, NY (212) 768–4242 ic dinosaurs, including a 40–ft long t– Rex, on this ride through the two– Accordions Around the World 5:00–7:15pm safari at the . Learn about Take a cross–cultural musical journey the different species of dinosaurs and from France to ; from the their habitats, discover how fossils Balkans to ; from cumbia provide insight into what life may to and more with accordions, have looked like in prehistoric times harmoniums, concertinas, and and explore how animatronics work. bandoneons. Accordionists will play To visit the site, click here. throughout the park at 5:00pm, and Bryant Park then at 6:00pm a band with a differ- 40th Street Plaza, Manhattan NY ent infectious, global beat each week (212) 768–4242 performs on the Fountain Terrace. Chess & Backgammon West Bronx Recreation Center 11:00am–7:00pm Jesup Ave. bet. W 172 St and Cross Bronx Game boards, including chess and Exwy, Bronx NY (718) 293–5934 backgammon, are available for a small few. Endorsed by the Marshall Adaptive Track and Field 11:00am–7:00pm Chess Club. Chess boards: $3 each, Train for the Paralympics through this Backgammon: $4 each per half hour program! Persons with disabilities Games are welcome to participate, whether 11:00am–7:00pm competitively or recreationally. Take a break with an eclectic selection of tabletop games for free. From Scrab- Westerleigh Park ble & mancala to dominoes & Jenga. Willard Ave., Springfield Ave., Maine Ave., Neal Dow Ave., NY Kubb (718) 442–0336 11:00am–7:00pm Puppet Mobile: Little Red’s Hood Learn the Scandinavian , 12:00–12:30pm also known as Viking Chess. To win, Bring the kids for a free puppet show knock over your opponent’s blocks at Westerleigh Park. It is about a 30 with wooden pins. Never played? Our minute show. Come out and enjoy the attendant will teach you. show.

6 Poe Park Visitor Center Garden’s past and how both the 1939 2640 Grand Concourse, Bronx NY and 1964 World’s Fairs in- (718) 365–5516 fluenced the Garden’s development. Abs Workout This exhibit in the Visitor & Admin- 12:00–1:00pm istration Building is created largely Exercise workout focusing on abs, from our own archives with images especially strength training your core. that illustrate these important events Meditation Class in ’s history. 1:00–1:45:00pm Join us and learn some basic hatha Western Entrance, btw 33 Ave & 35 Ave. yoga techniques to initiate relaxation. (718) 352–4793 ext.301 Learn how to influence changes Fitness Walk at Jose within our physical and emotional Michaels Mile responses to stress. Focus will be on 9:00–10:00am breathing, sound, and mindfulness. Join other adults in a weekly fitness Knitting & Crocheting walking program that starts at the 2:30–3:30pm western end of Joe Michaels Mile For intermediate and advanced levels. (near the front of ). No Knit: Participants will create a small registration is required. reversible knit project using two different colors. Crochet: Participants New York 2900 Southern Boulevard, Bronx NY will make a reversible crochet project using two different colored yarns. Weird, Wild & Wonderful Must be able to read and follow 11:00am patterns. In homage to the beauty of the bo- tanical world’s most bizarre flora, the Gertrude Ederle New York Botanical Garden invited Recreation Center members of the American Society of 232 West 60th Street, Manhattan NY Botanical Artists to participate in a (212) 397–3159 study of the eccentric, creating works Adult Adaptive Sports of art based on visually unusual plants 12:00–2:00pm chosen by the artists themselves. View A selection of adaptive sports clinics. the results of their efforts, 46 captivat- An excellent opportunity for adults ing paintings and illustrations of exot- and seniors with disabilities to play ic specimens, on display in the Ross and learn modified sports. Member- Gallery. For costs visit our website by ship required. clicking here. Botanical Garden 43–50 Main Street, Flushing, Queens McCarren Play Center 776 Lorimer Street, , NY (718) 886–3800 (718) 218–2380 www.queensbotanical.org Art in the Garden: Art for Us Adaptive Art Program Harvesting Our History 10:00–11:00am Instructional art program for people 8:30am–5:30pm Get a sense of Queens Botanical with disabilities to interact, socialize

7 and express themselves through art. Presents: Milly Quezada– For adults and seniors. Membership Midsummer Night Wing required. 6:00pm ( lesson), 8:00pm Live Music Rightfully dubbed the Madison Square Park Oval Lawn, East 23rd St to 26th St on Queen of Merengue, this Domini- & Madison, Manhattan, NY can–born, NYC–raised singer takes (212) 538–1884 the grooves back to their old–school Madison Square Kids: Alastair roots. With a pioneering style that Moock and Friends garnered her a stack of Latin Gram- 10:30–11:30am mys and an international following, Moock’s zany sense of humor, his Quezada has handily reigned for gravelly voice, his original style and decades in this often male–centric irresistible warmth and energy make this a must see way for families to rhythm, thanks to her powerful vocals and warm presence. For more info celebrate summer this year. click here. Greenbelt Recreation Center 501 Brielle Avenue, Blood Root Valley, Staten Island, NY (718) 667–3545 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, The Metropolitan Opera House, Manhattan, NY Rock Your Seat 12:00–1:00pm Shakespeare Celebration Experience the sound of music as There is, perhaps, no happier ode you work out to the beat without to the illusory nature of love than leaving your seat. This class which Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s takes place in a seated position will Dream, and Ashton’s beguiling increase upper body range of motion, retelling of this comedy of errors is develop strength, and tone. Member- set in the magical woods of Victorian ship required. England to a spellbinding score by SummerStage Felix Mendelssohn. Fore more info , Crotona East & Charlotte click here. Street, Bronx NY Presents: Metropolitan Opera The George Bruce Library, 518 West 125th Summer Recital Series Street, Manhattan, NY 7:00–8:00pm An enchanting evening of favorite Film for Tots opera arias and duets featuring rising 11:30am–12:00pm Metropolitan Opera stars. Mary Jane Short films based on picture books. Lee, Ginger Costa–Jackson, Yunpeng The New York Public Library Wang, pianist Dan Saunders. For St. George Library Center, 6 Central Ave- more information click here. nue, Staten Island, NY 10301 Lincoln Center Game on 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, , 12:00–6:00pm Manhattan, NY Come challenge your friends on the Xbox 360and PS3.

8 The New York Public Library Science, Industry and Business Library, Conference Room 018, 188 Madison WEDNESDAY, JULY 2nd Avenue Becoming a Leader of Influence Propels Your Career 12:00–1:30pm 43–50 Main Street Queens Theodore Henderson shares why Harvesting Our History: The there are ten fundamental qualities Story of Queens Botanical that define influencers. Garden 8:30am–5:30pm The New York Public Library Get a sense of Queens Botanical Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Garden’s past and how both the 1939 Gottesman Exhibition Hall and 1964 New York World’s Fairs in- Docent Led Tour of ABC of It fluenced the Garden’s development. Exhibition Free with Garden admission ($4 12:30pm adults, $3 seniors, $2 students with ID Join a 45 minute docent led tour of & kids 3–12). the ABC of It Exhibition. Meet at the exhibition’s entrance, free event. St. Mary’s Recreation Center St. Ann’s Avenue and 145th Street Bronx The New York Public Library Shape Up NYC: Chair Aerobics West Farms Library, 2085 Honeywell Ave- 9:30am–10:30am nue, Bronx, NY, 10460 A seated exercise class that raises the Arts & Crafts heart rate and improves balance, with minimal impact on joints. 2:30–4:00pm For children 3–12 years old. Shape Up NYC: Chair Toning For more information, click here. 10:30–11:30am A seated exercise class that raises the City Parks Foundation heart rate and improves balance, with Crotona Park, Bronx NY minimal impact on joints focusing on toning muscles. Metropolitan Opera Summer Recital Series Bryant Park Fountain Terrace, Manhattan, NY 8:00pm An enchanting evening of favorite Bryant Park FitClub: Boot Camp opera arias and duets featuring Met- with The Rise NYC ropolitan Opera stars. This is a free 6:30am–7:00am Energize your day with a workout show. Tickets are not required but before work. are first come first served. For more information click here. Bryant Park 40th Street Plaza, Manhattan NY Bryant Park Early Bird Game Social 10:00am–12:00pm

9 The Early Bird Game Social gives you jealousies that rise to the surface over a chance to start the day in the park, the course of an American family’s and warm up your mind with games two–week stay in Mallorca. that get you thinking, like dominoes, Bryant Park After Work Music Scrabble, cards or Boggle. 6:00–7:00pm Enjoy original music from NYC’s most Bryant Park Ping Pong (Ping Pong Court) talented singer–songwriters and 11:00am–7:00pm bands Test your ping pong skills at of Bryant Park Ping Pong two state–of–the–art tables. Tournament 6:00–9:30pm Bryant Park Chess & Fun single–elimination, bracket–style Backgammon tournaments. Game boards, including chess and backgammon, are available for a David S. Hartwig–To Antietam small few. Creek: The Maryland Campaign of 1862 Bryant Park Games 7:00–8:30pm Scrabble and mancala to dominoes Reading Room and Jenga. Buzz O’Rourke playground Bryant Park Putting Green Crocheron Park, Queens Practice your technique, perfect your Puppets in the Park distance and speed, or bring the 10:30–11:30am kids to play on the green, all free of Please bring a blanket or low chair charge. and join us for this adaptation of “Lit- tle Red Riding Hood”. Bryant Park Kubb Learn the Scandinavian lawn game, Poe Park Visitor Center also known as Viking Chess. 2640 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY Bryant Park Juggling Shape Up NYC: Boot Camp 12:00pm–1:00pm 11:00am –12:00pm Test your coordination and dexterity This total body workout addresses with free juggling lessons. muscle strength and endurance while Junior Mance–International Jazz keeping the heart rate up to improve Hall of Famer–Upper terrace your cardiovascular health. 12:30pm–1:45pm International jazz musician who has Little Bay Park performed with jazz greats such as Queens Cross Island Pkwy between Utopia Dizzy Gillespie, Dinah Washington, Pkwy. & Totten Ave., Queens, NY and . Zumba Emma Straub, The Vacationers: A Novel 5:30–6:30pm The author of Laura Lamont’s Life in Join us for aerobic exercise classes Pictures is back with an irresistible that combine Latin and novel about the secrets, joys, and movements.

10 Lincoln Center Bronx Zoo 144 W 65th St, Manhattan, NY 10023 2300 Southern Boulevard, Bronx Dancing Under the Stars Dinosaur Safari: Mysteries Revealed 7:00–8:30pm 10:00am–5:00pm Join us for an evening of ballroom See more than 30 life–size animatron- dancing including a free lesson. ic dinosaurs, including a 40–foot long t–Rex, on this ride through the two– Al Oerter Recreation Center acre safari at Zoo. $5 with Flushing Meadows Corona Park, 131–40 general admission. General admis- Fowler Ave, Queens sion prices: Adults–$16.95, Children Shape Up NYC: Couch to 5K (3–2) $12.95, Seniors (65+)–$14.95, 6:00–7:00pm Children under 3 are free. A beginner program for the aspir- ing runner, this class will combine The New York Botanical running, walking, and conditioning Garden exercises to get you in shape for long 2900 Southern Boulevard, Bronx distance running. (Rain or shine) Weird, Wild & Wonderful 10:00am West Bronx Recreation center In homage to the beauty of the bo- Jesup Avenue bet. W 172 St and Cross tanical world’s most bizarre flora, the Bronx Expressway, Bronx, NY New York Botanical Garden invited Wheelchair Basketball members of the American Society of 6:00pm –9:00pm Botanical Artists to participate in a Beginner, intermediate and advanced study of the eccentric, creating works players with disabilities are welcome of art based on visually unusual plants chosen by the artists themselves. to practice with the New York Rollin’ Adults: $20; Students/Seniors: $18; Knicks. Recreation Center member- Children 2–12: $10; Children under 2: ship required. Free; Members: Free NYC Parks Centre St, New York, NY St. Johns Recreation Center 1251 Prospect Place, Brooklyn Brooklyn Bridge Boot Camp Sit Aerobics 6:30am 10:00–11:00am We’re using our own body weight A seated exercise class that raises the and resistance bands to bring about heart rate and improves balance, with a lean and sculpted body within five minimal impact on joints. For adults sessions, Fore more info click here. and seniors. SummerStage Presents: Brooklyn Urban Bush Women / Laurie 334 Furman St, Brooklyn, NY 11201 Taylor/Soul Movement Join Urban Bush Women as they cele- Senior Fitness 10:00–11:00am brate their 30th anniversary year with Brooklyn resident James Marti- an evening of special performances nelli’s Cardio Dance and Range of that showcase the best of the compa- Movement workout offers improved ny’s repertoire as well as a Summer- strength and increased flexibility. Stage premiere.

11 New York Public Library Riverside Park Manhattan Mid–Manhattan Library, 455 5th Ave, Teen Beach Volleyball Manhattan 5:00pm–7:00pm Shock Exchange: How Inner–City Teens ages 13–17 hit the Beach Kids from Brooklyn Predicted Volleyball Courts in Riverside Park for The Great Recession And The instructional clinics and open play. Pain Ahead 6:30pm Battery City Park In this illustrated lecture the author, South Cove, Battery City Park who has had a successful career in Figure al Fresco corporate finance, analyzes the U.S. 2:30–4:30pm economy and stock market through Learn figure drawing outdoors with the lens of the young boys he taught an artist/educator. Materials provided. through the NY Shock Exchange. Battery City Park New York Public Library Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park, Battery City Park, Sedgwick Library, 1701 Dr. Martin Luther Manhattan King Jr Blvd, Bronx, NY Elements of Nature Drawing Movie Day 11:00am–1:00pm 4:00pm–5:30pm Enjoy drawing in the gardens with an Feature movie titles, varying in length artist/educator. Materials provided. from 90 minutes to 2 hours. For more, Alliance click here. Prospect Park, Brooklyn NY NYC Parks Volunteering Varies 10:00am–1:00pm Nature lovers, unite! Volunteer for Shape up NYC For a complete listing of Shape up crucial horticultural and maintenance NYC times and locations, please visit projects around the Park. our website. Every Wednesday, register here. Joe’s Pub Amateur Astronomers 425 Lafayette Street (at Astor Place) Association Prospect Park West at 9th Street, Brooklyn OY 7:00pm Observing at Prospect Park Swiss–Ghanaian vocalist and musician 8:30pm–11:00pm Joy Frempong and Drummer/produc- The Amateur Astronomers Associa- er Lleluja–Ha form –based band tion of New York observes in Prospect OY. Tickets $15 Park, Brooklyn, one Wednesday eve- ning a month from April to October. Paul Loren 9:30pm Madison Square Park Leading the new generation of soul Madison Square Park & 23rd Street crooners, Paul Loren sings songs that Mad. Sq. Music: The SteelDrivers will make you move. Tickets $16 & Cricket Tell the Weather Riverside Park Conservancy 6:00pm–8:30pm 105th Street Sand Volleyball Courts – Performances from Bluegrass groups

12 The SteelDrivers and Cricket Tell the The First Ladies of Disco Weather. 3r 6:30pm (dance lesson), 7:30pm (live music), 10:00pm (silent disco) It’s raining divas. Come and hustle to THURSDAY, JULY 3rd this rare summit of singers who de- fined disco’s soaring highs, including Madison Square Conservancy short, sweet sets by Wash (the Orig- E 23rd to 26th Street, Broadway to Mad- inal Weather Girl), Clifford (Runaway ison, Oval Lawn, Madison Square Park Love), and the trio that set the tone (212) 538–1884 for Chic. Legendary Hustle DJ Madison Square Kids Presents: Morales plays extended sets to bring Martin good times to the dance floor. 10:30–11:30am With witty, heartfelt lyrics and inspira- Lincoln Center Shows tion from 50’s rock and roll, children Metropolitan Opera House, Manhattan NY and parents alike can enjoy his warm Visit our site for tickets and times. and sincere music. Free event. Coppelia The perfect introduction to , Bryant Park Coppélia brings alive the comic wit 40th Street Plaza, Manhattan NY of E.T.A. Hoffmann’s beloved tale with (212) 768–4242 storybook sets and Delibes’ tuneful Chess & Backgammon score. 11:00am–7:00pm Game boards, including chess and New York City Public Library backgammon, are available for a Jerome Park Library, 118 Earnes Place, small few. Endorsed by the Marshall Bronx NY 10468 Chess Club. Chess boards: $3 each, Teen Tech Time Backgammon: $4 each per half hour 2:00pm The library is yours! Play games, chal- Lincoln Center Shows lenge your friends in a video game Avery Fisher Hall, NY Philharmonic, competition, hop on a laptop and Manhattan NY www.Nyphil.org check out all new materials on the shelves. Ages 13–18. Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, and Friends New York City Public Library 7:30pm Mulberry Street Library, 10 Jersey Street, These all–Russian evenings give NY 10012 (212) 966–3424 you the colorful classics you love, Toddler Time including Rachmaninoff’s ravishing 10:30am First Concerto performed by Simple Stories, songs, and rhymes 28–year–old sensation Joyce Yang, for toddlers and their caregivers, fol- described by as lowed by a short playtime. 25 children “a knockout.” per session. Lincoln Center Shows New York City Public Library 70 Lincoln Center Plaza, Manhattan, NY St. George Library Center, Lower Level, 5 Damrosch Park Central Avenue, Staten Island NY 10301 www.midsummernightswing.org

13 Game On Crawford 12:00pm More event info on our website. For more information on NYC Public Library events click here. Piper Theatre Productions 3rd Street btw 4th and 5th Avenues, Brooklyn, NY 11215 (718) 768–3195 Entrance at Pier 1, 334 Furman Street, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson Brooklyn NY 8:00–9:30pm History Tour An exhilarating rock–n–roll look at one 6:30pm–8:00pm of our nation’s first populist idols: sev- Join some of NY’s finest historians in enth president Andrew Jackson. The our weekly interactive and dynamic musical recreates and reinvents the tours to learn about the expansive his- life of “Old Hickory” from his humble tory of the Brooklyn Bridge Park site! beginnings on the Tennessee frontier All History Tours require an RSVP, please to his days as Commander–in–Chief. email [email protected]. Free event. Boot Camp Contact Information–info@brooklynbridge- 43rd Annual International bootcamp.com, or call (646) 354–0039. African Arts Festival Entrance to Central , Navy St. (Park & Park at the Ferrara Cafe on the right Flushing Ave.), Manhattan, NY side. For class schedule & sign up– (718) 638–6700 please visit our site. 10:00am–9:00pm Happening July3rd to July 6th. For Empire Fitness Advantage more information, click here. 59th Columbus Circle, Manhattan, NY (646) 719–1916 Prospect Park Empire Fitness Boot Camp Thursday Corps Come join our lead instructor 10:00am–12:00pm Meghan Jaynes for our ongoing Boot Nature lovers, unite! Volunteer for camp in ! Whether before crucial horticultural and maintenance or after work– these workouts are for projects around the Park. Every Thurs- all abilities offering small class sizes day, Fore more info click here. and individual attention for only $15 M/W/F– 7am, 10am, 630pm SUN– FRIDAY, JULY 4th 10:30am for more information check out our site. Historic Richmond Town Shakespeare in the Park 378–410 Clarke Ave, Staten Island, NY in Central Park, Manhattan NY (212) 967–7555 Independence Day Celebration 11:00am–5:00pm Echoes of Etta Help to churn old–time ice cream, 9:30pm participate in the Pinwheel Parade, BAM Concert Series and meet patriotic villagers from the MetroTech Commons, Brooklyn, NY 1800s and earlier. Members / Ages 3 and younger are FREE, Adults–$8, R&B Festival featuring Davell Seniors & Students (12–17)–$6 and Children (4–11)–$5 14 Bryant Park Observing at Lincoln Center Lawn, Manhattan, NY 7:30–11:00pm Observation of the Moon, Jupiter, and Bryant Park Juggling 12:00–1:00pm Saturn. Test your coordination and dexterity Chelsea Recreation Center with free juggling lessons in the park. Chelsea Recreation Center, 430 West 25th Street , Manhattan, NY Lincoln Center Vincent Astor Gallery, 40 Lincoln Center Shape Up NYC: Hot Hula Fitness Plaza, Manhattan, NY 7:00–8:00pm Hot Hula Fitness provides a total body Launchpad of the American Theater: The O’Neill since 1964 workout in 60 minutes as it isolates 12:00pm larger muscle groups, increasing The exhibition celebrates the O’Neill’s strength and definition to your core 50th birthday and will chart the jour- with specific emphasis on the abs, ney from past to present to future with glutes, quads and arms. drawings, interviews, videos, photo- graphs, original scripts, and sound. Good Morning America’s Fun in the Sun 2014 Summer Macy’s July 4th Concert Series Fireworks 2014 Central Park, Rumsey Playfield 72nd Street , Manhattan, NY Entrance, Manhattan NY 9:00pm Presents: Ed Sheeran 7:00–9:00am, suggested time to Hell’s Kitchen Fireworks arrive is 6am Entrance Fair Your Fridays just got even better. 52nd Street from 10th Avenue to 11th “Good Morning America” announced Avenue, Manhattan, NY its 2014 “Fun in the Sun” Summer 11:00am–5:00pm Concert Series lineup, packed with an Featuring artists and crafters show up, incredible mix of all the hottest names with general merchandise, foods and in music today. corporate displays, for a dazzling day of bargains and fun. Jazzmobile Chelsea Fireworks View Fair Bill’s Place, 148 W 132nd Street 24th Street from 10th Avenue to 11th Manhattan, NY Avenue, Manhattan, NY Bill Saxton All–Star Band 11:00am–5:00pm 9:00–11:00pm Featuring artists and crafters show up, Intimate setting with Saxophonist Bill with general merchandise, foods and Saxton and his All–Star friends play corporate displays, for a dazzling day every Friday and Saturday Night! Visit of bargains and fun. our site here. Amateur Astronomer’s Association of New York Lincoln Center, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, Manhattan, NY

15 SATURDAY, JULY 5th on of Lindy Hop royalty Dawn Hamp- ton lovingly selects classics for the DJ sets. Click here for more details. , Union Turnpike (718) 788–2676 Lincoln Center NY Philharmonic, Avery Fisher Hall, Man- Champu the Magician hattan, NY 2:00pm & 4:00pm Star Spangled Celebration Champu is the talk of the town! His 8:00pm energetic and interactive style is sure These all–Russian evenings give you to engage guests in a magical and the colorful classics you love, includ- hilarious experience. Champu’s mag- ing Rachmaninoff’s ravishing First Pi- ical talents and quick wit will keep all ano Concerto performed by 28–year– guests wondering and laughing! old sensation Joyce Yang, described by The New York Times as “a knock- City Parks Foundation – out.” More details online, here. SummerStage Central Park, Rumsey Playfield, Manhattan NY Lincoln Center The Metropolitan Opera House, Featuring: Teddy Afro/Noura Manhattan, NY Mint Seymali/ Hahu Dance Crew Coppelia, Featuring: P Herrera & 3:00–7:00pm, doors open at 2:00pm J Matthews Bryant Park More information online here. 40th Street Plaza, Manhattan NY (212) 768–4242 New York Public Library Morrisania Library, 610 East 169th Street, Mah Jongg Clinic Bronx NY (718) 589–9268 3:00–4:30pm Navigating NYC 311 Website Learn the American version of this 10:00am–12:00pm social, strategy game hailing from Learn how the NYC 311 website can China twice a month with free clinics save you time. In this class we explore in the park. commonly used services including Lincoln Center filing a noise complaint, paying tickets Damrosch Park Swing, Manhattan NY and other tools. Presents: James Langston’s New New York Public Library York All–Star Big Band: Clarinet 115th Street Library, 203 West 115th A La King! Street, Manhattan NY (212) 666–9393 Tribute to KidsFlix 6:30pm (Dance Lesson), 7:30pm 1:00pm (Live Music) Come enjoy a movie with us this after- The King of Swing still rules supreme. noon! Relax in the playroom for some This beloved all–star band, including quality children’s entertainment. members of Goodman’s last ensem- ble, faithfully recreates the captivating sounds of his most popular tunes. Things keep swinging when elder sci-

16 Brooklyn Bridge Park American Pier 2 Dock, Brooklyn, NY Foundation Kayaking 154 Christopher Street #2B, Manhattan, NY 10014 5:30pm Pier 1 Entrance Tap City 2014 For more info, visit our site. Green Team Happening July 5th–July 12th 10:00am–12:00pm Bargemusic Woodside Festival 3:00pm Woodside Ave. between 63rd St. Walk across the gangplank of a ren- Roosevelt Ave, Queens, NY ovated coffee barge for a one–hour, 12:00–6:00pm family friendly concert. Event info available online here. BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! 43rd Annual International Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn, NY African Arts Festival 7:00pm Commodore Barry Park, Navy Street (Park & Flushing Avenues) (718)638–6700 Featuring: 10:00am–9:00pm Experiment–Kweli, Kotche & Happening July 3rd to July 6th. Monet Summer Hester Street Fair Riverside Park Conservancy Corner of Hester and Essex, Manhattan NY 72nd Street at the Hudson River, Manhattan, NY 10:00am–6:00pm Fair will be held on Every Saturday Kayaking on the Hudson and Sunday from July 5–27, 2014. 10:00am–5:00pm From hand–made jewelry to rare For more information, click here. vintage, lobster rolls and ice cream Bryant Park Area Fair sandwiches, the Hester Street Fair 41st Street from Broadway to 6th Avenue has become one of New York’s most 10:00am–4:00pm beloved destinations. Every Saturday & Sunday until July 27th. Shakespeare in the Park Delacorte Theater in Central Park, Manhattan, NY Amateur Astronomers Association of New York Much Ado about Nothing 8:00pm Observing at Lincoln Center 7:30–11:00pm Governor’s Island We observe at the plaza, north of the fountain. This observing site is still in EDM Music Festival “trial mode” while we work out all the 7:00pm Happening July 4th–6th required logistics. Please do not bring telescopes or observing equipment Festival without confirming first with Joe Del- Sixth Ave. btw 14th Street and 23rd Street fausse, the AAA coordinator for this 11:00am–6:00pm location. We observe only the Moon, This event offers the opportunity to Jupiter, and Saturn. The buildings be a part of this exciting event. A vari- surrounding the plaza require us to ety of activities for the whole family.

17 move the equipment several times SUNDAY, JULY 6th during each session. For more information, click here. NYC Parks– Observing at Great Kills, Staten Summer on the Hudson Island Pier 1 Riverside Park South, Between 65th and 72nd Street, Manhattan NY 8:30–11:00pm Event info available here. Amplified Sundays– Observing at Brooklyn Mary C & the Stellars Plaza 7:00–9:00pm Vibrantly danceable live music 9:00–11:00pm accompanied by spectacular sun- Event info available here. sets over the Hudson River! Enjoy Piper Theatre Productions a unique mix of Soul and Rock with 3rd Street btw 4th and 5th Avenues, Mary C & the Stellars. Brooklyn NY 11215 (718) 768–3195 NYC Parks–SummerStage Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson Rumsey Playfield in Central Park, 8:00–9:30pm Manhattan, NY An exhilarating rock–n–roll look at one of our nation’s first populist idols: sev- Presents: Global Family Day 3:00–7:00pm enth president Andrew Jackson. The Okee Dokee Brothers/ Hybrid musical recreates and reinvents the Movement Company/ Shaun Parker life of “Old Hickory” from his humble & Company/ Acrobuffos/ National beginnings on the Tennessee frontier Dance Institute to his days as Commander–in–Chief. Free event. NYC Parks Pier 5, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn, NY Prospect Park Smorgasburg Brooklyn, NY 11:00am–6:00pm Thursday Corps Join us Sundays at Brooklyn Bridge 10:00am–12:00pm Park’s Pier 5 for another season of Nature lovers, unite! Volunteer for Brooklyn’s best street food. From bris- crucial horticultural and maintenance ket to bulgogi and Burmese noodles, projects around the Park. Every Thurs- to phatty beet sliders, fish and chips day. Info on our site. and farm–fresh ice cream, there’s al- ways something yummy for everyone. Jazzmobile Come enjoy our food with a view. Bill’s Place, 148 West 132nd Street, Manhattan, NY (212) 281–0777 Prospect Park Alliance , Brooklyn NY Presents: Bill Saxton Food Truck Rally All–Star Band 11:00am–5:00pm 9:00pm The Prospect Park Alliance and the Intimate setting with Saxophonist Bill New York City Food Truck Association Saxton and his All–Star friends play present a sampling of cuisines from every Friday and Saturday Night., around the world from New York’s best food trucks.

18 NYC Parks Star Spangled Celebration Heather Garden in , 3:00pm Manhattan NY These all–Russian evenings give Garden Walking Tour you the colorful classics you love, including Rachmaninoff’s ravishing 1:00–2:00pm Take a tour of the “Park for All First Piano Concerto performed by Seasons.” Take a walking tour of the 28–year–old sensation Joyce Yang, Heather and Alpine Gardens of Fort described by The New York Times as Tryon Park. Discover which plants are “a knockout.” in bloom in each of the seasons, even in the dead of winter. Learn about the New York Public Library gardens’ history, future, and secrets West Farms Library, 2085 Honeywell Ave- from a member of Fort Tryon’s expert nue, Bronx NY (718) 367–5376 horticulture staff. These tours are Bring Your Snack wheelchair accessible but persons 2:30pm with mobility issues may find them New York Public Library challenging because of the park’s Stephen A. Scharzman Building, Gottes- many steep paths. man Exhibition Hall, Manhattan, NY (917) 275–6975 Bryant Park Le Carrousel Docent Led Tour of ABC of It Exhibition Le Carrousel Magique 2:30pm 1:00–2:00pm Event info available here. Riverside Park Conservancy Soldiers’ & Soldiers’ Monument Plaza, Shakespeare in the Park Riverside Drive & West 89th Street Delacorte Theater in Central Park, (212) 408–0219 Manhattan, NY 8:00am Much Ado about Nothing Tai Chi 8:00pm Central Astoria Lincoln Center 30th Avenue btw 29th & Steinway Street, Claire Tow Theater in Lincoln Center Queens, NY (718) 728–7820 Theater, Manhattan, NY Friends of Community Board 1 The Who & The What Street Fair 2:00pm & 7:00pm 12:00–6:00pm Part Pygmalion, part Busby Berkeley, part self–help lexicon, Stop Hitting Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Yourself borrows from the plots of H.S. Anniversary 1930’s musicals to dig deep into the 46th Street from 6th Avenue to contemporary conservative dilemma: 7th Avenue, Manhattan, NY how to honor steely individualism 10:00am–4:00pm without disavowing the virtue of char- Clear View Festival ity –– all the while tap–dancing around 30th Avenue between Steinway and a queso fountain. 29th Street 12:00–6:00pm Lincoln Center NY Philharmonic, Avery Fisher Hall, Manhattan, NY

19 Storytelling at the Hans sing along with him and then head Christian Andersen Statue out on an exploratory adventure in Near 72nd Street & in Central the Park! The first part of the program Park, Manhattan, NY will take place at the Children’s Glade 11:00am and then we’ll set off on an educa- All Andersen Hour: Big Claus tional exploration of our natural Park Little Claus environment. Free, best for families and young children. Prospect Park Alliance Brooklyn, NY Pop–Up Audubon MONDAY, JULY 7th 12:00–5:00pm The Prospect Park Alliance presents Bryant Park Pop–Up Audubon, now in its second Brownsville Recreation Center, 155 Linden season, which invites families to Boulevard, Brooklyn NY (718) 485–4633 directly engage with nature through 11:00am–12:30pm outdoor learning in locations around Monday Movement the Park. For more events, visit our Get the week started off right in this web site. low–impact, chair aerobics class. Per- fect for seniors or those with limited The Children’s Glade, from West 103rd to mobility. Open to adults and seniors. 106th Street, Manhattan, NY Recreation center membership is required. Special Sandbox Kickoff Event: SPILL by Australian Dance For a complete list of events at Bryant Park, Company Shaun Parker Inc. please click here. 11:00am–12:00pm Combining quirky, dynamic dance Forest Park with high energy street gymnastics, and Park Lane South, the dancers in this performance blaze Queens, NY (718)235–4100 a colorful trail across the structures 6:00–7:30pm and landscapes of the playground. Dancing Under the Stars Each performance is unique, as the Free lessons! show scrambles around, over, under For a complete list of NYC Parks events and through , slides and please click here. roundabouts. Kids will love it, grown– NYC Parks ups will love it too! Varies Central Park Conservancy Shape up NYC The Children’s Glade, from West 103rd to For a complete listing of Shape up 106th Street NYC times and locations, please click Family Performance Festival: here. Music and Natural Adventures in the Park City Parks Foundation– 12:00–1:30pm SummerStage Rumsey Playfield in Central Park, Manhat- Discover more about the Park and the tan, NY–(212)360–1399 finely tuned way in which Mother Na- 6:30–10:00pm, doors open at 5:30pm ture works with George Steele as you 20 Presents: Neon Trees/ Bryant Park Smallpools/ Nightmare Reading Room, Manhattan, NY & The Cat Reel Talks–The Dark Side of the For ticket information please click Screen: Film Noir here. 12:30–1:45pm Lincoln Center Russ Kassoff–Trio & Solo Jazz, Claire Tow Theater in Lincoln Center Broadway Coordinator Theater, Manhattan, NY Upper Terrace 12:30pm–2:30pm 7:00pm The Who & The What For a complete list of events at Part Pygmalion, part Busby Berkeley, Bryant Park, please click here. part self–help lexicon, Stop Hitting HBO Bryant Park Summer Yourself borrows from the plots of Film Festival 1930’s musicals to dig deep into the In the Lawn, Manhattan, NY contemporary conservative dilemma: 5:00pm how to honor steely individualism To plan your visits, click here. without disavowing the virtue of char- ity–all the while tap–dancing around a 2 Penn Plaza, 7th Avenue and 32nd queso fountain. Street, Manhattan NY (212) 465–6000 Lincoln Center Festival Presents: Michael Buble Theater–Lincoln Center, Tickets available online. Manhattan, NY The Public Theater web site 425 Lafayette Street, Manhattan NY 7:30pm Heisei Nakamura–za Presents: Aziza Miller CD Release New York Public Library 7:30pm Woodstock Library, 761 East 160th Street, BRIC Arts info available here. Bronx, NY (718) 665–6255 Brooklyn Creative Arts Lab Arts & Crafts 9:00am–4:00pm 1:00pm 12th Annual Fresh New York Public Library Fruit Festival Library, 9 West 124th Street, Man- Wild Project–195 East 3rd Street, Manhat- hattan NY–(212)348–5620 tan NY and Nuyorican Poet’s Café–236 Baby Lapsit/Story time East 3rd Street Festival info available online. 11:45am New York Public Library Chelsea Summer Market St. George Library Center, 5 Central 75 9th Avenue (Between 15th and 16th Avenue, Staten Island NY 10301 Streets) 2:00–4:00pm New York Musical Theatre Teen Movie Mondays (NYMF) Festival For more information on New York Various locations throughout NYC. City Public Library events please Happening July 7–27. click here. For more festival information, please visit our website.

