it's going to be a busy summer in New York...

May
26 - Saturday - Brooklyn Bridge walking tour, 1 p.m., $12
28 - Monday - Manhattanhenge, sundown, any east-west street, free

June
1 - Friday - Animal Collective, 7 p.m., South Street Seaport Pier 17, free!
1-3 - Fri-Sun - Feast of Anthony of Giovinazzo, Mulberry St. between Broome and Spring
3 - Sunday - 2nd Avenue Street fair, 2nd Ave from 66th to 86th St.
5 - Tuesday - Shakespeare in the Park starts! Romeo & Juliet, free, 7 p.m. - Rufus Wainwright @ Blender Theater at Gramcery, 8 p.m., $40 - The Pipettes & Smoosh, Highline Ballroom, $16, 9 p.m.
7 - Thursday - Basement Bhangra @ SOBs, 200 Varick St. near Houston, $5 before 8 p.m., free mojitos 7-8 p.m.
9 - Saturday - Annual Vintage Police Car Show, NYPD Museum, 100 Old Slip Rd., 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., free
9-10 - Sat & Sun - Big Apple BBQ Block Party, Madison Ave. from 23rd to 26th St.
12 - Tuesday - Museum Mile Festival, 5th Ave. from 82nd to 105th St.
Stevie Nicks & Chris Isaak @ PNC Bank Arts Center, 8 p.m., $25
15 - Saturday - Apples in Stereo - Central Park - free!
18 - Monday - Annie Hall showing in Bryant Park ~ 7 p.m. - free!
20 - Wednesday - Peaches @ Highline Ballroom, 10 p.m., $30
23 - Saturday - Mermaid Parade in Coney Island - Pride Fest, 8th Ave. from 14th St. to 23rd St.
25 - Monday - (Andrea's birthday!) - The Thing From Another World playing in Bryant Park (free!) - Wilco & Low @ Hammerstein Ballroom, 311 W. 34th St., $37
30 - Saturday - Morrissey @ Madison Square Garden, $35

July
1 - Sunday - Walking Tour: Dutch New Amsterdam, 1 to 3 p.m.
2 - Monday - Paper Moon showing in Bryant Park, free!
4 - Wednesday - New Pornographers, 3:30 p.m., Battery Park, free! - Macy's 4th of July Fireworks @ South Street Seaport, 9 p.m.
5 - Thursday - Basement Bhangra, SOBs on Varick near Houston, $5 before 8 p.m.
6 - Friday - Morrissey @ PNC Bank Arts Center, $25, Holmdell NJ
9 - Monday - Wait Until Dark playing in Bryant Park; free!
11 - Wednesday - Spoon, Rockefeller Park, 7 p.m., free!
12 - Thursday - Gin Blossoms - B.B. King's Blues Club, 8 p.m., $22
16 - Monday - The Decemberists, Central Park Summerstage, 6:30 p.m. $30
18 - Wednesday - Ani DiFranco @ Prospect Park, 7:30,. $37
20 - Friday - Meatloaf @ Madison Square Garden
21 - Saturday - Siren Festival, Coney Island
23 - Monday - The Sting playing at Bryant Park
28 - Saturday - The Roots @ Randall's Island
30 - Monday - All the King's Men playing at Bryant Park

August
1 - Wednesday - The Police @ Madison Square Garden, $55
2 - Thursday - Negativland, 7 p.m., $20
3 - Friday - Billie Holiday remixes, South Street Seaport Pier 17, 7 p.m., free
4 - Monday - Bus Stop playing at Bryant Park
5 - Tuesday - Shakespeare in the Park - Midsummer Night's Dream starts! free - Al Green @ Madison Square Garden
7 - Thursday - Daft Punk, The Rapture @ Coney Island, $50
10 - Friday - Celebrate Brooklyn Festival - Bollywood in Brooklyn
11 - Saturday - Dramatic Reading and Boat Ride, 12 to 1 p.m.
12 - Sunday - Diamanda Galas
13 - Monday - Casablanca playing in Bryant Park
20 - Monday - Psycho playing in Bryant Park
24 - Friday - Camera Obscura @ South Street Seaport -free!