Bryant Park Film Festival ~ Monday, June 29
The Bryant Park Summer Film Festival continues tonight with Gold Diggers of 1933.
- Monday, June 29
- 5:00pm
- The Lawn
The lawn opens at 5:00pm for blankets and picnicking. The films begin at sunset (typically between 8pm and 9pm).
Nobody created pure Hollywood escapism productions better than Busby Berkeley, and this musical set the standard. Designed to transport Depression-enduring audiences, the plot involves attempts to put on a show, featuring Ginger Rogers, Ruby Keeler and Joan Blondell as the indefatigable Broadway show girls, and Dick Powell crooning the tunes. (1933) 96 Min.
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Finally, we are in for a lovely week of weather. Whether you are able to take advantage of this weather with a little time to play, or just sneak out of work in time to see the sun set, Bryant Park offers several types of fun in midtown
For lunch or dinner, the Bryant Park Grill offers a healthful menu in the structured and green garden behind the NYC Public Library. Less lovely, less pricey and less healthful is neighboring Bryant Park Cafe. Alternately gourmet snacks are available at the northwest corner of the park from ‘witchcraft.
Mondays in the summer enjoy Bryant Park’s Summer Film Festival, tonight featuring Breaking Away.
The lawn opens at 5:00pm for blankets and picnicking. The films begin at sunset (typically between 8pm and 9pm).
A teenage cyclist, Dennis Christopher, is besotted with all things Italian in a small Indiana college town. Things seem to be going nowhere for him and his townie buddies (Dennis Quaid, Jackie Earle Haley, and Daniel Stern), and he convinces them to take on the students at the Little 500 bicycle race. Flawlessly written by Steve Tesich and directed by Peter Yates. (1979) 100 Min. (Fox)
Filed under Art, Children in New York City, Enjoying New York City, Great Sites about NYC, Navigating New York, New York City, Urban Life, film | Comment (0)MNN Youth Channel’s Summer Jam Film Screening
Thursday, June 11, 6:00 p.m. -8:00 p.m.
Target East Harlem Community Garden
415-417 East 117th Street, Manhattan
NYRP and Manhattan Neighborhood Network’s Youth Channel host for a Red Carpet Youth Film Screening of films produced by the Youth Channel’s internship program and in their Youth Media Impacting Communities program. Popcorn and refreshments will be served.
For more information, please call 212-333-2552.
MNN Youth Channel’s Summer Jam Film Screening
Thursday, June 11, 6:00 p.m. -8:00 p.m.
Target East Harlem Community Garden
415-417 East 117th Street, Manhattan
NYRP and Manhattan Neighborhood Network’s Youth Channel host for a Red Carpet Youth Film Screening of films produced by the Youth Channel’s internship program and in their Youth Media Impacting Communities program. Popcorn and refreshments will be served.
For more information, please call 212-333-2552.
Metropolis at The Morgan ~ June 5 2009
As a compliment to the wonderful exhibition at The Morgan exploring the art and innovation of set and theater design, The Morgan offers a film screening with live music, tomorrow, Friday,
June 5 from 5:00 to 7:00PM.
Metropolis (1926, 79 minutes)
Director: Fritz Lang
Club Foot Orchestra East
Richard Marriott, composer
Richard Marriott and the members of the Club Foot Orchestra will provide live musical accompaniment to Fritz Lang’s revolutionary silent film, whose dark vision of a technological future has become iconic.
The Morgan is located at 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, NYC, (212) 685-0008
Tickets: $15 for Non-Members; $10 for Members
Flow at Jivamukti May 29 at 8:00 PM
If only water would FLOW as fluidly as vinyasa at Jivamukti,… FLOW: FOR THE LOVE OF WATER plays tonight, Friday May 29, 8:00pm
This award-winning Documentary On The World Water Crisis by Irena Salina investigates what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st Century - The World Water Crisis. Salina builds a case against the growing privatization of the world?s water supply with a focus on politics, pollution, human rights, and the emergence of a world water cartel. Interviews with scientists and activists reveal the rapidly building crisis at the global and human scale. FLOW introduces governmental and corporate culprits behind the water grab, and questions “CAN ANYONE REALLY OWN WATER?” Beyond identifying the problem, FLOW provides practical solutions to the water crisis.
Admission $10 ~ Jivamukti ~ 841 Broadway ~ 2nd Floor ~ 13th Street.
Tribeca Film Festival — Opening April 22, 2009
The Tribeca Film Festival kicks off with the world premiere of Woody Allen’s “Whatever Works” on April 22. The fun continues through May 3rd — for more information,…
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Saturday February 28 and Sunday March 1, 2009 Enjoy the 11th Annual Brooklyn Academy of Music Film Festival.
BAM Rose Cinemas are located at 30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn.
Filed under Art, Children in New York City, Enjoying New York City, Navigating New York, New York City, film | Comment (0)Alvin Ailey Film Festival at Lincoln Center
| February 1, 2009 | ||
| 1:00 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
Alvin Ailey Day presents four programs of rare archival material and television documentaries honoring the life and work of the iconic figure, whose example continues to inspire dancers and choreographers and bring African-American cultural expression and the American modern dance tradition to the forefront of the international arts scene.
1:00pm A Hymn for Alvin Ailey screening with In the Company Of… ~ Special Guests: Judith Jamison, Anna Deavere Smith, director Orlando Bagwell and Donna Wood Sanders.
3:30pm Alvin Ailey: Memories and Visions screening with Camera Three ~ Special Guest: Judith Jamison.
6:15pm Ailey Celebrates Ellington screening with Lamp Unto My Feet ~ Special Guest: executive producer Herman Krawitz.
8:15pm Three by Three screening with Two by Dove ~ Special Guest: Patricia Birch.
See all four programs for one low price with the Alvin Ailey Day Pass: $32 public; $24 member, student, senior (62+) and child (6-12, accompanied by an adult).
The Walter Reade Theater is located in Lincoln Center at 65th Street and Broadway.
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Enjoy the Central Park Film Festival – tonight through Saturday, August 23.
Gates open at 6:00 PM
, at Rumsey Playfield (enter Central Park 
at Fifth Avenue and 69th Street)
Films begin at 8:00 PM.
Tuesday, August 19: Working Girl (1988)
Wednesday, August 20: The French Connection (1971)
Thursday, August 21: Strangers on a Train (1951)
Friday, August 22: Moonstruck (1987)
Saturday, August 23 * Family Night: August Rush (2007)
