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Chase Latino Cultural Festival
www.queenstheatre.org
Chase's Latino Cultural Festival continues at Queens Theatre in the Park. On Thursday, August 5, you can catch Argentinean folk/rock performer Leon Gieco sing his socially conscious music. Other artists include Cuban singer songwriter Carlos Varela, often referred to as Cuba's Bob Dylan.

African Film Festival
www.africanfilmny.org
The African Film Festival's third annual Family day returns this Saturday with free workshops and screenings on Governors Island. Spend the afternoon learning African dance, exploring the traditional art of storytelling and quilting or catching a short film or two by emerging African directors.

"Metaphysical Musings" by J. Robert Spencer
www.jrobertspencer.com
This weekend you can also check out Tony-nominated actor J. Robert Spencer's first art show. The actor, who was part of the original cast of "Jersey Boys" and who recently starred in "Next to Normal," has been seriously painting in the last couple of years. Spencer's show "metaphysical musings" is on view at Art Source International in Gramercy.

Eyewitness To: Beautiful Black Brooklyn
www.restorationplaza.org
For a snapshot of politically-charged Brooklyn from the 1960s to the 1980s, head to Skylight Gallery in Bedford-Stuyvesant where "Eyewitness To: Beautiful Black Brooklyn" is on display. You can see photographs like one by Randy Waterman showing Muhammad Ali campaigning for then-mayoral candidate Percy Sutton circa 1977.