Brooklyn Concerts

Welcome!
32 Years of Sensational
Seaside Concerts!
feel so lucky to have had the privilege of
hosting the Seaside Concert Series since
1979. For me, it’s been a dream to welcome America’s best-known performers to
beautiful Brooklyn. The Seaside Concert
Series has become one of the most celebrated free concert series anywhere.
There’s nothing like sitting back and
enjoying ocean breezes and the company
of friends and family as you hear some of
your favorite musical acts. This year, the
tradition continues with an amazing lineup
of talented musicians you won’t want to
miss. What better way to kick off the summer than with Brighton Beach’s own Neil
Sedaka and Brenda Lee? (You won’t say
“I’m Sorry”!) You’ll have “Fun, Fun, Fun”
with the Beach Boys plus the Happy
Together tour with The Turtles (featuring
Flo & Eddie), Micky Dolenz (lead singer of
The Monkees) and Mark Lindsay (former
lead singer of Paul Revere and the Raiders).
I hope you’ll be ready to rock with
George Thorogood and the Destroyers
and special guests Southside Johnny & The
Asbury Jukes and welcome back The B-52s
to “Dance This Mess Around” along with
Belinda Carlisle. Speaking of dancing,
you’ll want to have your dancing shoes on
for our annual Latino Music Night. John
Legend gave an incredible performance at
the Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series
in 2008, and this year he will perform on
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the Seaside stage. And I’m beyond thrilled
to welcome to Seaside none other than the
Queen of Soul herself – yes, the one and
only Aretha Franklin, right here at Asser
Levy/Seaside Park. How’s that for R-E-SP-E-C-T?
This year, Brooklyn lost one of its
favorite daughters – the lovely, talented and
proud Lena Horne, born in BedfordStuyvesant. The borough mourns her loss.
We’ll also miss Johnny Maestro of the
Brooklyn Bridge, a consummate entertainer who graced the Seaside concerts many
times and who passed away this year.
These evenings are made possible thanks
to the generous support of major sponsors:
Boar’s Head, Key Food, Forest City Ratner
Companies/Nets, Grocery Haulers,
National Grid, PA Associates and Target.
And this year we are delighted to welcome
back Health Plus and Toyota.
Turn to page 3 for all the details of who
will be on our stage this season, Monday
evenings at 7:30 p.m. here by the sea in
beautiful Coney Island.
MARTY MARKOWITZ
BROOKLYN BOROUGH PRESIDENT
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SUMMER CONCERTS
PATRON SPONSORS
FOR CONCERT INFO
CALL 718.222.0600
www.brooklynconcerts.com
All shows will be held at
Asser Levy/Seaside Park rain or shine.
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General Rules: NO cameras, NO Audio or Video Recording,
NO alcohol, NO pets, NO bottles, NO smoking. All persons
and packages are subject to search prior to entry.
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Limited seating available. Concertgoers are urged to
bring chairs. Limited chair rental for $5 in specially
designated area. Reserved seating is for sponsors
and guests only. Fee helps defray cost of season
chair rental. Restrooms on Seabreeze Ave. side of
Seaside Park. Smoking is strictly forbidden on the
field. Emergency services available. Please do not litter. There will be no holding seats. all general seating
is on a first come first served basis. Strollers,
portable chairs, etc. cannot be brought into the general seating area. We must keep the rows free of any
obstacles. Concert management is not responsible
for personal items left unattended.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Neil Sedaka
BreNda lee
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the Beach BoyS
happy together tour
25th aNNiverSary
the turtleS featuriNg flo & eddie
the MoNkeeS lead SiNger Micky doleNZ
Mark liNdSay forMer lead SiNger of
paul revere & the raiderS
george thorogood
& the deStroyerS
Special gueSt
SouthSide JohNNy
& the aSBury JukeS
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Bandshell Features
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Unusual ways to get in shape
July
Gallery Hop
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Fitness Fun
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The Borough’s Art Scenes
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Delicious Specialty Food Stores
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What’s Cooking?
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Brooklyn’s Big Book Festival
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If you love the Seaside Concerts
as much as we do, let us know...
and get a great T-shirt!
I want to keep the Summer alive with music.
Enclosed is my tax deductible contribution $________
With my contribution of $100
or more, I get a special
wardrobe addition – a Seaside
Summer Concerts T-Shirt.
Name _________________
Address_______________
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Any other amount says
“Thanks for these summer
concerts, I want them to continue.”
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Mail check and form to:
32 Court Street, Suite 607, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Concert Production Staff
Exec. Director/Exec. Producer...........Debra Garcia
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Production. . . . . . . . Danielle Aversa, Geoff Barnes,
Office Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sharon Hirschhorn
Jude Christian, Jillian Corbet, Paul Di Salvo, Erin
Office Intern. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rosa Mowbray
Downhour, Laura Freed, Shevek Majors-Peers,
Producer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Appel
. . . . . . . . . Seth Morgan, Paul Riznyk, Daniel Thomas
Production Managers. . . . . . . . . . . . Vinny DeMarco
Lighting. . . . . . . . . . . . Rich Saccoliti/Event Systems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Finen
Video. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pro Sho Productions
Production Manager (sub). . . . . . . . Josh Bradford
Sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joe Russo
Advance Production Manager. Michael Bandolik
. . . . . . . . . Frank Provenzano, Pro Sho Productions
Site Production Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . Ben McGuire
. . . . . . . . . . . . Angelo Spinello, Perfection Productions
Staging Supervisor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Berrios
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Hairston (monitor engineer)
Assistant Staging Supervisor. . . . . . . Frank Ravias
IATSE Local #4 Crew Chief- Jonathan Bracken
Stage Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tom Selsey, Jr.
Staging Labor provided by IATSE Local #4
Sponsor Liaison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rebecca Cullars
Security...Heightened Security/Drew Campbell
SUMMER 2010
Get Fit While You Have Fun
Brooklyn fitness goes beyond the gym
By William x Harvey
A West African dance class at Mark Morris Dance Center. (Photo: MMDG/Katsuyoshi Tanaka)
rooklynites are redefining how to
have fun while getting in shape in
some unusual ways, using everything from sandbags to ping-pong paddles to Djembe drums to bocce balls.
Here are some interesting options you
may not have considered.
In a former warehouse in Williamsburg,
you’ll find the Brooklyn Barbell Club,
where you can try the latest trend in fun
fitness: competitive workouts that might
include whaling on a giant tractor tire 30
times with a 15-pound sledgehammer,
followed by throwing a 30-pound sandbag 10 times, topped off with a 10-lap
race around the block. Brooklyn Barbell
Club, 221 N 8th St, Brooklyn NY 11211, (917)
720-6551; www.brooklynbarbell.com
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A few blocks away is Brooklyn Bowl, a
16-lane bowling alley that features a stateof-the-art sound system, a 600-personcapacity musical venue and great food.
