around town today
3-4pm: rockettes stop traffic to create ny’s longest kick-line (if you join, you could win ‘spectacular’ tix) >>
5:30pm: the brazilliant imogen heap releases new album ‘ellipse’ today, appears @ b+n linc triangle >>
6pm: launch party for josh neufeld's new graphic novel ‘a.d.: new orleans after the deluge,’ + live music @ idlewild books, free >>
6pm: afrodita = heavy earthy black peru style grooves @ gantry plaza state park (lic), free >>
6-9pm: housing works tribeca's last days of summer shopping event w. charlotte ronson (in person), cocktails, deals. free >>
6:30pm: free pilates w. a view of the hudson . the plaza @ 66th st >>
7pm: career camp for digital jobs. hear experts, sip 2-4-1 cocktails (6-7pm), get free haircuts + more @ galapagos, $5 >>
8pm: buzz overload! vivian girls + the beets @ death by audio, $9 >>
8pm: cross-the-pond singer-singwriter + lookbook subject cariad harmon @ rockwood music hall, free >>
8:30pm: one of our favorite romantic pairings in cinema: ‘lady + the tramp’ screens @ carl schurz park, free >>
10pm: contestants horf wings for prizes in the habitual chicken ritual. 25-cent wings 6-10pm, $3 harpoons. habitat, greenpoint >>
coming up
8/26 1pm-6pm: jimmy choo sample sale @ met pavilion >>
8/27-30: smithereens kick off 3 days of free outdoor music @ j+r music fest. city hall park, free >>
spike lee's michael jackson birthday party (8/29, 12pm) moved to prospect park >>
sales, deals, freebies
free cupcakes to the first 500 people who say ‘joonbug’ to the cupcake stop truck today >>
thru 9/17: 3 pairs of havaianas flip-flops (caveat emptor) for $20, market @ spring + wooster sts >>
jesus, even elmo's mom is out of work >>
win tickets to see deerhoof 9/15 @ lpr (+ free mp3: 'milking') >>
free mp3: radiohead's 'these are my twisted words' >>
free mp3: r.e.m.'s 'it's the end of the world as we know it (and i feel fine)' >>
free mp3: chairlift's 'evident utensil' >>
free mp3s: 10-song celtic music sampler (susan mckeown, kerstin blodig, ian melrose, more) >>
