Summer in the City: Week 9

A temporary reprieve from the summer storms make this weekend all the more exciting. So here are a few activities to keep you busy and out enjoying the summer sun for as long as it lasts: 

Boston

Description: Can you name another festival that features a beauty pageant, a domino tournament, a parade . .. you can't can you? 
Date: August 1 - August 3
Time: Varies
Location: Boston City Hall Plaza
Price: Gala Tickets $25+

Description: Estela Calzada brings you taquitos durados with cheese and potatoes and a salsa featuring the glorious, smoky chile morita, ensalada de nopales (cactus salad) and mole de guajolote de Estela: a rich, burgundy turkey mole that features a whopping 40 ingredients, including 4 kinds of Taza chocolate, and A Flan punched up with mezcal will end the night with a kick. . . who could ask for anything more?
Date: August 1 
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM 
Location: Kitchen Inc, 201 Somerville Avenue, Somerville MA
Price: $60

Description: Break out the Ukulele that's been sitting on the shelf for the last year and play like you've never played before. . . in front of other people.   
Date: August 1
Time: 7:00 PM 
Location: Cambridge Center for Adult Education, 56 Brattle Street, Cambridge
Price: FREE

BKBDay: Brooklyn Boulders First Birthday Party
Description: BKBDay is a party in honor of you. The festivities kick off with the One Year Boulder Competition. The BKB Setters are going all out with brand spanking new, comp-only problems! While the competition is underway, competitors and non-competitors alike can enjoy food and drinks hosted by Aeronaut, tunes by DJ Ryan Brown and much more!
Date: August 1
Time: 7:00 PM 
Location: Brooklyn Boulders, 12A Tyler St , Somerville, MA
Price: FREE

Boston Roller Derby Hometeam Season: Cosmonaughties vs. Arkham Horrors
Description: Come see the Cosmonaughties take on the Arkham Horros at their Cambridge debut!
Date: August 2
Time: 6:00 PM (Doors)
Location: Simoni Ice Rink 155 Gore Street, Cambridge, MA
Price: $14

Donut + Wine Pairing with Union Square Donuts and All For Wine - Wine for All 
Description: Do you like Donuts? Do you like Wine? Have you struggled with the proper wine pairing for you donuts? Well today is your lucky day! Bing
Date: August 2
Time: 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Location:  Boston Wine School, 1354 Commonwealth Ave, Boston
Price: $50


New York

Description: My favoirte hometown Ice Cream purveyor has set up camp in NYC's Gotham Market. If you've never experienced Jeni's Ice Cream now is the time to recitfy this most unfortunate of situations. 
Date: Thru September
Time: 12:00 PM - 11:00 PM 
Location: Gotham Market West, 600 11th Ave, New York
Price: That bikini waistline . . . . $6+

Description: "Modern-day troubadour González’s poignantly delicate voice, masterfully eloquent classical guitar, achingly emotional melodies, and thought-provoking lyrics will be reframed by new chamber orchestra arrangements by Rob Moose in a world premiere collaboration with yMusic."
Date: TONIGHT, July 31
Time: 7:30 PM 
Location: Damrosch Park Bandshell, Lincoln Center
Price: FREE 

Dance Theatre of Harlem + Leyla McCalla
Description: Celebreate DTH's return after a nine year hiatus with performances of Donald Byrd’s Contested Space (2012), Robert Garland’s Return (1999), and The Lark Ascending by Alvin Ailey. And while your at it introduce yourself to Leyla McCalla a New Orleans based cellist and singer.
Date: July 31
Time: 7:30 PM 
Location: Prospect Park Bandshell, 9th Street & Prospect Park West, Brooklyn
Price: FREE




Camille A. Brown and Dancers: Mr. TOL E. RAncE + Stew & The Negro Problem
Description: Mr TOL E. RAncE, sparked by Dave Chappelle, Spike Lee, and W.E.B. Dubois, Brown and company’s powerfully inventive movement humorously and provocatively examines “the mask” of survival and the “double consciousness” of the black performer throughout modern pop culture.
Date: August 2
Time: 7:00 PM 
Location: Damrosch Park Bandshell, Lincoln Center.  
Price: FREE