The Brooklyn Bowl experience is a long
way from Ralph Cramden’s bowling on
the Honeymooners. The lanes are beautiful, and with entertainment provided by
world-class rock acts, it may be hard to
decide whether to dance or roll strikes
and spares. Brooklyn Bowl, 61 Wythe Ave,
Brooklyn, NY 11211, (718) 963-3369; 21 years
old+: Sun-Thurs 6pm-2am, Fri-Sat 6pm4am; Family days: Sat-Sun noon-6pm;
www.brooklynbowl.com
The world-famous Mark Morris Dance
Group recently moved into a stunning
space in Fort Greene, and is now offering
classes in Afro-Caribbean dance and
movement and West African dance (with
Djembe drums), as well as Zumba, a
dance-based fitness class that incorporates music and steps from salsa, cumbia,
merengue, swing, tango, samba and reggaeton. No dance experience required;
call or check website for schedule. Mark
Morris Dance Center, 3 Lafayette Ave,
Brooklyn, NY 11217; (718) 624-8400;
www.markmorrisdance.com
Love baseball? In southern Brooklyn
under the BQE at 26th Street is the 3rd
Ave Sports Center, a.k.a. Brooklyn
Sports and Party Center. A gem in the
rough that has hosted innumerable birthday parties over the years, it offers batting
cages of all types. It’s where young sluggers go to ramp up their hitting from 30mile-an-hour slow-pitch softball to 80mph hardball, and where Brooklyn club
players of all ages go to hone their skills.
You might even see a not-so-young guy
working on his skills for minor-league
tryouts. Slap on a batting helmet and step
into the cage. Once you connect with one
pitch, you’ll be hooked, and you may end
up swinging till your arms are weak. 3rd
Ave Sports Center, 800 3rd Ave, Brooklyn, NY
11232, (718) 965-0004; open 7 days;
www.3rdavenuesportscenter.com
Ping-pong isn’t what it used to be, and
the click-clacking of a slow, friendly game
in a friend’s rec room is a thing of the
past. It’s table tennis now, and it’s a serious sport. Brooklyn Table Tennis in
Midwood is the largest table tennis club
in the city, and boasts great players who
are redefining the sport in North
America. They offer classes and private
lessons, and run tournaments for adults
and kids. Table tennis is a lot of fun, and
if you’re looking for a year-round sport
that combines serious exercise, intense
concentration and lightning fast reflexes,
it’s for you. The Brooklyn Table Tennis Club,
1100 Coney Island Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11230;
(718) 421-2200; Hours: Mon-Fri 5-10:30pm,
Sat-Sun 10-5pm; www.nisonsttc.com
Brooklynites are
getting in shape by
using everything from
sandbags to ping-pong
paddles to Djembe
drums to bocce balls.
Brooklyn’s neighborhood pools such
as Bushwick’s Kosciusko Pool are more
for splashing and spritzing than Olympic
training. In summer, public pools are
packed from open till close. The joyous
chaos of jumping, splashing children who
are screaming, shouting, shivering and
dripping on parents and caregivers chatting poolside under the summer’s tropical sun is a Brooklyn tradition. Join the
fun! The Kosciusko Pool at Kosciuszko Street
Park, Marcus Garvey Blvd and DeKalb Ave,
Brooklyn, NY 11232; open June 29-Sept 6, for
hours call 311; www.nycgovparks.org
Tennis is a sport you can play your
whole life. For tennis in NYC, it’s hard to
beat the Tennis Center at Prospect Park.
In a beautiful location in the Parade
Grounds, it’s a wonderful place for beginners and experts of all ages to play, with
nine clay courts and two Har-Tru courts.
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Want to try kayaking? Red Hook Boaters will teach
you to paddle. (Photo: Jonathan Barkey)
They have programs for players age 6 and
up, with individual or group instruction
available. Membership enables you to
reserve a court online and pay a nominal
court fee. In the winter, tennis continues
under a bubble, so it’s easy to stay in
shape in the cold months. The Tennis
Center, 50 Parkside Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
11226; (718) 436-2500; outdoor season May
15-Oct 18; daily, 7am-11pm; www.prospectpark.org/tennis_center
When you think of bocce, you may
conjure up images of grandfatherly gentlemen in the park and the soft thud of
bocce balls landing in dry clay. Union
Hall in Park Slope has taken the game of
bocce and moved it indoors, adding great
food, drinks, and a variety of entertainment. Housed in a 5000-square-foot
space, the ambience is friendly and hip. If
you are 21 or older, Union Hall is a great
place to hang out try your hand at bocce,
or just watch. If Atlantic Ave is closer to
you, Floyd NY also offers bocce. Who
knows, you might learn new skills from
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an old-timer. Union Hall, 702 Union St,
Brooklyn, NY 11215; (718) 638-4400;
Weekdays: 4pm-4am, Weekends: noon-4am;
www.unionhallny.com. Floyd NY, 131
Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11201; (718) 8585810; www.floydny.com
Feel like climbing the walls? Brooklyn
Boulders, in an 18,000-square-foot former Daily News warehouse in Boerum
Hill, is the largest rock-climbing gym in
the city. The gym’s 30-foot ceilings hover
over walls from vertical to horizontal. A
scalable mock-up of the Brooklyn Bridge
sits in the center, and there are separate
areas for different climbing levels and
styles. Memberships and day passes are
available, as are beginner “learn the
ropes” lessons. Brooklyn Boulders, 575
Degraw St, Brooklyn, NY 11217; (347) 8349066; www.brooklynboulders.com
If you’ve always wanted to try canoeing or kayaking, the volunteer organization Red Hook Boaters will teach you
how to paddle, give you safety tips and fit
you with a required life jacket, and will
help you board for a short paddle inside
Louis Valentino Jr. Pier Park in Red Hook
to explore the protected cove and enjoy
harbor views and wildlife at your own
pace. Open water explorations of Red
Hook, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Buttermilk
Channel and voyages to Governors Island
are also available for experienced paddlers. All activities are free. Before or after
your trip, you’re asked to help with beach
cleanup. Red Hook Boaters, Louis Valentino
Jr. Pier Park, Coffey St at Ferris St, Brooklyn,
NY 11231; www.redhookboaters.org; every
Sunday 1pm- 5pm until Oct 3 and every
Thursday 6pm-8pm until Aug 12
Gallery Hop: Art All Over Brooklyn For
Creative culture across the borough
By William x Harvey
The Muriel Guépin Gallery in Cobble Hill features Brooklyn-based artists.
ith art galleries tucked into
brownstones, factories and
storefronts across the borough, Brooklyn’s gallery scene is flourishing. Nowadays, Brooklyn is where
creative people from across the globe
come to make their mark, and local galleries reflect that diversity, featuring
works by Chasidic artists, AfroCaribbean artists, the Brooklyn avantgarde and many other cultures and
viewpoints.
