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Dinner to go from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. on Friday, June 25. Menu: Macaroni with sauce; Meatballs with sauce; Sausage with Sauce; Salad; Italian Bread and Butter. This will likely be the last dinner until September. Principessa Elena Society is located at 13-Oak Street.

BRASSLANDS spotlights the rhythm and excitement of World Music as it chronicles the Zlatne Uste Brass Band en route from Brooklyn to an international trumpet festival in Guča, Serbia. As a special treat, two members of the band will be on hand to introduce the film and relay some unique experiences of attending the festival and serving as the focus of an independent documentary.

Take a musical tour of the Balkan region with North America’s premier Balkan brass band! This lively performance features wedding music from South Serbia, a traditional table song from Bulgaria, and melodies from the Roma in Serbia and Macedonia, as well as songs and dances from around the Balkans. This outdoor afternoon promises lively rhythms and upbeat melodies in an energizing, toe-tapping performance. Founded in 1983, Zlatne Uste is the premier Balkan Brass Band in North America, whose repertoire spans the most important stops in the traditional music of the Balkans -- Serbia, Macedonia, Bulgaria and Romany traditions. The band has played with the late singer Šaban Bajramovic and many other legendary Roma musicians from Eastern Europe. Zlatne Uste is a six-time invited guest at the Dragačevo Brass Festival in Guča, Serbia, who represented the United States in the first International Competition at Guča in 2010 is and featured in the documentary film Brasslands. Sponsored by Touba Family Foundation

Experience the beauty of nature with violin virtuosa Kinga Augustyn, from singing birds in the soul-captivating Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughan Williams to the shimmering water of Karol Szymanowski’s La Fontaine d'Arethuse and the Japanese cherry blossoms of Yui Kitamura’s Yumezakura. The program includes Bela Bartók’s “Romanian Folk Dances,” Gershwin’s “Summertime,” and Pablo de Sarasate’s “Gypsy Aires.” Born in Poland, New-York based Augustyn has performed at venues across Asia, Europe, and the United States including Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She completed undegraduate and graduate degrees at The Juilliard School and received a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Stony Brook University. Augustyn first appeared at The Sembrich in 2016 and was a featured performer in our 20/20: Virtual Visionaries Summer Festival. Sponsored by Alfred Z. Solomon Charitable Trust