21 Central Park Conservancy NYC Parks East Playground, , Mosholu Avenue & Manhattan NY Broadway, Manhattan, NY Special Sandbox Kickoff Event: Garden Crew SPILL by Australian Dance 10:00am–1:00pm Company Shaun Parker Inc. More park event info online. 11:00am & 1:00pm Combining quirky, dynamic dance Lincoln Center Damrosch Park Swing, Manhattan, NY with high energy street gymnastics, www.midsummernightswing.org the dancers in this performance blaze a colorful trail across the struc- Presents: Vince Giordano ad the tures and landscapes of the play- Nighthawks– Board Walk Empire 6:30pm (dance lesson), 7:30pm ground. Each performance is unique, (live music) as the show scrambles around, over, under and through swings, slides Lincoln Center and roundabouts. Kids will love it, Rose Theater, Manhattan NY grown–ups will love it too! More even 7:00pm info available online. Presents: Heisei Nakamura–za Prospect Park Alliance Lincoln Center Vale of Cashmere, Brooklyn, NY Gerald W. Lynch Theater, Manhattan, NY 8:00pm East Side Revival Corps 10am–2:00pm Presents: Fase For a more complete list of events Summer on the Hudson please visit our website. The Plaza at , Riverside Park South, Manhattan NY TUESDAY, JULY 8th Pilates in the Park 6:30–7:30pm Join instructor Melissa Ricci, CPT, Human Impacts Institute PMA from Base Fitness® for a flowing, Driggs Avenue and Monitor Street, Brooklyn NY (917) 727–9761 multi–level Pilates mat class that will tone and balance your muscles, align Tree Care Tuesday your body, strengthen your core and 10:00am–12:00pm Tree care sessions involve commu- give you renewed energy! nity volunteers, alongside HII crew Madison Square Park cleaning–up, aerating and mulching Conservancy tree beds and planting bulbs in Between 5th and Madison Avenues, 23rd the tree bed soil all while spending & 26th Street, Manhattan, NY quality time with your community Presents: Dog on Fleas and mother nature. Human Impacts 10:30–11:30am Institute will provide supplies for tree This band is a whirlwind of fun, wow- care. Participants should bring water ing audiences with their energetic, bottles, sunblock, a hat, and any unpredictable stage show. Lead by other personal items. Grammy Award winning producer Dean Jones, the Fleas have just

22 released their 8th CD of their 14 year multigenerational appeal has led to career, Buy One Get One Flea. They monstrous sales and the kind write smart, infectious songs, which of following that can fill a place like they play with wild abandon. Watch Madison Square Garden. Visit ticket- for the roving trombone as the band master for tickets. snakes its way through the audience. City Parks Foundation– NYC Parks SummerStage Varies Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, Manhattan Shape up NYC Presents: Andrew Bird & The For a complete list of Shape up NYC Hands of Glory/ Luke Temple times & locations, click here. 7:00–10:00pm The Chicago–based indie star, known New York Public Library for his rustic sensibilities and skill with Pelham Bay Library, 3060 Middletown Road, Bronx, NY (718) 792–6744 bow–oriented instruments, brings his 10:30am–11:00pm beautiful sounds to Central Park as part of SummerStage. Stay Well Exercise Central Park Conservancy New York Public Library East 110th Street Playground, George Bruce Library, 518 West 125th Manhattan, NY Street, Manhattan, NY (212) 662–9727 11:30am–12:00pm Special Sandbox Kickoff Event: SPILL by Australian Dance Film for Tots Company Shaun Parker Inc. New York Public Library 11:00am Great Kills Library, 56 Gifford’s Lane, Combining quirky, dynamic dance Staten Island, NY (718) 984–6670 with high energy street gymnastics, 3:30pm the dancers in this performance blaze Teen and Tween Sewing a colorful trail across the structures Workshop and landscapes of the playground. Each performance is unique, as Park show scrambles around, over, under Fountain Terrace, Manhattan, NY and through swings, slides and Tai Chi roundabouts. Kids will love it, grown– 7:30–8:30am ups will love it too! Upper Terrace 12:30pm–2:30pm Sandbox Puppets Russ Kassoff–Trio & Solo Jazz, 2:00pm Broadway Coordinator The Beacon Theatre 2124 Broadway, Manhattan, NY Madison Square Garden (212) 465–6500 2 Penn Plaza, 7th Avenue and 32nd Street, Manhattan, NY (212)465–6000 Presents: Crosby, Stills and Nash The last time these folk–rock harmo- Presents: Michael Buble This Italian–Canadian singer is one nizers played the Beacon, they per- of few modern pop stars who can formed their self–titled debut in its properly be called a crooner. His entirety. Expect a lot of those songs

23 and other sing–along boomer faves. Hip Pickles For more info, click here. 6:00–7:00pm Enjoy the dynamic sounds of the Riverside Park Conservancy world’s most exciting interactive drum The Plaza at 66th Street, Manhattan, NY (212) 408–0219 band. More park info here. 6:30pm NYC Parks Pilates– Mat Class Varies Amateur Astronomers Shape up NYC Association of New York For a complete listing of Shape up 14th Street and 10th Avenue, NYC times and locations, go online to Manhattan NY our website. Solar Observing at the Summer on the Hudson 6:00–8:30pm The Plaza at 66th Street in Riverside Park Most of this observing will take place South, Manhattan NY near the 14th Street entrance or just Salute to the Sun Yoga south of the Standard , which 6:30–7:30pm crosses over the High Line near 13th End your day with relaxing Hatha Street. For more information about the yoga in a beautiful sunset setting. High Line, including directions, please Suitable for all fitness levels. Please visit our High Line page. AAA mem- wear loose, comfortable clothing and bers will be present with telescopes bring your own mat. specially filtered to view the Sun. You may bring your own equipment, but Bryant Park we insist on strict safety provisions Between 5 and 6 Avenue, West 40th Street and West , Manhattan, NY due to the dangers of improperly fil- (212) 768–4242 tered direct solar viewing. All devices used for direct solar viewing must be Juggling fitted with approved filters. 12:00pm Test your coordination and dexterity with free juggling lessons. WEDNESDAY, JULY 9th Summer on the Hudson Pier I in Riverside Park South, NYC Parks Manhattan NY Little Bay Park, Queens, NY (718) 352–4793 ext.301 Presents: Clueless 8:30–10:30pm Zumba This year’s theme: Riverside Park’s 5:30pm–6:30pm staff favorites. This film was selected Join us for aerobic exercise classes by Landscape Architect Margaret that combine Latin and African dance Bracken. Pack a picnic and bring a movements. friend! Open Captioned. NYC Parks , Jackie Robinson Pkwy, SummerScreen McCarren Park, and North Vermont Avenue & Highland Blvd, 12th Street, Brooklyn NY Queens, NY (718) 235–4100

24 Presents: Back to the Future Lincoln Center 7:00pm Rose Theater–Lincoln Center Festival, SummerScreen is a free outdoor Manhattan, NY movie series that takes place on 1:00pm & 7:00pm Wednesdays in July and August Heisei Nakamura–za in McCarren Park in Williamsburg. Doors open at 5:00p.m., with food Lincoln Center Claire Tow Theater in Lincoln Center vendors and live music. Films begin Theater, Manhattan, NY at sundown. In Back to the Future, a teenager is accidentally sent 30 The Who & The What 7:00pm years into the past in a time–traveling Part Pygmalion, part Busby Berkeley, DeLorean invented by his friend, Dr. part self–help lexicon, Stop Hitting Emmett Brown, and must make sure Yourself borrows from the plots of his high–school–age parents unite in 1930’s musicals to dig deep into the order to save his own existence. contemporary conservative dilemma: City Parks Foundation– how to honor steely individualism SummerStage without disavowing the virtue of char- St. Mary’s Park, St. Mary’s Street btw St. ity –– all the while tap–dancing around Ann’s and Jackson Avenue, Bronx, NY a queso fountain. Presents: Jose Alberto “El Canario” Lincoln Center –Mid Summer 7:00–9:00pm Night Swing Damrosch Park Swing José Alberto, is a Dominican www.midsummernightswing.org singer with a career that spans the past thirty years. His voice was widely Conjunto Chappottin y Sus adored by salsa fans, and his excep- Estrellas 6:30pm (dance lesson), 7:30pm tional whistling abilities led fans to (live music) give him the nickname “El Canario” Icons of Cuban son with more than (The Canary). seven decades and three generations Northeast Queens Parks– of history make their long overdue Dancing Under the Stars U.S. debut. Founded by the legend- Little Bay Park, Cross Island Pkwy btw Uto- ary Arsenio Rodríguez, the classic pia and Totten Avenue, Queens, NY reed and brass–fueled Conjunto has 7:00–8:30pm been led by the Chappottín dynasty Join us for an evening of ballroom since Rodríguez left for New dancing include a free lesson. Finale York in 1950. Tonight, these stars on July 30th will include live band. finally follow suit, bringing their vin- tage Cuban sound. Lincoln Center Gerald W. Lynch Theater, Manhattan, NY www.lincolncenterfestival.org Concerts in the Park New York Philharmonic– Prospect Park, Presents: Fase Brooklyn, NY 8:00pm www.nyphil.org These all–Russian evenings give you the colorful classics you love,

25 including Rachmaninoff’s ravishing rap music, panel discussions, exhi- First Piano Concerto performed by bitions, parties, an award show, a 28–year–old sensation Joyce Yang, family–friendly block party, and a described by The New York Times as giant closing–day bash at Brook- “a knockout.” lyn Bridge Park. New York Public Library Central Park Conservancy Morris Park Library, 985 Morris Park East 110th Street Playground, Avenue, Bronx NY (718) 931–0636 Manhattan NY Smash or Trash Special Sandbox Kickoff Event: 4:00pm SPILL by Australian Dance Watched a movie that you want to Company Shaun Parker Inc. rave or diss? Is the newest CD trash 11:00am or a treasure? Did the book thrill you Combining quirky, dynamic dance or bore you to tears? Come join in with high energy street gymnastics, the discussion and tell us what you the dancers in this performance blaze think about stuff. a colorful trail across the structures and landscapes of the playground. The Beacon Theatre Each performance is unique, as the 2124 Broadway, Manhattan NY show scrambles around, over, under (212) 465–6500 and through swings, slides and Presents: Crosby, Stills and Nash roundabouts. Kids will love it, grown– The last time these folk–rock har- ups will love it too! monizers played the Beacon, they Sandbox Puppets performed their self–titled debut in its 2:00pm entirety. Expect a lot of those songs More event info online, here. and other sing–along boomer faves. Fore more info click here. Prospect Park Alliance Lefferts Historic House, Brooklyn, NY Madison Square Garden & (718) 287–3400 Center Wednesday Corps Presents Katy Perry 10:00am–1:00pm Tickets available online here. Nature Lovers, unite! Volunteer for crucial horticultural and maintenance Riverside Park Conservancy 105th Street Sand Volleyball Courts, projects around the park. Manhattan NY (212) 408–0296 Madison Square Park Teen Beach Volleyball Conservancy 5:00–7:00pm Madison and 23rd Street, Manhattan, NY Teens ages 13–17. For more event infomation, click here. Oval Lawn Series Presents: John Fullbright Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival 7:00–8:30pm Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn, NY Free outdoor concerts offer eclectic, Happening July 9th to July 12th. live music this summer in the park. Visit our website for more info. Celebrate Hip–Hop culture with

26 Battery Park City Parks NYC Parks Conservancy , West 44th Street and Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park, Manhattan, NY 12th Avenue, Manhattan, NY 11:00am–1:00pm RiverRocks featuring Wild Beasts Elements of Nature Drawing with Mutual Benefit Workshop 6:00–10:00pm 2014 marks Hudson River Park’s Battery Park City Parks RiverRocks 16th Season. RiverRocks is Conservancy among New York City’s quintessential South Cove at Second Place, free outdoor summer concert series Manhattan, NY and features established and break- 2:30–4:30pm ing artists performing at Pier 84. Figure al Fresco Adult Art. NYC Parks Battery Park City Parks Forest Park, Woodhaven Boulevard and Conservancy Forest Park Drive, Queens, NY 6 River Terrace, Manhattan, NY (718) 235–4100 (212) 276–9700 Bon Jersey: A Tribute to Art Portfolio Development Bon Jovi for Teens 7:30–9:00pm 10:00am–1:00pm Click for more park event info. Visit our website for pricing info. NYC Parks Varies THURSDAY, JULY 10th Shape up NYC For a complete list of Shape up NYC NYC Parks–Northern times & locations, click here. Queens Parks Buz O’Rourke Playground in Crocheron Bryant Park Park, Queens, NY (718) 352–4793 The Green, Manhattan, NY A Morning of Music with Darlene Kubb Graham 11:00am–7:00pm 10:30–11:30am Learn the Scandinavian lawn game, Come and enjoy an interactive and also known as Viking Chess, to win, exciting performance by Darlene Gra- knock over your opponent’s blocks ham. The music is a mix of folk and with wooden pins. Never played? We remixes of children’s songs. Please can teach you. bring a blanket or low chair. For more events visit our site. NYC Parks–Van Cortlandt Park Vernon Blvd btw Broadway and 30 Drive, Westchester County Line, btw Broadway & Queens, NY Jerome Avenues, Manhattan, NY Metropolitan Opera Summer EcoCrafts Recital Series: Lee, Costa– 11:00am–1:00pm Jackson, Wang & Saunders Recycle used stuff into new creations 7:00–8:00pm at Classic Playground. An enchanting evening of favorite

27 opera arias and duets featuring rising Lincoln Center Metropolitan Opera stars. Armory, Manhattan, NY www.lincolncenterfestival.org City Parks Foundation– 7:30pm SummerStage St. Mary’s Park, Btw St. Ann’s Avenue and The Passenger Jackson Avenue, Bronx, NY Concerts in the Park Domingo Quiñones in , Queens, NY association with La Mega www.nyphil.org 7:00–9:00pm Summer on the Hudson Lincoln Center Pier I, Riverside Park South, Manhattan NY Claire Tow Theater in Lincoln Center The- ater, Manhattan, NY Children’s Performance Series: Zinghoppers The Who & The What 10:30–11:30am 7:00pm For more information, click here. Part Pygmalion, part Busby Berkeley, part self–help lexicon, Stop Hitting New York Public Library Yourself borrows from the plots of Kingsbridge Library, 291 West 231st Street, Bronx, NY (718) 548–5656 1930’s musicals to dig deep into the contemporary conservative dilemma: 2:00pm how to honor steely individualism Owl Day with (LINC) Literacy Inc. without disavowing the virtue of New York Public Library charity –– all the while tap–dancing Washington Heights Library, 1000 St. around a queso fountain. Nicholas Avenue, Manhattan, NY (212) 923–6054 Lincoln Center Rose Theater–Lincoln Center Festival, Teen Tech Crew Manhattan, NY 4:00pm Play games, watch videos, surf the Heisei Nakamura–za web, update your Facebook page, 7:00pm and even do some homework. More info on our website. New York Public Library Lincoln Center Tottenville Library, 7430amboy Road, Damrosch Park Swing, Manhattan, NY Staten Island, NY (718) 984–0945 www.midsummernightswing.org Baby & Me Octavio Brunetti Tango 11:00am Orchestra Songs, books and fun for infants ages 6:30pm (dance lesson), 7:30pm (live music) 0–18 months along with a parent or A sultry night in July begs for a milon- caregiver. Meet other babies in the ga under the stars. Led by Brunetti, neighborhood! No pre–registration the respected Argentine pianist and required! tango master, New York’s finest Madison Square Park tangueros evoke the golden age of Conservancy the world’s most sensual dance. Oval Lawn, Broadway btw Madison Ave and East 23rd St to 26th Street, Manhattan NY (212) 538–1884

28 Madison Square Kids Presents: The best musicals on and off Broad- JazzReach presenting Ellington way showcase their hits, plus lots of 10:30–11:30am surprises from other Broadway shows. ELLINGTON uses the creative integra- tion of live music, live narration, and Central Park Conservancy numerous audience–participation East 110th Street Playground, Manhattan NY segments to introduce new genera- tions to a wide variety of Duke Elling- Special Sandbox Kickoff Event: ton’s broad array of musical achieve- SPILL by Australian Dance ments, from hit songs, to riffs, to Company Shaun Parker Inc. 11:00am extended suites and scores for stage Combining quirky, dynamic dance and screen. with high energy street gymnastics, The Public Theatre the dancers in this performance blaze Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette St, Manhattan, NY a colorful trail across the structures 10003 and landscapes of the playground. Nora York: Fables and Yarns Each performance is unique, as the 7:00pm show scrambles around, over, under More information on our site. and through swings, slides and roundabouts. Kids will love it, grown– BRIC–Celebrate Brooklyn! ups will love it too! Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn, NY 7:00pm, doors open at 6:00pmIllya Sandbox Puppet Kuryaki & The Valderrramas/ Choc 2:00pm Quib Town/ RVSB For more events, click here. BAM R&B Festival Concert Piper Theatre Productions 3rd Street btw 4th and 5th Avenues, Series Brooklyn NY 11215 (718) 768–3195 MetroTech Commons, Brooklyn NY More info on our site. Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson 8:00–9:30pm Fredericks Brown An exhilarating rock–n–roll look at one Waterfront Concert Series of our nation’s first populist idols: sev- , Great Lawn, btw Hell Gate enth president Andrew Jackson. The Bridge and Astoria Pool, Queens, NY musical recreates and reinvents the Strawberry Fields life of “Old Hickory” from his humble 7:30pm beginnings on the Tennessee frontier More event info online here. to his days as Commander–in–Chief. Free event. Metropolitan Stamp Show Holiday Inn Midtown, 440 West 57th Indie Music Festival Street, Manhattan, NY Hudson River Park, Manhattan NY 10:00am–12:00pm Doors open at 6:00pmWild Beasts & www.metroexpos.com Mutual Benefit & DJ Bill Pearls http://riverrocksnyc.com/ Broadway in Bryant Park Manhattan, NY 12:30–1:30pm

29 FRIDAY, JULY 11th pre–professional dancers of Ballet Hispanico’s second company BHdos bring the joy of dance and Latino NYC Parks St. Johns Recreation Center, 1251 Prospect culture to schools, communities and Place, Brooklyn, NY (718) 771–2787 corporations. Join BHdos as they lead Sit Aerobics an engaging dance performance in- 10:00–11:00am fluenced by and Latin America, A seated exercise class that raises featuring the impressive choreogra- your heart rate and improves balance, phy from the current Ballet Hispanico with minimal impact on joints. For repertory. adults and seniors. Recreation center Bryant Park membership is required. Visit the rec- The Green, btw 5th and 6th Avenue, West reation membership page for more 40th Street and West 42nd Street, Manhat- information. Go online for more info. tan NY NYC Parks Putting Green Poe Park, Visitor Center, 2640 Grand Con- 11:00am–7:00pm course, Bronx, NY (718) 365–5516 More events available online. Short Story Fiction/Non–Fiction Lincoln Center Writing Claire Tow Theater in Lincoln Center The- 1:30–3:00pm ater, Manhattan, NY Work on your fiction/non–fiction short The Who & The What story–writing with an established writ- 7:00pm er. Get to know your character and Part Pygmalion, part Busby Berkeley, create your scene. Use timed writing part self–help lexicon, Stop Hitting exercises to flesh out your story idea Yourself borrows from the plots of and develop an interesting character. 1930’s musicals to dig deep into the contemporary conservative dilemma: NYC Parks Varies how to honor steely individualism without disavowing the virtue of char- Shape up NYC ity –– all the while tap–dancing around For a complete list of Shape up NYC a queso fountain. times & locations, click here. Lincoln Center City Parks Foundation– Rose Theater–Lincoln Center Festival, SummerStage Manhattan NY St. Mary’s Park, btw Ann’s Avenue and Jackson Avenue, Bronx, NY Heisei Nakamura–za 7:00pm Ballet Hispanico’s BHdos/ For more information, click here. Master Class 7:00pm Lincoln Center Celebrating 43 years of dance and Damrosch Park Swing, Manhattan NY culture, Ballet Hispanico is recognized Casuarina as the nation’s premier Latino dance 6:30pm (dance lesson), organization. Handpicked by Artistic 7:30pm (live music) Director Eduardo Vilaro, the talented More info on our website.

30 Lincoln Center Seaport Music Festival Gerald W. Lynch Theater, Manhattan, NY 9:00am–6:00pm www.seaportmusicfestival.com Rosas danst Rosas 8:00pm BRIC–Celebrate Brooklyn! www.lincolncenterfestival.org Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn, NY Concerts in the Park Vote, It Ain’t Illegal Yet! Central Park, West 81st or 86th Streets at 7:30pm, gates open at 6:30pm Central Park West, Manhattan, NY Vote, It Ain’t Illegal Yet! honors the 8:00pm 50th anniversary of the landmark www.nyphil.org Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts of 1964 and 1965 with a moving and New York Public Library Parkchester Library, 1985 Westchester exciting combination of film, music, Avenue, Bronx, NY (718) 829–7830 and spoken word at the Prospect Park 2:00pm Bandshell. with Lynn Good Morning America’s New York Public Library Fun in the Sun 2014 Summer Kips Bay Library, 446 , Concert Series Manhattan, NY (212) 683–2520 Central Park, Rumsey Playfield 72nd Street Entrance, Manhattan NY Movie: The Little Drummer Girl 1:00pm Presents: Keith Urban 7:00–9:00am, suggested time New York Public Library to arrive is 6:00am New Dorp Library, 309 New Dorp Lane, Your Fridays just got even better. Staten Island NY (718) 351–2977 “Good Morning America” announced Read Aloud its 2014 “Fun in the Sun” Summer 2:00pm Concert Series lineup, packed with an More event info on our site. incredible mix of all the hottest names The Public Theatre in music today. Joe’s Rub, 425 Lafayette St, Manhattan, NY 11:30pm Central Park Conservancy East 110th Street Playground, Pam Ann: Fly Manhattan, NY The Public Theatre Special Sandbox Kickoff Event: Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette St, Manhattan, NY SPILL by Australian Dance 9:30pm Company Shaun Parker Inc. Wagons 11:00am Combining quirky, dynamic dance NYC Street Fairs with high energy street gymnastics, Broadway and Whitehall Street, the dancers in this performance blaze Manhattan NY a colorful trail across the structures 9:00am–6:00pm and landscapes of the playground. Green Park Fair Each performance is unique, as the NYC Street Fairs show scrambles around, over, under , Manhattan, NY and through swings, slides and round- abouts. Kids will love it, grown–ups will love it too!

31 Sandbox Puppets Bryant Park 2:00pm 40th Street Plaza, Manhattan, NY More information on our website. Kids Time– Game Social Amateur Astronomers 2:00–4:00pm More event info online. Association of New York Lincoln Center, North of Fountain, Manhattan, NY Summer on the Hudson West Harlem Piers Park, West 125th Street, 7:30pm–11:00pm Manhattan, NY Observing at Lincoln Center 1:00–4:00pm Amateur Astronomers Play Dates: AndyRoo Association of New York City Parks Foundation– Rose Park Hill, Bronx, NY SummerStage 8:00–10:00am St. Mary’s Park, Bronx, NY Observing in the Bronx Presents: Urban Bush Women/ Amateur Astronomers Master Class Association of New York 7:00pm , Manhattan, NY More information online. Observing at the Park City Parks Foundation– 8:30pm–12:00am SummerStage Visit our site for more information Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, Manhattan, NY SATURDAY, JULY 12th Presents: Babasonicos/ Juana Molina/ La Santa Cecilia in association with Latin NYC Parks Alternative Music Conference Forest Park Carousel, Queens, NY 3:00–7:00pm The Magic of Omar Olusion More information online. 2:00pm With over 15 years of experience, Lincoln Center Claire Tow Theater in Lincoln Center The- Omar’s funny and fresh approach ater, Manhattan, NY to magic is sure to leave everyone laughing and guessing. During each The Who & The What 2:00pm show, he asks for volunteers to help Part Pygmalion, part Busby Berkeley, him perform various magic tricks. part self–help lexicon, Stop Hitting Omar’s unique mix of creativity, pas- Yourself borrows from the plots of sion, amusement, and magic will keep 1930’s musicals to dig deep into the guests of all ages entertained! Visit contemporary conservative dilemma: our site here. how to honor steely individualism NYC Parks without disavowing the virtue of char- Varies ity –– all the while tap–dancing around a queso fountain. Shape up NYC For a complete list of Shape up NYC times & locations, click here.

32 Lincoln Center New York Public Library Gerald W. Lynch Theater, Manhattan, NY Huguenot Park Library, Staten Island, NY Rosas danst Rosas La Leche League of Staten Island 8:00pm 11:00pm www.lincolncenterfestival.org More events shown online. Lincoln Center The Village Voice Park Avenue Armory, Manhattan, NY South Street Seaport, Manhattan, NY www.lincolncenterfestival.org 7:30pm 4Knots Music Festival 1:00–8:00pm The Passenger Visit www.villagevoice.com Lincoln Center The Public Theatre Damrosch Park Swing, Manhattan, NY Joe’s Rub, 425 Lafayette St, Manhattan, NY Orchestra 10003 10th annual tribute to Illinois Jacquet 11:30pm with guest James Carter Pam Ann: Fly www.midsummernightswing.org BRIC–Celebrate Brooklyn! Lincoln Center Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn, NY Avery Fisher Hall, Manhattan, NY 7:30pm The Tsar’s Bride Alloy Orchestra: He who Gets 8:00pm Slapped/ Stephane Wrembel www.lincolncenterfestival.org MOCAFamily Lincoln Center 215 Centre Street, Manhattan, NY Damrosch Park Swing, Manhattan, NY (212)619–4785 Kids Dance Ink Experiments www.midsummernightswing.org 11:00am–12:30pm Visit our site for more info. New York Public West Farms Library, 2085 Honeywell Ave- nue, Bronx, NY (718)367–5376 Riverside Park Conservancy 72nd Street at the Hudson River, Bring Ur Snack! Manhattan, NY 2:30pm Kayaking on the Hudson Children are welcome to bring their 10:00am–5:00pm OWN snacks after school and eat More information online. them in the children’s reading room on the second floor. We do not pro- Broadway Barks vide the snacks. Schubert Alley, btw 44th Street and 45th Street, Broadway and 8th Avenue, Manhat- tan, NY New York Public Library 3:30pm–6:30pm Mid–Manhattan Library, For more info, click here. Manhattan, NY 2:00pm Festival Movie: Dial M for Murder Fourth Avenue btw 9th Street and 14th Streets, Manhattan, NY

33 City of Water Day Tai Chi 8:00–9:00am 10:00am–4:00pm Join Silvana Pizzuti to learn and prac- Visit our site to learn more. tice Tai Chi, a slow moving martial art with health benefits for all fitness Summer Festival levels. Broadway btw 47th and 57th Street, Manhattan, NY Summer on the Hudson 10:00am–6:00pm Pier I in Riverside Park South, Manhattan NY Amateur Astronomers Association of New York Amplified Sunday– Lincoln Center, Manhattan NY Orquestra SSC Observing 7:00–9:00pm 7:30pm–11:00pm Vibrantly danceable live music accompanied by spectacular sunsets SUNDAY, JULY 13th over the Hudson River! Queen Botanical Garden NYC Parks 42–80 Crommelin Street, Queens NY Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn NY Summer Electronic Waste Smorgasburg Recycling Event 11:00am–6:00pm 10:00am–4:00pm Join us Sundays at Brooklyn Bridge Join us for a summertime E–waste Park’s Pier 5 for another season of Event at QBG in partnership with Brooklyn’s best street food. From the Ecology Center. brisket to bulgogi and Burmese It’s the perfect way to responsibly noodles, to phatty beet sliders, fish dispose of all of your unwanted or and chips and farm–fresh ice cream, broken gadgets. Spread the word to there’s always something yummy for your friends and neighbors and let’s everyone. Come enjoy our food with all help keep our city clean! a view. Click here for more park event information. City Parks Foundation– SummerStage NYC Parks St. Mary’s Park, Brooklyn NY Varies 4:00–7:00pm Shape up NYC Bronx Family Day: David For a complete list of Shape up NYC Gonzalez’ Aesop Bops! / Funky times & locations, click here. Fables / Kids Junk Orchestra / Secret Agent 23 Skidoo Bryant Park 40th Street Plaza, Manhattan, NY Lincoln Center Claire Tow Theater in Lincoln Center The- 11:00am–7:00pm ater, Manhattan NY Games The Who & The What Summer on the Hudson 2:00pm & 7:00pm Riverside Park, Soldiers & Sailors Part Pygmalion, part Busby Berkeley, Monument, West 89th St & Riverside Drive, part self–help lexicon, Stop Hitting Manhattan, NY

34 Yourself borrows from the plots of Bastille Day Festival 1930’s musicals to dig deep into the French Day contemporary conservative dilemma: 60th Street btw 5th Avenue and Lexington how to honor steely individualism Avenue, Manhattan NY without disavowing the virtue of char- 12:00–5:00pm ity –– all the while tap–dancing around More event info online. a queso fountain. 52nd Street Fair 52nd Street from 6th to 7th Avenue, Lincoln Center Manhattan, NY Park Avenue Armory, Manhattan NY www.lincolncenterfestival.org 10:00am–4:00pm 7:30pm Storytelling at the Hans The Passenger Christian Andersen Statue near 72nd Street & Fifth Avenue in Central Lincoln Center Park, Manhattan NY Avery Fisher Hall, Manhattan, NY 11:00am The Tsar’s Bride The Nightingale 2:00pm www.lincolncenterfestival.org The Princess of Vermillion Path Lincoln Center Central Park Conservancy Gerald W. Lynch Theater, Manhattan, NY The Children’s Glade, West 103rd to West 106th Streets, Manhattan, NY 8:00pm Elena’s Aria Family Performance Festival: Bugaboo Review Puppet Show New York Public Library 12:00–1:30pm West Farms Library, 2085 Honeywell Some people think creepy crawlies Avenue, Bronx, NY are just plain gross. But if you look 2:30–4:30pm closely, every bug in the garden has Bring Ur Snack! a song to sing about the special job it does to help plants grow. Learn more New York Public Library Mid–Manhattan Library, Manhattan, NY about why it’s important to keep bugs 2:00pm alive through beautiful bug puppets and catchy, interactive songs in a Dial M for Murder Movie: range of styles in this fun and educa- New York Public Library tional show. Free! Huguenot Park Library, Staten Island, NY NY Philharmonic La Leche League of Staten Island College of Staten Island CUNY, 11:00pm Staten Island, NY For more information click here. 3:00pm NYC Street Fairs Free Indoor Concert in Staten Colonel’s Row, Brooklyn NY Island Rite of Summer presents to the World 1:00–3:00pm For more event info, go online.

