Freedom Love-Fest

Free Fridays at the BX Museum

BRONX MUSEUM: FIRST FRIDAYS
"Friends We Love"

@ The Bronx Museum

Date: 10/2/09
Time: 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Admission: Free

Join The Bronx Museum for an exciting First Fridays! program celebrating Friends We Love, a compelling documentary series following forward-thinking artists and personalities as they reveal what propels their creative processes. These insightful portraits ultimately pay tribute to the lives of those they love and hold dear.

With music by DJ Moni, and performances by The Real Live Show, Sarah White & TK Wonder. Co-Presented by Friends we Love.

THE BRONX MUSUEM OF THE ARTS
1040 Grand Concourse (at 165th Street)
South Building - Lower Gallery
Bronx, NYC

For more information: www.bronxmuseum.org

Editor's Pick of the Day: the Chinatown Film Project @ the Apple Store, Soho

CHINATOWN FILM PROJECT

@ Apple Store, Soho

Date: 10/1/09
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Admission: Free

Join curator/producer Karin Chien, and award-winning filmmaker Richard Wong for a screening and behind-the-scenes look at the Chinatown Film Project. Ten acclaimed New York filmmakers were given the same budget and access to construct new visions of Chinatown. Rich Wong will discuss his musical Lonely Alone and his collaboration with Wayne Wang on Tuesday.

APPLE STORE, SOHO
103 Prince Street
Manhattan, NYC

For more information: http://www.mocanyc.org

"Toto, we're home..." Celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the Wizard of Oz

FREE CONCERT AND FILM SCREENING:
70th Anniversary Celebration of The Wizard of Oz

@ Rumsey Playfield, Central Park

Date: 9/29/09
Time: 7:30 PM
Admission: Free

For the 70th anniversary celebration of the film version of The Wizard of Oz, Netflix is hosting a free outdoor screening of the movie in Central Park, preceded by a free, live concert featuring special performances of songs from the movie by Jennifer Hudson, Julianne Hough and ?uestlove of the Roots.

The concert will be at 7:30 p.m., and the screening will begin an hour later.

Location: Central Park
Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, Manhattan

For more information: www.nycgovparks.org

Summer is Not Over at Rooftop Films: Free Film Screening & Performance by P-Star

FREE FILM SCREENING AND PERFORMANCE: P-STAR RISING & LIVE PERFORMANCE BY P-STAR!

@ On the lawn of Ft Greene Park

Date: 9/3/09
Admission: Free

8:30PM: Live music performance by P-Star
9:00PM: Film
10:30PM: Filmmaker Q & A

In the early '80s, Jesse Diaz was a rising star in the hip-hop world. Now a broke single father in Harlem with two children to support, Jesse finds a shot at redemption in his nine-year-old daughter Priscilla Star, a precocious and immensely talented rapper. Director Gabriel Noble follows four years of father-daughter ups and downs as they navigate the grit and the glamour of the music business.

Ft. GREEN PARK
Address: North Portland and Myrtle Avenue, Ft. Greene, Brooklyn

Rain: In the event of rain, the screening will be rescheduled for September 10th.

For more information: http://rooftopfilms.com/

Rooftop Films: Free Music & Film Tonight

FREE SHOW! LIVE PERFORMANCE BY BLITZ THE AMBASSADOR AND MAMARAZZI BRONX PRINCESS & NORA

@ On the lawn of Mullaly Park in the Bronx

Date: Today - 9/1/09
Admission: Free

6:00PM: Live music by Kewulay Kamara, Blitz the Ambassador, Mamarazzi and others.
9:00PM: Films
10:30PM: Filmmaker Q & A

Live music by Mamarazzi, Blitz the Ambassador and two films about strong-willed women surviving, learning and dancing in their journeys between New York and Africa.

MULLAY PARK
Address: The park is bordered by Jerome Ave, McClellan St, River Ave, and E 164 St Directions: Take the 4, B or D train to 167th street, walk west to Cromwell Ave, make a left, and walk south one block to the park. Rain: If the weather looks questonable, call 718.417.7362 for an update
Presented in partnership with: POV, CinereachNew York magazine and Council Member Maria del Carmen Arroyo

Free Film Screening: Twilight

FREE FILM SCREENING
Central Park Film Festival: Twilight

@ Rumsey Playfield

Date: 8/21/09
Time: 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Central Park has the “cool factor” – and so do the stars of the 7th Annual Central Park Film Festival, sponsored by Bloomberg L.P.

