Well, as we head into 4th of July sun and fun, we might as well keep the vibe going for the next two weeks…with the help of NYC’s River to River Festival!
The events are free and open to the public and take place at different scenic piers and Hudson River-centric locales up and down Manhattan’s west-side and downtown parks.
Some of the highlights of the final two weeks of the River to River Festival inlude:
- Arieb Azhar at Pace University’s Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts, TONIGHT
- Patrick Watson & Loney Dear at the Seaport, July 6
- Source of Uncertainty II with Mort Subotnik at the Schimmel Center, July 7
- La India at Rockefeller Park, July 10
- Missy Mazzoli & Victoire with Matt Mehlan and Skeletons at the Schimmel Center, July 11
- George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic at Rockefeller Park, July 12
- Eleanor Friedberger with Ex Cops at the Seaport, July 13
- A Far Cry Orchestra with Daniel Lopatin and David Lang at the Winter Garden, July 14
- Alarm Will Sound performing a new production of John Cage’s Song Booksat the Schimmel Center, July 15.
And it’s a beautiful day today so why not get your culture on and head out to this one tonight?
Arieb Azhar
July 3, 7:30pm
Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts at Pace University, 3 Spruce Street
Sharp eloquence, humanist politics and mystic poetries are given a global voice by this singer-songwriter and his acoustic band from Islamabad, Pakistan. Defying easy categorization, Arieb Azhar’s mesmerizing baritone “encompasses about all the emotions life has to offer.” (PRI)
He leads a quartet of musicians in an eclectic mix of urban and folk-based songs grounded in Sufi and other humanist poetries from across Eurasia. Azhar pays tribute to Irish balladeers, Croatian gypsies, Punjabi traders and ancient Sanskrit texts