35 MONDAY, JULY 14th East Side Revival Corps 10am–2:00pm Volunteers meet every week for clean- NY Philharmonic ing and greening on the Park’s east Central Park, Great Lawn, entrance on 81st or 86th Streets at Central Park West, side. More info online. Manhattan, NY For a complete list of NYC Parks events please visit our website. Concerts in the Park 8:00pm NYC Parks Varies HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival Shape up NYC Lawn, Manhattan, NY For a complete list of Shape up NYC 5:00pm times & locations, click here. New York Public Library Lincoln Center Soundview Library, 660 Soundview Gerald W. Lynch Theater, Manhattan, NY Avenue, Bronx NY 8:00pm Checkmate Chess Elena’s Aria 3:30pm–4:30pm New York Public Library TUESDAY, JULY 15th , Bronx, NY 6:00pm NYC Parks Mickey, Magic, and Mayhem: Varies Summertime Films at Jefferson Shape up NYC Market For a complete list of Shape up NYC New York Public Library times & locations, click here. New Dorp Library, 309 New Dorp Lane, Staten Island, NY NYC Parks Fort Tryon Park, Heather Garden, Cabri- Teen Café ni Boulevard & Ft. Washington Avenue, 2:00–4:00pm Manhattan, NY For more information, click here. Morning Fitness BRIC 7:30pm–8:30pm Ingersoll Community Center Exercise with a view, in natural sun- light, with green scenery all around All day event bestows health benefits that can’t be Community Dance Class with found indoors. Scientific studies have Ronald K. Brown/Evidence, a shown that the pleasure of being out- Dance Company doors for example gives your brain, Broadway Sings psyche, and immune system an extra Justin Timberlake boost. Visit www.54below.com or www.lepoisson- rouge.com for more information. Bryant Park Upper Terrace, Manhattan, NY Prospect Park (212)768–4242 Vale of Cashmere, near Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY

36 Yoga Join instructor Melissa Ricci, CPT, 10:00–11:00am PMA from Base Fitness® for a flowing, Perfect your downward dog under multi–level Pilates mat class that will the trees with YogaWorks instructors. tone and balance your muscles, align Mats provided by Athleta. Presented your body, strengthen your core and by Athleta. give you renewed energy! Lincoln Center New York Public Library David H. Koch Theater, Manhattan, NY Francis Martin Library, 2150 University Swan Lake Avenue, Bronx, NY (718) 295–5287 8:00pm Creation Station: Books and Art The love of Siegfried and his 2:00–3:00pm Swan Queen, Odette, is imperiled by The Librarian and the children will sinister, supernatural forces in one of create artwork based on that of a ballet’s most famous stories. Chore- famous artist and will adapt his or her ographer Yuri Grigorovich’s retelling work in a craft. In this month’s edition and Tchaikovsky’s lyrical music un- children will use the library’s vast art derline the magic and drama of this book collection to learn about visual timeless work. artist and Jackson Pollock. Lincoln Center Gerald W. Lynch Theater, Manhattan, NY New York Public Library 8:00pm Science, Industry & Business Library, 188 at 34th St, Manhattan, NY Bartok/ Mikrokosmos Self–Recruiter–Resume NY Philharmonic Renovation Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx, NY 12:00–1:30pm www.nyphil.org John Crant shows how making the Concerts in the Park– Van cuts necessary to be seen as a stand– Cortlandt Park out during your job search actually increases the value of the items on Summer on the Hudson Ten Mile River Playground in recreational your resume. area, Manhattan, NY (212) 408–0219 New York Public Library Ten Mile Classic in Riverside Park St. George Library Center, Staten Island NY 10:00am–5:00pm Come cheer basketball teams (ages Game on 12:00–6:00pm 11–13 and 14–16) and join us for the Come challenge your friends on the championship games on the last day XBox 360and PS3! of the tournament. Please call the number below to register a team Riverside Park Conservancy The Plaza at 66th Street, Manhattan, NY Summer on the Hudson (212)408–0219 The Plaza at 66th Street, Riverside Park South, Manhattan, NY Pilates–Mat Class 6:30pm Pilates in the Park 6:30pm–7:30pm

37 Madison Square Park Observing at the High Line Conservancy 7:30–9:30pm Manhattan, NY The High Line is a spectacular setting, with a very low horizon to the west. It Madison Square Kids: Mister G overlooks the Hudson River. 10:30–11:30am

Called a “kid–friendly bilingual rock star” by The Washington Post, is a WEDNESDAY, JULY 16th leading figure in the children’s music world. Madison Square Park Madison Square Park Conservancy Conservancy 23rd Street between Madison and Fifth Manhattan, NY Avenues, Manhattan, NY Celebrate Flatiron Chefs! Madison Square Music: Jacky 5:30–8:30pm Terrasson Quartet Celebrate Flatiron Chefs! is a celebra- 7:00–8:30pm tion of the best chefs and restaurants Prospect Park Alliance in the Mad. Sq. Park neighborhood. Lefferts Historic House & Audubon Center, More info online. Brooklyn, NY (718) 287–3400 10:00am–1:00pm City Parks Foundation– SummerStage Wednesday Corps , Queens, NY SummerScreen Ismael Miranda/ Rebel Tumbao/ McCarren Park, Bedford Avenue and Joe Claussell–Sacred Rhythm North 12th Street, Brooklyn, NY Music Presents: Zoolander 6:00–9:00pm 7:00pm Free show. SummerScreen is a free outdoor mov- Naumburg Orchestral ie series that takes place on Wednes- Concerts days in July and August in McCarren Central Park, Concert Ground, Manhattan, Park in Williamsburg. Doors open at NY 5:00p.m., with food vendors and live Orpheus Chamber Orchestra music. Films begin at sundown. 7:30pm Our 109th year of Free Concerts. Brookfield Place Waterfront Plaza, Manhattan, NY No tickets issued. 1,000 seats pro- vided on a first come first serve Lowdown Hudson Blues Festival: basis. [Weather dependent] Benches Sharon Jones & the Dap–Kings, No BS! Brass Brand around Concert Ground also avail- 6:00–10:00pm able. No rain dates, No rain location. Visit our website by clicking here. Free classical music, a service in harmony with our community. City Parks Foundation– SummerStage Amateur Astronomers Central Park, Manhattan, NY Association of NY Tenth Avenue and 14th Street, Manhattan, NY

38 Ballet Hispanico / A Palo Seco Summer on the Hudson 8:00–10:00am Pier I in Riverside Park South, www.ballethispanico.org Manhattan, NY www.apalosecoflamenco.com Pier I Picture Show presents City Parks Foundation– Back to the Future SummerStage 8:30–10:30pm Queensbridge Park, Queens, NY This year’s theme: Getting to know 7:00–9:00pm you! Riverside Park’s staff favorites. J. Holiday presented in This film was selected by Park Manag- association with WBLS er Ben Kramer. Pack a picnic and bring a friend to movie night on the pier. The Public Theater Open captioned. Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette St, Manhattan, NY Bombadil Lincoln Center Gerald W. Lynch Theater, Manhattan, NY 7:30pm More event information online. 8:00pm Bartok/ Mikrokosmos NYC Parks West Bronx Recreation Center, Bronx, NY Lincoln Center (718) 293–5934 David H. Koch Theater, Manhattan NY 6:00–9:00pm Swan Lake Wheelchair Basketball 8:00pm The love of Prince Siegfried and his Bryant Park 40th Street Plaza, Manhattan, NY Swan Queen, Odette, is imperiled by (212) 768–4242 sinister, supernatural forces in one of 10:00am–12:00pm ballet’s most famous stories. Choreog- rapher Yuri Grigorovich’s retelling and Early Bird Game Social Tchaikovsky’s lyrical music underline New York Public Library the magic and drama of this timeless Riverdale Library, 5540 Mosholu Avenue, work. Bronx, NY (718) 549–1212 1:00–2:00pm Dancing Under the Stars Little Bay Park, Queens, NY Book Discussion Group: The Yellow Birds Dancing 7:00–8:30pm New York Public Library Join us for an evening of ballroom George Blue Library, Children’s Room, 518 West 125th Street, Manhattan, NY dancing include a free lesson. 11:00am–5:30pm NYC Parks Board Games Varies Summer on the Hudson Shape up NYC The Plaza at 66th Street, Riverside Park For a complete list of Shape up NYC South, Manhattan, NY times & locations, click here. 6:30–7:30pm Salute to the Sun Yoga

39 THURSDAY, JULY 17th Baby & Me 11:00am NYC Parks Songs, books and fun for infants ages George Seuffert Bandshell, Forest Park, 0–18 months along with a parent or Woodhaven Blvd & Forest Park Drive, caregiver. Meet other babies in the Queens, NY neighborhood! No pre–registration 7:30pm–9:00pm required! Blondes Have More Fun: A Rod Stewart Tribute NYC Parks Varies Bryant Park Fountain Terrace, Manhattan, NY (212) Shape up NYC 768–4242 For a complete list of Shape up NYC times & locations, click here. Tai Chi 10:00–11:00am Summer on the Hudson Ten Mile River Playground, Recreational New York Public Library Area, Manhattan, NY (212) 408–0219 Pelham Bay Library, 3060 Middletown Road, Bronx, NY Ten Mile Classic 10:00am–5:00pm Series: Google Drive & Come cheer basketball teams (ages Google Docs 11–13 and 14–16) and join us for the 10:30am–12:00pm championship games on the last day Learn how to create, edit and share of the tournament. Please call the online documents using Google’s number below to register a team. ever–evolving word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and calen- Summer on the Hudson dar programs. Pier I Riverside Park South, Manhattan, NY 10:30–11:30am New York Public Library Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Marga- Children’s Performance Series: ret Leibman Berger Forum, Bronx, NY Shine & the Moonbeams Discuss Great Books in Great More information online. Space Madison Square Park 2:00–3:30pm Monthly book discussions to explore Conservancy Manhattan, NY titles you’ve been meaning to read, or Oval Lawn–(212)538–1884 reread, and discuss with other lovers 10:30–11:30am of literature. Participants should read Madison Square Kids: Bari Koral each title before the discussion. Bari Koral is a beloved family recording This month’s title is The Scarlet Letter artist and educator in New York City. by Nathaniel Hawthorne Lincoln Center New York Public Library David H. Koch Theater, Manhattan, NY Tottenville Library, 7430amboy Road, Staten Island, NY Swan Lake 8:00pm The love of Prince Siegfried and his Swan Queen, Odette, is imperiled by

40 sinister, supernatural forces in one of Forever Ray ballet’s most famous stories. 7:30pm CALDC invites you to come out and Staten Island Recreation celebrate an amazing tribute to Ray Greenbelt Recreation Center in Blood Root Valley, 501 Brielle Avenue, Charles. Staten Island, NY Broadway in Bryant Park Rock Your Seat The Lawn, Manhattan, NY 12:00–1:00pm 12:30–1:30pm Experience the sound of music as More event info available online. you work out to the beat without leaving your seat. This class which takes place in a seated position FRIDAY, JULY 18th will increase upper body range of motion, develop strength, and tone. The New York Botanical Recreation Center membership is Garden required to participate. 2900 Southern Blvd, Bronx, NY City Parks Foundation– Weird, Wild & Wonderful SummerStage 10:00am Queensbridge Park, Queens, NY In homage to the beauty of the bo- tanical world’s most bizarre flora, the 7:00–9:00pm New York Botanical Garden invited Mobb Deep in association with members of the American Society of Lyricist Lounge Botanical Artists to participate in a Brookfield Place study of the eccentric, creating works Waterfront Plaza, Manhattan, NY of art based on visually unusual plants Lowdown Hudson Blues Festival: chosen by the artists themselves. Sharon Jones & the Dap–Kings, No BS! Brass Brand Lincoln Center David H. Koch Theater, Manhattan, NY 6:00–10:00pm More information on our website. Swan Lake 8:00pm BRIC Arts–Celebrate The love of Prince Siegfried and his Brooklyn! Swan Queen, Odette, is imperiled by Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn, NY sinister, supernatural forces in one of Shen Wei Dance ballet’s most famous stories. Chore- 8:00pm ographer Yuri Grigorovich’s retelling www.bricartsmedia.org and Tchaikovsky’s lyrical music un- BAM R&B Festival derline the magic and drama of this MetroTech Commons, Brooklyn, NY timeless work. Presents: Third World Visit our website for ticket prices. http://www.bam.org/metrotech/ Waterfront Concert Series Astoria Park Great Lawn, btw Hell Gate Bridge and Astoria Pool, Queens, NY

41 West Harlem Piers Park Class, 8:00pm Performances Hudson River Greenway, West 125th Harambee Dance Company pulls Street, Manhattan, NY together the essence of African and Summer on the Hudson: Harlem African–American dance and music presenting it from an innovative and 6:00–7:00pm exciting new contemporary perspec- DVP presents Solstice Steps, a perfor- tive. mance featuring special guests, for two performances Amateur Astronomer’s Association of New York Summer on the Hudson: Lincoln Center, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, Movies on the Green Manhattan, NY Riverside Park South, Pier 1 Observing at Lincoln Center (Riverside drive btw. 65th St. and 72nd St.), 8:30pm–11:00pm Manhattan, NY Observation of the Moon, Jupiter, “Grand Illusion” by Jean Renoir and Saturn. 8:00pm –10:30pm The Cultural Services of the French Asser Levy Recreation Center Embassy and NYC Parks & Recreation Chelsea Recreation Center, 430 West 25th Street, Manhattan, NY present the 7th annual outdoor Films on the Green Festival featuring classic Zumba and contemporary French films. 10:00–11:00am Join us for aerobic exercise classes Bryant Park that combine Latin and African dance Upper Terrace, Manhattan, NY movements. Luiz Simas–Brazilian & American Brasil Summerfest Genres of Jazz Prospect Park Bandshell 12:30–2:30pm Brazilian/American pianist Luiz Simas Bebel Gilberto/ Vinicius is a versatile performer who feels to- Cantuaria/Netsayi tally at ease with both the music of his 7:00pm Brazilian musical royalty comes to native and the American genres the Bandshell in the form of BEBEL of jazz, and stride. GILBERTO. The evening begins with a Good Morning America set of contemporary African folk from Concert Series the exquisite Zimbabwean singer Central Park–Rumsey Playfield NETSAYI. Presents: Zedd 7:00am–9:00am Battery City Parks DJ Zedd performs as part of this free Conservancy concert series. Esplanade Plaza Tai Chi Workshop City Parks Foundation– 8:30–9:30am SummerStage Increase physical balance, strength, Queensbridge Park, Queens, NY and mental focus with expert Alex Harambee Dance Company Hing. No experience is necessary! 7:00pm All Levels Open Dance Master

42 SATURDAY, JULY 19th Conveyor: Prime Record Release 11:30pm Tickets and event info on our site. Brooklyn Bridge Park 334 Furman Street, Brooklyn, NY New York Public Library Shakespeare at Sunset: Taming of Van Nest Library, 2147 Barnes Avenue, the Shrew Bronx, NY (718) 829–5864 7:00pm Reel Kids–Children’s Films Free performance of Taming of the 2:00pm Shrew by the Dumbo based Random Access Theater. New York Public Library George Bruce Library, Auditorium, 518 West 125th Street, Manhattan, NY (212) NYC Parks 662–9727 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY I am an Artist Greenmarket 1:00pm 8:00am–4:00pm Artistic Dreams International and the At what other market can you do all New York Public Library are inviting your food shopping, sample local children ages 7 to 12 to join the Ar- wine, and take walk in Prospect Park? tistic Dreams FREE Art/Mixed Media Open since 1989, Grand Army Plaza Workshop! is the flagship Brooklyn market. EBT/ Food Stamps and WIC & Senior FMNP New York Public Library coupons accepted year–round. New Dorp Library, 309 New Dorp Lane, Staten Island, NY (718) 351–2977 NYC Parks Family Film: The Frog Prince Varies 2:00–4:00pm Shape up NYC Iria is a beautiful princess who has For a complete list of Shape up NYC consistently turned down every times & locations, click here. hopeful suitor in the kingdom. Nearing 18, everyone fears her ex- Bryant Park The Green, Manhattan, NY ceedingly finicky heart will keep her unwed and keep the kingdom from Putting Green its future heir. 40 minutes. 11:00am–7:00pm Practice your technique, perfect Amateur Astronomers your distance and speed, or bring Association of NY the kids to play on the green, all free Lincoln Center, Manhattan, NY of charge. Golf balls and clubs are Observing at Lincoln Center provided. 8:30pm–11:00pm We observe at the plaza, north of the The Public Theater Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette St, Manhattan, NY fountain.. We observe only the Moon, Jupiter, and Saturn. The buildings Champagne Jerry surrounding the plaza require us to 9:30pm move the equipment several times The Public Theater during each session. Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette St, Manhattan, NY

43 Amateur Astronomers Astor Place Festival Association of NY Astor Place btw Lafayette and Broadway, , Bronx, NY Manhattan, NY Solar Observing Block Party 11:00am–1:00pm Sara D. Roosevelt Park, Chrystie Street, The Amateur Astronomers Associa- Manhattan, NY tion of NY is happy to announce that 12:00–5:00pm solar astronomy observing sessions More event info available online. will now regularly be hosted in the Bronx at Orchard Beach. Orchard Amsterdam Avenue Festival Amsterdam Avenue btw and Beach is a public beach in the bor- 106th Street, Manhattan, NY ough of the Bronx in New York City. 11:00am–5:00pm The beach is part of and is situated on the western end of ProjectLIMB Governor’s Island, Colonels Row, Sound. Manhattan, NY www.govisland.com BRIC–Celebrate Brooklyn! www.projectlimb.net Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn, NY 7:30pm Governor’s Island Deltron 3030/Nomadic Massive Parade Ground 11:00am–5:00pm Lincoln Center David H. Koch Theater, Manhattan, NY Come out and Play Field Day and Family Day Swan Lake The love of Prince Siegfried and his Swan Queen, Odette, is imperiled by SUNDAY, JULY 20th sinister, supernatural forces in one of ballet’s most famous stories. Chore- Lincoln Center ographer Yuri Grigorovich’s retelling David H. Koch Theater, Manhattan, NY and Tchaikovsky’s lyrical music un- Swan Lake derline the magic and drama of this 2:00pm timeless work. The love of Prince Siegfried and his Swan Queen, Odette, is imperiled by City Parks Foundation– sinister, supernatural forces in one of SummerStage ballet’s most famous stories. Chore- Central Park, Manhattan, NY ographer Yuri Grigorovich’s retelling 7:00–10:00pm and Tchaikovsky’s lyrical music un- Lenine & Martin Fondse derline the magic and drama of this Orchestra: The Bridge/ Maira timeless work. Freitas/ DJ Tutu Moraes Visit our site for ticket prices. in association with Brasil Summerfest Riverside Park Conservancy Ticket and event info online here. Riverside Park (Riverside drive btw. 65th St. and 72nd St.) Manhattan, NY 8th Avenue Festival 8th Avenue btw 14th Street and 23rd Street, Manhattan, NY

44 Summer on the Hudson: Lincoln Center Kayaking on the Hudson Damrosch Park Bandshell, Amsterdam Ave 10:00am –5:00pm and West 62nd Street, Manhattan, NY Join The Downtown Boathouse for 20– A Memorial Concert for Pete and minute instructional paddles. Please Toshi Seeger wear a bathing suit or shorts and a t– 4:00pm shirt, and know how to swim. An all–star line–up of family and friends gathers to remember these Bryant Park leaders in and activism. Le Carrousel in Bryant Park, Manhattan, NY Le Carrousel Magique MRket 1:00pm –2:00pm Jacob Javits Center Hall 3A, 655 W 34th Alakazam! Our ace Magicians return St, Manhattan, NY with tricks up their sleeves and feats New York Summer MRket Show that razzle–dazzle. 9:00am–6:00pm A global fashion trade show for dis- SummerStage Presents cerning menswear brands. Central Park, Manhattan, NY Catalan Sounds on Tour 3:00pm Recreation Center Free performances from Spain Based 3225 Reservoir Oval East, Bronx NY Acts Mishima, Txarango, and Head- Zumba birds. 10:00am–11:00am Join us for aerobic exercise classes Riverside Park Conservancy that combine Latin and African dance Soldiers’ and Sailors Monument Plaza, movements. Riverside Drive and West 89th Street, Manhattan, NY Prospect Park Tai Chi Lefferts Historic House, 2nd Floor, 8:00am Brooklyn, NY Join Silvana Pizzuti to learn and Tours practice Tai Chi, a slow moving martial 12:30–5:30pm art with health benefits for all fitness Join the Prospect Park Alliance to levels. view interesting relics from 19th–cen- tury family life and walk into a fully Rio de Brazil Block Party furnished 1820s bedroom. 46th Street between 6th and 7th Avenue, Manhattan, NY MONDAY, JULY 21st 10:00am–4:00pm Captive Nations Parade NYC Parks 5th avenue between 59 and 72nd Street, Asser Levy Recreation Center, Asser Levy Manhattan, NY Playground, Manhattan, NY 9:00am–12:00pm Chair Yoga Broadway Movie Day Festival 10:00–11:00am Broadway between 47th Street and 7th Street, Manhattan, NY 11:00am–6:00pm

45 NYC Parks 92nd Street Y– Jazz Festival Varies 92Y, and 92nd Street, Manhattan, NY Shape up NYC For a complete list of Shape up NYC More event info on our website. times & locations, click here. BRIC Benefit Concert– Celebrate Brooklyn! Bryant Park Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn, NY 40th Street Plaza, Manhattan, NY Chess & Backgammon Neutral Milk Hotel 7:00pm 11:00am–7:00pm Game boards, including chess and Tickets and event info online. backgammon, are available for a The Public Theater small few. Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette St, Manhattan, NY City Parks Foundation– Mary McBride SummerStage 7:30pm, doors open at 6:00pm Rumsey Play, Central Park, Manhattan, NY 6:00–10:00pm Madison Square Park New Songs of Justice: An evening Conservancy 5th Ave & Broadway, 23rd Street, honoring Pete Seeger featuring Manhattan, NY Amanda Palmer/ Anti–Flag/ Toni Blackman/ The Chapin Sisters/ Rebel Alex & the Kaleidoscope Band 10:30–11:30am Diaz/ Steve Earle/ Sarah L. G./ Johnny Alex & the Kaleidoscope Band’s I./ James M./ Mike & Ruthy concerts are an electrifying, com- HBO Bryant Park Summer munal experience! Expect hand Film Festival clapping, foot stomping, world–mu- The Lawn, Manhattan, NY sic infused rhythms alongside emo- 5:00–11:00pm tional that provide More event information available precious bonding opportunities for online, click here. parent and child to get lost in the TUESDAY, JULY 22nd magic of the music. Lincoln Center Amateur Astronomers David. H. Koch Theater, Manhattan, NY Association of NY Don Quixote 10th Avenue and 14th Street, 2:00pm & 8:00pm Manhattan, NY The exploits of Cervantes’s legend- Observing at the High Line ary hero in search of his perfect 7:30pm–9:30pm love are seen in a critically ac- The High Line is a spectacular setting, claimed staging by Alexei Fadeye- with a very low horizon to the west. It chev. Featuring dazzling costumes overlooks the Hudson River. re–created from historic sketches, this is classic Bolshoi, teeming with Naumburg Orchestral Concerts life and set to a cadence of - Concert Ground, Central Park, Manhattan, NY nets and tambourines. The Knights 7:30pm

46 NYC Parks New York Public Library Poe Park, Visitor Center, 2640 Grand St. George Library Center, Lower Level, 5 Concourse, Bronx, NY Central Avenue, Staten Island, NY Meditation Class Game on 1:00–1:45pm 12:00–6:00pm Join us and learn some basic hatha yoga techniques to initiate relaxation. Summer on the Hudson Riverside Park, Soldiers & Sailors Mon- Learn how to influence changes ument, West 89th & Riverside Drive, within our physical and emotional Manhattan responses to stress. Focus will be on Tai Chi breathing, sound, and mindfulness, 8:00–9:00am for more click. Join Silvana Pizzuti to learn and practice Tai Chi, a slow moving NYC Parks Varies martial art with health benefits for all fitness levels. Shape up NYC For a complete list of Shape up NYC Summer on the Hudson times & locations, click here. Riverside Park South, Manhattan, NY Bryant Park Let’s Dance Upper Terrace, Manhattan, NY 6–9:30pm Learn to dance like a pro at these sal- 1:30–3:00pm sa, cha–cha, and bachata lessons and Knitting group social dances led by master New York Public Library teachers from the Piel Canela Dance West Farms Library, 2085 West Farms and Music School and featuring DJ Library, Bronx, NY (718) 367–5376 Ray Colon. Groove: Karaoke! 2:30–4:00pm Summer on the Hudson Riverside Park, Meeting Point, Get up in front of the crowd and show Manhattan, NY off your star power. Break out new lyr- ics or add your twist to an old favorite. Kayaking on the Hudson 10:00am–5:00pm New York Public Library Join The Downtown Boathouse for Science, Industry and Business Library, 20–minute instructional paddles. CR 018, Manhattan, NY Please wear a bathing suit or shorts InterviewCoach 24–7 and a t–shirt, and know how to swim. 12:00–1:30pm Weather permitting. No registration You will learn how to show that you required. If you would like to volun- are absolutely necessary. Once you teer please visit our website. understand today’s interview process, and the land mines getting through it, you will understand how to show an organization your “value add”, substantially increasing your chance of getting the job offer you want.

47 WEDNESDAY, JULY 23rd Salute to the Sun Yoga 6:30–7:30pm NYC Parks End your day with relaxing Hatha Little Bay Park, Cross Island Pkwy btw yoga in a beautiful sunset setting. Utopia & Totten Avenue, Queens, NY Suitable for all fitness levels. Please 5:30–6:30pm wear loose, comfortable clothing and Zumba bring your own mat. NYC Parks–Forest Park Summer on the Hudson Forest Park, Elton Street & Avenue, Pier I in Riverside Park South, Queens, NY (718)235–4100 Manhattan, NY Sister Rain and Brother Sun Pier I Picture Show presents 6:00–7:00pm Harold & Maude When Sister Rain becomes jealous of 8:30–10:30pm Brother Sun and stops watering the This year’s theme: Getting to Know Earth, Mother Nature and the audi- You! Riverside Park’s staff favorites. ence must join forces to save the day. This film was selected by Director of Presented by Catskill Puppet Theatre Programming Zhen Heinemann. Pack and sponsored by Council Member a picnic, bring a friend and settle in Rafael Espinal. for movie night on the pier. NYC Parks SummerScreen Varies McCarren Park, Bedford Avenue and North 12 Street, Brooklyn, NY Shape up NYC For a complete list of Shape up NYC Presents: Cry–Baby times & locations, click here. 7:00pm SummerScreen is a free outdoor mov- Bryant Park ie series that takes place on Wednes- Fountain Terrace, 6th Avenue and 41st days in July and August in McCarren Street, Manhattan, NY Park in Williamsburg. Doors open After Work Music at 5:00p.m., with food vendors and 6:00–7:00pm live music. Films begin at sundown. In Cry–Baby, a bad–boy in 1950s Bal- Summer on the Hudson timore with a heart of gold wins the 71st Street Soccer Field & Basketball Courts, Manhattan, NY love of a good–girl, whose boyfriend sets out for revenge. Tots Soccer & Pee Wee Basketball Dancing Under the Stars 9:30am–11:30am Little Bay Park, Queens, NY All little ones (5 and under) are wel- (718) 352–4793 ext. 301 come at this introduction to soccer 7:00–8:30pm and basketball. Join us for an evening of ballroom dancing which includes a free les- Summer on the Hudson son. Finale on July 30th will include Riverside Park South, Plaza at 66th Street, Manhattan, NY live band.

48 Lincoln Center Lincoln Center David. H. Koch Theater, Manhattan, NY Park Avenue Armory, Manhattan, NY Don Quixote The Passenger 2:00pm & 8:00pm 7:30pm The exploits of Cervantes’s legendary www.lincolncenterfestival.org hero in search of his love are seen in a New York Public Library critically acclaimed staging by Alexei Huguenot Park Library, Staten Island, NY Fadeyechev. Featuring dazzling cos- La Leche League of Staten Island tumes re–created from historic sketch- 11:00pm es, this is classic Bolshoi, teeming with life & set to a cadence of castanets & Amateur Astronomers tambourines. Association of New York Lincoln Center, Manhattan, NY BRIC Benefit Concert– Observing Celebrate Brooklyn! 7:30–11:00pm Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn NY Bryant Park Neutral Milk Hotel 40th Street Plaza, Manhattan, NY 7:00pm Tickets and event info online here. Kids Time– Game Social 2:00–4:00pm Shakespeare in the Park Delacorte Theater in Central Park NYC Parks Varies King Lear 8:00pm Shape up NYC For a complete list of Shape up NYC Madison Square Park times & locations, click here. Conservancy Madison Square Kids presents: Prospect Park Vale of Cashmere, near Grand Army Plaza, Jon Cleary Brooklyn, NY 7:00–8:30pm Jon Cleary is a seasoned and East Side Revival Corps R&B pianist, vocalist and songwriter 10:00am–2:00pm based in New Orleans Volunteers meet every week for cleaning and greening on the Park’s NY Philharmonic east side. Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater FRIDAY, JULY 25th Bravo! Vail: Copland and Gershwin 6:00pm St. John’s Recreation Center 1251 Prospect Place, Brooklyn, NY THURSDAY, JULY 24th Sit Aerobics 10:00–11:00am Lincoln Center Gerald W. Lynch Theater, Manhattan, NY Rosas danst Rosas 8:00pm www.lincolncenterfestival.org

49 Bryant Park Lincoln Center–Mostly Mozart Ping Pong Court, Near 42nd Street and Festival 6th Avenue, Manhattan NY Hearst Plaza, Manhattan NY Ping Pong www.mostlymozart.org 11:00am–7:00pm Sila: The Breath of the World Test your ping pong skills at one of In the Inuit tradition, Sila is the two state–of–the–art tables. Bring spirit that animates all things—the a friend, or sign up with our park wind, the weather, and all forces attendant, who can arrange a friendly of nature. In Adams’s piece, com- game. Paddles & balls provided free posed specifically to be heard out of of charge to all skill levels. doors, musicians and listeners alike are encouraged to move about the Summer on the Hudson performance space freely. West Harlem Piers, 130th Street and Mar- ginal Street, Manhattan, NY Lincoln Center Lunchtime Listen with Geo David H. Koch Theater, Manhattan, NY Wyeth Spartacus 12:00–1:00pm 8:00pm Enjoy the sounds of multi–instrumen- www.lincolncenterfestival.org tal singer/songwriter Geo Wyeth on the waterfront. Bring a bag of yum- Good Morning America’s mies and eat lunch while drinking in Fun in the Sun 2014 Summer the reverberations. Concert Series Central Park, Rumsey Playfield 72nd Street NYC Parks Entrance, Manhattan, NY Varies Presents: Kings of Leon Shape up NYC 7:00–9:00am, suggested time to For a complete list of Shape up NYC arrive is 6:00am times & locations, click here. Your Fridays just got even better. “Good Morning America” announced Queens County Farmhouse its 2014 “Fun in the Sun” Summer Museum Concert Series lineup, packed with an Museum in Queens Farm Park, 73–50 Little incredible mix of all the hottest names Neck Pkwy, Manhattan, NY in music today. 36th Annual Thunderbird American Indian Mid–Summer TODAY Concert Series PowWow 49th Street and Rockefeller Plaza, 6:00–10:00pm Manhattan, NY New York City’s oldest and largest Presents: One Republic pow wow will feature three days of intertribal Native American dance The Public Theater competitions to which the public is Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette St, Manhattan, NY invited. Gates open at 6:00p.m. on Brasil Summerfest presents Friday; and 10:00a.m. on Saturday Monday Michiru and Sunday. The Friday performance 9:30pm will take place from 7:00p.m. to 10:00p.m.

50 The Public Theater Lincoln Center Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette St, Manhattan, NY David H. Koch Theater, Manhattan The Hot Sardines Spartacus 7:00pm 8:00pm Event info available online. Yuri Grigorovich’s , set to Khachaturian’s lush score, is BRIC–Celebrate Brooklyn! painted in bold, broad strokes and Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn, NY has long been a favorite of ballet fans Amandla: A Revolution in Four– around the world. Part Harmony Neo Muyanga Visit our website for ticket prices & William Kentridge’s Second– Hand Reading Hearst Plaza 7:30pm Manhattan, NY More event information online. Sila: The Breath of the World 6:00pm Grand Central John Luther Adams’s Sila. Musicians 41st Street btw Lexington and 3rd Avenue, Manhattan, NY and listeners alike are encouraged to 10:00am–4:00pm move about the performance space freely. Antique Jewelry and Watch Show Avery Fisher Hall Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th 10 Lincoln Center, Manhattan, NY Street, Manhattan, NY Mostly Mozart Festival More information on our website. Orchestra: Free Preview Concert Amateur Astronomers 7:30pm Louis Langrée leads the acclaimed Association of NY Lincoln Center, Manhattan, NY Festival Orchestra in the first Mozart of the season, his Overture to Don Observing Giovanni. 8:30–11:00pm www.aaa.org/calendar Summer on the Hudson SATURDAY, JULY 26th Riverside Park South, Pier 1 (Riverside drive btw. 65th St. and 72nd St.), Manhat- tan, NY Fort Tryon Park Heather Garden, Fort Tryon Park, Children’s Performance Series Manhattan, NY 10:30–11:30am Enjoy music, storytelling & theater for Morning Fitness at Fort young audiences up to age 7. Tryon Park 7:30–8:30am Bryant Park For a breath of fresh air, take your Bryant Park, Northeast Corner of Lawn, workouts outdoors. Manhattan, NY For a complete list of NYC Park events please visit www.nycgovparks.org/ events/

51 Bryant Park Moves with Manhattan’s favorite artisan market Limón Dance is back for a fifth season of amazing 10:00–11:00am vintage finds, artisan creations and This class, now in its delicious local food. fourth year, is led by dancers from the world–renowned Limón Dance SUNDAY, JULY 27th Company. NYC Parks–NY Restoration Amateur Astronomer’s Project Association of New York , 190th Street and Amster- Lincoln Center, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, dam Avenue, Manhattan NY Manhattan, NY 10:30am–1:00pm Observing at Lincoln Center Forest Crew 8:30–11:00pm Observation of the Moon, Jupiter, and NYC Parks Varies Saturn. Shape up NYC BRIC–Celebrate Brooklyn! For a complete list of Shape up NYC Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn, NY times & locations, click here. Benefit Concert: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Bryant Park 40th Street Plaza, Manhattan, NY 7:00pm Following a wildly captivating—and Kids Time: Game Social completely sold out—North American 2:00–4:00pm tour in early 2013, Nick Cave & The Join us at our all new weekly Game Bad Seeds return to the U.S. in the Socials to meet up with like–minded summer of 2014 to take care of some players interested in the same games unfinished business. as you. Riverside Park Conservancy Queens County Farmhouse 72nd Street at the Hudson River, Museum Manhattan, NY Museum in Queens Farm Park, 73–50 Little Neck Pkwy, Queens, NY Kayaking on the Hudson 10:00am –5:00pm 36th Annual Thunderbird Join the Manhattan Community Boat- American Indian Mid–Summer house for a paddle on the Hudson. Pow–Wow 6:00–10:00pm Lexington Avenue Festival New York City’s oldest and largest Lexington Avenue, 42nd –52nd Street, pow–wow will feature three days of Manhattan, NY inter–tribal Native American dance 11:00 –6:00pm competitions to which the public is A variety of activities for the whole invited. family. Summer on the Hudson Hester Street Fair Pier I Riverside Park Conservancy, Manhat- Corners of Hester and Essex Streets (F tan, NY Train to East Broadway) 11:00am –6:00pm

52 Amplified Sundays: The Harlem Week Defibulators For a list of events please visit us 7:00–9:00pm online at: www.harlemweek.com/cal- Vibrantly danceable live music endar–of–events/ accompanied by spectacular sunsets over the Hudson River! Upper Broadway Summerfest Enjoy some foot–stomping country Broadway btw 60th and 65th Street, Man- hattan, NY with a Rock & Roll attitude. Madison Avenue Summer Fair City Parks Foundation– Madison Avenue btw 42nd Street and 57th SummerStage Street, Manhattan, NY Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, Manhat- 10:00am–6:00pm tan, NY 3:00–7:00pm MONDAY, JULY 28th Rocky Steady Crew 37th Anniversary Concert St. Mary’s Recreation Center St. Ann’s Avenue and 145th Street, Bronx, Lincoln Center NY David H. Koch Theater, Manhattan, NY Shape Up NYC: Chair Aerobics 2:00pm 9:30am –10:30am Spartacus A seated workout that raises the heart www.lincolncenterfestival.org rate & improves balance, with minimal impact on joints. Queens Botanical Garden Bryant Park 43–50 Main Street, Queens NY (718) Upper Terrace Gravel, Bryant Park, Man- 886–3800 hattan, NY Music in the Garden: Alicia Beginner Italian Language Class Svigals and Friends–Klezmer 11:45am 12:30pm Band! Learn a new language in these stand- 6:15–7:45pm alone beginner classes. Pack a picnic snack to enjoy on the For a complete list of Bryant Park Oak Allée and feel free to dance to events please visit us online. the Eastern European strains of her exuberant music. BRIC BRIC Arts | Media House, 647 , The Public Theater Brooklyn, NY Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette Street, Manhat- tan, NY Community Dance Class with Ronald K. Brown/Evidence, A 7:00pm Dance Company Cynthia Hopkins 6:00pm –7:30pm All ages and skill levels are welcome Central Astoria Broadway btw Steinway and 47th Street, to join us for a series of Community Manhattan, NY Dance Classes taught by Ronald K. Brown and members of his company, 114th Precinct Civilian Observation Patrol Street Fair Evidence, A Dance Company. 12:00pm www.centralastoria.org

53 SummerStage 7:30–8:30am Central Park, Manhattan Tai Chi and Eternal Spring are instruct- ed by members of the Tai Chi Chuan SummerStage Presents: John Center. Open to all ages and experi- Leguizamo’s Ghetto Klown 8:00pm ence levels. Emmy Award winner John Leguizamo Madison Square Park performs as part of this free concert Conservancy series. Oval Lawn, Madison Square Park, Manhat- tan, NY (212) 538–1884 Bryant Park Bryant Park Lawn, Manhattan Madison Square Kids presents: Moona Luna HBO Bryant Park Summer Film 10:30–11:30am Festival Moona Luna is the kindie group that 5:00pm –11:00pm The New York Daily News says is Classic films under the stars on the providing “the missing soundtrack for big screen. bilingual/bicultural kids.” NYC Parks Varies Summer on the Hudson The plaza at 66th street, Riverside Park Shape up NYC South, Manhattan, NY TUESDAY, JULY 29th Pilates in the Park 6:30–7:30pm Join instructor Melissa Ricci, CPT, NYC Parks Van Cortlandt Park, Indian Field Comfort PMA from Base Fitness® for a flowing, Station, Bronx, NY multi–level Pilates mat class that will tone and balance your muscles, align Painting: Mornings your body, strengthen your core and 9:30am Soft morning light catches certain give you renewed energy! moisture in the air and there’s a quiet City Parks Foundation– that helps to focus the artists’ gaze. SummerStage Artist Gerry McCleave will guide the , Staten Island, NY group’s painting. We provide paints, brushes and more. You bring a light Felix Hernandez Rhythm Revue 7:00–9:00pm folding chair. Registration required. Felix Hernandez is in the business of Costs $10.00. remembering the good ol’ days. Felix NYC Parks Hernandez will rock the crowd once Varies again at SummerStage again with Shape up NYC his mix of soul, Motown, funk, salsa For a complete list of Shape up NYC and disco dance classics. Bring your times & locations, click here. dancing shoes. Bryant Park City Parks Foundation– 6th Avenue and 41st Street, Manhattan, NY SummerStage Rumsey Playfield in Central Park, Manhat- Tai Chi tan, NY (212) 360–1399

54 Conor Oberst w/ special guest Little Red’s Hood Dawes 6:00–7:00pm 7:00–10:00pm Enjoy this enchanting classic fairy tale New York City–based singer–songwrit- with a modern twist. er from Omaha, Nebraska. Presented by Puppets in the Park and sponsored by City Parks Foundation. City Parks Foundation– SummerStage NYC Parks Park Amphitheater, Man- Varies hattan, NY Shape up NYC Urban Theatre Movement’s For a complete list of Shape up NYC Handball by Seth Zvi Rosenfeld times & locations, click here. 8:00pm Bryant Park Lincoln Center 40th Street Plaza, Manhattan, NY Avery Fisher Hall, Manhattan, NY www.mostlymozart.org Early Bird Game Social 10:00am–12:00pm Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra: Opening Night Summer on the Hudson 8:00pm 71st Street Soccer Field & Basketball Louis Langrée and the Festival Or- Courts, Manhattan, NY chestra launch another unforgettable Tots Soccer & Pee Wee summer with an evening of Mozart. Basketball Eloquent interpreter Richard Goode 9:30am–11:30am joins them for the joyous Piano Con- All little ones (5 and under) are wel- certo No. 23 in a program that ends come at this introduction to soccer with the “Jupiter” Symphony. and basketball. TODAY Concert Series Summer on the Hudson 49th Street and Rockefeller Plaza, Manhat- Riverside Park South, Pier I, Manhattan, NY tan NY Pier I Picture Show presents Presents: One Republic “The Princess Bride” Arrive around 6:00am 8:30–10:30pm Amateur Astronomers City Parks Foundation– Association of NY SummerStage 10th Avenue and 14th Street, Manhattan, Rumsey Field, Central Park, Manhattan, NY NY Ingrid Michaelson Observing on the High Line 6:00–10:00pm 7:30–9:30pm City Parks Foundation– SummerStage WEDNESDAY, JULY 30th Cloves Lakes Park, Staten Island, NY Lisette Melendez/ Coro/ George NYC Parks Lamond Highland Park, Elton Street & Jamaica 7:00–9:00pm Avenue, Queens, NY Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Hip Hop culture.

