summer calendar

All the things listed below are places I basically want to go. So go with me! Or go without me, and risk mild wrath. Events are free unless otherwise noted.

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday June 7-9 at 7 pm Andromache by Euripedes (free live theater performance) at the Tobacco Warehouse in Brooklyn Bridge Park, DUMBO

Friday, June 9, 8 pm O'Death at Brooklyn Fireproof, Williamsburg. My MySpace friends! ($7)

Saturday June 10 My Birthday Party! (ask me)
as well as... 2 pm Brooklyn Croquet in Prospect Park

Tuesday, June 13 through July 9: Macbeth at the Delacorte Theatre; only one movie star this season: Liev Schreiber--so maybe you can get tickets.

Wednesday, June 14, 7 pm Ralph Stanley (bluegrass), Rockefeller Park (west end of Chambers St.)

Saturday, June 17, 11-6, Renegade Craft Fair, McCarren Park, Williamsburg. Handmade hipster goods. Oh don't worry, I'll be there.
OR...2 pm, King Lear at 69th St and Central Park West
AND...7:30 pm, Laurie Anderson with Tuvan throatsingers opening for her, Prospect Park Bandshell

Sunday, June 18, 11-6 Day 2 of Renegade Craft Fair, and King Lear repeats.

Tuesday, June 20, 7pm Son Volt, World Financial Center Plaza

Thursday, June 22, 5-6:45 pm, New York City Schools' Ballroom Dance Program Danceoff, Winter Garden, Batter Park City

Saturday, June 24, Short Film Festival/Stella Artois Beer Garden in McCarren Park POOL. The condemned area, yes. "almost free."
OR... 2 pm, King Lear, 108th St. and Riverside

Sunday, June 25, 2 pm, King Lear repeats

Tuesday, June 27, 7:30 pm, concert including Ravel, Mozart, and some modern stuff, Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park. This is that bandshell immortalized in the movie "Hair" that's near that place where people rollerdance. You know where I mean.
OR...6 pm, Brazilian Girls and The Adam Deitch Project, Pier 54, west end of 14th st. But you are not art-rock enough, perhaps?

Friday, June 30, 6:30 pm, TV on the Radio at Prospect Park Bandshell. I gather these people are popular, somebody please clue me in.

Sunday, July 2, 3-6 pm Seu Jorge w/opener Cut Chemist, Central Park Summerstage

Tuesday, July 4, 3:30 pm, Belle and Sebastian at Battery Park; free advance tickets required

Thursday, Jul 6, 8:30 PM The Wizard of Oz, Brooklyn Bridge Park
OR...6:30 Love's Labours Lost (live Shakespeare) at 70th and Riverside; repeats on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

Friday, July 7, THE BOREDOMS, Deitch Projects, 18 Wooster St. opening night of art installation of 77 drumkits. I destroy, like dinosaur.
Saturday, July 8, 2nd free show by boredoms, same place. Cancelled! I am bummed.

Tuesday, July 11, 7:30 pm, Stravinsky, Mozart, and Beethoven concert, Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park
OR...The Brazilian Girls, Fort Greene Park

Wednesday, July 12, 8 pm, Tchaikovsky and Dvorak concert by the New York Philharmonic, Great Lawn, Central Park (with fireworks!) This is the classy shit, people. Bring the portable table and the Veuve Cliquot. Alas, I will be in the South of France this week.
OR...On the Waterfront at 70th and Riverside; there are vintage movies here every Wednesday night through August 9.

Thursday, Jul 13, 8:30 PM, Easy Rider, Brooklyn Bridge Park
OR...Deerhoof at McCarren Park Pool
OR...6:30 Love's Labours Lost (live Shakespeare) at 70th and Riverside; repeats on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

Saturday, July 15 Siren Festival, The Rogers Sisters, Art Brut, The Stills, more TBA, Coney Island
OR...2 pm King Lear at Brooklyn Bridge Park; repeats on Sunday

Tuesday, July 18, 8 pm, John Adams, Prokofiev, and Beethoven concert by the NY Phil, Great Lawn, Central Park (also with fireworks)

Wednesday, July 19 7:30 pm, Upright Citizens Brigade, Central Park Summerstage
OR...The Beastmaster, Pier 54

Thursday, Jul 20, Strangers on a Train (Hitchcock) Brooklyn Bridge Park
OR...6:30 Love's Labours Lost (live Shakespeare) at 70th and Riverside; repeats on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

Friday, July 21, 7:30, Blackmail (silent Hitchcock! with live accompaniment), Prospect Park Bandshell

Saturday, July 22, 2 pm King Lear, 69th and Central Park West, repeats on Sunday.

