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SummerStage Anywhere Digital Series Shows Week of July 27 – August 2

THIS WEEK’S PERFORMERS: Juel D Lane, Munir Zakee, Karine Plantadit, Fabiana Batistela, Mercedes Cajax, Fenne Lily, Mala Rodriguez, Crazy Legs, Jerome Jennings, Sam Turvey

Plus Family Day Presented by Disney Featuring Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre Puppet Variety Show, Dance Workshop with Diddi Emah and Performance by Black Violin

NEW YORK, NY – Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage is continuing ​ ​ its free digital series SummerStage Anywhere this week with one-of-a-kind digital ​ arts performances - live and pre-recorded - specific to genres that were born in or deeply represent New York (Hip-Hop, Latin, Global, , Jazz & Contemporary Dance). Shows will be presented on SummerStage Instagram, SummerStage ​ ​ ​ YouTube, Facebook page and Twitch channels unless otherwise noted. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

SummerStage Anywhere digital schedule for week of July 27 - August 2 (For the most up-to-date scheduling and lineup information, please visit SummerStageAnywhere.org): ​

● Monday, July 27th: Monday Meditations (SummerStage Instagram ​ ​ ​ ​ channel) live at 12:00PM EST. 30-minute weekly health and wellness ​ ​ workshop with guest host Karine Plantadit, former Alvin Ailey and Broadway ​

Tony Award nominated dancer (Come Fly Away, The Lion King), instructor, ​ ​ choreographer, certified yoga teacher and life coach.

● Monday, July 27th: SummerStageStudio: Digital, presented by Disney ​ ​ ​ Dance Workshop (SummerStage Instagram, SummerStage YouTube, Facebook ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ page and Twitch) live from Atlanta, GA at 2:00 PM EST with dancer, ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ choreographer, and filmmaker Juel D Lane & artist, producer, and musician ​ ​ Munir Zakee. ​

● Tuesday, July 28th: Global Curators in Conversation (SummerStage ​ ​ ​ ​ Instagram channel) live at 4:00PM EST with SummerStage’s Associate ​ ​ Director of Programming Paula Abreu discussing curating live music on a ​ ​ global scale with Fabiana Batistela, the director of SIM São Paolo and ​ ​ Mercedes Caxaj, the Co-Artistic Director for SUNFEST. ​

● Wednesday, July 29th: SummerStage Anywhere Session (SummerStage ​ ​ ​ ​ Instagram, SummerStage YouTube, Facebook page and Twitch) live at 6:00 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ PM EST for a performance by 20-year-old British singer-songwriter Fenne ​ Lily.

● Thursday, July 30th: SummerStage Anywhere Session (SummerStage ​ ​ ​ ​ Instagram) at 5:00 PM EST with Grammy-award winning Latin Hip Hop star ​ Mala Rodriguez live from Spain -- the only woman to have ever won Best ​ ​ Urban Album and Best Urban Song at the Latin GRAMMYS. La Mega will kick off the show with a special DJ set at 4:30pm.

● Friday, July 31st: Culture Talk (SummerStage Instagram) live at 8:00 PM ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ EST with Bronx-born, Puerto Rican dancer, educator and pioneer Richard “Crazy Legs” Colon, recognized and respected globally for his Hip Hop and ​ ​ humanitarian contributions in conversation with Bronx-born American rapper, ​ songwriter, and DJ Grandmaster Caz. ​ ​

● Saturday, August 1st: Culture Talk (SummerStage Instagram, ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ SummerStage YouTube, Facebook page and Twitch) with Executive Artistic ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Director of SummerStage Erika Elliott and Charlie Parker Jazz Festival ​ founder and producer Sam Turvey, moderated by jazz drummer and ​ ​ composer Jerome Jennings at 7:00PM EST. This event will kick off weekly ​ celebrations of the 100th birthday of Charlie Parker with special commemorative Jazz performances throughout the month.

● Sunday, August 2nd: SummerStage Anywhere Family Day, Presented ​ ​ ​ by Disney (SummerStage Instagram, SummerStage YouTube, Facebook page ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ and Twitch) starting at 1:00 PM EST Tune in for a special puppet variety show ​ ​ ​ ​ from the Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre, followed by an Afrobeat ​ ​ dance class with Diddi Emah and performance by Black Violin. Follow the ​ ​ ​ SummerStage Instagram story throughout the day for a take over featuring additional family programming!

Missed a recent performance or conversation? You can keep up to date with all SummerStage Anywhere programming on the SummerStage YouTube channel. ​ ​ ​

Still to come this season: performances and conversations with Brazilian drag queen and pop star Pabllo Vittar, Afro-French Cuban musical duo Ibeyi, co-founder and ​ ​ ​ ​ co-artistic director of Complexions Contemporary Ballet Desmond Richardson, ​ Brazilian rapper and MC Emicida, revolutionary Tunisian singer-songwriter Emel ​ ​ ​ Mathlouti, frontwoman and bass player of -based band ​ ​ , veteran dancer/choreographer to the biggest names in music ​ Marvelous, New York-native and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater member ​ ​ ​ Khalia Campbell and much more. ​

A full schedule of upcoming programming is below. For the most up-to-date scheduling and lineup information about SummerStage Anywhere, please visit SummerStageAnywhere.org. ​

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Day Date Time Featured Program Platform Genre Artist/Speaker Type Mon 7/27/20 12:00PM Karine Plantadit Monday Instagram Dance ET Meditations Live Mon 7/27/20 2:00PMET CABD Juel D SummerStage YouTube Dance / Lane Studio: Digital Family

