Music
Wiz Khalifa
The Pittsburgh MC—best known for his Alice Deejay-sampling hit “Say Yeah”—gets his CMJ shine with an opening set for Wu-Tang’s U-God.
Eat Out
City Harvest Bid Against Hunger
You’ll never get through $250 worth of cocktails and nibbles from the likes of Locanda Verde and Per Se, but you’ll leave feeling satisfied—the annual event benefits City Harvest, an organization that fights hunger in New York.
Drink Up
Champagne Tuesdays
Frat heaven gets even frattier with this over-the-top, recession-friendly special: $25 buys all-you-can-drink champers, personally sabered by a little person dressed as a pirate.
Books
Gore Vidal
The acclaimed critic, novelist and wit presents a slide show and discusses Gore Vidal: Snapshots in History’s Glare.
Gay & Lesbian
Gay Fairy Tales
The titles of these queer shorts from Lola Rock’N'Rolla speak for themselves: “Dragzilla,” I Was a Tranny Werewolf” and “Night of the Living Gay.”
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City Harvest's Summer in the City
Eat Out
City Harvest’s Summer in the City
Explore snacks from more than 30 of New York’s top restaurants at City Harvest’s annual cocktail fund-raiser. Arlene’s Grocery provides the live music.
Music
Bedouin Soundclash + DeLeon
Good-time Toronto reggae crew Bedouin Soundclash gears up for its upcoming tour with No Doubt at this intimate downtown gig.
Baseball
Brooklyn “Baracklyn” Cyclones vs. Hudson Valley Renegades
You have to catch the Cyclones at least once this summer, so why not get a free President Obama bobblehead doll in the bargain? The first 2,500 fans through the gate can take one home.
Theater
Things of Dry Hours
Delroy Lindo stars in Naomi Wallace’s gorgeously written and philosophically rich celebration of a black Communist agitator in the Depression-era South.
Books
Heavy Rotation: Twenty Writers on the Albums That Changed Their Lives
Contributors to this anthology, like Martha Southgate and Clifford Chase, discuss their choices with editor Peter Terzian.
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