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THIS SATURDAY: Electric Windows 2 in Beacon, NY!
July 31st we will be participating in a painting extravaganza of gigantic proportions. The ever wonderful and beautifully kind Dan & Kalene at Open Space are rolling up their sleeves to bring the masses together for another slammin’ full day of painting and partying.
Featuring the badass skillz of Ron English, Logan Hicks, Michael DeFeo, Chor Boogie, Pete Wollaeger, and many more. As well, yours truly, Buxtonia {AHA/PMP’s Garrison and Alison} will be slinging 2 types of paint, spray as well as screen printing on the 1’s n’ 2’s with some brand new images to make some clothing magic. So don’t forget to bring your shirts, or we’ll have some for sale. So come on up to see some great people making some inspiring things. It is sure to be one for the history books.
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AD HOC ART IS THRILLED TO BE THE VISUAL STREET/ART EMISSARIES OF CENTRAL PARK’S 25th ANNUAL SUMMERSTAGE PERFORMANCE SERIES.
WE DESIGNED MERCHANDISE FOR THIS BANNER YEAR AND ARE ONSITE PAINTING AND PRINTING WITH THE WORLD’S BEST ARTISTS & PERFORMERS FROM JUNE 1st to SEPTEMBER 26th. WE WILL IN ADDITION TO A HEAVY ROTATION OF HOT-OFF-THE-PRESS WORK DEBUTED THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, AHA WILL BE BRINGING GUEST ARTISTS ALONG ALL SUMMER LONG TO HELP STIR THE DELICIOUS GLOBAL MELTING POT-O-CREATIVITY! CHECK OUT THE FULL SCHEDULE BELOW, IT IS OFF THE HOOK.
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Central Park/Mainstage
Central Park SummerStage, a program of City Parks Foundation, presents performances of outstanding artistic quality, free of charge, to serve the diverse communities of New York City. The artists represent a breadth of genres and cultures and perform in an outdoor setting accessible to people of all ages and backgrounds. Central Park SummerStage strives to develop audiences’ deepening appreciation for contemporary, traditional, and emerging artists as well as the communities in which these artists originate.
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Rumsey Playfield
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Subway East side: 6 train to 68th or 77th Streets; N, R or W trains to 5th Avenue; F train to 63rd Street and Lexington
West side: 1, 2, 3, 9, B or C trains to 72nd Street
SummerStage Music
When: Saturday, July 31, 2010 at 3:00PM
Where: Central Park/Mainstage

Los Amigos Invisibles, originally from Venezuela, can always get a party started with their dance-inducing fusion of funk, disco and acid jazz. The band made a name for themselves in 1995 with their debut album A Typical Autoctonal Venezuelan Dance Band, which they performed live in a series of underground dance parties in abandoned clubs throughout Caracas. In 2009, the band released their seventh studio album, Commercial, a critical success that garnered the band a Latin Grammy for Best Latin Alternative Album.
Natalia Lafourcade is a superstar in her native Mexico. Her music explores the joining lines of bossa-nova and rock through a pop style that is coquettish, flirty and sweet in the style of Tori Amos or Björk.
SummerStage Music
St.Vincent, tUnE-yArDs, Basia Bulat
When: Sunday, August 1, 2010 at 3:00PM
Where: Central Park/Mainstage

tUnE-yArDs is the singular musical project of New England native Merrill Garbus. Possessing an expansive sound that marries a coarse folk ingenuity with the bold pop sensibility of an R&B siren, her debut release BiRd-BrAiNs was assembled with a staunch DIY aesthetic. She is aptly described by Stereogum as “a self-contained Sublime Frequencies compilation, jumping between blues, African tunes, shiny reggae-esque sprawls and lo-fi folk.”
From the age of three, singer-songwriter Basia Bulat has been perched on a piano, playing. In time she picked up guitar, autoharp, banjo, ukulele, sax, upright bass and flute. Her songs are breathless and thirsty; influenced by the spirits of Jeff Magnum, Odetta, Emily Dickinson, as well as soul-music. Bulat’s songs reflect the stillness of experience on the road, hand-in-hand with a freshly blossoming career.
SummerStage Music
Clark Sisters and Kierra Kiki Sheard
When: Saturday, August 7, 2010 at 3:00PM
Where: Central Park/Mainstage

