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:
- Columbus, OH: BalletMet Columbus
- Los Angeles: Music Center Plaza
- New York: Lincoln Center Out Of Doors Festival
- Washington DC: The Kennedy Center
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
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+
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
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