Summerscreen

The L Magazine‘s Summerscreen series, which presents free movies and music in McCarren Park, already announced this season’s slate of films…

As mentioned in This Week in Indie, Twin Sister debuted the music video for “Bad Street” at McCarren Park last night (7/27) during their free Summerscreen show which was accompanied by a screening of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off…

Twin Sister at ACL Live (more by Tim Griffin) As some of you may know, in addition to screening free movies, the L Magazine-presented Summerscreen series in McCarren Park also features a live performance by a band each night before the film plays…

Take the comforter off your bed and pack a picnic of Fritos and brie, SummerScreen presented by EPIX and The L Magazine is back for a sixth year…

The schedule for this year’s “SummerScreen” series of free films in McCarren Park is out. Films this year, which screen on Wednesday nights in July and August, include the Neil Young-scored Dead Man, and the David Bowie-starring Labyrinth…

the Rooftop Films opening on May 15th (more by Ryan Muir) Rooftop Films is off and running with its summer series. But that’s hardly the only outdoor movie series in NYC, though it might be the only one that costs money…

dude in Hot Chip glow in the dark Threadless shirt + The Faint @ Terminal 5, NYC (more by Ryan Muir) today in NYC * FREE SHOWS * Ra Ra Riot @ Virgin Megastore * Laura Cantrell @ Spiegeltent ++ * Best Friends Forever @ The Tank * Jaguar Love & the King Left @ Southpaw * Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson @ Joe’s Pub * The Walkmen & The Muslims @ Bowery Ballroom * Velvet Goldmine (Summerscreen movie) @ McCarren Pool * “Chris Dave & Friends with Special Guest Mos Def” @ Highline Ballroom + You can win the pictured Hot Chip t-shirt, a $50 Threadless gift certificate and “Made in the Dark” on vinyl by emailing BVCONTESTS@HOTMAIL…

Joe Lo Truglio, Michael Showalter, Paul Rudd @ McCarren P – July 8 (Adam Au) Wet Hot American Summer @ McCarren Pool – July 8, 2008 (Adam Au – L Mag) today in NYC * FREE STUFF * Dave Chapelle * The Vaselines @ Maxwell’s * Gelmania (comedy) @ Rififi * * Barbes does Brooklyn Bridge * At the Gates @ Irving Plaza * Fleet Foxes @ Bowery Ballroom * The Real Tuesday Weld @ Joe’s Pub * Albert Hammond Jr @ Hiro Ballroom * “KCRW presents” @ Knitting Factory + * Feist & Juana Molina @ Prospect Park * The Avett Brothers @ Stuyvesant High School * Alejandro Escovedo & AA Bondy @ Highline Ballroom * Gelmania features Pete Holmes, David Rakoff, Eugene Mirman, Kurt Braunohler , Noah Garfinkle, Nick Kroll, Larry Murphy, Laura Kraft, Julie Klausner and Dave Hill…

Summerscreen continues on Tuesday with a Block Party. Flyer below…

SummerScreen 2008 July 8: Rushmore July 15: The Virgin Suicides July 22: Wet Hot American Summer July 29: Desperately Seeking Susan August 5: Mean Streets August 12: 28 Days Later August 19: Velvet Goldmine August 26: Blue Velvet