Tennis in USQ

"John McEnroe and Ivan Lendl are taking their rivalry to the street this month. Twenty years after Lendl scored a straight set victory over McEnroe in the US Open final, the New Yorker will get his shot at revenge when the pair square off in the streets of New York City on August 25th in a charity match sponsored by Evian. Lendl will meet McEnroe in a portable court in the middle of Manhattan's Union Square." - Tennis Week

Date: Thursday, August 25th
Time: 10:00am - 11:30am
Venue: Union Square
Cost: Free

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SSBX presents GrandWizzard Theodore & Fabel + The Incredibles

In the last Thursday of the series, tonight from 5-9 pm,The Sustainable South Bronx will present an outdoor festival complete with carnival, food, vendors, a movie at dusk and our favorite DJs! Expect to hear Funk, true school Hip Hop, classic Rock, rare groove, Electro, classic Soul and R&B, Reggae, classic Salsa, Latin Boogaloo, Latin Soul, Musica Jibara, Bomba, Plena and more! Supeman Sound will be in effect! Rain date: Sept. 1st.

Tonight GrandWizzard Theodore & Fabel will rock the final night of the SSBX fest. The feature movie at dusk will be The Incredibles. [swiped from Tools of War]

Date: Thursday, August 25
Time: 5-9 pm
Venue: Manida Ballfields Hunts Point Recreation Center, Bronx at Lafayette & Manida Street.
Cost: Free

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Swanky Thursdays with Molton Brown

The boys over at myopenbar leaked this one. I say we all dress to the nine's and storm this place. then we'll meet up at the frying pan later... "Join us for an exclusive evening with British luxury purveyors Molton Brown and Thomas Pink. Enjoy cocktails from Hennessy and learn how to travel in style. Preview the luxurious holiday home and travel collection from Molton Brown and enter to win fabulous prizes including a trip to London for two compliments of VisitBritain. The favor of your reply is requested."

Date: Thursay, August 25th
Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Venue: Midtown Proper (515 Madison Avenue, entrance on 53rd Street)
Cost: Free with RSVP (call 212.755.7194)

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All Growns Up

Feeling like its time to take on the world, get organized, buy some khaki's and learn the ways of the business world. Or maybe you are just looking to date a cute girl in a power suit. If so, join the New York Urban League of Young Professionals for an after work mixer. Donations for school supplies will be accepted.

[all kidding aside, the NYUL "is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, multi-ethnic, social service organization celebrating its 85th anniversary in 2004. Through direct service delivery, advocacy, referrals, community capacity building, information dissemination and technical assistance, the League accomplishes its mission to improve social and economic conditions and opportunities for African-Americans and other people who face barriers to full participation in American society." So basically, they do good things for the community. - Ed.]

Date: Thursday, August 25th
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Venue: Remy Lounge (104 Greenwich, downtown off of Rector St.)
Cost: Free but please RSVP

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The Sugar Hill Gang...

Doesn't need much of an introduction. And you don't need much of an excuse to see them tonight, for free.

Date: Thursday August 25th
Time: 7pm
Venue: South Street Seaport
Cost: Free

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Another Rumble on the River

After eight years indoors The Church Street Boxing Gym's Fight Series has decided to come outside for the Summer. This event promises to be a total knockout! While the sun sets and the stars rise, New York's best amateur boxers lay it all on the the line for your entertainment (all bouts sanctioned by USA Boxing Metro). Live DJ's and cold beer will ensure there's something for everyone at this free event.

Date: Thursday, August 25th
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: Pier 54 (14th and Hudson River)
Cost: Free

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Band Wagon

The Central Park Film Festival Continues tonight with Fred Astaire in Band Wagon. Since I have no idea what this movie is, here's what Amazon has to say: "The Band Wagon (1953) marked the culmination of a series of near-autobiographical pictures Fred Astaire made for MGM following his return from premature retirement in the late '40s. Astaire plays Tony Hunter, a fading film star who decides to return to his former glory, the Broadway stage. Even if its ending and obligatory romance fall a little flat, The Band Wagon is one of the classic backstage musicals, a grandiose MGM spectacle that also manages to poke some fun at how grandiose MGM pictures had become. --David Horiuchi "

Date: Thursday, August 25th
Time: 8:00pm
Venue: Rumsey Playfield, Central Park (East 72nd Street off Fifth Avenue)
Cost: Free

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We are Traffic

Join Time's Up, the organizer's of Critical Mass, tonight for a free screening of We Are Traffic. This Critical Mass documentary, directed by Ted White, "chronicles the first seven years of Critical Mass, one of the most spirited and dynamic social/political developments of the apathetic 90s. In over 400 cities, Critical Mass has become a monthly ritual of reclaiming the streets by cyclists riding en masse." White's other documentary, Scorcher which is "a look at bike culture and bike lifestyles around the world with inspiring scenes of bike use filmed in China, the Netherlands, Denmark, and the U.S." will be aired afterwards

Date: Thursday, August 25th
Time: 8:00 PM
Venue: TIME'S UP! Space, (49 E. Houston St. between Mott and Mulberry)
Cost: Free

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You Can Run But You Can't Hide

New Mind Space which has brought given us all sorts of child like fun in past has set up a game of Manhunt today down on Wall Street. Kid games in very grown up area seems like a great idea to me. "The totally regressive game of hide and seek with a run-like-mad urban flair. We invite you to join us on Wall Street, to run among cobblestones, winding paths and echoes of the original Dutch colony of New Amsterdam. Hide behind pillars and sprint down brick alleyways, evading capitalists among skyscrapers for a night of summer joy. We will be meeting on the SE corner of Wall Street & Broadway at 9:00 PM on Thursday, August 25th... This is manhunt with a twist: traders exchange fake money with each other as players are tagged and the investor with the most cash at the end of the game wins. The streets are your playground!" Check out the full set of rules here. Oh and they do mean business, this game happens rain or shine!

Date: Thursday, August 25th
Time: 9pm
Location: Wall Street and Broadway on the SE corner
Cost: Free

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Millions of Peaches, Peaches For Me...

Check out Heavy's Peach Party over at one of our favoirte venues the Frying Pan. On the line tonight are performances by Kid Koala, Tes, DJ Raedawn, Ted Shred, DJ Elle, DJ Duane, DJ Centiped of Mophono. And get your free drink on from 9 'til 11.

[This list for the Absolute Peach party is at capacity and the party has been closed. If anyone has a +1 or a name on the list they are not using, holler at your boy cuz I slack on all this stuff. - Pb.]

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Deaner vs. Deuce Present: The Deli

In association with thedelimagazine.com, celebrate the launch of the 24/7 NYC MP3 Channels. Featuring: DJ Spencer Product (NYC), DJ C Town (Beauty Bar, LA), DJ Paulie (Addvice, NYC), Dirty Jean (The Crucial Get Down). Free Sparks from 10pm-11pm.

Date: Thursday August 25th
Time: 10pm-4am
Venue: Beauty Bar (231 East 14th St btwn 2/3 Aves)
Cost: Free

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