Events Calender August 2007

Daily Events in NYC, New York, USA

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Starry Nights

01 August 2007 - 31 August 2007

American Museum of Natural History
Friday Only, 6pm- 7pm and 7.30pm-8.30pm
For the full New York City glitz factor, live jazz beneath the glorious Hayden Sphere at the Rose Center for Earth and Space is spot on. Just off Central Park and housed in quite possibly the most awesome space centre in the world, it makes for a dazzling way to kick off your weekend.

The Police

01 August 2007 & 03 August 2007

Madison Square Garden, Manhattan.
01 August 2007 & 03 August 2007, 7.30 PM
The Police enjoyed phenomenal international success in the early Eighties with their infectious pop, driven by Stuart Copeland's phenomenal drumming, Sting's basslines and Andy Summers' wiry guitar riffs.

Harlem Week 2007

01 August 2007 - 31 August 2007

Harlem Week is in fact a month-long outdoor festival, held every year during August. It celebrates Harlem's rich and diverse culture by organising a range of activities from jazz concerts, block parties and fashion shows to fund-raisers and city tours.
Harlem Week 2007

Scion Easy 10 Film Series 2007

02 August 2007

Sandbox Studio, NYC, 250 Hudson Street, 11th Floor
The Scion Easy 10 Film Series is a new project launched this year that brings together the best and the brightest upcoming filmmakers to create a short 15-20 minute film.
Scion Easy 10 Film Series 2007

Beyoncé

04 August 2007

2 Pennsylvania Plaza, 7th Ave 10001, Madison Square Garden, NY
Saturday, August 4, 2007, 7.30pm
Beyoncé's tour on the back of her second solo album, B'Day, comes to Madison Square Garden in Manhattan.

15th Annual Ship & Boat Model Festival

04 August 2007

South Street Seaport Museum, NY
Saturday, August 4, 2007, 1:00-4:00pm
Art of the High Seas: Build a Boat
Join South Street Seaport Museum for the annual Ship and Boat Model Festival! Explore the Museum's fleet of historic ships, enjoy the spectacular view from Pier 16 and learn about the art of model boat making. Families with children 4-12 are encouraged to participate in building a simple model boat. Tall ship Peking at Pier 16.

Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival

04 August 2007 - 05 August 2007

Meadow Lake in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, NY
The Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York is an annual sporting and multicultural event held in August on Meadow Lake in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens, New York to celebrate the fifth moon (or the fifth month) of the lunar calendar.
Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival 2007

Chinatown Summer Festival 2007

05 August 2007

Sunday 5th August, 11AM - 5PM
Baxter & Elizabeth Streets
Celebrating immigrants: past, present, and chinatown in 2030

New York Shakespeare Festival

07 August 2007 - 09 September 2007

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
Written by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Directed by DANIEL SULLIVAN
The Public Theater, NY
New York Shakespeare Festival 2007

New York International Fringe Festival 2007

10 August 2007 - 26 August 2007

17 Irving Place 10003, Manhattan
The New York International Fringe Festival, or FringeNYC, is a Fringe theater festival and one of the largest multi-arts events in North America. It takes place over the course of two weeks every August, spread across several neighborhoods in downtown New York City, notably the Lower East Side, the East Village, and Greenwich Village.
New York International Fringe Festival 2007

1st Annual New York State Yo-Yo Contest and International Yo-Yo Open

11 August 2007

Fulton & South Streets, New York
The 1st Annual New York State Yo-Yo Contest and International Yo-Yo Open brings the world's best yo-yo players to the Big Apple for a day of entertainment, education, and eye-popping yo-yo ability.
New York State Yo-Yo Contest and International Yo-Yo Open 2007

Dominican Republican Day Parade

13 August 2007

6th Avenue from 36th Street to 62nd Street

V-J Day in Times Square

14 August 2007
Military Island, at the intersection of Broadway and 7th Avenue between 43rd and 44th Streets.
On the anniversary of the end of World War II, the Times Square Alliance invites couples from all generations and of all types to celebrate again in Times Square, in honor of the US Armed forces and in celebration of the universal ideals of peace, love and hope.
V-J Day in Times Square

Bachchan sandhya 2007 in New York City

18 August 2007

AveryFisher, Lincoln Center, NYC, New York
A literary & Cultural Festival in celebration of the 60th anniversary of India's Independence and the Centenary of the celebrated Hindi poet and literatteur (late) DR. HARIVANSH RAI BACHCHAN.
Bachchan sandhya 2007 in New York City

India Independence Day Parade

19 August 2007

Madison Avenue from 41st to 23rd Streets

India Independence Day Parade 2007

Blues Barbecue and Fireworks

19 August 2007

Pier 54, New York City, USA
2pm-9pm
Catch free live blues by the water at Pier 54, part of the Hudson River Park's annual summer of fun. Top bands play at this one-day mini festival and, to get things really sizzling, a barbecue and fireworks are thrown in too.

