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EVENT: 2008 Summer Play Street Program
DATE: Monday, July 7th - Friday, August 22nd
ORGANIZATION: Police Athletic League, INC.
LOCATION: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens and Staten Island
INFO: 212-477-9450 or www.palnyc.org
EVENT: 16-Week Workshop: How to Build a Growing Profitable Business
DATE: Begins in August
ORGANIZATION: Workshop in Business Opportunities (WIBO)
LOCATION: Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, Yonkers
INFO: 212-684-0854, ext. 0540
EVENT: Ruth Hardinger: Reverse Count
DATE: Friday, May 30th ö Monday, August 11th
ORGANIZATION: The Steinhardt School at New York University
LOCATION: 80 Washington Square East
INFO: 212-998-5748 or www.nyu.edu/pages/galleries
EVENT: Warholâs Jews: Ten Portraits Reconsidered
DATE: Now through Sunday, August 3rd
ORGANIZATION: The Jewish Museum
LOCATION: 1109 Fifth Avenue
INFO: 212-423-3200 or www.thejewishmuseum.org
EVENT: Action/Abstraction: Pollock, De Kooning, and American Art, 1940-1976
DATE: Now through Sunday, September 21st
ORGANIZATION: The Jewish Museum
LOCATION: 1109 Fifth Avenue
INFO: 212-423-3200 or www.thejewishmuseum.org
EVENT: Frickâs Vermeers Reunited
DATE: Tuesday, June 3rd ö Sunday, November 2nd
ORGANIZATION: The Frick Collection
LOCATION: East 70th Street
INFO: 212-288-0700
EVENT: Mother Economy: A Film by Maya Zack
DATE: Now through Thursday, October 23rd, 2009
ORGANIZATION: The Jewish Museum
LOCATION: 1109 Fifth Avenue
INFO: 212-423-3200 or www.thejewishmuseum.org
EVENT: Art of the Royal Court
DATE: Tuesday, July 1st ö Sunday, September 21st
ORGANIZATION: Sangria 46, Spanish Tapas Restaurant
LOCATION: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Special Exhibition Galleries, 2nd Floor
INFO: 212-570-3951
EVENT: Major Retrospective of British Artist J.M.W.Turner
DATE: Tuesday, July 1st ö Sunday, September 21st
ORGANIZATION: Sangria 46, Spanish Tapas Restaurant
LOCATION: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Tisch Galleries, 2nd Floor
INFO: 212-570-3951
EVENT: Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca present "El Mar"
DATE: Wednesday, July 9th ö Thursday, August 14th
ORGANIZATION: Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca
LOCATION: Theater 80 at 80 St. Marks Place (between first and second Aves)
INFO: 212-352-3101 or www.nocheflamenca.org
EVENT: Exhibit: Paintings, Collages, Works on Paper
DATE: July 11th ö August 3rd, Thursdays ö Sundays from 1pm - 6pm
ORGANIZATION: Westbeth Gallery
LOCATION: 55 Bethune Street
INFO: 212-989-4650
EVENT: Laughter Yoga classes
DATE: Every Wednesday at 5.30pm
ORGANIZATION: Laughter Yoga USA
LOCATION: 1430 Broadway, Suite#1107
INFO: vishwa@soimex.com
EVENT: Bowery Gallery National Juried Exhibition
DATE: Tuesday, July 29th - Saturday, August 16th
ORGANIZATION: Bowery Gallery
LOCATION: 530 West 25th Street, 4th Floor
INFO: www.bowerygallery.org
EVENT: Keigwin + Company presents Elements
DATE: August 1st at 8pm
ORGANIZATION: Keigwin + Company
LOCATION: The Joyce Theatre, 175 8th Ave at 19th St
INFO: 212-242-0800 or www.joyce.org
EVENT: "You Gotta Believe"
DATE: Thursdays, from August 2 at 6pm
ORGANIZATION: "You Gotta Believe" Agency
LOCATION: Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy Memorial Center, 34 W 134th St.
INFO: 718-372-3003
EVENT: Reel Time, Juba, Ella, In/Side and Overture
DATE: August 2nd at 2pm & 8pm
ORGANIZATION: Battleworks Dance Company
LOCATION: The Joyce Theatre, 175 8th Ave at 19th St
INFO: 212-242-0800 or www.joyce.org
EVENT: New York City Workers Exhibition
DATE: Monday, July 21st ö Saturday, August 2nd
ORGANIZATION: Salmagundi Club
LOCATION: 47 Fifth Avenue at 12th Street
INFO: www.salmagundi.org
EVENT: Love, Incorporated - An Original Musical
DATE: Friday, August 1st ö Sunday, August 10th
ORGANIZATION: Midtown International Theatre Festival
LOCATION: TGB Theatre, 312 West 36th Street
INFO: 212-279-4200
EVENT: "What the Deuce are You Staring At!?!" - Exhibit of Paintings By Emerging Artists DATE: Friday, August 1st ö Sunday, September 7th
ORGANIZATION: The Paley Center for Media
LOCATION: The Paley Center for Media, 25 West 52nd Street
INFO: (212) 981-5173 or (212) 981-5229
EVENT: The Trinity Museum Presents: Familiar Faces: Portraits of Our Neighbors
DATE: Friday, August 1st ö Sunday, September 14th 9am ö 5pm
ORGANIZATION: Trinity Wall Street
LOCATION: The Trinity Museum located inside Trinity Church (Broadway at Wall St)
INFO: (212) 602-0800
EVENT: The Higher Education Of Khalid Amir
DATE: Saturday, August 2nd at 12:30pm & 2:30pm & Sunday, August 3rd at 12pm
ORGANIZATION: Midtown International Theatre Festival
LOCATION: 312 W 36th Street, 4th floor
INFO: www.TicketCentral.com
