ends 7/31: score $2 camis (reg $8.50) at old navy in-store and online (coupon) >>
11am (every sat): take a free, guided tour through section one of the highline. limited to 20 people. >>
12-7pm: 30+ shops, restaurants and bars team up to offer in-store deals for last saturdays in greenpoint >>
1-4pm: dogs and their owners are in for an afternoon of treats at 'dog day afternoon': cocktails, wine tastings, appetizers, doggie bag giveaways, dog portraits, plus a raffle benefiting animal haven shelter. astor wine + spirits, free. >>
2-8pm (every other sat thru 9/4): jelly's rockyard party features a slip-n-slide, live music, games, food, booze. 354 wythe (williamsburg), free. >>
3-7pm: meet 20+ zinemakers @ pete's mini zine fest. pete's candy store, free >>
5pm (every sat thru 8/28): symphony space screens family flicks for just 5 bucks. this week: ghostbusters. >>
6-11pm: $10 gets you a 5-hour open bar at the glass bandits theatre company fundraiser for their fringe fest debut. plus raffles, readings, music, more! the loading dock. >>
7pm (gates @ 6pm): iconic new york rockers sonic youth get all loud 'n stuff at prospect park bandshell. arrive early! $3 sugg don. >>
8pm: doc. disco and atomic war recounts how people living in soviet estonia in the '80s managed to hijack finnish television signals in order to watch dallas, macgyver and knight rider, realizing that life in the west wasn't as bad as they'd been told. the roof of the old american can factory, $10. >>
8:30pm: the coney island film society's 'sci-fi summer' weekly screening series continues with 1984 cult classic repo man. free popcorn! coney island museum, $5. >>
9pm: all-female, all-accordion, always fun main squeeze orchestra. living room, $12 >>
11:30: the circus meets dark cabaret with a steampunk twist at gemini + scorpio's lost circus. littlefield, $15 w/rsvp, $20 w/out. >>
sunday
11am-5:45pm: the new york historical society celebrates jerry garcia's b-day with free ben + jerry’s cherry garcia ice cream, raffles and 2-for-1 admission to their grateful dead exhibition (reg. $12 for 1). >>
12-6pm: it's cold gin time again! new breuckelen distilling company opens it's tasting room, offers tours and bottle sales. 77 19th st, brooklyn >>
2, 6pm: where else but lincoln center out of doors could you see sandra bernhard, david johansen, melvin van peebles, los straitjackets and the world famous pontani sisters in the same day? for free? >>
3pm: st.vincent, tune-yards and basia bulat bring an otherworldly, must-see lineup to central park's summerstage, free. >>
6pm: jelly nyc moves the party to brooklyn bowl with ted leo + the pharmacists, darlings and arpline. free. >>
6:30pm: tango your way across pier 54 to tunes from hector delcurto's eternal tango orchestra @ hudson river park’s moondance. free lessons + free admission. >>
7pm (last chance): moma's abby aldrich rockefeller sculpture garden hosts jazz masters trio 3, free. >>
7:30pm: eugene mirman celebrates 4 years of tearing the veil of maya with guests leo allen, todd barry, wyatt cenac, ad miles, kristen schaal, more! bell house, $10. >>
sundown: 'i'm a mean green mother from outer space!': habana outpost screens... little shop of horrors, free. >>
+ all weekend
get sporty at governors island: badminton, an open water swimming race, miniature golf, learn stilt-walking, plate-spinning, more! >>
last chance to catch 'the winter's tale' and 'the merchant of venice' at shakespeare in the park, free >>
the 'animation block party' conitnues at bam. bonus: after parties w/ free beer at fourth avenue pub (sat) and habana outpost (sun). $7.50-12. >>
ucb's 12th annual del close marathon features 150+ non-stop improv shows (inc. asssscat 3000) across 4 stages. $12-25. >>
thru 8/8: buy-1-get-one free soft serve cone at participating baskin-robbins locations >>
thru 8/14: canadian choreographer paul-andre fortier performs a 30-minute dance in the same place at the same time everyday for 30 straight days. one new york plaza, free. >>
thru 8/14: catch 6 premieres over 6 weeks for the 17th annual ice factory performance season. the ohio theater's last season before closing. $15. >>
thru 9/5: new exhibit at clic gallery features surf/skate photos, plus display of limited edition signed skateboard decks designed by pop artists damien hirst, jeff koons, and takashi murakami. 255 centre st, free. >>
weekends thru 9/5: seven classic hitchcock films (rear window, the birds, vertigo, more) hit the big screen for the first time in hi-def at leonard nimoy thalia, $12. >>
weekends thru 9/5: buy-1-get-one free at crumbs bake shop's financial district location (coupon) >>
thru 9/6: save $1 off any jamba juice smoothie (coupon) >>
thru 9/6: grab your towel and bathing suit, and take them to one of the city's 54 free outdoor pools >>
thru 10/3: catch artist/writer/filmmaker miranda july's 'eleven heavy things' interactive exhibit (the final public deitch project) in union square park >>