The Annual Summer Salon

23 August 2007

Kaufmann Auditorium, American Museum of Natural History
Members and friends of the NY Stereoscopic Society show new 3D work or favorites from the collection. Some amazing things come out of the woodwork for this event. The new Brackett Projector will be ready for your standard Realist-mount slides. We will also project digital anaglyph images. (1024 x 768 pixels, red left)

Charlie Parker Jazz Festival 2007

25 August 2007 - 26 August 2007

Marcus Garvey Park, New York
The Charlie Parker Jazz Festival in New York City will mark its 15th anniversary in August of 2007. Presented by City Parks Foundation, the free festival celebrates Parker, his musical legacy, and the neighborhoods of Harlem and the Lower East Side where Parker himself lived and worked.
Charlie Parker Jazz Festival 2007

Pakistan Independence Day Parade

26 August 2007

Madison Avenue from 41st to 26th Streets

US Open Tennis 2007 in New York

27 August 2007 - 09 September 2007

US Open will be held from 27 August to 9 September 2007, at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, New York City.
US Open Tennis 2007

Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival

31 July 2007 - 25 August 2007

A major festival fixture in New York's calendar since 1966, shortly after the Lincoln Center had opened, the annual summer jamboree that is the Mostly Mozart Festival takes over Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall and Alice Tully Hall (closed for renovation in 2007 and 2008) as well as the Rose and New York State Theaters for four weeks every late July and August.
Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival

Dateline Israel: New Photography and Video Art

10 March 2007 - 15 August 2007
The Jewish Museum, New York City, USA
Sat-Wed 11am-5.45pm; Thu 11am-8pm
US$12; seniors US$10; students US$7.50; children under 12 free
Manhattan's Jewish Museum presents an exhibition examining how art about Israel has changed since 2000, when a prolonged period of conflict between the state of Israel and the Palestinians, the Second Intifada, began. Forty-eight works by 23 artists examine the common identification between Israel and conflict, combining landscapes, reportage, portraits, photography and video in a comprehensive artistic review.

Divisionism/Neo-Impressionism: Arcadia and Anarchy

27 April 2007 - 06 August 2007
Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York City, USA
Fri-Wed 10am-5.45pm (until 7.45pm Fri)
US$18; students & seniors US$15; under 12s free
The Guggenheim presents an examination of the Italian Divisionists and their relationship to Neo-Impressionism. Around 40 paintings demonstrate the distinctive painting style which stems from colour theory and optics, and by which dots and dashes are built up to create complex paintings.

HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival

18 June 2007 - 20 August 2007

This series of free, outdoor, classic movie screenings is on Monday nights throughout the summer in Bryant Park, Manhattan and is a hugely popular event on the New York calendar. In the rare event that it rains, films are screened at sunset the following night.
HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival 2007

Summer in the Square

27 June 2007 - 15 August 2007

Union Square, celebrates summer each Wednesday throughout July and August with a series of free concerts, storytelling and dance performances. The festivities begin at lunchtime with live bands, storytelling takes place at teatime and dance performances kick off after that, all on the centre lawn of Union Square Park.
Summer in the Square 2007

Burlesque on the Beach

04 May 2007 - 21 September 2007
Coney Island, one of the oldest amusement parks in the world and referred to by one observer as "Sodom by the Sea", sees the return of the Burlesque on the Beach programme this summer.
Burlesque on the Beach

Harlem Meer Performance Festival

27 May 2007 - 30 September 2007

The Harlem Meer Performance Festival returns to the lakefront plaza at the Charles A Dana Discovery Center in Central Park for another season of sumptuous Sunday music performances.
Harlem Meer Performance Festival

Hudson Riverflicks

11 July 2007 - 24 August 2007

Pier 54, New York City, USA
Wed and Fri only, Films start at sunset or around 8.30pm
From July until late August, free films are shown down by the riverside and out beneath the stars in Manhattan - on Wednesday nights at Pier 54 and on Fridays at Pier 46. In a romantic setting, Hudson Riverflicks entertains with cult classics and free popcorn.

Architects of the New York City Subway, Part II: Squire Vickers and the Subway's Modern Age

30 July 2007 - 28 October 2007
Located in the Transit Museum's Gallery Annex in the Shuttle Passage, this exhibit is the second feature that will display the work of Squire J. Vickers. Admission is free.

Gold

18 November 2006 - 19 August 2007
American Museum of Natural History, New York City, USA
US$14; seniors & student (with ID) US$10.50; 2-12 yrs US$8
10am-5.45pm (until 8.45pm Fri & Sat); closed Thanksgiving and Christmas Days
This exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History documents the scientific and cultural significance of one of the world's most coveted elements: gold. A tour around a room made entirely of gold, demonstrations on how gold is located, mined and processed and precious objects from a number of private and public museums around the world are a few of the many highlights you can expect.

New York Rises: Photographs by Eugene de Salignac

04 May 2007 - 04 September 2007
Museum of the City of New York, New York City, USA
US$9; concessions US$5; families US$20; under 13s free
Tue-Sun 10am-5pm
Working as a photographer for the New York City Department of Bridges/Plant and Structures, Eugene de Salignac took tens of thousands of photographs as the city assumed its remarkable shape. His pictures document the birth of a new type of city, one defined by a distinctively modern, industrial aesthetic. This exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York features 50 of these astonishing and rarely-seen images.

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Events Calender August 2007

Daily Events in NYC, New York, USA