every tue thru 9/14: two-for-one tuesdays! film forum presents 'astaire + rogers: the complete works.' tonight: top hat and follow the fleet. $12. >>
12pm: dashing, soulful singer and painist john legend performs a short set at grand central's vanderbilt hall >>
7pm: great balls of fire! the first 200 people to buy jerry lee lewis' new cd will get to see him perform live in-store @ the union sq best buy >>
7pm: singer/songwriter/pianist sara bareilles comes to apple soho, free >>
7-9:30pm (every tues): the amateur astronomers association sets up camp at the high line and lets you peer at the cosmos through their high-powered telescopes, free >>
8, 10pm: corey double feature! the raspberry brothers roast corey feldman in the goonies and the lost boys. knitting factory, free. >>
10pm (every tues this month): haunty-voiced folkie maya solovéy kicks off a month-long residency at pete's candy store, free >>
sales, deals, freebies
thru 9/19: get $20 tix to off-boradway shows 20 minutes before curtain w. ‘20at20’ >>
9-10:30am, 11am-4pm: street sweets truck is giving out hundreds of free treats at 49th st bet mad + 5th ave (9-10:30am), park + 52nd (11am-4pm) >>
12pm-?: score 2 slices of margherita pizza for $2 at midtown's pizza by cer te when you mention nycdailydeals >>
thru 10/3 (reminder): artist/writer/filmmaker miranda july's 'eleven heavy things' interactive exhibit (the final public deitch project) continues in union square park >>
free mp3: jenny wilson 'only here for the fight' >>
free mp3: quantic flowering inferno 'dub y guaguanco' >>
last weekday of the season to enjoy your insides being tossed around on the coney island cyclone >>
11am-6pm: the west indian american day parade takes over bklyn's eastern parkway w. caribbean food, floats, costumes, music + plenty o' dancing >>
12, 3, 8pm: 20th century fox celebrates 75 years in the business with screenings of gentleman's agreement, cleopatra and patton. fslc, $9. >>
5 + 7:30pm (separate films): check out rare clips of the rolling stones or motown legends otis redding, ike + tina turner, others. bam, $12.
doors @ 7:30pm: 'hot tub' w/ kristen schaal (flight of the conchords) + kurt braunohler returns feat. comedians reggie watts, mike amato + jamie lee. littlefield, $5 adv/$8 door. >>
7:45pm: the met opera's outdoor screenings come to an end with bizet’s carmen. lincoln center plaza, free. >>
9pm: all drinks are just $3 when sf's psychedelic wooden shjips help celebrate mhow’s third anniversary. $3 admission. >>
sales, deals, freebies
8pm: broadway discount: in the heights orchestra/front mezzanine seats for $66 (reg $120) or rear mezzanine for $45 (reg $75). use discount code 'tmn81z'. >>
Buy a three- or four-concert student subscription package for only $15 per ticket and receive guaranteed seating for this season’s hottest concerts.
Fall packages include:
Mariinsky Orchestra with Valery Gergiev
New York Philharmonic with Alan Gilbert
Saito Kinen Orchestra with Seiji Ozawa
Chicago Symphony Orchestra with Riccardo Muti
2-9pm: the final p.s.1 warm up of the season goes out in style with a performance by holy ghost!, plus dj sets by house of house + dj mehdi. p.s.1, $15. >>
2-8pm: ditmas park's sycamore fires up the grill, offers $3-6 plates and $5 pints of stone brewing co. suds. bonus: score a free hot dog with your first beer! >>
4-8pm: celebrate the wonder wheel's 90th b-day w. the world famous *bob*, the hungry march band, the wau wau sisters, miss saturn, more! bonus: ride the wheel, get a free 90th anniversary button. >>
6-10pm: go whole hog at meanred's snout ‘n stout pig roast: $15 gets you a plate of good ol’ fashioned north carolina-style roasted pig @ 50 n. 3rd (bet. wythe + kent), bk. advance purch req'd. >>
8:30pm: seattle’s the dutchess and the duke bring their stones/cohen folk-rock sounds to mercury lounge, $12 >>
8pm: jolie holland + friends play the music of folk troubadour michael hurley @ jalopy, $15. >>
8pm: the met opera's outdoor screenings continue with puccini’s turandot. lincoln center plaza, free. >>
10pm: feeling gloomy: london’s favorite morose club night is taking over new york. dance (while looking at the floor, of course) to the likes of the smiths, suede, the cure, more. fontana's, $6. >>
10pm: enter ‘the forbidden city’ in winkel + balktick's warehouse adventure (at a 47,000 sq ft former shipping + train repair facility). music, installations, performances... insanity. $15 adv/$20 door. >>
sunday
10am-1pm: tough tuggers! 18th annual tugboat race and competition (nose to nose pushing, line toss). pier 84, north river, free. >>
12-5pm: 'parked' brings some of the city’s best food carts + trucks (van leeuwan ice cream, rickshaw dumpling, jamaican dutchy truck, more) to governors island. pay-as-you-go. >>
8pm: the met opera's outdoor screenings continue with verdi’s aida. lincoln center plaza, free. >>
9am-6pm: borough park's maple lanes celebrates 50 years (!) with 50-cent games>>