Today's film is Twilight. In this film, a teenage girl risks everything when she falls in love the coolest and hottest looking guy at Forks High School, who just happens to be a vampire. This love story has a cult like following. Catch the original before the sequel premieres.

All screenings are FREE and start at 8:00 p.m. Gates open at 6:00 p.m. To find Rumsey Playfield, enter the Park at Fifth Avenue and 69th Street. All films are closed-captioned. Rain or shine.

Location
CENTRAL PARK RUMSEY PLAYFIELD
Enter the park at 69th Street and 5th Avenue on the east side or at 72nd Street and Central Park West on the west side.

For more information: www.centralparknyc.org

Central Park Film Festival: Sex & the City

SAVE THE DATE: TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 2009
Central Park Film Festival: Sex & the City

@ Rumsey Playfield

Time: 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Admission: Free

Central Park has the “cool factor” – and so do the stars of the 7th Annual Central Park Film Festival, sponsored by Bloomberg L.P.

Get Carried away! In tonight's film, New York hippest single-girl (Sarah Jessica Parker) is finally getting married to her Mr. Big. See what happens...

All screenings are FREE and start at 8:00 p.m. Gates open at 6:00 p.m.


Location: RUMSEY PLAYFIELDTo find Rumsey Playfield, enter the Park at Fifth Avenue and 69th Street. All films are closed-captioned. Rain or shine.

For more information: www.nycgovparks.org

Pick of the Day: Béla Fleck & Toumani Diabaté at Summerstage

FREE CONCERT: Béla Fleck & Toumani Diabaté

@ SummerStage

Date: 9/3/09
Time: 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Admission: Free-$5 suggested donation

The beloved hip hop innovator and Renaissance man shares the day with musical trailblazers from around the globe.

A full set of music by Béla Fleck and Toumani Diabaté, followed by a screening of the documentary tracing Fleck’s journey through Africa in search of the origins of the banjo.
Malian musician Toumani Diabaté is an internationally acclaimed Kora (a harp unique to West Africa with twenty-one strings) player. Toumani, perhaps more than any other Kora player, is responsible for bringing this instrument to audiences around the world. A performer of exceptional virtuosity and creativity, Toumani is an artist who shows that the kora can rival the world’s greatest instruments.

Fleck is considered one of the premier banjo players in the world. Throw Down Your Heart, the third volume in Béla’s renowned Tales From the Acoustic Planet series, is his most ambitious project to date.
Location:
Central Park SummerStage is located at Rumsey Playfield in Central Park. Enter the park at 69th Street and 5th Avenue on the east side or at 72nd Street and Central Park West on the west side.

For more information: www.summerstage.org

Free Film Screenings in the Park

FREE SUMMER MOVIES

@ a Park Near You

Pack a picnic, grab a blanket, and come watch films with your fellow New Yorkers! From Hitchcock to Kubrick, French cinema to musicals, Parks is providing all the drama you could want.

Today's screenings:
6:00 PM: Brooklyn Bridge Park Movies With a View: Paper Moon
Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn

7:30 PM: Reel Harlem: Lillie & Leander: A Legacy of Violence
Jackie Robinson Park, Manhattan

For the full listing of free film screenings this summer, visit: http://www.nycgovparks.org

Film Discussion with Jeff Daniels and John Hindman

FILM DISCUSSION: THE ANSWER MAN

@ The Apple Store, Soho

Date: 7/17/09
Time: 4:00 PM
Admission: Free

Meet Actor Jeff Daniels and Filmmaker John Hindman, "The Answer Man" Actor Jeff Daniels and director John Hindman discuss their film "The Answer Man," with EW's Dave Karger. Jeff will also perform a few songs.

THE APPLE STORE, SOHO
103 Prince Street
Manhattan, NYC
T: 212-226-3126
For more information: www.apple.com/retail/soho/