around town today
all day: marriage = poison for michel piccoli, brigitte bardot in j.l. godard’s ‘contempt’ @ fiaf, $7-10 >>
11am-3pm: try tastes of 50 downtown restaurants (les halles, delmonico’s) for $3-6 @ chase manhattan plz >>
12pm: ‘smokin’ joe frazier on fights w. muhammad ali & the ‘thrilla in manila.’ b+n 5th ave/46 st, free >>
6pm: audience swoons as david sedaris reads from ‘when you are engulfed in flames.’ strand, free>>
7pm: celebrate the 1st zero-gravity wedding. party, eat space food sticks @ the kush, free >>
7pm: stonewall @ 40: authors on the milestone. martin duberman, felice picano, more b+n 82+b'way, free >>
7:30: disturbing history = avant-garde docs taking history from unusual angles. light industry (sunset p) $7 >>
8pm: experts on hidden truths of navigating the nyc grid: urban travel (adult ed.) @ union hall (slope), $5 >>
10pm: french singer/electronica purveyor emilie simon lights up lpr, $15 >>

coming up
6/3 6-10pm: up to 70% off gen art sale. $15 ticket includes free wine + beer + cosmetic makeovers >>
6/6, time tbd: departed-resto doc ‘florent: queen of the meat market’ to preview @ sva theater on w. 23 >>
6/9-13: brooklyn pride, culminating with parade on saturday, 6/13 @ park slope, free >>
6/12 9pm: air sex world championships (ny finals): like air guitar but w. nookie @ highline ballroom, $15 >>

sales, deals, freebies
groupon alert: $10 for $25 at bistro chat noir (e 66th st) >>
fabuless.com is live! everything is $1.99 or less @ this cheapo bling/accessories site from girlprops >>
win a $1,200 street food dinner for two to the 6/8 citymeals-on-wheels fundraiser from seriouseats.com >>
thru 6/12: get an extra 20% off sale items @ shoes.com (men + women). use code ‘sale’ >>
save 50% on select items @ armani exchange's once-a-week 'last chance' sale >>
3.1 phillip lim takes 40% off in soho >>
get lonely planet’s san francisco city guide for iphone free (reg. $16) >>
thru 6/20: burt’s bees giving away 1000 lip balms a day to celebrate their 25th anniversary >>
‘six feet under’: get the compete series boxed set on dvd for $98 (reg. $180) >>
thru 6/6: 3-for-2 sale on sandals at target >>
free download: school of seven bells’ 'face to face on high places (jesu remix)’ >>
free download: the raveonettes’ ‘dead sound’ >>
free download: the phenomenal handclap band's ‘fifteen to twenty’ >>
free download: emilie simon's ‘fleur de saison’ (+ win tix to her 6/17 show @ public assembly) >>