Tuesday, July 25, 7:30 pm Mozart, Poulenc, and Nino Rota(?!) concert, Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park

Wednesday, July 26, Jaws, Pier 54 (w. end of 14th st) I think it will be scary to watch Jaws while sitting on a pier, don't you?

Thursday, Jul 27, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Brooklyn Bridge Park

OR...7:30 Dracula (1931) with live accompaniment by Philip Glass and the Kronos Quartet, Prospect Park Bandshell
OR...6:30 Love's Labours Lost (live Shakespeare) at 70th and Riverside; repeats on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

Sunday, July 30, 3-5 pm, Lady Sovereign, Pete Rock, Jean Grae, Curated by DJ Rekha, Central Park Summerstage

3-8 pm, Enon and Of Montreal at McCarren Park Pool

Tuesday August 1, Bottle Rocket at McCarren Park Pool...I'm psyched for this because the library's copy was stolen so I've never seen it.

Wednesday, Aug 2, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Brooklyn Bridge Park

Sunday, Aug 6, 3-8pm Detroit Cobras, McCarren Park Pool

Tuesday, Aug 8 through September 3: Mother Courage and Her Children at the Delacorte; written by Brecht, translated by Kushner, and starring Streep--sounds like a hot ticket.

Tuesday, Aug 8, 7:30 pm, Misc music from the 17th & 18th centuries, Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park
OR...6:30 pm, Barefoot in the Park at The Elevated Acre at 55 Water St, a new park off FDR drive south of Wall St. Up some stairs, I guess.

OR...French Connection at McCarren Park Pool

Thursday, Aug 10, Bonnie and Clyde, Brooklyn Bridge Park

Friday Aug 11, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Sonic Youth, and Blood on the Wall at McCarren Park Pool ($36)

Saturday, Aug 12, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Sonic Youth, and Awesome Color at McCarren Park Pool ($36)

Sunday, August 13, 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM, DJ Talvin Singh, Asha Puthli with special guests Dewey Redman, Guru, Solar & DJ Doo Wop Prefuse 73, Outernational Curated by DJ Spooky, Central Park SummerStage

OR...3-8pm, Deerhoof etc. at McCarren Park Pool

Tuesday Aug 15, 6:30 PM, Pickup on South St. (a film noir) at 55 Water St.

OR...The Swimmer at McCarren Park Pool

Wednesday, Aug 16, Goodfellas, Pier 54

Thursday, Aug 17, Iron and Wine, McCarren Park Pool ($32.50)
OR...Raiders of the Lost Ark Brooklyn Bridge Park

Friday, Aug 18 7 pm The Box Tops/Alex Chilton at Pier 17, South Street Seaport

Tuesday, Aug 22, 6:30 pm, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) at 55 Water St.
OR...8pm, La Traviata sung by the Metropolitan Opera, Great Lawn, Central Park

OR...Love Streams (Cassavetes movie) McCarren Park Pool

Wednesday, Aug 23, 8 pm, Rigoletto by the same people, same place.

Thursday, Aug 24, The Warriors, Brooklyn Bridge Park
OR...Neko Case, Joanna Newsom, Martha Wainwright at McCarren Park Pool ($36)

Saturday, Aug 26, Style Wars with opener DJ Spooky, should be crowded.

Tuesday, Aug 29, 6:30, Rear Window, 55 Water St.

For more concerts, information, and directions, look into the links below:

Central Park Summerstage
Central Park Classical Music Stuff
Downtown River to River Festival
World Financial Center Events Calendar
South Street Seaport Music Festival
Prospect Park BandshellEast River Music Project
Lincoln Center Outdoor Free Festival
Hudson River Park Events
Brooklyn Bridge Park Movies
Riverside Park Movies at 70th St. Pier
Socrates Sculpture Park Movies
Bryant Park Movies