DON’T MISS!: CALYP-SO GOOD
NOw in its 45th year, the annual West Indian American Day Carnival is a Brooklyn institution — and with good reason. “Brooklyn is the Caribbean capital of the world,” boasts Thomas Bailey, president of the Carnival Association, and a native of Trinidad & Tobago. “People come from all over to be here, so we make sure all the countries are represented.” The stars of soca, calypso, reggae and more shine on Friday night at BrassFest; on Saturday, the Kiddies Carnival happens by day, and 11 different steel-drum orchestras square off at night for the Panorama competition. Throughout the weekend, you can experience culture, cuisine and elaborate costumes from Antigua & Barbuda to St. Vincent & the Grenadines, culminating in the famed Carnival parade on Labor Day. “We work together all year to make this happen,” Bailey says. “It’s a labor of love.” Live shows at Brooklyn Museum each night; parade starts Monday, 11 a.m. at Eastern Parkway and Schenectady Ave. More info at wiadcacarnival.org
— Bill Murphy
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LAST CHANCE!: CLYBOURNE’S MARK
After winning both a Pulitzer and a Tony, and recouping its investment, “Clybourne Park” is concluding its successful Broadway run on Sunday. But Bruce Norris’ blisteringly funny take on race and class wasn’t always an easy sell.
“Everybody was saying it was an incredible play but it would never go to Broadway because there were no names attached to it,” recalls cast member Jeremy Shamos. “It was the little engine that could.”
The actor — who’s been in “Clybourne Park” since its first reading almost three years ago — notes that the show has a unique connection to its audience. “Every night people wait at the stage door not because they want to see a star but because they want to tell us about their neighborhood or about issues,” Shamos says. “This has just been an incredible adventure.” At the Walter Kerr Theatre, 219 W. 48th St.; 212-239-6200
— Elisabeth Vincentelli
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CHECK IT OUT!: IN THE FLICK OF TIME
One of the most famous images in all of cinema is silent comedian Harold Lloyd — more popular in his prime than Charlie Chaplin or Buster Keaton — dangling from a clock atop a Los Angeles skyscraper in “Safety Last!’’ (1923). Remarkably, Lloyd performed the stunt despite losing a thumb, an index finger and half of his right palm when a prop bomb for a photo shoot exploded. Pianist Steve Sterner will accompany screenings of this hair-raising classic at 3 p.m. Sunday and 7 p.m. Monday as part of an ongoing Lloyd tribute at Film Forum, 209 W. Houston. Info: filmforum.com
— Lou Lumenick
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GO SHOPPING!: MARKETPLACE TO BE
As if the Meatpacking District isn’t hot enough, here comes a marketplace for all the cool kids’ needs. Opening tomorrow, Urbanspace Meatpacking will feature fashion and food faves under the High Line. Think tented Manhattan holiday markets (the organizers also run the pop-ups at Union Square and Columbus Circle) without winter coats. “This isn’t a little street fair,” says Daniella Baider Berkson, whose Humble Chic NY booth will sell their affordable boutique-type clothing at what she calls the “fashion-centric destination.”
Organizers say there will be more than 60 vendors such as Rifle & Radford jewelry, Arancini Bros. (for Italian rice balls), Asia Dog and newcomer SoBar, whose range of sober drinks include the ReFresh (cucumber, beet, apple, ginger, lemon juice), $6. No booze anywhere on site, but picnic tables and a grassy seating area.
11 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Washington and 13th streets; 212-529-9262, urban-spacenyc.com
— Sara Pepitone
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HOP TO IT!: DANCE POWER
Summer’s end means one last chance to party like an animal — so where better to do so than the three-day event called Electric Zoo? The all-star DJ lineup for the Randalls Island fest includes Grammy-sweeping dubstep star Skrillex, Dutch arena-filler Tiësto (who performed at the Olympics opening ceremony in 2004), Black Eyed Peas producer David Guetta, Kanye West tour deejay A-Trak, and Usher hitmaker Diplo — along with lesser-known but worthy acts such as German techno jokester DJ Koze and London house-music prodigy Maya Jane Coles. “It has been crazy to watch the growth in America over the last few years,” says Tiësto. “It is amazing to see a movement transition from being relatively underground to approaching the mainstream. You can really see how much the scene means to young people in the US right now.”
Today through Sunday, 11 a.m.; madeevent.com/ElectricZoo
— Michaelangelo Matos
