Summer Outdoor Theater
*The event has already taken place on this date: Sat, 08/20/2016
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JUNE
YoFi Film Fest
Fri
17Family-friendly, animated, live-action short films from around the world. All ages
Midsummer Night’s Dream
Sat
18 Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival performs Shakespeare’s comedy/love story. All-woman cast. Contemporary dress. Shortened version.
Sponsored by Mercy College
Dance and Music Festival
Sat
25Professional dancers. Live music. Break and modern dance.
Sponsored by Mercy College
JULY
Afro-Peruvian Percussion Ensemble
Fri
8
Modern jazz and Latin standards, waltzes and landos, rooted in Peruvian traditions.
Sponsored by Astoria Federal Savings
National Comedy Theatre
Sat
9
Fast-moving, hilarious “show on the spot,” as you call it.
Sponsored by Astoria Federal Savings
The Cintron Brothers
Fri
15
World, Latin, and Flamenco sound, with the rhythms of the gypsies.
Guardians of the Galaxy
Sat
16Intergalactic criminals halt a universe takeover by a fanatic warrior.
PG-13 2 hours
Cherish the Ladies: Irish Music Band
Fri
22The sound of Eire in Yonkers by this Grammy nominated group that played the White House.
Shakespeare on Demand
Sat
23Pick your Shakespeare play and Knighthorse Theatre Company serves up the Bard’s famous scenes and speeches in an instant.
Stooges Brass Band starring Trombone Shorty
Fri
29High energy! New Orleans brass, modern jazz, hip-hop beat.
Singin’ in the Rain
Sat
30From silent to sound production for a film company.
Not rated. 1 hr 43 min
AUGUST
Gaida and Middle-Eastern Belly Dancers
Fri
5Syrian vocalist expands Arabic melodies and Belly Dance transmits its messages.
Macbeth
Sat
6 What do the Three Witches think of the Scots Noble who would be King? New life for an old favorite by Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival’s all-woman cast.
Sponsored by Henry E. Niles Foundation.
Cocomama
Fri
12 Drums, Brass, Strings… Cuba, Brazil, the Americas. Lively sound by women performers.
Inside Out
Sat
13Joyful, fearful, a little sad, a girl copes with a new city, house, and school.
PG 95 min
Community Showcase
Fri
19Local talent show produced with Yonkers musician Marcus John.
So Please You
Sat
20 New look at Shakespeare’s family-friendly comedy As You Like It by Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Seven actors and trunks of props.
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