2003 Celebrate Brooklyn! Performance Schedule
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All performers, dates and times subject to change
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Thursday, June 12, 2003
8:00pm
JOAN ARMATRADING
For 30 years she has been one of popular music’s most original and inspiring artists, and she kicks off our 25th Anniversary Season with a rare FREE performance.
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25TH BIRTHDAY PARTY GALA
5:30PM
Join us for a pre-concert gala in honor of our 25th season. Gala attendees will enjoy cocktails, dinner & dancing plus exclusive reserved concert seats for the performance.
Tickets $250 and up. Call (718) 855-7882 x12
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Friday, June 13
7:30pm
SPANISH HARLEM ORCHESTRA
ALFREDO DE LA FE
Authentic NYC salsa doesn’t come any hotter than the Spanish Harlem Orchestra.
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Saturday, June 14
7:30pm
BLACKALICIOUS
SEKOU SUNDIATA
Blackalicious, one of the most furiously articulate, soulful, and eclectic rap groups on the planet, brings its progressive West Coast flavor to the Big Apple.
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Please Note: Unfortunately, some of our early promotional material listed Mos Def for June 14. Due to a scheduling conflict he will not be appearing at Celebrate Brooklyn this summer.
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Friday, June 20
7:30pm
ROSANNE CASH
NATALIE MACMASTER
Rosanne Cash has made a triumphant return with her first studio album in a decade. Performing live, she proudly lives up to one of the great names in American music.
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Saturday, June 21
7:30pm
BENEFIT CONCERT:
ERYKAH BADU
$50 ADVANCE / $60 DAY OF SHOW
The iconoclastic R&B princess and two time Grammy Award winner graces the Bandshell with her voice of liquid fire in a concert to benefit Celebrate Brooklyn.
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Sunday, June 22
6:00pm
THE SAW DOCTORS
PADRAIG STEVENS
Irish roots-rock champions The Saw Doctors make a triumphant return to Brooklyn for one of their legendary shows.
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Friday, June 27
7:30pm
THE ABYSSINIANS
MARCIA DAVIS & OUTRO
Roots revolutionaries The Abyssinians changed the face of reggae with their dark melodies, honey-smooth harmonies, and transcendent Rastafarian spirituality.
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Saturday, June 28
7:30pm
"CAME SO FAR FOR BEAUTY"
AN EVENING OF SONGS BY LEONARD COHEN UNDER THE STARS
with
LAURIE ANDERSON
NICK CAVE
THE HANDSOME FAMILY
KATE & ANNA MCGARRIGLE
LINDA THOMPSON
TEDDY THOMPSON
RUFUS WAINWRIGHT
MARTHA WAINWRIGHT
Special Guests
PERLA BATALLA and JULIE CHRISTENSEN
Also...
STEVE BERNSTEIN
ROB BURGER
MARC RIBOT
PRODUCED BY HAL WILLNER
A host of special guest performers — including some surprise additions that will have you rubbing your eyes in disbelief — fête Canadian poet/songwriter extraordinaire Leonard Cohen with interpretations of his music and writing in a once-in-a-lifetime concert. Visionary music producer Hal Willner presides over the proceedings with his signature off-kilter genius for curating live shows. This event is supported by the Canadian Consulate General New York.
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Thursday, July 3
8:00pm
LINCOLN CENTER JAZZ ORCHESTRA
WITH WYNTON MARSALIS
Friends of Celebrate Brooklyn at the "Close Friend" level and above are invited to an exclusive pre-concert reception. Click here for information on how to become a Friend of Celebrate Brooklyn.
Wynton Marsalis leads the incomparable LCJO back to CB for an evening of world-class jazz from its vast repertoire.
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Saturday, July 5
7:30pm
CUCO VALOY
NUEVA ERA
Grand master salsero/merenguero Cuco Valoy, known as El Brujo, (the Sorcerer), has endured as one of the Dominican Republic’s greatest singers
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Friday, July 11
8:00pm
DANCE BRAZIL
Dance Brazil dedicates itself to introducing the delights of Afro-Brazilian movement to America.
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Saturday, July 12
7:30pm
CHAVA ALBERSTEIN
EVE'S WOMEN
With a career spanning nearly 50 albums, Chava Alberstein is one of Israel’s most dynamic and important musicians and an international folk icon — world music’s answer to Joan Baez.
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Thursday, July 17
7:30pm
FILM SERIES:
THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON — IN 3-D!!!
with THE JAZZ PASSENGERS
GUY KLUCEVESEK & PHILLIP JOHNSTON
Creature feature! Led by sax guru Roy Nathanson, The Jazz Passengers do a radio play-style take on the 1954 3-D camp classic Creature From the Black Lagoon, turning off the sound and doing the voices and music themselves as the film rolls.
