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around town today
6pm (thru 7/16): lineups for this weekend's midsummer night swing include tito puente, ray collins' hot club and palmetto bug stompers. lincoln center's damrosch park, $17. >>
7pm: tonight's celebrate brooklyn! concert at the prospect park bandshell features los lobos, hello seahorse! and zigmat. free ($3 sugg. don.). >>
7pm: glasgow post-punk/indie-pop band the wake plays with sf trio weekend at the seaport. free. >>
7pm (various days thru 7/24): new york classical theatre's free outdoor production of shakespeare's henry v takes you from battery park's castle clinton to governors island. part of the river to river festival. ferry wristbands available starting at 5pm. >>
7pm (thru 7/13): just in time for when 'it all ends here,' seven nights with harry potter at mmi, $12 >>
7:30pm doors: free outdoor movie screenings on the flight deck of the intrepid continue with the goonies >>
8pm: nicole atkins + the black sea perform at mhow, $18 >>
8pm: the bee gees’ music is stayin’ alive w. all-metal tribute band tragedy at brooklyn bowl, $8 (free before 7pm) >>
8pm: rooftop films screens neurotypical, a film about autism from the perspective of autistics. filmmaker adam larsen q+a afterwards. williamsburg's automotive high school lawn, $10. >>
8pm (thru 7/31): son of pong, a guitar-controlled video game battle, nerdlesque, more: the brick theater's 3rd annual game play festival opens with a free preview and party. (shows reg. free-$15) >>
8pm (thru 8/1): drama desk-nominated radiotheatre put on a ghastly good time at their 2nd h.p. lovecraft festival, featuring 40 of lovecraft's stories told with an elaborate soundscape and original orchestral score. under st. marks theater, $15-18. >>
8:30pm (every thurs-fri thru 7/22): piper theatre presents a modern version of moliere's 'the miser' at park slope's old stone house, free >>
8:45-11:45pm (thru 7/31): david michalek’s portraits in dramatic time is projected on an outdoor 85-by-45-foot screen at the david h. koch theater at lincoln center. free. >>
11:30pm (various dates thru 8/12): the good peoples summer sail is back with 2.5 hour party sails aboard the clipper city tall ship. pier 17, $20 (only 100 tickets per party). >>
thru 7/11: moma looks at the career of filmmaker les blank (j’ai été au bal (i went to the dance), gap-toothed women, werner herzog eats his shoe, more). $10. >>
thru 7/14: a new 35mm print of the original planet of the apes (1968) makes its way to film forum, $12.50. >>
thru 7/14: a punk rock buddhist monk, a boy and his samurai, and king fu cannibals are among the thrills at this year’s new york asian film festival. fslc, $13. >>
thru 7/17: feast of the giglio = 124-year-old italian festival w. carnival rides, cannoli, lifting of a 3-ton statue of st. paulinus, more. our lady of mount carmel, williamsburg. >>
thru 7/17: bamcinématek pays tribute to marilyn monroe with 14 films: gentlemen prefer blondes (1953), the seven year itch (1955), some like it hot (1959), more. $13. >>
thru 7/31: shakespeare in the park: score free tickets to ‘measure for measure’ and ‘all’s well that ends well’ via online lottery, in-person at the park, or at various locations on specific dates. central park's delacorte theater, free. >>
thru 8/27 (every tues-sat): exibition the view from a volcano: the kitchen's soho years 1971-85 features documentation, video, and artwork of laurie anderson, beastie boys, eric bogosian, john cage, bill t. jones, steve reich, talking heads, more. free. >>
sales, deals, freebies
10am-3:30pm (thru 9/23): bike and roll offers free governors island bike rentals every friday through the summer >>
6-7pm (every fri thru 7/29): enjoy an hour of free booze at the hudson terrace, courtesy of metromix (rsvp) >>
ends today: buy one, get one 50% off at philosophy. enter code 'sumerskin' at checkout. >>
thru 7/9: take 25% off all women's items at bananarepublic online. enter code 'brjuly25' at checkout. >>
thru 7/11: all dresses are 30% off at anne klein >>
thru 7/29: the ben + jerry's truck brings six weeks of free ice cream to nyc. follow it on twitter or facebook for location. >>
time out shows you where to cool off this summer >>
free mp3: the black lips 'new direction' >>
free mp3: memory tapes 'wait in the dark' >>
group deals
four-course steak dinner for two with a bottle of wine at class a steakhouse for $80 (reg $160) >>
90-minute happy hour on the harbor cruise from circle line downtown for $5-12.50 ($reg. $25) >>
admission to the manhattan film festival 7/22-30 for $6 ($12 value) >>
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