As Fleet Week descends on the city this Memorial Day weekend, some noteworthy events have a nautical feel; such as a Statue of Liberty cruise and the world premiere of a multimedia dance event aboard a historic cargo ship. Also, the 2024 DanceAfrica Festival takes over downtown Brooklyn, and cinephiles will get the inside story of the Jewish refugee whose adult theaters dominated Times Square in the 1970s. Dance DanceAfrica Festival 2024 Brooklyn Academy of Music — 30 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn (Fort Greene) Through May 27 The theme for DanceAfrica’s 47th year is “The Origin of Communities/A Calabash of Cultures,”...