11am-6pm (every sat-sun in sept): the third annual governors island art fair showcases 100+ indie artists – each of whom has their own room to present it. building 12, governors island, free. >>
ends 9/5: the first nyc unicycle festival rides into town with demos, races, activities, more! >>
ends 9/5: 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. >>
ends 9/5: hitchcock's the trouble with harry and vertigo hit the big screen for the first time in hi-def at leonard nimoy thalia, $12 >>
thru 9/6: 20th century fox celebrates 75 years in the business with screenings of alien, fight club, cleopatra, m*a*s*h (w. elliot gould, sally kellerman and tom skerritt in person), more! fslc, $9. >>
thru 9/6: save 30% off all books, movies and music at housing works crosby street >>
thru 9/6: the washington square outdoor art exhibit features work from 200+ artists >>
thru 9/6: save $1 off any jamba juice smoothie (coupon) >>
thru 9/6: last chance to grab your towel and bathing suit, and run to one of the city's 54 free outdoor pools >>
new art-house movie theater/music venue/restaurant/bar indiescreen is now officially open. 285 kent ave (bk), $12. >>
thru 9/5: the first nyc unicycle festival rides into town with demos, races, activities, more! >>
thru 9/6: 4 days of bands, tats + tassels galore @ the coney island rockabilly festival, $8-15 >>
5+10pm (thru 9/26): the new york clown theatre festival kicks off with an opening day parade and train ride, followed by an open-to-the-public pie fight (red noses and pies provided!) and performance. free. >>
7pm: double-book launch party for julia wertz’s drinking at the movies + aaron renier’s the unsinkable walker bean @ desert island, free >>
8pm: the met opera's outdoor screenings continue with engelbert humperdinck's hansel and gretel. lincoln center plaza, free. >>
8pm (+ 9/4): english post-rockers new model army celebrate nearly 30 years together with a two-night stop that’ll find them performing different sets each evening. bell house, $24. >>
9pm: coney says goodbye to summer with a bang as the last friday night fireworks of the season go off above the salty air >>
coming up
9/6 8pm: labor day discount to broadway's in the heights: orchestra/front mezzanine seats for $66 (reg $120) or rear mezzanine for $45 (reg $75). use discount code 'tmn81z'. >>
9/7 7pm: the 5th annual sounds like paper summer music fest features hanson, dan black, mia moretti + caitlin moe @ roseland, free (rsvp). >>
9/10 9pm-4am: rebel bingo returns to new york for another night of mayhem: booze, prizes, dancing, glitter + of course, bingo! secret location, $15. >>
music @ 6pm, film @ sundown: marilyn monroe, tony curtis and jack lemmon wrap up 'movies with a view' in some like it hot (1959). brooklyn bridge park's pier 1, free. >>
7:30pm: text of light (feat. sonic youth's lee ranaldo, alan licht, and uli krieger) perform improvised music to films. loud objects make music with overhead projectors and circuits. lpr, $15. >>
8pm: learn about the patron's side of the sex industry from i am a sex addict's caveh zahedi and others in tonight's installment of steamy monthly series 'the umbrella diaries'. happy ending, free. >>
8pm (thru 9/6): the met opera's outdoor screenings continue with puccini's la bohème. lincoln center plaza, free. >>
sales, deals, freebies
10-4pm: mezzanine and balcony seats for the 10/7-14 performances of broadway's the scottsboro boys are just $19.31 (reg $39.50 -131.50) @ the lyceum theatre box office (149 w. 45th st) >>
free mp3s: 24-track itunes playlist from urban outfitters (arcade fire, the books, clinic, les savy fav, ra ra riot, yeasayer, more) >>
group deals
$30 credit at midtown's buttercup bake shop for $15 >>
highlights or lowlights at confidence beauty salon and spa for $65 (reg $130) >>
50% off at nolita's scout vintage t-shirts (text coupon) >>
6:30pm: work-in-progress documentary the pigeon game looks at the small but competitive world of homing pigeon racing in nyc. tenement museum, free (rsvp). >>
7:45pm (thru 9/6): the met opera's outdoor screenings continue with les contes d’hoffmann. lincoln center plaza, free. >>
8pm: bar mitzvah jones = 'comedy, music and burlesque, told by the gals who learned to smoke at hebrew school.' city winery, $10 adv/$12 door. >>
coming up
9/3-26 5+10pm: the new york clown theatre festival kicks off with an opening day parade and train ride followed by an open-to-the-public pie fight (red noses and pies provided) and performance. the brick, free >>
9/3-5: the first nyc unicycle festival rides into town with demos, races, activities, more! >>
9/20: get your cheap grub on when trader joe’s opens at 72nd and broadway >>
sales, deals, freebies
6-8pm: save 30% off everything at lafayette street's inven.tory sale. bonus: free booze! >>
6:30pm (every weds thru 9/22): free hatha yoga class with a view of the hudson. riverside park south. >>
century 21 planned to replace lincoln triangle b+n >>
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