EVENTS WEDNESDAY 6/26 Around Town Barefoot Dancing Let your ...

Around Town

Barefoot Dancing Let your tootsies loose on this 28-acre public garden w/casual dance instruction followed by open dancing; Wave Hill, W. 249th St. (Independence Ave.), 718-549-3200; 7-8:30 p.m., $4, $2 st./s.c.

Foster's Summer Beach Party Party like the blokes down under! Foster's foots the bill as drinkers don flashy beach wear to win cool prizes incl. trip for two to Australia; Ship of Fools, 1590 2nd Ave. (betw. 82nd & 83rd Sts.), 212-570-2671; 10 p.m.-12 a.m., free [repeats Thurs. at Burke's, 1446 1st Ave. (77th St.), 212-472-0057].

River Walk Join Yvonne Adrian for early morning fitness class, which incl. gentle stretching & four levels of walking, from strolls to runs; meet on the plaza at Riverside Park S., Riverside Dr. (68th St.), 212-408-0219; 7:30 a.m., free.

Salute to the Sun: Hatha Yoga for Beginners, but all levels are welcome to join Ruth Vargas' after-work yoga?bring mat & wear loose clothing; meet on the 70th St. pier at the fish table in Riverside Park S., Riverside Dr. (68th St.), 212-408-0219; 6:30 p.m., free [through 8/28].

Summer Restaurant Week continues w/179 restaurants incl. Manhattan Ocean Club, Tavern on the Green & Union Pacific offering prix-fixe three-course lunch menus for $20.02 each; for participating restaurants & locations check out www.nycvisit.com, info 212-484-1222; 12, $20.02 [repeats Thurs. & Fri.].

Wednesday Night Skate NY recreational skate group moves in giant swarms through Central Park, Union Square, the Brooklyn Bridge & more; meet at Union Sq. N. (17th St.), 212-696-7247; 8, free.

Family

Art Colony Camp, Pop-Up Bookmaking Kids 6-11 focus on all types of books & learn how to make their own pop-up creation; Children's Museum of the Arts, 182 Lafayette St. (betw. Broome & Grand Sts.), 212-274-0986, reg. req., call for times & prices.

Mystery Musical TADA!, NYC's leading youth theater, pres. its ongoing summer series of "Musical Theater Week-longs" where kids 8-18 learn to sing, dance & act in productions of original musicals. Courses run Mon.-Fri., call for reg. & details; TADA! 15 W. 28th St., 3rd fl. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-252-1619; 9:30-2:30, call for prices [repeats Thurs. & Fri.].

Film/Video

Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, now in its 13th year, continues at Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center, 165 W. 65th St. (B'way), 212-875-5600 or www.filmlinc.com for complete sched., $9.50, $6 st. [through 6/27].

Into the Arms of Strangers Doc. feature tells story about children who escaped the Holocaust; Makor, 35 W 67th St. (betw. Columbus Ave. & Central Park W.), 212-601-1000; 7:30 & 9:45, $8 [repeats Thurs.].

Kiss Me, Stupid Dean Martin & Kim Novak star in this "slightly dirtier" 35mm print of Billy Wilder's love swaperoo; Film Forum, 209 W. Houston St. (Varick St.), 212-727-8110; 2, 4:30, 7, 9:30, $9.75 [repeats Thurs.].

"Movies Under the Stars" Free outdoor screenings in Hoboken, on the waterfront overlooking the Hudson River, continue w/Robert Altman's 2001 drama, Gosford Park; Pier A Park, 1st St. (Frank Sinatra Dr.), Hoboken PATH Station, 201-420-2207; 9.

"Star Theater" series feat. Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla, starring Bela Lugosi; Den of Cin, Two Boots, 44 Ave. A (betw. 3rd & 4th Sts.), 212-714-3575; 7, $5 incl. 1 drink.

Lectures

Floating Palaces: Steamboats on the Hudson River & Long Island Sound Lecture & discussion on the inland passenger vessels that were all the rage from 1860s to 1930s; South St. Seaport Museum, 213 Water St. (betw. Fulton & Beekman Sts.), 212-748-8735; 12:15, $3.

Health Issues Anonymous Twelve-step group for those living w/a health concern; St. Luke's-Roosevelt Center, 324 W. 108th St. (betw. B'way & Riverside Dr.), Rm. 205, 212-362-7214; 5:30, free.

The Petronas Twin Towers & the Evolution of the Skyscraper Slide lecture on the world's tallest building w/Leonard M. Joseph of Thornton-Tomasetti Engineers; New York Public Library's Science, Industry & Business, 188 Madison Ave. (34th St.), 212-592-7000; 5:30, free.

Raymond Chandler: Rediscovering an American Master The crime-fiction legend (The Big Sleep, Farewell, My Lovely, The Long Goodbye) is the subject of a debate w/Jonathan Lethem, Richard Russo, Pico Iyer & Nicholas Dawidoff; the New School, 66 W. 12th St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-229-55611; 7, $5.