55 City Parks Foundation– A Morning of Music with Darlene SummerStage Graham , Manhattan, NY 10:30–11:30am Come and enjoy an interactive and Urban Theatre Movement’s exciting performance by Darlene Handball by Seth Zvi Rosenfeld 8:00pm Graham. The music is a mix of folk and remixes of children’s songs. Please Northeast Queens Parks bring a blanket or low chair. Little Bay Park, Queens, NY Dancing Under the Stars NYC Parks Forest Park, George Seuffert Bandshell, 7:00–8:30pm Queens, NY (718) 235–4100 High Line Honey Day Mike Delgidice and Big Shot High Line at the 14th St Passage, Manhat- featuring current members of tan, NY Billy Joel’s Band 2:00–7:00pm 7:30–9:00pm For more info, click here. NYC Parks SummerScreen Varies McCarren Park, Bedford Avenue and North 12 Street, Brooklyn, NY Shape up NYC For a complete list of Shape up NYC Heathers times & locations, click here. 7:00pm SummerScreen is a free outdoor mov- Bryant Park ie series that takes place on Wednes- The green, 42nd Street, Manhattan, NY days in July and August in McCarren Putting Green Park in Williamsburg. Doors open at 11:00am–7:00pm 5:00p.m., with food vendors and live Practice your technique, perfect your music. Films begin at sundown. In distance and speed, or bring the kids Heathers, a girl who half–heartedly to play on the green, all free of charge. tries to be part of the “in crowd” of Golf balls and clubs are provided. her school meets a rebel who teaches her a more devious way to play social Madison Square Park politics: killing the popular kids. Conservancy Madison Square Park, Oval Lawn, Manhat- Madison Square Park tan, NY (212) 538–1884 Conservancy Madison Square Kids: Shine and Madison Square Park, Oval Lawn the Moonbeams Forro in the Dark & Debo Band 10:30–11:30am Shine and the Moonbeams are family More event info available online. music’s first soul band. Come clap your hands and stomp your feet and rejoice THURSDAY, JULY 31st in the celebration of the rhythm of all things family! NYC Parks , 76th Avenue and Spring- field Boulevard (718) 352–4793 ext. 301

56 Summer on the Hudson this year’s Grammy Award for Best Pier I, Riverside Park South, Manhattan, NY R&B Performance with “Something,” their breakout collaboration with soul Children’s Performance Series: Karen K & The Jitterbugs icon Lalah Hathaway. Endlessly inno- 10:30–11:30am vative, they create exuberant instru- mental soundscapes that reimagine City Parks Foundation – the fusion genre, spicing up joyous SummerStage jams with flourishes of Latin rhythms Clove Lakes Park, Staten Island, NY and prog–rock. Joe Bataan/ Assassins/ DJ Turmix 2014 Waterfront 7:00–9:00pm Concert Series Astoria Park, Great Lawn, Queens, NY City Parks Foundation– SummerStage Motor City Revue Marcus Garvey Park Amphitheater, 7:30pm Manhattan, NY Motor City Revue play soul, Motown, Urban Theatre Movement’s northern soul and Stax with all the Handball by Seth Zvi Rosenfeld passion and energy it deserves. A 8:00pm 10–strong group of passionate soul– philes, they came together out of a Lincoln Center shared love of all things 60s, and just Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse want to share that love. Mostly Mozart–A little Night http://centralastoria.org/events/motor– Music: Richard Goode city–revue www.mostlymozart.org Broadway in Bryant Park BRIC–Celebrate Brooklyn! Lawn, Manhattan, NY Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn, NY 12:30–1:30pm Dance Theater of Harlem: http://www.bryantpark.org/plan–your–visit/ Leyla McCalla broadway.html 7:30pm www.bricartsmedia.org New York City Public Library New Dorp Library, 309 New Dorp Lane, The Public Theater Staten Island, NY Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette Street, Movement Fun! Manhattan, NY 2:00–3:00pm Erin and her Cello: Petits Bisous Use shaker eggs, scarves and your CD Release Show imagination in this exciting move- 9:30pm ment program! Children, Pre–school- More event info on our website. ers (3–5 years), School Age (5–12 BAM R&B Festival years), Children MetroTech Commons, Brooklyn NY Snarky Puppy 12:00pm A sprawling jazz–funk orchestra led by bassist Michael League, New York– based collective Snarky Puppy won

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BRIC FRIDAY, AUGUST 1st Bandshell, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY Jimmy Bosch y Su Estrellas / Bryant Park Pedrito Martinez Group Featuring Ping Pong Court, Bryant Park, Ariacne Trujillo Manhattan 7:30pm Bryant Park Ping Pong A Latin dance party of epic propor- 11:00am–7:00pm tions comes to the Bandshell with Test your ping pong skills at one of JIMMY BOSCH, “El Trombon Criollo,” two state–of–the–art tables. leading an all–star ensemble. Lincoln Center Avery Fisher Hall, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, NYC Parks Manhattan Varies Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra: Shape up NYC ‘Emperor’ Concerto For a complete listing of Shape up 8:00pm NYC times and locations, please visit The Festival Orchestra’s kindred spirit our site. Andrew Manze returns for his third summer, with his frequent collabo- SATURDAY, AUGUST 2nd rator, pianist Steven Osborne, set to shine in Beethoven’s heroic Prospect Park Alliance “Emperor” Concerto. Brooklyn, NY Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse Greenmarket at Grand Army Plaza 165 West 65th Street, Manhattan 8:00am–4:00pm A Little Night Music: Steven Osborne At what other market can you do all 10:00pm your food shopping, sample local The acclaimed Scottish pianist offers wine, and take walk in Prospect Park? an evening of Schubert gems—his first Open since 1989, Grand Army Plaza set of Impromptus and the variations is the flagship Brooklyn market. on a theme by his good friend An- EBT/Food Stamps and WIC & Senior selm Hüttenbrenner. FMNP coupons accepted year–round. Bryant Park NYC Parks Upper Terrace, Bryant Park, Manhattan Cabrini Boulevard & Ft. Washington Ave- Piano in the Park: Isaac ben Ayala – nue, Manhattan Performing and Film Recording Artist Morning Fitness at Fort Tryon Park 12:30–2:30pm 8:30–9:30am TODAY Concert Series All of our fitness programs are free, TODAY Plaza, , Man- led by trained professionals, and hattan suitable for all levels. Wear comfort- Aloe Blacc able clothing and bring water. Please 8:00–9:00am check back for rain and weather/air 58 advisory cancels. For a complete list Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse of NYC Parks events visit our website. 165 West, 65th Street, Manhattan NYC Parks A Little Night Music: Steven Osborne Varies 10:00pm Shape up NYC The acclaimed Scottish pianist offers For a complete listing of Shape up an evening of Schubert gems. NYC times and locations, visit our site. Lincoln Center Bryant Park Avery Fisher Hall, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, Lawn, Manhattan Manhattan Moves Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra: ‘Emperor’ Concerto 10:00–11:00am Experience the joy of movement and 8:00pm dance! This modern dance class, now The Festival Orchestra’s kindred spirit in its fourth year, is led by dancers Andrew Manze returns for his third from the world–renowned Limon summer, with his frequent collabo- Dance Company. Open to all levels. rator, pianist Steven Osborne, set to For a complete list of events at Bryant shine in Beethoven’s heroic “Emper- Park, please visit our site. or” Concerto. The Wick Music Fortress Summer on the Hudson 260 Meserole Street, Brooklyn, NY West Harlem Piers Park, West 125th Street, Manhattan Harlem Sweet Spot Festival – 8:00pm, doors open at 7:00pm Jamaican Indepen–Dance Nobody does morose and melodic 2:00–9:00pm quite like singer–songwriter Mark Musical Directions brings you Sweet Eitzel, who spent years fronting the Spot, a family–friendly gathering of cult band . For community, cultures & music lovers tickets, visit ticketfly.com. of all ages, featuring , soulful Shakespeare in the Park house, disco and afro–beat spun by a 425 Lafayette Street, Manhattan rotating collection of North America’s Here Lies Love most renowned sound architects. 5:00pm & 9:30pm http://sweetspotfestival.com/ http://www.herelieslove.com/ City Parks Foundation – The Public Theater SummerStage Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette St., Manhattan Rumsey Playfield in Central Park, Gaucho with Special Guest Gordon Manhattan Webster: Thinking of You Album Dr. John & the Night Trippers/ Release Hurray for the Riff Raff 7:30pm 3:00–7:00pm, doors open at 2:00pm www.joespub.publictheater.org City Parks Foundation – BRIC –Celebrate Brooklyn! SummerStage Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn, NY Marcus Garvey Park Amphitheater, 18 Mt Kes the Band/ Kuenta I Tambu/ DJ Dr Morris Park W, Manhattan 10027 Wax/ Steel Sensations Urban Theatre Movement’s Handball 7:00pm, doors open at 6:30pm by Seth Zvi Rosenfeld Free event. 8:00pm

59 MOCA Family In our continuing celebration of the 215 Centre Street, Manhattan – New York World’s Fairs, enjoy this Port (212) 619–4785 Authority multimedia exhibit which Ink Experiments will be on view in the auditorium 11:00am–12:30pm lobby. www.mocanyc.org/visit/events/ Amateur Astronomers Summer Seaport Festival Association of New York Water Street btw Fulton Street and Broad Lincoln Center, Manhattan Street, Manhattan Observing at Lincoln Center 11:00am–6:00pm 7:30pm–11:00pm Hans Christian Andersen We observe at the plaza, north of the Storytelling fountain. This observing site is still in Central Park, 72nd Street, Manhattan The nightingale & The Goblin and the “trial mode” while we work out all the Provision required logistics. 11:00am Amateur Astronomers For more information on New York Association of New York City Public Library events please visit: Plaza, Brooklyn, NY http://www.nypl.org/events/calendar Observing at the Plaza 9:00–11:00pm Central Park Conservancy http://www.aaa.org/calendar North Meadow Recreation Center, mid– park at 97th Street, Manhattan Youth Girls Basketball Clinic SUNDAY, AUGUST 3rd 10:00am Join the newest addition to Cen- tral Park Conservancy’s basketball Riverside Park Conservancy programs: a clinic developed just for Riverside Park (Riverside drive btw. 65th St. girls to improve their basketball skills & 72nd St.) Manhattan in a safe and encouraging environ- Summer on the Hudson: Kayaking ment. Learn and enhance your game on the Hudson through small group instruction and 10:00am–5:00pm Join The Downtown Boathouse for competitive games in this high–ener- 20–minute instructional paddles. gy, interactive clinic. Designed to help Please wear a bathing suit or shorts young players of all levels develop and a t–shirt, and know how to swim. both on and out the court, these For a complete events list please visit clinics focus on skill development, www.nycgovparks.org team play, and sportsmanship. Ages Queens Botanical Garden 9 – 14. Free. 43–50 Main St, Queens, NY For more detailed information about The NY World Fair Central Park Conservancy events 8:30am–5:30pm please visit http://www.central- In our continuing celebration of the parknyc.org/events/ New York World’s Fairs, enjoy this Port Queens Botanical Garden Authority multimedia exhibit which 43–50 Main Street, Queens, NY will be on view in the auditorium lob- NY World’s Fair & the Port Authority by. Cost: Free with Garden Admission Bringing Trade, Travel and Tourism to ($4 adults, $3 seniors, $2 students Queens, the Region and the World 8:30am–5:30pm 60 with ID and children 3–12) For a complete list of NYC Park events Boerum Pl, Brooklyn, NY 11201 please visit our website. To the Rockaways by Rail NYC Parks 11:00am–5:00pm Varies Take a trip back in time to the Rock- Shape up NYC aways in this rare opportunity to ride For a complete listing of Shape up on the Museum’s post–war fleet of NYC times and locations, please visit cars. $50/$25 Adult/Child , $35/$20 our site. Adult/Child Museum Members Bryant Park Le Carrousel in Bryant Park, Manhattan Prospect Park Le Carrousel Magique Lefferts Historic House, 452 Flatbush Ave, 1:00–2:00pm Brooklyn, NY 11225 Alakazam! Our ace Magicians return Lefferts House 2nd floor tours with tricks up their sleeves and feats 12:30–5:30pm that razzle–dazzle. Join the Prospect Park Alliance to Knitting Factory view interesting relics from 19th–cen- 361 Metropolitan Ave & Havemeyer St., tury family life and walk into a fully Brooklyn, NY furnished 1820s bedroom. Comedy Night with Hannibal Buress For a complete list of Prospect Park 9:00pm events please visit Hannibal Buress hosts this free weekly http://www.prospectpark.org/ stand–up showcase in Williamsburg. 21+ and odler. Central Park , Central Park at 79th City Parks Foundation – Street, Manhattan SummerStage Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, Belvedere’s Kingdom Tour & Revive Big Band, 12:00–1:30pm led by Igmar Thomas Take a walk around the landscapes 10:00pm dominated by historic Belvedere Gregory Porter (2014 GRAMMY win- Castle. ning Liquid Spirit) and multi–genera- For a complete list of Central Park tional ensemble Revive Big Band. events please visit http://www.cen- 60th Street Festival tralparknyc.org/ Along 60th Street between 5th avenue & Madison avenue, Manhattan Riverside Park Conservancy Soldiers’ and Sailors Monument Plaza, 11:00am–6:00pm Riverside Drive and West 89th Street Lexington Avenue Manhattan Summerfest Lexington Avenue between 42nd Street to Tai Chi 57th Street, Manhattan 8:00am 10:00am–6:00pm Join Silvana Pizzuti to learn and Features over 500 authentic, ethnic practice Tai Chi, a slow moving martial foods, art, craft, antique, jewelry and art with health benefits for all fitness merchandise exhibitors. levels.

61 MONDAY, AUGUST 4th Emerson String Quartet 7:30pm HBO Bryant Park Summer NYC Parks Film Festival Alley Pond Park, 76th Avenue & Springfield The Lawn at Bryant Park, Manhattan Boulevard, Queens, NY The Karate Kid Nature Nick’s Animal Adventure 5:00pm 10:00am–11:00am Come out and enjoy this show TUESDAY, AUGUST 5th featuring the display of some exotic animals. Please bring a low chair or blanket. NYC Parks For a complete list of NYC Parks events Varies please visit www.nycgovparks.org/ Shape up NYC NYC Parks For a complete listing of Shape up Varies NYC times and locations, please visit Shape up NYC our site. For a complete listing of Shape up Fort Tryon Park NYC times and locations, please visit Heather Garden, Fort Tryon Park, our site. Manhattan Morning Fitness at Fort Tryon Park Bryant Park The Green, Manhattan 7:30–8:30am Putting Green For a breath of fresh air, take your 11:00am–7:00pm workouts outdoors. Practice your technique, perfect For a complete list of NYC Park events please visit http://www.nycgovparks.org/ your distance and speed, or bring events/ the kids to play on the green, all free Lincoln Center of charge. Golf balls and clubs are 10 Columbus Circle, Manhattan provided. Johnny O’Neal Trio For a complete list of events at Bryant Park, please visit our site. 7:30pm & 9:30pm Johnny O’Neal Trio performs at Lincoln Center Dizzy’s Club Coca–Cola Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse, Manhattan A Little Night Music: Martin Frost Lincoln Center 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, Manhattan 8:00pm The acclaimed Scottish pianist offers We are the Music Makers an evening of Schubert gems. 12:00pm This multi–media exhibition will Lincoln Center educate and engage viewers in the Dizzy’s Club Coca–Cola, 10 Columbus Circle, Manhattan cultural history of Southern traditional Hamilton De Holanda & Anat Cohen music. 7:30pm & 9:30pm Lincoln Center www.jalc.org 10 Lincoln Center Plaza #132, Manhattan Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra: Lincoln Center Alice Tully Hall, Starr Theater, Adrienne ‘Prague’ Symphony Arsht Stage, Manhattan 8:00pm German virtuoso Christian Tetzlaff 62 joins the Festival Orchestra to per- 10:30–11:30am form Mozart’s buoyant First The Okee Dokee Brothers share Concerto. music exploring the natural world Visit http://lc.lincolncenter.org/ through the Americana folk genre. York Public Library City Parks Foundation – Wakefield Library, 4100 Lowerre Place (at SummerStage E. 229th St), Bronx, NY , Manhattan Tween/Teen Craft Time SummerStage Presents: Tipica 73 2:00pm with guest: Adalberto Santiago/ Wil- Spend the afternoon engaged in a liamsburg Salsa Orchestra crafting session, and make something 9:00pm awesome, to take home! Tipica ’73 began recording “New Materials will be provided. Ages 9–18 Wave” Cuban music in 1972. The New York Public Library Williamsburg Salsa Orchestra is a Harlem Branch Library, 9 West 124 St. thrilling 11–piece salsa group which (between Lenox and 5th Ave), Manhattan plays dynamic, dura arrangements of Meditation at the Library tunes. 6:00–7:00pm Every Tuesday 6pm–7pm City Parks Foundation – SummerStage Sahaja Meditation is a holistic ap- Marcus Garvey Park, 18 Mt Morris Park W, proach to living in balance. This class Manhattan is for adults. SummerStage Presents, Urban New York Public Library Theatre Movement’s Handball by Tottenville Library, 7430 Amboy Road, Seth Zvi Rosenfeld Staten Island, NY 8:00–10:00pm Bingo Party for Kids Urban Theatre Movement’s Handball, 3:00pm written by Seth Zvi Rosenfeld and Join us for games, prizes and fun! directed by Brenda Banda delivers For ages 5 and older. Registration an explosive take on gentrification in is required and begins one week in New York City. advance. For more information on events, please Naumburg Orchestral visit our website. Concerts Historic Naumburg Bandshell, Concert Bryant Park Ground, Central Park, Manhattan Upper Terrace, Bryant Park, Manhattan Christina & Michelle Naughton: A Victor Lin – Kenny Barron Trained, concert for 2 Instructor 7:30pm 12:30pm–2:30pm Christina and Michelle Naughton A former student of jazz legend have been hailed by the San Francis- Kenny Barron, Victor is currently a co Examiner for their “stellar musi- jazz music instructor at Columbia cianship, technical mastery, and awe– University, Teachers College, and The inspiring artistry.” Calhoun School. Central Park Madison Square Park Central Park at 5th Ave and 72nd St (In Madison Square Park, Manhattan front of Samuel F.B. Morse statue), Mad. Sq. Kids: The Okee Manhattan Dokee Brothers Heart of the Park Tour

63 12:00–1:30pm pop–up fitness group, TheRise NYC, On this east–west walk you will see brings boot camp to Midtown with some of the Park’s most well–known a distinctive blend of cardio and landmarks, including Conservatory strength training. No equipment Water, Bethesda Terrace, the Lake, necessary. and Strawberry Fields. For a complete list of events at Bryant Park, For a complete list of NYC Park events please visit our site. please visit www.centralparknyc.org/ Summer on the Hudson West 125th Street, Manhattan Amateur Astronomers Game Days Association High Line, 14th Street at 10th Avenue, 10:00am–2:00pm Manhattan Calling all children 12 and under who Solar Observing at the High Line want something fun to do on a sunny 6:00–8:30pm afternoon. Games such as giant tic tac Highly expert solar astronomer Tom toe, lawn bowling, hopscotch, jump Haeberle, a board member of the rope and more will be waiting for Amateur Astronomers Association of your arrival. New York, leads this Solar Observing City Parks Foundation – at the High Line. SummerStage East River Park, Manhattan Mobile Mondays LIVE: The WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6th Salsoul Edition 7:00pm–9:00pm NYC Parks Highland Park, Elton Street and Jamaica SummerScreen Avenue, Queens, NY McCarren Park, Bedford Avenue and North 12th Street, Brooklyn, NY Jack & the Beanstalk The Big Lebowski 6:00–7:00pm Jack is looking for adventure, but 7:00pm SummerScreen is a free outdoor mov- what he gets is more than he bar- ie series that takes place on Wednes- gained for. Presented by Patty Cake days in July and August in McCarren Theatre and sponsored by Council Park in Williamsburg. Doors open at Member Rafael Espinal. For a complete list of NYC Parks events 5:00 p.m., with food vendors and live please visit www.nycgovparks.org/ music. Films begin at sundown. In NYC Parks The Big Lebowski, “Dude” Lebowski Varies is mistaken for a millionaire Lebowski Shape up NYC and seeks restitution for his ruined For a complete listing of Shape up rug with the help of his bowling NYC times and locations, please visit buddies. our site. City Parks Foundation – Bryant Park SummerStage 6th Avenue & 41st Street, Fountain Terrace, Marcus Garvey Park Amphitheater, Manhattan (212) 768–4242 Manhattan FitClub: Boot Camp with The Urban Theatre Movement’s Handball Rise NYC by Seth Zvi Rosenfeld 6:30–7:00am 8:00pm NYC’s premiere community–driven 64 City Parks Foundation 7:30–8:30am Rumsey Playfield in Central Park, For a breath of fresh air, take your Manhattan workouts outdoors. Spectrum Dance Theater/ Sidra Bell For a complete list of NYC Park events Dance NY please visit http://www.nycgovparks.org/ 8:00–10:00pm events/ Summer on the Hudson NYC Parks Pier I in Riverside Park South, Manhattan Varies Pier I Picture Show presents “Anchors Shape up NYC Aweigh” For a complete listing of Shape up 8:30–10:30pm NYC times and locations, please visit This year’s theme: Getting to Know our site. You! Riverside Park’s staff favorites. Lincoln Center This film was selected by Park Man- New York City Center, 131 W 55th St, ager Paul Evans. Pack a picnic, bring Manhattan a friend and settle in for a night of The Maids premier movies. Open Captioned. 7:30pm Sydney Theatre Company returns Lincoln Center to Lincoln Center Festival with Cate NY Public Library for the Performing Arts, Plaza Corridor Gallery Blanchett, Isabelle Huppert, and www.nypl.org/locations/lpa Elizabeth Debicki in Jean Genet’s The We are the Music Makers Maids. For ticket prices and other Lincoln Center Lincoln Center events, New York City Center, 131 W 55th St, visit http://lc.lincolncenter.org/ Manhattan Riverside Park The Maids Pier 1, Riverside Park South (Riverside 7:30pm Drive between 65th St. and 72nd St.), Manhattan Lincoln Center Summer on the Hudson: Children’s Dizzy’s Club Coca–Cola, 10 Columbus Circle, Manhattan Performance Series Marcus and Riza Printup Quartet: 10:30–11:30am Desire CD Release Enjoy music, storytelling & theater for 7:30pm and 9:30pm young audiences up to age 7. Madison Square Park New York Public Library Conservancy Sedgwick Library, 1701 Dr Martin Luther Oval lawn at the Park, Manhattan King Jr Blvd, Bronx, NY Madison Square Park: Sister Sparrow Kid Tech Time & The Dirty Birds 5:00–6:00pm 7:00–8:30pm An introduction to the computer and the Internet for children ages 5 to 12 years old and their parents/caregivers. THURSDAY, AUGUST 7th Stephen A. Schwarzman Building 5th Ave at 42nd St, Manhattan Fort Tryon Park Docent Led Tour of ABC of It Exhibition Heather Garden, Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan 2:30pm Morning Fitness at Fort Tryon Park Join a 45 minute docent led tour of the ABC of It exhibition. Please meet at the exhibition’s entrance. Free. 65 Great Kills Library SummerStage 56 Gifford’s Ln, Staten Island, NY Marcus Garvey Park, 18 Mt Morris Park W, Teen Lounge (For Ages 13–18) Manhattan 3:30–4:30pm SummerStage Presents, Urban The- Bring snacks to enjoy while you listen atre Movement’s Handball by Seth to the radio & chat with your friends in Zvi Rosenfeld a casual environment. 8:00pm & 10:00pm Urban Theatre Movement’s Handball, Bryant Park Reading Room, Bryant Park, Manhattan written by Seth Zvi Rosenfeld and Creative Non–Fiction Writers Workshop directed by Brenda Banda delivers 7:00–8:30pm an explosive take on gentrification in Pen your own story, poem, or screen- New York City. play, at writers workshops guaranteed East River Park to improve and perfect. Pre–registra- Manhattan tion required. Visit bryantpark.org for SummerStage Presents: Mykki Blan- more information. co in Association with MeanRed BRIC 9:00pm Prospect Park Bandshell, Prospect Park, Dubbed “From Teenage Runaway to Brooklyn, NY Hip Hop Queen” in a profile by the CELEBRATE BROOKLYN!: Altan / New York Times, Michael David Quat- Maura O’Connell tlebaum (a.k.a. Mykki Blanco) is an 7:30pm (Doors will open at 6:30pm) interdisciplinary artist who uses con- Traditional Irish performers Atlan and temporary hip hop as a performance singer Maura O’Connell medium to express his larger ideas. Madison Square Park Central Park Madison Square Park, Manhattan Belvedere Castle, Central Park at 79th Mad. Sq. Kids: Tim and the Space Cadets Street, Manhattan 10:30–11:30am Belvedere’s Kingdom Tour Family friendly performance by Tim 12:00–1:30pm and the Space Cadets, who Time Out Take a walk around the landscapes New York Kids says “appeals to tots dominated by historic Belvedere and teens alike!” Castle. For a complete list of Central Park events Central Astoria Local please visit www.centralparknyc.org/ Development Coalition Astoria Park, Great Lawn, Queens, NY Michael Patrick’s Ring Of Fire Band FRIDAY, AUGUST 8th 7:30pm A tribute to “The Man in Black” John- ny Cash! CALDC invites everyone to NYC Parks come celebrate and relive the music Poe Park, Visitor Center, 2640 Grand Con- of the legendary artist; Johnny Cash. course, Bronx, NY – (718) 365–5516 This event is free. Short Story Fiction/ Non–Fiction Writing 1:30–3:00pm For a complete list of NYC Parks events visit www.nycgovparks.org/

