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    Gothamist Summer Guide: 16 Fun Things To Do In July

    by Jake Offenhartz
    Published July 6, 2017
    Modified July 7, 2017
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    Summer is here, bringing with it a fire hydrant blast of cultural and culinary activities in NYC. There's so much going on, it can be tough to choose between a concert in the park or theater in the parking lot; a rooftop film screening or all night dance party; a block party or food festival or art gallery or something else entirely. To help make plans, we've done our best to separate the summer wheat from the bummer chaff. Click through the above gallery for the very best of New York in July.

    <br/><br/>Summer is here, bringing with it a fire hydrant blast of cultural and culinary activities in NYC. There's so much going on, it can be tough to choose between a concert in the park or theater in the parking lot; a rooftop film screening or all night dance party; a block party or food festival or art gallery or something else entirely. To help make plans, we've done our best to separate the summer wheat from the bummer chaff. Click through the above gallery for the very best of New York in July. <br/><br/>

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    <br/><br/>Summer is here, bringing with it a fire hydrant blast of cultural and culinary activities in NYC. There's so much going on, it can be tough to choose between a concert in the park or theater in the parking lot; a rooftop film screening or all night dance party; a block party or food festival or art gallery or something else entirely. To help make plans, we've done our best to separate the summer wheat from the bummer chaff. Click through the above gallery for the very best of New York in July. <br/><br/>
    (Scott Lynch / Gothamist)
    Summer is here, bringing with it a fire hydrant blast of cultural and culinary activities in NYC. There's so much going on, it can be tough to choose between a concert in the park or theater in the parking lot; a rooftop film screening or all night dance party; a block party or food festival or art gallery or something else entirely. To help make plans, we've done our best to separate the summer wheat from the bummer chaff. Click through the above gallery for the very best of New York in July.
    The annual Giglio Feast, the city's oldest and best event in which a hundred or so brawny Italian men hoist a towering four-ton statue through the streets of Williamsburg, kicked off 12 days of festivities on Wednesday. The popular religious festival, now in its 130th (!) year, commemorates a 5th-century Italian martyr, while also serving as a reminder of the rich history of Brooklyn's Neapolitan immigrant community. Expect a delectable feast of sausage and zeppole, music and dancing in the streets, as well as a variety of kid-friendly games. And of course, the aforementioned lifting of the statue of San Paolino, led by the honorable "Capo" of the Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Check out this year's schedule here, and see below if you're somehow not yet sold on the Giglio.  July 5th to July 16th // 275 North 8th Street, Williamsburg // Free
    It's been four decades since the summer of 1977 pushed New York City to the brink of collapse, and  Film Forum is commemorating the anniversary with a new series called Ford to City: Drop Dead-New York in the '70s. Throughout the month, the nonprofit theater will screen 44 films that helped to capture and define this grim era in our city. The throwback series includes obvious staples of New York cinema (The Warriors, Serpico, The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three—along with some extra goodies, like a handful of two-for-one double features and a Q&A with The Panic In Needle Park) director Jerry Schawzberg. Film Forum veteran Bruce Goldstein curated the lineup, which can be found here.July 5th through July 27th // Film Forum, 209 W. Houston Street // Tickets: $8 member, $14 regular
    "All the world's a stage," including a municipal parking lot tucked behind a Puerto Rican cultural center in the Lower East Side. That's where the Drilling Company's Shakespeare in the Parking Lot, a self-described "plucky New York cultural attraction," will stage its 23rd annual two-play festival. First up, running from July 6th through July 22nd, is the group's inaugural production of All's Well That Ends Well, directed by Karla Hendrick and set in a WWII-era French town grappling with fascism. That's followed by a present-day reimagining of Henry VI Part 3 (July 27 to August 12) which aims to offer "insight into our current polarized politics." Limited seating is available for those who show up early, and everyone else is encouraged to bring chairs or blankets. Unlike the other Shakespeare In The Park, the lot version has "never turned anyone away."Thursday - Saturday, July 6th - July 22nd, July 27-August 12 // 114 Norfolk Street, Manhattan // Free
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