Grendel
Julie Taymor (The Lion King) directs this lavish production of Elliot Goldenthal's opera which retells Beowulf from the monster's point of view.
• Time: 7:30pm
• Place: New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, Columbus Ave. at 63rd St.; 212-870-5500
• Cost: $40-$200

The Naumburg Orchestra
George Garrett Keast conducts a program of Stravinsky, Mozart, and Beethoven with pianist Andrew Armstrong as soloist.
• Time: 7:30pm
• Place: Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, between 70th and 71st Sts.
• Cost: Free

Washington Square Chamber Orchestra
Eriko Sato (the violinist, not the Japanese model) leads the orchestra in a night of mostly Mozart, including an aria with lyrics by Garrison Keillor.
• Time: 8pm
• Place: Washington Square Park, Fifth Ave. at Waverly Pl.; 212-252-3621
• Cost: Free

Brooklyn Philharmonic
Wunderkind Robert Moody conducts the Brooklyn Philharmonic in a program of Bizet, Stravinsky, Copeland, and Bernstein for their 27th appearance in Prospect Park.
• Time: 8pm
• Place: Prospect Park Bandshell, 9th St. at Prospect Park West; 718-855-7882
• Cost: $3 suggested donation
• See complete CelebrateBrooklyn! schedule

The Strines
These multinational, albeit New York-based punk popsters will provide enough freneticism to drown out the nearby West Side Highway.
• Time: 6pm
• Place: Clinton Cove Park, Hudson River at 55th St.
• Cost: Free
• See complete Take Me to the River schedule

Kelly Clarkson
The American Idol alum brings catchy tunes (and a great set of chops) to Long Island.
• Time: 7:30pm
• Place: Tommy Hilfiger at Jones Beach Theater; 1000 Ocean Pkwy., near Wantagh Pkwy. South; 516-221-1000
• Cost: $29.50-$75

Ani DiFranco
Hard-hitting, female-friendly acoustic rock, courtesy of one of the genre's biggest players.
• Time: 7pm
• Place: Rumsey Playfield, Central Park; enter the park at 69th St. and Fifth Ave.
• Cost: $36
• See complete SummerStage schedule

Train
The multi-platinum San Francisco band rock out on the GMA stage to promote their latest album, For Me, It’s You.
• Time: 7am
• Place: Bryant Park, Upper Terrace, 42nd St. at Sixth Ave.
• Cost: Free

Siren Music Festival
Art Brut, The Stills, and She Wants Revenge are slated to perform on two outdoor stages at the sixth-annual music festival produced by The Village Voice.
• Time: noon
• Place: Coney Island, 1000 Surf Ave., at W. 12th St.; 212-475-4022
• Cost: Free

Salsa Saturdays
Bio Ritmo gives the classic sound an unexpected edge by incorporating rock and soul.
• Time: 6:30pm
• Place: Josie Robertson Plaza at Lincoln Center, Columbus Ave. between 62nd and 65th Sts.; 212-875-5766
• Cost: $15

Nortec Collective, Beto & Richie Grupo Soñador
Born on the border, Tijuana's Nortec Collective chart new musical territory with a mix of electronica and traditional Northern Mexican sounds. Fellow countrymen Beto & Richie Grupo Soñador open.
• Time: 7:30pm
• Place: Prospect Park Bandshell, 9th St. at Prospect Park West; 718-855-7882
• Cost: $3 suggested donation
• See complete CelebrateBrooklyn! schedule

Amadou & Mariam
The Malian husband and wife team bring an international blend of American blues, French folk, Indian beats, and South Asian sounds to SummerStage.
• Time: 3pm
• Place: Rumsey Playfield, Central Park; enter the park at 69th St. and Fifth Ave.
• Cost: Free
• See complete SummerStage schedule

Stephen Petronio Company
The innovative choreographer and his troupe perform modern dance to music by Rufus Wainwright, which will be performed by the Young People's Chorus of New York.
• Time: 8pm
• Place: Rumsey Playfield, Central Park; enter the park at 69th St. and Fifth Ave.
• Cost: Free
• See complete SummerStage schedule

Brooklyn Bastille Day Party
Francophiles get their Fête Nationale fix with petanque tournaments and food kiosks from bistros like Patois and Bar Tabac.
• Time: 11am-7pm
• Place: Smith St. between Atlantic Ave. and Bergen St., Brooklyn
• Cost: Free

Bullitt
Steve McQueen stars as a police detective determined to track down the mob lord who killed the witness he was assigned to protect. Car chases ensue.
• Time: Lawn opens at 5pm; film begins at sunset
• Place: Bryant Park, 42nd St. at Sixth Ave.
• Cost: Free
• See complete Bryant Park schedule

Rosemary's Baby
Roman Polanski's psychological horror flick features Mia Farrow as a New Yorker experiencing an exceptionally troubled pregnancy.
• Time: 8:30pm
• Place: Pier 54, West St. at 14th St.
• Cost: Free
• See complete RiverFlicks schedule

Easy Rider
Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper take a motorcycle road trip and pick up a drunken lawyer played by Jack Nicholson along the way.
• 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

Yo La Tengo: The Sounds of Science
The critics' darlings perform for a series of French filmmaker Jean Painlevé's short documentaries about underwater life.
• Time: 7:30pm
• Place: Prospect Park Bandshell, 9th St. at Prospect Park West; 718-855-7882
• Cost: $3 suggested donation
• See complete CelebrateBrooklyn! schedule

March of the Penguins
Morgan Freeman narrates this popular film about the Emperor penguins' remarkable journey to their traditional breeding ground in Antarctica.
• Time: 8:30pm
• Place: Pier 46, West St. at Christopher St.
• Cost: Free
• See complete RiverFlicks schedule

You, Me and Dupree
Join your fellow Americans in marking Bastille Day by watching Owen Wilson as a best man who moves in with his newlywed friends in You, Me and Dupree—or, as it should be titled, The Honeymoon Crasher.
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Night Of The Living Dead
George A. Romero's zombie classic concerns flesh-eaters who terrorize a group of people barricaded inside a farmhouse.
• Time: 8:30pm
• Place: Coney Island Museum, 1208 Surf Ave., between Stillwell Ave. and W. 12th St.
• Cost: $5
• See complete Coney Island schedule

WNBA All-Star Game
The WNBA's best of the best return for the fourth time in eight years. As park of the this 10th anniversary celebration, the league will also honor 10 members for its all-decade team.
• Time: 7pm
• Place: Madison Square Garden, 4 Penn Plz., between 31st and 33rd Sts.; 212-465-6741
• Cost: $10-$254.50

DruidSynge
The Lincoln Center Festival opens with a sextet of plays by the Irish playwright John Millington Synge—including The Playboy of the Western World, which triggered riots in Dublin when it debuted 99 years ago.
• Time: 2pm
• Place: Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College, 899 Tenth Ave., between 58th and 59th Sts.; 212-870-5500
• Cost: $60-$155