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Agenda: What’s Good This Week

Today: 8/21/08

Friday: 8/22/08

Saturday: 8/23/08

Sunday: 8/24/08

Monday: 8/25/08

Tuesday: 8/26/08

Wednesday: 8/27/08
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theater

imageThe First Breeze of Summer
Signature Theatre Company

Tony winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson directs Leslie Lee's celebrated play about familial bonds and coming of age. More »

nightlife

The Bunker: Akufen
Public Assembly

The esteemed micro-house producer. More »

nightlife

imageHighbrow BBQ
Solar One

Montreal indie breakouts Islands play a New York-sponsored outdoor show, with a feast prepared by Top Chef alum C.J. Jacobson. More »

movie

Trouble the Water

This buzzy documentary chronicles the struggles faced by a young couple (Kimberly and Scott Roberts) to put their lives back together and launch new careers in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. More »

sports

image2008 U.S. Open
USTA

The world's best tennis players descend on Flushing Meadows for the last of the year's four Grand Slam tournaments. More »

nightlife

imageZac Brown Band
Mercury Lounge

Good-time Georgians who've been compared to audience pleasers from Robert Earl Keen to Jimmy Buffett. More »

classical

Silver Haunches
The Old American Can Factory

The experimental group, which investigates the bridge between the cultures of DIY contemporary dance and music, presents "Circumstantial Guitars." More »

classical

Douglas Dunn & Dancers
Elevated Acre

The experimental downtown choreographer and his company present "In Formations." More »

nightlife

Grand Archives
South Street Seaport

Warm, complex, soul-soothing indie rock from Seattle. More »

nightlife

Nick Kroll and John Mulaney
Comix

Beloved local comedian-of-all-trades Kroll shares an unmissable bill. More »

movie

Hamlet 2
various locations

Steve Coogan, Amy Poehler, and Elisabeth Shue star in director Andrew Fleming's comedy about a high-school staging of politically incorrect Shakespeare. More »

nightlife

Justin Bond
Joe's Pub

The queer-circuit mainstay puts on a new variety show with friends. More »

classical

Julliard Artists in Concert
180 Maiden Lane

Harpist Michelle Gott and flutist Nadia Kyne perform chamber works. More »

nightlife

Jennifer O'Connor
Mercury Lounge

An easy-on-the-ears singer-songwriter with a crystalline voice and a wry sense of humor. More »

movie

The House Bunny
various locations

Anna Faris stars in this promising Legally Blonde-esque comedy. More »

nightlife

Hot 8 Brass Band
Joe's Pub

The joyous horn-fueled marching band. More »

movie

Momma's Man
BAM Rose Cinemas

Azazel Jacobs's minimalist tale about a Los Angeles man who finds himself unable and unwilling to leave his parents' Tribeca loft. More »

reading

Dominica Radulescu and Robin Desser
McNally Jackson

Radulescu, a Romance-languages professor at Washington and Lee, discusses her debut novel, about a Romanian love affair under the rule of Nicolae Ceausescu. More »

community

Summer Screen 2008

L Magazine's Tuesday evening screenings of cult classics, now in its third year,� in McCarren Park Pool. More »
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