{"id":165010,"date":"2023-07-27T12:04:21","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T16:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=165010"},"modified":"2023-07-31T12:05:40","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T16:05:40","slug":"august-1-7-what-were-doing-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2023\/07\/27\/august-1-7-what-were-doing-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"August 1\u20137: What We\u2019re Doing Next Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_165012\" style=\"width: 849px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-165012\" class=\"wp-image-165012\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/manhattan-beach-volleyball-tournament.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"839\" height=\"629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/manhattan-beach-volleyball-tournament.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/manhattan-beach-volleyball-tournament-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/manhattan-beach-volleyball-tournament-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-165012\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Manhattan_Beach_Six_Man_open_volleyball_tournament_2006.jpg\">Charlie Saikley Six-Man Volleyball Tournamen<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Manhattan_Beach_Six_Man_open_volleyball_tournament_2006.jpg\">t<\/a>. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, Licensed under CCO 3.0.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Soon it will be August in New York City, a period when everyone is theoretically out of town\u2014they\u2019re always saying this, anyway, in books like <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">August <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Judith Rossner. This is mostly a fiction, that everyone\u2019s at their country house and everything is shutting down, but it\u2019s sort of fun to imagine; who doesn\u2019t secretly enjoy having fun while others are away? For the month of August, the<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Review<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is trying a little experiment\u2014highlighting some things that <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">going on during this supposedly quiet month. Every week, we\u2019ll be compiling roundups of cultural events and miscellany that the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s staff and friends are excited about around town. (And maybe, occasionally, out of town.) We can promise only that these lists will be uncomprehensive, totally random, and fun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lightindustry.org\/faust\"><b>F.\u00a0W. Murnau\u2019s <\/b><b><i>Faust<\/i><\/b><\/a><b>, introduced by Mary Gaitskill at Light Industry, August 1: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gaitskill, who was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/interviews\/7966\/the-art-of-fiction-no-257-mary-gaitskill\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">interviewed for the<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Spring issue<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, will be introducing this 1926 silent film, which, like many flops, is now a cult classic. Gaitskill saw a clip of the film online years before she had read Goethe\u2019s novel, though she knew the basic outlines of the story of the scholar who made a pact with the devil. \u201cThat was enough for me to understand and to feel, to believe, the reality of the segment: the flailing despair, the futile vanity, the experience of running through a live, tactile murk of demons and uncomprehending humans, moving slo-mo through their own fates, trying to undo something that can\u2019t be undone,\u201d she told Light Industry.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><b>Heji Shin\u2019s <\/b><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.52walker.com\/exhibitions\/heji-shin-the-big-nudes\"><b>The Big Nudes<\/b><\/a><\/em><b>\u00a0at 52 Walker, open all August:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em> The Big Nudes<\/em> is the photographer Heji Shin\u2019s first solo exhibition in New York since the 2020 show <em>Big Cocks<\/em>. The cocks in question, by the way, were a series of roosters photographed in shocking detail. <em>The Big Nudes<\/em>, meanwhile, will include photographs of pigs posed to evoke fashion models. This show comes recommended by our contributing editor Matthew Higgs, who says, \u201cThis relatively rare gallery presentation promises to be something of a midsummer event.\u201d It opened recently and will be up through October 7.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>\u201c<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegarciaproject.com\/tourdates\/live-jerry-garcia-band-set-lists-with-the-garcia-project-at-the-brooklyn-bowl-on-august-5-2023\/\"><b>Live Jerry Garcia Band Set Lists<\/b><\/a><b>\u201d by the Garcia Project at Brooklyn Bowl, August 5: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recommended by friend of the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and occasional <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Review <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">softball first baseman Adam Wilson, this will be an attempt to faithfully re-create actual set lists played by the Jerry Garcia Band between 1976 and 1995. If you never had a chance to see Jerry\u2019s soulful side project live, this is probably the closest you will ever come to it, and real Deadheads will tell you\u2014at great length, if you\u2019d like\u2014that JGB is actually, sometimes, even better than the Dead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/auctions.nyshowplace.com\/\"><b>New York City Estate Auction<\/b><\/a><b> at Auctions at Showplace, preview beginning July 26, auction on August 6: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Jasper Johns lithograph? An Edwardian platinum diamond