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COULD TIMES SQUARE GET ANY BRIGHTER? FERRIS WHEEL PERHAPS??

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COULD TIMES SQUARE GET ANY BRIGHTER? FERRIS WHEEL PERHAPS??

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Starting Today, a 110-foot-tall Ferris wheel will open to the public for rides that'll "showcase the crossroads of the world as never seen before," according to its website. "Experience sensory overload by billions of pixels as you soar 110 feet through a canyon of spectacular billboards."

The wheel, which will be situated west of Duffy Square on Broadway between West 47 and 48 streets, will be open for 12-minute rides between noon and midnight every day between August 23 and September 12.

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This year’s festival has and will continue to showcase renowned artists and rising stars with an important tie to New York City. SummerStage shows are happening at Rumsey Playfield in Central Park, Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, and The Coney Island Amphitheater, presenting distinctly New York genres including hip-hop, Latin, indie rock, contemporary dance, jazz, and global music.

Line-Up
Charlie Parker with Strings: The Donald Harrison Quartet and the Harlem Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, August 28
6:00 – 7:00 pm
Marcus Garvey Park in Manhattan

Go Brooklyn! Stetsasonic & Friends 40th Anniversary Show
Saturday, August 28
7:00 – 8:30 pm
Coney Island Amphitheater

Invincible: A Glorious Tribute to Michael Jackson / DJ KS 360
Sunday, August 29
7:00 – 8:30 pm
Coney Island Amphitheater

Willie Jones III – A Charlie Parker Centennial Celebration Featuring Sarah Hanahan, Godwin Louis, Justin Robinson, Erena Terakubo with Donald Vega and Endea Owens
Sunday August 29
6:00 – 7:00 pm
Marcus Garvey Park

Dom Salvador Sextet / Screening: Dom Salvador & Abolition / DJ Nyack & Eduardo Brecho
Saturday, September 4
7:00 – 9:45 pm
SummerStage, Central Park

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ARTIST MICKALENE THOMAS MINES VINTAGE JET MAGAZINES FOR NEW SHOW!

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ARTIST MICKALENE THOMAS MINES VINTAGE JET MAGAZINES FOR NEW SHOW!

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The celebrated artist Mickalene Thomas, who frequently mines the cultural significance and contributions of black women, will stage her latest exhibition this September at Lévy Gorvy. Titled Beyond the Pleasure Principle, the multipart exhibition—which will unfold in four international art capitals throughout the fall—features large-scale paintings that showcase various black women Thomas discovered in vintage issues of the black-centric publication Jet Magazine.

The exhibition will open on September 9 at the buzzy Upper East Side art gallery Lévy Gorvy, which has previously presented works by Jean Michael Basquiat, Mark Rothko, and Andy Warhol in its space. Beyond the Pleasure Principle sees Thomas shift away from her infamous practice of casting lovers, friends, and mentors as her models and muses and, instead, curating images from Jet’s Beauty of the Week series. The series, which ran through Jet Magazine’s heyday, in the sixties and seventies,  featured black models, both amateur and professionals, in pin-up style setups. The photos have been hailed as providing a space for the beauty of black women to be normalized and celebrated.

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The  La MaMa Experimental Theater Club has hosted bold, daring, and socially nascent plays written by some of the best names in theater (Sam Shepard, Amy Sedaris, Phillip Glass) since 1961.

For its 2021 fall-winter season, the storied theater company plans to continue this tradition. Some attention-grabbing standouts, per the New York Times, include an Indigenous spin on Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream retooled as Misdemeanor Dream, a dramatic exploration of the Tulsa Race Massacre tied to the domestic tragedy’s centennial anniversary and a vaudeville concert about the history of cannabis

The new season will start with a kid-friendly return of the La MaMa Puppet Series running September 27–October 24. Later, the premiere of James E. Reynold’s History/Our Story: The Trail to Tulsa, a multidisciplinary experience unpacking the horror and legacy of the Tulsa Massacre, which runs through December 9-12. Then, in March, the premiere of Misdemeanor Dream will take place. The bold production features  20 Indigenous actors cast in a subversive take on one of Shakespeare’s most famous works.

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GOVERNOR'S BALL 2021 - SEPT 24-26

The Governors Ball Music Festival is a huge multi-genre music festival in New York City heading into its milestone 10th anniversary edition this year.

Moving for the first time this year, the festival is re-locating to Citi Field in Queens, using the famed New York skyline as a background and setting attendees loose to explore the city after the headliner closes the main stages each day.

Star-studded and ever-eclectic lineups draw from all ends of the hip-hop, rock, pop, and electronic spectrums, ensuring that Governors Ball remains one of the country's most respected, talked about, hyped, and sought-after music festivals

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The Governors Ball Music Festival | September 24-26, 2021 | New York City

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E-mail Jenn if you are going into the office - if you are feeling under the weather, kindly choose to work from home until you are better.

Please let Jenn/Community Team know if you would like to coordinate a Think and Drink with one of your vendors/partners for the new year!

Also, if you have items in the office that you need to pick up before September 30th, please coordinate with Jen

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Shout Out to Dylan for stepping up while the Rockstar Team is understaffed and super busy!!!!

Shoutout to Christina and Ed for working so hard and being the champions for Siemens.

Shoutout to Jenn for working so hard and wearing SOOOOOO many hats! You rock!!

Shoutout to Arman for being a great information source to the agency!

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The 2021 US Open will be the 141st edition of tennis' US Open and the fourth and final Grand Slam event of the year. It will be held on outdoor hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City.

Dominic Thiem and Naomi Osaka are the men's and women's singles defending champions. However, Thiem withdrew from the tournament due to a wrist injury

US OPEN DATES - August 30 - Sept 12, 2021

FOR TICKET INFORMATION CHECK HERE