music @ 6pm, film @ sundown: marilyn monroe, tony curtis and jack lemmon wrap up 'movies with a view' in some like it hot (1959). brooklyn bridge park's pier 1, free. >>
7:30pm: text of light (feat. sonic youth's lee ranaldo, alan licht, and uli krieger) perform improvised music to films. loud objects make music with overhead projectors and circuits. lpr, $15. >>
8pm: learn about the patron's side of the sex industry from i am a sex addict's caveh zahedi and others in tonight's installment of steamy monthly series 'the umbrella diaries'. happy ending, free. >>
8pm (thru 9/6): the met opera's outdoor screenings continue with puccini's la bohème. lincoln center plaza, free. >>
sales, deals, freebies
10-4pm: mezzanine and balcony seats for the 10/7-14 performances of broadway's the scottsboro boys are just $19.31 (reg $39.50 -131.50) @ the lyceum theatre box office (149 w. 45th st) >>
free mp3s: 24-track itunes playlist from urban outfitters (arcade fire, the books, clinic, les savy fav, ra ra riot, yeasayer, more) >>
group deals
$30 credit at midtown's buttercup bake shop for $15 >>
highlights or lowlights at confidence beauty salon and spa for $65 (reg $130) >>
50% off at nolita's scout vintage t-shirts (text coupon) >>
6:30pm: work-in-progress documentary the pigeon game looks at the small but competitive world of homing pigeon racing in nyc. tenement museum, free (rsvp). >>
7:45pm (thru 9/6): the met opera's outdoor screenings continue with les contes d’hoffmann. lincoln center plaza, free. >>
8pm: bar mitzvah jones = 'comedy, music and burlesque, told by the gals who learned to smoke at hebrew school.' city winery, $10 adv/$12 door. >>
coming up
9/3-26 5+10pm: the new york clown theatre festival kicks off with an opening day parade and train ride followed by an open-to-the-public pie fight (red noses and pies provided) and performance. the brick, free >>
9/3-5: the first nyc unicycle festival rides into town with demos, races, activities, more! >>
9/20: get your cheap grub on when trader joe’s opens at 72nd and broadway >>
sales, deals, freebies
6-8pm: save 30% off everything at lafayette street's inven.tory sale. bonus: free booze! >>
6:30pm (every weds thru 9/22): free hatha yoga class with a view of the hudson. riverside park south. >>
century 21 planned to replace lincoln triangle b+n >>
I Heart Nerds returns for a special edition of nerdy speed dating! Let's "fall" in love! Summer is over, but your search for love is in full swing at this popular soiree of nerdy singles!
Drink specials! Mixer after speed dating!
We have two tickets to give away. For a chance to win one, just drop us a line (subject: "nerds!") by 11:59pm tonight. Winners will picked at random and notified tomorrow.
10pm: wing attack at the habitat's 3rd annual wing-eating contest! winner gets $100 cash and a shiny trophy. bonus: 25 cent wings for everyone else. free to watch. >>
sales, deals, freebies
registration for the new 'semester' of brooklyn brainery classes (starting 9/20) is now open: lamp making, knife skills, bee keeping, astronomy, southern cooking, more! $15-25 >>
