thru 8/22,25-29: seven dancers perched on a wall and wrapped in beeswax and lanolin slowly melt away in noemie lafrance’s newest. salt pile (corner of pike slip and south st), $20. >>
gates @ 6pm, film @ dusk: say goodbye to summerscreen for the season and hello to david bowie's hair and tiiiight pants in labyrinth (rescheduled from 7/14). mccarren ballfield, free. >>
7:30pm: sheri eisenberg launches her new food lovers' guide to brooklyn with a signing, q+a and free tastings from habana outpost, james, no.7, cake man raven. greenlight, free. >>
8pm: think you know it all? the winning team gets a $50 bar tab at dumbo general store's trivia night. additional free drink and music prizes all evening. free to play. >>
8pm: alexa wilding brings her dreamy folkie sounds to intimate rockwood music hall, free >>
8pm: 5 storytellers. 10 minutes each to spin their true tale. tonight's nutsackett includes 16-time moth story slam winner adam wade, others. the sackett, free. >>
8:30pm: jj abrams' (lost) 2009 re-boot of the star trek franchise screens at hudson river park, free >>
8:30pm: titus andronicus headline a benefit for local environmental org neighbors allied for good growth (nag). glasslands, $15. >>
coming up
8/19: designer shoe warehouse sale (feat. gucci, more) at dsw union square and online >>
sales, deals, freebies
7-9pm: williamsburg's berry park celebrates 1 year with $1 radeberger, free sausages + burgers >>
thru 8/20: wedding gowns are up to 70% off at the lela rose sale. 224 w. 30th st (bet 7th and 8th aves) >>
thru 8/29: 50% off glasses and sunglasses at soho boutique morgenthal frederics >>
score yankees tickets for up to 50% off at new tkts-style discount booth in times square >>
bay ridge café hom offers free brunch for the unemployed (via grub street) >>
save up to 70% on j. lindeberg apparel @ 6pm.com >>
group deals
2-week pass + 3-hour long personal training sessions at any of new york health and racquet club's 11 locations for $39 ($555 value) >>
$20 worth of bar food and drinks at astoria's rapture lounge >>
