NYU's Student Resource Center offers an extensive Summer Break Guide, as well as weekly newsletters starting in June. Here is just a sampling of events happening in New York City this summer.
Celebrate Brooklyn!
One of NYC's longest running, FREE, outdoor performing Arts festivals, Celebrate Brooklyn! launched in 1979 as a catalyst for a Brooklyn perfoming arts scene and to bring people back to Prospect Park after years of neglect. Enjoy music, film, spoken word, theater, and dance throughout the summer at the Prospect Park Bandshell. For a full list of summer performances, check out the Prospect Park Bandshell website.
Here is a selection of some upcoming shows:
- Calexico / Susana Baca / Radio Jarocho & Akoko Nante Ensemble
June 15, 2013, 7:00 pm | Free/$3 (suggested donation) - Amadou & Mariam / Bombino
June 21, 2013, 7:30 pm | Free/$3 (suggested donation) - Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
June 27, 2013, 8:00 pm | Free/$3 (suggested donation) - Ladysmith Black Mambazo / Aurelio Martinez
June 28, 2013, 7:30 pm | Free $3 (suggested donation)
Midsummer Night Swing
This is your night to dance. When Linconln Center's Damrosch Park turns into one big open-air ballroom, whether you're a seasoned dance-floor devotee or a complete newbie, Midsummer Night Swing has moves to show you, from Disco to vintage Swing, from Salsa and Calypso to Golden-Age Jazz.
Single Tickets: $17
Dance Floor Opens: 6:00 pm
Group Dance Lesson: 6:30-7:15 pm
Music and Dancing: 7:30-8:30 pm & 9:00-10:00 pm (live sets)
Shakespeare in the Park
The Public Theater's Free Shakespeare in the Park program is one of New York City's beloved summer traditions.
- The Comedy of Errors
May 28 - June 30, 2013 - Love's Labour's Lost, A New Musical
July 23 - August 18, 2013
New York City Street Fairs
You will probably run into many of these on accident, but there is a full schedule for the summer on their website.
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