EVENT: Good Housekeeping & Robin Wilson Design Harlemâs First Leed-Certified Home
DATE: Saturday, August 2nd & Sunday, August 3rd 11am ö 6pm
ORGANIZATION: Good Housekeeping
LOCATION: 151 West 122nd Street, Manhattan Avenue
INFO: 212-649-2321
EVENT: Summer Shorts
DATE: Sunday, August 3rd & Sunday, August 17th at 6pm
ORGANIZATION: Xoregos Performing Company
LOCATION: Riverside Park, 80th Street
INFO: 212-239-8405 or www.xoregos.com
EVENT: Free Computer Technology Training
DATE: Tuesday, June 24th ö Friday, August 15th
Morning Session 10am - 1pm
Afternoon Session 1pm - 3pm
Evening Session 5pm - 8pm
ORGANIZATION: State University of New York ATTAIN Lab at Polo Grounds Community Center
LOCATION: 2965 8th Avenue at 156th Street
INFO: 917- 612-7309 or www.attain.suny.edu
EVENT: Free Microsoft Digital Certification Training
DATE: Tuesday, June 24th ö Friday, August 15th
Morning Session 10am - 1pm
Afternoon Session 1pm - 3pm
Evening Session 5pm - 8pm
ORGANIZATION: State University of New York ATTAIN Lab at Polo Grounds Community Center
LOCATION: 2965 8th Avenue at 156th Street
INFO: 917- 612-7309 or www.attain.suny.edu
EVENT: Sunset Jam on the Hudson
DATE: Fridays from July 11th - August 22nd at 6:30pm - 8:30pm
ORGANIZATION: Battery Park City Parks Conservancy
LOCATION: Wagner Park
INFO: www.bpcparks.org
EVENT: Tambourines to Glory
DATE: Fridays from August 1st - August 29th & September 12th at 7pm
ORGANIZATION: Harlem Repertory Theater
LOCATION: Aaron Davis Hall, 150 Convent Ave at W 135th St
INFO: 917-608-3586 or www.harlemrepertorytheatre.org
EVENT: Monica Bill Barnes: Game Face
DATE: Monday, August 4th ö Thursday, August 7th at 12pm & 1pm
Monday, August 11th ö Thursday, August 14th at 12pm & 1pm
ORGANIZATION: Lower Manhattan Cultural Council as part of the River To River¨ Festival
LOCATION: Robert Wagner Jr. Park (west of Battery Park Place)
INFO: www.lmcc.net/sitelines
EVENT: 2008 Mostly Mozart Festival
DATE: Monday, August 4th ö Sunday, August 10th
ORGANIZATION: Jerome L. Greene Foundation, The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation
LOCATION: 70 Lincoln Center Plaza
INFO: 212-721-6500 or www.LincolnCenter.org
EVENT: Cold Storage
DATE: Wednesday, August 6th ö Saturday, August 30th (Wednesdays - Saturdays at 8pm)
ORGANIZATION: Rothman Fairchild Production
LOCATION: The Richmond Shepard Theater, 309 East 26th St at Second Avenue
INFO: 212-684-2690 or www.richmondshepard.com
EVENT: The King is Dead
DATE: Thursday, August 7th ö Sunday, August 17th (Tuesday ö Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 2pm)
ORGANIZATION: Highwire Theatre
LOCATION: Dorothy Strelsin Theatre at the Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex, 312 W 36th St
INFO: 212-868-4444 or www.smarttix.com
EVENT: Free performances of William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" in modern NYC using original text
DATE: Thursday, August 7th ö Sunday, August 24th (Thursdays ö Sundays at 8pm)
ORGANIZATION: Pulse Ensemble Theatre & Harlem Summer Shakespeare
LOCATION: Riverbank State Park, 145th Street & Riverside Drive
INFO: (212) 695-1596 or www.pulseensembletheatre.org
EVENT: Anais Nin Goes to Hell at FringeNYC
DATE: Friday, August 8th - Sunday, August 24th
ORGANIZATION: Maieutic Theatre Works-MTWorks
LOCATION: 220 East 4th Street (between Ave A & Ave B)
INFO: www.mtworks.org
EVENT: Cycle - A Vaudeville Comedy
DATE: Friday, August 8th ö Sunday, August 24th
ORGANIZATION: Part of the NY Fringe Festival
LOCATION: the Deluxe at Spiegelworld (Pier 17, South Street Seaport, 89 South Street)
INFO: www.cycletheplay.com
EVENT: ONEWORD at FringeNYC
DATE: Saturday, August 9th ö Tuesday, August 19th
ORGANIZATION: Campo Stella
LOCATION: The Lafayette Street Theatre, 45 Bleecker St at Lafayette
INFO: www.onewordmoves.com
EVENT: Johnny Law- Courtroom Crusader
DATE: Saturday, August 9th ö Friday, August 22nd
ORGANIZATION: Johnny Boy Productions
LOCATION: The Schaeberle Studio Theatre (Venue #2, 41 Park Row at William St)
INFO: www.johnnylawesq.net
EVENT: The NY International Fringe Festival: The Mole People
DATE: Saturday, August 9th öWednesday, August 20th
ORGANIZATION: RadioTheatre & FringeNYC
LOCATION: The Players Theatre, 115 MacDougal Street
INFO: 866 468-7619 or radiotheatrenyc@aol.com
EVENT: Hustle/Ballroom/Salsa dancing
DATE: Saturday, August 9th & Sunday, August 16th 9pm
ORGANIZATION: Club 412 @ You Should Be Dancing
LOCATION: 412 Eighth Ave. at 31st Street ö 4th Floor
CONTACT INFO: www.youshouldbedancing.net 212 244-0011
EVENT: Exhibit: Bellini, Titian, Holbein, & El Greco
DATE: Tuesday, August 12th ö Thursday, August 28th
ORGANIZATION: The Frick Collection
LOCATION: East 70th Street
INFO: 212-288-0700
