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  Celebrate Brooklyn! 2001 Schedule Archive

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Thursday ~ June 21 ~ 7:30
MARCIA BALL
Striding her way across the piano, rollicking singer and songwriter Marcia Ball is east Texas blues meets southwest Louisiana swamp rock. She's "simply the best female live performer working the blues circuit today. Nobody makes a piano bounce like boogie-woogie queen, Marcia Ball" - Tampa Tribune.
Friends of CB opening night pre-concert reception. See Friends of Celebrate Brooklyn! for details.
Marcia Ball Website | Purchase Music from Marcia Ball

Friday ~ June 22 ~ 7:30
SOULIVE / DAVID PILGRIM
Deep-grooved & funk-fueled, Soulive has arrived in a major way. The new-school organ trio is steeped in soul-jazz and breaking new ground, incorporating the dance music of the day - hip hop, old-school soul, dub, funk and rock. Trinidadian, David Pilgrim, born on an island paradise, grown in a hard city, reflects a New World Caribbean steel pan beat unlike either one.
Soulive Website | Purchase Music from Soulive
David Pilgrim Website | Purchase Music from David Pilgrim

Saturday ~ June 23 ~ 7:30
MANDRILL / FREE RADICALS
These multicultural funk innovators and Bed-Stuy natives triumphantly return to Celebrate Brooklyn! with their blend of funk, rock & salsa that has been credited with shaping the musical history of the 70's. "Free Radicals' riffs stretch from jazz to funk to ska - sometimes in the same song" - Orange County Weekly.
Mandrill Website | Purchase Music from Mandrill
Purchase Music from Free Radicals

Friday ~ June 29 ~ 7:30
OLODUM / NEGO GATO
This 24 strong Afro-Brazilian samba horde have been delighting audiences with their resounding percussion, intoxicating rhythms, and mesmerizing vocals. Known for their work with Paul Simon, Olodum has spread their joy from Bahia to the world. Nego Gato kicks up a storm with Capoeira moves and indigenous rhythms. Artist Speak! @ 6:30. See below for details.
Olodum Website | Purchase Music from Olodum
Nego Gato Website

Saturday ~ June 30 ~ 7:30
JUNOON / CHURCH OF BETTY
Hailing from Pakistan is the international phenomenon Junoon in a rare New York appearance. South-Asia's superstars of Sufi-rock perform hip Paki pop... mystical, inspiring and bewitching. Church of Betty melts together soaring eastern vocals, sitars, tablas and a western back beat. Artist Speak! @ 6:30. See below for details.
Junoon Website | Purchase Music from Junoon
Church of Betty Website | Purchase Music from Church of Betty

Friday ~ July 6 ~ 7:30
LOS AMIGOS INVISIBLES / JULIETA VENEGAS
Heavily indebted to funk, disco and acid jazz, Los Amigos Invisibles is a dance band from Venezuela who created a big buzz with a series of underground dance parties in the clubs of Caracas until they were 'discovered’ by David Byrne and signed to his Luaka Bop label. Critically acclaimed alter-Latina, Julieta Venegas is the Mexican answer to PJ Harvey, Fiona Apple and the Violent Femmes... a sultry mix of intimate rock, bossa nova, and electronica. This event is presented in collaboration with the Latin Alternative Music Conference & supported by The Mexican Cultural Institute of New York. Friends of CB pre-concert EnVivo party. See Friends of Celebrate Brooklyn! for details.
Purchase Music from Nortec Collective
Purchase Music from Julieta Venegas

Saturday ~ July 7 ~ 7:30
BROOKLYN PHILHARMONIC
A 3-century journey through Brooklyn's diverse musical surroundings with the borough's world-class symphony featuring its fabulous Assistant Conductor, and Brooklynite, Alexander Mikelthwate.
Brooklyn Philharmonic Website | Purchase Music from Brooklyn Philharmonic

Thursday ~ July 12 ~ 7:30
MIRI BEN-ARI / ESTA
Israeli violinist Miri Ben-Ari is bringing a new sound to the world of urban music. She sets her band on fire with blazin' beats and "...plays the violin like her life depended on it." - The Village Voice. The Israeli worldbeat/jazz-fusion quartet Esta takes risks, mingling Middle Eastern and Mediterranean with jazz, Scottish/Celtic music, rock and funk forming veritable world beat a-go-go. This event is supported by the New York-Israel Cultural Cooperation Commission. Artist Speak! @ 6:30. See below for details.
Purchase Music from Miri Ben-Ari

Friday ~ July 13 ~ 7:30
CHEB MAMI / TRANS-GLOBAL UNDERGROUND
Even before his recent hit single with Sting, Algerian superstar Cheb Mami was at the top of the world called Rai. He blends urban Arabic rock 'n roll with the virtues of traditional music, and ancient melodies with familiar rap, turning the genre into a futuristic dance/funk with power to pack the dance floors of North Africa, Paris and New York. Trans-Global's ethno-techno collides rhythms and style with complete disregard for genre.
Cheb Mami Website | Purchase Music from Cheb Mami
Purchase Music from Trans-Global Underground

Saturday ~ July 14 ~ 7:30
RUBÉN BLADES / JIMMY BOSCH
Panamanian singer, actor & activist Rubén Blades makes a rare performance with his new band, Editus at Celebrate Brooklyn! With his salsa dura style, marked by searing melodies and soulful rhythms, Jimmy Bosch's gifted trombone playing has placed him in the royal court of Latin music, performing and recording with artists like Celia Cruz, Mark Anthony, and the Fania All Stars. Friends of CB pre-concert EnVivo party. See Friends of Celebrate Brooklyn! for details.
Jimmy Bosch Website | Purchase Music from Jimmy Bosch

Thursday ~ July 19 ~ 7:30
FILM: METROPOLIS W/ALLOY ORCHESTRA / DJ SULTAN 32
Fritz Lang's infamous 1927 silent film pits corrupt capitalists against the will of the workers. The Alloy Orchestra's score played on industrial junk and gizmos is at once disturbing and voluptuous. "Those who have heard Alloy Orchestra's accompaniments are consistently left in awe" - The New York Post (1hr:20mn @ 8:40). DJ Sultan 32 sets the mood as the sun sets with his own spinning take on the movie.
Alloy Orchestra Website | Purchase Music from Alloy Orchestra

Saturday ~ July 21 ~ 7:30
BULLFROG featuring KID KOALA / KINNIE STARR
Groovy, jazzy Bullfrog with champion mixer and renowned hip-hop turntablist Kid Koala take you on a trip that places scratch happy spinning over live funk jams. "Down, dirty and damn well out there. Nothing like seeing a DJ with a bad-ass live band" - Meanstreet. Vancouver's Kinnie Starr delivers ambient dub hip hop with a feminist half-breed bent. This event is supported by the Canadian Consulate General-New York.
BullFrog featuring Kid Koala Website or BullFrog featuring Kid Koala Website | Kinnie Starr Website

Thursday ~ July 26 ~ 7:30
FILM: REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE / THE MOTH
James Dean invents teenage angst in this timeless (1955) Hollywood classic of rebellious youth. Shown in colorful wide-screen Cinemascope (1hr:51mn @ 9:05). The Moth, a downtown story-telling slam collective will weave surprising tall-tales before the film.

Friday ~ July 27 ~ 7:30
THE NEW YORK POPS
In their 4th annual Summermusic concert at CB, Maestro Skitch Henderson previews the Richard Rodgers centennial by celebrating the sound of his music and a special tribute to Rodgers, Hammerstein and Hart in an exploration of their American music legacy. Friends of CB pre-concert reception. See Friends of Celebrate Brooklyn! for details.
Purchase Music from New York Pops

Saturday ~ July 28 ~ 7:30
THE HOLY BODY TATTOO / STEREOTYPE
The hard hitting Vancouver based multi-media dance troupe The Holy Body Tattoo performs Our Brief Eternity featuring texts by cyber kings William Gibson and Chris Halcrow with sounds of ambient tribal music and scintillating dancing in front of shuddering films and images. THBT is athletic dance at its most anguished and angular. "Utterly Compelling" - The Stage, London. Stereotype is known across Canada for their scene busting high-energy theatrics some call "punk performance art." Now they are fast becoming Williamsburg's hottest power-pop outfit. This event is supported by the Canadian Consulate General-New York. The Holy Body Tattoo Website

Wednesday ~ August 1 ~ 7:30
CHOREOGRAPHERS-IN-RESIDENCE
Ben Munisteri and the choreographic collective rhythMEK hold an open rehearsal/lecture/demonstration at the Prospect Park Picnic House to share their methods and techniques.

Thursday ~ August 2 ~ 7:30
FILM: THE BLUE ANGEL W/THE BQE PROJECT / GLORIA DELUXE
In the role that made her an international star, Marlene Dietrich is Lola Lola in The Blue Angel (1930). A masterpiece of German grotesquerie set in a dark nightmare world, a stuffy professor falls blindly in love with a cabaret entertainer who proceeds to strip him of his dignity. Original score performed live by The BQE project (1hr:33mn @ 8:35). Brooklyn's Gloria Deluxe transforms itself from a Berlin lounge house band to the last act in a Nashville bar, weaving wry fables along the way.
Gloria Deluxe Website

Friday ~ August 3 ~ 7:30
CULTURE / JUDAH ESKENDER TAFARI
Joseph Hill's classic reggae vocal trio has been hailed as prophetic visionaries, and since their inception in the mid-'70s Culture has been an influential group, calling Jamaica's poor to rise up in peace and fight against oppression. Juda Eskender Tafari and his players deliver their message with potent rock-steady reggae.
Purchase Music from Culture

Saturday ~ August 4 ~ 7:30
BEN MUNISTERI DANCE PROJECTS / rhythMEK
Ben Munisteri's post-modern work respects classical form while defying its limitations. He's been called a choreographic visionary with a club-kid edge. RhythMEK--Michael Thomas, Elizabeth Roxas and Karine Plantadit-Bageot (former stars of the Alvin Ailey dance company) create works of insight and passion for their new choreographic collective. Both companies will present new work-in-progress commissioned by Celebrate Brooklyn!
Ben Munisteri Dance Projects Website
RhythMEK Website

Tuesday ~ August 7 ~ 7:30
EMMYLOU HARRIS - Benefit Performance
Emmylou Harris will perform a concert to benefit Celebrate Brooklyn! on Tuesday, August 7 at 7:30pm. $45 reserved; $25 general admission. Tickets available at sfx.com, Ticketmaster or by phoning 212/307-7171. Tickets without services charges are available at the Irving Plaza Box Office (Mon-Fri, noon-6pm and Sat, 1-5pm) and at all Celebrate Brooklyn! performances.

Thursday ~ August 9 ~ 7:30
FILM: AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS / THE MOTH
This star-studded, Academy Award nominated extravaganza (1956) stars David Niven as the neurotically punctual Phileas Fogg out to prove he can travel around the world. Filled with exotic locales and over 40 cameo appearances, including Shirley MacLaine, Marlene Dietrich, Buster Keaton, Frank Sinatra, and Red Skelton. (2hr:55mn @ 8:30). The Moth, a downtown story-telling slam collective will weave surprising tall-tales before the film.

Friday ~ August 10 ~ 8:00
MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP
World renowned dancer, choreographer and iconoclast built a new dance center in Brooklyn and now presents his irreverent and powerful company for all to enjoy. Morris, along with his dancers and live accompaniment, will perform Dancing Honeymoon, Grand Duo and more faves. Friends of CB pre-concert reception. See Friends of Celebrate Brooklyn! for details.
Mark Morris Dance Group Website

Saturday ~ August 11 ~ Noon - 9:00
FRANKIE NEGRON / GRUPO IMAGEN / BORICUA FESTIVAL
Hot Latin vocalist Frankie Negron closes the show (7:30) and Brooklyn's own Groupo Imagen (6:00) will get audience dancing to tipico & conjunto at a day-long festival of music, food & crafts in a celebration of Puerto Rican cultural heritage. Presented in collaboration with the Boricua Festival Committee. Friends of CB pre-concert EnVivo party. See Friends of Celebrate Brooklyn! for details.
Purchase Music from Frankie Negron
Purchase Music from Grupo Imagen

Friday ~ August 17 ~ 7:30
LOS MUÑEQUITOS DE MATANZAS / YERBA BUENA - PROGRAM CHANGE!
Mesmerizing audiences with their fiery rumbas, explosive dance and captivating vocals, Cuba's legendary Los Muñequitos de Matanzas are amongst the highest regarded practitioners of rumba and the unequivocal masters of Afro-Cuban ritual music in the world. Founded in 1952, the group spans three generations of fathers and sons, brothers and sisters, uncles and cousins, and an extended family of musicians. Los Muñequitos return to the U.S. for their sixth tour since 1992 with a special program focusing on rumba, including lots of new material and some of the early melodic songs. The performance promises the same electric dancing, swirling melodies and rhythmically complex drumming that have defined Los Muñequitos as a seminal force in the development of Afro-Cuban dance and percussion. Afro-Cuban hip-hop funk band Yerba Buena open. Friends of CB pre-concert EnVivo party. See Friends of Celebrate Brooklyn! for details.
Purchase Music from Los Muñequitos de Matanzas

Sunday ~ August 19 ~ 1:00 - 8:00
Western Union African Festival
BAABA MAAL featuring Daande Lenol
Our 10th annual celebration of the African Diaspora features Senegalese Afro-pop superstar Baaba Maal (7:30), Ex-Centric Sound System from Israel/Ghana(6:00), Lucky Ngema & Friends from So.Africa (5:00), Kora master Mamadou Diabate from Mali (4:00), Afro-beat of Ivoire Sensation (3:00), an Artist Speak! dialogue (2:00) & traditional marketplace (opens at 1:00). Ex-Centric is supported by the New York-Israel Cultural Cooperation Commission. Artist Speak! @ 2:00. See below for details.
Baaba Maal Website | Purchase Music from Baaba Maal
Ex-Centric Sound System Website | Purchase Music from Ex-Centric Sound System

 

ARTIST SPEAK! Explore the musical cultures of Brazil, Pakistan, Israel and Africa as featured artists from each performance converse with each other and with you. Moderated by leading ethnomusicologists, these illuminating encounters have limited capacity for Friends of Celebrate Brooklyn! and on a first come, first served basis (6/29, 6/30, 7/12, 8/19.) 		 

























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