{"id":12324,"date":"2010-06-09T08:00:01","date_gmt":"2010-06-09T12:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/?p=12324"},"modified":"2013-04-28T00:17:33","modified_gmt":"2013-04-28T04:17:33","slug":"celebrate-brooklyn-prospect-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/12324\/celebrate-brooklyn-prospect-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Brooklyn! The Best of the Performing Arts Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The clock on summer\u2019s unofficial countdown will end tonight when the 32nd season of Celebrate Brooklyn!<\/strong> opens the gates for its annual performing arts festival. Their 30 days of programming\u2014organized by BRIC Arts Media\u2014will take festival goers on an international journey from the circumference of its local stage. <\/p>\n

Rain or shine, this year\u2019s lineup begins with Brooklyn\u2019s own jazz crooner, Norah Jones, who will also be honored for her artistic achievement during Celebrate Brooklyn\u2019s opening night gala. Curated series like The American Express Roots Music Series will bring Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club, The Red Clay Ramblers, and soul act Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings. Bud Light\u2019s Latin Music Series delivers the heat of Colombia with alternative group Bomba Estero. While the Music&Movies Series covers everything from the scores of Chaplin, sounds of India, including famed \u201cindie hindi\u201d artist Falu, and a screening of “House of Usher” preluded by an original score by Marco Benevento.<\/p>\n

Mark your calendars and prepare to wait in line for a soul moving and handclapping experience by OkayAfrica with the Roots and Talib Kweli on Sunday, July 11th. Expand your cultural horizon by checking out the The Low Anthem who\u2019ll share the stage with Oscar-winning songwriters from The Swell Season on July 30th. The following evening, you won\u2019t want to miss the interactive choreography of Zoom: ZviDance on July 1st where the sounds and lights of PDA\u2019s and cell phones will be encouraged.<\/p>\n

Once again Transportation Alternatives<\/a> (TA) is partnering with BRIC Arts Media to supply the demand for bike parking. According to Ryan Nuckel, development director of Transportation Alternatives, bicycling has more than doubled in New York City in just the last five years. \u201cLast year we parked 4,300 bikes at the CB Bike Zone. What could be better than hopping on your bike on a warm summer night and taking the green lane to a free concert in the park?\u201d said Nuckel.<\/p>\n

We at oM couldn\u2019t have said it better ourselves.<\/p>\n

How to get there:<\/strong> You can get to the Prospect Park Bandshell from the city\u2019s oldest bike lane (Ocean Parkway, built in 1894) or its newest (Prospect Park West, built just this month). If you’re wheel-less, <\/em>take the Coney Island Bound F train to 15th street\/Prospect Park Station. 2 or 3 trains to Grand Army Plaza or the B-68, B-69, or B-75 buses to Prospect park West & Ninth Street. (Celebrate Brooklyn! at The Bandshell, Prospect Park West and Ninth Street, 718.855.7882, bricartsmedia.org<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The clock on summer\u2019s unofficial countdown will end tonight when the 32nd season of Celebrate Brooklyn! opens the gates for its annual performing arts festival. Their 30 days of programming\u2014organized by BRIC Arts Media\u2014will take festival goers on an international journey from the circumference of its local stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[766,224,320],"tags":[381,293,81,49,133],"class_list":{"0":"post-12324","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-archive","7":"category-arts","8":"category-brooklyn-outer-boroughs-destination","9":"tag-biking","10":"tag-budget-friendly","11":"tag-concerts","12":"tag-cultural-activities","13":"tag-outdoors"},"acf":[],"mv":{"thumbnail_id":null,"thumbnail_uri":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12324\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}