Summerstage

Lucas Kavner

EXCLUSIVE: Reggie Watts On The Origins Of His Unique Act

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 08.21.2011

Read More: Conan, Summerstage, Reggie Watts, Stand-Up Comedy, NYC Comedy, Eugene Mirman, Michael Showalter, Musical Comedy, Alt-Comedy, Stella, Video, Comedy News

People tend to remember the first time they see Reggie Watts perform. His onstage persona is so uniquely his, so off-putting and hilarious and differe...

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The Top 27 Manhattan Summer Festivals

dnainfo.com | Posted 07.20.2011

Read More: Summerstage, New York Dance Parade, Fringe Festival, New York Around Town, NY Around Town, Manhattan Summer Festivals, Shakespeare in the Park, Lincoln Center Festival, Bastille Day, New York News

MANHATTAN -- Summer in the city comes with blues and barbeque, yoga followed by dumplings and an international dance parade with more than 60,000 part...

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On the Culture Front: Pavement Reunion, Of Montreal, Me, Myself, and I, The Little Foxes, and the Moth

Chris Kompanek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Theater Workshop, Steve Burns, Lillian Hellman, Summerstage, Brian Murray, Of Montreal, Playboy, Playwrights Horizons, New York, The Players Club, Elizabeth Ashley, The Moth, Ivo Van Hove, Pavement, Blue's Clues, Edward Albee, New York News
Chris Kompanek

Ivo Van Hove's The Little Foxes is an absolute masterpiece. It's the reason we go to the theater.

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Complexions Contemporary Ballet World Premiere at SummerStage

Jessica Cui | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Desmond Richardson, Innersoul Dance Project, Nycbeat, Slideshow, Dwight Rhoden, Summerstage, Alvvin Ailey, The Joyce Theater, New Jersey Dance Theater Ensemble, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Dancin Downtown, New York News
Jessica Cui

Last night, the weather could not have been more perfect as SummerStage celebrated its 25th year with an enchanting and brilliant dance performance....

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A Sense Of Community Permeates Crowd At SummerStage's Afternoon Of Gospel

Erick Odom | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Thomas Weeks III, Juanita Bynum, Kirk Franklin, Nycbeat, Tina Knowles, Summerstage, Matthew Knowles, Central Park, Clark Sisters, Kierra Kiki Sheard, Cece Winans, Yolanda Adams, New York, Dj Dee Wizz, Wlib, New York News
Erick Odom

On Saturday, Central Park's free SummerStage concert series continued with an afternoon (into evening) gospel concert presented by MasterCard. This ...

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PHOTOS: The Xx Reveals Honest Confession Beneath Erotic Guise

Beatrice Rothbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidefullscreen, Romy Madley Croft, Nycbeat, Nyc, Summerstage, Summer Concerts, The Xx, Xx, Slideshow, Jamie Smith, Nyc Concerts, Free Concerts, Oliver Sim, New York News
Beatrice Rothbaum

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St. Vincent, Basia Bulat And tUnE-YarDs Skip Lilith Fair, Still Provide Template For Female Success (SLIDESHOW)

Roland Li | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Annie Clark, Nycbeat, Basia Bulat, Actor, Marry Me, Summerstage, St. Vincent, Tune-Yards, Lilith Fair, Merrill Garbus, Slideshow, New York News
Roland Li

A friend asked at last Sunday's SummerStage show if the lineup had any relation to Lilith Fair. It didn't -- that show had rolled through town the n...

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Sign Up To Cover Concerts This Week: Neon Indian, Public Enemy, Grizzly Bear And More

Zara Golden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chk Chk Chk, Nycbeat, Brooklyn, Neon Indian, Screaming Females, Real Estate, Luis Miguel De La Amargue, Frankie Rose and the Outs, Deerhunter, Strange Boys, Nfamous Stringdusters, Gang Gang Dance, Scott Pilgrim, Glasser, Summerstage, Dr. Dog, Bachata, Oberhofer, Lee Fields, Mountain Man, Celebrate Brooklyn, How to Dress Well, Grizzly Bear, Twin Sister, Deer Tick, Maps and Atlases, Jelly NYC, Empire in the Sun, The Cults, P.S. 1, Dragonette, New York, Memory House, The Wedding Present, Chief, Future Islands, Kiko Rodriguez, Mewithoutyou, Andy Andy, Warpaint, Beauty Feast, The Golden Filter, The Walkmen, Mercury Lounge, Laura Sevenson, Anamanaguchi, Javelin, New York News
Zara Golden

Huffington Post continues its local coverage with the help of our Citizen Journalism Unit. To join the local reporting team and receive advance as...

