Arts & Entertainment

By Ayana L Haywood

SOUNDS OF SALSA
On Aug. 23, head to Wagner Park to listen to the salsa sounds of Luisito Carrion and his orchestra as part of the Battery Park City and River to River series. At the age of 13, Carrion started performing with his father’s band, Orqestra Kafe. In his early performances he sang along with Celia Cruz and Santitos Columbus. This Puerto Rican native has recorded many successful songs such as “Renta De Amor” with Salsa Fever and “El Agua” with Bobby Valentin. Showtime is 7 p.m. and admission is free. For more information call (212) 945-0505 or visit .batteryparkcity.org.

By Paul Chi

As the temperature begins to drop, what better way to flee the cold autumn weather than to head to the local theater?

Music, Theater And Dance You Can't Miss
By Victor Oren

As our daily dose of summer sun gives way to the foliage-friendly fall, it seems as if further leisure and amusement is postponed until next year. Yet, this autumn has something new and exciting in store for New Yorkers—from casual concert attendees to theater fanatics.

JAM THE AWAY DAY WITH HEINEKEN

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Foo Fighters, LL Cool J and Yerba Buena are among acts confirmed for AmsterJam 2006, to be held Aug. 19 at New York's Randall's Island. Presented by Heineken, this event will include some of the biggest names in rock spread across two stages over an eight-hour period. More event information and tickets for this over-21 event can be found at heineken.com/usa/cc/mm/amsterjam06/index.aspx. AmsterJam 2006 will be produced by AEG LIVE, who have produced such events as The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival as well as tours for artists such as Bon Jovi, Prince, Rod Stewart, and Kenney Chesney.

Web Site Offers Pay-Per-Click Fees To Filmmakers

By Lisette Johnson

Ryan Wood’s seven-minute short film was shown at the Toronto Film Festival. Then he posted it on new kind of website that pays filmmakers—professional or amateur—each time viewers click on their work.

Rising Rocker Daryl Palumbo Prevails Over Illness

By Christina Parrella

Daryl Palumbo danced around the stage at Asbury Park’s legendary Convention Center like a modern-day lyrical poet overdosed on caffeine pills. At this show, Palumbo delivered eccentric free-flowing hand motions, jumps, and leg kicks. The jaded, mascara-wearing punk rockers here found Palumbo’s slick moves painfully geeky. At a hard rock show like this one, moshing is way cooler than dancing.

By Jessica Ramakrishnan

Saxophonist Bill Saxton jams with fellow musicians at his jazz salon, Bill's Place, which is located in the same Harlem brownstone where a young Billie Holiday played her first New York gigs.

INSIDE MAN
(Universal Studios)
8/10

Who doesn’t like a clever crime drama? Throw in Spike Lee as director and Denzel Washington as the lead detective, and you have great potential. A brooding Clive Owen is completely likeable as the master-mind behind this perfect bank robbery, and the heist his character dreams up will have you scratching your head until the very end. It’s much more cerebral than the typical action flick, without a single car chase and very few discharged bullets. This wouldn’t be a problem if the movie wasn’t bogged down by a contrived and vague side plot, centered around Jodi Foster who plays, not quite believably, a tough mercenary with a reputation for “getting things done.” But in the end the challenge of keeping up with the criminals and detectives proves a rewarding endeavor. In fact, you’ll probably want to watch it over again to see what you missed.—Kirsten Vala