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Event recommendation: Asian American Arts Alliance’s Locating the Sacred Festival explores “sacred” in New York with music, dance, exhibitions and talks.

September 12-23, 2012 | New York City
12 Days – 25 Events – 5 Boroughs – 300 Artists

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(NEW YORK, 20 August 2012)— From an inflatable Buddha on the East River to a flash mob in Washington Square Park, the Asian American Arts Alliance’s Locating the Sacred Festival promises all New Yorkers a chance to glimpse the sublime and the sacred in everyday life. In the wake of the shootings at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin and as the eleventh anniversary of 9/11 approaches, New Yorkers are reminded that opportunities for greater cultural understanding are never more important.

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Recommended Event: The 8th Annual NY Gypsy Fest, Sept 8 – 30, 2012

The NY Gypsy Festival celebrates its seventh year with another outstanding performance schedule and a total of nine shows from Sept 8 – September 30, 2012.

Highlights include the return of the mighty Romanian Gypsy band FANFARE CIOCARLIA (their first show in 9 years!), the stunning Andalucian dancer and singer ELENA ANDUJAR from Spain, Balkan funk & jazz masters NY GYPSY ALL-STARS, Italian/Canadian swing-folk artist MARCO CALLIARI and NY’s very own eclectic blues-alt band HAZMAT MODINE.

The festival will also feature the flamenco jazz sounds of ARIADNA CASTELLANOS, Canadian party brass band ROMA CARNIVALE, the powerful all-star collective SWAY MACHINERY, the Gypsy cabaret stylings of Portland’s SEPIATONIC, Berlin’s queen of Balkan Beats, the uber-ecletic DJ IPEK. For the first time this year the festival will include a film screening, a Romani music workshop and a brass battle for the benefit of ZLATNE USTE’S GOLDEN FESTIVAL.

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Recommended Event: 8th Annual AFROPUNK Festival!

Erykah Badu, Gym Class Heroes, Janelle Monae, Das Racist, Skindred, Toro Y Moi, Reggie Watts, The AFROPUNK FESTIVAL is returning to Brooklyn’s Commodore Barry Park for the 8h Annual Afro-punk Festival on August 25-26.

The 2012 festival has the most stellar line up yet with Erykah Badu, Gym Class Heroes, Janelle Monae, Das Racist, Toro Y Moi, Reggie Watts, Spank Rock, Ninjasonik, The Memorials, Bad Rabbits, Gordon Voidwell, Cerebral Ballzy, Phony Ppl, Body Language, and more to be added! In addition, the Nike Battle For the Streets Skate Competition, the largest street skate competition in NYC will return this year with the nation’s top amateur skaters in a competition to be judged by top professionals in both sports.

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Event Recommendation: Two Boots 25th Anniversary Concert feat. Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars, Hosted by Luis Guzman

Date: Thursday, August 23, 2012
Time: 5:00pm until 9:00pm
Venue: East Village Ampitheater
Ticket: free

Music by: Sierra Leone’s Refugee All-Stars – Mamarazzi – Odetta Hartman & Friends – Himalayas – the Whiskeyhickon Boys

Art by: 4Heads Collective – Free Arts Society – Lizzy Grandsaert & Kat Carrotflower’s Live Painting – Homespun Mini-Merry-Go-Round

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Event feature: CHARLIE PARKER JAZZ FESTIVAL WEEK AUGUST 17 – 26

A full week of FREE concerts, workshops and discussions 

The Charlie Parker Jazz Festival annually assembles some of the finest musicians in the world who reflect Parker’s musical individuality and genius, to promote appreciation for this highly influential and world-renowned artist. In celebration of the 20th anniversary, City Parks Foundation will be presenting a variety of events, panels, and workshops leading up to the weekend festival that will help celebrate the legacy of Charlie Parker and further illuminate jazz in a diverse way. See below for the complete schedule of events!

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