Readings

Big If: A Novel Mark Costello reads from his latest, which, at least as far as the title goes, is no Russian Debutante's Handbook?if you've taken the time to write a friggin' novel, see it through; Upper West Side Barnes & Noble, 2289 B'way (82nd St.), 212-362-8835; 7:30, free.

Louisa Ermelino reads from The Sisters Mallone: Una Storia Di Famiglia, about growing up Italian in 1920s' Irish-dominated Hell's Kitchen, at New York's Filthy MacNasty's; Rocky Sullivan's, 129 Lexington Ave. (betw. 28th & 29th Sts.), 212-725-3871; 8, free.

An Evening of Max's Kansas City Storytelling feat. Taylor Mead, Victor Bockris & a host of other witnesses; Crosspathculture, 135 W. 50th St. (6th Ave.), 212-664-9795; 8, $12.

Open City Magazine pres. their June reading today, feat. Amine Wefali (Westchester Burning: Portrait of a Marriage), Vestal McIntyre (Open City #11), Greg Purcell (Before & After: Stories from New York) & Rebecca Reynolds (The Bovine Two-Step); KGB, 85 E. 4th St. (betw. 2nd & 3rd Aves.), 212-505-3360; 7, free.

Poems to Read: A New Favorite Poem Project Anthology Editors Robert Pinsky & Maggie Dietz read, sign & discuss; Union Sq. Barnes & Noble, 33 E. 17th St. (betw. B'way & Park Ave. S.), 212-253-0810; 7, free.

Writers Reveal Their Favorite Overlooked Writers Find out who Paul Auster, Rick Moody & Joyce Carol Oates curl up w/at night?you may be surprised; Cooper Union's Wollman Aud., 51 Astor Pl. (Cooper Sq.), 212-334-1660 x107, $8, $5 st.

Workshops

Campari Safari Business Networking Women's networking group Best of Business pres. this "jungle-themed" (held at Hotel Giraffe, sponsor Campari rhymes w/safari?that's it!) professional mixer; Hotel Giraffe, 365 Park Ave (26th St.), 212-962-2849 x2200; 6:30, $20.

The Drum Solo Sticksman extraordinaire Mark Griffith talks about the past & present state; Arkadia Music Center, 34 E. 23rd St. (betw. Park & Madison Aves.), 212-533-0007; 7, $15.

THURSDAY 6/27

Around Town

Take a Lick Out of Summer Erotic reading series?wait, wrong press release. Right, here it is: help Ronnybrook Ice Cream decide their "official summer flavor," & possibly name it after yourself, today at the Ronnybrook Fram Dairy Ice Cream Parlour, Chelsea Market, 75 9th Ave. (betw. 15th & 16th Sts.), 212-741-MILK; 11-3, free.

Family

Afternoon Chess Teens who haven't succumbed to the allure of Grand Theft Auto 3 can learn strategy in a more constructive way Thursday afternoons through the summer. Chess in the park is free, lessons are also available for a $56 fee; Nelson A. Rockefeller Park, (at Chambers St.), 212-267-9700; 3:30-5:30 p.m.

America's Sweethearts Julia Roberts, John Cusack & Catherine Zeta-Jones, w/a small cameo by Billy Crystal, make this poorly written chick-flick bearable to watch; Sony Wonder Lab, 550 Madison Ave. (56th St.), RSVP 212-833-7858; 6, free.

Film/Video

"David Bowie: Sound + Vision," five-part screening series for the 30th anniversary of The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars. Videos, outtakes, interviews & rarely seen performances have been amassed from archives & the duke's own library; Museum of Television & Radio, 25 W. 52nd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-621-6800; call for times, $6 [through 9/14].

"Frantisek Vlácil" Three-week retrospective highlighting works by Czech filmmaker, continues w/1976's adult-oriented film (adult-oriented because he had been forced by the commies to make flix for kids) focusing on relationship between a doctor & a pregnant girl, Smoke on the Potato Fields; BAM Rose Cinemas, 30 Lafayette Ave. (Ashland Pl.), Ft. Greene, 718-636-4100; 4:30, 6:50 & 9:10, $9 [through 6/28].

Screeners Club Movie Series Bi-monthly open screening forum for local movie & filmmakers; Level X, 107 N. 6th St. (Bedford Ave.), Williamsburg, 718-302-3313; 8-10, free.

"Viewpoint?Growing Ups and Downs" Three 16mm shorts from the 60s & 70s: "A Memory of John Earl," "I Could Hear You All the Way Down the Hall" & "Phyllis and Terry"; Donnell Media Center, New York Public Library, 20 W. 53rd St. (betw. 5th & 6thAves.), 212-621-0609; 2:30, free.