Visiting a cross-section of the borough’s galleries is a lovely way to spend
a summer day, and a great opportunity
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to sample the cultural vibrancy of
Brooklyn neighborhoods, as Borough
President Marty Markowitz’s annual fall
“smART Brooklyn Gallery Hop” has
shown. The trip could take you across
Brooklyn from Greenpoint to Sunset
Park, or you could just choose a single
gallery as your destination for an initial
foray into a new neighborhood. Gallery
schedules can be irregular in the summer months, so call before you visit.
When Pierogi 2000 started in 1996,
the underground Williamsburg art
scene had been going full throttle for
more than ten years, but was at that
Brooklyn is where
creative people from
across the globe come
to make their mark,
and local galleries
reflect that diversity.
point mostly unacknowledged by the
mainstream art world, even as local
artists such as Haim Steimbach, and
Fred Tomaselli were gaining status.
Now, Pierogi is a well-respected venue,
representing a stable of artists who are a
bit out of the mainstream. Pierogi’s
newest space, The Boiler, focuses on
showing site-specific works and projects
by artists who are or will be major stars.
Pierogi, 177 North 9th St, Brooklyn, NY
11211; (718) 599-2144; www.pierogi2000.com
Hours: 11am-6pm Tues-Sun and by appointment. The Boiler, 191 North 14th St,
Brooklyn, NY 11211 (718) 599-2144; Hours:
Noon –6p, Thurs- Sun and by appointment
English Kills in Bushwick is a spirited
part-time gallery showing works by
young artists. This summer it’s worth a
trip to Bushwick, where the new new
art scene is entrenched and where the
restaurants and bars are following the
artists. English Kills, 114 Forrest St. Ground
Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11206; (718) 366-7323;
www.englishkillsartgallery.com Hours: SatSun 1pm-7pm and by appointment
The House of Art is a BedfordStuyvesant neighborhood institution
with a mission focused on community
building and education as well as selling
art. The gallery is a charming place to
seek out works by local artists who, as
their statement declares, "create the art
we want around us; the art that tells our
stories; the art that warms our spirits
and moves our souls.” House of Art
Gallery, 373 Lewis Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
(347) 663-8195; www.nychouseofart.com
Hours: Wed-Sun 2pm-7pm, Mon-Tues by
appointment
The Chassidic Art Institute in
Crown Heights was founded to encourage the appreciation of Eastern
European Jewish artistic traditions, and
claims to be the only organization of its
kind in the world. The Institute houses
a gallery and organizes traveling exhibitions, among them the Annual Russian
Group Show and the Annual Chassidic
Art Group Show. It is most noted for its
shows that focus on the unique religious
life of the Lubavitch Chassidim. The
Chassidic Art Institute, 375 Kingston Ave,
Brooklyn, NY (718) 774-9149 Hours:
Mon–Thurs, Sun: noon–7pm, Fri: noon–5pm
Pierogi has been in Williamsburg since its
art scene was underground.
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The Invisible Dog in Cobble Hill is kid-friendly,
and the art is thought-provoking.
Corridor Gallery in Clinton Hill is a
core program of the Rush Philanthropic
Arts Foundation, founded in 1995 by
brothers Russell, Danny and Joseph
“Rev. Run” Simmons. The gallery is
dedicated to providing exhibition
opportunities to the emerging artistic
community in Brooklyn and surrounding areas. It supports experimental ventures in performance, visual art, and
curatorial work and has exhibited the
work of hundreds of non-commercially
represented artists. Corridor Gallery, 334
Grand Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238; (718) 2305002; www.corridorgallerybrooklyn.org
Hours: Tues-Thurs 10 am-6pn, Fri-Sat 126pm, or by appointment
Red Hook’s Kentler International
Drawing Space features contemporary
drawings and works on paper. Founded
by artists Florence Neal and Scott
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Pfaffman, it opened its doors in April of
1990 with a focus on artists from the
Red Hook neighborhood. Kentler
International Drawing Space, 353 Van
Brunt St, Brooklyn, NY 11231; (718) 8752098; www.kentlergallery.org Hours: ThursSun, 12-5pm
Located in a former carriage house in
Sunset Park, Tabla Rasa presents shows
that founders Audrey Frank Anastasi
and Joseph Anastasi, artists themselves,
see as an expression of human spirit and
a voice for social issues in an accessible,
community-friendly, non-intimidating
venue that provides an engaging cultural experience. Tabla Rasa presents solo
and group exhibitions in a wide range of
styles, themes and media. Tabla Rasa
Gallery, 224 48th St, Brooklyn, NY 11220;
(718) 833-9100; www.tablarasagallery.com
Visiting a cross-section
of the borough’s
galleries is a great
opportunity to sample
the cultural vibrancy
of Brooklyn
neighborhoods.
440 Gallery is an artist-run collective
in Park Slope that provides artists an
opportunity to show non-commercial
works. The gallery invites artists and
curators to participate in seasonal group
shows, including “Amoeba to Zebra”
July 1- July 25. 440 Gallery, 440 Sixth Ave,
Brooklyn, NY 11215; (718) 499-3844;
www.440gallery.com
The Rising Arts Gallery is located
between Bedford Stuyvesant and
Clinton Hill on the ground floor of an
artist loft building. The gallery hosts
exhibits for local and national artists;
this summer features the “Around the
World in Seven Continents” photography exhibition July 24–Aug 21. The
Rising Arts Gallery, 35 Claver Pl, Loft #1
Brooklyn, NY 11238; (718) 498-6082;
www.therisingartsgallery.com
The Invisible Dog appeared in
Cobble Hill last autumn in a warehouse
formerly owned by the inventor of the
“invisible dog” leash-with-no-dog gag
gift. There is now a pristine art space
where boxes full of “invisible dogs”
once sat. The “Dog” is kid friendly, and
the work shown here tends to be theatrical in scale (such as the giant inflatable ant in its 2009 opening show) and
thought-provoking. The Invisible Dog
has an ambitious program that includes
short-term rental spaces for visiting
artists. The Invisible Dog, 51 Bergen St,
Brooklyn, NY 11201; 718-260-8688;
www.theinvisibledog.org Hours: Thurs-Sun
noon-7pm or by appointment
Muriel Guépin Gallery is in the same
complex as The Invisible Dog and features primarily Brooklyn-based artists.
Works are priced from $100 to $10,000.
