SummerStage Anywhere Digital Series
Shows Week of July 20 – July 26
THIS WEEK’S PERFORMERS:
La India, DJ Michael Brun, Eduardo Vilaro,
Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Afro-Latino Festival NY,
LaFrae Sci, Kool Herc & Cindy Campbell,
La Bruja, DJ Moullinex, Kevin Powell
and Karine Plantadit
JULY 20, 2020 – NEW YORK, NY – Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage is continuing its free digital series SummerStage Anywhere this week with one-of-a-kind digital arts performances – live and pre-recorded – specific to genres that were born in or deeply represent New York (Hip-Hop, Latin, Global, Indie Rock, Jazz & Contemporary Dance). Shows will be presented on SummerStage Instagram, SummerStage YouTube, Facebook page and Twitch channels, unless otherwise noted.
SummerStage Anywhere digital schedule for week of July 20-26 (For the most up-to-date scheduling and lineup information, please visit SummerStageAnywhere.org):
● Monday, July 20th: Monday Meditations (SummerStage Instagram channel) live at 12:00PM EST. 30-minute weekly health and wellness workshop with guest host Karine Plantadit, former Alvin Ailey and Broadway Tony Award nominated dancer (Come Fly Away, The Lion King), instructor, choreographer, certified yoga teacher and life coach.
● Monday, July 20th: Soundcheck: Curator Conversation (SummerStage Instagram channel) live at 7:00 PM EST with SummerStage’s Dance Curator Danni Gee and Eduardo Vilaro, Artistic Director and CEO of Ballet Hispánico, to discuss the legacy of the company in it’s 50th season, artistic vision and Latinx representation in dance.
● Tuesday, July 21st: Weekly Beat: DJ sessions (SummerStage YouTube and Twitch) live at 6:00PM EST with Haitian DJ Michael Brun and Portuguese producer, DJ and multi-instrumentalist Moullinex from the rooftops of Lisbon (Moullinex) and Brooklyn (Brun).
●Wednesday, July 22nd: SummerStage Studio: Digital, presented by Disney (SummerStage Instagram, SummerStage YouTube, Facebook page and Twitch) live at 2:00 PM EST a family friendly, percussion master class for all ages with award-winning and internationally acclaimed multi-instrumentalist LaFrae Sci.
● Thursday, July 23rd: Culture Talk (SummerStage Instagram, SummerStage YouTube, Facebook page and Twitch) at 8:00 PM EST with Salsa star La India & multifaceted performer La Bruja in conversation on the way that their home of the Bronx has always supported and developed culture and music, their mutual experiences performing at SummerStage, how La India has stayed focused and maintained her career over the years, how she has been staying connected to her fans through recent months and more.
●Friday, July 24th: Culture Talk (SummerStage Instagram, Facebook page and Twitch) live at 6:00 PM EST with brother-sister combo DJ Kool Herc & Cindy Campbell (The Legendary Founder and The 1st Lady and Mother of Hip-Hop) in conversation with poet and writer Kevin Powell live from Cedar Park in the Bronx.
●Saturday, July 25th: SummerStage Anywhere Sessions (SummerStage Instagram, SummerStage YouTube, Facebook page and Twitch) at 8:00 PM EST with jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, music direct, dj, producer and educator Miguel Atwood-Ferguson featuring a live Q&A before the debut of exclusive footage from his August 23, 2012 performance at the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival.
● Sunday, July 26th: #PeopleSpeakSundays curator takeover (SummerStage Instagram channel) live at 2:00 PM ET with special guest curator Afro-Latino Festival, a New York based festival that will be celebrating Afro-Latin American, Afro-Caribbean and Diaspora Women’s Day. This special collaboration will be live from Barbès in Brooklyn, with Big Room partner venue DROM (fully equipped with Big Room’s automated live streaming production system).
Missed a recent performance or conversation? You can keep up to date with all SummerStage Anywhere programming on the SummerStage YouTube channel.
Still to come this season: performances and conversations with Brazilian drag queen and pop star Pabllo Vittar, Afro-French Cuban musical duo Ibeyi, co-founder and co-artistic director of Complexions Contemporary Ballet Desmond Richardson, Brazilian rapper and MC Emicida, front woman and bass player of Brooklyn-based band Sunflower Bean Julia Cumming, Bronx-bornPuerto Rican American b-boy Crazy Legs, Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” Camille A. Brown Dancer Juel D. Lane, indie folk singer/songwriter Fenne Lily, New York-native and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater member Khalia Campbell and much more.
