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• Futbol and classical music

  14-06-2018 12:39
  Are Summer Fridays still a thing? If so, and if you happen to be the rare beneficiary of that coveted thing, head to DUMBO midday on Friday to catch the second of many live screenings of the World Cup 2018 during weekdays to come at the Sands Street Plaza. The screenings are free and you can have food delivered, so bring a blanket and settle in for Morocco vs Iran at 11am and Portugal vs Spain (the team I picked in my pool, FWIW) at 2pm. The US squad didn’t make the cut this time around, b
  
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• A beer breakfast, canoe trip, and dinner at the Grange

  14-06-2018 12:31
  There’s a lot going on this Saturday, starting with a fun early beer event at one of my fave bars in the city, Spuyten Duyvil, featuring delicious libations from Oxbow, an awesome brewery near where my family lives in Maine. Goods from the Garden starts at 11am, and a $25 ticket gets you admission, 4 drinks tickets, and a special souvenir glass.Once you’re good and loose, head over to the North Brooklyn Boat Club for a Public Paddle celebration, with free canoe tours and food and dri
  
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• Embark for the Jazz Age Lawn Party, or stay behind for the free hot dogs

  14-06-2018 12:28
  On Sunday, consider a trip to Governors Island for the perennially popular Jazz Age Lawn Party, which I’ve never managed to make it to but always looks like a blast. Who hasn’t seen revelers en route on the subway in their spats and adorable flapper gear and felt a little jealous that she didn’t get it together to participate (again) this year. Well, no more, folks! There’s still time to buy a ticket for either Saturday or Sunday this weekend, or for the second installmen
  
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• Parklife’s Monday outdoor movie series

  14-06-2018 12:25
  New York City in the summer is an embarrassment of riches when it comes to outdoor movie screenings, and now there’s another option to consider, and this one has first-rate tacos and $7 margaritas available to boot. Parklife is hosting Monday night movies all summer long, and this week’s selection is an oldie but goodie, 1973’s The Sting, starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, and Robert Shaw. The screening is free and starts at sundown, but you’ll want to arrive early for
  
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• Tuesday open runs, and more ways to make the city your summer gym

  14-06-2018 12:24
  As part of its city-wide Open Run program, New York Road Runners organizes a weekly, Tuesday evening three-mile run starting from the south side of Fornino on Pier 6 in Brooklyn Bridge Park. The run begins around 6:45pm, and jogging strollers and even dogs are welcome. The free event is just one of the ways to get active outdoors, for free this summer—we’ve rounded up all the public dance, yoga and boating sessions here.
  
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• BAMcinemaFest’s opening night

  14-06-2018 12:06
  For his debut film, musician turned filmmaker Boots Riley went surreal and satiric with Sorry to Bother You, about a black telemarketer who uses his “white voice” to rise in the ranks of a company whose dealings turn out to be incredibly shady. It’s “deeply political without feeling overly heavy-handed,” wrote BB contrib Kara Zuaro, who compared its dark twists and turns to Black Mirror. The film kicks off the 10th annual BAMcinemaFest, which is filled wit
  
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• $3 tacos and a show

  14-06-2018 11:41
  Curious as to how good Mexican supper club Guadalupe Inn might be, BB contributor Ellen Killoran paid a recent visit, and was as smitten with the margaritas and guacamole as the show on stage. For your first foray, you can’t go wrong with their Thursday night Vinyl Happy Hour, with $3 tacos all night long plus deals on drinks, and DJs giving away records and concert tickets from 5pm to 6pm. If you miss that (it is in Bushwick after all), Balkan-Latin jazz mashup, Jan Kaus an
  
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