Tues 7/28/20 4:00PM ET Global Curators Soundcheck: Instagram Global in Conversation: Curator Live Paula Abreu, Conversations Fabiana Batistela + TBD Wed 7/29/20 6:00PM ET Fenne Lily SummerStage Instagram, Indie Anywhere Facebook Sessions + YouTube Live Thurs 7/30/20 4:30PM ET Mala Rodriguez SummerStage Instagram Latin Anywhere Live Sessions Fri 7/31/20 8:00PM ET Crazy Legs + Culture Talks All Social Hip-Hop Grandmaster Caz Channels Sat 8/1/20 7:00PM ET Jerome Culture Talks All Social Jazz Jennings, Erika Channels Elliott, Sam Turvey Sun 8/2/20 1:00PM ET Family Day Family Day All Social Family/ Presented by Channels Educational Disney: Swedish Cottage Marionette

Theatre, Diddi Emah, Black Violin Mon 8/3/20 12:00PM Karine Plantadit Monday Instagram Dance ET Meditations Live Mon 8/3/20 7:00PM ET "Lift Every Voice: SummerStage All Social Dance The Legacy of Anywhere Channels Alvin Ailey and Sessions Beyond": (Panel Discussion and Video Premiere) Tues 8/4/20 8:00PM ET Pabllo Vittar SummerStage All Social Global Anywhere Channels Sessions Thurs 8/6/20 4:00PM ET Ibeyi & Emicida, Culture Talks Facebook Latin moderated by + YouTube Felix Contreras Live Fri 8/7/20 2:00PM ET Marvelous SummerStage All Social Hip-Hop / Studio: Digital Channels Family

Sun 8/9/20 2:00PM ET Voices of a #PeopleSpeak IGTV N/A People's History Sundays Mon 8/10/20 12:00PM Karine Plantadit Monday Instagram Dance ET Meditations Live Mon 8/10/20 7:00PM ET Melanie George Culture Talks Facebook Dance and Jawole Willa + YouTube Jo Zollar

Wed 8/12/20 8:00PM ET Chris Frantz Culture Talks All Social Indie ( / Channels ) & Julia Cumming (Sunflower Bean)

Sun 8/16/20 2:00PM ET Sundae Sermon #PeopleSpeak IGTV N/A with DJ Stormin Sundays Norman Mon 8/17/20 12:00PM Karine Plantadit Monday Instagram Dance ET Meditations Live Mon 8/17/20 7:00PM ET Mickela Mallozzi Culture Talks Facebook Dance w/ Miltieri Tucker + YouTube Concepcion

Mon 8/24/20 12:00PM Karine Plantadit Monday Instagram Dance ET Meditations Live Sun 8/30/20 2:00PM ET Brooklyn Dance #PeopleSpeak IGTV N/A Festival Sundays

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As an independent, not-for-profit organization, we rely on our donors to help us make SummerStage possible. Support from donors will help secure the future of SummerStage as New York’s largest free outdoor performing arts festival. We believe the arts are for everyone and encourage those who can donate to visit cityparksfoundation.org/give for more information. ​

Capital One is the Title Sponsor of the 2020 SummerStage festival. Disney is a sponsor of SummerStage family programming, including presenting sponsor of SummerStage Studio: Digital. Supporting sponsorship is provided by Bloomberg Philanthropies and United Airlines.

Generous private support is provided by The Thompson Family Foundation, the Howard Gilman Foundation, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, The Shubert Organization, and the New York Community Trust NYC COVID-19 Response and Impact Fund. SummerStage is also supported, in part, by public funds from the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, the NYS Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the NYS Legislature, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support is generously provided by our dedicated SummerStage Members.

Media partners include Big Room, iHeart Radio featuring Lite FM, Power 105.1, 103.5 KTU, Q104.3, and Z100, Telemundo, WFUV, Relix, WNYC, WBGO, Time Out New York, DoNYC, Futuro Media Group, Big Screen Plaza, and Zoom Media & Marketing. Big Room is the exclusive live stream partner of SummerStage Anywhere.

In all of its programming and activities, City Parks Foundation partners with the Department of Parks & Recreation to improve neighborhood parks and the communities.

About City Parks Foundation At City Parks Foundation, we are dedicated to invigorating and transforming parks into dynamic, vibrant centers of urban life through sports, arts, community building and education programs for all New Yorkers. Our programs -- located in more than 400 parks, recreation centers and public schools across New York City --reach 300,000 people each year. Our ethos is simple: thriving parks mean thriving communities.

About SummerStage Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage is New York’s largest free outdoor performing arts festival. SummerStage annually presents approximately 100 performances in 15-18 parks throughout the five boroughs. With performances ranging from American pop, Latin, world music, dance and theater, SummerStage fills a vital niche in New York City’s summer arts festival landscape. Since its inception 34 years ago, more than six million people from New York City and around the world have enjoyed SummerStage. Capital One is the Title Sponsor of SummerStage. For more information, visit www.SummerStage.org. ​ ​ ​

About Capital One Capital One Financial Corporation (www.capitalone.com) is a financial holding ​ ​ company whose subsidiaries, which include Capital One, N.A., and Capital One Bank (USA), N.A., had $249.8 billion in deposits and $372.5 billion in total assets as of December 31, 2018. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Capital One offers a broad spectrum of financial products and services to consumers, small businesses and commercial clients through a variety of channels. Capital One, N.A. has branches located primarily in New York, Louisiana, Texas, Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey and the District of Columbia. A Fortune 500 company, Capital One trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "COF" and is included in the S&P 100 index. Visit the Capital One newsroom for more Capital One news.

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