The gallery has a wonderful summer
arts education program planned for
children and adults. Muriel Guépin
Gallery, 47 Bergen St, Brooklyn, NY; (718)
858-4535 Hours: Wed-Sat: 11am-7pm; Sun:
12pm-5pm
Bedford-Stuyvesant’s Skylight Gallery
features exhibits of works by artists of
African descent; the main gallery houses
the Abram-Ka-Zebra gift shop, which
features the works of contemporary
craft artists and “artists from throughout the African Diaspora.” The Skylight
Gallery, 1368 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY
11216; (718) 636-6949; www.skylightgallerynyc.com Hours: Wed-Fri, 11am-6pm;
Sat, 1pm-6pm
BRIC Rotunda Gallery in Brooklyn
Heights aims to increase the visibility
and accessibility of contemporary art
and global culture in Brooklyn; BRIC
presents art that reflects Brooklyn's
diverse communities and provides
resources and platforms to support the
creative process. BRIC Rotunda Gallery,
33 Clinton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201;
(718) 875-4047; www.bricartsmedia.org
For more information about the
“smART Brooklyn Gallery Hop” go to
www.visitbrooklyn.org this fall.
William x Harvey is a designer [products
sold by Umbra] and musician [Urban Verbs,
Tiny Desk Unit]. He lives in Williamsburg.
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NEIL SEDAKA
BRENDA LEE
For more than 50 years, Neil Sedaka, who grew up in Brighton Beach, has written, performed, produced, and inspired countless songs. A Juilliard-trained classical pianist
eager to gain acceptance from his peers at Abraham Lincoln High School, Neil began
performing rock’n’roll and writing songs with his neighbor Howard Greenfield. After
Connie Francis made hits of his "Stupid Cupid" and “Where the Boys Are,” he signed
a recording contract and had hits of his own including "The Diary," "Oh! Carol,"
"Calendar Girl," "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen," and "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do."
He also wrote hit songs for artists including Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Tom Jones, The
Monkees and the Captain and Tennille, whose version of his "Love Will Keep Us
Together" won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year. Sedaka has been inducted into
the Songwriter's Hall of Fame and received their Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement
Award, was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and was honored with Neil
Sedaka Way on the Coney Island boardwalk. He is currently completing a collection of
new songs, produced by Grammy Award winner David Foster.
Brenda Lee was born in Atlanta, and has been performing since
she was seven years old. When she was 12, she was on the Grand
Ole Opry with Elvis Presley ... he was 22! Before she turned 20,
The Beatles were her opening act. Her worldwide record sales
are in excess of 100 million. Her biggest-selling single to date,
1960’s "I'm Sorry," has sold in excess of 20 million units, and
"Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree," is close behind with sales
approaching 15 million. She has performed in more than 52 foreign countries, recorded hits in five Spanish, French, Italian, German and Japanese, and
has received multiple international awards, including four Grammy Award nominations. She was also presented with the Governor's Award by the National Academy Of
Recording Arts & Sciences (NARAS) in 1984, and was elected to the Country Music
Hall Of Fame in 1997.
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THE BEACH BOYS
MARK LINDSAY
HAPPY TOGETHER TOUR - 25TH ANNIVERSARY
THE TURTLES FEATURING FLO & EDDIE
THE MONKEES LEAD SINGER MICKY DOLENZ
FORMER LEAD SINGER OF PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS
The Beach Boys continue to create and perform with the same bold imagination
and style that marked their debut 40 years ago. Captained by Mike Love, The Beach
Boys play a busy schedule of concerts, averaging 150 shows a year. This remarkable
band could have retired from the field with honor at many points: after the success
of the Pet Sounds masterpiece in 1966, or seeing the Golden Globe nominated
“Kokomo” in 1988 become its best selling single ever, or being inducted that same
year into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, or watching its worldwide album sales
blow past l00 million, or winning the NARAS Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001.
But The Beach Boys continue to have fun, fun, fun, with no end in sight. The Beach
Boys were center-stage at Live Aid, multiple Farm Aids, the Statue of Liberty’s
100th Anniversary Salute, the Super Bowl and the White House.
Flo & Eddie (Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman)’s 1960s hits with The Turtles
included the #1 hit “Happy Together,” “She'd Rather Be With Me,” “Elenore” and
“It Ain’t Me, Babe.”
Micky Dolenz sang lead on the Monkees’ #1 singles “Last Train to Clarksville” and
“I’m a Believer.” The group sold more than 65 million records worldwide.
Mark Lindsay is the former lead singer and co-founder of Paul Revere & the
Raiders, and was the voice on 17 Top 40 hits, including “Kicks,” “Hungry” and
“Arizona.”
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GEORGE THOROGOOD
& THE DESTROYERS
SPECIAL GUEST
SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY & THE ASBURY JUKES
After 35 years as “The World Greatest Bar Band,” George Thorogood & The
Destroyers are still bad to the bone. Formed in Delaware in the early 1970s, the band’s
raucous, slide guitar-stoked, blues-rock takes on tunes by Chuck Berry, Elmore James,
John Lee Hooker, Bo Diddley and others helped them audiences across the country
with their raucous take on classic urban rock and blues. Their first hit was “Move It On
Over,” an amped-up cover of a Hank Williams tune, and they broke big with the
immortal rocker "Bad to the Bone," the title track from their gold-certified 1982 album.
That song has been a perennial favorite, featured in everything from James Cameron’s
Terminator to a Wrangler’s commercial starring Brett Favre. Their 2004 gold-certified
compilation, Greatest Hits: 30 Years of Rock, was Billboard’s Blues Album of the Year two
years running. Just last year, the band released The Dirty Dozen, which paired six new studio recordings with six classic fan favorites and drew raves from fans and critics alike.
Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes have flourished for
more than 30 years, with 30 albums, EPs and a box set; thousands of live performances around the globe; a legion of dedicated and enthusiastic fans; dozens of classic songs; and a
record – Hearts of Stone - that Rolling Stone called one of the
"top 100 albums of the 70's and 80's." Born and raised on the
Jersey Shore, Southside started out singing and playing at the
now legendary Upstage Club, often joined by pals Bruce
Springsteen, "Miami Steve" Van Zandt, and Garry Tallent. Southside and his band,
eventually called the Asbury Jukes, grew their reputation as a dynamic live act. In 1975,
they released the critically acclaimed I Don't Want To Go Home, and a legend began. Over
three decades of recording and touring followed. Since 1999, Johnny and the Jukes have
released Messin' With The Blues, Going To Jukesville, Into The Harbour and a live album.
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JOHN LEGEND
Born John Stephens in Springfield, Ohio, pop/soul singer-songwriter-performer-social
activist John Legend was still attending the University of Pennsylvania when Lauryn
Hill invited him to play piano on "Everything is Everything," from her Grammy-winning solo album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. John soon added his distinctive vocal
and/or piano stylings to recordings by Alicia Keys, Jay-Z, Kanye West and others. His
debut album, Get Lifted, rocketed to #4 on the Billboard Top 200 and became America's
#1 R&B/Hip-Hop album in January 2005. The album earned John eight Grammy nominations and three awards while selling more than three million copies worldwide.
