Events

« August 01, 2010 - August 31, 2010 »
 
08 / 1
08 / 2
08 / 3
Start: 11:00 am

Summer Dance at the NMAI w/ Luana Haraguchi (Native Hawaiian)
Friday, August 6, 2010, 11 AM
American Indian Museum Heye Center
Rotunda
Cost: Free

Tuesdays through Fridays - an interactive dance program with different Native American artists each week. First come, first served.
11AM and 1PM

This Summer Dance Program is made possible by a grant from the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, which is funded through Community Development Black Grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. NY Governor, David Paterson; NYC Mayor, Michael Bloomberg; Chairman of LMDC, Avi Schick; and President of LMDC, David Emil. Additional support for this program is funded by a grant from the Nathan Cummings Foundation, with the support and encouragement of Andrew Lee and Jason Cummings.

Part of the Series: Summer Dance at the NMAI

Start: 1:00 pm

Summer Dance at the NMAI w/ Luana Haraguchi (Native Hawaiian)
Friday, August 6, 2010, 11 AM
American Indian Museum Heye Center
Rotunda
Cost: Free

Tuesdays through Fridays - an interactive dance program with different Native American artists each week. First come, first served.
11AM and 1PM

This Summer Dance Program is made possible by a grant from the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, which is funded through Community Development Black Grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. NY Governor, David Paterson; NYC Mayor, Michael Bloomberg; Chairman of LMDC, Avi Schick; and President of LMDC, David Emil. Additional support for this program is funded by a grant from the Nathan Cummings Foundation, with the support and encouragement of Andrew Lee and Jason Cummings.

Part of the Series: Summer Dance at the NMAI

08 / 4
Start: 11:00 am

Summer Dance at the NMAI w/ Luana Haraguchi (Native Hawaiian)
Friday, August 6, 2010, 11 AM
American Indian Museum Heye Center
Rotunda
Cost: Free

Tuesdays through Fridays - an interactive dance program with different Native American artists each week. First come, first served.
11AM and 1PM

This Summer Dance Program is made possible by a grant from the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, which is funded through Community Development Black Grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. NY Governor, David Paterson; NYC Mayor, Michael Bloomberg; Chairman of LMDC, Avi Schick; and President of LMDC, David Emil. Additional support for this program is funded by a grant from the Nathan Cummings Foundation, with the support and encouragement of Andrew Lee and Jason Cummings.

Part of the Series: Summer Dance at the NMAI

Start: 1:00 pm

Summer Dance at the NMAI w/ Luana Haraguchi (Native Hawaiian)
Friday, August 6, 2010, 11 AM
American Indian Museum Heye Center
Rotunda
Cost: Free

Tuesdays through Fridays - an interactive dance program with different Native American artists each week. First come, first served.
11AM and 1PM

This Summer Dance Program is made possible by a grant from the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, which is funded through Community Development Black Grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. NY Governor, David Paterson; NYC Mayor, Michael Bloomberg; Chairman of LMDC, Avi Schick; and President of LMDC, David Emil. Additional support for this program is funded by a grant from the Nathan Cummings Foundation, with the support and encouragement of Andrew Lee and Jason Cummings.

Part of the Series: Summer Dance at the NMAI

Start: 6:30 pm
End: 7:30 pm

'World Dance & Music'

July 07 - August 25

Hula Class

Wednesdays 6:30-7:30pm

(ADULTS/TEENS)

NEW MULTI-ARTS SUMMER DAY CAMP

July 26-30

TAHITI EXPRESS

(AGES 7-11 AND 12-15)

POLYNESIAN DANCE, CULTURE, LANGUAGE, AND CRAFTS!

