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October 17, 2012Blogs
July 16, 2012Alarm Will Sound
Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts
Sunday, July 15
Better than: Two hours' silence.
John Cage's Song Books looms large in the legend of Alarm Will Sound, which coalesced at the Eastman School of Music in 2000 following a student performance of the 1970 musical-theater tour de fo ... More >>
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July 11, 2012Alarm Will Sound performs
John Cage's Song Books
Music
July 13, 2011Celebrating the summer with live, sweaty shows
Dance
July 6, 2011The cartoonist's most famous character comes to new life on screen
Voice Choices
June 22, 2011Dirty Beaches offer stylish retro-pop
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June 22, 2011Bring your armor for the Battle of Agincourt
Blogs
June 1, 2011Pow Wow! headline the July 10 installment of the Sound Bites series. The South Street Seaport's Sunday-afternoon Sound Bites series, an offshoot of the River to River Festival that launched last year, is back for a handful of free afternoon concerts at the Fulton Stall Market (South Street be ... More >>
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April 21, 2011This year's River to River Festival, which runs from June 19 to July 17, marks the 10th time that its mix of free shows takes over Lower Manhattan for the summer. The 2011 bill has a decidedly New York-centric bent, with Patti Smith, Laurie Anderson, Rufus Wainwright, and the New York City Op ... More >>
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August 4, 2010Yacht bring the bounce to the waterfront
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July 20, 2010Antibalas storm Castle Clinton
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July 20, 2010Five choreographers pay tribute to the dance icon
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July 13, 2010Solo 30x30 keeps Fortier on his toes
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June 29, 2010Voice Choices
July 8, 2009Swingin' pirates bring the party to the Seaport
Blogs
July 6, 2009
Conor Oberst Jenny Lewis
Battery Park
River to River Festival
Saturday, July 4
Conor Oberst's labelmate Tim Kasher once sang, "I'm writing songs to entertain/ But these people, they just/ They just want pain." It's an apt summation of the lukewarm reaction to last year's eponymous Conor Oberst, ... More >>
Voice Choices
June 24, 2009Artist Daniel Arsham takes his cutting-edge work downtown
Voice Choices
May 20, 2009Catch 12 nonstop hours of new music
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August 5, 2008Voice Choices
July 9, 2008Modern and contemporary dance collide
Voice Choices
May 20, 2008Kiki Smith and Nico Muhly bring she-wolves to life
Dance
August 28, 2007Who's the spectator, who the performer?
Music
July 3, 2007Spoon throw in a horn or two but still trim the Anglophilic fat
NYC Life
May 8, 2007Al fresco shows for real New Yorkers (and their houseguests)
Dance
September 5, 2006Free dancing under the night sky
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April 26, 2005Dance
June 15, 2004Summer begins: A crop of free dance events blooms in the boroughs
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May 4, 2004Dance
June 10, 2003Turmoil on Plazas, in Psyches, and in Your Lap
NYC Life
May 13, 2003Music
May 21, 2002