CULTURE BRIEFS

SAND SCULPTING CONTEST AT CONEY ISLAND

It may not be the most permanent medium for a sculptor, but theart studio is spacious and the materials are plentiful. On August6, from noon to 5 p.m., Astella Development Corporation will hostthe 21st Annual Sand Sculpting Contest and Unity Day from West 10thto West 12th Street in Coney Island. The event will take place onthe beach and boardwalk, and will feature face painting and craftactivities for kids. Cash prizes will be awarded to the top threecontestants in five categories: individual adult, individual child,adult group, child group, and mixed (children and adults). For moreinformation, go to: www.astelladevelopment.org.

FREE RANDY WESTON SHOW IN THE PARK

Langston Hughes reportedly once said: When Randy Weston plays,a combination of strength and gentleness — virility and velvet –emerges from the keys. Experience it for yourself on Tuesday,August 2, when this pioneer of jazz and African music plays forfree on the Harbor View Lawn at Pier One at 7 p.m. in BrooklynBridge Park, 2 Old Fulton Street. The acclaimed pianist has beennamed composer of the year three times by Downbeat Magazine inhis six-decade career. Check out www.brooklynbridgepark.org formore details.

ANNIE HALL BY THE BEACH

I don’t want to move to a city where the only culturaladvantage is being able to make a right turn on a red light, saidWoody Allen’s alter ego Alvy Singer in the director’s 1977 comedicmasterpiece, Annie Hall. On Monday, August 8, New Yorkers cantake advantage of the local culture Allen extols by traveling to1001 Boardwalk West on Coney Island for a free screening theOscar-winning film, by the boardwalk. Annie Hall will start atsunset and is 93 minutes long. Go to: www.coneyislandfunguide.comfor more information.

AFRICAN ART AT THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM

For the first time, the Brooklyn Museum will display artifactsfrom its African art collection in chronological order. The roughly200 pieces from around the continent will be displayed in the orderthey were made over a 2,500-year period. The exhibition opensAugust 12 in the South Gallery on the first floor, and will be ondisplay indefinitely as one of the museum’s long-terminstallations. The Brooklyn Museum is located at 200 EasternParkway. For more information, as well as an image from the show,visit: www.brooklynmuseum.org.

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