A full schedule of upcoming programming is below. For the most up-to-date scheduling and lineup information about SummerStage Anywhere, please visit SummerStageAnywhere.org.
###
|
Day
|
Date
|
Time
|
Featured Artist/Speaker
|
Program Type
|
Platform
|
Genre
|
|
Mon
|
7/20/20
|
12:00PM ET
|
Karine Plantadit
|
Monday Meditations
|
Instagram Live
|
Dance
|
|
Mon
|
7/20/20
|
7:00PM ET
|
Eduardo Vilaro
|
Soundcheck: Curator Conversations
|
Instagram Live
|
Dance
|
|
Tues
|
7/21/20
|
7:00PM ET
|
DJ Michael Brun and Moullinex
|
Weekly Beat – Live DJ Set
|
Twitch and YouTube
|
Global
|
|
Wed
|
7/22/20
|
2:00PM ET
|
LaFrae Sci
|
SummerStage Studio: Digital
|
YouTube
|
Indie /
Family
|
|
Thurs
|
7/23/20
|
8:00PM ET
|
La India + La Bruja
|
Culture Talks
|
All Social Channels
|
Latin
|
|
Fri
|
7/24/20
|
6:00PM ET
|
Kool Herc & Cindy Campbell + Kevin Powell
|
Culture Talks
|
All Social Channels
|
Hip-Hop
|
|
Sat
|
7/25/20
|
8:00PM ET
|
Miguel Atwood Ferguson Charlie Parker with Strings
|
SummerStage Anywhere Sessions
|
All Social Channels
|
Jazz
|
|
Sun
|
7/26/20
|
2:00PM ET
|
Afro-Latino Festival NY
|
#PeopleSpeak
Sundays
|
IGTV
|
N/A
|
|
Mon
|
7/27/20
|
12:00PM ET
|
Karine Plantadit
|
Monday Meditations
|
Instagram Live
|
Dance
|
|
Mon
|
7/27/20
|
2:00PMET
|
Camille A. Brown Dancer Juel D Lane
|
SummerStage Studio: Digital
|
YouTube
|
Dance /
Family
|
|
Tues
|
7/28/20
|
TBD
|
Global Curators in Conversation: Paula Abreu, Fabiana Batistela + TBD
|
Soundcheck: Curator Conversations
|
Instagram Live
|
Global
|
|
Wed
|
7/29/20
|
6:00PM ET
|
Fenne Lilly
|
SummerStage Anywhere Sessions
|
Instagram, Facebook + YouTube Live
|
Indie
|
|
Fri
|
7/31/20
|
8:00PM ET
|
Crazy Legs + Guests TBC
|
Culture Talks
|
All Social Channels
|
Hip-Hop
|
|
Mon
|
8/3/20
|
12:00PM ET
|
Karine Plantadit
|
Monday Meditations
|
Instagram Live
|
Dance
|
|
Mon
|
8/3/20
|
7:00PM ET
|
Desmond Richardson, Khalia Campbell, Angie Swan, Laila Jeter and Donovan Canales
|
SummerStage Anywhere Sessions
|
All Social Channels
|
Dance
|
|
TBC
|
TBC
|
TBC
|
Pabllo Vittar
|
SummerStage Anywhere Sessions
|
Facebook + YouTube Live
|
Global
|
|
Thurs
|
8/6/20
|
4:00PM ET
|
Ibeyi & Emicida, moderated by Felix Contreras
|
Culture Talks
|
Facebook + YouTube Live
|
Latin
|
|
Fri
|
8/7/20
|
2:00PM ET
|
Marvelous
|
SummerStage Studio: Digital
|
All Social Channels
|
Hip-Hop / Family
|
|
Sun
|
8/9/20
|
2:00PM ET
|
Voices of a People’s History
|
#PeopleSpeak
Sundays
|
IGTV
|
N/A
|
|
Mon
|
8/10/20
|
12:00PM ET
|
Karine Plantadit
|
Monday Meditations
|
Instagram Live
|
Dance
|
|
Mon
|
8/10/20
|
7:00PM ET
|
Melanie George and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar
|
Culture Talks
|
Facebook + YouTube
|
Dance
|
|
Wed
|
8/12/20
|
8:00PM ET
|
Chris Frantz (Tom Tom Club / Talking Heads) & Julia Cumming (Sunflower Bean)
|
Culture Talks
|
All Social Channels
|
Indie
|
|
Sun
|
8/16/20
|
2:00PM ET
|
Sundae Sermon with DJ Stormin Norman
|
#PeopleSpeak
Sundays
|
IGTV
|
N/A
|
|
Mon
|
8/17/20
|
12:00PM ET
|
Karine Plantadit
|
Monday Meditations
|
Instagram Live
|
Dance
|
|
Mon
|
8/17/20
|
7:00PM ET
|
Mickela Mallozzi w/ Miltieri Tucker Concepcion
|
Culture Talks
|
Facebook + YouTube
|
Dance
|
|
Tues
|
8/18/20
|
8:00PM ET
|
DJ Rich Medina
|
Weekly Beat- Live DJ Set
|
Facebook + YouTube Live
|
Global
|
|
Mon
|
8/24/20
|
12:00PM ET
|
Karine Plantadit
|
Monday Meditations
|
Instagram Live
|
Dance
|
|
Sun
|
8/30/20
|
2:00PM ET
|
Brooklyn Dance Festival
|
#PeopleSpeak
Sundays
|
IGTV
|
N/A
|
SummerStage Social Media
Twitter: @SummerStage
Facebook: SummerStage NYC
Instagram: @SummerStage
YouTube: NYCSummerStage
Twitch: SummerStageNYC
Official Hashtags: #SummerStage #SummerStageAnywhere
