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live soundtrack from Alloy Orchestra,
and dance from Lava.
8 p.m. Free.
Thursday, July 25: Broken
Social Scene. Nilufer Yanya
opens. 7:30 p.m. Free.
Friday, July 26: Jidenna,
with Anik Khan. DJ Moma
opens. 7:30 p.m. Free.
Saturday, July 27: Dance,
Compagnie Herve Koubi performs
“What The Day Owes To
The Night.” 8 p.m. Free.
Friday, Aug. 2: DJ Nosaj
Thing. Kimbra and Bells Atlas
open. 7 p.m. Free.
Saturday, Aug. 3: Film,
“Crouching Tiger, Hidden
Dragon.” A Tai Chi lesson
precedes the movie. 7:30 p.m.
Free.
Tuesday, Aug. 6: Mac De-
Marco. 7:30 p.m. $45.
Thursday, Aug. 8: Dance,
Ailey II, the Alvin Ailey American
Dance Theater’s second
company. 8 p.m. Free.
ROSE-COLORED GLASSES: Local pop artist Caroline Rose will open for Liz
Phair at the summer concert series on June 29. CJ Harvey
Friday, Aug. 9: Marvin
Gaye’s 1971 album “What’s Going
On,” performed by Felicia
Collins, Toshi Reagon, Siedah
Garrett, Kecia Lewis, and
more. 7:30 p.m. Free.
Saturday, Aug. 10: Bomba
Estereo. Delsonido opens. 7:30
p.m. Free.
CELEBRATE
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state, such as “Florida Man Charged
with Assault with a Deadly Weapon
after Throwing Alligator through
Wendy’s Drive-Thru.”
“It always seems to be this combination
of intoxication on something
weirder than meth, nakedness, and
reptiles,” he said. “It’s usually funny
and a touch tragic.”
While writing the verses for
“Florida Man,” Kline and Bleckmann
found deeper meaning in the
headlines, beyond just the spectacle
of outrageous behavior.
“Florida woman catches husband
cheating, takes a dump on the fl oor,
asks cops: ‘What am I supposed to
do?’ and I got locked into the text, you
know this question, ‘What am I?’ ” he
said.
Kline said he likes fi nding inspiration
in unusual places, such as a
previous cycle called “Zippo Songs,”
which re-purposed Vietnam War
soldiers’ inscriptions on the back of
their Zippo lighters.
His new collection kicks off with
a moody take on Iggy Pop’s 1973 song
“Search and Destroy,” which Kline
chose because of its dark themes and
because the punk pioneer — who
lives in Miami — is a Florida Man of
sorts.
“Iggy’s a Florida Man too, and for
that matter he’s also walking around
with no shirt on all the time,” Kline
said.
The second song “Waffl e House”
re-purposes eye-catching texts from
billboards in Florida and surrounding
states, such as “Drive baked, Get
busted,” “Biscuits are spoons you
can eat,” and a host of Christian advertisements.
Kline also drew on more somber
events coming out of the state.
The penultimate song of the cycle,
“Thoughts and Prayers,” draws on
news coverage of the mass shooting
at a Parkland, Florida, high school in
February 2018.
The writer plans to create a follow
up for the cycle with four more
songs about Florida, he said, though
he hopes to diversify his subject matter.
“Florida Man is very white, and
there’s a whole lot of other Florida
out there that I haven’t checked out,”
he said.
After “Four Songs from Florida
Man,” the orchestra will play the
world premiere of “Concerto for Two
Trumpets and Strings,” by Gregory
Spears, and a new arrangement of
“Gay Guerilla” by Julius Eastman.
“The String Orchestra of Brooklyn:
Music of Kline, Spears, and Eastman”
at Roulette 509 Atlantic Ave.,
at Third Avenue in Boerum Hill, (917)
267–0363, www.roulette.org. June 8
at 8 p.m. $25 ($18 in advance).
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