Cheap and Free July 2011 Summer Events Guide!

July Summer Events Guide!

Slightly delayed, but not forgotten, check out my guide to cheap and free July events in NYC! Also don’t forget to check out my Summer Museum Guide (http://cheapchickinthecity.blogspot.com/2011/06/2011-nyc-cheap-and-free-summer-museum.html) and my Summer Movie Guide (http://cheapchickinthecity.blogspot.com/2011/06/2011-nyc-cheap-and-free-summer-museum.html)!

Have I forgotten anything? Please be sure to suggest another great July event in the Comments section!

July 1-14, 2011, New York Asian Film Festival, http://subwaycinema.com/

July 2, 2011-September 3,20ll, Cool down at PS 1’s Warm-up parties with music, dancing, and oh yeah, art! http://ps1.org/warmup/ Cheap Chick Cheap Tip: LIC residents get in for free!

July 5, 2011-August 14, 2011-The Lincoln Center Festival hosts a variety of events featuring ballet, music, and dance! http://www.lincolncenterfestival.org/

July 6-August 11, 2011-Sing-a-long to show tunes as performers from the latest shows take to the stage during Broadway in Bryant Park! http://www.bryantpark.org/plan-your-visit/broadway.html

July 6-24, 2011-24, 2011-Hopefully the play won’t seem like it’s lasting for 100 years, as New York Classical Theater performs Henry V Travel from England (Castle Clinton/ Battery Park) and travel across the English Channel (New York Harbor) by boat to France (Governors Island) during their free outdoor performances of the Bard’s classic. Note: Special wristbands, distributed 5:00-6:30pm on the day of each performance in front of Castle Clinton, will be required for ferry transportation to Governors Island. Limit 2 wristbands per person. http://www.bryantpark.org/plan-your-visit/broadway.html

July 6-October 8, 2011-Jam to free outdoor concerts during the Oval Lawn Series at Madison Square Park, http://www.madisonsquarepark.org/music

July 7, 2011-July 28, 2011-Reading alfresco is the way to go! Begin today as Mad Square Reads, a reading series in Madison Square Park kicks off today and runs on Thursdays through July. http://www.madisonsquarepark.org/reads

July 7-Get ready Geeks! The Paley Center is hosting a free Syfy tweet-up event where all your viewing questions will be answered! http://www.paleycenter.org/2011-spring-syfy-tweet-up

July 7-August 4, 2011-Oooh those summer nights! Have a blast at the Jewish Museum’s SummerNights concert series, http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/SummerNights

July 8, 2011-Los Lobos hit the Prospect Park Bandshell tonight with Hello Seahorse! http://www.bricartsmedia.org/performing-arts/celebrate-brooklyn/2011-season

July 8-August 26-Target Passport Fridays include dance, film and music at the Queens Museum of Art, http://www.queensmuseum.org/tagged/target-passport-fridays-2011

July 9, 2011-The Bell House hosts MySpace the Party! Will Facebook be jealous? http://www.thebellhouseny.com (scroll down to specific event.)

July 10, 2011-Say oui and celebrate Bastille Day on 60^th Street with food, performances, and arts and crafts during this annual Francophile street fete! http://www.bastilledaynyc.com/

July 10-August 1, 2011-Music and art come together at MOMA’s Summergarden concert, featuring jazz and classical players from the Juilliard School and Jazz at Lincoln Center series in their outdoor sculpture garden, http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/programs/47

July 11, 2011-Don’t be a diva, go out and hit a high note with the free Met Opera in the Park concerts, http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/news/features/detail.aspx?id=8592

July 11, 2011-Eugene Mirman, They Might Be Giants, Kristen Schaal play at the Williamsburg Waterfront tonight for free tonight, http://brooklyn365.com/culture/williamsburg-waterfront

July 11-16, 2011-Get down, pump the volume, and get jiggy with it (and all those other phrases that show I know nothing about the latest music slang) at the Brooklyn Hip-hop Festival! http://brooklyn365.com/culture/williamsburg-waterfront/

July 12, 2011-She’s truly outrageous, a music company owner by day and a rocker in Jem and the Holograms by night! Tonight the Bell House is hosting a slumber party celebrating everything Jem complete with a cover band, trivia, sing-a-long, makeover stations, sugary cereal, show viewing, plus tons of other activities! Buy tkts here: http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=3776555&pl=bellpl

July 14, 2001-Viva la France! Celebrate Bastille Day in Brooklyn on Smith Street, where America’s largest Petanque Festival will take place! (current ws not available.)

July 14, 2011-Bring another dime for the jukebox baby (!) as Joan Jett and the Blackhearts take the stage at Brooklyn’s Seaside Concert series, http://www.brooklynconcerts.com/seaside.html

July 16, 2011-Water, water everywhere around the city! Soak it up today with the City of Water Day Festival, which includes tours on historic vessels, waterfront ecology classes, nautical stories, and a giant flotilla! http://www.cityofwaterday.org

July 16, 2011-The Siren Song has ended this summer, with the close of the Village Voice’s Siren Music Festival. Now the Voice is sponsoring the Voice is sponsoring the 4Knots Music Festival at South Street Seaport this summer! http://www.voicemediagroup.com/Event/id/112/Village_Voice_4_Knots_Music_Festival

July 21, 2011-Are you a Jet or a Shark? Decide for yourself as you sing-a-long with Natalie Wood, at Prospect Park’s West Side Story Dance and Sing-a-long! http://www.bricartsmedia.org/performing-arts/celebrate-brooklyn/2011-season

July 21, 2011-Hey, hey, it’s time for the Monkees at Brooklyn’s Seaside Concert series, http://www.brooklynconcerts.com/seaside.html

July 21-28, 2011-See films from more than 20 countries at the NewFest gay and lesbian film festival, http://newfest.org/wordpress/

July 23, 2011-It’s 3^rd Ward’s chance to BBQ today at their Fourth Annual Pig Out, with live music, demos, and plenty of vegetarian options! http://www.3rdward.com/2011pigout

July 23, 2011-Music gets international treatment during the Around the World in Jazz program tonight at Kingsborough College’s outdoor bandshell! http://www.kbcc.cuny.edu/osk/summer2011/pages/event_detail.aspx#july23

July 26, 2011-Journalists, learn to FOIL authority with FOI expert and Executive Director of the New York State Committee on Open Government! RSVP here: http://www.deadlineclub.org/2011/05/18/learn-how-to-%E2%80%9Cfoil%E2%80%9D-government-secrecy-at-our-freedom-of-information-event-july-26/

July 28, 2011-The Mark Morris Dance Group w/Brooklyn Philharmonic and the Brooklyn Interdenominational Choir take the stage at the Prospect Park Bandshell! http://www.bricartsmedia.org/performing-arts/celebrate-brooklyn/2011-season

July 28, 2011-Mary Wilson of the Supremes and the Spinners take the stage at Brooklyn’s Seaside Concert series, http://www.brooklynconcerts.com/seaside.html