EVENT: BPC Parkâs Sunset Jam on the Hudson
DATE: Fridays, August 1st, August 8th, August 15th & August 22nd
ORGANIZATION: Battery Park City Parks Conservancy
LOCATION: Robert F. Wagner, Jr. Park
INFO: www.bpcparks.org
EVENT: Photo Exhibit by Klytus Smith
DATE: Monday, August 11th, Friday, August 22nd & Tuesday, August 26th from 4pm - 9pm
ORGANIZATION: Art About Us
LOCATION: Adam Clayton Powell State Office Building
INFO: 718-528-1776
EVENT: Inwood Electronics Recycling Event
DATE: Saturday, August 16th 10am ö 4pm
Sunday, August 17th 10am - 4pm
Monday, August 18th 4pm - 7pm
ORGANIZATION: Riverside- Inwood Neighborhood Gardens (RING)
LOCATION: West Side Broadway / Dyckman St / Riverside Drive
INFO: Bring used electronics for reuse and recycling
EVENT: BPC Parksâ Bicycle Maintenance Workshop
DATE: Tuesday, August 19th & Tuesday, August 26th
ORGANIZATION: Battery Park City Parks Conservancy
LOCATION: BPCPCâs Offices at 2 South End Avenue
INFO: www.bpcparks.org
EVENT: Richard Moveâs MoveOpolis!: Hostile Takeover
DATE: Monday, August 18th ö Friday, August 22nd & Monday, August 25th at 6:00pm
ORGANIZATION: Lower Manhattan Cultural Council as part of the River To River¨ Festival
LOCATION: Surprise Performance Installations at Various Downtown Locations
INFO: www.lmcc.net/sitelines
EVENT: Central Park Film Festival
DATE: August 19 - 23 Film screenings at 8:00 pm
ORGANIZATION: Central Park Conservancy & Bloomberg LP
LOCATION: Central Park's Rumsey Playfield (enter from Fifth Avenue & 69th Street)
INFO: www.centralparknyc.org or 212-310-6600
EVENT: ÎMujerâ Photo Exhibit on Dominican Women
DATE: Tuesday, August 19th ö Tuesday, September 30th
ORGANIZATION: The City College of New York / CUNY Dominican Studies Institute
LOCATION: Amsterdam Plaza, Amsterdam Avenue at West 137th Street
INFO: 212-650-7496
EVENT: Downtown Doghouse Sidewalk Sale
DATE: Friday, August 22nd & Saturday, August 23rd 10am ö 7pm
ORGANIZATION: Downtown Doghouse
LOCATION: 259 West 18th Street
INFO: 212-924-5300
EVENT: Art Camp! for Kids with non-American Parents
DATE: Saturday, August 23rd & Sunday, August 24th 10:30am - 5:30pm
ORGANIZATION: CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)
LOCATION: CRS, 123 4th Ave, 2nd Fl
INFO: www.crsny.org
EVENT: Project Chess - Teacher Training Institute
DATE: Saturday, August 23rd & Sunday, August 24th 10am - 3pm
ORGANIZATION: Chess-in-the-Schools
LOCATION: 520 8th Avenue, 2nd Fl
INFO: (212) 643-0225 ext.234 or www.chessintheschools.org
EVENT: Target Free Sundays at the Studio Museum
DATE: Every Sunday from July 20th, 12pm - 6pm
ORGANIZATION: The Studio Museum in Harlem
LOCATION: 144 West 125th Street
INFO: 212-864-4500
EVENT: Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit
DATE: Saturday, August 30th ö Monday, September 1st
ORGANIZATION: Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit, INC.
LOCATION: University Place- 11th St to 3rd St; Washington Place- Washington Square East to Mercer St.
INFO: 212-982-6255 or www.washingtonsquareoutdoorartexhibit.org
EVENT: House Proud: Nineteen-century Watercolor Interiors from the Thaw Collection
DATE: Tuesday, August 12th ö Sunday, January 25th, 2009
ORGANIZATION: Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
LOCATION: Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, 2 East 91st Street at 5th avenue
INFO: 212-849-8300 or www.cooperhewitt.org
EVENT: Albrecht DŸrer: Art in Transition
DATE: Saturday, July 26th ö Sunday, September 21st
ORGANIZATION: Museum of Biblical Art
LOCATION: 1865 Broadway, at 61st Street
INFO: www.mobia.org
EVENT: Pete Correale Headlines Comix
DATE: Friday, August 29th & Saturday, August 30th at 8:30pm & 10:45pm
ORGANIZATION: Comix
LOCATION: 353 West 14th Street
INFO: dwilbur@comixny.com
EVENT: Dance EVENT: DanceBrazil, Max Pollak and RumbaTap
DATE: Friday August 1st 8pm
ORGANIZATION: Central Park SummerStage
LOCATION: Rumsey Playfield at 69th Street & 5th Avenue
INFO: www.summerstage.org
EVENT: Singers Open Mic Accompanist: Dan Furman, piano
DATE: Friday, August 1st 8pm (sign up at 7:30 pm)
ORGANIZATION: Singers Forum
LOCATION: 49 West 24th Street, 4th Floor (between Broadway & 6th street)
INFO: 212-366-0541 or www.singersforum.org
EVENT: Explore Battery Park & Governors Island
DATE: Saturday, August 2nd 9 am
ORGANIZATION: Urban Park Rangers
LOCATION: Bowling Green Park (Broadway at Beaver St)
INFO: www.nyc.gov/parks/rangers or call 311 and ask for the Urban Park Rangers
EVENT: Concert: Hearing the Sacred: From the Middle Ages to the 21st Century
DATE: Saturday, August 2nd 3pm ö 4:30pm
ORGANIZATION: Museum of Biblical Art
LOCATION: 1865 Broadway, at 61st Street
INFO: www.mobia.org/programs
EVENT: Roy Hargrove Big Band and Special Guests
DATE: Saturday August 2nd 7pm
