Have you ever wondered what marathoners go on in their minds during the 42.2 miles to the finish line? Then the author Melanie Jones gives you access to the thoughts of a first-time runner in “Endure”. At the location-specific performance in Central Park, viewers wear audio devices while they walk three miles (at their own pace) with a marathon runner (Casey Howes or Mary Cavett) and listen to their inner monologue.

“Literally every human experience and thought comes to life in a long race,” said Jones, who has competed in marathons and Iron Man triathlons.

Jones worked with director Suchan Vodoor for over a decade to deliver what feels like “The Loneliness of the Distance Runner” and “Eat Pray Love”.

Tickets to the show (which begins Saturday and runs through August 8) are $ 44.99; Visit runwomanshow.com for more information. And although the show is completely outdoors, it follows strict Covid-19 safety protocols. Be sure to wear comfortable shoes.
JOSE SOLÍS

Greenwich Village is as deeply anchored in music history as any other neighborhood in Manhattan; Stroll the streets and pass the places where Pete Seeger, Odetta, Bob Dylan and the like became the figureheads of an American folk revival in the 1950s and 60s.

Founded in 1987 to honor this legacy, the Greenwich Village Folk Festival once organized annual concerts to showcase established and emerging folk talent, but lost momentum in the mid-1990s. However, since the pandemic began, the practice has been revitalized with online live streams held every first Sunday of the month.

Don’t expect conventional patriotic performances at the July 4th edition, which will be streamed for free on the festival’s YouTube channel and website from 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The cast – including prolific songwriter and instrumentalist John McCutcheon; Diana Jones, whose latest album takes the migration crisis into account; and the music satirist Roy Zimmerman – rather follow the time-honored folk tradition of critical political engagement.
OLIVIA HORN

The Flux Quartet has excellent taste in American chamber music. For evidence, watch the first show in a recent series of two concerts recorded for the Library of Congress website. In this one-hour opening set, the group focuses on pieces by black composers who have also played an important role in the jazz tradition.

The saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell’s “9/9/99, With Cards” uses a notation system with which the composer also helped orchestras to improvise. The jubilant, lyrical quality of “Revival” by violinist Leroy Jenkins is reminiscent of his ability to write for string quartet. And the saxophonist Ornette Coleman’s “A Dedication to Poets and Writers” receives a gentle, winning interpretation.

While Coleman is the best-known name, the de facto star of the program is another saxophonist, Oliver Lake, whose music can be heard three times. (The pianist Cory Smythe is a guest at one of these performances.) As on the heady album by the Flux Quartet with the composer’s works from 2017, Lake sings on the saxophone for the feverish and happy “5 Sisters”.
SETH COLTER WALLS

CHILDREN

Instead of celebrating July 4th with a barbecue, families can join the New-York Historical Society for a barbecue.

The organization will present Independence Day @ Home With DCHM on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Eastern Time. (The initials stand for the DiMenna Children’s History Museum, the association’s youth department.) From their own kitchen on Zoom, participants can watch the museum directors prepare and test festive dishes – veggie burgers, pork and chives dumplings and ice cream Know everyone about vacation quizzes.

Chefs of all ages can register on the association’s website, which also lists the recipes and equipment they need. The free program will be fully interactive and allow young historians to answer multiple-choice questions such as, “Which US President was born on July 4th?”

In addition to learning the story, the children also get a foretaste of it. The menu’s dessert, orange blossom cinnamon ice cream, is based on an English recipe in a book by Ann Fanshawe. She wrote about her “ice cream” in 1665.
LAUREL GRAVE

TO DANCE

Since the pandemic forced dance classes to go online, the Cumbe Center for African and Diaspora Dance, a studio in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, has maintained a strong virtual presence. After the return of face-to-face meetings, the center continues to host a series of courses on Zoom for dancers of all levels, in addition to some new outdoor offerings.

If you want to start the holiday weekend with movement, the Cumbe Calendar has many online options. On Friday evenings, Julio Jean teaches Afro-Haitian dance for beginners and Vado Diomande leads an advanced dance class from Ivory Coast. Saturday brings Rhythm and Flow Yoga with Carmen Carriker; Orisha Dance (dances of the Yoruba deities) with Tony Yemaya; and JamDown Caribbean Dance Fitness with Jennine Hamblin, aka JennyJam. (There are no classes on this Sunday or Monday.)

Payment for most virtual courses is staggered between $ 7 and $ 25; To register and for more information, visit cumbedance.org.
SIOBHAN BURKE

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