His second collection, Once Again, entered the Billboard Top 200 at #3 shortly after its
release in October 2006, peaking at #1 on the R&B Album Sales chart. The album
earned a platinum certification while securing two Grammy nominations and winning
one award. He has won two additional Grammys, one for "Family Affair," -- a track he'd
cut with Joss Stone and Van Hunt for a Sly & the Family Stone tribute album – and
another for "Stay With Me (By the Sea)," a duet with Al Green. In 2008, John's third studio collection, Evolver, became his third consecutive Top 10 album when it entered the
Billboard Top 200 at #4. He then embarked on an extensive world tour with a ten-piece
band, his largest traveling production to date. John’s plans include the release of The
Wake Up Sessions, a collaboration with the Roots that he describes as "an album of covers where we explore songs from the ‘60s and ‘70s - songs of protest and social uplift that
I feel are still relevant today."
John Legend is both a political and social activist. In 2007, he launched the Show Me
Campaign, a grassroots movement whose mission is to break the cycle of poverty. A
sought-after guest on political talk shows, he was named to the 2009 Time 100 list of the
world's most influential people.
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ARETHA FRANKLIN
She is known the world over by her first name, and as the undisputed, reigning
“Queen Of Soul,” Aretha Franklin is peerless. She is the recipient of a Presidential
Medal Of Freedom, the U.S.A.’s highest honor, 17 Grammy Awards (and counting), a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and a Grammy Living Legend
Award. With timeless hits such as “Respect,” “A Natural Woman,” “Chain Of
Fools,” “Think,” “Daydreaming” and “Freeway Of Love” among the dozens of
chart-topping records that have established her as a cultural icon, Aretha Franklin’s
catalog of more than 40 albums, many of which have achieved gold and platinum
status, informs listeners of her unmatched, unparalleled artistry. Born in Memphis,
reared in Buffalo and a longtime resident of Detroit, Aretha began her personal
musical journey singing at her father Reverend C.L. Franklin’s New Bethel Baptist
Church at a very young age. She started her recording career at Columbia Records
at 18 and released nine albums with the label, then signed with Atlantic Records
and had her first million-selling single with “I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love
You)” in 1967. Her reading of Otis Redding’s “Respect” then took her to the top of
the charts the world over. A move to Arista in 1980 paired her with artists including George Benson, Luther Vandross, Narada Michael Walden, Annie Lennox,
George Michael, Whitney Houston, Elton John and James Brown for continued
success. She has recorded two gospel albums, one of which, Amazing Grace,
remains among the top-selling gospel albums of all time. Inventive, innovative,
always stretching her own artistic boundaries, we can be sure that when Aretha
herself says she still has “so much more music to share,” the best is yet to come
from the one and only “Queen Of Soul.”
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THE B-52S
SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY
BELINDA CARLISLE
Twenty-five years and over 20 million albums into their career, The B-52s remain
beloved. Named after Southern slang for exaggerated 'bouffant" hairdos, the band met
in Athens, Georgia. Before long, their thrift store aesthetic and genre-defying songs
were the talk of New York’s post-punk underground. Their self-titled debut, which
included the garage-rock party classic “Rock Lobster,” sold more than 500,000 copies.
Their second studio effort, Wild Planet, proved their success was no fluke with hits
“Private Idaho,” “Give Me Back My Man” and “Strobe Light.” In 1989, Cosmic Thing sold
five million copies and yielded their first-ever Hot 10 hits, “Love Shack” and “Roam.” In
2008, the B-52s released their first new album in 16 years, the aptly titled Funplex. As the
B-52s continue to take their party-music revolution into the 21st century, they show no
signs of slowing down, serving up their own unique blend of music and showmanship
to millions of fans around the world.
Hollywood native Belinda Carlisle was and occasionally
still is the lead vocalist for the pop rock band The Go-Go's
and is also a phenomenally successful solo artist. Belinda’s
first venture into music was as the drummer for the LA
punk band The Germs; she quickly left and joined The GoGo's. After the initial breakup of The Go-Go's in 1985,
Belinda embarked on a solo career resulting in six internationally successful albums and the chart-topping hit
“Heaven is a Place on Earth.” The video for that song was directed by Diane
Keaton and included an appearance by Belinda’s husband Morgan Mason, son of
actor James Mason. Belinda’s TV appearances include Celebrity Duets, the MTV
competition reality show Rock the Cradle and the eighth season of Dancing with the
Stars. Her autobiography, Lips Unsealed: A Memoir, was released in June of 2010.
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LATINO MUSIC BY THE SEA
ARTISTS TBA
FEATURING MARIA TORRES DANCERS
Maria Torres is an acclaimed performer, choreographer and
director. She has graced both the Broadway stage, in Swing!, and
the big screen, in Dance with Me, with Chayanne and Vanessa
Williams. As a choreographer, Maria has worked on such projects as the Enrique Iglesias video for “Bailamos,” Reggaeton
artist Don Omar’s most recent tour, King of Kings, the international dance TV show Quiero Bailar and the FOX hit So You Think You Can Dance.
Most recently, Maria choreographed dances for actors Patrick Dempsey and Amy
Adams in the film Enchanted and Raven Simone in College Road Trip, as well as
Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony in El Cantante, which she also appeared in. Maria
has taught all over the world at an array of prestigious institutions with the goal of
sharing her Latin culture with people of all backgrounds. Her choreography can
been seen in the upcoming feature film The Six Wives of Henry Le Fay, starring Tim
Allen, Andie McDowell, Jenna Elfman, Epatha Merkerson and Paz Vega.
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What’s Cooking?
Brooklyn’s Specialty Food Stores
By Brian Vecci
Specialty: A type of food or product that a
restaurant or shop is known for because it
is so good.
rooklyn is home to myriad cuisines
from around the world. From
Greenpoint to Brighton Beach, Bay
Ridge to Brownsville, in Brooklyn you can
find quintessential examples of the culinary
traditions of dozens of cultures. Even better,
you can find stores that will sell you the best
ingredients to create them on your own.
If a perfect smell exists, the aroma that
greets you when you walk into The
Brooklyn Kitchen in Williamsburg is probably as close as you’ll ever find. A sprawling
culinary paradise tucked away next to the
BQE, The Brooklyn Kitchen offers a wide
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variety of interesting treats and implements of culinary weaponry. It’s Sur La
Table for a Brooklyn palate, with everything from organic whole grains to
KitchenAid mixers. Throw in an entire
floor dedicated to offering seasonal cooking classes and general kitchen help, and
you have a foodie paradise.
Meander to the back of The Brooklyn
Kitchen and you discover the source of
those wonderful smells – The Meat Hook.
