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The annual Lincoln Center Out of Doors festival of free concerts and dance performances just got underway, and there’s something happening every day through August 15th. Most events are in and around the main plaza at Lincoln Center or in the Damrosch Park Bandshell. Here is some of what’s happening this weekend: The 27th annual Roots of [...] Dust off those dance shoes and take them to Damrosch Park in Lincoln Center for the annual outdoor music and dance festival called Midsummer Night Swing. A different international band or orchestra plays four nights a week for your listening and dancing pleasure. Mostly dancing. The temporary dance floor is crowded with couples swing dancing and [...] Free party celebrating release of FELA! cast recording Celebrate the release of the Broadway show cast recording of FELA! at a free event in Brooklyn. The party is being hosted by FELA! stars Sahr Ngaujah and Kevin Mambo, with performances by the show’s drummer Tony Allen, plus Baba Ola Jagun. It’s all happening Monday, June 7th, [...] Caribbean Week in NY is a week-long festival of events, many of them free, June 6th to 12th. The annual festival celebrates Caribbean food, culture, music, dance, and the Caribbean Disapora. More than one dozen Caribbean nations support Caribbean Week, each one of them a wonderful and appealing vacation destination. Two top chefs from the Caribbean island [...] Spend an evening dancing to the music of Elvis, Buddy Holly, Bill Haley and the Comets, Chubby Checker and other 50s and 60s favorites, at Iguana Swings. The DJs play a rotating mix of music for Lindy, West Coast Swing, Shag, and even a Cha Cha or two. It’s great fun and great exercise, and even if both of your feet [...] The sweet swinging sounds of the 30s and 40s are a great way to welcome in the newest decade. Head to Brooklyn’s Montauk Club for a New Year’s Eve Formal Ball to swing dance to the live music of Michael Arenella & His Dreamland Septet, and the Minsky Sisters join in the fun at midnight. The Montauk [...] Celebrate the New Year with this two-fer double special offer: On New Year’s Eve, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is giving a special “Best of 20 Years” performance recognizing the two decades Judith Jamison has served as the troupe’s Artistic Director. You’ll also get a free glass of champagne, or non-alcoholic beverage before the show or during intermission. [...] New York City’s most public monument to its role in slavery in the 1700s and 1800s is the African Burial Ground National Monument in Lower Manhattan, where some 15,000 men, women and children were buried. This is the place to honor them and celebrate Kwanzaa, the the weeklong holiday that begins on December 26 and commemorates African-American heritage and culture. There [...] |
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