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AUGUST 18, 2010
Re-acquaint yourself with the city’s past and present from upper Fifth Avenue to the Lower East Side.
Tenement Talks: Super Sad True Love Story by Jeffrey Shteyngart
This latest novel by celebrated contemporary author—and New Yorker—Shteyngarten is a good reason to discover the Tenement Talks series of readings and lectures happening regularly at the Tenement Museum at 108 Orchard Street.
Wednesday, August 18, 6:30 p.m.
Tenement Museum, 108 Orchard Street
Tickets: $Free
The Speakeasy
This low-key Wednesday night party at the Museum of the City of New York is a great way to sneak in a drink after work with music, food and local ladies and gents in the museum’s laid-back uptown environs.
Wednesday, August 18, 6-9 p.m.
1220 Fifth Avenue
Tickets: $15; $10 for museum members
Summer Streets Festival
Celebrate the summer streets with a musical bike ride, a dip in the pool, a picnic, and family-friendly theater–all right in the middle of Park Avenue. If you don’t believe it, come see it for yourself before it all disappears.
Saturday, August 21 (last chance!), 7 a.m.-1 p.m.
Bike route and event locations here.
Tickets: $Free
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