SPOKE THE HUB RE:CREATION CENTER

748 UNION ST (AT 6TH AVE) PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN
TRAIN: R to Union

Register online and more info @ www.spokethehub.org

For details please contact Kaina Quenga via email: leidancer[at]gmail.com

08 / 5
Start: 11:00 am

Summer Dance at the NMAI w/ Luana Haraguchi (Native Hawaiian)
Friday, August 6, 2010, 11 AM
American Indian Museum Heye Center
Rotunda
Cost: Free

Tuesdays through Fridays - an interactive dance program with different Native American artists each week. First come, first served.
11AM and 1PM

This Summer Dance Program is made possible by a grant from the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, which is funded through Community Development Black Grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. NY Governor, David Paterson; NYC Mayor, Michael Bloomberg; Chairman of LMDC, Avi Schick; and President of LMDC, David Emil. Additional support for this program is funded by a grant from the Nathan Cummings Foundation, with the support and encouragement of Andrew Lee and Jason Cummings.

Part of the Series: Summer Dance at the NMAI

Start: 1:00 pm

Summer Dance at the NMAI w/ Luana Haraguchi (Native Hawaiian)
Friday, August 6, 2010, 11 AM
American Indian Museum Heye Center
Rotunda
Cost: Free

Tuesdays through Fridays - an interactive dance program with different Native American artists each week. First come, first served.
11AM and 1PM

This Summer Dance Program is made possible by a grant from the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, which is funded through Community Development Black Grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. NY Governor, David Paterson; NYC Mayor, Michael Bloomberg; Chairman of LMDC, Avi Schick; and President of LMDC, David Emil. Additional support for this program is funded by a grant from the Nathan Cummings Foundation, with the support and encouragement of Andrew Lee and Jason Cummings.

Part of the Series: Summer Dance at the NMAI

08 / 6
08 / 7
08 / 8
08 / 9
08 / 10
Start: 8:00 pm

Brittni Paiva

The Uke Hut, the "subterranean lanai" of Maui Tacos
333 5th Ave at 33rd St.
www.ukehut.com

At 21 years of age, Brittni Paiva is a preeminent female ʻukulele player from Hawaiʻi. Affectionately referred to as the ʻukulele darling, Brittni is a native of Hilo, on the Big Island. She is a multi-award winning, multi-instrumentalist with a prodigious gift who is wholeheartedly embraced by a global audience.

Ticket sales will be limited to 100, so it will be a very cozy and intimate show. Opening for Britni, will be Kohli Calhoun. Doors open at 7PM. Show starts at 8pm.

www.brittnipaiva.com

08 / 11
Start: 6:30 pm
End: 7:30 pm

'World Dance & Music'

July 07 - August 25

Hula Class

Wednesdays 6:30-7:30pm

(ADULTS/TEENS)

NEW MULTI-ARTS SUMMER DAY CAMP

July 26-30

TAHITI EXPRESS

(AGES 7-11 AND 12-15)

POLYNESIAN DANCE, CULTURE, LANGUAGE, AND CRAFTS!

SPOKE THE HUB RE:CREATION CENTER

748 UNION ST (AT 6TH AVE) PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN
TRAIN: R to Union

Register online and more info @ www.spokethehub.org

For details please contact Kaina Quenga via email: leidancer[at]gmail.com

08 / 12
Start: 7:00 pm

Bookstore Cafe
126 Crosby Street, New York, NY 10012 212-334-3324
[map | directions]

Housing Works, 33 1/3, and Hālāwai invite you to join author Dan Kois and music writer Nate Chinen as they discuss the fascinating life and afterlife of Israel “Iz” Kamakawiwo’ole, and Kois’s book, Facing Future. Entertainment will provided by traditional Hawaiian ukulele players Andy Kūlana Wang and Jason Poole.

Dan Kois is the author of Facing Future. He’s a film critic for the Washington Post and the Village Voice. He was the founding editor of Vulture, New York magazine’s culture blog, and also writes for New York, the New York Times, Slate, and other publications. He lives in Arlington, Virginia.

Nate Chinen writes about music for the New York Times. He’s also a columnist for JazzTimes and coauthor of Myself Among Others, the autobiography of impresario George Wein. His essay “(Over the) Rainbow Warrior: Israel Kamakawiwoʻole and Another Kind of Somewhere” will appear in the forthcoming anthology Pop When the World Falls Apart: Music and Conflict.

