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Juan Atkins+Juan Maclean Cielo : August 1
It's a tale of two Juans for this night at Meatpacking mainstay Cielo, but beyond first names these DJs share very little. Atkins was one of the "Belleville 3," the trio whose mythology precedes them as the founders of American techno in Detroit way back when the city was solvent, while Maclean... More >>
West Village	Music

Adrian Tomine Bergen Street Comics : 7:00 p.m. August 1
Good things come to those who wait. And fans of Adrian Tomine’s Optic Nerve comics—with their clean lines, quiet realism, and subtle revelations—know how to wait. The last issue, number 12, arrived in September 2011; nearly two years later, the anthology is back, with a launch... More >>
Brooklyn	Arts, Literary Events

D'Angelo Williamsburg Park : 7:30 p.m. August 1
One of music’s greatest mystery men, soul singer D’Angelo has never played by the music industry’s rules. The two records he’s released, 1995’s Brown Sugar and 2000’s Voodoo, both went platinum, and his performance on the latter, which included the Prince-y... More >>
Williamsburg	Music

Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal Prospect Park Bandshell : 8:00 p.m. August 1
Poutine and smoked meat sandwiches are everywhere, street art trends ever toward the whimsical (anyone seen the Ent walking around lately?), and we just got our first bike share. Yes, New York is following in the footsteps of Montreal, our culturally hot neighbor to the north. See how seductive... More >>
Park Slope	Music, Dance

Jakwob+Little Daylight+Strange Talk+ASTR Santos Party House : 9:00 p.m. August 1
Little Daylight are a New York based synth pop trio on the verge of break-out. Their debut single "Overdose" was passed around the indie blogs like a shiny new toy, and the group quickly became a buzz band on the local scene. Releasing their debut EP, “Tunnel Vision,” on August 6... More >>
Chinatown	Music

SBTRKT+Nick Hook Output : 10:00 p.m. August 1
The intentionally masked musings of electronic producer SBTRKT hit back in 2008 when neither electronic music's resurgence nor anonymity were in vogue—in a way his career paved the way for the mystery of Rhye and the popularity of Disclosure. Pairing his house-heavy and dubstep-soul sounds... More >>
Brooklyn	Music

Justin Bieber Barclays Center : 7:00 p.m. August 2
Come on, judgmental tabloid reader, you were 19 once, too, and you didn’t behave much differently than young Justin Bieber, the Canadian pop star with more Twitter followers than the President of the United States. A year after its release, Believe, his latest LP, sounds as strong as... More >>
Brooklyn	Music

Maracatu Nação Estrela Brilhante and Nation Beat+Big Chief Monk Boudreaux and the Golden Eagles Lincoln Center Damrosch Park Bandshell : 7:00 p.m. August 2
In the northeastern state of Pernambuco, Brazil, maracatu groups fill the streets with up to a hundred drummers, call-and-response crowds, and fabulously dressed dancers. Carnival legend Maracatu Nação Estrela Brilhante ("Bright Star Maracatu Nation") makes its US debut tonight in... More >>
West 60s	Music

Watch That Man: David Bowie, Movie Star Film Society of Lincoln Center - Walter Reade Theater : 8:00 p.m. August 2
All eyes are on the Thin White Duke in the Film Society of Lincoln Center's latest festival, “Watch That Man: David Bowie, Movie Star.” It kicks off with a midnight screening of Tony Scott’s The Hunger and runs through next Thursday’s Baal, a 1982 BBC Brecht adaptation... More >>
West 60s	Film - Picks

Marathon reading of Solaris Wythe Hotel : 2:30 p.m. August 3
During her 2010 piece The Artist Is Present, performance artist Marina Abramovic stared at MOMA visitors for a whopping 736 hours and 30 minutes. By comparison, today’s eight-hour marathon reading of Solaris, presented by the Marina Abramovic Institute and The Atlas Review, should be a... More >>
Brooklyn	Arts, Literary Events

Eddie Palmieri Salsa Orchestra+Banda Magda Prospect Park Bandshell : 7:30 p.m. August 3
To pronounce Eddie Palmieri salsa’s greatest pianist sounds almost confining. His thundering chords, inventive claves, and cosmic harmonies suggest the kind of effects artist Jack Kirby might have achieved if he’d taken up the piano rather than the pencil. At 76, Palmieri remains a... More >>
Park Slope	Music

Floorplan+DJ Nature+Holly Herndon Output : 10:00 p.m. August 3
"I'm a vessel, and I'm delivering God's word through techno." That's Robert Hood, Christian minister and DJ who is internationally renowned for the sparse intensity and innate propulsion of his productions. Don't think he's haranguing you, though: Floorplan sets are as focused as the name... More >>
Brooklyn	Music

Sue-Yeon Park and Sounds of Korea\|Ensemble Sinawi\|New York Korean Traditional Marching Band Lincoln Center-Performing Arts : 1:00 p.m. August 4
You can hear the shamanistic roots of traditional Korean music in the otherworldly music of dancer-director Sue-Yeon Park's Sounds of Korea, which features the great pansori vocalist Jung Hee Oh. Ensemble Sinawi plays a semi-improvised, shamanically sourced music, augmented by acrobatics, that... More >>
West 60s	Music

