India Day Parade and Festival (Sunday) Lower Madison Avenue is teeming with the sights, sounds and tastes of India on Sunday, the 30th Day Parade and Festival of India, to commemorate the 64th anniversary of Independence of India. The party starts at 11:00 with a street fair from 23 to 26 Streets. The first of more than 300 artists from India and around New York will go to step 2 pm, among them dancers from the local arts scene Aatma Group, a troupe of dancers in two years and dancers that will perform a fusion of contemporary, hip hop, Bollywood and traditional Indian dance (above at the celebration of last year). The band's name comes from the Hindi word for soul, "said Amit Shah, founder and president. But before the show begins, 40 floats, five bands and hundreds of marchers down to 1 pm at 38th Street for a procession to Madison Avenue. It is presented by the Federation of Indian Associations, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year.
"Friday Africanísímo 4 ', 6-10 hours, an outdoor event with a screening of" Youssou N'Dour: I bring what I love, "a 2008 film about the singer from Senegal, directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and performances of music and dance. Sponsored by the Bronx Museum of the Arts. If it rains, the films will be presented to the museum, which is in front of the house Andrew Freedman, the site outdoor screening, Andrew Freedman Home, 1125 Grand Hall at McClellan Street, Morrisania, the Bronx, (718) 681 -6000, bronxmuseum.org; free.20100812
23rd Street Block Association Street Fair Saturday, 11 am to 6 pm, on Avenue of the Americas, between 14th and 23rd Streets.20100812
A Midsummer Night's Dream The Curious Frog Theater Company continues its summer series of free Shakespeare this weekend with performances in Brooklyn and Manhattan. On Saturday at 4 pm, the setting will be near Litchfield Villa in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, reachable from the entrance at Fifth Avenue and Prospect Park West. The movements show on Sunday 6 pm at Waterside Plaza in Manhattan, 23 Street and FDR Drive, accessible from the street at 23rd Street and a bridge at 25th Street. Inclement weather will cancel the shows. (646) 450-2878, curiousfrog.org.20100812
Harlem in the Himalayas Friday at 7 pm, a performance by jazz trumpeter Marcus Printup and Riza Printup, his wife, a harpist, co-sponsored by the National Jazz Museum in Harlem. Rubin Museum of Art, 150 West 17th Street, Chelsea, (212) 620-5000, Ext. 344 jazzmuseuminharlem.org, rmanyc.org, $ 18 presale, $ 20 to door.20100812
Harlem week an outdoor celebration Cultural continues this weekend along 135th Street between Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard and St. Nicholas Avenue. festivities on Saturday 9:00 to 8:00 p.m.: music, crafts, dance, cinema and a lounge black college. On Sunday, a "hello to the children of Haiti" is scheduled 10:00 to 7:00 p.m., with entertainment, a small business and health fair and fashion and car show; harlemweek.com; admission.20100812 free
Hidden Harbor Tour on Tuesday at 6:15 p.m., a tour and discussion of the ports of New York and New Jersey to board the boat, the Zephyr will depart from Pier 16 at South Street Seaport. Sponsored by the Working Harbor Committee. (212) 757-1600, workingharbor.org, $ 29, $ 21 for 65 +, $ 17 for 4-12 years, free for children under 4. Price includes free domestic beer, wine or soft drink.20100812
Kiss-In Saturday, 11:00 to 2:00 p.m., a competition that takes place in Times Square, Broadway and Seventh Avenue and 43rd and 44th streets, for better re-creations of the V-Day kiss shared by a nurse and a sailor in Times Square in 1945 and photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt, prices will awarded.20100812
Outdoor Film Screenings Saturday at 7 pm "Football Fables", a film from Ghana about a young athlete with a performance of the Company Kotchegna dance, the big hill in Central Park near West 106th Street, sponsored by the African Film Festival New York africanfilmny.org. On Sunday at about 9 pm, "Shawshank Redemption" (1994), Hostelling International in New York, 891 Amsterdam Avenue at 103rd Street; urbanoutdoorsnyc.com / background films.html. On Monday at sunset, " 12 Angry Men "(1957) in Bryant Park, Avenue of the Americas and 42nd Street, (212) 768-4242; bryantpark.org. Thursday at sundown, "The Blues Brothers" (1980), at Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 1 Harbour View Lawn, Old Fulton Street to Furman Street, Dumbo, Brooklyn, (718 802-0603); brooklynbridgepark.org. Free, but ticket holders should provide their own chairs, snacks and soft drinks. Seating is first come, first served.20100812
Playing at the park for the next two Saturdays, 7:00 to 1:00 p.m., Park Avenue and connecting streets will be closed to traffic and open for recreation at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge to 72nd Street.20100812
Seaport Summer Festival Saturday, 11 am to 6 pm, on Water Street between Fulton and Broad streets, Lower Manhattan.20100812
Unification 2010 Saturday, from 11.15, a musical celebration of Independence Day of Pakistan, with performances by South Asian and American artists such as DJ Rekha, the Kominas, Hari Kondabolu and fair and kind. Joe's Pub at the Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street, at Astor Place, East Village, (212) 539-8778, joespub.com; $ 20 presale, $ 25 at the door, proceeds benefit South Asian Americans foreground (SAALT), a nonprofit advocacy National organization.20100812
Village visiting neighbors Street Fair Saturday, 11 am to 6 pm, University Place, between Waverly Place and 14th Street, Greenwich Village.20100812
Workmen's Circle Street Fair Sunday, 11 am to 6 pm, on Madison Avenue between 42nd and 57th streets.