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Friday, July 18
7:30pm
STEPHEN MALKMUS & JICKS
SHANNON McNALLY AND THE FIVE POINTS BAND
The mastermind behind Pavement, the 1990s’ most influential (and wickedly playful) indie rock outfit, Malkmus has continued his musical innovation with new band the Jicks.
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Saturday, July 19
7pm
THE DEREK TRUCKS BAND
TONY TRISCHKA BAND
SCRAPOMATIC
Slide guitar wunderkind Derek Trucks churns out a blazing mix of blues, R&B, early rock & roll, and classic jazz with startling virtuosity.
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Thursday, July 24
7:30pm
FILM SERIES: BLACK PIRATE
with ALLOY ORCHESTRA
ETHEL
Death and revenge on the high seas! Come see the ever-exhilarating Alloy Orchestra perform its new original score to The Black Pirate.
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Friday, July 25
8:00pm
BROOKLYN PHILHARMONIC
with LILLIAS WHITE
Friends of Celebrate Brooklyn at the "Close Friend" level and above are invited to an exclusive pre-concert reception. Click here for information on how to become a Friend of Celebrate Brooklyn.
The divine Lillias White, borough native and Broadway superstar lends her heavenly voice to the Brooklyn Philharmonic for a performance full of show-stopping selections from the American songbook.
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Saturday, July 26
2:00 - 9:00
AFRICAN FESTIVAL:
OLIVER MTUKUDZI AND THE BLACK SPIRITS - 7pm
DIBLO DIBALA & MATCHATCHA - 5:30pm
VUSI MAHLASELA - 4:30pm
DOMINIC KANZA - 3:30pm
KWAKU KWAAKYE OBENG - 2:30pm
Enjoy a full day of music from all over Africa. From rap to Congolese Rumba to masterful drumming there's something to move everyone's body and spirit.
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Please Note: Salif Keita has cancelled his US Tour and will not be performing at Celebrate Brooklyn as originally scheduled.
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Friday, August 1
7:30pm
FILM SERIES: VERTIGO
THE FOUR BAGS
Hitchcock’s phobia classic Vertigo lights up our massive screen with a deadly game of deceit and intrigue played out on the rooftops of San Francisco.
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Saturday, August 2
7:30pm
DONNIE
JODY WATLEY
With roots deep in gospel, the voice of an R&B angel, and royal blood running in his veins (he’s Marvin Gaye’s second cousin), superstar-in-the-making Donnie is the smoothest new addition to the reigning neo-soul pantheon. Pop diva Jody Watley is fabulous as ever.
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Sunday, August 3
2:00 - 9:00pm
Budweiser Latin Music Series
INDIA
BORICUA FESTIVAL
India headlines our Boricua festival, a celebration of Puerto Rican culture for the whole family featuring food, crafts, and a some great local artists to keep you dancing into the evening.
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Wednesday, August 6
7:30pm
KEELY GARFIELD
JAMEL GAINES
Choreographers-in-residence Garfield and Gaines hold an open rehearsal/lecture/workshop at the Prospect Park Picnic House to share their methods and Techniques used in creating new work for Celebrate Brooklyn.
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Thursday, August 7
7:30pm
FILM SERIES: GUYS AND DOLLS
THE HOWARD FISHMAN QUARTET
Brando sings, Sinatra acts, and a Roaring ‘20s New York is awash in lowlife crooks and high stakes gamblers in Guys and Dolls, the wide-screen cinemascope musical to end all musicals.
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Friday, August 8
8:00pm
KEELY GARFIELD
CREATIVE OUTLET DANCE THEATER OF BROOKLYN
Rising star choreographers Jamel Gaines, founder of the Creative Outlet, and Keely Garfield each present electrifying new works commissioned by Celebrate Brooklyn!
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Saturday, August 9
7:00pm
Budweiser Latin Music Series
CAFÉ TACUBA
YERBA BUENA
SIDESTEPPER
Heating up traditional Latin music with a volcanic deluge of ska, rock, and hip hop, the unstoppable Café Tacuba has been Mexico’s most exciting and creative band for more than a decade.
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Tuesday, August 19
7pm
BENEFIT CONCERT:
BELLE & SEBASTIAN
$35
Not since the Kinks has a pop band made music as thoughtfully literate and melodic as the stuff turned out by Scotland's BELLE & SEBASTIAN. The group performs a rare concert to benefit Celebrate Brooklyn.
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Tickets are also available at Other Music, 15 East 4th St NYC, 212-477-8150.
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