Description: Did someone say zip line? For three Saturdays in August, the sounds of honking horns and idling delivery trucks give way to the gentle footfalls of pedestrians and the ring-a-ding-ding of bicycle bells. 
Date: August 2, August 9, August 16
Time: 7:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Location: Park Ave. from Brooklyn Bridge to Central Park
Price: FREE


Echoes of the Divine: Arts of the Turko-Persian Diaspora
Description: These New York-based ensembles are leading exponents of performing arts born from more than a thousand years of historical interaction between Persian and Turkic cultures. Ahmet Erdogdular has been hailed as his generation’s premier performer of Ottoman Turkish vocal tradition. Ensemble Shashmaqam is a group of Central Asian Jewish and Muslim musicians and dancers, masters of the courtly arts of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. Rubab (lute) virtuoso Quraishi represents Afghanistan’s Pashto tradition. From the shores of the Black Sea, fiery violinist Nariman Asanov and the New York Crimean Tatar Ensemble perform the traditional music and dance of the Crimean Tatars.
Date: August 3
Time: 1:00 PM 
Location: Hearst Plaza
Price: FREE

Musical Monday: Shabazz Palaces

Shabazz Palaces' new album Lese Majesty releases on Tuesday, July 29th, so what better way to celebrate the occasion than with a Musical Monday tribute to this amazing Seattle based duo.


Catch the full album before its officially available:
NPR First Listen
KCRW Album Preview


Forerunner Foray



They Come in Gold




An Echo from the Hosts that Profess Infinitum




Black Up (Album Short)


Summer in the City: Week 8

So much to do, so little time.

May the weather gods be with you, so that you can make the most of it!


EVERYWHERE

July 26: National Dance Day
Just because it was created by Nigel Lythgoe of So You Think You Can Dance, doesn't mean you shouldn't celebrate National Dance Day. Launched in 2010, National Dance Day encourages Americans to embrace dance as a fun and positive way to maintain good health. So turn up the music and dance like no one is watching!

NDD Events in a City Near You: 


Boston

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
Description: Three brave actors blaze a trail through all 37 of the Bard’s works in a 90 minutes performance that will leave you falling out of your seat with laughter. Please note that due to the fast-paced, side-splitting nature of this performance it is not recommended for patrons with heart ailments, bladder control problems or Ph.D.s in English history
Date: thru August 2
Time:  8:00 PM and 2:00 PM (Sundays)
Location: Club Cafe, 209 Columbus Avenue, Boston MA
Price: Pay What You Can . . .

FIGMENT Boston
Description: Now in its fifth year, FIGMENT Boston catalyzes and celebrates an abundance of creativity and passion, challenging artists and our communities to find new ways to create, share, think, and dream.
Date: July 26 - July 27
Time: Starts at 11:00 AM (both days)
Location: The Rose Kennedy Greenway, Boston
Price: FREE

Boston Summer Arts Weekend
Description: This free weekend event will again feature a dynamic variety of musical artists from across the classical, jazz, blues, folk, and Americana worlds as well as a number of new arts, food and cultural programs.
Date: July 26 - July 27
Time: Varies
Location: Copley Square, Boston
Price: FREE

3rd Annual Boston Seafood Festival
Description: Come learn about sustainability & nutrition, watch chef demonstrations, try seafood prepared by Boston's greatest chefs, watch an oyster shucking contest and bring your family to the kids area for face painting and much more! This year we're celebrating the 100th anniversary of the oldest working fish pier in the country - the Boston Fish Pier! Eat the best seafood in the world AND celebrate a historic birthday? It doesn't get any better than this!
Date: July 27
Time: 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Location: Boston Fish Pier
Price: $10

Cambrigdge Jazz Festival
Description: The first annual CJF, a free outdoor event features local and national recognized jazz artists including two-time Grammy winning musician Terri Lyne Carrington, along with a variety of local food vendors and refreshments. Sit on the grass and enjoy world-class music with great friends.
Date: July 27
Time: 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Location: University Park Commons, Sidney Street, Cambridge
Price: FREE

