Exclusive Photos: Escaping the Heat At NY's SummerStage
- Author: Faith-Ann Young
- Posted on: Monday July 12, 2010 at 5:00 AM
- Filed under: exclusive, photos, summerstage, summerstage schedule, new york, central park, lamc, latin alternative music conference, nortec collective, bostich + fussible, hot as
The weather in NY has been hot as [fill in blank here]; there's simply no glamorous way to describe it. Hitting record highs in the hundreds for days now, it has been so hot that a New York Times reporter tried to fry an egg on the sidewalk just to see if he could make the old adage come true. It's so hot that there's little else you can do than A) flee into (i.e. inevitably freeze in) air conditioning or B) dance your pants off till you forget you're hot-as-[blank] overheated.
Option B seems like the preferred choice for the crowds thus far at New York's Summerstage, the annual performance series that brings in diverse acts from all over the world to perform on a broad stage neatly tucked into the center of leafy Central Park. This is where we caught the Latin American electro-act Nortec Collective Presents Bostich + Fussible on Wednesday night, July 7th, performing in their Tijuana-friendly plus high-tech finest - from cowboy hats, an intense computerized mixing board, i-pads (or what looked like i-pads), even tenori's- nifty little techno gadgets which modifies beats based on human touch while glittering pretty in the musician's palm. The concert was part of the Latin Alternative Music Conference that has infiltrated the city this week - sponsoring Latin American concerts to spread the word about up-and-coming Latin acts, while hosting music industry panels and cocktail hours around the city. Judging from the animated crowd, it succeeded as a carefree respite from the sauna-like conditions:
Photos by Faith-Ann Young
Summerstage July Schedule:
Monday, July 12, 2010 at 8:00PM The Metropolitan Opera: Summer Recital Series Featuring Nathan Gunn, Susanna Phillips, and Michael Fabiano
Saturday, July 17, 2010 at 3:00PM A Celebration of Giant Step's 20th Anniversary: Raphael Saadiq, Aloe Blacc, with Special Guests TK Wonder and Vikter Duplaix
Sunday, July 18, 2010 at 3:00PM Global Family Day: Ralph's World, Bethany and Rufus and Cirque-tacular Entertainment
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at 8:00PM Comedy Central Park Presents The Daily Show and Friends
Friday and Saturday, July 23 + 24, 2010 at 8:00PM The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Sunday, July 25, 2010 at 3:00PM Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba, Burkina Electric, Fool's Gold, and DJ Frank of Voodoo Funk
Monday, July 26, 2010 at 7:00PM The Flaming Lips: Ticketed Benefit Show - Sold Out!
Tuesday + Wednesday, July 27 + 28th, 2010 at 6:30PM The Black Keys, The Morning Benders //TICKETED BENEFIT SHOW// Sold Out!
Saturday, July 31, 2010 at 3:00PM Jovanotti, Los Amigos Invisibles, & Natalia Lafourcade
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“ It is pretty hot in NC as well, in temperatures over 100 for about a month now, and it usually doesn't subside until the end of July. Hot weather is reminiscent of other countries like Latin America. ”