Four of the most celebrated voices in gospel history–The Clark Sisters: Jacky, Twinkie, Dorinda and Karen–have spent three decades singing, preaching, evangelizing and teaching the Word at home and abroad. With three Grammys under their belt and twelve full-length records to date, they are credited as cornerstone performers in the mainstream, contemporary gospel style.
Kierra “Kiki” Sheard is the latest generation of a legendary Gospel music family. The daughter of Karen Clark-Sheard of The Clark Sisters, she continues the family legacy of spiritual encouragement with a sound and perspective that is all her own. Inspired by her personal experiences, her latest release, Bold Right Life, features cutting-edge music that could be at home in churches and clubs alike, bringing her open declaration of the love for Gospel to the forefront.
SummerStage Music
The xx, Chairlift, Jack Peñate
When: Sunday, August 8, 2010 at 7:00PM
Where: Central Park/Mainstage

The xx are making a quick ascension to pop fame with their dreamy, post-punk songs. The British band’s 2009 debut, simply titled xx, caught the attention of music critics and fans alike, which lead to sold out tour dates around the globe, as well as wide-spread acclaim. NPR says, “Both casually cool and absolutely magnetic, this young London (band) makes music that’s simple and raw, but utterly captivating.”
Chairlift formed in 2006 to make music for haunted houses (!), but has since abandoned that mission to make cleverly seductive psych-pop instead. Best known for their song “Bruises,” Chairlift is part of a collaborative circle of Brooklyn experimental pop magicians including MGMT, Yeasayer, Telepathe, and Class Actress.
UK singer/songwriter Jack Peñate pieces together a collage of up-tempo sounds from a myriad of influences. Rolling Stone describes Peñate’s sophomore release, 2009’s Everything is New, as “a more mature album… that jumps from classic soul to Afropop to Tropicalia with a rock undercurrent. As advertised, everything is new this time around for the twenty-four year old soul-singing Brit rocker.”
SummerStage Music
Bachata Fest featuring Andy Andy, Luis Miguel de la Amargue, Elvis Martinez and Alexandra
When: Saturday, August 14, 2010 at 3:00PM
Where: Central Park/Mainstage