Roaring Twenties Lawn Party
Description: The Roaring Twenties Lawn Party celebrates the music and dance of Castle Hill in its hey-day!
The lawn party will feature twenties and thirties jazz, swing dancing, and select vendors selling vintage clothing and accessories on our half-mile long landscaped lawn lined with statuary and hedgerows.
Date: July 27
Time: 3:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: Castle Hill on the Crane Estate, Ipswich, MA
Price: $30


New York

AMANDALA! A revolution in four part harmony
Description: an extraordinary documentary featuring Miriam Makeba, Abdullah Ibrahim, Hugh Masekela, and many others that examines the role music played in the forging of the modern nation
Date: July 25
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Prospect Park Bandshell, 9th Street and Prospect Park West
Price: FREE

John Leguizamo's Ghetto Klown
Description: I can't even begin to tell you the number of times I've seen Spic-O-Rama! “Ghetto Klown” is the next chapter in John Leguizamo’s popular personal and professional story. It is his fifth one-man play, his third on Broadway, and follows in the uninhibited tradition of his “Mambo Mouth,” “Spic-O-Rama,” “Freak,” and “Sexaholix … a Love Story.” In Leguizamo’s trademark style, the piece explodes with energy, heating up the stage with vivid accounts of the colorful characters that populate his life.
Date: July 28
Time: 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Location: Central Park Summerstage
Price: FREE

Rock Steady Crew 37th Anniversary Concert
Description: B-Boys and Slick Rick a match made in heaven, catch them both with M.O.P and Das EFX in Central Park this Sunday. 
Date: July 27
Time: 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Location: Central Park Summerstage
Price: FREE


globalFEST
Description: Did you have to cancel your world travel plans this weekend? Well don't feel to bad, if you life in NY the world is coming to you as part of the Lincoln Center Out of Doors Festival globalFEST. Check out one of my personal favorites Red Baraat among many other stellar acts. 
Date: July 27
Time: Varies
Location: Lincoln Center, Damrosch Park Bandshell
Price: FREE

Harlem Week (or rather month)
Description: Celebrating its 40th year, what began in 1974 as a one-day tribute to Harlem has evolved into a month long celebration of the community's rich economic, political and cultural history. 
Date: July 27 - August 23
Time: Varies
Location: Varies
Price: Varies

International Champions Cup: Manchester City vs Liverpool FC
Description:  If recent MLS matches aren't really doing it for you. And you're going through World Cup withdrawl ( surely I'm not alone in this) you can add a little international football flavor to your weekend as the Brits takeover Yankee Stadium 
Date: July 30
Time: 7:00 PM 
Location: Yankee Stadium, Bronx
Price: $50+

King Lear
Description: I know you've been counting down the days until John Lithgow took the stage, white beard and all, as King Lear. I mean I know you've been following his blog posting just as closely as I have as he prepares to take on the classic role. Well the long wait is finally over with the production opening today (July 24). 
Date: thru August 17
Time:  8:00 PM 
Location: Delacorte Theater, Central Park 
Price: FREE

Summer in the City: Week 7

We're officially half way through the summer. . . its shocking I know. But that just means we need to work a little harder to make the most of it. starting with this weekend.

So here's what's happening in a City near you:


Boston

Taste of Cambridge
Description: Just when you thought you'd missed it, the summer rains come to the rescue.
Date: June 17
Time: 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Location: University Park & Sidney Street (between Franklin & Pacific) in Central Square
Price: $50+

The Donna Summer Memorial Roller Disco Tribute Party
Description: Celebrate the Queen of Disco, Ms. Donna Summer by shaking your grove thing (wait that's Peaches and Herb . . . but you know what I mean) in front of city hall. Even the Mayor wants you to be there.
Date: July 18
Time: 6 PM - 10 PM
Location: City Hall Plaza
Price: FREE

National Sand Sculpting Festival 
Description: Just 6 miles north of downtown Boston sand sculptures from across the country will throwdown and try to impress you with their sandcastle building skills. . . I know . . . Who knew? And if extreme sand art doesn't do it for you there's always the food trucks and fireworks. . . I mean really, who can say no to that.
Date: July 18 - July 20
Time: 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Location: Revere Beach, Revere Beach Blvd at Beach Street, Revere MA
Price: FREE