66 NYC Parks Varies Good Morning America’s Shape up NYC Fun in the Sun 2014 Summer For a complete listing of Shape up Concert Series Central Park, Rumsey Playfield 72nd Street NYC times and locations, please visit Entrance, Manhattan our site. Presents: Luke Bryan Bryant Park 7:00–9:00am, suggested arrival at 6am 40th Street Plaza, Manhattan Summer Concert Series lineup is Party Game Social packed with an incredible mix of all 5:00–8:00pm the hottest names in music today. Join us at our all new weekly Game Socials to meet up with like–minded NYC Latino Punk Fest Visit our website for more informa- players interested in the same games tion: nyclatinopunk.wordpress.com/ as you. about/ For a complete list of events at Bryant Park, please visit our website. Amateur Astronomers Association of NY City Parks Foundation – Lincoln Center, Manhattan SummerStage East River Park, Manhattan Observing Spectrum Dance Theater/ Master 7:30–11:00pm Class: Germaul Barnes Amateur Astronomers 7:00pm Association Rose Hill Park, Bronx, NY City Parks Foundation – Observing in the Bronx SummerStage Marcus Garvey Park Amphitheater, 8:00–10:00pm Manhattan http://www.aaa.org/calendar Urban Theatre Movement’s Handball by Seth Zvi Rosenfeld SATURDAY, AUGUST 9th 8:00pm Lincoln Center Dizzy’s Club Coca–Cola Sherman Irby Quintet: The Music of Grand Army Plaza Flatbush Ave, Eastern & Prospect Art Blakey Park, Brooklyn, NY 7:30pm & 9:30pm Greenmarket at Grand Army Plaza Lincoln Center 8:00am–4:00pm David H. Koch Theater Get all your food shopping done, Mark Morris Dance Group: Acis and sample local wine, and take a walk Galatea in Prospect Park. EBT/Food Stamps 8:00pm and WIC & Senior FMNP coupons TODAY Concert Series accepted. 49th Street and Rockefeller Plaza Check website for more information. Lincoln Center David H. Koch Theater, Manhattan www.today.com/toyotaconcertseries Mark Morris Dance Group: Acis and BRIC – Celebrate Brooklyn! Galatea Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn NY 8:00pm Asian Dub Foundation: THX 1138/ Morris partners with longtime collab- Taylor McFerrin orator and early–music specialist 7:30pm 67 Nicholas McGegan to tell Ovid’s This modern dance class, now in its triumphant love story of the shepherd fourth year, is led by dancers from Acis and the sea nymph Galatea. the world–renowned Limón Dance Visit lc.lincolncenter.org for ticket prices Company. and other Lincoln Center events. City Parks Foundation – Riverside Park SummerStage Pier 1, Riverside Park South (Riverside Marcus Garvey Park, 18 Mt Morris Park W, Drive between 65th St. & 72nd St.), Man- Manhattan hattan SummerStage Presents: Urban The- Summer on the Hudson: Children’s atre Movement’s Handball by Seth Performance Series Zvi Rosenfeld 10:30–11:30am 8:00pm & 10:00pm Enjoy music, storytelling & theater for Urban Theatre Movement’s Handball, young audiences up to age 7. written by Seth Zvi Rosenfeld and NYC Parks directed by Brenda Banda delivers Varies an explosive take on gentrification in Shape up NYC New York City. For a complete listing of Shape up NYC times and locations, please visit SummerStage East River Park, Manhattan our site. SummerStage and Valerie Gladstone New York Public Library Present: Dance off the Grid/ Master Morrisania Library, 610 East 169th Street, Class: Evidence Bronx, NY Uproar Open Mic 7:00pm–8:00pm “Dance Off the Grid” is the latest Ages 13–18 years old iteration of the Museum of Arts and 3:00–5:00pm At Uproar Writing Workshops you can Design “Dance Under the Influence” share your work and get feedback, hailed as a must–see “eclectic per- learn what it takes to become a writer formance series” by , or published author, engage in writ- and curated by arts writer, Valerie ing exercises to improve your work, Gladstone. practice editing basics, and talk about SummerStage poetry, stories, or prose in a support- Central Park, Rumsey Playfield, Manhattan Motown Gospel Revue Featuring ive environment. Tasha Cobbs, Smokie Norfu, Pastor New York Public Library Charles Jenkins/ Vashawn 7:00pm 115th Street Branch, 203 W 115th St, Mitchell/ Kiera Sheard/ Micah S. Manhattan Crochet/ Knitting Circle Gospel Performance from various 12:00–2:00pm artists. Bring your yarn, crochet hook or Riverside Park Conservancy knitting needles. Enjoy an afternoon Riverside Park (Riverside drive btw. 65th St. & 72nd St.) Manhattan of conversation and stay afterwards to Summer on the Hudson: Kayaking enjoy the movie. on the Hudson Bryant Park 10:00am–5:00pm Bryant Park, Northeast corner of Lawn, Join The Downtown Boathouse for Manhattan 20–minute instructional paddles. Bryant Park Moves with Limón Dance 10:00–11:00am 68 Please wear a bathing suit or shorts and neighboring parks with an artist/ and a t–shirt, and know how to swim. educator. Materials provided. University Place Festival Prospect Park Waverly Place, 14th Street, Manhattan Audubon Center, Prospect Park, Brooklyn 11:00am–6:00pm NY There will be a variety of activities for Introduction to Bird–watching the whole family. 12:00–1:00pm Join the Alliance to learn about Square Summer Fest 45th Street from 5th to 7th Avenue, 250 species of birds that call Prospect Manhattan Park home. 10:00am–6:00pm Amateur Astronomer’s Featuring artists and crafters, general Association of New York merchandise, foods, and displays for Lincoln Center, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, a dazzling day of bargains and fun. Manhattan Observing at Lincoln Center Central Park Central Park at Vanderbilt Gate, Fifth 7:30–11:00pm Avenue between 104th & 105th Streets, Enjoy an observation of the Moon, Manhattan Jupiter, and Saturn. Tour BRIC 11:00am–12:15pm Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn, NY Learn about the thousands of trees, St. Vincent/San Fermin flowers, shrubs, and perennials that 7:30pm decorate the Garden from the Con- Indie Pop artist St. Vincent makes her servancy horticulturalists who take band shell debut with the orchestral care of this special place within the folk pop of Brooklyn composer and Park. songwriter Ellis Ludwig–Leone’s SAN Rite of Summer FERMIN. Governors Island, Manhattan Pam Goldberg, Esther Noh, Caitlin Sullivan and Allison Charney SUNDAY, AUGUST 10th 1:00–3:00pm Pianist and ROS co–director Pam NYC Parks Goldberg will collaborate with Esther Highbridge Park, 190th Street & Amster- Noh, Caitlin Sullivan and Allison dam Avenue, Manhattan Charney in a fabulous program titled: Forest Crew “American and Argentine Sounds 10:30am–1:00pm from Bolcom to Piazzolla”. The Highbridge Forest Crew works to Please click here for directions to the remove invasive plants from the park venue: http://riteofsummer.com/ and to care for recently planted native directions/ trees. Battery City Park NYC Parks Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park, Battery City Park, Prospect Park, Lefferts Historic House, Manhattan Brooklyn, NY Drawing in the Park Bones of an Old Dutch Farmhouse 10:00am 12:00–1:00pm Sketch and paint the Hudson River Join the Prospect Park Alliance to examine the white oak timbers (the 69 bones) of Lefferts Historic House and 3:00–7:00pm the many layers that were added, Lincoln Center subtracted, and changed over the Walter Reade Theater, Manhattan past 230 years. Mostly Mozart Festival: Handel on Climb the staircase for a view of the Film attic’s smokehouse and descend into 1:00pm the cellar for a look at the foundation. New York Public Library Huguenot Park Library, 830 Huguenot Only 10 people per tour. A reserva- Avenue, Staten Island, NY tion required and is suitable for adults La Leche League of Staten Island and teens: call (347) 992–4732. 11:00pm NYC Parks Central Astoria Varies Steinway Street btw 28th & 34th Avenue, Shape up NYC Queens NY For a complete listing of Shape up Steinway Astoria Partnership Street NYC times and locations, please visit Fair our site. 12:00pm http://centralastoria.org/events Bryant Park Court near 42ns Street & 6th Avenue, NYC Latino Punk Fest Manhattan Locations and more event info avail- Ping Pong able: nyclatinopunk.wordpress.com/ 11:00am–7:00pm about/ Test your ping pong skills at one of Giglio Feast of Saint Antonio two state–of–the–art tables. Bring a friend, or sign up with our park http://www.eastharlemgiglio.com/ attendant, who can arrange a friendly Civil War Heritage Weekend game. Paddles and balls provided Governor’s Island, Manhattan free of charge to all skill levels. 11:00am–6:00pm Summer on the Hudson http://www.govisland.com/html/visit/ Riverside Park, Soldiers & Sailors Monu- calendar.shtml ment, West 89th Street & Riverside Drive Tai Chi 33rd Annual Dominican Day Parade 8:00–9:00am 6th Avenue and 37th Street to 52nd Street, Join Silvana Pizzuti to learn and Manhattan practice Tai Chi, a slow moving martial 11:00am art with health benefits for all fitness http://www.aleida.net/parades–2014– levels. en.html#07 Summer on the Hudson 3rd Avenue Merchandise Fair Meeting Point in Riverside Park, 72nd 3rd Avenue btw 23rd and 34th Street, Street & Hudson River Park, Manhattan Manhattan Kayaking on the Hudson 10:00am–6:00pm 10:00am–5:00pm Ecofest City Parks Foundation – Broadway btw 42–44th Street, Manhattan SummerStage 10:00am–6:00pm Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, Manhattan http://www.ecofest.com/home.html Passenger/ Liam Bailey/ DJ Natasha Diggs in association with The Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in NY 70 Flushing Meadows Park, Queens NY children ages 5 to 12 promote the op- Check website for updated schedule. portunity to explore the natural world Central Park Conservancy through workshops, project–based Family Performance Festival: learning and scientific experiments. Earth Rhythms New York City Public Library 12:00–1:30pm Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, 5th Ave Shake to the rhythm of nature with at 42nd St, Manhattan Roger Tincknell and his energizing Docent Led Tour of ABC of earthly beats! Learn about envi- It Exhibition ronmental issues and quench your 12:30pm curiosity about the natural world and Join a 45 minute docent led tour of all the different animals that call it the ABC of It exhibition. Please meet home. Free! at the exhibition’s entrance. There is no charge. New York City Public Library MONDAY, AUGUST 11th Tottenville Library, 7430 Amboy Road, Staten Island Pajama Stories Bryant Park 7:00pm 40th Street Plaza, Manhattan Bring your teddy bear! Wear your Bryant Park Early Bird Game Social pajamas! Join us for some great bed- 10:00am –12:00pm time stories! For ages 3 and older. No The Early Bird Game Social gives you pre–registration required. a chance to start the day in the park, Bryant Park and warm up your mind with games Bryant Park Lawn, Bryant Park, Manhattan that get you thinking like dominoes, HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festi- Scrabble, cards or Boggle. val Presents Lover Come Back NYC Parks 5:00–11:00pm Varies and Rock Hudson plus Tony Shape up NYC Randall team up for a romantic come- For a complete listing of Shape up dy about competing Madison Avenue NYC times and locations, please visit ad executives, willing to stoop as low our site. as need be to score clients. Oscar Lincoln Center nominated for story/screenplay. 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, Manhattan (1961) 107 min. We are the Music Makers Bryant Park Reading Room 12:00pm Manhattan This multi–media exhibition will educate Reel Talks – Cannes: 1960, 1968, the and engage viewers in the cultural histo- Seminal Years in Film ry of Southern traditional music. 6:30–7:30pm New York Public Library Lively and entertaining commentary Van Nest Library 2147 Barnes Avenue, on Cannes: 1960, 1968, the Seminal Bronx, NY Years in Film. With resident film expert SciLab @ NYPL (STEM) Scott Adlerberg and author Dave 3:30–4:30pm Tafoya. STEM (Science, Technology, Engineer- ing, and Mathematics) programs for 71 BRIC Anti–Villain League to help deal with a BRIC Arts | Media House, 647 Fulton Street, powerful new super criminal. Mean- Brooklyn NY while, the devoted new father must Community Dance Class with divide his time between saving the Ronald K. Brown/Evidence, A world or saving his oldest daughter Dance Company from heartbreak. 6:30–8:00pm All ages and skill levels are welcome NYC Parks Varies to join us for a series of Community Shape up NYC Dance Classes taught by Ronald K. For a complete listing of Shape up Brown and members of his company, NYC times and locations, please visit Evidence, A Dance Company. our site. SummerStage Marcus Garvey Park, 18 Mt Morris Park Bryant Park Upper terrace, Manhattan West, Manhattan SummerStage Presents, Urban Yoga Theatre Movement’s Handball by 10:00–11:00am Seth Zvi Rosenfeld Perfect your downward dog under the 8:00pm & 10:00pm trees with Yoga Works instructors. Urban Theatre Movement’s Handball, Mats provided. To pre–register, click written by Seth Zvi Rosenfeld and on the link below. Walk–ins are wel- directed by Brenda Banda delivers come! an explosive take on gentrification in For a complete list of events at Bryant New York City. Park, please visit our website. Summer on the Hudson The plaza at 66th street in Riverside Park TUESDAY, AUGUST 12th South, Manhattan Pilates in the Park 6:30–7:30pm NYC Parks Join instructor Melissa Ricci, CPT, Poe Park Visitor Center, 2640 grand Con- PMA from Base Fitness® for a flowing, course, Bronx, NY Meditation Class multi–level Pilates mat class that will tone and balance your muscles, align 1:00–1:45pm Join us and learn some basic hatha your body, strengthen your core and yoga techniques to initiate relaxation. give you renewed energy! Learn how to influence changes Summer on the Hudson within our physical and emotional West Harlem Piers Park, West 125th Street, Manhattan responses to stress. Focus will be on Game Days breathing, sound, and mindfulness. 10:00am–2:00pm NYC Parks Calling all children 12 and under who 35th Avenue and Cross Island Parkway, want something fun to do on a sunny Queens NY Movies in the Park: Despicable Me 2 afternoon. Games such as giant tic tac toe, lawn 8:00–10:00pm Come out and enjoy the outdoors bowling, hopscotch, jump rope and with a free movie. more will be waiting for your arrival. In this sequel, Gru is recruited by the 72 City Parks Foundation – The Maids SummerStage 2:00pm and 7:30pm Marcus Garvey Park Amphitheater, Sydney Theatre Company returns Manhattan to Lincoln Center Festival with Cate Joe in association with WBLS Blanchett, Isabelle Huppert, and 7:00–9:00pm Elizabeth Debicki in Jean Genet’s The New York Public Library Maids. Woodstock Library, 761 East 160th Street, For ticket prices and other Lincoln Center Bronx, NY events, visit http://lc.lincolncenter.org/ Search for It Lincoln Center 1:00–3:00pm 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, Manhattan Search for what? Play a game involv- We are the Music Makers ing the Dewey Decimal System. Get 12:00pm to know the collection so you could This multi–media exhibition will be ready for the new school year. educate and engage viewers in the New York Public Library cultural history of Southern traditional George Bruce Library, Auditorium, 518 music. West 125th Street, Manhattan Teen Time Lincoln Center Avery Fisher Hall, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, 4:00–5:00pm Manhattan Wii, PS3 – Got the gaming moves? Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra: Show off your skill with the Wii remote Beethoven’s Ninth or the Sixaxis controller and challenge 8:00pm your friends to a game in the library. The fiercely insightful Gianandrea Take part in our tournaments! Teen Noseda returns to Mostly Mozart to time is for ages 12 to 18. conduct Beethoven’s regal Conse- The Beacon Theatre cration of the House Overture & his Tori Amos glorious Symphony No. 9. www.ticketmaster.com NYC Parks Naumburg Orchestral Varies Concerts Shape up NYC Concert Ground, Central Park, Manhattan For a complete listing of Shape up The Chamber Music Society of NYC times and locations, please visit Lincoln Center our site. 7:30pm Fort Tryon Park Amateur Astronomers Linden Terrace, Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan Association Sunrise Tai Chi 10th Avenue and 14th Street, Manhattan Observing on the High line 6:30 –7:30am Come enjoy Sunrise Tai Chi classes 7:30–9:30pm with Robert Martinez, certified Tai Chi Instructor. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13th For a complete list of NYC Park events please visit our website. Riverside Park Lincoln Center 71st Street Soccer Field and Basketball New York City Center, 131 W 55th St, Courts (in Riverside Park South), Manhattan Manhattan

73 Summer on the Hudson: Tots Soccer Yoga – Evening Salute to the Sun & Pee Wee Basketball 6:30pm 9:30–11:30am End your day with relaxing Hatha All little ones (5 and under) are wel- yoga in a beautiful sunset setting. come at this introduction to soccer SummerStage and basketball. East River Park, Manhattan For a complete listing of Summer on the The New York Neo–Futurists Present: Hudson events, please visit our site. Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go New York Public Library Blind West Farms Library, 2085 Honeywell 10:00pm Ave, Bronx Once called “The Snapchat of The- Teen Advisory Group (Ages 13 –18) ater”, with its ever–changing “menu” 3:30–5:00pm of plays, TML is a race against the Help plan events like the Anti–Prom clock to perform 30 plays in 60 min- and earn community service hours utes in an order determined by the from your school. Snacks will be audience! provided. Amateur Astronomers New York Public Library Science, Industry and Business Library, 188 Association Prospect Park West at 9th Street, Brooklyn Madison Ave, Manhattan Authentic Branding: Letting the Real Observing at Prospect Park You Shine in Any Situation (Adults) 8:30–11:00pm The Amateur Astronomers Associa- 6:00–7:30pm Kristina Leonardi shows you how to tion of New York observes in Prospect get in tune with your unique talents, Park, Brooklyn, one Wednesday eve- abilities, strengths and passions for ning a month from April to October. success. THURSDAY, AUGUST 14th Summer on the Hudson Marcus Garvey Park, 18 Mt Morris Park W, Manhattan NYC Parks Bobby Sanabria / Screening: Chico Van Cortlandt Park, Playground, Manhattan and Rita in association with Ima- EcoCrafts geNation Cinema Foundation 11:00am–1:00pm 7:00–9:30pm NYC Parks Chico & Rita is a stunning, Oscar– Varies nominated animated feature for Shape up NYC adults. Bobby Sanabria – drummer, For a complete listing of Shape up recording artist, producer, filmmak- NYC times and locations, please visit er , educator, multi–cultural warrior our site. and multiple Grammy nominee – has Bryant Park performed with a veritable Who’s 40th Street plaza, Manhattan Who in the world of jazz and Latin Games music, as well as with his own critically 11:00am–7:00pm acclaimed ensembles. Take a break with an eclectic selection Riverside Park of favorite tabletop games for free. The Plaza at 66th Street, Riverside, From Scrabble and mancala to domi- Manhattan noes and Jenga. 74 bryantpark.org to find weekly Game Marionettet Theater Socials and Clinics for Board and Par- 10:30–11:30am ty Games, Mah Jongg, and more. 2014 Waterfront Concert Bryant Park Shakespeare Series Upper Terrace, Manhattan Astoria Park, Great Lawn, Queens NY Love’s Labor’s Lost The Regulars 7:00–10:00pm 7:30pm Shakespeare’s smart comedy about A Rock & Roll band who proudly and the battle of the sexes: A king and defiantly stand up to trends and fads friends swear an oath to renounce and make the fist–pumping, lighter– women, but a princess and compan- waving music we all can’t live without. ions put that plan to the test. CALDC invites everyone to come out and enjoy this creative rock and roll City Parks Foundation – SummerStage quartet with serious vocals that are Marcus Garvey Park Amphitheater, full of energy & spirit! Manhattan Broadway in Bryant Park Byron Cage in association with WLIB Lawn, Manhattan 7:00–9:00pm 12:30–1:30pm City Parks Foundation – www.bryantpark.org SummerStage East River Park, Manhattan FRIDAY, AUGUST 15th The NY Neo–Futurists present Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind 8:00–10:00pm Bryant Park 40th Street Plaza New York Public Library Juggling Pelham Bay Library, 3060 Middleton Road, Bronx, NY 12:00–1:00pm Facebook Basics Test your coordination and dexterity 10:30am–12:00pm with free juggling lessons. Learn about the online social network NYC Parks Facebook. Varies Shape up NYC New York Public Library Great Kills Library, Community Room, For a complete listing of Shape up Staten Island, NY NYC times and locations, please visit Teen Lounge our site. 3:30–4:30pm Lincoln Center Leave the velvet ropes behind & Avery Fisher Hall, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, come hang out with your friends in Manhattan a cool, casual environment. Bring Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra: snacks to enjoy while you listen to the Symphonie Fantastique radio & chat with your friends. Use 8:00pm laptops to do your homework, watch Dramatic flair ignites the stage with videos, play games, & more! Gluck and Berlioz, whose hallucinato- ry Symphonie fantastique chronicles Summer on the Hudson Pier I in Riverside Park South, Manhattan obsession and despair over unrequit- Children’s Performance Series: Pup- ed love. peteers from the Swedish Cottage

75 Lincoln Center landmarks, including Conservatory New York City Center, 131 W 55th St, Water, Bethesda Terrace, the Lake, Manhattan and Strawberry Fields. The Maids 7:30pm City Parks Foundation – SummerStage Sydney Theatre Company returns East River Park, Manhattan to Lincoln Center Festival with Cate The New York Neo–Futurists Present: Blanchett, Isabelle Huppert, and Too Much Light Makes the Baby Elizabeth Debicki in Jean Genet’s The Go Blind Maids. 10:00pm For ticket prices and other Lincoln Center Once called “The Snapchat of The- events, visit lc.lincolncenter.org ater”, with its ever–changing “menu” New York Public Library of plays, TML is a race against the Morris Park Library, 985 Morris Park clock to perform 30 plays in 60 min- Avenue, Bronx Kids utes in an order determined by the audience! 3:30pm Krafty Kids offers hands–on projects City Parks Foundation – using a variety of skills for ages 3 to SummerStage 12 years. Marcus Garvey Park, 18 Mt Morris Park W, Manhattan New York Public Library SummerStage and The Firehouse Mulberry Street Library, 10 Jersey Street Present: The Harlem Dance Caravan: (Between Lafayette & Mulberry Streets), Erasing the Boundaries Manhattan Bilingual Birdies 7:00pm – All Levels Open Dance Master Class 8:00pm – Performances 10:30am Acclaimed Harlem performing arts A Spanish and live music program institution, The Faison Firehouse has for children ages 0–5 years old with joined with SummerStage to present a parent/caregiver. The bilingual Harlem Dance Caravan, a thrilling musicians teach basic vocabulary celebrating of our diversity through and short phrases through live music, music and dance. puppetry and games. Today Show Summer Bryant Park Upper Terrace Steps, Bryant Park, Concert Series Manhattan 45 Rockefeller Plaza, Manhattan Boomerang Theatre Company pres- Neon Trees ents Love’s Labor’s Lost 6:00–9:00am 7:00–9:00pm Neon Trees will perform for free in Shakespeare’s smart comedy about as part of The the battle of the sexes. Today Show concert series. Central Park Riverside Park Central Park at 5th Avenue and 72nd West Harlem Piers Park, West 125th Street Street (In front of Samuel F.B. Morse stat- & Marginal Street, Manhattan ue), Manhattan Harlem Dances Heart of the Park Tour 6:00–7:00pm 12:00–1:30pm Working with both older adults and On this east–west walk you will see professional dancers, these work some of the Park’s most well–known 76 shops emphasize the value of cross– Ping Pong training between health/fitness and 11:00–7:00pm the expressive language of dance. Test your ping pong skills at one of Amateur Astronomers two state–of–the–art tables. Bring Association a friend, or sign up with our park Lincoln Center, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, attendant, who can arrange a friendly Manhattan game. Paddles and balls provided Observing at Lincoln Center free of charge to all skill levels. 8:00–11:00pm For a complete list of events at Bryant Park, Observation of the Moon, please visit our website. Jupiter, and Saturn Summer on the Hudson Battery City Parks Conservancy Riverside Park, Manhattan Esplanade Plaza, Manhattan FlyNYC 2014 Tai Chi Workshop 11:00am–4:00pm 8:30–9:30am Come fly a kite at this festival for all Increase physical balance, strength, ages! Kite–making for children and and mental focus with expert Alex live music with Batala NYC &Shinbone Hing. No experience is necessary! Alley Stilt Band aids your celebration of simple fun throughout the day. SATURDAY, AUGUST 16th Queens Botanical Garden 43–50 Main Street, Queens NY Music in the Garden: The Ebony NYC Parks Hillbillies Varies 6:15–7:45pm Shape up NYC Enjoy an evening with The Ebony Hill- For a complete listing of Shape up billies, NYC’s only African–American NYC times and locations, please visit string band, who keep alive an im- our site. portant legacy that was a key element Bryant Park Shakespeare: in the genesis of all American music. Upper Terrace, Manhattan This inventive ensemble inspires Love’s Labor’s Lost heart–string tugs and toe taps in fans 7:00–10:00pm of all types of music—pop, country, Shakespeare’s smart comedy about bluegrass, folk, rock, jazz and more— the battle of the sexes: A king and paying homage to the traditional and friends swear an oath to renounce including a mix of tasty originals. women, but a princess and compan- Pack a picnic snack to enjoy on the ions put that plan to the test. Pro- Oak Allée. duced by the award–winning compa- City Parks Foundation – ny known for its Shakespeare series in SummerStage Central Park. Presented by Boomer- Marcus Garvey Park Amphitheater, ang Theatre Company. Directed by Manhattan Cailin Heffernan. The Harlem Dance Caravan: Erasing the boundaries/ Master Class: Bryant Park Court near 42nd Street and 6th Avenue, Calvin Wiley Manhattan 7:00pm City Parks Foundation –

77 SummerStage Harlem Week Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, Manhattan Manhattan Blood Orange/ / Sean Summer in the City Nichols Savage – Celebrating 15 harlemweek.com/calendar–of–events/ Years of Okayplayer Harlem Week 7:00–10:00pm Manhattan City Parks Foundation – Children Festival SummerStage harlemweek.com/calendar–of–events/ East River Park, Manhattan The Great Irish Festival The NY Neo–Futurists present Too 6th Avenue btw 42nd Street and Much light Makes the Baby go Blind 56th Street 8:00–10:00pm 10:00am–6:00pm New York Public Library American Craft Market Soundview Library, 660 Soundview Ave- Hotel , 401 7th Avenue nue, Bronx, NY Hans Christian Andersen Knitting Circle Storytelling Center 10:30am–12:00pm The Most Incredible Things: Gather with other knitters and per- Ole Shut Eye haps pick–up a few tips and tricks as 11:00am you work on your own creations! Amateur Astronomers New York Public Library Association George Bruce Library, Auditorium, Orchard Beach, Bronx, NY Bronx, NY Solar Observing I am an Artist 11:00am–1:00pm 10:30am–1:00pm Amateur Astronomers For more information on New York Association City Public Library events please visit Lincoln Center, Manhattan our site. Observing Irving Plaza 8:00–11:00pm Manhattan Echo and the Bunnymen SUNDAY, AUGUST 17th www.livenation.com Governor’s Island Parade Ground Riverside Park Conservancy Vintage baseball Soldiers’ and Sailors Monument Plaza, 11:00am Riverside Drive and West 89th Street, www.govisland.com Manhattan Governor’s Island Join Silvana Pizzuti to learn and prac- Colonels Row tice Tai Chi, a slow moving martial art Jazz Age Lawn Party with health benefits 8:00am 11:00am–5:00pm For all fitness levels. Waverly Place Festival For a complete list of NYC Park events Washington Square north btw University please visit our website. Place and 6th Avenue http://www.jazzagelawnparty.com/ Lincoln Center Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Ave, Manhattan International Contemporary Ensemble 78 5:00pm City Parks Foundation – Mostly Mozart’s cutting–edge artists– SummerStage in–residence return for an intimate Marcus Garvey Park, 18 Mt Morris Park W, chamber music series. Manhattan Bellatrix!: A Soul Train Tribute to Alice Tully Hall Women in Music 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, Manhattan Handel’s Teseo 7:00pm and 9:00pm In homage to the women of soul mu- 3:00pm The incomparable Nicholas McGe- sic, SummerStage, ImageNation and gan leads the period–instrument Ubiquita Worldwide present Bella- Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra in trix!: A Soul Train Tribute to Women in this rarely performed tale of Athenian Music. Dance, listen and watch with love entanglement involving Teseo, a us as we celebrate the likes of Chaka military hero, the princess Agilea, and Khan, Aretha Franklin, Nona Hendryx, the scheming sorceress Medea. Tina Turner, and others! Visit lc.lincolncenter.org for ticket prices City Parks Foundation – and other Lincoln Center events. SummerStage Bryant Park Marcus Garvey Park, 18 Mt Morris Park W, 40th Street Plaza, Bryant Park, Manhattan Manhattan Kids Time Game Social Harlem Family Day: Shine and The 2:00–4:00pm Moonbeams/ Moona Luna/ Kojo Odu Kids Time Game Social lets the little Roney & Friends/ B– Love’s Hip Hop ones enjoy games geared especially Jazzy Groove/ DJ KS*360 towards them. 7:00pm SummerStage Kids presented by City Parks Foundation – Disney presents Harlem Family Day, a SummerStage East River Park, Manhattan day filled with the best in family music SummerStage Presents: The NuyoRi- and dance. Presenting multiple musi- can Poets Café’s 40th Anniversary cal genres including: Soul, Latin music Celebration celebrating Fania, Jazz performed 6:00pm by ten year old musical prodigy Kojo Over the last 40 years, the Nuyorican Odu Roney, and Hip–Hop inspired Poets Cafe has served as a home for dance. groundbreaking works of poetry, mu- Riverside Park Conservancy sic, theater and visual arts. Screening: Riverside Park (Riverside drive btw. 65th St. Our Latin Thing and 72nd St.) Manhattan Summer on the Hudson: Kayaking on City Parks Foundation – the Hudson SummerStage Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, Manhattan 10:00am –5:00pm Musiq Soulchild Join The Downtown Boathouse for 7:00pm and 10:00pm 20–minute instructional paddles. native Taalib Johnson, Please wear a bathing suit or shorts a.k.a. Musiq Soulchild, is a Neo–Soul & and a t–shirt, and know how to swim. R&B artist, whose unique style blends For a complete list of Summer on the R&B, soul, funk, hip–hop, and rock, Hudson events please visit our site. creating a sound unlike any other.

79 Prospect Park NYC Parks Lefferts Historic House, Brooklyn NY Varies Lefferts House 2nd floor tours Shape up NYC 12:30–5:30 pm For a complete listing of Shape up Join the Prospect Park Alliance to NYC times and locations, please visit view interesting relics from 19th–cen- our site. tury family life and walk into a fully HBO Bryant Park Summer furnished 1820s bedroom. Film Festival For a complete list of Prospect Park Lawn, Manhattan – (212) 768–4242 events please visit our site. Presents: The Shining 5:00–11:00pm R Rated. Bring a blanket and sit on MONDAY AUGUST 18th the lawn to enjoy great food, friends, plus a classic Warner Brothers cartoon before each film. NYC Parks Asser Levy Recreation Center Playground Keep checking our Events Calendar Manhattan– (212) 447–2020 at www.bryantpark.org in mid–May for Chair Yoga the line–up announcement! 10:00–11:00am Please note: The Lawn opens to film– Chair yoga is a gentle form of yoga goers at 5:00 p.m. Films will begin that can be practiced while sitting or approximately one half–hour after standing using a chair for support. sunset (exact time will vary). A low impact class, it focuses on Bryant Park strengthening the body’s inner core Upper Terrace, Manhattan through slow movements, concen- Japanese Language Class trating and breathing. For adults and 11:45am–12:30pm seniors. Learn a new language or brush up on Recreation center membership is required. your skills in these beginner classes. Visit the recreation membership page for Attendance is limited to one class for more information and for a complete list of NYC Parks events please visit our website. each language offered. Registration required: inlinguainBryantPark@ NYC Parks Lefferts Historic House, Prospect Park, inlingua.com. Brooklyn NY For a complete list of events at Bryant Park, Couch to 5K – Group Run please visit our site. For a detailed schedule about Central Park 7:00–8:00pm Conservancy events please visit http:// Join us for our new running group in www.centralparknyc.org/events/ Prospect Park on Mondays! Lincoln Center The class will combine group running, Dizzy’s Club Coca–Cola, 10 Columbus walking, and conditioning exercises Circle, Manhattan to get you in shape for long distance The Amigos Band and Brianna Thom- running. as: Songs of the Southland The class will be held outdoors, rain 7:30pm & 9:30pm www.jalc.org or shine. New York Public Library Kingsbridge Library, 291 West 231st Street, Bronx, NY – (718) 548–5656