Raheem DeVaughn+Lyfe Jennings Central Park : 3:00 p.m. August 4
DeVaughn's self-christened nicknames tend to fall flat, but he did strike gold when he began to call himself “Radio Raheem” on his Blis.FM online radio show. For one, a borrowed name jives well with the nature of his music, which is little more than a pastiche of Curtis, Marvin,... More >>
East 70s	Music

My Dinner With André Joe's Pub : 4:00 p.m. August 4
When asked if he could name a movie that was “entirely devoid of clichés,” Roger Ebert said it would have to be the “wonderfully odd” My Dinner With André. A carefully crafted conversation between real-life friends and collaborators André Gregory and... More >>
East Village	Film - Picks

Beck Prospect Park Bandshell : 7:00 p.m. August 4
It's been amusing to watch Beck Hansen sidle out of the public eye, then grift back in, sideways, as though he wasn't even trying anymore: cassette series collabos, sheet-music album, laudable producer credits, killer Philip Glass remix. Stockpiling sketches and notions in the interim between... More >>
Park Slope	Music

Norma Rae Bryant Park : 5:00 p.m. August 5
The beginning of August means the beginning of summer’s end. Before you get ready for chilly fall nights, though, head out to Bryant Park and enjoy the last three films in HBO’s Summer Film Festival. The free festival, which has run on Mondays since June, continues tonight with... More >>
Murray Hill	Film - Picks

Disclosure Central Park, Rumsey Playfield : 6:00 p.m. August 6
Only 15 and 18 when they released their debut single, the Burial-influenced  “Offline Dexterity,” British brothers Guy and Howard Lawrence of Disclosure certainly made for unlikely dance heroes. Now, barely two years later, the duo has not only convinced the hipper DJs,... More >>
West 70s	Music

Wiz Khalifa+A$AP Rocky+B.o.B+Trinidad Jame$+Joey Bada$$ & Pro Era+Berner+Chevy Woods+Smoke DZA Nikon at Jones Beach Theater : 6:00 p.m. August 6
Yes, artists like A$AP Rocky and Wiz Khalifa grew up on Bone Thugs, Cash Money, and Dipset, instead of on Rakim and Kane. But still, Rocky was actually named after the former, and Wiz Khalifa is a name that should make any fake Five Percenter smile. As for Trinidad James, wasn’t there... More >>
Allerton	Music

Yoga on the Beach Lola Staar's Dreamland : 7:00 p.m. August 6
The ancient practice of yoga—popular among New Yorkers for finding much-needed spiritual, mental, and physical  replenishment—has found a surprisingly peaceful home on Coney Island. The Lola Star Souvenir Boutique, sponsors of Yoga on the Beach classes, promises, “Fill... More >>
Brooklyn	Recreation

Enildo Rasua Jazz Standard : 9:30 p.m. August 6
The Jazz Standard's Cuban drum series continues with a master percussionist noted for his "third hand" technique involving a supplemental drumstick that comes in especially handy when he plays traps and congas simultaneously. A specialist in traditional rumba who's also performed in Havana's... More >>
Murray Hill	Music

Chuck Klosterman Bryant Park Reading Room : 12:30 p.m. August 7
Chuck Klosterman wants to know why the prototypical villain is a man in a black hat, mustache curled, probably in the process of tying a woman to train tracks. Sloane Crosley just wants cake. This should make for some interesting conversation. To celebrate the release of his new essay... More >>
West 40s	Literary Events

The Gaslight Anthem The Paramount : 8:00 p.m. September 8
The Gaslight Anthem disproves the general maxim that consistent, dependable guys finish last. Since 2006 they've churned out album after album of heartland punk and classic rock, the kind where Springsteen-style lonely guitar and reverberating, charismatic vocals swell into larger-than-life... More >>
Glen Oaks	Music

The Castle Atlantic Theater Company : Daily until August 4
Today soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan often experience anxiety, stress, and difficulties readjusting to civilian life. Apparently, it wasn’t a lot easier in the 13th century. Howard Barker’s violent tragicomedy, staged by Barker superfans PTP/ NYC at Atlantic Stage 2,... More >>
West Village	Theater, Off-Off-Broadway: Now Playing

The King's Whore Walkerspace : 8:00 p.m. every Fri., Sat. until August 11; 2:00 p.m. every Sat. until August 11; 7:00 p.m. every Sun. until August 11; 7:30 p.m. every Wed., Thu. until August 11
While excitement over the royal baby swirls, it’s instructive to remember earlier fervors. Helpfully, Rob Santana’s play offers a history of Anne Boleyn, wife of Henry VIII, mother of Elizabeth I. Would birthing a boy have saved her from the headman? Let’s hope Kate fares... More >>
Soho	Theater, Off-Broadway: Opening