Shakespeare on the Common: Twelfth Night
Description: No summer is complete without at least one performance of Shakespeare in a park, and Boston its finally your turn with the classic comedy (which always makes me sad . . . or at least very uncomfortable . . .poor Malvolio) Twelfth Night.
Date: thru August 10
Time: 8:00 PM and 7:00 PM (Sundays)
Location: Parkman Bandstand, Boston Common
Price: FREE


Chicago

Taste of River North
Description: Who doesn't love a food festival?
Date: July 18 - Jul y20
Time: Varies; Tasting 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM daily
Location: Ward Park at the corner of N. Kingsbury and W. Erie
Price: $5 suggested donation

Pitchfork Music Festival
Description:  Beck, Kendrick Lamar, St Vincent, Giorgio Morodor . . . just to name a few of te stellar acts at this year's Pitchfork fest. And you know you still have a few more mega festival in your 2014 Summer schedule so break out your hipster flare and the sunscreen and revel in the sea of humanity.
Date: July 18 - July 20
Time: Gates at 3:00 PM Friday, 12:00 PM Saturday + Sunday
Location: Union Park, 1501 West Randolph Street
Price: $60+

Chicago Craft Beer Festival
Description: Mmm beer! Mmm beer made with lots of love . . . even better!
Date: July 19 - July 20
Time: Varies
Location: On Sheffield Ave. between Webster & Fullerton
Price: $40

Downtown Sound: The Both with Pillars + Tongues
Description: If your looking for a slightly lower key musical event over the next couple of days you may want to check out Amiee Mann and Ted Leo aka The Both, who will be performing as part of the Downtown Sound Series in Millenium Park.
Date: July 21
Time: 6:30 PM, Seating area opens to the public at 5:30 pm
Location: Millennium Park, Jay Pritzker Pavilion, 201 E. Randolph St., Chicago
Price: FREE


New York

Shen Wei Dance Arts 
Description: Beauty personified through movement.
Date: July 17
Time: Doors at 7:00 PM 
Location: Prospect Park Bandshell, 9th Street & Prospect Park West
Price: FREE




Brazil Summerfest: Bebel Gilberto, Vinicius Cantuaria, Netsayi
Description: Are you mourning the end of the world cup? Well keep the all things brazil party going with with the musical talents of Bebel Gilberto, Vinicius Cantuaria, and Netsayi. It'll make the withdrawl systems a little more tolerable. 
Date: July 18
Time:  Doors 6:00 PM
Location: Prospect Park Bandshell, 9th Street & Prospect Park West
Price: FREE 

The Moth: NYC Grand Slam!
Description: You're an avid fan of the radio show/podcast and now's your chance to see the masters show their stuff 
Date: July 21
Time: 6:30 PM 
Location: Williamsburg Music Hall, 66 North 6th Street 
Price: $20

New York Classical Theatre: As You Like It
Description:  If you can't handle the stress of trying to get tickets to the Public Theater's star studded performances at the Delacorte, but still want to get your summer Shakespeare fix. Check out this uniquely New York experience of New York Classical Theatre's As You Like it.
Date: thru July 27
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: Battery Park, Meet in front of Castle Clinton
Price: FREE

Musical Monday: tUnE-yArDs

Better late than never, or so I tell myself when I find myself arriving late to the party. tUnE-yArDs  latest album Nikki Nack which was released earlier this year just made it into my musical rotation. Why it took so long, I have no idea. . . but if any of you haven't yet given this stellar album a listen lets work together and do something about it.


Waterfall



Real Thing



Hey Life


Summer in the City: Bastille Day Special

I hope everyone had a wonderful fourth of July, and has managed to pick their jaws up off the ground from the ludicrous display that was the Brazil vs Germany semi-final of the World Cup.

