Festival-forward Monday: Harlem Week II is live through Friday, two free SummerStage concerts land this weekend, and tonight is pottery in McGolrick Park.
Harlem & Uptown
- Harlem Week — Part II of III — two-week celebration of Harlem arts & culture running NOW through Fri 8/14, mostly free: radio shows, films, food, music, and the Percy Sutton 5K across Harlem venues. The anchor event of the week. (manhattanbuzz.nyc / harlemweek.org)
Live Music
- Summerween Free Concert — Fri 8/14, free live music in Astoria (Brother Nico + more); RSVP via partiful link in the post.
- SummerStage: Taiwanese Waves 10th Anniversary — Sun 8/16, 6–10pm, Central Park — free. 9m88 + ØZI + YELLOW + Chance Emerson + Mong Tong celebrating 10 years of Taiwanese music. Ten minutes from Harlem.
- Bazooka! Fest — Sat–Sun 8/22–23, The Meadows + The Wood Shop, Brooklyn. Two-day indie fest headlined by Destroyer and Stephin Merritt, with Cloud Nothings, Times New Viking, Sad13 (29 acts total).
Film & Performance
- Chain NYC Film Festival — Indie film festival at the Chain Theatre (midtown) running through Aug 15; Janie Haddad’s short screens Wed 8/12, 6pm. Tickets at chainfilmfestival.com.
- Puppet Fringe Festival: “Famous Lake Park” premiere — NYC International Puppet Fringe runs Aug 12–16 at Teatro SEA; the puppet-animation feature Famous Lake Park premieres with FREE tickets.
Outdoor & Free
- Summer Streets — Sat 8/15, 7am–3pm. Car-free Park Ave/Lafayette from Brooklyn Bridge to 125th St with free music, yoga, art, and programming. Route extends up Broadway/ACP Blvd into Harlem.
- Pottery in McGolrick Park — TONIGHT Mon 8/10, 6pm, McGolrick Park (Greenpoint). Free ceramic handbuilding workshop (make picture frames), all materials provided.
All gathered items — what was cut and why (6)
- Street fair Steinway street — EVENT_PAST: Ran Sunday 8/9; post describes vendors setting up yesterday (r/Astoria)
- Rescheduled NIGHT MARKET — EVENT_PAST: Rescheduled to Sat 8/8, already ran (r/Bushwick)
- Visiting Brooklyn for Film Screenings (“Watch Me” @ Film Noir Cinema) — EVENT_PAST: Director’s screening/Q&A week was 8/7–9; no confirmable remaining showtimes (r/Brooklyn)
- Gorillaz have a museum exhibit in NYC — UNVERIFIABLE: No venue or dates; second run in a row from alancross (Bluesky)
- Singer Anthony Roth Costanzo and friends perform live at Little Island NYC — UNVERIFIABLE: No date; search returns nothing (Bluesky)
- [Southside, We Outside! Live Music & Night Market](no URL found) — DEDUP: Free-live-music slot filled by Summerween + Taiwanese Waves; Baisley Pond Park is a haul from Harlem (City Parks Foundation)