ORGANIZATION: Central Park SummerStage
LOCATION: Rumsey Playfield at 69th Street & 5th Avenue
INFO: www.summerstage.org
EVENT: International Handbell Concert (featuring choirs from Hong Kong and Japan)
DATE: Saturday August 2 from 7:00pm-9:00pm
ORGNIZATION: The Riverside Ringers Handbell Choir
LOCATION: The Nave in Riverside Church at 490 Riverside Drive at 120th street
INFO: www.theriversidechurchny.org/events or 212-870-6700
EVENT: "Political Animals", the Handball Court Summer Films Series
DATE: Saturday, August 2nd 8pm (Sunset)
ORGANIZATION: MEDIANOCHE
LOCATION: The Handball Court in White Park, 168 East 106th Street
INFO: 212-828-0401or www.prdream.com/wordpress/?cat=5
EVENT: A Musical Tribute to Nat "King" Cole
DATE: Saturday, August 2nd 2pm
ORGANIZATION: New York Public Library Countee Cullen Branch
LOCATION: 104 West 136th Street (near Lenox Avenue)
INFO: (212) 491--2070
EVENT: Social Tees
DATE: Saturday, August 2nd 12pm ö 7pm
ORGANIZATION: Mayorâs Alliance for NYCâs Animals
LOCATION: Whiskers Holistic Petcare, 235 East 9th Street
INFO: amanda@msilver-pr.com
EVENT: Actor & singer Ronny Cox performs in the 2nd Annual Folks on the Island Music Festival
DATE: Saturday, August 2nd 1:30pm
ORGANIZATION: Trinity Wall Street & the Governorâs Island Alliance
LOCATION: Governorâs Island; ferry service departs from the Battery Maritime Building, Slip 7
INFO: www.folksontheisland.com
EVENT: 2nd Annual Little Italy Clam Shucking Competition
DATE: Saturday, August 2nd 3pm ö 4pm
ORGANIZATION: Little Italy Merchants Association (LIMA)
LOCATION: Hester Street, between Mott and Mulberry Streets
INFO: 212-302-0551
EVENT: Food for Though: Family Program
DATE: Saturday, August 2nd 1pm ö 3pm
ORGANIZATION: Riverside Park Fund
LOCATION: Pier I, 70th Street at the Hudson Riverside Park Fund
INFO: 212-870-3070 or www.riversideparkfund.org
EVENT: Jamie Lidell, Janelle Mon‡e, Jose James, Little Jackie & Gilles Peterson
DATE: Sunday, August 3rd 3pm
ORGANIZATION: Central Park SummerStage
LOCATION: Rumsey Playfield at 69th & 5th Avenue
INFO: www.summerstage.org
EVENT: Quest Book Shopâs Psychic Fair
DATE: Sunday, August 3rd 12pm - 6pm
ORGANIZATION: The New York Theosophical Society
LOCATION: 242 East 53rd Street
INFO: 212-758-5521 or verdivilla@aol.com
EVENT: Howard Fishman's Biting Fish Brass Band
DATE: Sunday, August 3rd 7pm
ORGANIZATION: Summer on the Hudson festival
LOCATION: Pier 1, West 70th Street
INFO: www.nyc.gov/parks/soh
EVENT: City Teens Offer Free Dance Concert
DATE: Sunday, August 3rd 7:3pm
ORGANIZATION: Young Dancemakers Company
LOCATION: Ailey Citigroup Theater, 405 West 55th Street
INFO: 718-329-7250
EVENT: Free film screening of The Sacred Run, The Lotus & the Feather
DATE: Sunday, August 3rd 1pm
ORGANIZATION: Mission & Social Justice of The Riverside Church, New
York Buddhist Church & Universal Peace Initiative
LOCATION: The Riverside Church, 90 Claremont Street, Room 10T
INFO: 212-799-2244 or univpeaceday@aol.com
EVENT: Black Indie Music with The WNS Band
DATE: Monday, August 4th 10pm
ORGANIZATION: Massife Global/helloAFRICA
LOCATION: PIANOS, 158 Ludlow Street at Stanton
INFO: 718-737-3214
EVENT: The National, Yeasayer, and Plants & Animals - A benefit concert
DATE: Monday, August 4th 6:30pm
ORGANIZATION: Central Park SummerStage
LOCATION: Rumsey Playfield at 69th & 5th Avenue
INFO: www.summerstage.org
EVENT: NYPD 19th Precinct Community Council Meeting
DATE: Monday, August 4th 7pm
ORGANIZATION: NYPD
LOCATION: 163 East 67th Street
INFO: 212-452-0613
EVENT: 20th Precinct Community Council National Night Out
DATE: Tuesday, August 5th 6:30 PM
ORGANIZATION: 20th Precinct Community Council of the NYPD
LOCATION: Verdi Park at 73 Street & Broadway
INFO: n/a
EVENT: "Turnaround For Good"- Silent Auction
DATE: Tuesday, August 5th 6:30pm
ORGANIZATION: Turnaround For Children & Networking For Professionals
LOCATION: Space Downtown, 276 West 25th Street, 2nd Floor
INFO: (212)-227-6556 or http://www.networkingforprofessionals.com/eventlistings.php?event=SENY
EVENT: Mansion Benefit Party
DATE: Tuesday, August 5th
ORGANIZATION: Priority Films
LOCATION: Mansion Ultra lounge, 530 West 28th Street
INFO: www.priorityfilms.com
EVENT: CityParks Kids Presents: Bugs, Spiders and Others Things by Billy B
DATE: Tuesday, August 5th 10am
ORGANIZATION: CityParks Foundation
LOCATION: Courtney Callendar Park at 5th Avenue (between 130th & 131st Streets)
INFO: www.cityparksfoundation.org
EVENT: CityParks Kids Presents: Cinderella Samba! Puppet Theatre
DATE: Tuesday, August 5th 12pm (Puppet making Workshop preceding show at 10:30am)
ORGANIZATION: CityParks Foundation
LOCATION: Thomas Jefferson Park, 112th St (between 1st Ave, & FDR Dr)
INFO: www.cityparksfoundation.org