80 Pajama Night 12:00pm 5:00pm This multi–media exhibition will educate and engage viewers in the New York Public Library George Bruce Library, Children’s Room, cultural history of Southern traditional 518 West 125th Street, Manhattan– music. (212) 662–9727 Lincoln Center Board Games Avery Fisher Hall, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, 10:00am–4:30pm Manhattan New York Public Library Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra: St. George Library Center, 5 Central Ave- Joshua Bell and Mozart nue, Staten Island, NY 8:00pm “Boisterous Bookworms” Kids Grammy Award–winning violinist Book Club Joshua Bell is joined by violist Law- 11:00am–1:00pm rence Power for Mozart’s breathtak- For more information on New York ing, lyrical Sinfonia concertante for City Public Library events please visit violin and our site. Summer on the Hudson American Craft Market The Plaza at 66th Street, Riverside Park Hotel Pennsylvania, 401 7th Avenue, South, Manhattan Manhattan Pilates in the Park 6:30–7:30pm TUESDAY, AUGUST 19th Join instructor Melissa Ricci, CPT, PMA from Base Fitness® for a flowing, multi–level Pilates mat class that will Bryant Park tone and balance your muscles, align Fountain Terrace, Bryant Park, Manhattan your body, strengthen your core and Tai Chi give you renewed energy! 7:30–8:30am For a complete list of Summer on Tai Chi and Eternal Spring are in- the Hudson events please visit our structed by members of the Tai Chi website. Chuan Center. New York Public Library For a complete list of NYC Park events Van Nest Library, 2147 Barnes Avenue, please visit our website. Bronx Lincoln Center Teen Advisory Group (Ages 13 –18) Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Ave, Man- 3:30–4:30pm hattan Help improve the library and earn International Contemporary Ensem- community service hours from your ble school. 7:30pm Mostly Mozart’s cutting–edge artists– New York Public Library Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, 5th Ave in–residence return for an intimate at 42nd St, Manhattan chamber music series. Docent Led Tour of ABC of It Visit lc.lincolncenter.org for ticket Exhibition prices 12:30pm and 2:30pm Lincoln Center Join a 45 minute docent led tour of 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, Manhattan the ABC of It exhibition. Please meet We are the Music Makers at the exhibition’s entrance. Free. 81 New York Public Library SummerStage Kids by Disney Tottenville Library, 7430 Amboy Road, presents a special evening of circus! Staten Island Throw2Catch/ Loki Circus Theater Preschool Fun 9:00pm 11:00am Enjoy world class performers on stage Stories, crafts and fun for children as well as strolling performers are ages 3–5. part of Circus to Go! By the Big Apple NYC Parks Circus, bringing family entertainment Varies outside the tent. Shape up NYC Queens Botanical Garden For a complete listing of Shape up Queens Botanical Garden, 43–50 Main NYC times and locations, please visit Street, Queens our site. NYC Compost Project hosted by Red Hook Flicks Queens Botanical Garden: Teacher Valentino Pier, Ferris St. between Coffey St. Wormshop and Van Dyke St., Brooklyn 5:30–7:30pm Independence Day (1996) Discover the benefits of composting 8:30pm with a worm bin in your classroom. The screen is set up in front of a Civil $5 per person, registration required. War–era warehouse, with sweeping Email [email protected] or views of the harbor and the Statue of call (718) 539–5296. Liberty as a backdrop. Amateur Astronomers Association Crocheron Park High Line, 14th Street at 10th Avenue, Grass Area along 35th Ave & Cross Island Manhattan Parkway, Queens NY Observing on the High Line Movie at Crocheron Park: Monsters University 7:30–9:30pm The High Line is a spectacular setting, 8:00pm –10:00pm In this Disney film, Mike Wazowski with a very low horizon to the west and James P. Sullivan are an insepara- and overlooking the Hudson River. We ble pair, although this was not always encourage anyone wishing to bring a the case. When they first met, they telescope or binoculars to do so. disliked one another but in this mov- Central Park ie, Mike and Sulley overcome their Landscape between 72nd Street Cross Drive, Central Park, Manhattan differences and they became best of Screening: Wes Anderson’s Oscar– friends. Nominated Bryant Park The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) Reading Room, Bryant Park, Manhattan 8:00pm Word for Word Poetry welcomes Rain or shine. Gates open to the pub- Red Hen Press lic at 6:30 pm. A DJ will perform from 7:00–8:30pm 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. Movie will be Featuring the Poets of Red Hen Press: closed–captioned. Bring a picnic! Douglas Kearney, LaTasha Diggs, Andrea Scarpino SummerStage Marcus Garvey Park, 18 Mt Morris Park W, Manhattan 82 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20th End your day with relaxing Hatha yoga in a beautiful sunset setting. Suitable for all fitness levels. Please NYC Parks wear loose, comfortable clothing and West Bronx Recreation Center, Bronx, NY bring your own mat. Wheelchair Basketball Summer on the Hudson 6:00–9:00pm West 125th Street, Manhattan Practice with the New York Rollin’ Game Days Knicks! Improve your skills against 10:00am–2:00pm some of the best. Beginner, inter- Calling all children 12 and under who mediate and advanced players with want something fun to do on a sunny disabilities are welcome. afternoon. Recreation Center membership is Games such as giant tic tac toe, lawn required to participate. bowling, hopscotch, jump rope and For a complete list of NYC Parks more will be waiting for your arrival. events please visit: www.nycgovparks.org City Parks Foundation Marcus Garvey Park Amphitheater, NYC Parks Manhattan Varies Throw2Catch/ Loki Circus Theater Shape up NYC 7:00–9:00pm For a complete listing of Shape up New York Public Library NYC times and locations, please visit Francis Martin Library, Children’s Room, our site. 2150 University Avenue, Bronx, NY Bryant Park Cuentalo en Español (Bilingual Court near 42nd Street and 6th Avenue, Story Hour) Manhattan 10:30am Ping Pong New York Public Library 11:00am–7:00pm George Bruce Library, Children’s Room, For a complete list of events at Bryant 518 West 125th Street, Manhattan Park, please visit our website. Gaming for Kids 4:00–5:00pm Summer on the Hudson Riverside Park South, 71st Street Soccer New York Public Library Field & Basketball Courts Dongan Hills Library, 1617 Richmond Tots Soccer & Pee Wee Basketball Road, Staten Island, NY Movie for Teens 9:30–11:30am Practice with the New York Rollin’ 3:30–5:30pm Knicks! Improve your skills against For more information on New York some of the best. Beginner, inter- City Public Library events please visit mediate and advanced players with our site. disabilities are welcome. LiveNation Recreation Center membership is Pier 97 Robyn & Royksopp required to participate. ’s best–known fembot has Summer on the Hudson teamed up with her Scandinavian The Plaza at 66th Street, Riverside Park South, Manhattan electro brethren for a mini–album Salute to the Sun Yoga titled Do It Again, which will no doubt 6:30–7:30pm be showcased during this Hudson 83 River Park show. Teen Lounge (For Ages 13–18) www.livenation.com 2:00–3:00pm Bring snacks to enjoy while you listen to the radio & chat with your friends in THURSDAY, AUGUST 21st a casual environment. New York Public Library 115th Street Branch, 203 W 115th St, Bryant Park Manhattan Fountain Terrace, Bryant Park, Manhattan Crochet/ Knitting Circle Tai Chi 12:00–2:00pm 7:30am –8:30am Bring your yarn, crochet hook or Tai Chi and Eternal Spring are in- knitting needles. Enjoy an afternoon structed by members of the Tai Chi of conversation and stay afterwards to Chuan Center. For a complete list of NYC Park events enjoy the movie. please visit www.nycgovparks.org For more information on events please visit www.nypl.org/events/calendar Lincoln Center Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse, 165 West Bryant Park 65th Street, Manhattan Upper Terrace Steps, Bryant Park, A Little Night Music: Patricia Ko- Manhattan patchinskaja, violin Boomerang Theatre Company pres- ents Love’s Labor’s Lost 10:00pm The Moldovan ingénue shows off her 7:00–9:10pm Shakespeare’s smart comedy about fiery style with Bach’s powerful Cha- the battle of the sexes. conne and Bartók’s homage to the composer, his Sonata for solo violin. SummerStage Marcus Garvey Park, 18 Mt Morris Park W, Lincoln Center Manhattan Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Ave, Perfect Catch –A Throw–Mantic Manhattan Comedy International Contemporary Ensemble 7:00pm & 9:00pm SummerStage Kids presented by 7:30pm Disney presents a special evening of Mostly Mozart’s cutting–edge artists– Circus! Enjoy world class performers in–residence return for an intimate on stage as well as strolling perform- chamber music series. Visit lc.lincolncenter.org for ticket prices ers are part of Circus to Go! by the Big Apple Circus, bringing family Lincoln Center 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, Manhattan entertainment outside the tent. We are the Music Makers Central Park 12:00pm Landscape between Sheep Meadow 72nd This multi–media exhibition will Street Cross Drive, Central Park, Manhattan educate and engage viewers in the Screening: Ivan Reitman’s Oscar Nominee Ghostbusters (1984) cultural history of Southern traditional music. Free. 8:00pm Three unemployed parapsychology New York Public Library professors set up shop as a unique Morris Park Library, 985 Morris Park Ave- nue (between Radcliff and Colden Aves.), ghost–removal service. Bronx 84 FRIDAY, AUGUST 22nd Presents: Robin Thicke 7:00–9:00am Irving Place Fair NYC Parks Irving Place btw 14th Street and 15th St. Johns Recreation Center, 1251 Prospect Street, Manhattan Place, Brooklyn NY 10:00am–4:00pm Sit Aerobics 10:00–11:00am A seated exercise class that raises the SATURDAY, AUGUST 23rd heart rate and improves balance, with minimal impact on joints. For adults Riverside Park Conservancy and seniors. Riverside Park (Riverside drive btw. 65th St. Recreation center membership is and 72nd St.) Manhattan required. Visit the recreation member- Summer on the Hudson: Kayaking on ship page for more information. the Hudson For a complete list of NYC Parks 10:00am –5:00pm events please visit our website. Join The Downtown Boathouse for NYC Parks 20–minute instructional paddles. Varies Please wear a bathing suit or shorts Shape up NYC and a t–shirt, and know how to swim. For a complete listing of Shape up For a complete list of Summer on the NYC times and locations, please visit Hudson events please visit our site. our site. Battery City Park Bryant Park Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park, Battery City Park, 40th Street Plaza, Manhattan Manhattan Chess & Backgammon Drawing in the Park 11:00am–7:00pm 10:00am For a complete list of events at Bryant Sketch and paint the Hudson River Park, please visit our website. and neighboring parks with an artist/ educator. Materials provided. Lincoln Center Avery Fisher Hall, Manhattan SummerStage Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra: Marcus Garvey Park, 18 Mt Morris Park W, Closing Night Manhattan Charlie Parker Jazz Festival 8:00pm The Festival closes with Mozart’s tow- 3:00pm & 7:00pm ering Requiem, which consumed the Performances from The Wallace composer in his final days. Echoing its Roney Orchestra, Lionel Loueke, Me- themes, Frank Martin’s ravishing violin lissa Aldana, Kris Bowers, and Chris concerto Polyptyque is intriguingly Turner. combined with Bach chorales. SummerStage Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, Manhattan TODAY Concert Series La Mega 7th Annual Tropical Fest: 49th Street and Rockefeller Plaza, Manhat- tan. Check website for performances: Alex Sensation www.today.com 3:00–7:00pm New York City’s top Latin DJ, Alex Good Morning America Concert Series Sensation performs. Central Park – Rumsey Playfield 85 Grand Army Plaza Finding Your Voice: Poetry and Cre- Flatbush Ave, and ative Writing Workshop (Adults) Prospect Park, Brooklyn 3:30pm Greenmarket at Grand Army Plaza Join us for a 7–week series of work- 8:00am–4:00pm shops led by John Maney, where we’ll Get all your food shopping done, explore the use of our five senses – sample local wine, and take a walk smell, taste, touch, sight, and hearing in Prospect Park .EBT/Food Stamps – to enhance everyday and creative and WIC & Senior FMNP coupons writing. Registration is required. accepted. Please contact the branch by phone For a complete list of Prospect Park events or in person to register. please visit our site. New York Public Library Lincoln Center 115th Street Branch, 203 W 115th St, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, Manhattan Manhattan We are the Music Makers Crochet/ Knitting Circle 12:00pm 12:00–2:00pm This multi–media exhibition will Bring your yarn, crochet hook or educate and engage viewers in the knitting needles. Enjoy an afternoon cultural history of Southern traditional of conversation and stay afterwards to music. Free. enjoy the movie. Lincoln Center For more information on events Avery Fisher Hall, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, Manhattan please visit: www.nypl.org/events/ Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra: calendar Closing Night 8:00pm SUNDAY, AUGUST 24th Bach: Chorales from St. John Passion Martin: Polyptyque: Six Images of the Passion of Christ, Mozart: Requiem NYC Parks Visit www.lc.lincolncenter.org for tickets. Highbridge Park, 190th Street and Amster- NYC Parks dam Avenue, Manhattan Varies Forest Crew Shape up NYC 10:30am–1:00pm For a complete listing of Shape up The Highbridge Forest Crew works to NYC times and locations, please visit remove invasive plants from the park our site. and to care for recently planted native Fort Tryon Park trees. Heather Garden, Fort Tryon Park, For a complete list of NYC Parks events Manhattan please visit www.nycgovparks.org Morning Fitness at Fort Tryon Park NYC Parks 7:30–8:30am Varies For a breath of fresh air, take your Shape up NYC workouts outdoors. For a complete listing of Shape up For a complete list of NYC Park events NYC times and locations, please visit please visit www.nycgovparks.org our site. New York Public Library Kingsbridge Library, 291 W 231st St, Bronx

86 Bryant Park Amsterdam Avenue Fair 40th Street Plaza, Manhattan 79th to , Manhattan Games 12:00–5:00pm 11:00am–7:00pm Day Parade Take a break with an eclectic selection Madison Avenue btw 23rd and 38th , of favorite tabletop games for free. Manhattan From Scrabble and mancala to dom- 11:00am–6:00pm inoes and Jenga. Visit bryantpark. Fulton Street Fair org to find weekly Game Socials and Fulton Street btw Water Street and Gold Street Clinics for Board and Party Games, 11:00am–6:00pm Mah Jongg, and more. For a complete list of events at Bryant Park, City Parks Foundation – please visit this website. SummerStage For more information on New York City Central Park Public Library events please this site. 6:00–10:00pm Central Park Conservancy Fania All Stars Central Park, Manhattan City Parks Foundation – Family Performance Festival: SummerStage Story Laurie 12:00–1:30pm Charlie Parker Jazz Festival: Kenny Groove in the glade as Story Laurie Barron/ Cindy Blackman Santana/ weaves wondrous tales and sings Craig Handy/ 2nd Line Smith/ Brian- witty songs with her enchanting voice na Thomas to share her wisdom about everything 3:00–7:00pm from the bugs in your backyard to Riverside Park Conservancy what life is like around the world! 72nd Street at Hudson River Kayaking on the Hudson For more detailed information about Central Park Conservancy events 10:00am–5:00pm visit http://www.centralparknyc.org/events/ City Parks Foundation Various locations Governor’s Island Charlie Parker Jazz Festival Colonels Row www.cityparksfoundation.org NYC Volkswagen Traffic Jam 10:00am The Traffic Jam is a spectator–judged MONDAY, AUGUST 25th vintage Volkswagen car show and pic- nic. With great views behind a vibrant line–up of nearly 100 Beetles, buses, NYC Parks dune buggies, Things, and other orig- Asser Levy Playground, 392 Asser Levy Place, Manhattan inal VW’s circa 1950’s – 1970’s, this Chair Yoga car show is a one–of–a–kind event for 10:00am–11:00am both the casual spectator and classic Chair yoga is a gentle form of yoga VW enthusiast. that can be practiced while sitting or http://www.vwtrafficjam.com/ standing using a chair for support. Street Fair A low impact class, it focuses on , Queens NY brightonbeach.com/jubilee–festival.html strengthening the body’s inner core through slow movements, concen

87 trating and breathing. For adults and NYC Parks – Forest Park seniors. Recreation center member- Elton Street and in ship is required. Highland Park For a complete list of NYC Parks events Disney Movie: Frozen please visit our website. 7:30pm–9:30pm NYC Parks For a complete list of NYC Parks Varies events please visit our website. Shape up NYC NYC Parks For a complete listing of Shape up Varies NYC times and locations, please visit Shape up NYC our site. For a complete listing of Shape up Bryant Park NYC times and locations, please visit Upper Terrace, Manhattan our site. Italian Language Class Bryant Park 11:45–12:30pm Upper Terrace, Manhattan Learn a new language or brush up on Yoga your skills in these beginner classes. 10:00–11:00am Attendance is limited to one class for For a complete list of events at Bryant Park, please visit our website. each language offered. Registration required at inlinguainBryantPark@ Summer on the Hudson West Harlem Piers Park, 125th Street, inlingua.com. Manhattan For a complete list of events at Bryant Park, please visit our website. Game Days 10:00am–2:00pm Lincoln Center Dizzy’s Club Coca–Cola, 10 Columbus Northeast Queens Parks Circle, Manhattan 35th Avenue and Cross Island Parkway, Monday Nights with WBGO – Mi- Crocheron Parkway chael Carvin: Flash Forward CD Movie at the Park: Europa Report Release 8:00–10:00pm Come watch a free family fun movie! 7:30pm & 9:30pm www.jalc.org An international crew of astronauts undertakes a privately–funded mission to search for life on Jupiter’s TUESDAY, AUGUST 26th fourth largest moon. Bring a low chair or blanket. NYC Parks Red Hood Flicks Van Cortlandt Park, Mosholu Avenue & Valentino Pier, Brooklyn NY Broadway On the Waterfront Garden Crew 8:30pm 10:00am–1:00pm Red Hook Films are shown at Valen- Get dirty helping out at the tino Pier, on the Brooklyn waterfront. Compost Garden. The screen is set up in front of a Civil NYC Parks War–era warehouse, with sweeping Poe Park, Visitor Center, 2640 Grand views of the harbor and the Statue of Concourse, Bronx, NY Liberty as a backdrop. Meditation Class This classic Marlon Brando film from 1:00–1:45pm 1954 tells the story of an ex–prize 88 fighter turned longshoreman who NYC Parks struggles to stand up to his corrupt Varies union bosses. Shape up NYC For a complete listing of Shape up New York Public Library Wakefield Library, 4100 Lowerre Place, NYC times and locations, please visit Bronx, NY our site. Movie Time Bryant Park 3:00pm 40th Street Plaza, Manhattan New York Public Library Early Bird Game Social Science, Industry and Business Library, 10:00–12:00pm #018, 188 Madison Avenue @ 34th Street, Join us at our all new weekly Game Manhattan Socials to meet up with like–minded Self–Recruiter– Building Your Profes- players interested in the same games sional Network with LinkedIn & How as you. to Use it for Your Job Search For a complete list of events at Bryant Park, 12:00–1:30pm please visit our website. For more information on New York New York Public Library City Public Library events please visit Kingsbridge Library, 291 West 231st our site. Street, Bronx, NY Amateur Astronomers Teen Movies Association 4:00–6:00pm 10th Avenue and 14th Street, Manhattan New York Public Library Observing on the High Line Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Chil- 7:30–9:30pm dren’s Center at 42nd Street, Manhattan www.aaa.org/calendar Wii Gaming 2:30–3:30pm WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27th New York Public Library Tottenville Library, 7430 Amboy Road, Staten Island, NY Family Story–time NYC Parks 3:00pm Fort Tryon Park, Abby’s Lawn, Manhattan For more information on New York Sunset Yoga City Public Library events please visit 6:45–8:00pm Practice yoga overlooking beautiful our site. For more detailed information about Cen- Hudson River views with a variety of tral Park Conservancy events please visit certified local yoga instructors while http://www.centralparknyc.org/events/ basking in the glow of the setting Summer on the Hudson sun. Arrive early, and bring a towel or Riverside Park South, 71st Street Soccer yoga mat. Field and Basketball Courts, Manhattan NYC Parks – Forest Park Tots Soccer & Pee Wee Basketball George Seuffert Bandshell, Woodhaven 9:30–11:30am Boulevard and Forest Park Drive, Queens All little ones (5 and under) are wel- Disney Movie: Frozen come at this introduction to soccer 7:30–9:30pm and basketball. For a complete list of NYC Parks events please visit www.nycgovparks.org Tots Soccer: 9:30– 10:30am; Pee Wee Basketball 10:30 – 11:30am.

89 Summer on the Hudson Love’s Labor’s Lost West Harlem Piers Park, West 125th Street, 7:00–10:00pm Manhattan Bryant Park Game Days Fountain terrace, 6th Avenue and 41st 10:00am–2:00pm Street, Manhattan Calling all children 12 and under who Tai Chi want something fun to do on a sunny 7:30am–8:30am afternoon. Games such as giant tic tac Tai Chi and Eternal Spring are in- toe, lawn bowling, hopscotch, jump structed by members of the Tai Chi rope and more will be waiting for Chuan Center. Open to all ages and your arrival. experience levels. For a complete list of events at Bryant Park, Summer on the Hudson please visit our website. The Plaza at 66th Street, Riverside Park South, Manhattan New York Public Library Salute to the Sun Yoga Woodstock Library, 761 East 160th Street, Bronx, NY 6:30–7:30pm Play 24! End your day with relaxing Hatha yoga in a beautiful sunset setting. 1:00–3:00pm The 24 Game is an arithmetical card Suitable for all fitness levels. Please game in which the object is to find a wear loose, comfortable clothing and way to manipulate four numbers so bring your own mat. that the end result is 24. Addition, New York International Salsa subtraction, multiplication, or division Congress Dance & Music may be used to make four digits from Festival NY Hilton at 6th Avenue one to nine equal 24. Come and play www.nycsalsacongress.com/ or learn how! New York Public Library George Bruce Library, 518 West 125th THURSDAY, AUGUST 28th Street, Manhattan Board Games 10:00am–4:30pm NYC Parks Board games of all types and all skill Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx, NY levels. EcoCrafts 11:00am–1:00pm New York Public Library Tottenville Library, 7430 Amboy Road, Recycle used stuff into new creations Staten Island, NY at Classic Playground. Baby & Me For a complete list of NYC Parks 11:00am events please visit our website. Songs, books and fun for infants ages NYC Parks 0–18 months along with a parent or Varies caregiver. Meet other babies in the Shape up NYC neighborhood! No pre–registration For a complete listing of Shape up required. NYC times and locations, please visit For more information on New York City our site. Public Library events please visit our site. Bryant Park Shakespeare Upper Terrace, Manhattan

90 New York International Salsa 7:00–10:00pm Congress Dance and Music Shakespeare’s smart comedy about Festival the battle of the sexes: A king and New York Hilton, 6th Avenue friends swear an oath to renounce http://www.nycsalsacongress.com/ women, but a princess and compan- Prospect Park Alliance ions put that plan to the test. Thursday Corps Bryant Park 10:00am–2:00pm 40th Street Plaza, Manhattan Nature lovers, unite! Volunteer for Games crucial horticultural and maintenance 11:00am–7:00pm projects around the Park. Take a break with an eclectic selection For more detailed information about of favorite tabletop games for free. Central Park Conservancy events From Scrabble and mancala to dom- please visit http://www.central- inoes and Jenga. Visit bryantpark. parknyc.org/events/ org to find weekly Game Socials and Clinics for Board and Party Games, FRIDAY, AUGUST 29th Mah Jongg, and more. For a complete list of events at Bryant Park, please visit our website. Summer on the Hudson St. Johns Recreation Center West Harlem Piers, 130th Street and Mar- 1251 Prospect Place, Brooklyn NY ginal Street, Manhattan Sit Aerobics Lunchtime Listen with the 10:00am–11:00am Shivering Timbers A seated exercise class that raises the 12:00–1:00pm heart rate and improves balance, with Step into a whimsical, foot–stomping minimal impact on joints. For adults play land with the Shivering Timbers. and seniors. Recreation center mem- Bring a bag of yummies and eat lunch bership is required. while drinking in the reverberations. NYC Parks New York Public Library Poe Park Visitor Center, 2640 Grand Con- Mulberry Street Library, Bronx, NY course, Bronx, NY Bilingual Birdies Seasonal Crafts 10:30–11:30am 2:00–3:30pm Make seasonal and holiday arts & New York Public Library Great Kills Library, 56 Giffords lane, crafts items to take home. Staten Island, NY For a complete list of NYC Parks Fun Fridays events please visit our website. 3:30–4:30pm NYC Parks Enjoy an afternoon of stories, songs, Varies rhymes, and a fun craft! Recommend- Shape up NYC ed for ages 5 and up. For a complete listing of Shape up New York Public Library NYC times and locations, please visit Francis Martin Library, Children’s Room, our site. 2150 University Avenue, Bronx, NY Bryant Park Shakespeare Kids Take over the Library Upper Terrace, Manhattan 2:00–4:00pm Love’s Labor’s Lost For more information on New York

91 City Public Library events please visit Join us at our all new weekly Game our site. Socials to meet up with like–mind- 2014 TODAY Concert Series ed players interested in the same 49th Street and Rockefeller Plaza, Man- games as you. Though kids games are hattan available whenever we are open, the Presents: Ariana Grande Kids Time Game Social lets the little Good Morning America ones enjoy games geared especially Concert Series towards them. Central Park – Rumsey Playfield, Manhattan Presents: Brad Paisley Bryant Park The green, Manhattan 7:00am–9:00am Putting Green NYC Unicycle Festival 11:00am–7:00pm Across Brooklyn Practice your technique, perfect 12:00–5:00pm nycunifest.com your distance and speed, or bring the kids to play on the green, all free of charge. Golf balls and clubs are SATURDAY, AUGUST 30th provided. For a complete list of events at Bryant Park, please visit our website. Prospect Park Alliance Summer on the Hudson Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn NY Pier I, Riverside Park South, Manhattan Greenmarket at Grand Army Plaza Sweet Spot Festival 8:00am–4:00pm 2:00–9:00pm At what other market can you do all Musical Directions brings you Sweet your food shopping, sample local Spot, a family–friendly gathering of wine, and take walk in Prospect Park? community, cultures & music lovers Open since 1989, Grand Army Plaza of all ages. This public cultural fete is the flagship Brooklyn market. EBT/ features reggae, soulful house, disco Food Stamps and WIC & Senior and afro–beat spun by a rotating FMNP coupons accepted year–round. collection of North America’s most Prospect Park Alliance renowned sound architects. Wellhouse Drive, Brooklyn NY sweetspotfestival.com Pop–Up Audubon New York Public Library Nature on the Go: 1:00pm and 3:00pm Westchester Square Library, 2521 Glebe Family Bird Watching: 4:30pm Avenue, Bronx, NY www.prospectpark.org Teen Lounge NYC Parks 1:00pm Varies New York Public Library Shape up NYC Riverside Library, 127 Amsterdam Avenue, For a complete listing of Shape up Manhattan NYC times and locations, please visit Piney Forks Press Theater our site. 12:00–3:00pm Join us for an afternoon of mono- Bryant Park Kids Time 40th Street Plaza, Manhattan logue selections from the Piney Fork Game Social Press Theater Festivals. For more information on New York City 2:00–4:00pm Public Library events please visit our site. 92 Riverside Park Conservancy Art Exhibit – Fall Show 72nd Street and the Hudson River, , Manhattan Manhattan http://www.wsoae.org/ Kayaking on the Hudson Hans Christian Andersen 10:00am–5:00pm Storytelling Center For a full schedule of Riverside Park The Red Shoes events please visit The Princess and the Pea riversideparknyc.org 11:00am World Trade Center Fair Amateur Astronomers Liberty Street btw Broadway and Trinity Association Place, Manhattan , Staten Island, NY 11:00am–6:00pm Observing at Great Kills NYC Unicycle Festival 8:30–11:00pm Across Brooklyn www.aaa.org/calendar 12:00–5:00pm http://nycunifest.com/ SUNDAY, AUGUST 31st Meatpacking District Fair 13th Street btw Washington and 9th Avenue, Manhattan 11:00am–5:00pm NYC Parks Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 5, Brooklyn NY Vintage Baseball Governors Island, Parade Ground Smorgasburg 11:00am 11:00am–6:00pm www.govisland.com Join us Sundays at Brooklyn Bridge Central Park Conservancy Park’s Pier 5 for another season of North Meadow Recreation Center, mid– Brooklyn’s best street food. From bris- Park at 97th Street, Manhattan ket to bulgogi and Burmese noodles, Youth Co–Ed Basketball Clinic to phatty beet sliders, fish and chips 12:00–2:00pm and farm–fresh ice cream, there’s al- For more detailed information about ways something yummy for everyone. Central Park Conservancy events Come enjoy our food with a view. please visit: The markets are open 11:00 a.m.– www.centralparknyc.org/events/ 6:00 p.m., rain or shine, all spring, Prospect Park Alliance summer and fall. See ya there! Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn NY For a complete list of NYC Parks Greenmarket at Grand Army Plaza events please visit our website. 8:00am–4:00pm At what other market can you do all NYC Parks your food shopping, sample local Varies Shape up NYC wine, and take walk in Prospect Park? For a complete listing of Shape up Open since 1989, Grand Army Plaza NYC times and locations, please visit is the flagship Brooklyn market. EBT/ our site. Food Stamps and WIC & Senior FMNP coupons accepted year–round. Bryant Park Kids Time 40th Street Plaza, Manhattan Fourth Avenue Festival Game Social 4th Avenue btw 9th Street and 14th Street 2:00–4:00pm Washington Square Outdoor Join us at our all new weekly Game

93 Socials to meet up with like–minded NYC Unicycle Festival players interested in the same games Across Brooklyn as you. Though kids games are avail- 12:00–5:00pm able whenever we are open, the Kids nycunifest.com/ Time Game Social lets the little ones Washington Square Outdoor enjoy games geared especially to- Art Exhibit – Fall Show wards them. Learn about Candyland, Greenwich Village Old Maid, Memory, or Operation www.wsoae.org/ every weekend. 30th Annual Brazilian Day Festival Bryant Park 6th Avenue from 42nd Street to 56th Street Court near 42nd Street and 6th Avenue, Manhattan 10:00am–6:00pm Ping Pong The Brazilian Day festival, a spirited 11:00am–7:00pm annual celebration of Brazil’s Indepen- For a complete list of events at Bryant dence Day, marks its 30th anniversary Park, please visit our website. this year with music, dance, food and New York Public Library a sea of green-and-gold-bedecked Chatham Square Library, Community expatriates. Room, 33 East Broadway, Manhattan www.brazilianday.com Board Games & Chess for Children 3:00–5:00pm Play board games and card games of all types and skill levels. Come and play Chess too! Basic introduction to the game provided. No Registration is required. For children ages 5 to 12, teens, and families. Please contact Karen Ginman at karenginman@nypl. org or call 212–964–6598 with any questions. For more information on New York City Public Library events please visit our site. Summer on the Hudson Meeting Point in Riverside Park, Manhattan Kayaking on the Hudson 10:00am–5:00pm Join The Downtown Boathouse for 20–minute instructional paddles. Please wear a bathing suit or shorts and a t–shirt, and know how to swim. Weather permitting. No registration required. Kayaks and life vests provid- ed. All ages. Please note: 72nd street Kayaking is vol- unteer run and volunteers are low, which sometimes results in shortened hours. The Downtown Boathouse is looking for volunteers. 94 Beaches & Pools BEACH & POOL SITES

NYC Beaches are open for swimming from Memorial Day Weekend through Labor Day; NYC Outdoor pools open June 27 and are open through Labor Day; indoor pools are open year–round. Indoor pools require NYC Parks Recreation Center membership with the exception of swim classes, which are free but do require registration. For more information on NYC beaches and pools, including hours of operation and rules for use, visit NYC Parks at www.nyc.gov/parks or call 311.

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Edenwald Houses Pool PUBLIC BEACHES Schieffelin Avenue & E. 229th Street, IN THE BRONX (718) 379–8347 Orchard Beach & Promenade Haffen On in Pelham Bay Park, Ely and Burke Avenues, (718) 379–2908 (718) 885–2275 Mapes OUTDOOR POOLS E. 180th Street, between Mapes and Prospect Avenues, (718) 364–8876 IN THE BRONX Mullaly Bronx River Playground Pool E. 164th Street, between Jerome and River E. 174th Street & Bronx River Avenue, Avenues, (718) 538–7083 (718) 378–1597 Van Cortlandt Claremont W. 242nd Street and Broadway, E. 170th St. and Clay Avenue, (718) 548–2415 (718) 901–4792 Crotona FLOATING POOLS E. 173rd Street and Fulton Avenue, IN THE BRONX (718) 822–4440 Tiffany Street and Viele Avenue, (718) 430–4601

95 INDOOR POOLS Kosciusko Marcy Avenue between Dekalb Avenue IN THE BRONX and Kosciuszko Street, (718) 622–5271 St. Mary’s St. Ann’s Avenue and East 145th Street, Lindower Park Pool E. 60th St, Mill Road and Strickland Avenue, (718) 402––5157 (718) 531–4852 McCarren Lorimer Street between Bayard Street and BROOKLYN Driggs Avenue, (718) 802–3846 PS 20 Playground Pool Between Clermont Avenue and BEACH & POOL SITES PUBLIC BEACHES IN BROOKLYN Adelphi Street, (718) 625–61016 Red Hook Brighton Beach, Coney Island and Bay and Henry Streets, (718) 722–3211 Coney Island Boardwalk On Atlantic Ocean, from W. 37th Street to Sunset Park Corbin Place (718) 946–1350 Seventh Avenue between 41st and 44th Streets, (718) 965–6578 Manhattan Beach On Atlantic Ocean, Oriental Boulevard, from to Mackenzie Street, INDOOR POOLS (718) 946–1373 IN BROOKLYN Brownsville OUTDOOR POOLS Linden and Mother Gaston IN BROOKLYN and Christopher Avenue, (718) 485–4633 Betsy Head Metropolitan Boyland, Livonia and Dumont Avenues, Bedford and Metropolitan Avenues, (718) 965–6581 (718) 599–5707 Brooklyn Bridge Park Pop–Up St. John’s Pier 2, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Prospect Place between Troy and Sche- (718) 222–9939 nectady Avenues, (718) 771–2787 Bushwick Pool Humboldt Street, Flushing and Bushwick Avenues and, (718) 452– 2116 MANHATTAN Commodore Barry Flushing and Park Avenues, Navy and North Elliot Streets, (718) 243–2593 OUTDOOR POOLS IN David Fox/PS 251 Pool MANHATTAN E. 54th Street & Avenue H, (718) 531–2437 Abe Lincoln Pool 5th Avenue and E. 135th Street, Douglas and DeGraw (212) 491–1714 Third Avenue and Nevins Street, (718) 625–3268 Asser Levy Asser Levy Place and E. 23rd Street, Glenwood Houses Pool (212) 447–2020 Flushing and Park Avenues, Navy and North Elliot Streets, (718) 243–2593 Tony Dapolito Clarkson Street and Seventh Avenue JHS 57/HS 26 Pool South, (212) 242–5228 117 Stuyvesant Avenue, (718) 452–0519 Dry Dock Howard E. 10th Street between Avenues C and D, Glenmore and Mother Gaston Boule- (212) 677–4481 vard, (718) 385–1023 96 Frederick Douglass Pool Tony Dapolito Amsterdam Avenue between 100th and Seventh Avenue South and Clarkson 102nd Streets, (212) 316-3241 Street, (212) 242–5228 Hamilton Fish Pitt and Houston Streets, (212) 387–7691 Highbridge QUEENS Amsterdam Avenue and W. 173rd Street, (212) 927–2400 Jackie Robinson PUBLIC BEACHES IN Bradhurst Avenue and W. 146th Street, QUEENS (212) 234–9606 Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk On Atlantic Ocean from Beach 1st Street, BEACH & POOL SITES John Jay East of York Avenue on E. 77th Street, Far Rockaway, to Beach (212) 794–6566 149th Street, (718) 318– 4000 Lasker Jacob Riis Beach and Boardwalk W. 110th Street and Lenox Avenue, On Atlantic Ocean between Beach 149th (212) 534–7639 Street, Neponsit, and Beach 169th Street (part of Gateway National Recreational Marcus Garvey Area), 718–354–4606 124th Street and Fifth Avenue, (212) 410–2818 OUTDOOR POOLS IN Sheltering Arms QUEENS W. 129th Street and Amsterdam Avenue, (212) 662–6191 Astoria 19th Street and 23rd Drive, Thomas Jefferson (718) 626–8620 E. 112th Street and First Avenue, (212) 860–1372 Fisher 99th Street and 32nd Avenue, Thompson Street Pool (718) 779–8356 Thompson Street between Spring and Prince Streets, (212) 343-0959 Fort Totten 338 Story Avenue, (718) 224–4031 Wagner E. 124th Street between First and Second Liberty Avenues, (212) 534–4238 173rd Street and 106th Avenue, (718) 657–4995 INDOOR POOLS Marie Curie Park Pool IN MANHATTAN 211th Street and 46th Avenue, (718) 423-0762 Asser Levy Asser Levy Place and E. 23rd Street, PS 10 Pool (212) 447–2020 45th Street and 30th Road, (718) 777-7599 Chelsea W. 25th Street between 9th and PS 186 Playground Pool 10th Avenues, (212) 255–3705 Little Neck Parkway and 72nd Avenue, (718) 347-2945 Gertrude Ederle Pool 232 West 60th Street, (212) 397-3159 Windmuller Pool 54th Street and 39th Road, (718) 651-8247 Hansborough W. 134th Street between Fifth and Lenox INDOOR POOLS IN QUEENS Avenues, (212) 234–9603 Flushing Meadows Corona Park Pool Recreation Center 54 E. 54th Street between First and Second and Rink Avery Avenue and 131st Street, Avenues, (212) 754–5411 (718) 271–7572

97 Roy Wilkins 177th Street and Baisley Boulevard, (718) 276–4630

STATEN ISLAND Cornelia Avenues, (718) 984–8266 PUBLIC BEACHES IN OUTDOOR POOLS IN BEACH & POOL SITES STATEN ISLAND STATEN ISLAND Cedar Grove Beach Great Kills Park, at Ebbitts Street and Faber Faber Street and Richmond Terrace, Cedar Grove Avenue, (718) 351–6387 (718) 816–5259 South and Midland Beaches and Lyons Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk Pier 6 and Victory Boulevard, On Lower New York Bay, from Fort (718) 816–9571 Wadsworth to Miller Field South Beach (718) 816–6804, (718) 987–0709 Tottenville and Joline Avenue, Wolfe’s Pond Beach (718) 356–8242 On Raritan Bay and Prince’s Bay, Holton to West Brighton Henderson Avenue between Broadway and Chappel Street, (718) 816–5019

