artJuly 6 / ThuAndy Warhol’s Screen Tests
The Whitney unearths rarely seen screen tests featuring icons such as Susan Sontag and Taylor Mead as shot by Andy Warhol in the sixties.
• Time: 7pm
• Place: 945 Madison Avenue, at 75th St.; 800-944-8639
• Cost: $8
concerts
July 4 / TueBelle and Sebastian
With their recent album, The Life Pursuit, this Scottish act proved that they’re far more than easy-listening pop.
• Time: 3:30pm
• Place: Battery Park, Battery Pl. at Broadway; 212-344-3491
• Cost: Free
July 5 / WedSummer Jazz Party
Groove along with Finnish jazz guitarist Raoul Björkenheim as part of the Scandinavia House’s totally not oxymoronic Jazz House Summer Nights series featuring Nordic musicians.
• Time: 6:30pm
• Place: 58 Park Ave., between 37th and 38th Sts.; 212-879-9779
• Cost: $2-$3
July 6 / ThuBroken Social Scene
Toronto’s finest play a sure-to-be-packed concert, so get there early.
• Time: 6pm
• Place: Prospect Park Bandshell, 9th St. at Prospect Park West; 718-855-7882
• Cost: $30
Mates of State
Synth-pop, chorus-belting lovebirds Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel have been dubbed one of the best bands you’ve never heard.
• Time: 7pm
• Place: Castle Clinton National Monument, Battery Park; 212-835-2789
• Cost: Free
July 7 / FriBarrington Levy, Patrick Junior
A must-see for diehard dancehall reggae fans, the king of the genre riffs with Brooklyn’s own Patrick Junior.
• Time: 7:30pm
• Place: Prospect Park Bandshell, 9th St. at Prospect Park West; 718-855-7882
• Cost: $3 suggested donation
• See complete CelebrateBrooklyn! schedule
July 8 / SatHakim
International Arabic music star Hakim incorporates his signature electric guitar and synthesizer into the music of Egypt’s working class.
• Time: 3pm
• Place: Rumsey Playfield, Central Park; enter the park at 69th St. and Fifth Ave.
• Cost: Free
• See complete SummerStage schedule
Toshi Reagon & BIGLovely
A favorite of Elvis Costello, the singer-songwriter gets a harmonic boost when mom (and Sweet Honey in the Rock matriarch) Dr. Bernice Johnston Reagon joins in.
• Time: 7:30pm
• Place: Prospect Park Bandshell, 9th St. at Prospect Park West; 718-855-7882
• Cost: $3 suggested donation
• See complete CelebrateBrooklyn! schedule
July 9 / SunRalph’s World, Ezra Jack Keats reading with Rita Houston
Kids rocker Ralph Covert plays indie rock for tots; WFUV personality Rita Houston reads stories by Caldecott Medal winner Ezra Jack Keats.
• Time: 5pm
• Place: Prospect Park Bandshell, 9th St. at Prospect Park West; 718-855-7882
• Cost: $3 suggested donation
• See complete CelebrateBrooklyn! schedule
danceJuly 7 / FriNoche Flamenca, Roxanne Butterfly’s Worldbeats
This critically acclaimed Spanish flamenco dance troupe performs alongside a teacher of Savion Glover.
• Time: 8pm
• Place: Rumsey Playfield, Central Park; enter the park at 69th St. and Fifth Ave.
• Cost: Free
• See complete SummerStage schedule
festivalsJuly 4 / TueMacy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular
It’s just not the Fourth without it. More than 35,000 dazzling explosions light up the sky while millions of New Yorkers catch the show from rooftops, in parks, along the river, at the Promenade, on boats, and on NBC.
• Time: 9pm
• Place: East River
• Cost: Free
moviesJuly 3 / MonM*A*S*H
Robert Altman’s comedy about a team of medics (Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, and Robert Duvall) who use humor to get through the Korean War.
• Time: Lawn opens at 5pm; film begins at sunset
• Place: Bryant Park, 42nd St. at Sixth Ave.
• Cost: Free
• See complete Bryant Park schedule
July 5 / WedMean Girls
Hudson River Park’s RiverFlicks begins its Wednesday-night “One Mean Summer” series with the Tina Fey teen comedy that catapulted Lindsay Lohan to It-Girl status.
• Time: 8:30pm
• Place: Pier 54, West St. at 14th St.
• Cost: Free
• See complete RiverFlicks schedule
July 6 / ThuThe Wizard of Oz
This year, the theme for Movies with a View is “Movies in Motion”; to start it off, Judy Garland gets swept away by a tornado.
• Time: 8:30pm
• Place: Empire Fulton Ferry State Park, 26 New Dock St., at Water St.; 718-858-4708
• Cost: Free
• See complete Movies with a View schedule
July 7 / FriPirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, and Keira Knightley all return for the continuing adventures of Captain Jack Sparrow.
• Get showtimes
A Scanner Darkly
Based on Philip K. Dick’s futuristic novel of paranoia, Richard Linklater’s latest film (starring Keanu Reeves) is overlaid with animation a la Waking Life.
• Get showtimes
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
RiverFlicks’ familial Friday night series opens with the claymation British hit that won this year’s Oscar for Best Animated Feature.
• Time: 8:30pm
• Place: Pier 46, West St. at Charles St.
• Cost: Free
• See complete RiverFlicks schedule
July 8 / SatTaxi Driver
This 1970s paean to New York’s underbelly was a career peak for Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, and screenwriter Paul Schrader.
• Time: 8:30pm
• Place: Coney Island Museum, 1208 Surf Ave., between Stillwell Ave. and W. 12th St.
• Cost: $5
• See complete Coney Island schedule
nightlifeJuly 1 / SatWarm Up
The 10-year-reunion of Body & Soul reunites Danny Krivit, François K., and Joe Claussell, and marks opening night for P.S. 1’s popular summer music series.
• Time: 3pm
• Place: P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, 22-25 Jackson Ave., at Forty-Sixth Ave.;718-784-2084
• Cost: $10
sportsJuly 4 / TueNathan’s International Hot Dog Eating Contest
The competitive food-eating world is abuzz about the upcoming showdown between four-time defending champ Takeru Kobayashi and recent American record-breaker Joey Chestnut who downed 50 dogs in 12 minutes.
• Time: noon
• Place: Nathan’s, 1310 Surf Ave., at Stillwell Ave.; 718-946-2202
• Cost: Free
July 6 / ThuNew York Liberty vs. Sacramento Monarchs
Celebrating their 10th season of play, the Liberty take on the defending WNBA champion Sacramento Monarchs.
• Time: 7:30pm
• Place: Madison Square Garden, 4 Penn Plz., between 31st and 33rd Sts.; 212-465-6073
• Cost: $10-$229.50
theaterJuly 3, 5-9 / Mon, Wed-SunShakespeare in the Park: Macbeth
Moisés Kaufman (I Am My Own Wife) directs Liev Schreiber in Shakespeare’s political thriller. The final performance is Friday.
• Time: 8pm
• Place: The Delacorte Theater, Central Park (use the 79th Street and Fifth Ave. entrance and follow the footpath); 212-539-8750
• Cost: Free
Compiled by Leaya Lee and E. J. Samson
Contributors: Sara Cardace, Elizabeth Cline, Joe DeLessio, and Kaija Helmetag