EVENT: Jazz Concert with Jamie Begian Big Band
DATE: Tuesday, August 5th 8pm & 9:30pm
ORGANIZATION: Jazz Tuesdays in the NYC Bahaâi Center
LOCATION: 53 East 11th Street
INFO: 212-222-5159
EVENT: Universal Peace Day
DATE: Tuesday, August 5th 6pm
ORGANIZATION: The NY Buddhist Church, Mission and Social Justice of the Riverside Church, Universal Peace Initiative
LOCATION: The NY Buddhist Church, Riverside Drive at West 105th Street
INFO: (212) 678-0305
EVENT: Universal Peace Day
DATE: Tuesday, August 5th 8pm
ORGANIZATION: Universal Peace Initiative, Mission and Social Justice of Riverside Church, NY Buddhist Church
LOCATION: Riverside Church, Riverside Drive (between 120th & 122nd Streets)
INFO: (212) 799-2244
EVENT: Good Health Days
DATE: Wednesday, August 6th
ORGANIZATION: Charles B. Wang Community Health Center
LOCATION: Sara D. Roosevelt Park (Between Chrystie & Forsyth Street)
INFO: 212-379-6988 or www.cbwchc.org/project/ghd/ghd.html
EVENT: Cure for Diabetes Lecture & Dr. Gabriel Cousens Book Signing
DATE: Wednesday, August 6th 7pm ö 9pm
ORGANIZATION: Healthy Eating and Living/Raw Soul Restaurant/Harlem Natural Food Co-op
LOCATION: Harlem Hospital, 506 Lenox Avenue, Room 6101
INFO: 212-491-5859
EVENT: CityParks Kids Presents: The Fun & Funny Juggling Show
DATE: Wednesday, August 6th 10:30am
ORGANIZATION: CityParks Foundation
LOCATION: Washington Square Park Washington Square & LaGuardia Place
INFO: www.cityparksfoundation.org
EVENT: Word for Word Author Series: "Go Green" Panel
DATE: Wednesday, August 6th, 12:30 pm
ORGANIZATION: Bryant Park Reading Room
LOCATION: 42nd St., between 5th and 6th Ave
INFO: 212-768-4242 or www.bryantpark.org
EVENT: "The Manchurian Candidate" (film)
DATE: Wednesday, August 6th 8:30 pm
ORGANIZATION: Summer On the Hudson festival
LOCATION: Pier 1 at West 70th Street
INFO: www.nyc.gov/parks/soh
EVENT: Sonny Rollins - A benefit concert for Central Park SummerStage
DATE: Wednesday, August 6th 8pm
ORGANIZATION: Central Park SummerStage
LOCATION: Rumsey Playfield, 69th Street & 5th Avenue
INFO: www.summerstage.org
EVENT: Adobe Photoshop Training
DATE: Wednesday, August 6th 9am ö 4pm (with 1-hour lunch break)
ORGANIZATION: Computer Training Source
LOCATION: 575 Madison Avenue, 10th Floor (between 56th & 57th Streets)
INFO: 212-278-0609 or www.CTStraining.com/Photoshop
EVENT: Korean Student Ahreum Han performs at the 3rd Annual Organ Festival
DATE: Thursday, August 7th 1pm
ORGANIZATION: Trinity Wall Street
LOCATION: Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall Street
INFO: www.trinitywallstreet.org
EVENT: Dance EVENT: Jennifer Muller/The Works and Erica Essner's Performance Co-Op
DATE: Friday, August 8th 8pm
ORGANIZATION: Central Park SummerStage
LOCATION: Rumsey Playfield, 69th Street & 5th Avenue
INFO: www.summerstage.org
EVENT: NYCyberSafety Summit 2008: Speaker Christine C. Quinn
DATE: Saturday, August 9th 11am - 4pm (doors open at 10am)
ORGANIZATION: New York City Council
LOCATION: City Hall (Corner of Broadway and Murray)
INFO: (212) 788-6871or events@council.nyc.gov
EVENT: Mexican Heritage Day: Shows by Kinky, Alejandro Escovedo with Strings, & Pistolera
DATE: Saturday, August 9th 3pm
ORGANIZATION: Central Park SummerStage
LOCATION: Rumsey Playfield, 69th Street & 5th Avenue
INFO: www.summerstage.org
EVENT: Health Fair
DATE: Saturday, August 9th 12pm ö 6pm
ORGANIZATION: Community Association of Progressive Dominicans
LOCATION: 165th Street (between Broadway & St. Nicholas)
INFO: (212) 781-5500, ext 227
EVENT: ArtCrawl Harlem
DATE: Saturday, August 9th 12pm - 6pm
ORGANIZATION: A Taste of Harlem Tours & Canvas Paper and Stone Gallery
LOCATION: Harlem ö starting location revealed after tickets are purchased
INFO: 212-866-7427 or www.artcrawlharlem.com
EVENT: CityParks Kids Presents: Cinderella Samba! Puppet Theatre
DATE: Saturday, August 9th 12pm
ORGANIZATION: CityParks Foundation
LOCATION: Playground 70 at West End Avenue & 70th Street
INFO: www.cityparksfoundation.org
EVENT: Holy Ghost Extravaganza
DATE: Saturday, August 9th 3pm - 7pm
ORGANIZATION: The Greater Refuge Temple Church Outreach Care Ministries
LOCATION: Marcus Garvey Park 123rd Street (between Madison & 5th Avenue)
INFO: 347-615-1825 or 917-533-6891
EVENT: Letters to the World Authors: Julia Lisella and Rosemary Starace
DATE: Saturday, August 9th 5:45pm - 7:45pm
ORGANIZATION: The Italian-American Writers Association
LOCATION: Cornelia Street CafŽ, 29 Cornelia Street (between West 4th & Bleecker St)
INFO: 212-989-9319
EVENT: Danza en dos Tiempos Concert
DATE: Saturday, August 9th 8pm
ORGANIZATION: The Puerto Rican Cultural Heritage House
LOCATION: Heckscher Theatre, 1230 Fifth Avenue
INFO: (212) 722-2600
EVENT: Free Comedy in the Park!
