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- August 7 / Mon
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Gidon Kremer
The second night of the talented violinist-conductor's evening of Mozart "Violin Concertos" with his young chamber ensemble, Kremerata Baltica.
Time: 8pm
Place: Avery Fisher Hall, 10 Lincoln Center Plz., between 62nd and 63rd Sts.; 212-875-5900
Cost: $35-$55
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- August 10 / Thu
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Summer Sing
Join the New York Choral Society foran audience-inclusive sing-along of Haydn and Duruflé at the Liederkranz Club on the Upper East Side.
Time: 7:30pm
Place: Liederkranz Foundation, 6 E. 87th St., near Fifth Ave.; 212-534-0880
Cost: $12
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- August 11, 12 / Fri, Sat
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Zaide
Director Peter Sellars (a recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship, a.k.a. "the genius grant") gives Mozart’s unfinished opera a contemporary staging.
Time: 8pm
Place: Rose Theater, Time Warner Center,W. 60th St. at Broadway, fifth floor; 212-875-5900
Cost: $35-$75
- concerts
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- August 7 / Mon
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Van Morrison
It’s a marvelous night for Van Morrison, playing at Jones Beach Theater.
Time: 7pm
Place: Nikon at Jones Beach Theater, 1000 Ocean Pkwy., near Wantagh Pkwy. South; 516-221-1000
Cost: $21.50-$156.50
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- August 8 / Tue
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The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
This New Orleans ensemble blends R&B, jazz, gospel, and funk influences for an innovative sound.
Time: 7pm
Place: Josie Robertson Plaza at Lincoln Center, Columbus Ave., between 62nd and 65th Sts.; 212-875-5108
Cost: Free
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- August 11, 12 / Fri, Sat
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Karen O. and co. perform under the stars with Sonic Youth, who are still packing houses after the release of their 21st album.
Time: 5pm
Place: McCarren Park Pool, Lorimer St., between Driggs Ave. and Bayard St.
Cost: $35
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- August 12 / Sat
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Soul-Soul
SummerStage's second annual Soul-Soul event benefits the New Orleans Musicians' Clinic, a non-profit medical center that aids music-makers who fell victims to Hurricane Katrina.
Time: 3pm
Place: Rumsey Playfield, Central Park; enter the park at 69th St. and Fifth Ave.
Cost: $30 suggested donation
See complete SummerStage schedule
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- August 13 / Sun
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Asha Puthi, Prefuse 73, Outernational, DJ Spooky
DJ Spooky brings together an eclectic mix of turntablism, vocals, and live instrumentals in this global mix of musical artists.
Time: 3pm
Place: Rumsey Playfield, Central Park; enter the park at 69th St. and Fifth Ave.
Cost: Free
See complete SummerStage schedule
- dance
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- August 11 / Fri
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Urban Bush Women, Creative Outlet Dance Theatre of Brooklyn
The all-female, politically minded dance-theater ensemble is paired with an exuberant local dance company.
Time: 8pm
Place: Rumsey Playfield, Central Park; enter the park at 69th St. and Fifth Ave.
Cost: Free
See complete SummerStage schedule
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- August 12 /Sat
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Wire Monkey Dance
A multimedia dance performance on scaffolding and platforms from the gravity-defying troupe.
Time: 5pm
Place: North Plaza at Lincoln Center, Columbus Ave., between 62nd and 65th Sts.; 212-875-5108
Cost: Free
- festivals
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- August 12 / Sat
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Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival
Make the trip to Flushing’s Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival. Added enticement: Shaolin Temple Warrior Monks will be doing kung fu.
Time: 9am-5pm
Place: Flushing Meadows Park, 11101 Corona Ave., at 55th Ave.; 718-760-6565
Cost: Free
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- August 12-13 / Sat-Sun
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Brighton Jubilee
Celebrate the end of summer in Little Odessa at this 30th annual souped-up Slavic block party. Russian radio station VSE will broadcast each day from one of the festival’s three stages, while the others showcase a mix of rock and old-fashioned Dixieland.
