PHOTOS: mark morris dance group in acis and galatea, ken friedman; danh vo, “we the people” (detail), 2011-14, courtesy public art fund, ny/photo by james ewing; jazz age lawn party & festival, whitney browne; lyle lovett, michael wilson; us open, james squire/getty images
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The Statue of Liberty lies in pieces—52 copper fragments, to be exact—in Brooklyn and in Lower Manhattan. No, an unimaginable catastrophe hasn’t ripped apart the beloved symbol of freedom. Rather, conceptual artist Danh Vo has deconstructed the icon for an exhibition, presented by the Public Art Fund, that compels us to consider the familiar monument in a whole new way. | Danh Vo: We the People, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 3 Greenway Terrace, Brooklyn; and City Hall Park, bordered by Broadway, Chambers St., Centre St. & Park Row, publicartfund.org, thru Dec. 5
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Party Like It’s 1920 If you’re going to throw a retro garden party in New York City, it helps if the grass is greener at the other end of the time line. At least that’s the thinking behind the biannual Jazz Age Lawn Party (below) on Governors Island, an exuberant, fancy-dress and family-friendly celebration of the irrepressibly glamorous 1920s. The idea is to escape the humdrum world of today for a few hours and live vicariously with other “Dapper Dans” (in straw boaters and bow ties) and “Flirty Flappers” (with rouged knees and ropes of pearls), as they picnic and cut a rug to Michael Arenella and His Dreamland Orchestra. Let the good times roar. | jazzagelawnparty.com, Aug. 16 & 17 (rain dates Aug. 30 & 31). Frequent ferries from Manhattan to Governors Island depart from the Battery Maritime Building, 10 South St.
He’s a whole lotta country and more than a little bit blues, jazz, rock, pop and gospel: Lyle Lovett (below) is nothing less than an all-American musical mongrel. The troubadour from Texas is on the road this summer, making his way from Left Coast to Right Coast, with acoustic guitar in hand and His Large Band for backup. Lovett once said of Bob Dylan, Paul Simon and Willie Nelson, “There is no separating their life from their music.” The singer/ songwriter/cowboy/former husband of Julia Roberts could just as well have been talking about himself and the intimate rapport he establishes with audiences in even the biggest venues. | Beacon Theatre, 2124 Broadway, 866.858.0008, Aug. 23
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Will he or won’t he? Twerk, that is. Robin Thicke entertains live on Good Morning America. cen tralpark.com/guide/activities/ concerts/gma-concerts.html
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Everything’s coming up aces at the US Open tennis championships. USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Flushing, Queens, usopen.org
If electronic music gets you rockin’, rock on over to Electric Zoo: New York’s Electronic Music Festival. Randall’s Island Park, electriczoofestival.com
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