Offering a plethora of cured and fresh
meats from local farms, The Meat Hook is
the kind of neighborhood butcher that’s
becoming harder and harder to find as
Brooklyn continues to change. If you’re
looking for something delicious to put on
your grill this summer, you’d be hard
Spectacular vegetables are a specialty at Three Guys From Brooklyn in Bay Ridge.
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pressed to find a better place to shop.
Brooklyn Kitchen/The Meat Hook, 100 Frost
St, Brooklyn, NY 11211; (718) 389-2982;
www.thebrooklynkitchen.com
Every now and then you find a place
that’s so good it doesn’t matter how hard
it is to get to, and in Red Hook you’ll find
such a treat: The Red Hook Lobster
Pound. You’re not likely to find a place in
New York so singularly dedicated to these
majestic crustaceans. The Pound ferries
live lobsters down from Maine every
week and stores them in massive ocean
tanks right in the store. They’re picky
about the lobsters they choose, too, only
selling the most lively and tender critters.
They’ll sell them to you whole and alive
for $10 a pound, or steam them for you
right on the premises. That’s all well and
good, but if you stop in and don’t have
one of their amazing lobster rolls, you’ve
done something unforgivable. The Red
Hook Lobster Pound, 284 Van Brundt St,
Brooklyn, NY 11231; (646) 326-7650;
www.redhooklobsterpound.com
The best way to cook great food is to
start with great ingredients, and when it
comes to produce, you’ll never quite see
the like of Three Guys From Brooklyn.
Sitting along a lively stretch of Fort
Hamilton Parkway in Bay Ridge, Three
Guys is a mecca of fresh produce. While
the store isn’t particularly large compared
to some, the outdoor produce section that
adorns two sides of the building is among
the best in all of New York. I actually had
to turn around and go back to the register
a second time after noticing some wonderfully fresh baby asparagus on the way out.
Three Guys From Brooklyn, 6502 Fort
Hong Kong Supermarket is an ethnic grocer
of the highest caliber.
Hamilton Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY 11219; (718)
748-8340; 3guysfrombrooklyn.tripod.com
Looking for fresh turtle? When I say
fresh, I mean crawling up the sides of the
bin. I’ve never bought a turtle for cooking,
but if I ever did, I know exactly where I’d
go: Hong Kong Supermarket in Bay
Ridge. This is everything that’s great about
shopping for food in Chinatown: amazing
prices, ridiculously fresh fish and meat,
incomprehensible labels, and a lingering
sense of not having any idea where you
are. It’s fantastic, even if you’re just picking up some rice and frozen dumplings.
Sure, far more of the meat is still alive than
you may be accustomed to, but this is an
ethnic grocer of the highest caliber, and
not to be missed. Hong Kong Supermarket
of Brooklyn, 6013 8th Ave, Brooklyn, NY
11220; (718) 438-2288
Caputo’s Fine Foods in Carroll Gardens
is a the kind of specialty food store I think
of when someone says “specialty food
store.” Italian to the bone, Caputo’s offers
a wide variety of meats, cheeses, pasta
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(fresh and dried), spices, and oils. When
you go, make absolutely sure they don’t let
you leave without selling you a pound of
their fresh mozzarella. There’s a new
batch emerging from the kitchen every
half hour. Even specialty food stores have
their specialty, and the mozzarella alone
makes the trip worthwhile. Caputo’s Fine
Foods, 460 Court St, Brooklyn, NY 11231;
(718) 855-8852
Coluccio & Sons in Bay Ridge is another Italian market in the old style. Need an
entire wheel of parmigiano reggiano
imported from Italy? Want a whole prosciutto? How about ten pounds of provolone? Coluccio and Sons is piled high
with an incredible assortment of tasty
The freshest Italian
mozzarella is a short
ride away from some of
the best Maine lobster
you’ll ever have.
Prosciutto and cheese at Coluccio & Sons,
an old style Italian market.
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goods. In addition to carrying everything
you’d expect from a good Italian market,
with prices that are tough to beat,
Coluccio’s has a deli counter that’s second
to none. I challenge anyone to walk into
their building on 60th St. and not come
out with at least two dry sausages and a
wedge of cheese. Coluccio & Sons, 1214-20
60th St, Brooklyn, NY 11219; (718) 436-6700;
www.dcoluccioandsons.com
Whether or not you keep kosher,
you’ll want to check out the kosher
supermarket Pomegranate in Flatbush.
It features a sushi bar, an olive bar, a fine
selection of kosher cheeses, and many
prepared foods, as well as all kinds of
Israeli foods. And because everything is
kosher, it’s a good option for vegans,
because anything containing dairy or
meat is labeled that way. Pomegranate
also offers an NYC rarity: valet parking!
Pomegranate, 1507 Coney Island Ave,
Brooklyn, NY 11230; (718) 951-7112;
www.thepompeople.com; closed Saturdays
Almost any great specialty food store is
going to have great cheese. There are two
shops in Brooklyn, however, that truly
have a passion for it. Stinky Bklyn and
Brooklyn Larder are places where you
want to take your time, perusing pungent
cheeses from every corner of the globe.
Take care before going into either, as the
friendly staffs at each will seduce you into
spending half a paycheck on cheese, bread,
oil and sausage. Stinky Brooklyn is a sultry
little spot in Carroll Gardens, with brick
walks and a cozy, inviting interior. It can
get a bit crowded on the weekends, but no
matter when you go, it’s worth the trip.
Brooklyn Larder is a bit bigger and better
lit, sitting along a great stretch of Flatbush
Peruse pungent cheeses from every corner
of the globe at Stinky Bklyn.
Avenue in Park Slope. The wide variety of
artisanal cheeses, meats, and bread make it
a worthy destination for any foodie. Stinky
Bklyn, 261 Smith St, Brooklyn, NY 11231; (718)
522-7425; www.stinkybklyn.com; Brooklyn
Larder, 228 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217;
(718) 783-1250; www.bklynlarder.com
For fresh Slavic delicacies and Eastern
European imports, don’t miss M&I
International Food in Brighton Beach’s
Little Odessa. You’ll find vast quantities of
smoked fish, pickled vegetables, borscht,
pierogi, stuffed cabbage, and an extensive
selection of imported preserves and
chocolates piled high, as well as enormous
pastries and a delicious carrot cake. M&I
International Food, 249 Brighton Beach Ave.,
Brooklyn, NY 11235; (718) 615-1011
While it’s all well and good to seek out
culinary treats from Europe or the Far
East, what if what you really want is some
down-home goodness? Seasoning meat,
basically the leftover bits from a country
ham, is the specialty of the North
Carolina Country Store in East New
York. Throw it in a big pot with greens and
your apartment will be filled with the
smell of Southern cooking. When I
stopped in, I picked up a pound along with
some fried chicken seasoning and dried
beans. There’s a lot of great soul food in
Brooklyn, but the North Carolina
Country Store is a first stop if you’re making your own. North Carolina Country
Store, 2001 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11233;
(718) 498-8033
If there’s one market you shouldn’t miss
as a foodie in Brooklyn, it’s Sahadi’s on
Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn Heights.