Time: 9am
Place: Brighton Beach Ave., between Corbin Pl. and Coney Island Ave.; 718-891-0800
Cost: Free
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Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival
Over a hundred crews from the U.S. and Canada race fiberglass and teak wood boats—decorated with an ornate dragon’s head prow and gold tail—across Meadow Lake to the beat of their on-board drummers.
Time: 9am
Place: Flushing Meadows Corona Park, 1101 Corona Ave. at 55th Ave., Queens, 718-760-6565
Cost: Free
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- movies
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- August 7 / Mon
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From Mambo to Hip Hop
This preview of the PBS documentary chronicling mambo and hip-hop dance in the South Bronx is followed by a Q&A with director Henry Chalfant and producer Elena Martínez.
Time: 7pm
Place: Rumsey Playfield, Central Park; enter the park at 69th St. and Fifth Ave.
Cost: Free
See complete SummerStage schedule
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The Manchurian Candidate
Frank Sinatra, Janet Leigh, and Angela Lansbury star in this Cold War thriller about brainwashing and assassination.
Time: Lawn opens at 5pm; film begins at sunset
Place: Bryant Park, 42nd St. at Sixth Ave.
Cost: Free
See complete Bryant Park schedule
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- August 9 / Wed
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Goldfinger
Sean Connery, the true 007, uncovers a plot to raid Fort Knox and destroy the world economy.
Time: 8:30pm
Place: Pier 54, West St. at 14th St.
Cost: Free
See complete RiverFlicks schedule
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Lunacy
How strong is your stomach? Find out as Film Forum premieres the gleeful gorefest Lunacy, Czech director Jan Svankmajer’s twisted take on Edgar Allan Poe, the Marquis de Sade, and raw meat.
Time: 1:30pm, 4:30pm, 7:15pm, 9:30pm
Place: 209 W. Houston St., near Varick St.; 212-727-8110
Cost: $5-$10
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- August 10 / Thu
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Bonnie and Clyde
Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty get shot in high style in Arthur Penn's brilliant bio-pic about the notorious gangster couple.
Time: 8:30pm
Place: Empire Fulton Ferry State Park, 26 New Dock St., at Water St.
Cost: Free
See complete Movies With a View schedule
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- August 11 / Fri
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Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Three young orphans are taken in by Count Olaf (Jim Carrey) who plots to steal their inheritance.
Time: 8:30pm
Place: Pier 46, West St. at Christopher St.
Cost: Free
See complete RiverFlicks schedule
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World Trade Center
Admit it—you’re a little bit curious about World Trade Center, Oliver Stone’s allegedly conspiracy-free take on the last two survivors found after 9/11.
Get showtimes
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- August 12 / Sat
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Frankenstein vs. The Creature From Blood Cove
In this modern-day homage to monster movies, a group of scientists resurrect one aberration then create another, only to have both turn on them and terrorize the town.
Time: 8:30pm
Place: Coney Island Museum, 1208 Surf Ave., between Stillwell Ave. and West 12th St.
Cost: $5
See complete Coney Island schedule
- theater
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- August 8-September 3 / Tue-Sun
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Shakespeare in the Park: Mother Courage and Her Children
Meryl Streep headlines this revival of Bertolt Brecht's masterpiece in a new translation by Tony Kushner; George C. Wolfe directs.
Time: 8pm
Place: The Delacorte Theater, Central Park; use the 79th Street and Fifth Ave. entrance and follow the footpath; 212-539-8750
Cost: Free
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- August 11-27 / Daily
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New York International Fringe Festival
To celebrates its 10th anniversary, off-off-Broadway's super-festival brings back previous hits like Americana Absurdum, The Bicycle Men, and The Complete Lost Works of Samuel Beckett as Found in an Envelope.
Time: Weekdays, 2pm-midnight; weekends, noon-midnight
Place: locations vary
Cost: $15
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