FESTIVALS & SERIES Festivals & Series ...

AMERICAN PARK CAFE Battery Park S. (Staten Island Ferry), 212-330-7983, www.eventlinks.com Back by popular demand, First Friday's@American Park Cafe enters its sixth year. Waterfront summer series feat. indoor & outdoor extravaganza w/two levels of hiphop, reggae & salsa music from DJs Self & Andrew. Every first Friday during the summer months, 11-4. RSVP required. Ladies drink free 11-12.

ASTROLAND SUMMER MUSIC SERIES Coney Island USA, 1208 Surf Ave. (8th St.), Bklyn, 718-372-5159, www.coneyisland.com Rock 'n' roll on the boardwalk. Call for info. Sideshows by the Seashore offer a great lineup of rock 'n' roll bands. Shows take place every Thurs. at 8:00 p.m. Fourth of July Festivities [7/4-7/6]. Siren Music Fest [7/19]. Visit website for further event listings.

BAMcafé 30 Lafayette Ave., Bklyn, 718-636-4100, www.bam.org Live performance series feat. jazz, soul & spoken word. All shows begin at 9 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Greg Osby [6/6-6/7], Lenora Zenzalai Helm [6/14], Gino Sitson [6/20], SISTA Factory presents: Mango Room [6/21], SISTA Factory presents: Angela Johnson [6/28].

BAM RHYTHM & BLUES FESTIVAL MetroTech Commons, Flatbush Ave. (Myrtle Ave.), Bklyn, 718-636-4100, www.bam.org Start your summer with BAM's annual outdoor music series [6/5-8/7]. Shows take place every Thurs. from 12-2. Get funky with 1980s funk band Zapp [6/5]. Other acts incl. Floetry [6/12], Corey Harris [6/26], Steel Pulse [7/3], Dirty Dozen Brass Band [7/10], Donnie and Martha Redbone [7/17], Mighty Clouds of Joy [7/24], Fred Wesley and the J.B.'s [7/31], Jimmy Cliff [8/7]. And on June 19th, BAM will present a performance featuring very special surprise guests.

BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDENS, 718-623-7200, www.bbg.org Music & nature mingle each Sunday afternoon. Relax and enjoy the warm weather w/concerts on the Cherry Esplanade from some of the country's hottest musicians. Rain or shine. All activities free w/admission. $5, $3 st./s.c., free child 15 & under. The Lost Bayou Ramblers (Les Ramblers De Bayou Perdu) & Lucy Kaplansky [5/25, 3 & 4:30, respectively], the Brooklyn Chamber Players & Quartet Botanica [6/1, 3 & 4:30, respectively] Lee Feldman & The Andy Biskin Quintet [6/8, 3 & 4:30, respectively] & John Hammond [6/15, 4:30]. BROOKLYN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, 718-622-3300. The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music hosts two week-long chamber music intensives this summer, one for classical musicians [7/28-8/2] & one for jazz musicians [8/18-8/23]. Participants in both programs will receive daily coaching from Conservatory faculty members & will also have the opportunity to listen to professional open rehearsals & perform themselves.

BROOKLYN LYCEUM 227 4th Ave, Bklyn, 347-683-7698, www.breedingground.com Check out the Spring Fever festival. Special performances incl. Ramata Diakite [5/29] & The Delphina Orchestra [5/22]. Visit website for full sched. [5/21-6/7].

CATHEDRAL OF ST. PATRICK Sunday Summer Organ Series, 5th Ave. (betw. 50th & 51st Sts.), 212-753-2261. The Cathedral of St. Patrick hosts organists from fellow houses of worship throughout the U.S. & abroad. Concerts are free & open to the public. Andrew Scanlon [6/1], Mark Thallander, [6/15], John Clodig [7/13], Martyn R. Rawles [7/20], Philip Lowe, Jr. [7/27], Louis L. Perazza [8/10], Sandor Szabo [8/24], Monty Bennett [9/7] & Jeremy David Tarrant [9/21]. In addition to the Sunday Organ Series, the following choirs perform: Downing College Chapel Choir [7/11], Petits Chanteurs de Lyon Cathedral Boychoir [7/25], Milwaukee Irish Fest Choir [8/5] & Abbey Gate College Chapel Choir [8/6].

CELEBRATE BROOKLYN! Prospect Park Bandshell, 9th St. (Prospect Park W.), Bklyn, 718-855-7882 x45, www.celebratebrooklyn.org The 25th-annual performing arts festival held in Prospect Park feat. free music, film, dance & spoken word events, held Thurs.-Sat. [6/12-8/17]. Festival encourages a $3 don. to "keep it great." The season starts with 25th Birthday Party Gala, feat. Joan Armatrading [6/12]. Additional performances incl. the Spanish Harlem Orchestra w/Alfredo De La Fé [6/13], Mos Def [6/14], Rosanne Cash/Natalie Macmaster [6/20], benefit Concert w/Erykah Badu [6/21], The Saw Doctors/Padraig Stevens [6/22], The Abyssinians/Marcia Davis & Outro [6/27], Hal Willner's Leonard Cohen Project: Rufus Wainwright/Kate & Anna McGarrigle/Martha Wainwright/Marc Ribot & others [6/28], Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra w/Wynton Marsalis [7/3] & Cuco Valoy/Nueva Era [7/5]. Film Series' musical accompaniment incl. Creature from the Black Lagoon w/the Jazz Passengers/Guy Klucevsek & Phillip Johnston [7/17], Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks/Shannon McNally [7/18], The Derek Trucks Band/Tony Trischka band/Scrapomatic [7/19]; The Black Pirate w/Alloy Orchestra/Ethel [7/24], Brooklyn Philharmonic w/Lillias White [7/25]. African Festival pres. Salif Keita/Oliver Mtukudzi and the Black Spirits/Gokh-Bi System/Vusi Mahlasela/Dominic Kanza/Kwaku Kwaakye Obeng [7/26], Film Series: Vertigo/The Four Bags [8/1], Donnie/Jody Watley [8/2], India/Boricua Festival [8/3], Keely Garfield/Jamel Gaines [8/6]. Film Series: Guys & Dolls/The Howard Fishman Quartet [8/7], Sinister Slapstick [8/8], Café Tacuba/Yerba Buena/Sidestepper [8/9], Benefit Concerts [8/16 & 8/17]. See FILM listing for more Celebrate Brooklyn! screenings.

