Celebrate Brooklyn in Prospect Park (9th Street Bandshell)
Friday, July 9 at 7PM at Celebrate Brooklyn: A supercollider of hip-hop and salsa, dancehall and cumbia, samba and funk, merengue and comparsa, East LA R&B and New Orleans second line, Jamaican ragga and Indian raga, and anything else you might hear driving through the melting pot of Los Angeles with your windows down, Ozomatli returns to their favorite NYC stomping ground. “This is what the block party of the future will sound like.” (PopMatters)
Sunday, July 11 at 6PM at Celebrate Brooklyn: The Roots headline the OkayAfrica World Cup 2010 Finals party to celebrate the first time in its 80-year history the tournament will take place on African soil. With a kick-off by Sahr Ngaujah, the star of the hit Broadway musical Fela!, the show features performances by artists from all corners of the Diaspora, including host Talib Kweli (Brooklyn), Bajah + The Dry Eye Crew (Sierra Leone), Blitz the Ambassador (Ghana), and many others to be announced. Musically omnivorous hip-hop icons The Roots honor the fresh music of Africa jamming throughout th
Film
Through July 29th at BAM: Cary Grant 2. Also at BAM: The Girl Who Played with Fire, Cyrus, I Am Love.
Friday, June 9, at 8:00 PM: Rooftop Films night at the Old American Can Factory: Kickstarter, the crowdsourced-funding site for creative projects, is holding a film festival comprised of shorts and films funded through the website.
Giglio
This Sunday through July 18th: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Feast and Festival of the Giglio (an Italian Williamsburg tradition since 1887) presents the ceremonial lifting of St. Paulinus of Nola, the 65-foot, nearly four-ton tower will be lifted by over a hundred men.
Union Hall 4th Anniversary Celebration
Saturday, July 10 at Union Hall starting at 12 noon: a 1 hour open bar with Reyka vodka lemonades from 1pm-2pm. Reyka vodka lemonades are $5 afterwards. Union Hall is celebrating its 4th anniversary with a BBQ in their garden. Play some games and dance to the soul music from DJ Bug Bear! No cover! Just good times!
Music
Friday, July 9 at 7:30 PM at Zora Space: Jazz on a Summer Night with Jay Rodriguez, saxophone & flute( Two-time Grammy nominatee), Teruo Nakamura, bass (Stanley Turrentine, George Benson, Roy Haynes, Steve Grossman.), Warren Benbow, drums (Betty Carter, Nina Simone, Whitney Houston, Mary J Blige.), Jimmy Sibuy, piano (Junior Cook)
Saturday and Sunday (July 10-11) starting at 3PM at the Bell House: The 4th Annual Annual Psychobilly Luau Weekender, two days of Psychobilly, Rockabilly, Garage, and Trash! Featuring Guana Batz, The Goddamn Gallows, The Hypnophonics, Stellar Corpses, The Othermen, The Rebel Angels.
Saturday, July 10 at 8PM at Barbes: Le Chaud Lapins: Kurt Hoffman and Meg Reichardt cover Charles Trenet songs and other jewels from the French 30’s and 40’s musical traditions accompanying themselves on banjo-ukes.
Sunday, July 11 at 7PM at Barbes: Music from Cairo’s cafe scene of the 1920s, including songs by Umm Kulthum, Zaki Murad and Dawud Husni. The group also plays Laster originals such as Genk, Meta-Doina. With Andy Laster-saxophone and clarinet; Kermit Driscoll-bass; Erik Friedlander-cello; and Curtis Hasselbring-trombone.
Farmers Market and Concert Series in East New York
Saturday, July 10 through August 28th: The East New York Farmer’s Market carries local and organic produce including Caribbean specialty crops like karela, bora, and callaloo. Plus, they’re holding a concert series called “Summer Saturdaze” throughout July and August. Click here for more details! http://www.eastnewyorkfarms.org/