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Things to do in NYC Parks
SummerStage: Our Latin Thing: A Tribute to the Fania All Stars / Felix Hernandez's Rhythm Revue
Our Latin Thing, an ensemble of lead singers and musicians from New York's top Latin bands, pays tribute to the legendary group, the Fania All-Stars. The Fania All-Stars were a group of artists from the 1970's that popularized Latin music's sound to a wide audience via their large scale concerts. Included in the group were salsa greats such as Ray Barretto, Willie Colón, and Johnny Pacheco. Our Latin Thing will perform an assortment of all the Fania All Stars' top hits, whose music was influenced by American jazz, soul, and rock and roll.
Felix Hernandez is in the business of remembering the good ol' days. Hernandez's wildly popular radio show, Rhythm Revue, takes on a life of its own weekly at New York's Roseland, where three thousand disciples regularly come to hear Fernandez spin the sounds of the past and boogie down. Felix Hernandez will rock the crowd once again at SummerStage again with his mix of soul, Motown, funk, salsa and disco dance classics. Bring your dancing shoes.
EVENT INFORMATION
Soundview Park
Bronx
Sat., June 23rd, 6-10:30pm
FREE
Directions: Bx5 to Story Ave/Metcalf Ave For Bus: 6 train to Hunts Point Ae |
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ENTERTAINMENT
Pay What You Wish Fridays @ the New York Aquarium
Admission on Fridays beginning at 3:00 p.m. is pay-what-you-wish! Last admission is at 5:15. Suggested donation is $13 for adults, $9 for children, and $10 for seniors. Every dollar you give supports our work in caring for animals at the aquarium and around the world. Best place to take your kids, or someone else's kids, right after they finish school for the year! photo credit: nyaquarium.com
EVENT INFORMATION New York Aquarium
Surf Ave & West 8th St
Brooklyn
Fridays, 3pm-6pm
Suggested Donation:
$13 - adults
$9 - children (ages 3-12)
$10 - seniors (ages 65+)
Directions: F Q trains to West 8th St - New York Aquarium |
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MOVIE
Savages
(Rated R)
Laguna Beach entrepreneurs Ben (Johnson), a peaceful and charitable Buddhist, and his closest friend Chon (Kitsch), a former Navy SEAL and ex-mercenary, run a lucrative, homegrown industry--raising some of the best marijuana ever developed. They also share a one-of-a-kind love with the extraordinary beauty Ophelia (Lively). Life is idyllic in their Southern California town...until the Mexican Baja Cartel decides to move in and demands that the trio partners with them.
When the merciless head of the BC, Elena (Hayek), and her brutal enforcer, Lado (Del Toro), underestimate the unbreakable bond among these three friends, Ben and Chon--with the reluctant, slippery assistance of a dirty DEA agent (Travolta)--wage a seemingly unwinnable war against the cartel. And so begins a series of increasingly vicious ploys and maneuvers in a high stakes, savage battle of wills.
In Theaters July 6th 2012
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TEATRO/CINE
Kaleidoscope of Dance
If you head to St. Mary's Park on June 30th, from 7-8 pm, you can learn how to break dance with the hip hop dance troupe Full Circle . After breaking out a sweat, sit back, and enjoy a night of performances from some of dance's brightest luminaries. Genres span hip-hop, Latin, contemporary, salsa, bachata, bruk up and Angola club. Participants include the Legendary House of Ninja , whose founder invented the "Vogue" style of dance;KR3TS , a Spanish Harlem-based dance organization; and Milteri Tucker , premier lead dancer of the Puerto Rican Folkloric dance company, Danza Fiesta , member of Maria Torres' dance company , and founder of theBOMBAZO Dance Co .St Mary's Park
St. Mary's St & Jackson Ave
Bronx
June 30th, 7-10pm
FREE
Directions:
6 train E 143rd St - St. Mary's Street
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RESTAURANT
Bushwick Pita Palace, located on Montrose Ave & Bushwick Ave in Brooklyn, may give some people raised eyebrows when they take a look at the menu -- Middle Eastern & Mexican cuisine. You'll be a little surprise how similar a typical dish is for both. On a plate, each would have a hefty portion of rice, good portion of meat (often spicy), a side salad, and some type of dip for bread or chips. The dishes from either side of this menu don't taste like your typical foods from those taco or halal carts you find on street corners.
From the Mexican menu, the traditional tortilla or chili soup, nachos, or quesadillas, which are typically served with rice, Mexican rice, beans & salad. Now, they serve "crazy burritos", served with nutty long grain brown rice or Mexican rice, red or black beans, spices Monterrey Jack cheese, pico de gallo and sour cream, with a choice of pinto beans or black beans.
While you wait for your food to be freshly prepared, take a glance at the wall art of stickers and signs that make you feel like you're in an underground.
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Bushwick Pita PalaceBrooklyn
Daily 11am-2am
Plate price range: $6-$17
All major credit cards accepted
Vegetarian/Vegan Friendly
*Order Online via Seamless
Directions:
L train to Montrose Ave
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Katy Perry: Part of Me 3D - See the Advanced Screening!
Attention Katy Perry fans! Want to win tickets to a sneak screening of her new movie, KATY PERRY: PART OF ME 3D? We are rolling out the pink carpet for you and your friends to catch the flick early, enjoy delicious snacks and participate in exciting activities!
FOR ONE LUCKY WINNER (PLUS A GUEST)!
SCREENING THIS MONDAY!
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New York @Mets 50th Anniversary Press Conference w/ Johan Santana @johansantana [PHOTOS]
NY Mets pichter Johan Santana, who won his team's first perfect game, hold a press conference in honor of the New York Metropolitans 50th anniversary as a major league team.
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MOVIMIENTO: Este verano disfrute de música, festivales y paradas con su familia
El abrazador calor muy pronto golpeará a la ciudad de Nueva York así que prepárese para las festividades de fin de semana de este verano en la playa o haciendo asados. Quizás quieras tomar ventaja de los interminables eventos que ofrece nuestra ciudad. Planifique algo excitante, nuevo y alegre este verano con su famita y asista a festivales, paradas, conciertos musicales y actividades familiares. Echele un vistazo a las actividades en los 5 condados.
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William Levy Calls Out High School Seniors
Cuban-born actor William Levy, widely recognized as Mexican Telenovelas' superstar and this year's Dancing with the Stars (DWTS) third runner up, is the 2012 Hispanic Heritage Youth Awards spokesperson; the annual awards presented by the Washington-based Hispanic Heritage Foundation (HHF).
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TIME WARNER CABLE HOLDING EXCLUSIVE TICKET GIVEAWAY FOR CUSTOMERS TO WATCH 'THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN™' BEFORE IT HITS THEATERS
Time Warner Cable will hold a ticket giveaway for its customers to watch Columbia Pictures' highly anticipated motion picture, The Amazing Spider-Man™, before it hits theaters nationwide on July 3rd. Beginning Wednesday, June 27, Time Warner Cable will give away tickets for New York City-area customers to attend an exclusive 3D screening of the movie on the evening of July 2 at the Regal E-Walk Stadium theatre in Times Square.
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