DATE: Sunday, August 10th from 6:00 pm ö 8:00 pm
ORGANIZATION: NYLaughs.org
LOCATION: Tompkins Square Park
INFO: 646-213-0093
EVENT: Summer Shorts
DATE: Sunday, August 10th 6pm
ORGANIZATION: Xoregos Performing Company
LOCATION: Washington Market Park, Chambers & Greenwich Street
CONTACT: 212-239-8405 or www.xoregos.com
EVENT: Kid Acts! Concert and Party
DATE: Sunday August 10 at 2:00pm
ORGANIZATION: Summer On the Hudson festival
LOCATION: Pier 1, West 70th Street, Manhattan
INFO: www.nyc.gov/parks/soh
EVENT. Kate McGarry Quartet
DATE: Sunday August 10 at 7:00pm
ORGANIZATION: Summer On the Hudson festival
LOCATION: Pier 1, West 70th Street, Manhattan
INFO: www.nyc.gov/parks/soh
EVENT: CineFest Brasil with The House of Tom - Mundo, Monde, Mondo & Music by Maria Rita
DATE: Sunday, August 10th 7pm
ORGANIZATION: Central Park SummerStage
LOCATION: Rumsey Playfield, 69th Street & 5th Avenue
INFO: www.summerstage.org
EVENT: Microsoft Excel Training
DATE: Tuesday, August 12th from 9am ö 4pm
ORGANIZATION: Computer Training Source
LOCATION: 575 Madison Avenue, 10th Floor (between 56th & 57th Streets)
INFO: 212-278-0609 or www.CTStraining.com/Excel
EVENT: Night of the Murdered Poets: Memorial for Yiddish writers killed August 12, 1952
DATE: Tuesday, August 12th 6:30pm
ORGANIZATION: Congress for Jewish Culture
LOCATION: UJA Federation, 130 East 59th Street, Room 710
INFORMATION: 212-505-8040 or kongres@earthlink.net
EVENT: Jill Scott, A benefit concert for Central Park SummerStage produced by Live Nation
DATE: Tuesday, August 12th (Time TBA)
ORGANIZATION: Central Park SummerStage
LOCATION: Rumsey Playfield at 69th Street & 5th Avenue
INFO: www.summerstage.org
EVENT: Jazz Concert with Wally Dunbar's Jazz Eleven
DATE: Tuesday, August 12th 8pm & 9:30pm
ORGANIZATION: Jazz Tuesdays in the NYC Bahaâi Center
LOCATION: 53 East 11th Street (between Broadway and University Place)
INFO: 212-222-5159
EVENT: Bone Marrow Drive to Strengthen Number of Donors of Eastern European and/or Russian Descent
DATE: August 13th 3pm ö 8pm
ORGANIZATION: National Bone Marrow Registry
LOCATION: New York Blood Center, 310 East 67th Street
INFO: 1-800-MARROW-2 or www.marrow.org
EVENT: "Primary Colors" (film)
DATE: Wednesday, August 13th 8:30pm
ORGANIZATION: Summer On the Hudson festival
LOCATION: Pier 1, West 70th Street
INFO: www.nyc.gov/parks/soh
EVENT: Summer Shorts
DATE: Wednesday August 13th 6:30 pm
ORGANIZATION: Xoregos Performing Company
LOCATION: Kipâs Bay Library, 446 Third Avenue
CONTACT: 212-239-8405 or www.xoregos.com
EVENT: Importing/ Exporting Panel Discussion
DATE: Wednesday, August 13th 6pm - 8pm
ORGANIZATION: Workshop in Business Opportunities (WIBO)
LOCATION: 55 Exchange Place, 6th Floor
INFO: 212-684-0854 ext. 0538 (Must RSVP)
EVENT: NYPD 28th Precinct Community Council Meeting
DATE: Wednesday, August 13th 6:30pm
ORGANIZATION: NYPD
LOCATION: 2271 8th Avenue
INFO: 212-678-1611
EVENT: "Long Term Care: Are Your Assets Protected?" Free Seminar
DATE: Wednesday, August 13th 4pm ö 5pm
ORGANIZATION: Northwestern Mutual Financial Network, The Russo Financial Group
LOCATION: 875 Third Avenue, 23rd Floor
INFO: 212-433-1280
EVENT: Word for Word Author Series: Tommy Chong
DATE: Wednesday, August 13 at 12:30 pm
ORGANIZATION: Bryant Park Reading Room
LOCATION: 42nd Street between 5th and 6th Avenues
INFO: 212-768-4242 or www.bryantpark.org
EVENT: III
DATE: Wednesday, August 13th 4:15pm
ORGANIZATION: joes & co.
LOCATION: The Cherry Lane Theatre, 38 Commerce Street
INFO: www.threetheplay.com
EVENT: Lesny JN Felix Art Exhibition
DATE: Thursday, August 14th 8pm ö 11pm
ORGANIZATION: Lesny JN Felix Enterprise
LOCATION: GalleryBar, 120 Orchard Street
INFO: rsvp4fun@gmail.com
EVENT: CityParks Kids Presents: Cinderella Samba! Puppet Theatre
DATE: Thursday, August 14th 10:30am
ORGANIZATION: CityParks Foundation
LOCATION: St. Nicholas Park, St. Nicholas Avenue & 140th Street
INFO: www.cityparksfoundation.org
EVENT: Los Lonely Boys and Los Lobos
DATE: Thursday, August 14th 7pm
ORGANIZATION: Central Park SummerStage
LOCATION: Rumsey Playfield at 69th Street & 5th Avenue
INFO: www.summerstage.org
EVENT: III
DATE: Thursday, August 14th 9pm
ORGANIZATION: joes & co.
LOCATION: The Cherry Lane Theatre, 38 Commerce Street
INFO: www.threetheplay.com
EVENT: Bajofondo and Osulade & The Yoruba Soul Orchestra
DATE: Friday, August 15th 7pm
ORGANIZATION: Central Park SummerStage
LOCATION: Rumsey Playfield, 69th Street & 5th Avenue
INFO: www.summerstage.org
EVENT: Globesonic Sound System Dance Party
DATE: Friday, August 15th 7pm
ORGANIZATION: Summer on the Hudson festival
LOCATION: Pier 1, West 70th Street
INFO: www.nyc.gov/parks/soh
EVENT: III
DATE: Friday, August 15th 6:45pm
ORGANIZATION: joes & co.
