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June 9, 2007 / GO Brooklyn / Music

Celebrate Brooklyn Calendar

By Melissa Saks

for The Brooklyn Paper

Want to spend the summer in Prospect Park with New York City’s longest running free performing arts festival? Soak up the sun (or the moon beams) and all the free music, dance, theater and film you can take. All performances are rain or shine, except July 6. Tickets are free unless otherwise noted. For information, call (718) 855-7882 or visit www.celebratebrooklyn.org.

Thursday, June 14 at 8 pm. The Neville Brothers. Opening night gala, honoring MTV President Christina Norman, prior to free concert at 5:30 pm. Tickets, for $300 and up, include reserved seats, cocktails, dinner, and dancing. Call (718) 855-7882, x33.

Saturday, June 16 at 7:30 pm. Joan Osborne, the Jazz Passengers: the Supremes Project

Thursday, June 21 at 7:30 pm. The Richard Thompson Band, Ollabelle

Friday, June 22 at 7:30 pm. Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys, James Reams & The Barnstormers

Tuesday, June 26 and Wednesday, June 27 at 6:30 pm. Benefit concerts to support “Celebrate Brooklyn” featuring Manu Chao & Radio Bemba Sound System. Tickets are available at www.ticketmaster.com for $30.

Friday, June 29 at 7 pm. Groove Collective, Ravi Coltrane, Craig Harris

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Saturday, June 30 at 7 pm. The Stills, Sam Roberts Band, Malajube

Thursday, July 5 at 7:30 pm. Isaac Delgado, Xiomara Laugart, Pistolera

Friday, July 6 at 7:30 pm (Rain Date: Saturday, July 7 at 7:30 pm). The American premiere of South African collaboration, REwind: A Cantata for Voice, Tape and Testimony

Thursday, July 12 at 7:30 pm. Noche Flamenca, Andrew J. Nemr & CPD Plus, Darrah Carr Dance

Friday, July 13 at 7 pm. Zoe, the Pinker Tones, Chetes

Saturday, July 14 at 8 pm. Brooklyn Philharmonic with Music Director Michael Christie, guest artists Mark O’Connor and Maya Beiser

Sunday, July 15 at 4 pm. Frank London’s Yiddish Carnival featuring: Frank London, the Klezmatics, Fyvush Finkel, Wolf Krakowski, Roberto Rodriguez, Frank London’s Klezmer Brass Allstars featuring Maracatu New York, Joanne Borts, Adrienne Cooper, the Festival Latin Jewish Carnival Orchestra & Social Justice Sing

Wednesday, July 18 at 7:30 pm. Benefit concert in support of “Celebrate Brooklyn” featuring Ani DiFranco. Tickets are available at www.ticketmaster.com for $37.

Thursday, July 19 at 7:30 pm. Music & Movies Series: Alfred Hitchcock’s “Blackmail” with Alloy Orchestra, Morley

Friday, July 20 at 7:30 pm. Bobby “Blue” Bland, Catherine Russell

Saturday, July 21 at 7 pm. Hal Willner’s Doc Pomus Project, featuring: Ben E. King, Teddy Thompson, Steven Bernstein, Joel Dorn, Peter Guralnick, Shannon McNally, and others

Sunday, July 22 at 5 pm. Dan Zanes & Friends (Special guests TBA)

Thursday, July 26 at 8 pm. Bill T. Jones & Arnie Zane Dance Company performing “Another Evening: I Bow Down”

Friday, July 27 at 7:30 pm. Music & Movies Series: Laurel & Hardy with the Millennial Territory Orchestra, Ethan Lipton

Saturday, July 28 at 2 pm. Boricua Festival featuring Tito Rojas, Joe Cuba Sextet, Viento de Aqua and others

Thursday, August 2 at 8 pm. Brave New World Repertory Theatre performing Walt Whitman’s “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” with violinist Jenny Scheinman

Friday, August 3 at 7:30 pm. Lyricist Lounge with KRS-One, Ladybug Mecca, Blitz, Beat Entertainment, Turntable Anihilists

Saturday, August 4 at 7:30 pm. Kassav, Bonga

Thursday, August 9 at 7 pm. The Hold Steady, the Big Sleep, the Teenage Prayers

Friday, August 10 at 7:30 pm. Music & Movies Series: Bollywood in Brooklyn: Bollywood classic, “Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin” with DJ Rekha’s Bollywood Disco

Saturday, August 11 from 2–9 pm. African Festival: Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars, Sekouba Bambino, Stella Chiwese, Shiko Mawatu, Baye Kouyate et Les Tougarakes

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