12:30pm: contribs on ‘heavy rotation: 20 writers on the albums that changed their lives,’ bryant park, free >>
5:30 / 6:30 / 7:30pm: monthly bronx culture trolley takes you to boro’s best art stops, free >>
6pm: madison square oval lawn series presents the (dolly parton-approved) claire lynch band >>
6pm: garage punkster jay reatard @ stuy town oval, free >>
6:15pm: director arnaud ‘xmas tale’ desplechin screens/discusses ‘the royal tenenbaums' @ bam, $7-11 >>
6:30pm: world origami master dr. robert j. lang on origami in service of science @ cuny grad center, free >>
7pm: twangy tift merritt + folk-rocky sara lee guthrie + johnny irion sing for you @ stuyvesant h.s., free >>
7:30pm: james gavin on his veil-lifting lena horne bio ‘stormy weather’ @ b+n lincoln triangle, free >>
8pm: hey, remember ’80s tv gem ‘night flight’? its producers present a best-of @ 92ytribeca, $12 >>
8:30pm: vox, costume, machines: kría brekkan (of múm) + ásdís sif gunnarsdótir @ sycamore (ditmas), $10 >>
coming up
7/2: elia kazan’s debut ‘a tree grows in brooklyn’ @ 92ytribeca’s queer/art/film series, $12 >>
7/3-5: movie musical marathon @ linc ctr: gene! frank! liza! elton! 20 films in 3 days, $11 ea >>
7/3-4: woodsist/captured trax fest = 24 acts like vivian girls, thee oh sees, etc. $15/day, $27 both, bushwick >>
7/8 raleigh’s nu-folk bowerbirds @ bowery ballroom, $13 >>
7/17-26: discover emerging multimedia artists at bococa arts festival >>
7/19: go underground for the atlantic avenue tunnel tour >>
8/8, 15, 22: car-free summer streets to return. bliss! >>
sales, deals, freebies
get 30% off @ flight 001's summer sale >>
50% off: hit the summer sale @ moma store online >>
how much do we love these free paper foldables? pure delight. >>
the built by wendy summer sale starts today, with up to 60% off >>
tonight: $25 gets you 6 varieties of premium sake + complimentary appetizers @ satsko (eldridge st) >>
up to 55% off 600 sci-fi dvds @ amazon (star trek, heroes, the dark crystal, the prisoner, she wolves of the wasteland...) >>
win tix to see jarvis (‘pulp’) cocker @ terminal 5 on 7/30 >>
free mp3 download: coco rosie's 'spirit lake' >>