Sahadi’s is one of the best one-stop shops
for everything a cook needs to create delicious, interesting meals. They stock a wide
variety of olives, nuts, grains and flours –
including my favorite, semolina – and you
can buy as much or as little as you need.
Throw in a top-notch deli and a good variety of meats, cheeses, and oils, and you
have one of the better markets in
Brooklyn, if not all of New York City.
Sahadi’s, 187 Atlantic Ave; (718) 624-4550;
closed Sundays; www.sahadis.com
Brooklyn offers a cornucopia of options
for finding the right ingredients to create
wonderful ethnic dishes. The freshest
Italian mozzarella is a short ride away
from some of the best Maine lobster you’ll
ever have. The great markets throughout
our borough constantly remind me just
how diverse and exciting it is, and that I’ll
probably never finish discovering
Brooklyn’s specialty.
Brian Vecci is the author of the food blog
Clinton Hill Foodie, an amateur’s guide to food
and wine in Clinton Hill and Fort Greene.
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Book Yourself, Brooklyn!
Famous authors, great books for the whole family
at the Brooklyn Book Festival
The children’s area at the 2009 Brooklyn Book Festival kept toddlers enthralled.
ove to read? Enjoy meeting
authors? Then you’ll love the fifth
annual Brooklyn Book Festival,
which will take place Sunday,
September 12th in and around Borough
Hall and Columbus Park. It’ll be big,
smart and diverse. Last year’s hugely
successful event attracted more than
30,000 visitors and media from around
the world to Brooklyn.
The Festival, the largest literary festival on the East Coast, will again feature
a literary marketplace with more than
150 booksellers, publishers and literary
organizations in Borough Hall Plaza as
well as “reading rooms” inside historic
Borough Hall. Programming from 10
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a.m. to 6 p.m. September 12th will
include panels and readings on an outdoor main stage facing Borough Hall’s
historic marble steps, a children’s
authors stage, an international stage
and special programming for teens.
Events will also take place at St. Francis
College and the Brooklyn Historical
Society. New this year will be a “book
club lounge,” where book clubs around
Brooklyn can arrange to meet up with
their fellow members at the Book
Festival.
This year, the Brooklyn Book Festival
is expanding to curate pre- and post-festival special literary events in neighborhoods across Brooklyn on Friday,
September 10th, Saturday, September
11th and in the evening after the
Festival September 12th. Presenting
partners and venues include BAM,
Brooklyn Public Library, PEN
American Center, St Ann’s Warehouse,
Boulevard Books and Cafe, Greenlight
Bookstore, Freebird Books, Light
Industry, Powerhouse Books, Word,
Littlefield, The Bell House and more.
Notable authors scheduled to participate in the 2010 Brooklyn Book Festival
include Russell Banks, Michael
Connelly, Jennifer Egan, Mary Gaitskill,
Paul Harding, Paul Krugman, Dennis
Lehane, Jonathan Lethem, Maaza
Mengiste, Joyce Carol Oates, Lauren
Oliver, Esmeralda Santiago, Jon
Scieszka, Rebecca Stead, Colson
Whitehead and Jacqueline Woodson.
Visit www.visitbrooklyn.org for updates
as additional authors and events are
added, or call (718) 802-3846 for more
information.
“Like a ‘page turner’ you just can’t
put down, Brooklyn is a place of endless fascination and wonder—a place
filled with both character and characters,” said Brooklyn Borough President
Marty Markowitz. “These days, when
visitors flock to New York in search of
the city’s famous arts and culture
scenes, they make a beeline for
Brooklyn, the ‘Creative Capital of
America.’ That’s why it’s a natural location for the world’s most prestigious
free literary festival. The Brooklyn
Book Festival has become an international literary crossroads—a place
where our greatest writers and most
avid readers are all on the same page.”
Last year’s hugely
successful Book
Festival attracted more
than 30,000 visitors
from around the world
to Brooklyn.
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Celebrating a Musical Legend
Horace Silver - Jazz Icon
uring the past fifty years, jazz
great Horace Silver has written
some of the most enduring
tunes in the genre while performing
them in a distinctively personal style.
More recently, the Horace Silver
Foundation has donated to several
deserving community-rooted organizations—including, this year, the Martin
Luther King, Jr. concert series—with
the goal of inspiring and healing all
people through music.
As a teenager growing up in
Connecticut, Horace Silver began playing piano and saxophone while listening
to everything from boogie-woogie and
blues to such modern musicians as Bud
Powell and Thelonious Monk. In 1951,
Silver moved to New York City where
he accompanied saxophonists such as
Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young and
Lou Donaldson.
During his Blue Note years (1952 –
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1980), Silver helped create the rhythmically forceful branch of jazz known as
“hard bop.” He based much of his own
writing on blues and gospel, and the latter is prominent on one of his biggest
tunes, “The Preacher.” Silver’s piano
playing easily shifted from aggressively
percussive to lushly romantic within
just a few bars. At the same time, his
sharp use of repetition was funky even
before that word could be used in polite
company.
“Song For My Father,” one of Silver’s
most famous songs, and the title track
to his 1964 album, has gone on to
become an American popular music
standard, covered by scores of instrumentalists and such singers as James
Brown. As social and cultural upheavals
shook the nation during the late 1960s
and early 1970s, Silver responded to
these changes through music. After his
long tenure with Blue Note ended, he
continued to create vital music through
the late 1990s.
Now living surrounded by a devoted family in New York, Silver has
received much of the recognition due
a venerable jazz icon. In 2005, the
National Academy of Recording Arts
and Sciences honored him with its
President’s Merit Award. In the mid
1990s Silver created the Horace Silver
foundation to give scholarships to
deserving young jazz pianists and
composers.
The Seaside Summer
Concert Series
thanks the many
volunteers that have
graciously donated
their time this year,
and over the last
32 years.
Johnny Maestro (1939-2010)
ohnny Maestro, the lead singer for the Crests, the
Del-Satins and the Brooklyn Bridge on hits including “Sixteen Candles,” “You’ll Never Walk Alone,”
and “The Worst That Could Happen,” died March 24th
at his home in Florida. The Brooklyn Bridge, who performed at the Seaside Concert
Series many times, were named when a manager joked that it would be “easier to
sell the Brooklyn Bridge” than what was then an 11-member band. “The Worst
That Could Happen,” written by Jimmy Webb, was their biggest hit. In December
1968, they performed the song on The Ed Sullivan Show, and it launched their career.