LOCATION: The Cherry Lane Theatre, 38 Commerce Street
INFO: www.threetheplay.com
EVENT: Free Music Fridays featuring The Nailbiters & The Basement Band
DATE: Friday, August 15th 5:30pm - 9pm
ORGANIZATION: American Folk Art Museum
LOCATION: 45 West 53rd Street
INFO: 212-265-1040 or www.folkartmuseum.org
EVENT: 2nd Annual Official Lower East Side Youth Day
DATE: Friday August 15th from11:00am ö 5:00pm
ORGANIZATION: Grand Street Settlemet
LOCATION: Marta Valle High School, Rivington Street, btwn Norfolk and Suffolk Streets
INFO: 646-201-4290, www.grandstreet.org
EVENT: Battles, Black Dice, & Gang Gang Dance
DATE: Saturday, August 16th 3pm
ORGANIZATION: Central Park SummerStage
LOCATION: Rumsey Playfield, 69th Street & 5th Avenue
INFO: www.summerstage.org
EVENT: Free Outdoor Concert by soprano Cristina Fontanelli
DATE: Saturday, August 16th 3pm ö 5pm
ORGANIZATION: Little Italy Merchants Association (LIMA)
LOCATION: Intersection of Mulberry and Hester Streets
INFO: 212-303-0551 or www.littleitalynyconline.org
EVENT: Fundraiser to benefit the homeless: Screening of documentary Random Lunacy & Performances by The Flying Neutrinos
DATE: Saturday, August 16th 8pm
ORGANIZATION: Housing and Services, Inc. (HSI)
LOCATION: The Cell Theatre, 338 West 23rd Street
INFO: 914-698-3937, 914-645-2647 or www.poppaneutrino.com
EVENT: Back to School Kickoff (for parents and students)
DATE: Saturday August 16 from 10:00am ö 4:00pm
ORGANIZATION: New York City Department of Education
LOCATION: East Meadow in Central Park
INFO: schools.nyc.gov or 311
EVENT: West African Family Dance
DATE: Saturday August 16 from 6:30pm ö 8:00pm
ORGANIZATION: Battery Park City Parks Conservancy
LOCATION: Esplanade Plaza, Battery Park City (along Hudson River at the end of Liberty Street)
INFO: www.bpcparks.org
EVENT: BPC Parksâ Stories for All Ages: Anansi the Spider and His Six Children
DATE: Saturday, August 16th 11am
ORGANZATION: Battery Park City Parks Conservancy
LOCATION: Rector Park West
INFO: www.bpcparks.2org
EVENT: BPC Parksâ Family Dance
DATE: Saturday, August 16th 6:30pm - 8pm
ORGANIZATION: Battery Park City Parks Conservancy
LOCATION: Esplanade Plaza
INFO: www.bpcparks.org
EVENT: Closing Day- Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Menahan Street Band, & Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens
DATE: Sunday, August 17th 3pm
ORGANIZATION: Central Park SummerStage
LOCATION: Rumsey Playfield, 69th & 5th Avenue
INFO: www.summerstage.org
EVENT: KJ Denhert and the New York Unit (music)
DATE: Sunday, August 17th 7pm
ORGANIZATION: Summer On the Hudson festival
LOCATION: Pier 1, West 70th Street
INFO: www.nyc.gov/parks/soh
EVENT: Anima Baroque Ensemble
DATE: Sunday, August 17th 2:30pm
ORGANIZATION: The Church of the Good Shepherd Sunday Concert Series
LOCATION: The Church of the Good Shepherd, 543 Main St (Roosevelt Island)
INFO: www.goodshepherdchapel.net
EVENT: Summer Shorts
DATE: Monday, August 18th 6:30pm
ORGANIZATION: Xoregos Performing Company
LOCATION: Columbus Library, 10th Avenue & 50th Street
CONTACT: 212-239-8405 or www.xoregos.com
EVENT: Food Promo at Friedman's Deli in Chelsea Market
DATE: Tuesday, August 19th 11am ö 9pm
ORGANIZATION: 8coupons.com
LOCATION: Friedman's Deli in Chelsea Market, 75 9th Avenue
INFO: landy@8coupons.com
EVENT: Word for Word Author Series: Samantha Hunt
DATE: Wednesday, August 20th 12:30pm
ORGANIZATION: Bryant Park Reading Room
LOCATION: 42nd Street (between 5th & 6th Avenues)
INFO: 212-768-4242 or www.bryantpark.org
EVENT: III
DATE: Wednesday, August 20th 4:15pm
ORGANIZATION: joes & co.
LOCATION: The Cherry Lane Theatre, 38 Commerce Street
INFO: www.threetheplay.com
EVENT: JUICE
DATE: Wednesday, August 20th 7pm -11pm
ORGANIZATION: Party to Benefit The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
LOCATION: Happy Ending Lounge, 32 Broome Street
INFO: 718-852-8595 or www.happyendinglounge.com
EVENT: Afro-Semitic Experience Premieres Yizkor: Music of Memory
DATE: Wednesday, August 20th 7pm
ORGANIZATION: Museum at Eldridge Street
LOCATION: 12 Eldridge Street (between Canal & Division Streets)
INFO: 212-219-0888
EVENT: "All the President's Men" (film)
DATE: Wednesday, August 20th 8:30 pm
ORGANIZATION: Summer On the Hudson festival
LOCATION: Pier 1, West 70th Street
INFO: www.nyc.gov/parks/soh
EVENT: Celebrate Women's Rights Day - Building an independent feminist movement
DATE: Thursday, August 21st 7:30pm (Summer salads buffet at 7pm)
ORGANIZATION: Radical Women
LOCATION: Freedom Hall, 113 West 128th Street
INFO: (212) 222-0633, (646) 489-6529 or nycradicalwomen@nyct.net
EVENT: CityParks Kids Presents: Cinderella Samba! Puppet Theatre
DATE: Friday, August 22nd 6pm (Puppet making Workshop to precede show at 4:30pm)
ORGANIZATION: CityParks Foundation
LOCATION: Hellâs Kitchen Park, 10th Avenue & 47th Street
INFO: www.cityparksfoundation.org
EVENT: The Sounds of Summer at Citywide Youth Opera (A Benefit Concert)
DATE: Friday, August 22nd 7pm
ORGANIZATION: Citywide Youth Opera, Inc.
