Summer Restaurant Week 2009

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Date: July 12th - 31st
Time: lunch and dinner
Location: Various
Cost: $24.07, $35 (not including tip and drinks)

Dating in a recession? Fear not becauseSummer Restaurant Week 2009 starts this week. Grab a 3-course dinner for a mere $35 or a 3-course lunch for $24.07 at some of the swankiest spots in town. Just use my excuse "oh that's awesome, I didn't even know it was restaurant week!" Make your reservations online and save me a seat at David Burke Townhouse.

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Sitelines '09: Untitled Corner

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Date: July 13, 15, 17
Time: 12:30pm (7:00pm on the 8th and 15th)
Location: One Chase Manhattan Plaza
Cost: Free

"Lower Manhattan Cultural Council continues their site-specific performance series, Sitelines, in July with Untitled Corner by Jonah Bokaer and Judith Sanchez Ruiz with Daniel Arsham. Celebrating its sixth anniversary, Sitelines 09 brings to life a highly energized program of provocative dance, set to inspiring imagery and unexpected surroundings. Performed at One Chase Manhattan Plaza, Untitled Corner is a collaboration examining memory loss, pattern recognition, and perceptual faculties as they apply to the human body in public space. Untitled Corner employs site-responsive architecture, objects, lighting, and other media to create the illusion of an expanded space. Original sound score by Alexis Georgopoulos/ARP.

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George Lamond and Judy Torres

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Date: Wednesday, July 15th
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Crotona Park (Fulton Ave & 173rd St, Bronx) (map)
Cost: Free

George Lamond and Judy Torres are both freestyling staples, mixing electronic, disco, hip hop and Latin to form their bumping sounds. Gaining popularity as a backup singer, Lamond went solo with his first album "Bad of the Heart," which had a number of underground hits like "Look Into My Eyes." As for Torres, while her 80s contemporaries have dwindled, the Bronx native has continued to evolve as a singer. Known as the Queen of Freestyle, she hosts a weekly show on WKTU called the Free For All Show that will get your adrenaline pumping.

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Sideshow Goshko

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Date: Wednesday, July 15th
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Ochi's Lounge Basement (353 W. 14th St. at 9th Ave)
Cost: Free

"Leslie Goshko hosts popular comics as they reveal freakish tales about themselves. Tonight's hilarious storytellers include Sean Donnelly (Little Seany Boy Show), Myka Fox (Comical Radio), Rob Gorden (Spike TV, Onion News Network), and Michelle Leona (Dr. Michelle Party Show). Plus LIVE accordion music and a free wine giveaway!"

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New York Philharmonic Concerts in the Park: Prospect Park

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Date: Wednesday, July 15th
Time: 8:00pm
Location: Prospect Park, Long Meadow
Cost: Free

The New York Philharmonic continue their week-long string of outdoor concerts tonight in Prospect Park. This year's program will include Mozart's Symphony No. 41, Jupiter, Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 and - of course - fireworks afterwards.

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RiverFlicks for Grown-Ups - Vicky Christina Barcelona

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Date: Wednesday, July 15th
Time: Dusk (around 8:30pm)
Location: Pier 54 (14th St. and the Hudson River)
Cost: Free

On top of getting to watch movies overlooking Hudson River on beautiful summer nights, the other thing I like about River Flicks is that every year they pick a central theme for their screenings. This year's they "know what you did last summer" and screen films released in 2008. Tonight's film is Woody Allen's latest Vicky Cristina Barcelona.

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