CENTER FOR JEWISH HISTORY 15 West 16th St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-294-8301, www.cjh.org The Center for Jewish History is the largest repository of Jewish history, literature & art from the Diaspora. This summer's line-up of concerts feat. today's leading Jewish musicians & performers incl. "Southern Comfort?South Carolina Jewry in Song and Story w/Vocalist Sarah Tilevitz" [5/27], The Steinberg Concert Series: "Klezmer in Buenos Aires" w/the Lerner Moguilevsky Duo, Cesar Lerner & Marcelo Moguilevsky [5/31] & Songs of Love, Weddings and Holidays in the Judeo-Spanish World feat. the Alhambra Ensemble w/Isabelle Ganz [6/3].

CENTRAL PARK SUMMERSTAGE Rumsey Playfield, 72nd St. (midpark), 212-360-2777, www.summerstage.org Musicians, dancers & spoken word artists (from 23 countries) contribute to this year's 18th-annual outdoor series of concerts & special performances in Central Park [6/14-8/28]. Gate opens about 90 minutes prior to showtime. All shows rain or shine except operas. The Blues, Chris Thomas King [6/14], Johnny Winter [6/15], Global Family Day w/Kothegna Dance Co., Galumpha, & Thunderbird Dancers [6/21], Daniela Mercury w/DJ Marlboro & funkCarioca [6/22], Iceland Naturally w/Singapore Sling, Apparat Organ Quartet, Trabant & MC Steindor Anderson [6/28], Canada Day w/Rufus Wainwright, Daniel Lanois, the Dears, Sarah Slean [6/29], Year of the Blues w/Oumou Sangare & Ramata Diakite [7/2], Chaka Khan & Indira Khan w/DJ Timmy Regisford & Friends [7/5], Orchestra Baobab & Sierra Maestra [7/6], Nrityagram Dance Ensemble & Molissa Fenley & Dancers [7/9], Gotan Project & Akua Dixon's Quartette Indigo [7/10], De La Soul [7/12], New Zealand Rocks w/King Kapisi, Greg Johnson, Wai, Pine [7/13], THE MOTH presents "You Talkin' to Me? New Yorkers on the Edge" [7/17], Heidi Latsky Dance & Risa Jaroslow & Dancers [7/18], Vive La World feat. Natacha Atlas, Electro Bamako, DuOud, So Kalmery [7/20], Zadie Smith & Louis Edwards [7/24], Nicholasleichterdance & Doug Elkins Dance [7/25], Afro Celts & Susheela Rahman [7/26], Year of the Blues w/a Tribute to Janis feat. Big Brother & the Holding Co. & members of Kozmic Blues Band w/special guests [7/27], Tindersticks & Strings & FLUX quartet w/special guest artist David First [7/31], Reggie Wilson Fist & Heel Performance Group & Rubber Band Dance Group [8/1], Ely Guerra, Aventura, DJ Tony Touch [8/2], Sparks & Junior Senior [8/3], Paris Review 50th Anniversary Celebration [8/5], Sonny Rollins [8/9], Jimmy Cliff & Morgan Heritage [8/10], Yann Martel & Julia Glass [8/15], Polyphonic Spree & Total Praise Gospel Choir [8/16] & Bembeya Jazz & Randy Weston's African Rhythms [8/17]. All concerts are free except for the following benefit shows: Wilco/Sonic Youth [6/26 & 6/27], Elvis Costello [7/11], Ani DiFranco [7/16], The White Stripes [7/23], Indigo Girls [8/14], Aimee Mann/Ben Folds Five [8/20] & Paul Van Dyk [8/28]. Benefit tickets are available through Ticket Master: 212-307-7171 or by picking them up (for no service charge) at Roseland or Irving Plaza (Wilco/Sonic Youth, Elvis Costello, The White Stripes, Indigo Girls & Aimee Mann/Ben Folds Five) & Beacon Theater (Ani DiFranco).

CHANGE YOUR MIND DAY, The Great Hill, Central Park, 800-950-7008, www.tricycle.com An afternoon of music, poetry, contemplative exercises & introductory meditation practices from a variety of Buddhist traditions. Presenters include Brother Phap dang, Dimitri Ehrlich, Jon Gibson & Philip Glass. The event is free of charge & all are welcome [6/7, 12:30-5:30].