LOCATION: Ida K. Land Recital Hall at Hunter College, Rm 424 (69th St, bet Park and Lexington)
INFO: 212-539-3561 or admin@citywideyouthopera.org
EVENT: "Hank" Jones, Vanessa Rubin, Rashied Ali, Robert Glasper
DATE: Saturday, August 23rd 3pm
ORGANIZATION: City Parks Foundation
LOCATION: Marcus Garvey Park, 1900 Madison Avenue (between 120th & 124th Streets)
INFO: 212-360-8290 or www.cityparksfoundation.org
EVENT: CityParks Kids Presents: Cinderella Samba! Puppet Theatre
DATE: Saturday, August 23rd 1pm (Puppet making Workshop to follow show at 2pm)
ORGANIZATION: CityParks Foundation
LOCATION: Highbridge Park Amsterdam Avenue (between 192nd & 193rd Streets)
INFO: www.cityparksfoundation.org
EVENT: III
DATE: Saturday, August 23rd 7pm
ORGANZATION: joes & co.
LOCATION: The Cherry Lane Theatre, 38 Commerce Street
INFO: www.threetheplay.com
EVENT: 8-cent Falafels & Falafel Eating Contest at Snacklicious
DATE: Sunday, August 31st 12pm - 9pm (falafel eating contest at 6pm)
ORGANIZATION: 8coupons.com
LOCATION: Snacklicious, 129 2nd Avenue
INFO: (917) 699-7078 or landy@8coupons.com
EVENT: 3rd annual Diva for a Day Event
DATE: Saturday, August 23rd 9:30am - 7pm
ORGANIZATION: Blissful Elegance Events
LOCATION: Sage Theater, 711 7th Avenue
INFO: 718-755-7852 or www.bedivaforaday3.eventbrite.com
EVENT: "Everybody Loves Chuck" Harlem Week LGBT (&peeps) Dance
DATE: Saturday, August 23rd 10pm - 1am
ORGANIZATION: Sen. Chuck Allen, III Scholarship Fund
LOCATION: St. Philip's Episcopal Church, 204 West 134th Street
INFO: www.senatorchuckallenIIIscholarship.tripod.com
EVENT: 2008 Pink and White Party With A Purpose
DATE: Saturday, August 23rd 4pm - 9:30pm
ORGANIZATION: Women Against Cancer
LOCATION: BLVD/Crash Mansion, 199 Bowery
INFO: (516) 351-4711
EVENT: Charlie Parker Jazz Festival- Second Day of Jazz Festival features free performances by Randy Weston, Jerry Gonzales and Fort Apache, Eric Lewis, Gretchen Parlato
DATE: Sunday, August 24th 3pm
ORGANIZATION: City Parks Foundation
LOCATION: Tompkins Square Park, 7 East 10th Street (between Avenues A & B)
INFO: 212-360-8290 or www.cityparksfoundation.org
EVENT: Free Film Festival Screening & Panel Headed by Luis
DATE: Sunday, August 24th (Rain Date August 25th)
ORGANIZATION: Loisaida Cortos Latino Film Festival
LOCATION: La Plaza Cultural Community Garden (9th Street and Avenue C)
INFO: info@loisaidacortos.com
EVENT: Los Soneros de Oriente (music)
DATE: Sunday, August 24th 7pm
ORGANIZATION: Summer On the Hudson festival
LOCATION: Pier 1, West 70th Street
INFO: www.nyc.gov/parks/soh
EVENT: Illustrator Training
DATE: Monday, August 25th 9am - 4pm (1-hour lunch break)
ORGANIZATION: Computer Training Source
LOCATION: 575 Madison Avenue, 10th Floor (between 56th & 57th Streets)
INFO: 212-278-0609 or www.CTStraining.com/Illustrator
EVENT: Jazz Concert with Mike Longo Trio Salute to Jazz Piano
DATE: Tuesday, August 26th 8pm & 9:30pm
ORGANIZATION: Jazz Tuesdays in the NYC Bahaâi Center
LOCATION: The John Birks Gillespie Auditorium, 53 East 11th Street
INFO: 212-222-5159
EVENT: HTML Introduction Training
DATE: Wednesday, August 27th 9am - 4pm (1-hour lunch break)
ORGANIZATION: Computer Training Source
LOCATION: 575 Madison Avenue, 10th Floor (between 56th and 57th Streets)
INFO: 212-278-0609 or www.CTStrainingEast.com
EVENT: "The Basics: How to Get Repairs"
DATE: Wednesday, August 27th 6pm
ORGANIZATION: Good Old Lower East Side (GOLES)
LOCATION: 535 East 5th Street (Between Avenues A & B)
INFO: 212-533-2541
EVENT: The 44th Annual Puerto Rican Folkloric "Fiesta"
DATE: Sunday, August 24 at 10:00am
ORGANIZATION: La Fiesta Folkl—rica Puertorrique–a, Inc
LOCATION: Rumsey Playfield, in Central Park
INFO: 917-379-7198 www.LaFiestaPR.org
EVENT: Jazz Concert with The Mike Longo Trio
DATE: Tuesday, August 26th 8pm & 9:30pm
ORGANIZATION: Jazz Tuesdays in the NYC Bahaâi Center
LOCATION: The John Birks Gillespie Auditorium, 53 East 11th Street
INFO: 212-222-5159
EVENT: NAVH Happy Hour for a Cause
DATE: Tuesday, August 26th 6pm - 11pm
ORGANIZATION: National Association for Visually Handicapped (NAVH)
LOCATION: One Little West 12th Street
INFO: 212-889-3141 or navh@navh.org
EVENT: Anglestone Investment Series
DATE: Saturday, August 30th 10am - 6pm
ORGANIZATION: Anglestone Realty Acquistions
LOCATION: St. John's University, 101 Murray Place (between Greenwich Street & West Street)
INFO: 718-701-4342 or www.crepn.eventbrite.com
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