Continuing in the sprit of the something for everyone calendar I bring you this week's summer in the city


Everywhere

2014 World Cup Finals
Description: Can Germany take home the long elusive title of World Cup Champion or shall they be thwarted by Messi and his Argentine brothers. Can Brazil pull it together and rally for a third place finish against the Dutch?
Date: 7/12 3rd Place Match, 7/13 Championship Match
Location: Your local pub

French Restaurant Week
Description: New York, Chicago, Miami, Los Angeles and San Francisco take advantage of another restaurant week meal deal courtesy Bastille Day and all things French
Date: July 7 - July 14


Bastille Day 2014

Boston

French Cultural Center's 39th Bastille Day Party
Description: The French Cultural Center's 39th Bastille Day Party returns to Marlborough Street for what promises to be the celebration of the summer! This year's line-up, programmed by World Music/CRASHarts, will feature two phenomenal francophone acts: H’Sao, whose explosive dance beats from Chadian roots blend soul, jazz and R&B and Joe Driscoll & Sekou Kouyate, a mind blowing American-Guinean duo fusing hip-hop and funk with reggae and African grooves.
Date: July 11
Time: 6:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Location: Marlborough Street (between Berkeley & Clarendon)
Price: $28/$35

Bastille Day & World Cup Celebration in Harvard Square!
Description: Festivities full of food, music and dance, kicking off immediately following sunday's World Cup Finals
Date: July 13
Time: 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Location: Harvard Square
Price: FREE


Chicago

Bastille Day Chicago 2014
Description: Food, Music, pétanque, a waiter race . . . what more could a midwestern Francophile ask for?!
Date: July 14
Time: 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: Daley Plaza
Price: FREE


Los Angeles

French Tuesday's Bastille Day 
Description: If your looking for a slinky Bastille Day outing checkout French Tuesday's LA party.
Date: July 12
Time: 4:00 MP - 12:00 AM
Location: Riviera 31, 8555 Beverly Blvd
Price: $22+

The 26th Annual Santa Barbara French Festival 
Description: Great food, wine, mimosas, crepes, delicious pastries, music, dance, -- and, of course, the infamous Poodles & Pals Parade and Femme Fatales Drag Revue! t's a Dance Festival, a Music Festival, an Arts, Crafts and Travel Festival and, of course, a Food Festival.
Date: July 12 - July 13
Time: 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Location: Oak Park, 300 West Alamar Avenue Santa Barbara
Price: FREE



Bastille Day Pétanque Festival
Description: Quench your competitive Bastille Day thirsts by competing with you BFF in the 13th annual Bastille Day Tournament.
Date: July 13
Time: Registration 9:30 AM, Games 10:30 AM
Location: Rancho Park Golf Course, 10460 Pico Blvd.
Price: $15 registration fee


New York

Bastille Day on 60th Street
Description: From crêpes, éclairs, and fromages with refreshing wine and beer, to live music, you won’t want to miss New York City’s ultimate French summer fête. Try your luck at our famous prize drawing, and shop for classic crafts, gourmet treats, and special gifts, as les enfantsenjoy face painting and arts-and-crafts activities at the Kids’ Corner.
Date: July 13
Time: 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: 60th Street, Between Fifth and Lexington Avenues
Price: FREE

Bastille Day Ball 
Description: Did someone say live orchestra?
Date: July l11
Time: 6:00 PM - 1:00 AM
Location: Club 404, 404 10th Avenue, New York
Price: $30+


Washington, DC

Bastille Day Liberty Day Normandy 1944 - 2014 
Description: Defnitely a Bastille Day splurg . . . but you'll be partying at the French Embassy and did I mention the open bar . . . With jazz and swing band sounds from the world renowned Doc Scantlin and Chouchou, modern music and dancing, more than 20 of DC’s most prestigious restaurants, and open bar and cocktails.
Date: July 11
Time: 7:00 PM - 1:00 AM
Location: La Maison Francaise,Embassy of France, 4101 Reservoir Rd., NW, Washington, D.C
Price: $90+

French Festival at Hillwood
Description: Celebrate both France’s national holiday and Hillwood founder Marjorie Merriweather Post’s passion for 18th-century French decorative arts with dance performances, live music, French-inspired games and art.Date: July 12
Time: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Location: Hillwood Estate Museum and Gardens, 4155 Linnean Ave NW
Price: $18

The 10th Annual Bastille Day Street Bash
Description: Food, Drink, Burlesque, Can-Can, Masquerade and the ever popular French Maid Relay. . . just imagine the debauchery.  
Date: July 12
Time: 3:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Location: L'Enfant, 2000 18th Street NW, Washington DC
Price: $10



Summer in the City: July 4th Special

Happy Independence Day!

