Arts & Entertainment - Events

Our good friends at Solid PR were deeply moved by the devastation brought on by the recent oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, and have decided to do something spectacular. The Company has dedicated their time and recourses to organize a concert of New York bands to raise money for the efforts and those affected by imminent destruction to Louisiana’s precious wetlands. On Wednesday, June 2^nd at 8pm come down to Shea Stadium to check out performances by Zs, Child Abuse, Controlled Bleeding and Cellular Chaos (feat Weasel Walter) and special guest DJ 1000TimesYes.  All proceeds go to the  www.gnof.org

Check out Valentina Celada’s collection “Figuring it Out” at the 255Canal Gallery on Wednesday, May 26^th from 6 to 9 pm. Says Celada, “Focusing primarily on the relationship between emotions and creative expression, I chose to “feel” the form rather than consciously controlling its representation and started drawing with long sticks at the end of which I secured a pencil, a brush or charcoal using color and ink wash as a way to enhance spontaneity and bypass the rational brain.”

The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) will present LentSpace, a free outdoor cultural space open to the public and made possible by the loan of a Trinity Real Estate development site in Hudson Square. The Avenue of the Americas is a site-specific sculpture exhibition, which literally sits at the gateway of Sixth Avenue, and features artists from North and South America tackling themes related to the social and political issues confronting American societies.