98 Summer Hotspots HOT SPOTS THE BRONX Bronx Museum of the Arts Bartow–Pell Mansion 1040 Grand Concourse; (718) 681–6000; Museum and Gardens Thursday, Saturday & Sunday: 11:00am– 895 Shore Road, Pelham Bay Park; 6:00pm; Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday: (718) 885–1461 Closed; Friday: 11:00am–8:00pm. 12:00noon–4:00pm, Mansion: The collection is composed of more Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday than 800 contemporary works of art Garden and grounds: open daily from in all media, conveying a broad range 8:30am until dusk of modern and contemporary art You don’t need to be a history buff practices. Free. *Children under 12 to be enchanted by the grandeur must be accompanied by an adult. and beauty of this national land- [email protected] mark, which houses examples of fine 19th century furniture and decora- Bronx Arts Ensemble 80 Van Cortlandt Park, (718) 601–7399 tive arts. The restored three–story www.bronxartsensemble.org Carriage House contains a carriage stable, hay loft and tack room that Bronx Museum of the Arts 1040 Grand Concourse, (718) 681–6000, give visitors insight into what life www.bronxmuseum.org was like on the estate. Admission: Adults: $5, Seniors & Bronx Zoo/Wildlife students: $3, Children under 6 free. Conservation Park 2300 Southern Boulevard, (718) 220–5100, For more information, visit us online www.bronxzoo.com here. Bronx Zoo in Bronx Park Bronx Culture Trolley 2300 Southern Boulevard, Bronx NY– First Wednesdays of the 2013–2014 (718)367–1010 season are: July 2, August 6, October 1, http://www.bronxzoo.com/dino/ November 5 and December 3. A program of the Bronx Council on Dinosaur Safari: Mysteries the Arts (BCA), the First Wednesday Revealed Bronx Culture Trolley was initially 10am–5pm conceived as the first action toward See more than 30 life–size anima- creating the South Bronx “Cultural tronic dinosaurs, including a 40–foot Corridor,” an arts–related economic long tyrannosaurus rex, on this ride development plan positioning the through the two–acre safari at the lower Grand Concourse as a “Gate- Bronx Zoo. Learn about the differ- way to the Arts in the Bronx.” The ent species of dinosaurs and their trolley provides people with a fun habitats, discover how fossils provide way to get around and attend cultural insight into what life may have looked venues that they might not otherwise like in prehistoric times and explore have visited. how animatronics work. http://bronxarts.org/culture_trolley.asp

99 City Island Historical Society Edgar Allan Poe Cottage and Nautical Museum Grand Concourse and East Kingsbridge 190 Fordham Street, City Island Bronx Road. (718) 881–8900 10464–(718) 885–0008 Saturdays 10:00am–4:00pm Saturday and Sunday, 1:00pm–5:00pm Sundays 1:00pm–5:00pm HOT SPOTS Learn a bit of the area’s history at America’s first great literary master the free City Island Historical Society lived in this farmhouse at the end of and Nautical Museum, which is his life, and today, the small, mod- housed in a 19th–century building est home looks very much as it did that was a school until 1976. Check when Poe lived here 1846– 1849. out the display of wooden boats While living at the cottage, Poe wrote and the original school desks. The Annabel Lee, Ulalume, The Bells and community room is another kid Eureka. Administered by The Bronx favorite; you’ll find an old typewriter County Historical Society since 1975, and sewing machine and a topo- the cottage is restored to its original graphic map of the area. appearance, with authentic period www.cityislandmuseum.org furnishings. A film presentation and guided tour help bring Poe Cottage Derfner Judaica Museum & The Art Collection The to life. Visitors can see the bed in Hebrew Home at Riverdale which Virginia died and the rocking 5901 Palisade Avenue; (718) 581–1596; chair Poe used. In the kitchen, the Directions: Please call (718) 581–1000 dishes on the table appear as if the Sunday–Thursday 10:30am–4:30pm great author had just stepped out As a member of the American for air. The house tour is comple- Association of , the Derfner mented by an award–winning video Judaica Museum The Art Collection at the Hebrew that provides insight into the writer Home at Riverdale is committed to and the man. General Admission $3. displaying its expansive fine art col- Students/Seniors/Children $2. More lection throughout the public areas info here. of the campus. The art collection GrowNYC Markets is comprised of modern art, large– Our markets are as diverse as the scale sculpture, and ceremonial art city itself! No matter where you are from and the Americas. It also in NYC, you can find a bustling space houses the Elma and Milton A. Gil- filled with neighbors, families, office bert Pavilion Gallery which features workers and chefs all shopping side– rotating exhibitions. The Derfner by–side for the freshest of products. Judaica Museum exhibits art and Now Open in the Bronx: artifacts from Jewish life and culture, Bronx Borough Hall–Tuesday and its collection includes objects Lincoln Hospital–Tuesday and Friday in wood, silver and ivory, varying in New York Botanical Garden–Wednesday style and date from the 18th to the Parkchester–Friday 20th century. Poe Park–Tuesday http://www.hebrewhome.org/ Roberto Clemente Plaza Youthmarket– Wednesday Learn It, Grow It, Eat It Youthmarket– Wednesday

100 Marble Hill Youthmarket–Thursday study of the eccentric, creating works Riverdale Youthmarket–Thursday of art based on visually unusual plants Montefiore Youthmarket–Thursday chosen by the artists themselves. View http://www.grownyc.org/ the results of their efforts, 46 captivat- ing paintings and illustrations of exotic

HOT SPOTS Hall of Fame for Great Americans specimens, on display in the Ross 2183 University Avenue, (718) 289–5161 Gallery. For costs visit website. www.bcc.cuny.edu/halloffame/ NYC Parks–Bronx Skate Parks Judaica Museum Bronx Skate Park 5901 Palisade Avenue, Bronx, Bronx Park East between Britton Street and (718) 581–1000 www.hebrewhome.org Allerton Avenue Closes at dusk Maritime Industry Museum at Bruckner Skate Park Historic Fort Schuyler Bruckner Playground, Brinsmade Avenue 6 Pennyfield Avenue, located on the SUNY and Cross Bronx Expressway Maritime College Campus. 718–409–7218; Mullaly Skate Park email: [email protected] Mullaly Park, East 164th Street and Jerome Monday–Saturday, 9:00am–4:00pm & River Avenues Admission and parking are free. River Avenue Skate Park The Maritime Industry is much more River Avenue Parks, East 157th Street and than the deep–sea merchant fleet. It River Avenue includes tug and barge operations, Requirements for use: A signed liability port and terminal operations, pilot- waiver; helmet; knee pads; elbow age, freight forwarding, chartering, pads. Get an online liability form at: www.nycgovparks.org/facilities/skateparks intermodal services, admiralty law, passenger and excursion services, Valentine–Varian House Great Lakes and inland waterways 3266 Bainbridge Avenue, (718) 881–8900 www.bronxhistoricalsociety.org shipping, shipbuilding and repair, naval architecture and marine engi- Van Cortlandt House Museum Broadway at West 246 Street, neering, seaman training, government (718) 543–3344 www.vancortlandthouse.org programs and shipping, vessel clas- sification, marine insurance, commu- Van Cortlandt Park nications, recreational boating, and Friends Events more. Info here. EcoCrafts Recycle used and natural materials into Museum of Bronx History new creations at Classic Playground. 3266 Bainbridge Avenue, (718) 881–8900 www.bronxhistoricalsociety.org Garden Crew Help care for our vegetable garden New York Botanical Garden beds where all of our produce will be 2900 Southern Boulevard, Bronx NY http://www.nybg.org/ donated to local food pantries.. Weird, Wild & Wonderful Trails Restoration Volunteer Crew Want to develop useful skills, while 11:00am In homage to the beauty of the bo- making a significant contribution to tanical world’s most bizarre flora, the the future of Van Cort– landt Park and New York Botanical Garden invited the Bronx Community? Crew Mem- members of the American Society of bers will attend workshops devel- Botanical Artists to participate in a oping skills in various areas of trail

101 construction while improving the July 17th: Sharknado hiking trails of Van Cortlandt July 24th: Fantastic Mr. Fox Park. No prior trails experience is July 31st: Bettlejuice necessary but encouraged; all train- August 7th: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ing will be offered in an on–the–job August 14th: Ghost Dog: The Way of

HOT SPOTS format. the Samurai For a complete list of events, visit us on- August 21st: The Birds line: vancortlandt.org/events/ August 28th: Public Vote! http://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/ West 249th Street and Independence Ave- nue, (718) 549–3200, www.wavehill.org Brooklyn Bridge Park Entrance at Pier 1, 334 Furman Street History Tour BROOKLYN 6:30pm–8:00pm Join some of NY’s finest historians in Amateur Astronomers our weekly interactive and dynamic Association tours to learn about the expansive his- 10th Avenue and 14th Street, Manhattan tory of the Brooklyn Bridge Park site! Observing on the High Line All History Tours require an RSVP, 7:30pm [email protected]. BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival Boot Camp MetroTech Center in the Civic Center/Bor- Contact: info@brooklynbridgeboot- ough Hall area of Downtown camp.com, or call (646) 354–0039. July 3rd: Davell Crawford Columbus Circle Entrance to Central Park July 17th: Third World at the Ferrara Cafe on the right side. For July 24th: Bobby Rush class schedule & sign up. August 7th: Lisa Fischer www.brooklynbridgebootcamp.com www.bam.org/metrotech/ Brooklyn Bridge Park Events Bedford–Stuyvesant Early Morning Yoga with Restoration Corporation Dodge YMCA 1368 Fulton Street (718) 636–6900 This hour–long yoga class on Pier www.restorationplaza.org/ 6 integrates postures, breathing BRIC Arts exercises, relaxation and meditation Brooklyn Creative Arts Lab to stretch, strengthen and condition. 9:00am–4:00pm All levels are welcome. Limited mats Visit us online here. available. Every Monday 1000 Washington Avenue Outdoor Strength Granite Prospect, 334 Furman Street, (718) 623–7200 Brooklyn, NY 11201 www.bbg.org Books Beneath the Bridge Brooklyn Bridge Park–Syfy Green Team Movies with a View 2014 Join this dedicated corps of volun- Join us for this season of our movie teers who beautify the park every series on Thursdays this summer! week! Green Series: Gardening with Thursdays at 6:00pm. Native Plants.These events take place July 10th: Duck Soup every Tuesday. Please visit http://www.brooklynbridge- park.org/events 102 Brooklyn Bridge Park Brooklyn Children’s Museum Pier 2 Dock, 334 Furman Street Summer Events 5:30pm–6:45 pm 145 Brooklyn Avenue, Brooklyn Thursday Kayaking (718) 735–4400 Get out on the water for kayaking with Family Music & Movement Lab HOT SPOTS the Brooklyn Bridge Park Boathouse, 11:00am located between Piers 1 and 2 (across For All ages. Stomp your feet as we from the Pop–Up Pool)! count the beats! Each day join us to Children under 18 must have an adult create your own rhythms, explore guardian present. Please be aware intriguing instruments, and learn that you must sign a waiver before traditional community dances. getting on the water. Due to water Try It Tuesdays! quality concerns, public and youth 11:30am kayaking events will be cancelled if For 5 and under. Explore, learn, and rainfall exceeds one inch in the pre- discover as you try out science, art, ceding 24 hours. and language in fun and exciting Animal Adventures ways. Visit us online to learn more. Pier 1 Promenade, 334 Furman Street, Brooklyn Historical Society Brooklyn, NY 11201 128 Pierrepont (718) 222–4111 8:30pm–10:30pm www.brooklynhistory.org Join us for an animal adventure! Brooklyn Museum of Art Learn about and meet a real animal 200 Eastern Parkway (718) 638–5000 from our collection. www.brooklynmuseum.org This event takes place every Tuesdays. Brooklyn Museum For more information, times, locations 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY and dates of events visit (718) 638–5000 http://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/events. http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibi- tions/ Brooklyn Bridge Waterfront Exhibits: Workouts: Pilates with the Ai Weiwei: According to What (April Fitness Guru 18 to August 10) Tuesdays, until the end of August Swoon: Submerged Motherlands 7:00pm–8:00pm (April 11–August 24) These Pilates Mat Classes with the Fit- Chicago in L.A.: Judy Chicago;s Early ness Guru will teach you to properly Work (April 4–September 28) activate the muscles of your abdo- Witness: Art and Civil Rights in the men and back to create an incredible Sixties (March 7–July 6th) amount of stability on your torso. http://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/ Brooklyn Music School 126 St. Felix Street (718) 638–5660 events/pilates www.brooklynmusicschool.org Brooklyn Public Libraries 10:30am–11:30am Toddler Time For a complete list of Brooklyn Library events, visit http://www.bklynlibrary.org/

103 Celebrate Brooklyn! Coney Island Fireworks Prospect Park Bandshell, 9th Street & Coney Island Boardwalk at W 10th Street, Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, NY 11215 (718) 449–8836 www.wonderwheel.com • July 10th: Illya Kuryaki & The 9:30pm Valderramas/ Choc Quib Town/ RVSB Dates: July 4th, July 5th, July 11th, HOT SPOTS (7:00pm) July 18th, July 19th, July 25th, Saturday 26, August 1st, August 2nd, • July 11th: Vote, It Ain’t Illegal Yet! August 8th, August 15th, August (7:30pm) 22nd, August 23rd, August 29th • July 12th: Alloy Orchestra: He Who The Doll and Toy Museum of Gets Slapped/ Stephane Wrembel New York City 157 Montague Street, 4th floor (718) (7:30pm) 243–0820 • July 17th: Shen Wei Dance (8:00pm) www.toymuseumny.org • July 18th: Bebel Gilberto/ Vinicius Flea Markets in Brooklyn Cantuaria/ Netsayi (7:00pm) • Aquaduck Flea Market (Open Fri- day, Saturday, Sunday & Tuesday) July 19th: Deltron 3030/ Nomadic Mas- • Fort Greene–Brooklyn Flea sive (7:30pm) (Saturday, 10:00am–5:00pm) • July 22nd & July 23rd: Benefit Con- • Williamsburg–Brooklyn Flea cert: Neutral Milk Hotel (7:00pm) (Sunday, 10:00am–5:00pm) • • July 24th: Nickel Creek (7:30pm) Park Slope P.S. 321 • July 25th: Amandla (7:30pm) (Saturday, Sunday 10am–5pm) • July 26th: Benefit Concert: Nick Cave www.brooklynflea.com and the Bad Seeds (7:00pm) GrowNYC Markets • July 31st: Dance Theatre of Harlem/ Our markets are as diverse as the Leyla McCalla (7:30pm) city itself! No matter where you are in NYC, you can find a bustling space • August 1st: Jimmy Bosch y su Estrel- filled with neighbors, families, office las/ Pedrito Martinez Group ft. Ariance workers and chefs all shopping side– Trujillo (7:30pm) by– side for the freshest of products. • August 2nd: Kes the Band/ Kuenta I Regardless of their size, each market is an anchor to its community pro- Tambu/ DJ Dr Wax/ Steel Sensations viding not only fresh, locally–grown (7:00pm) food, but a gathering place where • August 7th: Altan/ Maura O’Connell neighbors can come together, share (7:30pm) recipes, watch a cooking demonstra- tion, take a tour with a chef and learn • August 8th: Asian Dub Foundation: about local agriculture. For more THX 1138/ Taylor McFerrin (7:30pm) specific location information, call 311. • August 9th: St. Vincent/ San Fermin Now Open in Brooklyn: (7:30pm) Bartel–Pritchard Square Greenmarket– Visit us here, for more event info. Wednesdays 8:00am–4:00pm 104 Bay Ridge – Heart of Brooklyn (HOB) First Saturdays 8:00am–3:00pm Saturday Shuttle Bensonhurst– Loop from the Brooklyn Museum to Sundays 9:00am–4:00pm the . Boro Park– On the first Saturday of each month, HOT SPOTS Thursdays 8:00am–3:00pm Target First Saturday draws thou- Brooklyn Borough Hall– sands of visitors to free art and Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays entertainment at Brooklyn Museum 8:00am–6:00pm from 5–11pm. The HOB Brownsville Pitkin Youthmarket– takes you from Target First Saturday Saturdays 10:00am–3:00pm to neighborhood restaurants, coffee Brownsville Rockaway Youthmarket– shops, bars and boutiques between Fridays 1:00pm–6:00pm 6:00–10:00pm for FREE. Carroll Gardens– www.heartofbrooklyn.org/connection Sundays 8:00am–3:00pm for more information Cortelyou Rd– Human Impacts Institute Sundays 8:00am–3:00pm Driggs Avenue & Monitor Street Cypress Hills Youthmarket– (917)727–9761 Fridays 2:00pm–6:00pm Tree Care Tuesdays Flatbush Junction Youthmarket– 10:00am–12:00pm Fridays 1:00pm–6:00pm Tree care sessions involve commu- – nity volunteers, alongside HII crew Saturdays 8:00am–4:00pm cleaning–up, aerating and mulching Grand Army Plaza– tree beds and planting bulbs in Saturdays 8:00am–4:00pm the tree bed soil all while spending Greenpoint McCarren Park– quality time with your community and Saturdays 8:00am–3:00pm mother nature. Kensington Youthmarket– Human Impacts Institute will provide Saturdays 9:00am–4:00pm supplies for tree care. Participants Sunset Park– should bring water bottles, sunblock, Saturdays 8:00am–3:00pm a hat, and any other personal items. Williamsburg– Participants under 18 need to be Thursdays 8:00am–4:00pm accompanied by a guardian. Windsor Terrace– Jewish Children’s Museum PS154–Sundays 9:00am–3:00pm 792 Eastern Parkway For more info, click here. (718) 467–0600 www.jcm.museum Harbor Defense Museum Macy’s Fishing Clinics 230 Sheridan Loop at Wellhouse Drive (718) 630–4349/4306 Meet at the Audubon Center in Prospect www.harbordefensemuseum.com Park Saturdays in July and August, 1:00pm & 3:00pm This popular summer program offers kids 15 & under the opportunity to fish. Participants learn about aquatic

105 ecology, fishing safety and will even Brooklyn’s best street food. From bris- get to collect their own bait. Kids ket to bulgogi and Burmese noodles, must be accompanied by a parent to phatty beet sliders, fish and chips or guardian. Spots are available on and farm–fresh ice cream, there’s al- a first–come, first–served basis. For ways something yummy for everyone. HOT SPOTS more information, call Come enjoy our food with a view. (718) 287–3400 x303. New York Transit Museum Magnolia Tree Earth Center Schermerhorn Street (718) 694–160 678 Lafayette Avenue www.mta.info (718) 387–2116 The Old Stone House www.magnoliatreeearthcenter.org 5th Avenue between 3rd and 4th Street 2014 Martin Luther King Jr. (718) 768–3195 Concert Series www.theoldstonehouse.org Wingate Field, Brooklyn Avenue btw Rut- On Stage at Kingsborough land Road & Winthrop Street 2014 Hot Summer Nights (718) 222–0600nMonday nights www.brooklynconcerts.com/mlk.html Free Concerts July 5th: Jeremy Davis & The Fabu- Millennium Skate Park lous Equinox Orchestra–The Great Bay Ridge, Inside Owls American Swagger (8:00pm) Head Park, Brooklyn July 12th: Grammy–Nominee John Offers an opportunity for individ- Beasley’s MONK’estra (8:00pm) uals to perfect their skills on inline July 19th: Carole J. Bufford in skates, skateboards, and bikes. Unless Speak Easy (8:00pm) otherwise specified, the Department July 26th: Swingadelic (8:00pm) of Parks & Recreation will pro– vide http://onstageatkingsborough.org/ an attendant during official oper- ating hours. Each participant will Prospect Park Meet at the Picnic House parking lot at be required to sign a waiver (those 9:45 am. Picnic House in Prospect Park, under 18 will need their guardian’s West Drive and Third Street, Brooklyn signature) before being allowed to (718) 965–8960 use the facility. Requirements for use: 10:00am–1:00pm A signed liability waiver; helmet; Wednesday Corps knee pads; elbow pads. Get an online Nature lovers, unite! Volunteer for liability form here. crucial horticultural and maintenance projects around the Park. New York Aquarium and www.prospectpark.org Osbourne Labs West 8th Street and Surf Avenue Seaside Summer (718) 265– 3474 Concert Series www.nyaquarium.com Coney Island Amphitheater, 21st Street and Surf Avenue NYC Parks www.brooklynconcerts.com/seaside.html Pier 5, Brooklyn Bridge Park Smorgasburg Simmons Collection African 11:00am–6:00pm Arts Museum Join us Sundays at Brooklyn Bridge 1063 Fulton Street (718) 230–0933 Park’s Pier 5 for another season of

106 SummerScreen McCarren Park, Between Bedford Avenue Fort Tryon Park, 99 Margaret Corbin Drive and North 12th Street, Brooklyn (212) 923–3700 July 9th: Back to the Future www.metmuseum.org July 16th: Zoolander

HOT SPOTS July 23rd: Cry–Baby City Hall Tours www.nyc.gov/html/artcom/html/tours/ July 30th: Heathers city_hall.shtml August 6th: The Big Lebowski Tours are available on weekdays August 13th: Audience Pick (vote at and are offered free of charge. To www.summerscreen.org) make a reservation, please fill out this Waterfront Museum online form or call (212) 788–2656. To 290 Conover Street at Pier 44, Red Hook prepare for your visit, please view the (718) 624–4719 Pre– visit Guide. www.waterfrontmuseum.org/ City Hall, Governor’s Room Wyckoff Houses & City Hall, Broadway and Park Row, Association, Inc. (212) 788–7210 5816 Clarendon Road (718) 629–5400 www.wyckoffassociation.org 556 West 22nd Street at 11th Avenue, (212) 255–0719 MANHATTAN www.chelseaartmuseum.org Children’s Museum of Manhattan 92nd Street Y– Jazz Festival The Tisch Building, 212 West 83rd Street, 92Y, Lexington Avenue and 92nd Street btw Broadway & Amsterdam Ave. http://www.92y.org/jazzinjuly (212) 721–1223 www.cmom.org/ July 22nd to July 31st Children’s Museum of the Arts with the Hudson River Park Trust 2 Lincoln Square, between Columbus Children’s Museum of the Arts will Avenue and 66th Street partner with the Hudson River Park (212) 265–1040 Trust to provide free hands–on arts www.folkartmuseum.org programming throughout the sum- mer of 2013. CMA will bring a wide Battery Park City Parks variety of art–making and art–appre- Conservancy ciation activities to various piers from 6 River Terrace–(212) 276–9700 June–August, providing a range of 10am–1:00pm programming options for ages 1–12. Art Portfolio Development for Teens www.cmany.org/ Visit www.bpcparks.org for pricing information. 145 Sixth Avenue, (212) 759–0606, www. Broadway in Bryant Park daheshmuseum.org 12:30–1:30pm Downtown Boathouse The best musicals on and off Broad- Pier 96 (at 56th Street); Pier 40 (West Houston & West St.); 72nd St.: Governors way showcase their hits, plus lots of Island. Free Kayaking on the Hudson and surprises from other Broadway shows. more. www.downtownboathouse.org/ http://www.bryantpark.org/plan–your–vis- it/broadway.html

107 Dyckman Farmhouse 4881 Broadway at 204th Street, Lobby Gallery (212) 304–9422 350 Fifth Avenue at 34th Street, (212) www.dyckmanfarmhouse.org 736–3100 www.esbnyc.com Eldridge Street Project HOT SPOTS Fashion Forward 12 Eldridge Street, (212) 219–0888, Macy’s , 151 West 34th www.eldridgestreet.org Street (646) 827–2288 Immigration WindowsWear Fashion Window Museum Walking Tour Ellis Island Immigration Museum and Stat- Explore New York City’s fashion ue of Liberty are free. For prices of ferry displays with a WindowsWear walking rides, audio tours and crown access, call: 1–877–LADY TIX or (877) 523–9849 go to: tour. This two–hour jaunt gives insight 9:00am to 5:00pm daily. into the history of the industry and No visit to the New York City area is how the City’s most famous retailers complete without a trip the world’s dress up their windows. Tour goers most famous landmarks–the Statue of will also visit shopping spots made Liberty and Ellis Island. Statue Cruises famous in shows such as Sex and the offers departures throughout the day City and Modern Family. Tickets must from both New York and New Jersey be purchased in advance; the sched- for the convenience of out–of–town ule is available at windowswear.com. visitors and local residents alike. Get National your tickets here at Monument the guaranteed lowest price. 26 Wall Street, (212) 825–699–6888, www. Visiting the Statue of Liberty National nps.gov/feha Monument and limited access of Ellis Federal Reserve Bank Island featuring the Wall of Honor is Visitors must enter the building at 44 a memorable experience for people Maiden Lane., 212–720–6130. 9:30am, 10:30am, 11:30am, 1:30pm, 2:30pm and from all over the world. 3:30pm, Monday through Friday except www.statuecruises.com/ bank holidays: advance registration required. 1230 Fifth Avenue at 104th Street, (212) The free one hour tour includes a 831–7272 www.elmuseo.org brief overview of the Federal Reserve Empire Fitness Advantage System, a short video about the cash 59th Columbus Circle, contact processing facility, a guided tour of (646) 719–1916. the gold vault and admission to the Empire Fitness Bootcamp Bank’s museum. Reservations are Come join our lead instructor required; they must be made at least Meghan Jaynes for our ongoing one week in advance. Bootcamp in Central Park! Whether www.newyorkfed.org/aboutthefed/ before or after work– these workouts visiting.html are for all abilities offering small class sizes and individual attention for only $15 M/W/F– 7am, 10am, 630pm SUN– 10:30am for more information check us out at: www.empirefitnessadvantage.com.

108 Flea Markets in Manhattan Now Open in Manhattan: Greenflea Market West 175th Street–Thursdays 8:00am–4:00pm Columbus Avenue at 77th Street. West 97th Street–Fridays (8:00am–2:00pm) Hell’s Kitchen Flea Market East 92nd Street–Sundays (9:00am–4:00pm) www.greenfleamarkets.com East 82nd Street, St. Stephen’s Greenmar- HOT SPOTS 39th Street between 9th and 10th Avenues ket–Saturdays (9:00am–2:30pm) Sunday 10:00am–6:00pm. West –Sundays (9:00am–5:00pm) Saturday and Sunday, 9:00am–5:00pm. West 57th Street–Wednesdays (8:00am– www.hellskitchenfleamarket.com 5:00pm), Saturdays (8:00am–5:00pm) The Abingdon Square–Saturdays (8:00am–2:00pm) One East 70th Street, (212) 288–0700, www. frick.org Bowling Green–Tuesdays & Thursdays (8:00am–5:00pm) General Grant – Tuesdays & Fridays (8:00am– National Memorial Riverside Drive at West 122nd Street, 4:00pm) (212) 666–1640 www.nps.gov/gegr/ Columbia–Thursdays & Sundays (8:00am– 5:00pm) Goethe Institut Dag Hammarskjold Plaza–Wednesdays 72 Spring Street, 11th Floor, (212) 439–8700, (8:00am–4:00pm) www.goethe.de/newyork Downtown Path–Tuesday (8:00am–4:00pm) Ft. Washington–Tuesdays (8:00am–4:00pm) Governors Island See website for event and ferry information: Inwood–Saturdays (8:00am–3:00pm) www.govisland.com Lower East Side Youthmarket–Thursdays Guggenheim Museum (3:00–7:00pm) 1071 Fifth Avenue at 89th Street, (212) Mt. Sinai–Wednesdays (8:00am–5:00pm) 423–3500 www.guggenheim.org PATH Greenmarket–Tuesdays (8:00am– Ground Zero Museum Workshop in NY 6:00pm) 420 West 14th Street, (646) 509–0456, www. groundzeromuseumworkshop.com/ Port Authority Bus Terminal–Thursdays (8:00am–6:00pm) GrowNYC Markets –Wednesday, Thursday Our markets are as diverse as the city and Friday (8:00am–5:00pm) itself! No matter where you are in NYC, Saint Mark’s Church–Tuesdays (8am–6pm) you can find a bustling space filled with Staten Island Ferry Whitehall Terminal–Tues- neighbors, families, office workers and days & Fridays (8:00am–7:00pm) chefs all shop– ping side–by–side for Stuyvesant Town–Sundays (9:30am–4:00pm) the freshest of products. Regardless of Tompkins Square Park–Sundays (9:00am– their size, each market is an anchor to its 6:00pm) community providing not only fresh, lo- Tribeca–Wednesdays & Saturdays (8:00am– cally–grown food, but a gathering place 3:00pm) where neighbors can come together, Tucker Square–Thursdays & Saturdays share recipes, watch a cooking demon- (8:00am–5:00pm) stration, take a tour with a chef and Union Square–Monday, Wednesday, Friday learn about local agriculture. For more & Saturday (8:00am–6:00pm) specific location information, call 311. http://www.grownyc.org/greenmarket/search

109 Haleakala, Inc. AKA The Kitchen Performance Festival 512 West 19th Street, between 10th and Charles A. Dana Discovery Center in Cen- 11th Avenue (212) 255–5793, tral Park, 36 West 110th Street between www.thekitchen.org Lenox and Fifth Avenues, (212) 860–1370,

HOT SPOTS www.centralparknyc.org/visit/things–to– Harlem Meer Fishing– do/family–community/meer–performance– Central Park festival.html Charles A. Dana Center, located on the north shore of the Meer Hayden Planetarium Central Park West at 79th Street From April 16 through October 5: (212) 769–5100 Mon–Sat: 10:00am–3:00pm (poles must www.haydenplanetarium.org be returned by 4:00pm); Sun: 10:00am– 1:00pm (poles must be returned by Hester Street Fair 2:00pm) Hester and Essex Streets. www.centralparknyc.org/visit/things–to– The Antiques Garage do/sports/fishing.html Saturday, 10:00am–6:00pm. Catch and Release Fishing www.hesterstreetfair.com Catch–and–release fishing at the West 25th Street Market–25th Street Harlem Meer is a favorite family and between Broadway and Avenue of community pastime. Fishing poles the Americas. Saturday and Sunday, are available to borrow at the Charles 9:00am–5:00pm. www.hellskitchen- A. Dana Center, located on the fleamarket.com north shore of the Meer. Picture ID required; instruction and bait (corn The High Line www.thehighline.org/ kernels) are provided with the poles. High Line Wildlife The Harlem Meer is a thriving aquatic 8:00–9:00am ecosystem that supports a wide Please visit http://www.thehighline.org/ variety of fish, waterfowl, turtles, events/all/2014/07 for a complete sched- plants and microorganisms. Some ule of events. of the fish living in the Meer include High 5 Tickets largemouth bass, pumpkinseed sun- 520 8th Avenue, suite 321, (212) 445– fish, bluegill sunfish, carp and chain 8587, www.highfivetix.org/splash.aspx pickerel. Hispanic Society of America 613 West 155th Street, (212) 926–2234, Harlem Week www.hispanicsociety.org Harlem Week promotes and cele- Hudson Warehouse–The Other Free brates what Harlem was, is and will Shakespeare in the Park North Patio be. A series of events throughout the of the Soldiers and Sailors Monu- summer that bring together all age ment, Riverside Park, West 89th Street groups and cultures to celebrate the and Riverside Drive, 6:30pm. No unique and diverse essence of Har- tickets are required. Just show up lem. This celebration of Harlem offers and choose a seat on the steps and over 100 events throughout the benches of the monument. months of July and August, attracting http://hudsonwarehouse.net/ approximately 2 million attendees from all over New York and the world. http://harlemweek.com/

110 Summer Stage–King John Madame Tussauds NY June 5th–29th–Saturday/Sunday at 234 West 42nd St between 7th and 8th 6:30pm Ave. (866) 841–3660, www.nycwax.com The Importance of Being Earnest Malcolm and Betty Shabazz July 3rd–July 27th–Thursday–Sunday at HOT SPOTS Memorial, Educational and 6:30pm Cultural Center The Winter’s Tale 3940 Broadway, between 165 and 166th July 31st–August 24th–Thursday–Sunday Street, 212–568–1341 at 6:30pm www.theshabazzcenter.net Interchurch Center Manhattan Art & 475 Riverside Drive, (212) 870–2200 Antiques Center www.interchurch–center.org 1050 Second Avenue at 56th Street, Hispanic Arts Relations, Inc. (212) 355–4400, www.the–maac.com 500 West 52nd Street, (212) 695–6134 Manna House Workshops, Inc. www.intartheatre.org 338 East 106th Street, between 1st and 2nd Avenues, (212) 722–8223; International Center of www.mannahousejazz.org Photography 1133 Avenue of the Americas at 43rd Marionette Theater Street, (212) 857–0000 www.icp.org 81st St. at Central Park West, (212) 988–9093 Intrepid Sea–Air–Space www.cityparksfoundation.org/swedish–cottage Museum Pier 86 at West 46 Street and 12th Avenue, Merchant’s House Museum (212) 245–0072 www.intrepidmuseum.org 29 East 4th Street, between and Lafayette, (212) 777–1089 Japan Society Gallery www.merchantshouse.com 333 East 47th Street, (212) 832–1155, www.japansociety.org Metropolitan Museum Concerts & Lectures Jazzmobile 1000 Fifth Avenue (at 82nd Street) Bill’s Place, 148 West 132nd Street, (212) 570–3949, www.metmuseum.org (212) 281–0777 9:00pm Metropolitan Opera in the Presents: Bill Saxton All–Star Band Park Intimate setting with Saxophonist Bill Great Lawn, Central Park (212) 362–6000 Saxton and his All–Star friends play www.metoperafamily.org every Friday and Saturday Night. Metropolitan Museum of Art Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street, Manhattan Jewish Museum (212) 535–7710 Metmuseum.org 1109 Fifth Avenue at 92 Street, (212) Charles James: Beyond Fashion 423–3200 www.jewishmuseum.org The Met celebrates the grand re- Lincoln Center opening of The Costume Institute’s New York City Center galleries with a special exhibition 7:30pm dedicated to America’s first couturier, The Maids Charles James. Lower East Side Tenement Museum of Arts and Design Museum 2 Columbus Circle–(212) 299–7777 103 Orchard Street, (212) 982–8420, http://madmuseum.org/exhibition/multi- www.tenement.org ple–exposures 111 Multiple Exposures: Jewelry & Morris–Jumel Museum Photography 65 Jumel Terrace, (212) 923–8008, This exhibition explores the influence www.morrisjumel.org of photography on jewelry artists Mt. Vernon Hotel, from the 19th century through the HOT SPOTS Museum, and Garden digital age. Pieces on display come 421 East 61st Street, (212) 838–6878 from more than 80 international art- www.mvhm.org/ ists, and include an Abraham Lincoln Municipal Art Society daguerreotype pin fashioned with 111 West 57th Street, (212) 935–3960, gingham and black ribbons. www.mas.org May 13–Sept. 14. Museum of American Finance Museum of the City 48 Wall Street, (212) 908–4110 of New York www.moaf.org 1220 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan NY (212) 534–1672 Mcny.org Museum of American Gilded New York Illustration 128 E. 63rd Street, (212) 838–2560 This exhibition explores the mark the www.societyillustrators.org upper echelon left in NYC through costumes, jewelry, portraits and Museum of Arts and Design 2 Columbus Circle, (212) 299–7777 ornamental objects created from the www.madmuseum.org mid–1870s through the early 20th century. The exhibition further surveys Museum of the City the establishment of the retail and of New York luxury marketplace that can be cred- 1220 5th Avenue, (212) 534–1672 ited with the City’s place in the global www.mcny.org fashion world. Museum of Jewish Heritage 36 Battery Place, (646) 437–4202 Museum of FIT www.mjhnyc.org Seventh Avenue and West 27th Street (212) 217–4558 http://fitnyc.edu/22187.asp 11 West 53 Street, (212) 708–9400, Exposed: A History of Lingerie www.moma.org This showcase examines the history of intimate apparel from the 18th Museum of Natural History Central Park West 79th Street century to the present. Featuring over (212) 769–5100, www.amnh.org 70pieces, the collection highlights all things feminine and delicate. National Academy of Design 1083 Fifth Avenue, (212) 369–4880 Moose Hall Theatre Company www.nationalacademy.org Free Shakespeare Festival Peninsula, entrances at National Jazz Museum 218th Street & Indian Road and at Isham 104 East 126th Street, Suite 4D, Street & Seaman Avenue. (212) 348–8300 Eugene Ionesco’s Rhinoneros, Peter & www.jazzmuseuminharlem.org the Wolf http://www.moosehallisf.org/ National Museum of the Morgan Library and Museum American Indian 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, Broadway at 1 Bowling Green (212) 685–0008 www.morganlibrary.org (212) 514–3700 www.americanindian.si.edu 112 National Museum of Catholic Art and History 443 East 115th Street between First and QUEENS Pleasant Avenues (212) 828–5209