Maestro was born John Peter Mastrangelo on Manhattan’s Lower East Side on May
7, 1939. “Though Johnny Maestro lacked a Brooklyn address,” said Brooklyn
Borough President Marty Markowitz, “he more than made up for it, and richly
earned his honorary son of Brooklyn title.”
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Lena Horne (1917-2010)
he singer, actress and civil rights activist Lena
Horne was a daughter of Brooklyn and one of its
proudest products. Born June 30, 1917 in BedfordStuyvesant, Brooklyn, she died May 9th. Horne, one of
the first black performers to sign a long-term contract with a major Hollywood studio, starred in films including Cabin in the Sky, Meet Me in Las Vegas and The Wiz. Her
rendition of the title song in Stormy Weather became her trademark. Horne, who
refused to play roles that stereotyped African-American women, received a
Kennedy Center Honor for lifetime contribution to the arts and a Grammy Award
for lifetime achievement. Her one-woman show, Lena Horne: The Lady and Her
Music, was honored with a special achievement Tony Award. In a message of condolence, President Obama said she had “worked tirelessly to further the cause of
justice and equality.”
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The Seaside Summer Concert Series wishes to
acknowledge the outstanding support of Mayor Michael Bloomberg
First Deputy Mayor Patricia Harris; Counselor to the Mayor Anthony Crowell
and Director of the Mayor’s office of Intergovernmental Affairs Haeda Mihaltses
Christine Quinn, NYC Council Speaker
SPECIAL THANKS
Special thanks to Mayor Michael Bloomberg, First Deputy Mayor Patricia Harris and her Chief of Staff
Nanette Smith, Counselor to the Mayor Anthony Crowell, and Director of the Mayor’s office of
Intergovernmental Affairs Haeda Mihaltses. Enthusiastic thanks to City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and
Finance Chair Domenic M. Recchia, Jr., the Brooklyn Delegation of the NYC Council and Brooklyn Delegation
Chair Erik Martin Dilan, and Council Members Diana Reyna, Letitia James, Al Vann, Sara Gonzalez, Dr.
Mathieu Eugene, Darlene Mealy, Charles Barron, Vincent Gentile, Kendall Stewart, Lewis A. Fidler, Michael
Nelson, James Oddo, Jumanee Williams, David Greenfield, Brad Lander and Steve Levin.
Special thanks also to New York State Senate Majority Leader Senator John Sampson, Senator Carl Kruger,
Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and the Brooklyn Senate Delegation, Senators Kevin Parker,
Eric Adams, Martin Malave Dilan, Velamnette Montgomery, Martin J. Golden, Diane Savino, Daniel
Squadron, and special thanks to Senator Ruben Diaz Chair of New York Senate Puerto Rican/Latino Caucus.
And thank you to the Brooklyn Delegation of the New York State Assembly, Assembly Member Joseph R.
Lentol, Chair and Assembly Members Helene Weinstein, Alec Brook-Krasny, William Colton, and Alan N.
Maisel. We would like to acknowledge the support of Governor David Paterson.
Asst Chief Joseph Fox, Commanding Officer Patrol Borough Brooklyn South / Deputy Chief Steve Bonano,
Executive Officer Patrol Borough Brooklyn South / Lt. James Woods, Community Affairs Brooklyn South /
Deputy Inspector Peter DeBlasio, Commanding Officer 60th Precinct / Cpt Taylor & Lt Stapleton, Special
Operations 60th Precinct / Detective John Nevandro, Community Affairs Officer 60th Precinct / Officer Hank
Stucken, Community Affairs / Brian Fischer, Commissioner NYS Department of Corrections / Lucien Leclaire,
Deputy Commissioner Facility Operations NYS Department of Corrections / Joe Williams, Superintendent,
Lincoln Correctional Facility / Nick Brocco, Deputy Superintendent for Security / Maria B Tyrone, Deputy
Superintendent Programs / Officer John Roberts, On Site Correctional Crew Chief.
Sam Duvoor, Financial Advisor / Donovan Murray, CPA, Independent Auditor / Toby Ludwig, Concert
Associate Director / Jamie Snow-Markowitz for her love of Brooklyn and Marty / Carlo Scissura for all his
ongoing support / James Kruger, VINTAGE Electric, Official Concert Electrician / Pat Singer, Executive
Director Brighton Neighborhood Association / NYC Department of Sanitation / Community Board 13 and
Chair Eddie Mark, Chuck Reichenthal, District Manager / Itolya Bullock, Assistant District Manager; Barbara
Teitelbaum, Chair, Parks Committee / Juan Toro for booking Latino Music Night / John Campi, Griselda Garcia
and Brian Adams at NY Daily News / Matt Jeans for designing Bandshell / Nancie S. Martin for editing
Bandshell / Terri Brandmueller for her wonderful website design.
Special thanks to Joe Sitt and Thor Equities for their generous support of our shows this summer.
A special thank you to the Target Team, Council Member Dominic Recchia’s staff members Gina Fortunato,
Joyce Mione and Roz Cohen / Camille Socci / Delia Schack / Sheryl Martinelli / Mimi Humphrey / Bob Macko
and to all our Seaside volunteers.
SEASIDE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES INC. BOARD OF DIRECTORS – Joetta Colquitt, Jack Heller, Marvin
Reiskin, Carlo Scissura, Camille Socci.
NYC PARKS – Adrian Benepe, Commissioner / Julius Spiegel, Brooklyn Borough Commissioner /
Charles A. Gili, Chief of Operations Brooklyn Borough / Marty Maher, Chief of Staff Brooklyn
Borough / Eddie Vargas, Director Public Services Brooklyn Borough / Nancy Melissas, Brooklyn
Public Service / Michael Super, Parks & Recreation Manager, District 13 / Robert Lucia, Park
Supervisor, Asser Levy Park
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SPONSORS &
CONTRIBUTORS
PATRONS
BOAR’S HEAD | FOREST CITY RATNER COMPANIES/NETS
GROCERY HAULERS INC. | KEY FOOD STORES COOP
NATIONAL GRID | TARGET | TOYOTA | PA ASSOCIATES
SPONSORS
ABSOLUT VODKA | ASTORIA FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK | BERKELEY COLLEGE
CABLEVISION | CARNIVAL CORPORATION | CAVIT/PALM BAY
CON EDISON | CONTINUUM HEALTH PARTNERS
DIME SAVINGS BANK OF WILLIAMSBURGH
EMPIRE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD | HEALTH PLUS INC.
MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER | PAY-O-MATIC
SOUTHERN WINE & SPIRITS OF AMERICA, INC. | TD BANK
UNITED FEDERATION OF TEACHERS | VERIZON
CONTRIBUTORS
GREATER NY AUTO DEALERS ASSN.
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Thank you to Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.; Coca-Cola North America
Snapple Distributors and Red Bull for product donations.
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