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Weekend Events

Saturday, September 1
1:00p.m. to 2:00p.m.
Multicultural Storytelling Series
The Peter Jay Sharp Children’s Glade
"Travel around the world from the Caribbean to Africa, to Scandinavia, Asia, and back to North America, with the impressive line-up of multicultural storytellers that A Clearing in the Forest programming offers families this summer.  Our artists' incredible repertoires of oral histories come alive with interactive props and music for an all-around sensory experience."
FREE — for all ages. For more information, please call 212-860-1370.
http://www.centralparknyc.org/activities/specialevents

Sunday, September 2
4:00p.m. to 6:00p.m.
Harlem Meer Performance Festival
Charles A. Dana Discovery Center (Inside the Park at 110^th between Fifth and Lenox Aves.)
"Join the Conservancy for the 14th season of this popular Sunday concert series that features the best in local emerging and established Latin, Jazz, World, and Gospel artists."
http://www.centralparknyc.org/activities/specialevents

UES Weekend Events

The weather report looks fine and there's lots going on this weekend on the UES. Highlights include Neko Case (pictured) tonight in the Park, and Brazilian Girls on Sunday, but there's plenty more once you click through.

Friday, July 20

7:00p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Neko Case, Eric Bachman
More info: centralparknyc.org
Country and folk get an update through the highly personal work of two great singer-songwriters.

Saturday, July 21

This one's from this Craigslist ad
Scavenger Hunt 1:00-6:00 p.m.
Meet at Tequila Jack`s 1668 Third Avenue btwn 93rd/94th St.
Ages:23-45
Payment policy: $20 if pre-paid
Meet everyone at a bar on the Upper East Side. You'll pick teams and the get a list of items that you'll need to find. You'll then have roughly 4 hours to find as many items on the list as you can. Points assigned to each item that you find. Search the city, learn more about Manhattan, find new places to socialize and meet new people. The teams with the most points will win prizes. Our sponor bar will offer drink specials and appetizers after the hunt.

3:00p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Shrhabeel Ahmed, Aboaraki Al Bkheid, Yousif El Moseley, Hadia "Al Balabil" (Humming Bird), Ali Al Segid, Rasha Sheikh Aldein, Al Wareef Sheikh Aldein, Brides of the Nile Dance Group, Emmanuel (South of Sudan), Omer Ehsas (Darfur), The Nile Music Orchestra
More info: centralparknyc.org
A showcase of the music and culture of Sudan, featuring some of that country’s most renowned artists.

Sunday, July 22

1:00p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
Cinderella Samba—Puppet Show and Family Workshop
Great Hill (West Side from 103rd to 107th Streets)
Puppeteers from the Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre in Central Park present a spectacular multicultural performance of three Hans Christian Andersen tales: The Princess and the Pea, The Ugly Duckling, and The Emperor's New Clothes. Starring beautifully decorated marionettes who travel to China, Africa, and even Central Park in the course of their story. Followed by a make-and-take-home-your-own-puppet Family Workshp. Produced by City Parks Foundation. FREE – for children ages 3 – 10. For more information, please call 212-860-1370.

3:00p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Brazilian Girls, Cat Empire, HIMALAYAS conducted by Kenny Wollesen & Jonathon Haffner
Central Park SummerStage
SummerStage is hipster heaven on this Sunday, when we feature two groove-heavy groups and an avant-garde marching band.

4:00p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Harlem Meer Performance Festival
Charles A. Dana Discovery Center (Inside the Park at 110th between Fifth and Lenox Aves.)
Join the Conservancy for the 14th season of this popular Sunday concert series that features the best in local emerging and established Latin, Jazz, World, and Gospel artists.
More info: centralparknyc.org

UES Weekend Events

Looking for something to do? There's an eclectic mix of events happening this weekend on the UES -- a little latin music, French Institute Bastille Day, family time in the park with Hip-Hop Harry (?) and more.  And if none of the below looks appetizing, you could always tell us your thoughts on the neighborhood's best and worst bars.

Saturday, July 14
3:00p.m. to 6:00p.m.
Café Tacuba, Pacha Massive, La Sista
Central Park SummerStage www.summerstage.org
"One of Latin’s music’s strengths is its openness to outside influences, as seen with this program featuring three Latin artists who’ve incorporated rock, hip-hop and electronica into their sound."

Sunday, July 15
French Institute Bastille Day
East 60^th Street between 5^th and Lexington Aves.
1:00p.m. to 2:00p.m.

Arm-of-the-Sea Theater: At the Turning of the Tide
Great Hill (West Side from 103^rd to 107^th Streets)
"At the Turning of the Tide is a large-scale theater production that combines lusciously painted mask and puppet characters with live music in a performance spectacle celebrating the Hudson River Estuary.  Arm-of-the-Sea Theater blends art history, politics, and science to reveal the river's inner life and the community along its shores."
FREE — for all ages. For more information, please call 212-860-1370 or click here

3:00p.m. to 6:00p.m.
Global Family Day, Hip-Hop Harry, Sippy Cups, Break!
Central Park SummerStage www.summerstage.org
It's being billed as "kids music that will not bore their parents to tears."

4:00p.m. to 6:00p.m.
Harlem Meer Performance Festival
Charles A. Dana Discovery Center (Inside the Park at 110^th between Fifth and Lenox Aves.)
"Join the Conservancy for the 14th season of this popular Sunday concert series that features the best in local emerging and established Latin, Jazz, World, and Gospel artists."
Centralparknyc.org