Dominican singer Andy Andy has emerged as one of a handful of musicians on the cutting edge of the bachata craze. Andy began his music career as a merenguero before making the switch to the increasingly popular bachata style. With 5 solo chart-topping bachata albums to his credit, Andy Andy has consistently maintained himself on Billboard’s Top Tropical album charts .
Luis Miguel de la Amargue, known as the “King of Bachata” has taken his music worldwide and is one of the most respected artists in the genre. The multi-award winner and recipient of 2009’s “Bachatero of the Year” and “Bachata Song of the Year” is a genre favorite not to be missed.
Elvis Martínez, a.k.a. El Camarón, is one of the most popular bachata performers around. He got his start in the 1990s, and has been on the fast track ever since. Martínez has the distinction of being not only a singer but also a songwriter and guitarist as well.
Alexandra is best known as half of the hugely successful Monchy y Alexandra who began singing together in 1999. They have been often credited with being instrumental in popularizing bachata music outside of the Dominican Republic. Alexandra is now embarking on a highly anticipated solo career, and is certain not to disappoint.
SummerStage Music
Public Enemy, Blitz The Ambassador, The 7th Octave
When: Sunday, August 15, 2010 at 3:00PM
Where: Central Park/Mainstage
Public Enemy rewrote the rules of hip-hop, becoming the most influential and controversial rap groups of all time. Public Enemy pioneered a variation of rap that was revolutionary. With his powerful, authoritative baritone, co-founder Chuck D rhymed about all kinds of social problems, particularly those plaguing the Black community, often condoning revolutionary tactics and social activism. In the process, he directed hip-hop toward an explicitly self-aware, Pro-Black consciousness. Musically, Public Enemy were just as revolutionary, creating dense soundscapes that relied on avant-garde cut-and-paste techniques, unrecognizable samples, piercing sirens, relentless beats, and deep funk. It was chaotic and invigorating music, made all the more intoxicating by Chuck D’s forceful vocals and the absurdist raps of his comic foil Flavor Flav. Today, PE celebrates the twentieth anniversary of their classic, influential album Fear of A Black Planet.
Ghanaian hip-hop artist Blitz the Ambassador uses rousing horns and clever beats that make him impossible to take lightly. Alongside his band, The Embassy Ensemble, Blitz tests the limits of hip-hop with live instruments and heavily complex, cross-cultural musical exploration.
In an age of disposable, cookie cutter acts, The 7th Octave offers up a different musical and lyrical perspective, combining metal riffs and blistering instrumentation with fiery, socially aware lyrics to provoke the minds of the new millennium generation.
SummerStage Music
Chrisette Michelle, Mario and Tamia
When: Saturday, August 21, 2010 at 3:00PM
Where: Central Park/Mainstage
Presented in Association with WBLS and Globestar Media
Chrisette Michele, a New York native described as a “soulful songbird” by Entertainment Weekly, released her debut album I Am in 2007 to considerable acclaim. Nominated for a BET Award for Best New Artist Release, as well as two Grammys, I Am was both a critical success and a fans’ delight. Her 2009 follow up, Epiphany, went to #1 on the Billboard charts and has produced a slew of jazzy R&B hits, including the title track, “Epiphany,” “Blame It On Me,” “What You Do” and her most recent single “All I Ever Think About.”
Mario Barrett, the Baltimore native better known simply as Mario, has been a staple on the pop and R&B charts from the age of fifteen with his savvy breakout rendition of Biz Markie’s “Just a Friend.” His self-titled debut album featured songs by Alicia Keys and helped launch the career of Ne-Yo, who wrote Mario’s double-platinum international #1 hit “Let Me Love You.” Mario’s most recent album D.N.A. features the charting singles “Break Up” featuring Sean Garrett and Gucci Mane and “Thinkin’ About You.”
Six-time Grammy Award-winning artist and urban R&B chanteuse Tamia has garnered international fame for her hit single “Stranger In My House” and her various collaborations with legends like Babyface and Quincy Jones. A velvet voice and sinuous, sexy tunes accommodate her honest and heartbreakingly real lyrics.
SummerStage Music
The Specials, Black Joe Lewis and The Honeybears and $mall ¢hange
When: Sunday, August 22, 2010 at 3:00PM
Where: Central Park/Mainstage
What better way to salute summer than with a blowout 30th anniversary show with famed rude boys, The Specials? These UK second-wave revivalists, responsible for such hits as “A Message To You, Rudy,” “Ghost Town,” and “Too Much Too Young” will bring their infectious blend of ska-meets-rock steady to Central Park in high, 2 Tone fashion.
Austin, Texas-based Black Joe Lewis and The Honeybears play juke-joint soul with gritty attitude and a greasy groove. With his hipbone swinging, his heart pounding and his mind in the gutter, Louis’ funky, supercharged gutbucket R&B is sure to spark the crowd to life. Bring your dancing shoes and prepare to get a nasty sweat on!
Over the past 15 years $mall ¢hange (a.k.a. James Dier) has done just about every type of DJ gig. From the finest lofts in Manhattan to pirate radio on the burning man playa, from afternoon museum throw-downs to after-hours Brooklyn warehouses, he is fully prepared to rock the house every time, with years of dance floor experience and skills to pay the bills. $mall ¢hange has tens of thousands of records at the ready, spanning the hit singles to the extremely obscure, in every conceivable genre and time period.
SummerStage Music
Pavement: Sold Out!
When: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 at 7:00PM
Where: Central Park/Mainstage
SummerStage Music
The Music of the Black Sea Roma Festival featuring: Mahala Rai Banda, Selim Sesler The NY Gypsy All-Stars , Técsöi; Banda and The Yuri Yunakov Ensemble
When: Sunday, September 26, 2010 at 3:00PM
Where: Central Park/Mainstage
Making its US debut, the wild, twelve-member Roma (Gypsy) band Mahala Rai Banda is comprised of the crème de la crème of musicians from the famed Clejani and Zece Prajini Romanian villages, home of Taraf de Haidouks and Fanfare Ciocarlia respectively. Combining power and finesse, groove and virtuosity, the group’s music is where Balkan brass meets sizzling strings for up-tempo, catchy melodies propelled along by funky brass riffs, accordion and cimbalom.
The great Turkish Rom (Gypsy) clarinetist Selim Sesler, “The Coltrane of the Clarinet” (Guardian) is famed for his masterful improvisations, funk-driven wedding songs and dance melodies and will be joined on stage by the NY Gypsy All-Stars.
Técsöi; Banda, a raucous family fiddle band making its US debut, provides a rollicking ride through the Carpathians. Stars of the recent film The Last Kolomeyka, Técsöi serves up a multi-ethnic mix of spinning dance tunes, magical improvisations and haunting shepherds’ laments.
Ranging from the intensely personal sound of a Gypsy sax solo to the dizzying polyrhythmic beat of Bulgarian wedding music, the Yuri Yunakov Ensemble is one of the leading bands on the world music scene.
Presented in association with World Music Institute, The Center for Traditional Music and Dance, and NY Gypsy Festival

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