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Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Movies With A View returns for its 10th Anniversary Season on Thursday, July 9, 2009. This summer, sidle up, nab a patch of grass and enjoy a night of fabulous entertainment FREE. Come down (walk across the Brooklyn Bridge or scoot) to the park to enjoy one of the city’s premiere outdoor film series with an eclectic line-up of films and breathtaking views of the NYC waterfront & Brooklyn Bridge.

The films are chosen by an all-volunteer Film Committee and each feature is preceded by a short film. DJs from Brooklyn Radio kick off the evening, spinning tunes as the sun sets, while RICE sells delicious dinners on-site. The theme for this summer’s films is Stolen Summer - the season of capers, thrillers and heists!

July Film Schedule

(Activities start at 6PM)

Thursday, July 9 - Feature Film: Raising Arizona
Short: Ami Underground directed by D.W. Young
DJ: DJ DRM
Thursday, July 16 - Feature Film: The Maltese Falcon
Short: Under the Rollercoaster directed by Lila Place
DJ: MonkOne
Thursday, July 23 - Feature Film: Paper Moon
Short: The Coffee Bird directed by Bryan Brinkman
DJ: Tim “Love” Lee
Thursday, July 30 - Feature Film: To Catch A Thief
Short: Icebox Blues directed by Jesse Ash
DJ: DJ Ayres

August Film Schedule:

Thursday, August 6 - Feature Film: The Return Of The Pink Panther (1975)
Short: It’s Good to Be Green directed by Michael Garvey
DJ: Soulstatic
Thursday, August 13 - Feature Film: Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid
Short: Birdman of Brooklyn directed by JL Aronson
DJ: Nick Name
Thursday, August 20 - Feature Film: Catch Me If You Can
Short: 6 a.m. directed by Carmen Vidal
DJ: DJ Emch
Thursday, August 27 - Feature Film: Edward Scissorhands
Short: I Am Not Obsessed directed by Imani Dean
DJ: Oneman

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Featured NYC Things To Do in July

Saturday, July 4, 2009
Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest
12:00PM,
Watch the re-match of last year’s historic over-time battle (video) between winner Joey Chestnut and runner-up Takeru “Tsunami” Kobayashi LIVE! (video of winners with trophies)
Islandwoo Tip for this year: Arrive 2 hrs early and bring a crate or ladder to step on!

Thursday, July 9th (16th, 23rd, 30th)
Start of Summer Films at Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Movies With A View
6:00PM
Walk across the Brooklyn Bridge to enjoy one of the city’s premiere outdoor film series with an eclectic line-up of films and breathtaking views of the NYC waterfront. This summer’s movie theme: “Stolen Summer - the season of capers, thrillers and heists!”

Sunday, July 12, 2009
Highline Street Festival
12:00PM - 5:00PM
Enter at Gansevoort Street between 9th Ave & Washington St - Celebrate the opening of the first section of High Line Park with Target. The festival will feature internationally-acclaimed artists, inflatable sculptures, cowboys, story-tellers, marching, swing and salsa bands (some on a roof-top stage), and an exciting array of hands-on activities for the whole family.

Other NYC Things To Do in July

Saturdays in July (4th, 11th, 18th, 25th)
P.S.1 Summer Music Series - July
Sunday, July 12, 2009, 12PM - 6PM
Bastille Day on 60th Street (between 5th & Lex)
Monday, July 13, 2009, 8PM
Paulo Szot kicks off Met Opera Summer Recital Series (full schedule: through 8/14)
Tuesday, July 14 to Friday July 17 - 8PM
NY Philharmonic kicks off 4 nights of “Concerts in the Parks” - Central Park, Bronx, Brooklyn (featuring Mozart, Beethoven, Mahler, Copland)
Saturday, July 18, 2009, 12PM - 9PM
The 2009 Siren Music Festival in Coney Island, NY
Thursday July 30 at 7PM
Rumble on the River - Amateur Boxing on Pier 84

Ongoing NYC Things To Do

Through the summer
Top 10 Rooftop & Garden Bars in NYC
Through the summer
Latest Broadway and Off-Broadway Deals and Discount Codes
Through Sunday, August 16, 2009
Enjoy Free Concerts at Central Park SummerStage
Through Sunday, August 15, 2009
Enjoy Free Music, Movies and Dance at Celebrate Brooklyn in Prospect Park
Through Sunday, August 30, 2009
2009 Williamsburg Waterfront “Pool Parties” Concert Schedule
Through the summer
Walk Through the Heart of Central Park
Through the summer
Walk Across the Brooklyn Bridge

I will add new things to do to this list as I find out about them. Be the first to be notified by following me on twitter

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The High Line was originally constructed in the 1930s, to lift dangerous freight trains off Manhattan’s streets. Section 1 of the High Line is now open as a public park! When all sections are complete, the High Line will be a mile-and-a-half-long elevated park, running through the West Side neighborhoods of the Meatpacking District, West Chelsea and Clinton/Hell’s Kitchen. It features an integrated landscape, designed by landscape architects James Corner Field Operations, with architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro, combining meandering concrete pathways with naturalistic plantings. Fixed and movable seating, lighting, and special features are also included in the park.

See images of the architects’ vision for High Line Park: Design Gallery

Summer Events

July 12th - High Line Street Festival with Target
July 15th - Design Talk: Lecture with the Designers
Throughout the summer - Walking Tours of High Line
Throughout the summer - Family Events
Full schedule of events

The High Line is open from 7:00 AM to 10:00 PM daily. Access to the High Line is possible via any of these access points: Gansevoort, 14th, 16th, 18th, 20th Streets. Dogs are currently not allowed on the High Line due to the limited area of the pathways and the fragility of the new plantings.

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New York City is in no shortage of amazing rooftops for public gatherings. Though I’ve never come across one as unique as this: X-Initiative presents the premiere of Pool Noodle Roof by Jeffrey Inaba’s Los Angeles-based practice, INABA. The rooftop space, which will be used for film screenings and special events, will be open to the public daily during selected visiting hours throughout the summer.

Four separate seating areas have been specially designed to cluster around an ‘X’ shaped carpet that covers the entire rooftop surface. The furniture, which is also X-shaped in plan, has been constructed from pool noodles – the long and cylindrical, foam water floatation toys commonly found in suburban backyard pools. The pool noodles have been cut and bunched vertically into chaise lounge and ottoman units of varying heights that accommodate up to 150 people. When viewed from above, the arrangement of vibrant colored buoyant seating material spells out the word, ‘bububluooopppp’ (the sound of something rising or sinking). Pretty clever!

I love it when interaction with public art installations is encouraged. When I tried to pet Jeff Koons’ balloon dog at the Met Rooftop, I received a much different reaction!

Islandwoo Tip: X has not disclosed their summer schedule yet but has promised to email Islandwoo. So follow me on Twitter to be the first to be notified.
Location: 548 West 22nd Street between 10th & 11th Aves. Be sure to also visit the newly opened High Line Park (Manhattan’s elevated park) nearby

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