EXPANSIONS 88 S. Portland Ave., Bklyn, 917-251-2323, www.expansions.blinks.net Brooklyn's favorite underground dance party invites you to join DJs Markus Rice & Joey Aponte for some extra- soulful House & sultry Afro/Latin Rhythms. "Memorial Day Weekend Bash" [5/25, 9-6], "Summer SOULstice Jam" [6/21]. GOTHAMJAZZ.COM PRODUCTIONS Symphony Space, Peter Jay Sharp Theater, 2537 B'way @ 95th St., 212-864-5400, www.gothamjazz.com Gothamjazz.com Productions presents Havana to New York: An Afro-Cuban Jazz Journey. Event begins at 8 p.m. w/screening of Cuba: Island of Music, followed by a performance by The Chico O'Farrill Afro-Cuban Jazz Big Band [6/12].

HARLEM MEER FESTIVAL 2002 Central Park, Dana Discovery Center, 110th St. (5th Ave.), 212-860-1370, www.centralparknyc.org Weekly Sun. performances [5/24-8/31] from 4-6. Free. Ninth-annual series highlights blues, jazz & gospel music incl. Bakithi Kumalo [5/25], The Jeremy Pelt Sextet [6/1], Los Soneros De Oriente [6/15], The Brawner Brothers [6/22], James Spaulding & The Sound Spectrum [6/29], Jimmy Bosch [7/6], Bejamin's Big Band [7/13], Sonny Rhodes [7/20], Susan Pereira & Sabor Brazil [7/27], Imani Winds [8/3], Crossroads Orchestra [8/10]. Yardena [8/17], Pablo Ablanedo Octet [8/24], Lynnard Williams [8/31].

HUDSON RIVER FESTIVAL 2003 Outdoor Concert Series, Downtown Manhattan, 212-528-2733, www.hudsonriverfestival.com Join us as some of the top acts in the country perform free concerts in the great river parks below Chambers St. Performances incl. The Fab Faux [6/17], Floetry [6/18], Polygraph Lounge [6/24], Peter Cincotti [6/25], Paula Atherton & Interplay & Johnny Pacheco Y Su Tumbao featuring Hector Casanova [6/30], Ryan Adams [7/4], David Berger & the Sultans of Swing [7/6], Patti Smith [7/8], Guy Clark & Ramblin Jack Elliot [7/9], Shemekia Copeland Blues Band [7/10], Son Boriqua feat. Jose Mangual Jr. & Jimmy Sabater [7/13] Annette Aguilar "String Beans" & Johnny Almendra Y Los Jovenes Del Barrio [7/14], Al Kooper [7/16], John Hammond [7/17], Cat Power [7/17], Ron Sunshine Band [7/20] The Radiators [7/22], Kate & Anna McGarrigle [7/23], Duke Robillard Band [7/24], Spoon [7/24], Tanguardia [7/27], Orlando Marin "The Last Mambo King" & Alfredo De La Fé [7/28], Don Byron & Symphony Space Adventures Orchestra [7/29], Si Se [7/30], Popa Chubby [7/31], The Del McCoury Band [7/31], Ray Martinez y Conjunto Criollo [8/3], Sonny Bravo's Charanga Jazz Experience & Orchestra Broadway [8/5], Joshua Redman [8/8], George Gee's Jump Jive & Wailers [8/10], The Package Band & Siglo 20 feat. "Pupi" [8/19] & The Sensational Soul Cruisers [8/26].

HOBOKEN ENCHANTED EVENINGS Concerts in the parks, Hoboken, 201-420-2207. From the people who brought you "Movies Under the Stars" comes this free outdoor concert series that also feat. performance, theater & magic. Performances run from 7-9 p.m. (childrens' events end earlier) & we suggest bringing something comfortable to sit on. Call for details & directions. At Shipyard Park: Silly Willy the Magician [6/24], An evening of opera [7/22] & Kate Jacobs [8/26]. At Sinatra Park: Verdict [6/5], Sugar Tooth [6/12], Yosi [7/8], The 747 Band [7/10], Erni Contri [7/15], Crescent City Maulers [7/17], Eugene [7/31], Lenahan [8/7], Swingadelic [8/14], Marriacchi Band [8/19], Bucktooth Johnson [8/21] & Skanatra [8/28]. Call for complete sched. [6/3-8/12].

JAZZ IN JULY 92nd St. Y, Tisch Center for the Arts, 1395 Lexington Ave. (92nd St.), 212-996-1100, www.92ndstY.org The 19th-annual festival, under the direction of pianist Dick Hyman, pres. two weeks [7/21-7/31] of NY's best players & international guests in a celebration of traditional jazz music. All concerts start at 8 p.m. unless noted. Tickets are $40. Jazz Master Class with Dick Hyman & Derek Smith [7/21, 8:15], Opening Night Celebration: Venuti, Bix, and Lang: Centenaries w/Dick Hyman (piano), Randy Sandke (trumpet/cornet) [7/22], Dick and Derek's Annual Piano Party w/Dick Hyman (piano), Derek Smith (piano) [7/23], New Stuff w/Dick Hyman (piano), Randy Sandke (conductor & trumpet) [7/24], Early Benny w/Dick Hyman (piano), Dan Levinson (alto saxophone & clarinet) [7/29], Licorice Schticks w/Dick Hyman, (piano), Evan Christopher (clarinet) [7/30], The Lion, The Lamb, and Luckey w/Dick Hyman (piano), Mike Lipskin (piano) [7/31].

JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER 212-258-9800, www.jazzatlincolncenter.org Highlights incl. the fourth-annual Essentially Ellington Concert [7/15-7/19], held at Skidmore College. Check website for updates & complete sched.

