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4:30pm thru sun 10pm: ucb's 12th annual del close marathon features 150+ non-stop improv shows (inc. asssscat 3000) across 4 stages. $12-25. >>
6:30-8:30pm (+8/6, 13):
7pm: free summer shows @ south street seaport continue with avi buffalo, chad vangaalen >>
7pm: sonic youth guitarist lee ranaldo, photo/video artist leah singer and the yeah yeah yeah's nick zinner draw inspiration from new museum exhibit, 'brion gysin: dream machine', $15. >>
7:30pm (gates open 6:30pm): the swell season (you remember them from once) bring their folk-rock stylings to prospect park's bandshell, $3 sugg don. >>
7:30pm: nona hendryx (co-founder of labelle), nicholas leichter dance and monstah black re-imagine the wiz as the whiz at lincoln center's damrosch park. keep an eye/ear out for audio tutu around the plaza @ 7pm. free. >>
8pm (thru 8/1): bam and rooftop films presents the 'animation block party,' showcasing foreign and domestic independent, professional, student animation and shorts. bonus: after party at bar matchless with free beer + rum! 50 beford ave. $9-11. >>
sales, deals, freebies
junior's cheesecake celebrates 60 years with 60-cent slices (reg $5.99) >>
ends today: enter to win $250 by answering the most questions about lion brand yarn studio's coney-themed window display >>
racked gives you an inside look at the diptyque sale >>
last chance for july's 100 albums for $5 each at amazon: broken bells, crowded house, the strokes, justin timberlake, more >>
free mp3: tom jones + the cardigans 'burning down the house' >>
free mp3: zola jesus 'sea talk' >>
group deals
take a 'brewed in brooklyn' tour from urban oyster, featuring tastings at brooklyn brewery and huckleberry bar, pizza lunch with beer, more for $33 (reg $49) >>
$40 worth of south african cuisine for $20 at fort greene's madiba restaurant >>
4 kickboxing classes, one personal training session, and a free pair of boxing gloves for $30 ($105 value) at 3 queens locations >>
5 one-hour ballroom dance classes at manhattan ballroom dance for $35 ($100 value) >>
get a spa mani-pedi at the upper east side's perfect nail for $46 ($95 value) >>
one microdermabrasion treatment at one of the skin spa's two manhattan locations for $32.50 ($65 value) >>
deep swedish massage with hot stone treatment at lia schorr for $45 ($95 value) >>