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Sign Up To Cover Concerts This Week: Arcade Fire, Spoon, Metric, Hot Chip, Cut Copy, The XX

Monica Klein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hercules and Love Affair, Nycbeat, Celebrate Brooklyn, Metric, Dfa, Central Park, Holly Miranda, Hot Chip, Joan as Police Woman, Arcade Fire the Suburbs, Prospect Park Bandshell, Cut Copy, Arcade Fire, Summerstage, Concerts This Week, Holy Ghost!, Spoon, Madison Square Garden, New York News
Monica Klein

Huffington Post continues its local coverage with the help of our Citizen Journalism Unit. To join the local reporting team and receive advance as...

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Black Keys Hit Hard At Central Park's SummerStage

Alex Jacobs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nycbeat, Nyc, Summer Concerts, The Morning Benders, Summerstage, Brothers, Patrick Carney, Muscle Shoals Studio, Central Park, Dan Auerbach, Attack and Release, The Black Keys, Slideshow, Timothy Or, Julian Harmon, Christopher Chu, Jonathan Chu, New York News
Alex Jacobs

2010 has been a good year for The Black Keys. Their sixth full-length effort, Brothers, debuted at number three on Billboard's Top 200 (right behin...

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On the Culture Front: The National at Celebrate Brooklyn, The Flaming Lips at Summerstage, and the Lincoln Center and Ice Factory Festivals.

Chris Kompanek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Flaming Lips, Celebrate Brooklyn, Summerstage, Ivo Van Hove, Music, Wayne Coyne, Theater, Matt Berninger, Moliere, Lincoln Center Festival, New York, The National, Simon McBurney, New York News
Chris Kompanek

The Lincoln Center Festival wrapped up this past week, and overall I was pretty disappointed with the shows I saw.

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Flaming Lips Performance At SummerStage Is Predictable, But No Less Impressive (SLIDESHOW)

Ben Bromberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wayne Coyne, Central Park, Nycbeat, The Flaming Lips, Slideshow, Summerstage, Nyc, Summer Concerts, Embryonic, New York News
Ben Bromberg

For anyone who has seen the Flaming Lips perform live before, they know there is nothing quite like sky-filling plumes of orange and yellow confetti...

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NYC Musical Events Roll Out Biker-Friendly Ammenities

Monica Klein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bike Culture, Nycbeat, Nyc, Summerstage, Transportation Alternatives, Free Concerts, East River Park, Naganuma Dance, DJ Lucho, New York News
Monica Klein

Rather than leave your bike chained up to a rusty green No-Parking pole, SummerStage attendants will watch your beloved fixed-gear while you take in DJ Lucho or Naganuma Dance.

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Sign Up To Cover Concerts This Week: Flaming Lips, Sonic Youth, Chromeo, The Black Keys, The National

Zara Golden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Swell Season, Beach House, Nycbeat, Basia Bulat, Golden Girls, Chromeo, St. Vincent, Julian Lynch, Celebrate Brooklyn, Sonic Youth, Mother India, The National, Central Park, AVI Buffalo, The Flaming Lips, Summerstage, Tune-Yards, Gogol Bordello, Yim Yames, Dan Sartain, My Morning Jacket, Truman Peyote, Appalachian Voices, Talk Normal, Prospect Park, Ducktails, New York News
Zara Golden

Huffington Post continues its local coverage with the help of our Citizen Journalism Unit. To join the local reporting team and receive advance assi...

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Nortec Collective Creatively Combines iPads And Accordions At Central Park's SummerStage (SLIDESHOW)

Monica Klein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slideshow, Nycbeat, Concerts, Liz Phair, Summerstage, Central Park, Tijuana Sound Machine, Latin Alternative Music Conference, Anita Tijoux, Nortec Collective, El Guincho, Nyc, Summer, Pablo Diaz-Reixa, 1977, New York News
Monica Klein

Last night, Nortec Collective graced SummerStage with a performance that included two iPads, two Stetsons, an accordion, a tuba and an enormous, 60'...

