Paying Homage to Big Star, a Music Cult Favorite The Miser spent a single wild year after graduating from high school in pursuit of a Rimbaud-inspired "derangement of all the senses." The soundtrack to that quest unfailingly featured This Mortal Coil's riveting version of an Alex Chilton song called "Kangaroo," which had appeared on "Third" (a k a "Sister Lovers"), the 1974 swan song of Mr. Chilton's band Big Star. Vanishingly obscure in their day, Mr. Chilton and his crew nevertheless claimed, among their tiny cult following, devotees who would themselves form hugely influential rock acts, like R.E.M., the Replacements and Wilco. Since Mr. Chilton's death in 2010, a group of those Big Star fans, including Mike Mills, former bassist of R.E.M., and the musician-producers Mitch Easter and Chris Stamey, have come together with the original Big Star drummer, Jody Stephens, for several concerts, paying homage by recreating "Third" in all its fractured and terrible beauty. They'll do so again on Sunday at Rumsey Playfield in Central Park, as part of this year's SummerStage concert series. The core group of Mssrs. Mills, Stamey, Easter and Stephens will be joined for a free, all-ages show by both up-and-coming indie rockers like Sharon Van Etten and Kurt Vile, and veterans like Marshall Crenshaw and the cellist Jane Scarpantoni. Even Spider-Man is getting in on the act: Reeve Carney, star of Broadway's "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," is billed as a featured guest. Sunday from 7 to 10 p.m., entrance at Fifth Avenue and 72nd Street, Central Park; 212-360-2777, cityparksfoundation.org/summerstage. The Miser arrived in New York fully prepared to man the ramparts in the supposed struggle between the "uptown" and "downtown" art worlds, only to find that, alas, by the late 20th century, that distinction had mostly dissolved. Yet its collapse hardly seems to have discouraged new generations from forging their own ways to exploit what's left of a well-worn legacy. On Friday night the multimedia artist Nica Ross will bring her highly conceptual, risqué downtown dance party "WOAHMONE" to the traditionally more polished precincts of Midtown Manhattan as part of "A Different Kind of Order," the International Center of Photography's 2013 triennial. Audience members are welcome to participate by bringing their own VHS tapes, which Ms. Ross will incorporate into her real-time video projections. Music and additional performance will be provided by the D.J."s Nath Ann Carrera and Savannah Knoop. The event is free and open to the public. Friday from 6 to 8 p.m., 1133 Avenue of the Americas, at 43rd Street; 212-857-0000, icp.org.