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May 10, 2012Booker T. Jones is in a cab from the airport heading into Brooklyn, where he'll perform a free show tonight under the Brooklyn Bridge as part of the Celebrate Brooklyn festival. In tandem with his band, Booker T. & The M.G.s, the multi-instrumentalist laid down the grooves behind some of the '60s mo ... More >>
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August 1, 2011Oumou Sangare
Celebrate Brooklyn! At Prospect Park Bandshell
Friday, July 29
Better than: A night in the tropics.
The threat of rain was palpable to just about everyone who turned up in Prospect Park to hear Malian star Oumou Sangare on Friday. "Despite what the forecasters say, it's just a ... More >>
Music
July 13, 2011Celebrating the summer with live, sweaty shows
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July 13, 2011
Animal Collective w/Black Dice
Celebrate Brooklyn! at Prospect Park Bandshell
Tuesday, July 12
Better than: Sweating at home alone.
Animal Collective has usually been categorized by its two primary creative forces: Avey Tare and Panda Bear. Sure, Deakin and Geologist are important (and per ... More >>
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July 11, 2011
Raekwon, Smif-N-Wessun, Joell Ortiz
Celebrate Brooklyn! at Prospect Park Bandshell
Saturday, July 9
Better than: "Salem (DJ set)" at Brooklyn Bowl
The Prospect Park Bandshell is probably the best place to catch a hip-hop show in the New York City summer. Yes, you're going to have to stand in a li ... More >>
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June 1, 2011Although East is still better, amirite?
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April 20, 2011People have lots of strong opinions about the musical outfit that goes by the name Animal Collective, and expect those comment-section arguments to rage now that the band has taken it upon itself to tour this summer. (Brooklyn Vegan's already lighting up! Can someone get me some hummus?) So f ... More >>
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April 13, 2011 Ample Hills' founders Brian and Jackie (with offspring) behind the counter.
It started out as a brightly painted cart selling ice cream at last summer's Celebrate Brooklyn concerts in the Prospect Park Bandshell, featuring off-the-wall flavors like salted caramel, maple bacon, and stout 'n' ... More >>
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September 8, 2010Starting tomorrow, you'll be able to ride your bike to the Broadway show of your choosing (not Cats, 'cause it's not running), drop it off with a friendly valet, and then pick it up and ride on home after the fat lady sings -- or at your leisure. Now, while the intersection of bike-riding and ... More >>
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September 8, 2010Eugene Mirman and friends are back
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August 6, 2010Hey, Marty. Photo by Rebecca Smeyne.In the week a former member of the Fugees declared his intention to run an entire country, despite his gross lack of qualifications for said job, we started a campaign against him. Sorry 'Clef, but this is ridiculous.
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July 30, 2010Photos by Puja PatelMI21: Mother India 21st Century Remix with DJ Tigerstyle and Falu
Celebrate Brooklyn/Prospect Park
Thursday, July 29
"Some of you already have the Bollywood thing down, wearing your sunglasses at night," teased Falu singer Gaurav Shah, as he donned his own pair. "T ... More >>
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July 27, 2010Smudged, thick, glorious riff-rock from two boldface names
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July 27, 2010Metric get prehistoric help
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July 20, 2010Prepare to have your mind blown
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July 13, 2010Bring your vuvuzelas to Prospect Park
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July 13, 2010Bring your vuvuzelas to Prospect Park
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July 12, 2010Black Thought greets his (overflowing) public. Photos by Nicole Ankowski, more below.The Roots and friends
Prospect Park Bandshell
Sunday, July 11
Welcome to another preposterously well-attended Celebrate Brooklyn! fete, David Byrne-ian in its excess of humanity, thousands upon thousa ... More >>
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July 9, 2010Sam HorineIn the week we put the worst band name in New York to a vote (Phil and the Osophers, you are no match for Freelance Whales), we watched as LeBron James put his own name in as the most hated in New York, while Kanye West stood proudly at his side. The last place West was seen before ... More >>
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July 6, 2010The Roots host a World Cup wrap party
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June 23, 2010Visa issues alas -- same sorta calamity that torpedoed Joao Gilberto's Carnegie Hall show a few days back. The free Celebrate Brooklyn! gig will go on, though, replaced by a screening of Wim Wenders' Buena Vista Social Club flick, with flamenco dancer Nelida Tirado as the opening act. Full re ... More >>
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June 17, 2010Yes In My Backyard is a semiweekly column showcasing MP3s from new and emerging local talent.
