May 2012 - New York City Ballet spring season
NY City Ballet spring season begins this month in Lincoln Center - for a full listing of performances and special events, go to NYCBallet.com.
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Thursdays in May - Irish Culture Night with Niall O'Leary
10:30pm-1am, every Thursday at Paddy Reilly's
519 2nd Ave (at East 29th Street)
Traditional Irish music and dancing at a Guinness-only bar in NYC. For more information, go to PaddyReillysMusicBar.us.
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Saturdays in May - Samba Saturdays at SOB's
8:30pm, every Saturday at SOB's (Sounds of Brazil)
204 Varick Street (at West Houston)
Live artists featured every Saturday, starting May 5th, 2012 including Tiago and A Familia. For more information, go to SOBS.com.
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May 5th, 2012 - Wall to Wall Gertrude's Paris
FREE! 11am-7pm at Symphony Space
2537 Broadway (at West 95th Street)
A day of music from Gertrude Stein's avante-garde circle of artists. For a full listing of the day's events, click here.
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May 6th, 2012 - Flamenco Rebelde
5pm at DROM
85 Avenue A (at East 6th Street)
Due to popular demand, a second night of La Magdalena's Flamenco Rebelde was added to the schedule in celebration of Cinco de Mayo. For more information, click here.
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May 8-13th, 2012 - Alonzo King LINES Ballet
7:30pm at the Joyce Theater
175 8th Avenue (at West 19th Street)
Explosive contemporary dance from visionary choreographer, Alonzo King - for more information, go to Joyce.org.
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May 12th, 2012 - Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Festival
11am-6pm at The Archway in DUMBO
A day full of cultural dance performances, music, food, and fun for all ages - and it's FREE! For more information, go to CapaOnline.org.
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May 12th, 2012 - New Fado: Love in Portugal
8pm at NYU's Skirball Center
566 Laguardia Place
Presented by World Music Institute, António Zambujo performs Portuguese-style romance in song. For more information, go to WorldMusicInstitute.org.
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May 16th, 2012 - Sounds from the Land of Fire: Imamyar Hasanov
7:30pm at Symphony Space
2537 Broadway (at West 95th Street)
Sufi music from Azerbaijan, featuring virtuoso Imamyar Hasanov. For more information, click here.
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May 18th, 2012 - Indo-American Arts Council Presents Shujaat Khan
7pm at Symphony Space
2537 Broadway (at West 95th Street)
Traditional Indian music from 7th generation sitar player, Shujaat Khan. For more information, click here.
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May 19th, 2012 - NYC Dance Parade
The Annual NYC Dance Parade begins at 1pm at 21st Street and makes its way down Broadway to Tompkins Square Park, via St. Mark's Place. FREE performances and events immediately following the parade in the park, fun for ALL AGES! For more information, go to DanceParade.org
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May 19th, 2012 - Dirty Sexy Soca Party
11pm at SOB's (Sounds of Brazil)
204 Varick Street (at West Houston)
Continue St. Thomas's Carnival celebrations at NY's first 100% Soca Fete. For more information, go to SOBS.com.
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May 27th, 2012 - Bulgare: Bulgaria Through the Centuries
8pm at Symphony Space
2537 Broadway (at West 95th Street)
Celebrating Bulgarian history through dance, traditional music, acrobatics, stunts, and fighting, this energetic show will transport you through time! For more information, click here
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May 28th, 2012 - Turkish Music Institute - Makam Improvisations
7pm at Symphony Space
2537 Broadway (at West 95th Street)
A mixture of Greek, Cretan, Turkish and Sufi tradition in music. For more information, click here.
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