JVC JAZZ FESTIVAL 212-501-1390, www.festivalproductions.net George Wein's Festival Productions Inc., pres. the 2003 JVC Jazz Festival, celebrating 31 years of great music feat. many of the foremost names in pop, jazz, blues, spirituals & Latin music?plus lectures, gallery shows & other special events. All concerts begin at 8 p.m. unless otherwise indicated. Avery Fisher Hall @ Lincoln Center: Joe Cocker and Los Hombres Calientes feat. Bill Summers & Irvin Mayfield [6/25], An Evening with Chick Corea & Friends w/Chick Corea & Gary Burton Duet, the Chick Corea Elektric Band feat. Dave Weckl, Eric Marienthal, Frank Gambale & Michael Pope & Three Quartets Band feat. Michael Brecker, Eddie Gomez & Vinnie Colaiuta [6/26], India Arie & Me'shell Ndegeocello [6/27], The Crusaders w/special guests Randy Crawford & Lizz Wright [6/28]. The Beacon Theater: Cesaria Evora & Lila Downs [6/18]. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture: Cedar Walton Quartet w/Vincent Herring, Kenny Washington & David Williams [6/15]. The Studio Museum in Harlem: Carl Allen & New Spirit feat. Mulgrew Miller, Ben Wolfe, Donald Harrison & Terrell Stafford [6/19]. Apollo Theater: Maceo Parker and Roy Hargrove's RH Factor [6/24]. Iridium Jazz Club: "Legends of the Clarinet: Tony Scott & Buddy DeFranco" w/The Bill Mays Trio & special guest Perry Robinson [6/17], Don Byron [6/18], Kenny Davern [6/19-6/20], Marty Ehrlich [6/21], Ronny Odrich [6/22]. Birdland: Chico O'Farrill's Afro-Cuban Jazz Big Band, directed by Arturo O'Farrill [6/22], Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra w/Lew Tabackin & special guest Jon Faddis [6/23], "6 Strings + 88 Keys x 2" w/Pat Martino/Jim Ridl Duets & Russel Malone/Benny Green Duets [6/24], Machito & The Afro Cubans w/special guest Larry Harlow [6/25], George Wein & The Newport All-Stars feat. Regina Carter & Lew Tabackin w/Rodney Jones, Mark Taylor & Peter Washington [6/26], "Birdland Salutes the Royal Roost" w/the Tadd Dameron Memorial Sextet & Jimmy Greene, Jimmy Heath, Don Sickler, Kenny Washington, Peter Washington, Michael Weiss & Charlie Parker Memorial Quintet w/Jesse Davis, Jim Rotondi, Kenny Washington, Peter Washington & Michael Weiss [6/27], "One4J: The Music of J.J. Johnson" feat. Steve Turre Quintet w/special guests Robin Eubanks, George Cables, Obed Calvaire & Buster Williams [6/28]. Bryant Park's free lunchtime concerts, 12-2: student bands from Milwaukee School of Arts, Northern Illinois University & East Carolina University [6/25], Hiromi & the Rodriguez Brothers [6/26], Christian McBride Band, the Bad Plus feat. Ethan Iverson, Reid Anderson & David King w/the Belmondo Quintet [6/27]. Kaye Playhouse: "Wild, Wilder Wess: A Celebration of the Music & Lives of Frank Wess & Joe Wilder" feat. Bill Charlap, Jon Faddis, Roy Hargrove, Winard Harper, Antonio Hart, Jimmy Heath, Russel Malone, Rufus Reid, Renee Rosnes, Warren Vaché, Kenny Washington, Peter Washington, Phil Woods plus Frank Wess, Joe Wilder and others [6/17], "Piano Starts Here" w/Kenny Barron, Bill Charlap, Joey Calderazzo, Eldar Djangirov, Eliane Elias, Ted Rosenthal, Cedar Walton, Kenny Werner, Ray Drummond, Willie Jones, III, Lewis Nash & Peter Washington [6/18], "Bix Lives On: A Beiderbecke Centennial Celebration" w/Howard Alden, Joe Ascione, Dan Barrett, Greg Cohen, Jerry Dodgion, Wycliffe Gordon, Jon-Erik Kellso, Dan Levinson, Ken Peplowski, Randy Reinhart, Scott Robinson, Randy Sandke, Mark Shane & Dick Sudhalter w/pre-concert panel discussion at 6:30 p.m. feat. George Avakian, Vincent Pelote, Randy Sandke & Richard Sudhalter [6/19], "Inside Out: Mainstream Meets the New Music" w/Randy Sandke & The Inside-Out Jazz Collective and Ray Anderson, Uri Caine, Greg Cohen, Marty Ehrlich, Wycliffe Gordon, Dennis MacKrel, Ken Peplowski, Scott Robinson, Daniel Schnyder & Worlds Beyond w/Kenny Drew, Jr.& Dave Taylor, Ben Allison & Medicine Wheel w/Michael Blake, Rufus Cappadocia, Ted Nash & Michael Sarin [6/24], "Beautiful Songs?Then and Now" feat. Steve Tyrell & Janis Siegel [6/26] & "A Night Out with a Jazz Legend" feat. the Illinois Jacquet Big Band [6/27]. Carnegie Hall: "The Movie Music of Spike Lee & Terence Blanchard" w/Spike Lee, Bruce Hornsby, Raul Midon, Angie Stone, Cassandra Wilson & the Terence Blanchard Band & Orchestra [6/20], Los Van Van & Ray Barretto [6/21], "There'll Be Another Spring: A Tribute to Miss Peggy Lee" feat. Bea Arthur, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Peter Cincotti, Petula Clark, Freddy Cole, Cy Coleman, Eric Comstock, Chris Conner, Deborah Harry, Shirley Horn, Ronnie Milsap, Jane Monheit, Rita Moreno, Maria Muldaur & Nancy Sinatra [6/23], Charlie Haden "American Dreams" feat. Michael Brecker, Kenny Barron, Rodney Green & the Berklee String Chamber Orchestra conducted by Matt Glaser [6/25], Dave Brubeck Quartet & Shirley Horn Trio [6/27], Wayne Shorter Quartet, Herbie Hancock w/special guest tapper Savion Glover & the Festival Chamber Orchestra conducted by Robert Sadin [6/28]. Call or check website for complete info & sched. incl. club dates, special events & educational programs.

JVC JAZZ FESTIVAL WEEK AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD 212-255-4037, www.villagevanguard.com For the second year The Village Vanguard hosts the JVC Jazz Festival feat. a week of legendary jazz performances. Performers incl. The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra w/ special guest Jimmy Heath [6/23], "Tethered Moon" w/Masabumi Kikuchi, Gary Peacock & Paul Motian [6/24], Marilyn Crispell Trio w/Mark Alias & Paul Motian [6/25], Bill McHenry Group w/Duane Eubanks, Ethan Iverson, Ben Monder, Reid Anderson & Paul Motian [6/26], Paul Motian's Electric Bebop Band w/Tony Malaby, Chris Cheek, Ben Monder, Steve Cardenas & Jerome Harris [6/27], Trio 2000 Plus One, feat. Tony Malaby, Masabumi Kikuchi, Drew Gress, Paul Motian [6/28], Bill McHenry, Charlie Haden, Paul Motian [6/29].

LES HALLES LIBERTY FESTIVAL, www.leshalles.net Celebrating the most important dates in U.S. and France history, July 4th?America's independence, and July 14th?Bastille Day. For 11 days Brasserie Les Halles New York hosts live music, performances & features special menus in honor of these historic dates. The festivities will culminate with a day-long street festival on Monday, July 14th feat. entertainment, food & other activities.

LINCOLN CENTER OUT-OF-DOORS FESTIVAL 212-875-5108, www.lincolncenter.org 33rd season of free music, dance, special events & family entertainment on the plazas of Lincoln Center [8/2-8/24]. All events are free & open to the public. Call or visit Lincoln Center website for more info. McCoy Tyner trio & special guest Dave Valentin [8/2], It's Greek to Me! A Celebration of the music & dance of Greek/New York, w/Sophia Bildes, Demetri Tashie, Beth Bahia Cohen Ensemble [8/3], "Que Viva Chango!" feat. tribute to the great La Lupe & Celina w/maestro Jose Mangual, Jr., & his band feat. Cita Rodriguez, Something Positive, Puntilla Rios y La Nueva Genercion, Jorge Alabe's Afro Brazilian Dance Co. [8/3], Jazz on the Plaza: Jazzmobile [8/6], "Take me out to the Ballgame" w/Chuck Brodsky, Dave Frishberg, Christine Lavin, & the Persuasions [8/6], Just for Kids: Noche Flamenca for kids [8/7], Chamber Music of the World: Anjani's Kathak Music Ensemble [8/7], Songs of the Heart: Fado, Ladino, & Beyond w/Antonio Vieira, the Gerard Edery Ensemble feat. George Mgrdichian & Fantcha [8/7], Anjani's Kathak Dance of India [8/8], Noche Flamenca [8/8], the 20th-Annual Roots of American Music Festival feat. Mark Erelli, Mustard's Retreat, Blues Party from Harlem w/Larry Johnson, James Cotton, & many others [8/9] & continued w/Christine Lavin, The McKrells, the Jeanette Williams Band [8/10], Chamber Music of the World: Ulali Native American Singers [8/12], Paul Taylor Dance Co. [8/12 & 8/13], Chamber Music of the World: Ethel [8/13], Christopher Janney's Sonic Forest [8/14, 8/15, 8/17], Just for Kids: Umoja African dancing & drumming [8/14], Divine Divas of Oriental Bellydance: Shamira, Rayhana, Ayshe, Samara, & Elena w/the Mogador Band [8/14], Mexican Jazz w/the Villicana, Bernal, Kautz Trio, presented by the Mexican Cultural Institute [8/15], Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo [8/15], Homemade Instrument Day: Playing w/the Elements feat. Christopher Janney's Sonic Forest, Don Knaack the Junkman?plus workshops & performances [8/16], Chamber Music of the World: The Knights of the Many-Sided Table [8/17], From Chinatown with Love [8/17], Eddie Palmieri and La Perfecta & the Spanish Harlem Orchestra [8/17], The Kevin Wynn Collection [8/19], Ailey II (8/19], "Philly Feet" feat. Moxie Dance Collective, Phrenic New Ballet, & Myra Bazell [8/20], the Han-Tang Yuefu Ensemble [8/21], Beale Street Caravan feat. the Gamble Brothers Band, Alvin Youngblood Hart & Kelley Hurt [8/22], Slack 'N Steel feat. the Campbell Brothers, Bob Brozman, & Led Ka'apana [8/22], La Casita: A Home for the Heart, oral poetic traditions of Native America, Caribbean, Mexico, Latin America, & the U.S. [8/23 & 8/24], Teatro Guirigai of Madrid "Fiesta de Los Locos" [8/23 & 8/24], Canajun: Canadian Acadian to Cajun Music feat. Blou, Lennie Gallant, & Vishten [8/23] &, finally, Brazilfest '03 [8/24].

MIDSUMMER NIGHT SWING Josie Robertson Plaza, Lincoln Center, www.lincolncenter.org The 15th season of Lincoln Center's Midsummer Night Swing is here. Dance the night away in NY's favorite outdoor dance club [6/25-7/26]. Buster Poindexter [6/25], Hector del Curto & Eternal Tango with Roxana Fontán [6/26], Jimmy Bosch [6/27], Kid's Day #1 with Pierre Dulaine & Yvonne Marceau 4-5:30 [6/28], Harlem Renaissance Orchestra [6/28], Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra [7/2], Joaquin Diaz [7/3], 70s and Beyond Dance Party with DJ Bobby Morales [7/4], Spanish Harlem Orchestra [7/5], Vaseline Intensive Care "Smooth Moves" National Dance Competition at 6:15 p.m. & Ron Sunshine & Full Swing at 7:30 [7/9], Tenth-Annual Evening of Dancing and Desserts with the Cab Calloway Orchestra [7/10], John Whelan Band with Eric Weissberg [7/11] Hank Thompson & The Brazos Valley Boys [7/12], David Ostwald's Gully Low Jazz Band [7/16], Cafe Accordion Orchestra w/guest accordionistas Charlie Giordano & Will Holshouser [7/17], Brave Combo [7/18], Kid's Day #2 with Laura Hiszczynski & Tybalt Ulrich 4-5:30 [7/19], Sugar Ray and The Bluetones with Monster Mike Welch [7/19], Vaseline Intensive Care "Smooth Moves" National Dance Competition finals at 6:15 p.m., SonSublime at 7:30 p.m. [7/23], Geno Delafose and French Rockin' Boogie [7/24], Cliff Korman's Gafieira Dance Club [7/25] & Illinois Jacquet and His Big Band [7/26]. After all that, program may be subject to change. But keep that website bookmarked & you should be alright.

LOLLAPALOOZA 2003, www.lollapalooza.com Legendary multi-artist festival returns with concerts around the country feat. lineup of some of music's most vital artists including: Jane's Addiction, Audioslave, Incubus, Queens of the Stone Age, Jurassic 5, The Donnas, A Perfect Circle, the Distillers, Cold and Steve-O, The Music, Cave In, Kings of Leon, Rooney, the Mooney Suzuki, Pharoahe Monch, Burning Brides, 30 Seconds to Mars & the Bellydance Superstars. Lollapalooza comes to the NYC area for one show at the Tommy Hilfiger Theater, Jones Beach [7/30].

MADISON SQUARE GARDEN 4 Penn Plaza (betw. 31st & 33nd Sts.), 212-465-6741, www.thegarden.com NYC's favorite big-ticket venue pres. summer concerts incl. Amor 93.1 Presentan El Encuentro De Dos Grandes II [5/24], McDonald's Gospelfest 2003 [6/7], Cher [6/11 & 6/12], Van Morrison [6/13], Coldplay [6/13], Olga Tanon [6/14], Dixie Chicks [6/20 & 6/21], Neil Young & Crazy Horse [6/26], Pearl Jam [7/9], Pa' Colombia: Ritmo, Sabor, Y Sentimento [7/19], Iron Maiden [7/30] & Ricardo Arjona [8/8].

MAKOR 35 West 67th Street (betw. Central Park W. & Columbus Ave.), 212-601-1000, www.makor.org Makor presents diverse, cutting-edge arts & entertainment programming in association with the 92nd St. Y. Performances this summer incl. Cyro Baptista's Beat the Donkey [5/22], Dub is a Weapon vs. Black Redemption Sound [5/24], Haale/Pharaoh's Daughter [5/28], Carrie Newcomer/Vance Gilbert [5/29], Makabaret: The Mensch/Mad Cow Town [5/31]. Sanda Weigl's 'Gypsy Killer' feat. Anthony Coleman & Ted Reichman [6/2], Freedy Johnston/John Brodeur [6/5], J.C. Hopkins Biggish Band feat. Queen Esther [6/7 & 7/5], Odetta/Bethany Yarrow [6/12], Warning: Not for Broadway, or the Met Either! [6/14-6/16], Richie Havens [6/19], Septeto Roberto Rodriguez feat. David Krakauer "El Danzon de Moises" [6/25], Makor Marathon feat. New Work of 50 emerging artists [6/29], Shira Betzibur [7/1 & 8/5], Nerissa & Katryna Nields [7/10], David Broza [7/12-7/14] & the South African Music Festival w/Jazz & Rock musicians & DJs [7/15-7/19].

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND MUSIC FESTIVAL, B'way (betw. 72nd & 86th Sts., 212-764-6330, www.livablenewyork.org The Coalition for a Livable West Side will hold its 16th-Annual Memorial Day Weekend Music Festival. In addition to arts & crafts exhibitions, there will be continuous entertainment on the main stage at 86th St. (B'way), starting at noon, incl. two performances by the Clearwater Walkabout Chorus Folksingers [2 & 4], followed by the Delta Blues, Mississippi blues & jazz quartet led by Ted Williams [5/25, 11].

