The Miracle Show and the Death of Optimism

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Date: Monday, June 23rd - 26th
Time: 12:30pm
Location: Bowling Green Park at Cobblestone Plaza (Broadway and Whitehall)
Cost: Free

"In Doorknob Company’s new dance satire, The Miracle Show and the Death of Optimism, co-directors Shannon Gillen and Elisabeth Motley invite you to the funeral for optimism. Funeral Attendants will guide you on a journey through exhilarating dance, woeful song, and uproarious theater, as we gather to mourn optimism's death and hope for a miracle. Doorknob Company creates a world of deep physicality, virtuosic extremes, and peculiar happenings. It's high time for a miracle, and this one happens on your lunch break. Musical arrangement by Malina Rauschenfels" All Ages

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Game of SKATE

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Date: Monday, June 23rd
Time: 1:00pm to 7:00pm
Location: McCarren Pool (Lorimer St btw. Driggs and Bayard, W'burg)
Cost: Free

"SKATE is just like the basketball game HORSE on here, each skater must try to successfully complete a trick or gain a letter. SKATE was first played in the 1970's by vertical skateboarding legends Lance Mountain, Neil Blender and John Lucero, and was adopted by street skaters in the 1980's. The game of SKATE tournament was created in 2003 by the folks at eS footwear, who also developed the original set of rules." Today is the preliminary round and the finals take place tomorrow. Entry and Admissions is free. To compete, sign up here. All Ages.

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Bride of Frankenstein at Bryant Park

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Date: Monday, June 16th
Time: Films begin at Dusk (about 8ish)
Location: Bryant Park (40th and 42nd Sts & Fifth and Sixth Aves)
Cost: Free

Bring your picnic baskets and pull up some lawn for an evening under the stars with the HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival. Every Monday throughout the summer HBO dusts off some old classic movies and plays them on a big screen in Bryant Park. Tonight get a look at The Bride of Frankenstein! "Dr. Frankenstein’s monster is lonely, and his creator has just the remedy. Starring Boris Karloff and the inimitable Elsa Lancaster, this brilliant movie is funny, thrilling and ultimately heartbreaking. One of the few sequels widely considered to surpass the original."

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Clinton Concert Series: Kelsey Jillette

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Date: Monday, June 23rd
Time: 6:00pm to 8:30pm
Location: Castle Clinton (Clinton Cove at 5th St) - Map
Cost: Free

"Monday is Music Night at the Hudson! Kelsey Jillette will be performing, playing classical jazz bearing modern & world music influences, drawing on styles from Latin traditional to country, pop to bebop. Bring your own picnic and make a night of it! Free kayaking is also available on site." All Ages.

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Blue Monday

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Date: Mondays
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Bar BQ (689 6th Ave at 20th St, Park Slope)
Cost: Free
Open Bar: Rebel Yell Bourbon, 7-8

Blue Monday is a classic southern take on easing in your work week. A bourbon open bar can be dangerous, luckily there's some tasty BBQ available (not free) and live blues to keep you sedated if you can get out of work fast enough to hit the slope. note: since I finally got a chance to stop by this place, here's a little bit of info... it's only free bourbon with food purchase. Man's gotta eat through, right?

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