Celebrate summer music in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park
It’s been 50 years since Kool & the Gang scored their first hit with “Jungle Boogie,” but the group has even more history: as Jersey City teenagers, its members first hooked up as the Jazziacs in 1964. Two of those founders, bassist Robert “Kool” Bell and drummer-turned-keyboardist George Brown, are still in the band, which just dropped a new album, “People Just Wanna Have Fun,” and Brown has just published a memoir, “Too Hot: Kool & The Gang & Me.” The band is headlining a free City Parks SummerStage show at Flushing Meadows Corona Park on Saturday night; get your groove on with songs like “Ladies Night,” “Too Hot” and “Celebration,” and then come back Sunday evening for a “Bhangra Bacchanal” hosted by Basement Bhangra founder DJ Rekha featuring legendary Punjabi vocalist Malkit Singh.
– Steve Smith
Test your hip-hop sample IQ in a new game night
On Saturday, New Yorkers who love R&B, hip-hop, and playing Bingo can attend a Brooklyn event that combines all three into a game night. The event, called “Listening is Fundamental,” is for music lovers who want to test their knowledge by listening to snippets of original songs, and then matching them to songs on your Bingo card that sampled those tracks. Before and after the game you can socialize with old friends and meet new people. The event starts at 5 p.m.; for more information and tickets, visit here.
– Precious Fondren
Each of The Stay’s “canvas cabins” has an en suite bathroom and a private deck.
The STAY at Liberty Farms
Kinda get some nature, by glamping around NYC
Want to spend time in the great outdoors, but don’t want to buy a tent, let alone pitch it? Or want to sleep near nature, but with access to a flushing toilet? Glamping may be for you. There are exciting options in and around New York City, ranging from shipping containers in Greenpoint, to domes in the Hudson Valley, to a restored helicopter in Connecticut. Some…
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