Don't let Arthur rain on your parade! Whether its a day late or a day early, celebrate independence day and all things red, white and blue . . . like Tim Howard, Mr. Futbol USA. 

Everywhere:
Fireworks!
Parades!
Picnics!
. . . and don't forget about the world cup (an absolutely stellar line up for the 4th).


Boston

Smart People (LAST CALL)
Description: Huntington Playwriting Fellow Lydia R. Diamond (Stick Fly) explores the inescapable nature of racism and other tricky topics in this controversial and fiercely funny new play that will be directed by Huntington Artistic Director Peter DuBois (Rapture, Blister, Burn and Sons of the Prophet).
Date: thru July 6
Time: 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM
Location: Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA: 527 Tremont Street, Boston MA 02116
Price: $25+





Boston Harbor Festival
Description: Boston Harborfest celebrates the city's rich colonial and maritime history. The seven-day festival is also a celebration of the July 4th holiday and America's independence from Great Britain. There are more than 200 Harborfest events, with major happenings scheduled such as Children's Day, Party on the Plaza concerts, Boston Chowderfest, historic reenactments, and a maritime race and/or parade along Boston's waterfrontDate: July 2 - July 7
Time: Varies
Location: Varies
Price: FREE

Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular Preview
Description: Enjoy the Boston Pops and avoid the crazy crowds on the big day. . .. or bide your time and exercise your patience with the big day's events just 24 hours later. 
Date: July 3
Time: 8:30 PM
Location: DCR Hatch Shell is located at 47 David G. Mugar Way, Boston, MA 02108
Price: FREE


New York

MoMA Nights with Au Revoir SimoneDescription: That's right the ladies are back with a new-ish album and showing their wears at one of my favorites spots MoMA, for whats sure to be a great people watching night. 
Date: June 3
Time: 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM, Set begins at 6:30PM
Location: MoMA, 11 West 53 Street, New York
Price: $25 (Museum Admission)

Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest
Description: An absolutely horrifying display of gluttony that is also a right of passage for all transplant new yorkers.
Date: July 4
Time: Festivities begin at 10:00 AM
Location: Coney Island, 1310 Surf Avenue, Brooklyn
Price: FREE

Macy's 4th of July Fireworks
Description: Do you really need one?
Date: July 4 (pending Arthur)
Time: Show starts at 9:00 PM, but find your viewing spot early in front of the telly, on the roof, or among the people on the streets of NYC.
Location: Brooklyn Bridge
Price: FREE

Robert Glasper Experiment Featuring Talib Kweli,  Glenn Kotche, and Aja Monet
Description: Consider it your 4th of July palate cleanser. I had the pleasure of seeing Mr. Glasper and his crew not too long ago here in Boston and he puts on a great show, and really who doens't love Talib? 
Date: July 5
Time: 7:00 PM 
Location: Prospect Park Bandshell, 9th Street & Prospect Park West, Brooklyn
Price: FREE





Washington, DC

Private Lives
Description: Noël Coward’s Private Lives is a witty and irreverent comedy of manners play about the people we cannot live with or without.
Date: thru July 13
Time: Varies
Location: Shakespeare Theatre Company, Lansburgh Theatre, 450 7th Street NW, Washington, DC
Price: $20+

Independence Day Parade
Description: Put on your flag of and show your patriotism as you cheer on bands, fife and drum corps, floats, military and specialty units, giant balloons, equestrian, drill teams, VIP's, national dignitaries, etc.
Date: July 4
Time: 11:45 AM - 2:30 PM
Location: Constitution Avenue & 7th Street NW, Washington DC
Price: FREE
A Capital Fourth
Description: The most patriotic of indpence day concerts and fireworks displays . . . i mean how could it not consider the visual backdrop like what could possibly compare on the patriotic scale?
Date: July 4
Time: Gates Open at 3:00 PM, Concert at 8:00 PM
LocationWest Lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C (or your local PBS station)
Price: FREE