As an independent, not-for-profit organization, we rely on our donors to help us make SummerStage possible. Support from donors will help secure the future of SummerStage as New York’s largest free outdoor performing arts festival. We believe the arts are for everyone and encourage those who can donate to visit cityparksfoundation.org/give for more information.
Capital One is the Title Sponsor of the 2020 SummerStage festival. Disney is a sponsor of SummerStage family programming, including presenting sponsor of SummerStage Studio: Digital. Supporting sponsorship is provided by Bloomberg Philanthropies and United Airlines.
Generous private support is provided by The Thompson Family Foundation, the Howard Gilman Foundation, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, The Shubert Organization, and the New York Community Trust NYC COVID-19 Response and Impact Fund. SummerStage is also supported, in part, by public funds from the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, the NYS Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the NYS Legislature, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support is generously provided by our dedicated SummerStage Members.
Media partners include Big Room, iHeart Radio featuring Lite FM, Power 105.1, 103.5 KTU, Q104.3, and Z100, Telemundo, WFUV, Relix, WNYC, WBGO, Time Out New York, DoNYC, Futuro Media Group, Big Screen Plaza, and Zoom Media & Marketing. Big Room is the exclusive live stream partner of SummerStage Anywhere.
In all of its programming and activities, City Parks Foundation partners with the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation to improve neighborhood parks and the communities.
About City Parks Foundation
At City Parks Foundation, we are dedicated to invigorating and transforming parks into dynamic, vibrant centers of urban life through sports, arts, community building and education programs for all New Yorkers. Our programs — located in more than 400 parks, recreation centers and public schools across New York City –reach 300,000 people each year. Our ethos is simple: thriving parks mean thriving communities.
About SummerStage
Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage is New York’s largest free outdoor performing arts festival. SummerStage annually presents approximately 100 performances in 15-18 parks throughout the five boroughs. With performances ranging from American pop, Latin, world music, dance and theater, SummerStage fills a vital niche in New York City’s summer arts festival landscape. Since its inception 34 years ago, more than six million people from New York City and around the world have enjoyed SummerStage. Capital One is the Title Sponsor of SummerStage. For more information, visit www.SummerStage.org.
About Capital One
Capital One Financial Corporation (www.capitalone.com) is a financial holding company whose subsidiaries, which include Capital One, N.A., and Capital One Bank (USA), N.A., had $249.8 billion in deposits and $372.5 billion in total assets as of December 31, 2018. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Capital One offers a broad spectrum of financial products and services to consumers, small businesses and commercial clients through a variety of channels. Capital One, N.A. has branches located primarily in New York, Louisiana, Texas, Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey and the District of Columbia. A Fortune 500 company, Capital One trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “COF” and is included in the S&P 100 index. Visit the Capital One newsroom for more Capital One news.
Please follow and like us:
