City Parks Foundation's Community Family Day Celebration Brings Free Performing Arts to East River Park

City Parks Foundation’s Community Family Day in Manhattan offers entertainment that will delight the young and the young at heart. Community Family Day features performances by: Shine and the Moonbeams and DJ Spinna, who celebrates the music of Earth, Wind & Fire.

Free events throughout New York City, including Community Family Days, are hosted by City Parks Foundation’s 2016 SummerStage Kids festival, with nearly 100 performing arts events at 32 locations presented citywide during the summer.

DATE: Sunday, August 14, 2016

TIMES: 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

LOCATION: East River Park, Manhattan

FDR Drive between Jackson Street and Cherry Street

For more information on Community Family Days, visit http://www.cityparksfoundation.org/arts/summerstage-kids/.

Community Family Day performances include:

· Shine and the Moonbeams exploded on the children's music scene four years ago and have not stopped rising to the top of the genre. They bring the soulful melodies of family life along with rhythm and bass of childhood to the party. They are currently working on their second CD due out this summer.

· DJ Spinna pursues the full extent of his roots, which are in Funk, Soul and Jazz, and the foundation in Hip-Hop and future Electronic/Dance music without any restraints. A cornerstone of Hip-Hop's late ‘90s indie-uprise, DJ Spinna made much of his first impression on listeners as the musical background of his group The Jigmastas, as well as providing the canvas for an array of that era's lyrical giants. Tapped by everyone from George Michael to Mary J. Blige to Motown Records to his Michael Jackson homage, "We're Almost There,” his production presence flourished. Spinna would go on to revive soulful marvels like Donald Byrd, Eddie Kendricks, Betty Carter and Al Jarreau. Always current, Spinna has taken to new mixes for the J Dilla bred Platinum Pied Pipers and Bay Area songstress Goapele, as well as the well-respected Les Nubian.

City Parks Foundation is the only independent, nonprofit organization whose mission is to offer programs in public parks throughout the five boroughs of New York City. At City Parks Foundation, we are dedicated to invigorating and transforming parks into dynamic, vibrant centers of urban life through sports, arts, community development, and education programs for all New Yorkers. Our programs and community building initiatives -- located in more than 300 parks, recreation centers, and public schools across the city -- reach 425,000 people each year. Our ethos is simple: we believe thriving parks reflect thriving communities. For more information, please visit www.cityparksfoundation.org.