necklace? An unspeakably tacky oil painting of a blue butterfly? All listed for prices so low they\u2019re unbelievable, which is true, because they\u2019re likely to climb exponentially over the course of the auction. (Or will they?) There\u2019s really nothing like an auction for a dose of randomness, serendipity, and pure gambling thrill; this one collects objects from private estates all over New York City. At the very least, it\u2019s worth a stop by the preview showing, just in case \u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bargemusic.org\/\"><b>Bargemusic: Complete Beethoven Violin and Piano Sonatas<\/b><\/a><b> on the East River, August 5:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> An idea from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2023\/05\/26\/fucked-for-life-bladees-paintings\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">site contributor Elena Saavedra Buckley<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that is third-date-worthy: go see music at the barge-turned-floating-concert-hall moored in Brooklyn Bridge Park and then go to Sunny\u2019s, the best summer bar in Brooklyn, where there is also likely to be music on a Saturday night. Be on guard, however, if you are seasick or faint of heart, warns the Bargemusic website: \u201cPlease be aware that although we are permanently moored, the Barge is in navigable waters and sways with the movement of the East River.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manhattanbeach.gov\/departments\/parks-and-recreation\/beach-volleyball\/charlie-saikley-6-man-beach-volleyball-tournament\"><b>Charlie Saikley Six-Man Volleyball Tournament<\/b><\/a><b>, Manhattan Beach, August 6: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is, of course, in Manhattan Beach, but for those who happen to be in Los Angeles, our engagement editor Cami Jacobson\u2019s dad will be playing in this legendary annual tournament. Manhattan Beach is apparently \u201cthe home of beach volleyball\u201d; this annual tournament is apparently a mix of Very Serious players and people in pink trucker hats who are there for a good time. Jacobson describes the vibe as \u201cvery crowded, everyone you have ever met is there, like your whole high school class.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/metrograph.com\/calendar\/\"><b>Triple feature: <\/b><b><i>The Godfather<\/i><\/b><b>, <\/b><b><i>The Godfather Part II<\/i><\/b><b>, and <\/b><b><i>The Godfather Coda<\/i><\/b><\/a><b> at Metrograph, August 6: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Very rarely can you watch all three <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Godfather<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> films in one place in a single day. Perhaps not that many people have ever even done this, anywhere. But on a Sunday in early August, Metrograph is showing all three, with a merciful break between parts two and three for dinner. Our web editor, Sophie Haigney, will be there, hiding from the heat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Also recommended by editors and friends of the <\/b><b><i>Review<\/i><\/b><b> for this week:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Free admission at the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/tickets.noguchi.org\/products\/free-first-friday\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Noguchi Museum<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on August 4 (Lori Dorr); free <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bricartsmedia.org\/events-performances\/bric-celebrate-brooklyn-festival\/indigo-de-souza-vundabar\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indigo de Souza concert<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Prospect Park on August 4 (Amanda Gersten and Alejandra Quintana Arocho); Patrick Carroll\u2019s show <\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billcournoyer.com\/exhibitions\/commonplacing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commonplacing<\/span><\/a><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at Bill Cournoyer through August 5 (Spencer Quong); stop by <\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/centerforbookarts.org\/visual-volumes-exhibition\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visual Volumes: Contemporary Explorations in Book Arts<\/span><\/a><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, all month at the Center for Book Arts (Alejandra Quintana Arocho); <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dromnyc.com\/event\/mingus-big-band-mondays-730pm-show-6\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mingus Big Band<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will be playing two sets every Monday in August at The Dom (Lexy Benaim); <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lunaparknyc.com\/events-luna-park\/friday-night-fireworks\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fireworks at the Coney Island boardwalk<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> every Friday of August (Lori Dorr); <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/rooftopatpier17.com\/events\/carly-rae-jepsen-2023\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carly Rae Jepsen<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the roof at Pier 17 on August 7 (Amanda Gersten).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cFor the month of August, the Review is trying a little experiment\u2014highlighting some things that are going on during this supposedly quiet month.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[68701],"tags":[18987,67827,883],"class_list":["post-165010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-happenings","tag-august","tag-featured","tag-staff-picks"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.4 (Yoast SEO v25.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>August 1\u20137: What We\u2019re Doing Next Week by The Paris Review<\/title>\n<meta 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