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Sign Up To Cover Concerts This Week: Wolf Parade, Caribou, Siren Music Festival, Konono No.1

Zara Golden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nycbeat, The Village Voice, Brooklyn Bowl, Mools, Screaming Females, Cymbals Eat Guitars, NIght Marchers, Ryan Leslie, Caribou, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Air France, Siren Music Festival, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Aloe Blacc, Celebrate Brooklyn!, Konono No. 1, Africa Festival, Apache Beat, Summer, Governors Island, Surfer Blood, Matt and Kim, Ratatat, DJ Awesome Tapes From Africa, Beach Fossils, Professor DJ Rainstick, Concerts, Warm Up Series, Summerstage, Le Poisson Rouge, Springfield Park, Earl Greyhound, P.S.1, Phantogram, Prospect Park, Terminal 5, Wye Oak, Langhorne Slim, Javelin, Small Black, Nyc, Harlem, Mercury Lounge, Just Wills, Zola Jesus, Holy Fuck, Coney Island, Wolf Parade, Raphael Saadiq, Ponytail, Arp, Dom, New York News
Zara Golden

Huffington Post continues its local coverage with the help of our Citizen Journalism Unit. To join the local reporting team and receive advance assi...

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Sign Up To Cover Concerts This Week: OkayAfrica and The Roots, Dr. Jimmy Cliff, Minus the Bear, She & Him

Zara Golden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Zola Jesus, Sahr Ngaujah, Minus the Bear, She, Jonny Cohen, Bear in Heaven, The Pinker Tones, Tuscadero, The Bell House, Webster Hall, Maldita Vecindad, Nycbeat, Toy Selectah, Phosphorescent, Anita Tijoux, Trevor Hall, El Guincho, Summerstage, Bajah the Dry Eye Crew, New York News
Zara Golden

Huffington Post continues its local coverage with the help of our Citizen Journalism Unit. To join the local reporting team and receive advance assi...

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Sign Up To Cover Concerts This Week: We Were Promised Jetpacks, Beth Orton, She & Him And More

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Woven Bones, Governors Island, Nycbeat, Black Bells, Toro Y Moi, Beth Orton, Gil Scott-Heron, Kid Koala, Summerstage, Bear Hands, Fiery Furnaces, Southstreet Seaport, Portugal the Man, Tinariewen, Zooey Deschanael, The Fab 5, Hess Is More, Whomadewho, Prospect Park, She and Him, Toubab Krewe, Alberta Cross, Silversun Pickups, Glasslands, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Omar Souldeyman, Yellowfever, Uzalo, Zvi Dance, Mercury Lounge, The Apples in Stereo, P.S. 1 Warm Up Series, M. Ward, Against Me!, New York News

Huffington Post continues its local coverage with the help of our Citizen Journalism Unit. To join the local reporting team and receive advance assig...

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SummerStage Executive Director Speaks With The Huffington Post

Monica Klein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: David Rivel, City Parks Foundation, Nyc, Concerts, Dan Deaon, Summerstage, Pavement, Brooklyn Flea, Jay Electronica, Black Keys, Central Park Conservancy, Nycbeat, New York News
Monica Klein

In 1986, the Central Park Conservancy held the first SummerStage event in Manhattan. Since then, the City Parks Foundation has taken over and expand...

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On the Culture Front: Gourmet Latino Festival and Simon and Garfunkel Summerstage Gala

Chris Kompanek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Palo Santo, Food, Gourmet Latino Festival, New York Summerstage, Summerstage, Palo Santo New York, Simon and Garfunkel, Chef Jacques Gautier, New York News
Chris Kompanek

Palo Santo, an enchanting South American wine bar tucked away in a Park Slope brownstone, is easy to miss, but it's truly a rare find with top-notch food from Chef Jacques Gautier.

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Simon & Garfunkel Songs Played At SummerStage Gala

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Simon & Garfunkel, Mayor Bloomberg, New York Concerts, Loudon Wainwright, Aimee Mann, St. Vincent, Central Park, John Forte, Slidepollajax, Shawn Colvin, Central Park Concert, Ben Gibbard, Art Garfunkel, Summer Stage Concert Series, Summerstage, New York News

SummerStage celebrated its 25th anniversary with a host of musicians playing songs from Simon & Garfunkel's body of work. Mayor Bloomberg and Art Garf...

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