MOSTLY MOZART FESTIVAL Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival carries the tradition through a 36th season [7/25-8/23] w/stellar lineup of both established & emerging performers. Concerts take place over four weeks in four venues. Listings by venues as follows. Avery Fisher Hall: Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra w/Louis Langrée, conductor, Richard Stoltzman, clarinet feat. all Mozart program sure to be filled w/endless excitement. Free [7/24], Opening Night Gala Celebration: Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra w/Louis Langreé, conductor. Lang Lang, piano, Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano (at Mostly Mozart debut) [7/29 & 7/30], Emerson String Quartet w/Jeffrey Kahane, piano. Works by Mozart, Schubert, and Brahms [7/31], Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra w/Louis Langreé, conductor. Stephen Hough, piano. Works by Mozart, Weber [8/1 & 8/2], Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra w/John Nelson, conductor. Piotr Anderszewski, piano. Works by Schnittke, Mozart, and Mendelssohn. [8/5 & 8/6], Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra w/Philippe Jordan, conductor (Mostly Mozart debut, New York orchestral debut), Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano, Leila Josefowicz, violin. Works by Mozart, Handel, Gluck and Beethoven [8/8], Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra w/Philippe Jordan, conductor (Mostly Mozart debut, New York orchestral debut), Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano, Leila Josefowicz, violin. Works by Mozart, Handel, Gluck and Beethoven [8/9], Juilliard String Quartet w/Jon Kimura Parker, piano. Works by Haydn, Beethoven & Dvorák [8/10], Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra w/Emmanuel Krivine, conductor, Midori, violin. Works by Prokofiev, Saint-Saëns, and Mozart [8/12 & 8/13], Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra w/Emmanuel Krivine, conductor, Alicia de Larrocha, piano. Works by Mozart and Schubert [8/15 & 8/16], Louis Langrée, conductor, Peter Serkin, piano. Works by Mozart and Schubert [8/19 & 8/20], Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra Closing Night w/Louis Langrée, conductor. Riverside Choral Society w/Patrick Gardner, director, Rosemary Joshua, soprano, Bruce Ford, tenor. Eric Owens, bass. Haydn's The Creation [8/22] John Jay College Theater: Winterreise by Franz Schubert. Simon Keenlyside, baritone (Mostly Mozart debut). Trisha Brown, director (Mostly Mozart debut) [7/29, 7/30 & 8/2]. Alice Tully Hall: Camerata Salzburg Roger Norrington, conductor. Hannes Eichmann, narrator. All-Beethoven Program [8/3], Camerata Salzburg Roger Norrington, conductor, Hannes Eichmann, narrator, Dominique Labelle, soprano. All-Beethoven Program [8/4], Music on Period Instruments w/Europa Galante. Fabio Biondi, violin and conductor [8/7], Green Eggs and Hamadeus Robert Kapilow, commentator (Mostly Mozart debut), Sherry Boone, soprano (Mostly Mozart debut) [8/9], David Daniels counter-tenor (Mostly Mozart debut). Craig Ogden, guitar. Recital of works by Bellini, Dowland, Purcell, Bernstein & Kander, plus traditional Spanish songs [8/17], Norwegian Chamber Orchestra w/Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor & piano. Works by Rameau, Mozart & Haydn [8/21]. New York State Theater: Mark Morris Dance Group w/Mark Morris, choreographer [8/6-8/8] LaGuardia Concert Hall: Il re pastore w/Mark Lamos, director (Mostly Mozart debut), Nicholas McGegan, conductor and Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra [8/12, 8/14, 8/16], Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra [8/23]. Tickets for all Mostly Mozart Festival events are available at the Avery Fisher Hall box office & at the Alice Tully Hall box office. Tickets are also available through CenterCharge, 212-721-6500, or by visiting the Mostly Mozart website at www.lincolncenter.org, now feat. instant ticketing. For more info & locations of performances and special rates for groups of 15 or more, call 212-875-5358. Tickets range from $20-$50 unless otherwise noted.

MURRAY HILL BLOCK PARTY 35th St. betw. Lexington & Fifth Aves., www.MurrayHill.org 31st-annual Murray Hill Block Party is back again w/another day of food, song, dance & oh so much more. On Saturday three stages pres. performances by cast members of B'way's smash hit Mama Mia, the LaGuardia Jazz Ensemble, Big Apple Chorus & the Lost Girt Blues Band?plus local dance and theater clubs [6/7, 12]. MUSIC AT THE PIERS Main plaza, Chelsea Piers, Pier 62, 212-336-6666, www.chelseapiers.com Free concert series feat. two different live bands every weekend. Every Sat. & Sun. [6/7-9/28, 12-4]. Performances by Tom Stinson Jazz Trio, Mary Lamont Band, Total Remix & Senor Lucky & the Tonemasters.

NEW CENTURY SOIREE SERIES Pen and Brush, 16 E. 10th St., 212-475-3669, www.altrue.net/site/pbonline The New Century Soiree Series offers the opportunity for artists working in all genres to hear new work & discuss creative processes & potential collaborations w/composers, performers & their audiences. Series opens on Friday, June 6th, 7pm w/Mephista, the dynamic trio of composer/performers Sylvie Courvoisier, Susie Ibarra and Ikue Mori. Additional performances to follow.

NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC 212-875-5709, www.newyorkphilharmonic.org Concerts in the Parks, classical series [7/6-7/13]. Program I: The Marriage of Figaro overture, Mozart: Clarinet Concerto Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande Suite, Falla: El Amor Brujo Suite (Love the Magician) Sibelius: Finlandia w/Roberto Minczuk, Won-Jin Jo, Luciana Souza at the Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island [7/6]. Program II: Borodin: Prince Igor overture, Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto, Musorgsky/Gorchakov: Pictures at an Exhibition w/conductor Roberto Minczuk and the debut of violinist James Ehnes in The Great Lawn, Central Park [7/7], Prospect Park, Bklyn [7/8], Cunningham Park, Queens [7/9]. Program III: Ginastera: Estancia Suite, Falla: El Amor Brujo, Guarnieri: Dansa Brasileira, Villa-Lobos: "Dansa" from Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4, Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story w/conductor Roberto Minczuk and mezzo-soprano Luciana Souza in The Great Lawn, Central Park [7/10]. Program IV: Borodin: Prince Igor Overture, Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto, Ginastera: Estancia Suite Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story w/conductor Roberto Minczuk & violinist Yura Lee in Heckscher State Park, East Islip, Long Island [7/12]. Program V: Chamber Ensemble: Program w/conductor Roberto Minczuk & violinist Yura Lee in the Bronx [7/13].

RIVERHEAD FREE BLUES FESTIVAL Peconic Riverfront, Riverhead, Long Island, www.riverheadblues.com Fourth-annual festival w/more than 200 artists performing on three stages: Main Stage, KEYSPAN Acoustic Stage & Vision Theater Stage. Watch the noontime parade which goes from Main St. to the Main Stage [7/18]. Musical highlights incl. Blue Roots, Black Cat Bone, Gary Sellers, Hot Tin Roof & Charles Lambert Band. Check site for full sched. & times [7/18-7/20].

SCANDINAVIA HOUSE 58 Park Ave. (betw. 37th & 38th Sts.), 212-879-9779, www.scandinaviahouse.org Free live jazz?specialty cocktails & snacks from the world-famous Restaurant Aquavit?full bar?secluded outdoor terrace?It's Jazz House Summer Nights, the best way to celebrate summer in the city! Presented by Scandinavia House & Restaurant Aquavit. Every Wednesday evening from 5:30-9:30 [6/4-8/27].

SMIRNOFF SUMMER OF LIVE Outdoor Summer Concert Series, www.cc.com Hosted by Clear Channel Entertainment, Summer of Live will showcase a wide variety of performers from pop and hard rock to country and jazz to alternative and reggae. Artists incl: Red Hot Chili Peppers, James Taylor, Pearl Jam, Norah Jones, Kenny Chesney, Alabama, The Allman Brothers Band, B.B. King, Dave Matthews Band & Bon Jovi. Clear Channel will also bring you Lollapalooza & Ozzfest 2003. Coming to the NYC area at PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ: Poison w/Skid Row & Vince Neil [6/14], Boston [6/15], Santana w/special guest Angelique Kidjo [6/18], Peter Gabriel [6/20] & James Taylor [6/21].

SPLASH INTO SUMMER?A BEACH PARTY EXTRAVAGANZA Children's Museum of the Arts, 182 Lafayette St. (betw. Broome & Grand Sts.), 212-274-0986, www.cmany.org The Children's Museum of the Arts celebrates its ninth-annual Family Benefit. Splash Into Summer?A Beach Party Extravaganza is a party for all ages & incl. live entertainment w/music by Lou Gallo & Brady Rymer [5/30, 5-8].

SUMMER SINGS CAMI Hall 165 W. 57th St. (betw. 6th & 7th Aves.), 212-247-3878. All programs are $10, packages & subscriptions available. New York Choral Society pres. their "Summer Sings" program throughout July & August. Name of work followed by director & director's affiliation. Schedule incl. Orff, Carmina Burana, Robert Bass, conductor (The Collegiate Chorale) [7/9], Verdi, Requiem, David Randolph, conductor (The St. Cecilia Chorus, Original Masterwork Chorus (Director Emeritus) [7/11], Bernstein, Chichester Psalms, Haydn, Paukenmesse, Robert DeCormier, conductor (New York Choral Society w/Music Director Emeritus, Vermont Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Counterpoint) [7/16], Handel, Israel in Egypt, Lyndon Woodside, conductor (Oratorio Society of New York, Westchester Choral Society) [7/18], Faure, Requiem, Durufle, Requiem, Patrick Gardner, conductor (Riverside Choral Society, director of Choral Activities-Rutgers University) [7/23], Handel, Messiah, Patrick Conley, West Village Chorale [7/30], Poulenc, Gloria, Vivaldi, Gloria, Britten, Rejoice in the Lamb Francisco J. Nunez, conductor (Young People's Chorus of NYC, University Glee Club of New York) [8/1], Mozart, Requiem, Bach, Magnificat, Mark Shapiro, conductor (artistic director - I Cantori of New York, Monmouth Civic Chorus, European Music Alliance, Mannes College of Music) [8/6], Brahms, Requiem, Clara Longstreth, conductor (New Amsterdam Singers) [8/8], Faure, Requiem, Haydn, Lord Nelson Mass, Marina Alexander, conductor (Arcadian Chorale (NJ), Richmond Choral Society; assistant professor - CUNY College of SI) [8/13], Haydn, Te Deum, Paukenmesse, Judith Clurman, conductor (Juilliard School, New York Concert Singers, Todi Musicfest) [8/15], Bach,