Art
“Ron Arad: No Discipline”
The first major museum show of the Israeli designer’s work in the U.S., at MoMA, shows his exceptionally original incorporation of technology into domestic objects.

Music
Erykah Badu + Janelle Monáe
One of the most engaging modern soul stars headlines what’s sure to be one of the more memorable shows you will see this year, with electrifying future-funk nerd-diva Janelle Monáe, on the beach at Governors Island.

Eat Out
Pig roast
Hearth will be serving a three-course prix fixe centered on a pasture-raised piglet.

Books
Stories in High Fidelity
Author and musician Dean Wareham of Dean & Britta plays at this music-themed reading series, with Dan Kennedy (author of Rock On, about the corporate music biz) and music journalist Rob Harvilla.

Classical
Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra
Red-hot young Canadian conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin makes his highly anticipated New York debut.

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Ta-Nehisi Coates.

Books
David Carr and Ta-Nehisi Coates
Two New York journalists discuss one of their trickiest topics: themselves. Coates’s memoir The Beautiful Struggle recounts his childhood in a tough Baltimore neighborhood. Carr’s The Night of the Gun fills in the messy gaps of his crack-addicted past. Their conversation, like their books, should be superb.

Music
BAM Afro-Punk Festival
Saul Williams headlines the last night of this festival and is joined on the bill by the future-funk-nerd-diva Janelle Monáe.

Film
Bryant Park Summer Film Festival: Dog Day Afternoon
Lie back in Bryant Park and enjoy the warm, farcical tone in this heist-gone-wrong movie with Al Pacino.

Drink up
Punches: The Original Mixed Drink
Mayahuel’s Philip Ward hosts a tasting and seminar on this mixed drink.

Tours
Alphabet City walking tour
Explore the area’s pregentrification roots of gangs, drugs and artists.

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