Brooklynite J.G. Thirlwell is one of the unlikely highlights of this year's Celebrate Brooklyn series. The industrial living legend and genre-hopping nu-composition hero is lugging his manic 20-piec ... More >>
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June 11, 2010One of these dudes is noticeably less enthusiastic than all the other dudes. Photo by Nate "Igor" SmithIn the week we interviewed an actual fitness instructor about the theoretical plausibility of exercising to Sleigh Bells, we also penned a Twitter-based ode to Erykah Badu's habitual latenes ... More >>
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June 8, 2010One of these dudes is noticeably less enthusiastic than all the other dudes. Photo by Nate "Igor" SmithIn the week we interviewed an actual fitness instructor about the theoretical plausibility of exercising to Sleigh Bells, we also penned a Twitter-based ode to Erykah Badu's habitual latenes ... More >>
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June 8, 2010An r&b icon transports Prospect Park to NOLA
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May 4, 2010Ryan MuirPark Slope parents, get ready: Celebrate Brooklyn's 2010 Season is out! Go-to Brownstone Brooklyn avatar Norah Jones kicks things off at the Prospect Park concert series with a June 9 gala benefit (after which Passion Pit, Rufus Wainwright, the National, and the Dead Weather pick up ... More >>
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April 15, 2010
River to River is the sort of secret weapon free summer arts series in NYC, with more appealing surroundings than the Williamsburg Waterfront and less pomp and circumstance than the line- and child-ridden Celebrate Brooklyn stuff at Prospect Park. Just roll up wherever, and watch for a while, basi ... More >>
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February 23, 2010Help make this summer awesome
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November 17, 2009Sonatas are a young person's game
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August 11, 2009Sonatas are a young person's game
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August 4, 2009Is grinding allowed during "Darling Nikki" at Prospect Park?
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August 4, 2009Brooklyn celebrates a homegrown hip-hop icon
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August 4, 2009Blogs
July 31, 2009
Big gigantic music festivals featuring people with names that even those living deep in the Amazon forests or on the wild, wild plains of New Zealand have heard of tend to suck up most of the cultural airspace when they come to town--All Points West being no exception here. But this is an ex ... More >>
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July 22, 2009
Big gigantic music festivals featuring people with names that even those living deep in the Amazon forests or on the wild, wild plains of New Zealand have heard of tend to suck up most of the cultural airspace when they come to town--All Points West being no exception here. But this is an ex ... More >>
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July 8, 2009The 10th annual Latin Alternative Music Conference, which runs until Saturday, has been somewhat integrated into this year's Celebrate Brooklyn Festival and Summerstage series. Tonight, Argentinean art-rock siren Juana Molina headlines a free show at Central Park. The Zizek Club hosts the afterparty ... More >>
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July 2, 2009It's our country's birthday this weekend. Thursday, the Celebrate Brooklyn festival hosts Puetro Rican pop star Obie Bermudez at the Bandshell; he paid his dues working a Bronx laundromat job for three years. Luke Temple earned his weight by pulling hours at a candy store; Friday, he fronts Here We ... More >>
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July 1, 2009It's our country's birthday this weekend. Thursday, the Celebrate Brooklyn festival hosts Puetro Rican pop star Obie Bermudez at the Bandshell; he paid his dues working a Bronx laundromat job for three years. Luke Temple earned his weight by pulling hours at a candy store; Friday, he fronts Here We ... More >>
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June 30, 2009Thankfully, we no longer have to keep this secret: Phosphorescent are playing a free show tonight in Williamsburg. If you didn't get enough of the band at Celebrate Brooklyn this past Saturday, catch angelic country crooner Matthew Houck and his gang of folksters in a more intimate setting at Bruar ... More >>
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June 24, 2009Thankfully, we no longer have to keep this secret: Phosphorescent are playing a free show tonight in Williamsburg. If you didn't get enough of the band at Celebrate Brooklyn this past Saturday, catch angelic country crooner Matthew Houck and his gang of folksters in a more intimate setting at Bruar ... More >>
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June 24, 2009Thankfully, we no longer have to keep this secret: Phosphorescent are playing a free show tonight in Williamsburg. If you didn't get enough of the band at Celebrate Brooklyn this past Saturday, catch angelic country crooner Matthew Houck and his gang of folksters in a more intimate setting at Bruar ... More >>
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June 22, 2009
Thursday night, the somewhat popular Celebrate Brooklyn! series at Prospect Park continues with Afrobeat big-shot Femi Kuti, son of Fela, which means that his familial reminisces involve him saying stuff like "It was scary because you never knew when the police or soldiers would raid and beat eve ... More >>
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June 19, 2009Every year, 327 cities around the world arrange to simultaneously celebrate the first day of summer. So on Sunday, Make Music New York sponsors 800 free performances spanning all five boroughs. The most appropriately superlative event is at the Guggenheim, where 80 trombonists will line the museum' ... More >>
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June 10, 2009Every year, 327 cities around the world arrange to simultaneously celebrate the first day of summer. So on Sunday, Make Music New York sponsors 800 free performances spanning all five boroughs. The most appropriately superlative event is at the Guggenheim, where 80 trombonists will line the museum' ... More >>
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May 27, 2009David Byrne plays a free concert in Prospect Park
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July 29, 2008Mark Morris Dance Group bring the love to Prospect Park
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July 9, 2008Two different kinds of classicism in Prospect Park
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