HOT SPOTS Alley Pond Park 1048 5th Avenue, (212) 628–6200 For directions & for information about the www.neuegalerie.org Adventure Course, (718) 217–4685 New Museum of Adventure Course Contemporary Art Alley Pond Adventure Course is an 235 Bowery, (212) 219–1222 outdoor adventure that fosters trust, www.newmuseum.org problem– solving, and team–building The New York Academy right in your own backyard at beau- of Medicine tiful Alley Pond Park. Our Adventure 1216 Fifth Avenue, (212) 822–7200 Course programs are designed www.nyam.org/library for you to have fun outdoors while New York City Fire Museum learning team–building skills. Free 278 Spring Street, (212) 691–1303 programs are available for individuals www.nycfiremuseum.org aged 8 and above on a first–come, New York City Police first–served basis on Sundays at 10:00 Academy Museum am and 1:30 pm. During July and 100 Old Slip, (212) 480–3100 August, please register for the free www.nycpm.org program on Mondays. New York Historical Society American Museum of the 170 Central Park West, (212) 873–3400 Moving Image www.nyhistory.org 36–01 35th Avenue, Astoria (718) 777–6888 New York Public Library for www.movingimage.us the Performing Arts Vincent Astor Gallery Astoria Skate Park, Far Launchpad of the American Theater: Rockaway Skate Park, The O’Neill since 1964 http://www.nypl.org/events/exhibitions/ Flushing Meadows Corona launchpad–american–theater–oneill–1964 Skate Park, Forest Park Skate The exhibition celebrates the Park, Rockaway Skate Park O’Neill’s 50th birthday and will chart The Skate Park offers an opportunity the journey from past to present for individuals to perfect their inline to future with drawings, interviews, skates, skateboarding, and bike skills. videos, photographs, original scripts, Each participant will be required to and sound. sign a waiver (those under 18 will need their guardian’s signature) be- New York Transit Museum At the corner of Boerum Place and Scher- fore being allowed to use the facility. merhorn Street in . Get an online liability form at: (718) 694–1600also Annex at Grand http://www.nycgovparks.org/facilities/skateparks Central Terminal. Bowne House Unless otherwise noted, all programs 37–01 Bowne Street at 37th Avenue are held at the Transit Museum. Flushing, (718) 359–0528 www.bownehouse.org 113 Crocheron Park or low chair and picnic fare and enjoy Western Entrance, btw 33 Ave & 35 Ave. – a Shakespeare play in the open air. (718) 352–4793 ext.301 For performance schedule Fitness Walk at Jose Michaels Mile www.hiptohip.org 9:00 am – 10:00 am

HOT SPOTS Join other adults in a weekly fitness Isamu Noguchi Garden walking program that starts at the west- Museum 9–01 33rd Road, Long Island City ern end of Joe Michaels Mile (near the (718) 204–7088 front of Fort Totten). No registration is www.noguchi.org required. Jamaica Arts Center 161–04 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, Flushing Council on Culture and (718) 658–7400 the Arts at Flushing Town Hall www.jcal.org 137–35 Northern Boulevard (at Wildlife Refuge Linden Place), Flushing (718) The Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge is a 463–7700 good afternoon or morning escape www.flushingtownhall.com from Queens. The hike is easy and GrowNYC Markets not long, though you should bring Our markets are as diverse as the city plenty of water and dress properly. I itself! No matter where you are in NYC, recommend long pants because of you can find a bustling space filled with the brush and bugs, and sturdy boots neighbors, families, office workers and because of the mud and wet. chefs all shop– ping side–by–side for the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge freshest of products. For more specific Visitor Center location information, call 311. Cross Bay Boulevard Queens, New York, (718) 318–4340. Now Open in Queens: Open all year from 8:30 am to 5:00 Astoria – Wednesdays pm. Admission: Free. Before hiking Corona – Fridays you need to check in at the Visitors Douglaston – Sunday Elmhurst – Tues Center and receive a free hiking per- Forest Hills – Sundays mit. There are no entrance or parking Jackson Heights – Sundays fees. The Center has a parking lot, Long Island City Youthmarket – Saturdays bookstore, and bathroom. There are a Ridgewood Youthmarket – Saturdays few displays on local flora and fauna Rockaway Beach – Saturdays and bird migration and an excellent Socrates Sculpture Park – Saturdays history of Jamaica Bay. Contact the Sunnyside – Saturdays Visitors Center for information on Hall of Science tours and special programs. 47–01 111th Street, 49th Avenue http://www.nyharborparks.org/visit/jaba.html Queens, (718) 699–0005 www.nyscience.org 90–04 161st Street, Suite 704, Jamaica, Hip to Hip – Free (718) 206–0545 Shakespeare Program www.kingmanor.org July 23–August 17 All performances are free and open to Kingsland House (Queens Historical Society) the public. Running time: 90 minutes. 143–35 37th Avenue, Flushing Fun for the whole family. Bring a blanket (718) 939–0647 www.queenshistoricalsociety.org 114 Langston Hughes Queens County Farm Museum Community Center 73–50 Little Neck Parkway, Floral Park, 100–01 Northern Boulevard, Corona (718) 347–3276 (718) 651–1100 www.queensfarm.org www.queenslibrary.org Queens Historical Society HOT SPOTS House 143–35 37th Avenue, Flushing and Archives (718) 939–0647 ext.17 34–56 107th Street, Corona www.queenshistoricalsociety.org (718) 478–8274 Queens Museum of Art www.satchmo.net Flushing Meadows Corona Park Metropolitan Opera (718) 592–9700 Summer Recital Series www.queensmuseum.org Monday June 23 –July 10 This year, the Summer Recital Series Seaside Branch – 116–15 Rockaway Beach returns with six performances in the Boulevard, Rockaway Park. parks of all five boroughs. The series Board Game and Coloring Time kicks off with a concert at Central Park From 3:00pm – 5:00pm on Fridays, SummerStage on June 23, featuring children and teens are invited to color rising opera stars soprano Amber and play board games at the library. Wagner, mezzo–soprano Jamie For a complete list of all Queens Pub- Barton, and tenor Russell Thomas, lic Library events and pre–registration accompanied by Dan Saunders. requirements, visit www.queensli- Visit http://www.metoperafamily.org/ for brary.org dates and locations. Socrates Sculpture Park Museum for African Art 32–01 Vernon Blvd at Broadway, Long 36–01 43rd Avenue at 36th Street, Long Island City, (718) 956–1819 Island City, (718) 784–7700 Boating from Socrates Sculpture www.africanart.org Park Beach at Hallets Cove New York Hall of Science Selected Saturdays or Sundays, May 18 47–01 111th Street, Queens, NY, 718–699– –September 13, 2014 0005, Located in Flushing Meadows Socrates hosts free kayaking in Hallets Corona Park Monday – Friday: 9:30 Cove. For exact schedule and more am – 5:00 pm, Saturday and Sunday: in– formation, please visit www. 10:00 am – 6:00 pm. licboathouse.org. In case of inclement www.nysci.org/ weather or poor water quality, please Poppenhusen Institute consult the same website or call: 114–04 14th Road, Queens, (718) (718) 228.9214 358–0067 www.socratessculpturepark.org www.poppenhuseninstitute.org Exercise Classes P.S.1 Museum Saturdays/Sundays, May 10– 22–25 Jackson Avenue at 46th Avenue, September 28 Long Island City, (718) 784–2084 Classes are free and designed for all www.momaps1.org experience levels. Participants should Queens Botanical Garden wear comfort– able clothing and, for 43–50 Main Street, Flushing, yoga, bring a mat or a towel (718) 886–3800 www.queensbotanical.org

115 MoMA PS1 22–25 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City, (718)784–2084 STATEN ISLAND PS1 Warm Up 3:00–6:00pm, doors open at noon. HOT SPOTS MoMA PS1 presents Warm Up 2014, Museum beginning June 28 and taking place & Garden Two Hylan Boulevard; S51 bus from the every Saturday this summer through Ferry; (718) 816–4506 September 6. Now celebrating its Tue–Sun, 11:00am–5:00 pm. 17th year, the museums’ highly Park open daily, dawn to dusk anticipated outdoor music series will Austen’s quaint, Victorian cottage– continue its tradition of introducing style home, with a magnificent audiences to the best in experimental view of New York Harbor, displays live music, sound, and DJs–both local prints from the large glass negative and international–across a range of collection of her work that depicts genres. turn–of–the–century American life. Queens Botanical Garden The Victorian garden was replanted 43–50 Main Street, Flushing, Queens according to Austen photographs (718) 886–3800 with shrubs such as weeping mulber- www.queensbotanicalgarden.org ry and flowering quince. Adults $2, Art in the Garden: Harvesting Our children under 12 free. History www.aliceausten.org 8:30 am–5:30 pm Get a sense of Queens Botanical American Tap Dance Garden’s past and how both the 1939 Foundation Tap City 2014 and 1964 New York World’s Fairs in- visit http://www.atdf.org/tapcity.html fluenced the Garden’s development. Happening July 5th–July 12th This exhibit in the Visitor & Admin- istration Building is created largely Blue Heron Pond Park 48 Poillon Avenue, Annadale, from our own archives with images (718) 390–8000 that illustrate these important events This 147–acre park is home to the in New York City’s history. blue heron bird, which the park is NY World’s Fair & the Port named for. The park includes a new visitor’s center, hiking trails, picnic Authority Bringing Trade, areas, and much more. Travel and Tourism to http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/blue- Queens, the Region and the heronpark World 8:30 am–5:30 pm Staten Island’s newest addition to In our continuing celebration of the its vast park inventory, Bloomingda- New York World’s Fairs, enjoy this Port Park provides the first ball fields Authority multimedia exhibit which ever built on parks property south of will be on view in the auditorium . Most of the 138– lobby. acre park was left natural and passive for wildlife. Walking trails have been

116 included for hiking enthusiasts, as pm. well as scenic waterways. A portion Group tours available by appointment. of the park has been re– shaped to Grounds are open from dawn to dusk. offer a baseball field, softball field, Conference House

HOT SPOTS soccer field, basketball courts and a 298 Satterlee Street, (718) 984–6046 playground. A comfort station is also www.theconferencehouse.org/ part of the amenities included in the new Bloomingdale Park, with stainless Fort Wadsworth, (718) 354–4500 steel toilets and a modern ventilation Fort Wadsworth was once a linchpin system. to the defense of New York Harbor for nearly two centuries. Park Rangers lead Clay Pit Ponds State Park 83 Nielsen Avenue, Charleston walks and tours highlighting both the (718) 967–1976 history and the protected natural plant The 260–plus–acre park holds a and animal communities at these sites. mixture of swamps, bogs, ponds, Fort Wadsworth Visitor Center sand barrens, mature woodlands and Bus S51 from Staten Island Ferry Terminal to the park entrance on Bay Street, Bay Street spring fed streams. The abundant exit off the Verrazano Bridge. water supply supports a plethora of (718) 354–4500; www.nps.gov/gate wildlife including many species of Discover Fort Tompkins birds, reptiles, amphibians, and mam- 10:00am–5:00pm Wednesdays–Sundays, mals. Facilities include hiking paths, July and August, Grounds: dawn to dusk horse trails and an administration Only accessible with a ranger guide, building. Free environmental educa- you’ll explore little know areas of this tion programs are offered on Satur- historic structure. Learn about coast- day. The park is open year–round. al and get a glimpse of fort life in the late 1800’s. Wear sturdy Clove Lakes Park Victory Boulevard & Clove Road footwear. (718) 390–8000 The park is made up of 110 acres of Tours run through November, developed park land and 81 acres and are free of charge. of woodland. It contains four ponds, At 2,200 acres, Freshkills Park will be al- jogging trails, playground, picnic, most three times the size of Central Park grounds, nature trails, ball fields, and the largest park developed in New model yacht pond, bridle paths and York City in over 100 years. Sign up on an outdoor ice skating rink. Row the Parks Department web site to take boating and fishing are permitted. a tour of this future park with the Urban NYC Parks administration offices are Park Rangers. located at 1150 Clove Rd. Space is limited and reservations are required. 7455 Hylan Boulevard; S78 Bus from the www.nycgovparks.org/park–features/fresh- Ferry; (718) 984–6046 www.nycgovparks.org/parks/conference- housepark Open for guided tours of the house April–December, Fri–Sun, 1:00–4:00

117 kills–park recipes, watch a cooking demonstra- Garibaldi–Meucci Museum tion, take a tour with a chef and learn 420 Tompkins Avenue, S78 or S52 bus about local agriculture. For location from the Ferry. (718) 442–1608; information, call 311. Tuesday–Sunday: 1:00–5:00pm. Now Open in Staten Island: HOT SPOTS Last Tour is at 4:30 pm. Saint George – Saturday This National Landmark is preserved Staten Island Mall – Saturday as a memorial to the lives of Anto- www.grownyc.org/greenmarket/ourmarkets nio Meucci, the true inventor of the High Rock Park telephone, and Giuseppe Garibaldi, Greenbelt Conservancy Administra- a legendary hero who championed tion and hiking trails, a visitor center, the unification of the . Today the education building and the Staten museum offers historical tours, Italian Island office of the NYC language programs for all levels, Rangers. school programs for K–12, permanent www.nycgovparks.org/parks/highrock- and temporary exhibitions, lectures park/ and concerts. Admission $5 (members Historic Richmond Town are free). 441 Clarke Avenue; S74 Bus from the www.garibaldimeuccimuseum.org Ferry, (718) 351–1611 July and August, Wednesday – Saturday: Golf Courses LaTourette Golf Course 10:00am–5:00pm, Sun 1:00–5:00pm. 1001 Richmond Hill Road, Greenbelt Open village & outdoor demonstra- (718) 351–1889 tions; self–guided tour. Historic Rich- There are 455 acres of wooded park mond Town is New York City’s living land, an 18 hole golf course, driving history village and museum complex. range, clubhouse with pro shop, Visitors can explore the diversity of restaurant, ski and sleigh hills and the American experience, through lockers. Free parking available. the lives of ordinary people who struggled, survived and thrived from Great Kills Park & Beach Great Kills Park, (718) 980–6130 the colonial period to the present. This park is home to a beautiful swim- Admission $8 Adults, $6 Seniors, $5 ming beach with a new bathhouse Children ages 5–17, members and and snack bar. Also located here are children under 5 are free. nature trails, great fishing, a marina, a http://www.historicrichmondtown.org/ public boat launch, paths for walking Jacques Marchais Museum of and jogging, and playing fields. Great Tibetan Art Kills Park is part of Gateway National 338 Lighthouse Avenue; S74 bus from the Ferry; (718) 987–3500, April –November: Recreation Area, National Park Ser- Open Wednesday through Sunday, vice. Free parking is available. 1:00–5:00pm. GrowNYC Markets The Tibetan Museum features exhib- Regardless of their size, each market its, a library, workshops, and peaceful is an anchor to its community pro- gardens that provide visitors with viding not only fresh, locally–grown the opportunity to learn, reflect, and food, but a gathering place where relax. neighbors can come together, share www.tibetanmuseum.org

118 Lemon Creek Fishing Pier property featuring important wildlife Thanks to funding from the Borough habitats and stunning vistas from the President’s Office, Parks has trans- highest natural bluffs in New York City http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/8291.html formed what was once a dusty road

HOT SPOTS into a fishing pier complete with a Noble Maritime Collection beautifully landscaped entranceway, 1000 Richmond Terrace (on the Grounds of Snug Harbor) (718) 447–6490 parking area, and cul–de–sac. The Open Thursday–Sunday, 1:00–5:00pm. Lemon Creek fishing pier, at the foot The Noble Maritime Collection is of Sharrott Avenue, offers the oppor- a museum and archive located on tunity to cast a line and catch flounder, the grounds of Snug Harbor Cul- striped bass, bluefish, weakfish, and tural Center. The Noble Maritime others. Collection preserves and celebrates http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/lemon- creekpark contemporary maritime life and its history. In addition to exhibitions, it Lemon Creek Park has a maritime library, print– making Lemon Creek Preserve contains the studios, and offers program for adults largest and most pristine salt marsh and school children. on Staten Island’s south shore. Creek www.noblemaritime.org Park’s waterfront area provides a spawning ground for many species of New York Musical Theatre (NYMF) Festival fish and shellfish. Various location throughout NYC. http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/lemon- creekpark Happening July 7–27. http://www.nymf.org/about/news/2014– Midland Beach new–york–musical–theatre–festival–an- Father Capadanno Blvd. nounces–next–link–project–selections/ (718) 987–0709 NYC Parks Perfect spot for sunbathing and swim- Varies ming. Children love the Sea Turtle Shape up NYC Fountain, a fountain with sprinklers For a complete listing of Shape up that kids are encouraged to play in NYC times and locations, please visit and around. A variety of amenities http://www.nycgovparks.org/pro- are available including a playground, grams/recreation/shape–up–nyc handball and shuffleboard courts, seasonal concession stands and much Ocean Breeze Fishing Pier The Ocean Breeze Fishing Pier more. opened in September 2003. Miller Field The new Ocean Breeze Fishing Pier Miller Field, (718) 351–6970 opens up added opportunity for deep The park includes two post–World War water– angling where local fisherman I military aircraft hangers, 64 acres of can catch striped bass, weakfish and athletic fields, picnic areas, a commu- bluefish. The new pier is also available nity garden and a swamp white oak for general public enjoyment of the forest. beach area and observation of the http://www.nyharborparks.org/visit/mifi.html shoreline, wildlife and scenery, and Mt Loretto Preserve over 160 bronze medallions depicting Mt Loretto is a spectacular waterfront

119 ocean life have been embedded into bor presents a unique blend of gar- the pavement. dens, museums, theaters, educational Sandy Ground Historical opportunities, and seasonal festivals. Society Historical Museum Admission: Adults $3, Students/Se- niors $2, Children under 12 free.

HOT SPOTS 1538 Woodrow Road; S74 bus from the Ferry; (718) 317–5796 www.snug–harbor.org Open Tuesday–Sunday, 1:00–4:00pm South Beach As the oldest continuously inhabited Father Capadanno Blvd. & Sand Lane free Black settlement in the United (718) 816–6804 States, Sandy Ground is a place of South Beach is one of Staten Island’s great historical significance. Sandy most popular attractions. Easily acces- Ground is home to ten families that sible to the Boardwalk, the Senior Park are descendants of original settlers. at South Beach is a popular destina- The museum educates and inspires tion for enjoying the outdoors. the public with exhibitions, photo- Staten Island Botanical graphs, and art documenting the Gardens history of Sandy Ground and African 1000 Richmond Terrace; S40 Bus from the Ferry; (718) 448–2500, Americans. http://statenislandusa.com/pages/san- The gardens are open from dawn to dy_ground.html dusk daily; please visit the website for specific times for various gardens. Silver Lake Park 915 Victory Blvd., West Brighton The Staten Island Botanical Gardens is (718) 447–5686 a real treat for nature lovers. The Bo- There are 107 acres of park area, an tanical Gardens include the scenic and 18–hole public golf course, tennis imposing Chinese Scholars garden, courts, clubhouses, pro shop, lockers, Connie Gretz’s Secret Garden, Pond showers, lounge, restaurant, and auto Garden, Butterfly Garden and many parking. The seventh fairway is open more. Educational and guided tours during the winter as a coasting area are encouraged. for children. The road is closed on www.snug–harbor.org/ Sundays and holidays 6am–6pm for The Staten Island Children’s bicycling. This major park surround- Museum ing twin reservoirs is popular for 1000 Richmond Terrace; S40 bus from the walking, jogging and picnics. Ferry; (718) 273–2060 http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/silver- On the grounds of Snug Harbor lakepark Cultural Center. Tues– Sun 10:00am until 5:00pm. Snug Harbor Cultural Center The Staten Island Children’s Museum 1000 Richmond Terrace, (718) 448–2500,. 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, Tuesday – Sunday. appeals to the intrepid explorer in Snug Harbor Cultural Center & every child. Interactive exhibitions Botanical Garden, a distinguished and creative workshops offer plenty of Smithsonian Affiliate, is Staten Island’s opportunities for hands–on, first hand premier destination for culture and experiences that nurture children’s entertainment. Set within a stunning natural curiosity and creativity. www.StatenIslandKids.org 83–acre park–like setting, Snug Har-

120 Staten Island Ferry and frolicking fossas, the Zoo pro- The Staten Island Ferry Terminal, Lower vides a safe habitat for some of your Manhattan, Free Rides favorite animals. The Children’s Zoo More than a means of transportation, recreates a barnyard setting and the the Staten Island Ferry is an attraction new Kids’ Korral invites you to pet the HOT SPOTS unto itself. For no charge, visitors can animals. The is also take a 25–minute voyage by water home to a headline–making weath- from Lower Manhattan to Staten Island erman: Chuck the Groundhog. With and take in the Statue of Liberty and 85% accurate predictions, Chuck is the stunning vistas of New York Harbor the pride and joy of the Zoo. and the Manhattan skyline. www.statenislandzoo.org/ For more info, visit www.siferry.com South Shore Golf Course Staten Island GoKarts 200 Huguenot Avenue, Huguenot, 215 Schmidts Lane between LaGuardia (718) 984–0101 Avenue and Manor Road; (718) 982–5576 A beautiful 18–hole public golf Monday – Thursday noon–10:00pm Friday noon – 11:00pm course equipped with driving range, Saturday 11:00am – 11:00pm lockers, restaurant and lounge. Sunday 11:00 am–10:00pm. Silver Lake Golf Course GoKart Park claims to be the only 915 Victory Blvd, (718) 447–5686 go–kart spot where you can play a A well–manicured 18 hole golf course round of putt–putt among the bridges, located within a tight wooded area shrubs, pools and sand traps – then that includes several sloping, tight give cruising a whirl. fairways and two water hazards that www.sigokarts.com come into play. Staten Island Institute of the Tennis Courts Arts and Sciences Silver Lake Park 75 Stuyvesant Place, (718) 727–1135 Hart Blvd & Revere Street www.statenislandmuseum.org (718) 667–3545 Staten Island Museum 75 Stuyvesant Place (a five minute walk Walker Park 50 Bard Ave., West Brighton from the Ferry); (718) 727–1135; www. (718) 667–3545 statenislandmuseum.org William T. Davis Wildlife Refuge Open Sunday – Friday, 12:00 noon– The refuge consists of 260 acres of 5:00pm. Saturday, 10:00am–5:00pm. Science, art, history, fossils, paintings woodland and salt marsh devoted and curiosities in jars. These are just to nature study, con– servation, and some of the marvels that can be found enjoyment of the outdoors. Available at the Staten Island Museum. are extensive trails and a great variety of birds and small animals. Guided The Staten Island Zoo tours are given for school classes by S48 Bus, Ramp C from the Ferry (718) 442–3100 advance reservation only. http://www.nycgovparks.org/greening/ The Staten Island Zoo offers a de- nature–preserves/site?FWID=16 lightful peek into the world of wildlife. Hometo endangered Amur Leopards

121 Wolfe’s Pond Park Hylan Blvd. & Cornelia, Huguenot (718) 984–8266 20 developed acres and 170 acres of wooded park land. People come for HOT SPOTS sunbathing, picnicking, comfort, fresh water fishing all year–round (must have a license – daylight hours only) and salt water fishing from October through May.

122 Museum Deals FREE ADMISSION, and DISCOUNTED ADMISSION AT SELECTED NEW YORK CITY MUSEUMS

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MUSEUM DEALS American Illustration From 5:00–8:00pm African Burial Ground www.societyillustrators.org National Monument Museum at Fashion www.nps.gov/afbg/index.htm Institute of Technology American Folk Art Museum www.fitnyc.edu/13666.asp www.folkartmuseum.org/ National Museum of the American Numismatic Society American Indian www.numismatics.org/ http://nmai.si.edu/visit/newyork/ BRIC Rotunda The New York Earth Room www.bricartsmedia.org www.diaart.org/sites/main/earthroom Bronx Museum of the Arts New York Transit Museum www.bronxmuseum.org/ Gallery Annex and Store mta.info/mta/museum/index.html The www.drawingcenter.org/ Queens County Farm Museum www.queensfarm.org/ www.forbesgalleries.com/ Socrates Sculpture Park General Grant National www.socratessculpturepark.org/ Memorial www.nps.gov/gegr/index.htm Sony Wonder Technology Lab www.sonywondertechlab.com/ Goethe Institut www.goethe.de Taipai Cultural Center www.tpecc.org/ Harbor Defense Museum www.harbordefensemuseum.com Williamsburg Art and Historical Center Hispanic Society of America www.wahcenter.net/ Audubon Terrace www.hispanicsociety.org/ Tuesday Deals International Paper Museum Call (718) 599-7858. Brooklyn Botanic Garden www.bbg.org/ www.papermakinghistory.org Staten Island Museum Lefferts Historic Admission free Tuesdays House Museum www.prospectpark.org/lefferts 12:00-2:00pm www.sotatenislandmuseum.org/ 123 History Center Hours Museum of Chinese in Tuesday–Saturday: 1:00–4:00pm America Sunday and Monday: Closed Free on Thursdays 11:00am–9:00pm Wave Hill www.mocanyc.org/ www.wavehill.org Saturdays 9:00am–12:00pm New Museum Tuesdays all day Free admission Thursdays, 7:00–9:00pm Wednesday Deals www.newmuseum.org/ MUSEUM DEALS Bronx Zoo Waterfront Museum www.bronxzoo.com/ Free on Thursdays from 4:00–8:00pm New York Botanical Garden http://waterfrontmuseum.org/ www.nybg.org/ Friday Deals Museum of Jewish Heritage Free on Wednesdays 4:00–8:00pm. Brooklyn Botanic Garden www.mjhnyc.org/findex.html Free admission for seniors on Fridays. Staten Island Zoo www.bbg.org/ Free admission Children’s Museum of Wednesdays after 2:00pm Manhattan www.statenislandzoo.org/ First Friday of every month admission Thursday Deals is free 5:00–8:00pm sponsored by Target. Museum of Arts and Design www.cmom.org/ Thursdays and Fridays from International Center of 6:00–9:00pm Pay-What-You-Wish Photography www.madmuseum.org/ Voluntary contribution on Fridays Brooklyn Children’s Museum from 5:00–8:00pm Free admission every third Thursday http://www.icp.org/ from 3:00–7:00pm and Museum of Arts and Design First full weekend of the month, Thursdays and Fridays from 10:00am–5:00pm 6:00–9:00pm Pay-What-You-Wish www.brooklynkids.org/ www.madmuseum.org/ Children’s Museum The Japan Society of the Arts Admission free Fridays Free Thursdays from 4:00–6:00pm 6:00–9:00pm Seniors (65+) and infants (0-12 mos.) www.japansociety.org/ are always free. www.cmany.org/ The Morgan Library Admission is free on Fridays from Jewish Museum 7:00–9:00pm Pay what you wish on Thursdays, www.themorgan.org/home.asp 5:00–8:00pm www.thejewishmuseum.org/ 124 Museum of Modern Saturday Deals Art (MoMA) Free Admission on UNIQLO Fridays Brooklyn Botanic Garden from 4:00–8:00pm Free admission Saturdays (except www.moma.org/ Saturdays with public programs) Museum of the Moving Image from 10:00am–12:00pm Free 4:00–8:00pm Seniors admitted free year round. (film screenings not included). www.bbg.org/ www.movingimage.us/

MUSEUM DEALS Brooklyn Museum of Art New York Aquarium Target First Saturdays are free. Pay what you what you wish Friday www.brooklynmuseum.org/ from 4:00–6:00pm El Museo del Barrio Recommended donation is $5 per per- Free on third Saturday of the month son. Children under 3 are always free. from 11:00am–8:30pm www.nyaquarium.com www.elmuseo.org/ New York Historical Society Guggenheim Museum Pay what you wish Fridays, Pay what you wish on 6:00–8:00pm Saturdays 5:45–7:45pm www.nyhistory.org/ (last ticket issued at 7:15pm) Neuve Galerie www.guggenheim.org/ First Friday each month free, The Jewish Museum 6:00–8:00pm Free admission on Saturdays. www.neuegalerie.org/ www.thejewishmuseum.org/ Noguchi Museum Museum of American First Friday of every month, admission Finance is pay what you wish. Free admission on Saturdays. www.noguchi.org/ www.moaf.org/index Rubin Museum Wave Hill Free Fridays 6:00–10:00pm Saturdays 9:00am–12:00pm www.rmanyc.org/ Tuesdays all day Whitney Museum of www.wavehill.org American Art New York Botanical Garden Pay what you wish on Fridays from Free admission to the grounds from 6:00–9:00pm 9:00–10:00am on Saturdays. http://whitney.org/ www.nybg.org Waterfront Museum Free on Saturday from 1:00–5:00pm www.waterfrontmuseum.org/ The Frick Collection On Sundays, pay what you wish from 11:00am–1:00pm www.frick.org/

125 The Free Target admission on Sundays between 12:00–6:00pm www.studiomuseum.org Museums on Us® Program http://museums.bankofamerica.com/ If you have a Photo ID and any valid Bank of America/Merrill Lynch credit or debit card, you are entitled to MUSEUM DEALS one free admission on the first full weekend (Saturday and Sunday) of the month to:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Staten Island Children’s Museum New-York Historical Society Whitney Museum of American Art Brooklyn Children’s Museum Queens Museum of Art Guggenheim Museum

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126 Barbecue Sites DESIGNATED PARKS BARBECUING AREAS BARBECUE Barbecuing is allowed in designated areas only No barbecuing allowed under trees All coals and litter must be disposed in trash receptacles

BRONX Leon S. Kaiser Park - West 33rd Street Crotona Park - Manhattan Beach Park - Crotona Park East & Charlotte Northeast of Promenade, median Street (Indian Lake) adjacent to parking lot (no amplified - sound); Oriental Boulevard and Hast- North and south end of Park ings Street (no amplified sound) - Prospect Park - Exterior and 149th Streets, Area north of Picnic House; both across from Gateway Mall sides of Bandshell; area south of Pelham Bay Park - ; North area of Long Arnow Place and Bruckner Boulevard Meadow; area near PPSW and 10th Pelham Bay Park/ Avenue; area near Vanderbilt Street Orchard Beach Park - and PPSW; Grecian shelter area North & South Lawns Red Hook Recreational Area - West Farms Rapids - Bay Street near Columbia Street 180th Street fence line; along Boston Road entrance side MANHATTAN St. Mary’s Park - East River Park - 146th Street and St. Ann’s Avenue Along FDR Drive at E. 10th Street Van Cortlandt Park - *Special Events permit required In front of pool, Broadway and Fort Washington Park - 242nd Street; Allen Shandler North of W. 158th Street on the Recreation Area, Jerome Avenue Hudson River south of 233rd Street Highbridge Park - BROOKLYN At 177th Street and Amsterdam Avenue Coffey Park - Inwood Hill Park - At Verona and Richards Streets; Dyckman Street and the Hudson River Verona and Dwight Streets Morningside Park - Fort Greene Park - Morningside Avenue and West Along Myrtle Ave btw North Portland 121st Street Ave and Edwards Street Randall’s Island - Herbert Von King Park - At the far end of Sunken Four designated areas throughout the Meadow Ballfields park (no amplified sound)

127 Riverside Park - Queensbridge Park - West 145th Street on the 21st Street, Bridge Plaza, Vernon Hudson River Boulevard, East River St. Nicholas Park - Springfield Park North - St. Nicholas Terrace at West 128th 147th Avenue and BARBECUE Street; St. Nicholas Avenue between Springfield Boulevard West 133rd and West 135th Streets STATEN ISLAND - First Avenue between 111th Clove Lakes Park - and 114th Streets Clove Road and Victory Boulevard Wards Island - Franklin D. Roosevelt East River and Hell Gate (near the Boardwalk and Beach - children’s playgrounds Midland and Lincoln Avenues QUEENS - Eaton Place entrance Alley Pond Park Athletic Field - Wolfes Pond Park - Union Turnpike and Cornelia and Luten Avenues Winchester Boulevard Alley Pond Park - Winchester Boulevard and Grand Central Parkway Please call 311 or visit www.nycgov- Alley Pond Park Springfield - parks.org/facilities/barbecue before Springfield Boulevard and traveling to verify time, location, 76th Avenue availability and cost, if any. Programs - are subject to change without notice. Sutphin Boulevard and 125th Avenue The New York City Department of Bayswater Park - Youth and Community Development Beach Channel Drive and shall not be responsible or liable B32nd Street for the delay, non-delivery and/or Brookville Park - cancellation of any of these events, or Brookville Boulevard and for any acts of third parties, or for the South adoption or enactment of any law, Cunningham Park - ordinance, regulation, ruling or order Union Turnpike and Francis directly or indirectly interfering with Lewis Boulevard these events. Flushing Meadows/Corona Park - Jewel Avenue and Van Wyck Express- way; off Lake West and off Lake East Forest Park - Woodhaven Boulevard and Forest Park Drive Highland Park - Upper Highland: Jamaica Avenue

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