Link to Housing Works

08 / 13
08 / 14
Start: 12:00 pm

Winner of a Hawaii Music Award for Comedy Album, annual fixture at O‘ahu’s Talk Story Festival, and a keynote presenter at the 2009 National Storytelling Conference, Kathy Yogi Collins shares Hawaiian legends and spreads the word of “pidgin pride” at the Lincoln Center 2010 Out of Doors Festival this summer. She wrote and produced the acclaimed Death Comedy Jam following the death of her husband – moving, irreverent and poignant comedic monologues on widowhood.

"The crowd erupted, the roof lifted, they were hers… It’s a thrill riding her roller coaster narrative."
- Jeff Gere, producer, Talk Story Festival

"..sidesplittingly funny… also soulful, tender and attuned to the detail…of island life."
- Rick Chatenever, The Maui News

LA CASITA – 10th Anniversary
A Home for the Heart/Un Hogar para el Corazón
M.C.: La Bruja, featuring Aracelis Girmay, Ayisha Knight, Carvens Lissaint, Denizen Kane, Grace Nono, Jamila Lysicott, Kathy Yogi Collins, Kurtis Lamkin, Liza Garza, M.A.K.U., Mandingo Ambassadors, Natalio Hernandez, The Welfare Poets, Vlada Tomova’s Balkan Tales, Willie Perdomo, Yerbabuena

08 / 15
08 / 16
08 / 17
08 / 18
Start: 6:30 pm
End: 7:30 pm

'World Dance & Music'

July 07 - August 25

Hula Class

Wednesdays 6:30-7:30pm

(ADULTS/TEENS)

NEW MULTI-ARTS SUMMER DAY CAMP

July 26-30

TAHITI EXPRESS

(AGES 7-11 AND 12-15)

POLYNESIAN DANCE, CULTURE, LANGUAGE, AND CRAFTS!

SPOKE THE HUB RE:CREATION CENTER

748 UNION ST (AT 6TH AVE) PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN
TRAIN: R to Union

Register online and more info @ www.spokethehub.org

For details please contact Kaina Quenga via email: leidancer[at]gmail.com

08 / 19
08 / 20
08 / 21
08 / 22
08 / 23
08 / 24
08 / 25
Start: 6:30 pm
End: 7:30 pm

'World Dance & Music'

July 07 - August 25

Hula Class

Wednesdays 6:30-7:30pm

(ADULTS/TEENS)

NEW MULTI-ARTS SUMMER DAY CAMP

July 26-30

TAHITI EXPRESS

(AGES 7-11 AND 12-15)

POLYNESIAN DANCE, CULTURE, LANGUAGE, AND CRAFTS!

SPOKE THE HUB RE:CREATION CENTER

748 UNION ST (AT 6TH AVE) PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN
TRAIN: R to Union

Register online and more info @ www.spokethehub.org

For details please contact Kaina Quenga via email: leidancer[at]gmail.com

08 / 26
08 / 27
08 / 28
Start: 10:00 am
End: 11:00 am

Polynesian Dance Productions invites you to join, May Cacal, to learn the basic dance techniques of Tahiti. All levels of experience are welcome to join. If you have any questions, feel free to contact 917.623.2820 or visit www.polynesiandp.com/tahitian.html. See you all in class! :)

Please note the time change for this Saturday. Bright and early!

Class Schedule - August & Sept

August 28th, SATURDAY, [10:00-11:00am]
September 4th, SATURDAY, [12:00-1:00pm]
September 18th, SATURDAY, [12:00-1:00pm]
September 25th, SATURDAY, [12:00-1:00pm]

Location - PMT Dance Studio - 69 W. 14th Street, 3rd Floor, Buzz #3 to enter [on the NE corner of 6th Ave and 14th St; studio is right above Red Mango] All levels are welcome to come! Please bring pareo, tank top and water.

08 / 29
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