Lectures

Hogan's Heroes' Robert Clary Actor & Holocaust survivor talks about his life & rise to fame as Corporal Louis Lebeau in tv show Heroes & signs copies of his autobiography; Museum of Jewish Heritage, 18 First Pl. (Battery Pl.), 212-968-1800; 7, $7.

And Now, Our Glorious Leader Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) pres. Mark Crispin Miller?author of The Bush Dyslexicon?who looks at the media's twisted portrayal of George Bush (aka the shrub) as a heroic statesman & discusses the frightening lapses in his speeches ("Is our children learning?); Housing Works Used Book Cafe, 126 Crosby St. (betw. Houston & Prince Sts), 212-334-3324; 6:30, free.

Students Against Sweatshops The Nation magazine hosts talk on student activism w/authors of new book Students Against Sweatshops; the Nation, 33 Irving Pl. (betw. 15th & 16th Sts.), 212-807-9680; 12:30, free.

Readings

Class Action: The Story of Lois Jenson & the Landmark Case That Changed Sexual Harassment Law Clara Bingham & Laura Leedy Gansler drop in for discussion & signing at Upper West Side Barnes & Noble, 2289 B'way (82nd St.), 212-362-8835; 7:30, free.

Workshops

Behind the Scenes in Contemporary Native American Art Slide-illustrated presentation in conjunction w/the exhibition Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation; American Craft Museum, 40 W. 53rd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-956-3535; 6, $7.50.

Gotham Writers Nonfiction Workshop One-hour class for beginners or non-beginners who want to brush up on their basics & show off in front of the beginners; Barnes & Noble, 240 E. 86th St. (betw. 2nd & 3rd Aves.), 212-974-8377; 7, free.

FRIDAY 6/28

Around Town

City Pass Has Arrived Check out the discounted ticket book containing passes for attractions at the Whitney, Circle Line, Guggenheim, Intrepid & more, allowing you to skip the lines & save time; available at participating attractions or online at www.citypass.com, 707-256-0490 for info; $38, $31 ages 12-17.

Gay Pride Shabbat Service Congregation Beth Simchat Torah?NYC's only gay, lesbian, bisexual & transgender synagogue?holds annual service at their Chelsea location w/Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum & bids farewell to Rabbi Roderick Young; Church of the Holy Apostles, 296 9th Ave. (28th St.), 212-929-9498; 7, free.

Family

Cartoon POWER!!! "Celebrating Cartoon Network's 9 3/4 Birthday"?part of the museum's trib. to Cartoon Network's original programming & contributions to animation?the Powerpuff Girls marathon continues its run at the Museum of Television & Radio, 25 W. 52nd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves. ), 212-621-6600; 1, $6, $3 child. [repeats Sat. & Sun. 1-6, Tues. at 1, through 7/12].

Spirit Move! Über rapper KRS-ONE continues to educate the masses as he joins other hiphopers in evening of music celebrating the spirit of youth; Theatre of Riverside Church, 91 Claremont Ave. (betw. 120th & 122nd Sts.), 212-870-6874; 7, $10 contrib.

Sunset Singing Circle Join singer & guitarist Terre Roche for folk songs, rounds & chants as the sun sets over the Hudson at Robert F. Wagner, Jr. Park; Battery Park City, West Side Hwy. (Battery Pl.), 212-267-9700; 7-8:30, free.

The Ten Star All-Star Summer Basketball Camp Boys & girls ages 10-19 eligible to apply, camp is by invitation only, past celebs incl. Michael Jordan & Antawn Jamison; 704-568-6801 for free brochure [through 7/15].

Film/Video

The New York Armenian Film Festival Three-day festival kicks off today at NYU Cantor Film Center, 36 E. 8th St. #200 (betw. B'way & University Pl.), 212-375-8116 for sched.; 6 & 8, $7-$30 [through 6/30].

"Rooftop Films" Weekly showcase of independent shorts screened on top of a Brooklyn rooftop. Today, comedy films from San Francisco are featured; Peter's Car Corp., 265 McKibbin St. (Bushwick Ave.), www.rooftopfilms.com for info, 8:30, $6 [through 9/13].

Three Women New 35mm print of Robert Altman's "dreamlike film" starring Shelley Duvall & Sissy Spacek, begins week-long run on the big screen; Film Forum, 209 W. Houston St. (Varick St.), 212-727-8110; 2, 4:30, 7, 9:30, $9.75 [repeats daily, through 7/4].

Readings

Queernelia Street Pride Reading w/Trina Scordo & Dermot Hannon; Cornelia St. Cafe, 29 Cornelia St. (6th Ave.), 212-989-9319; 6, $6.

Workshops

Tai Chi Tap into your internal energy & learn the 60-posture short form of Tai Chi Chuan; Battery Parks Conservancy, Esplanade Plaza (Liberty St.), 212-267-9700; 8:30 a.m., free.

SATURDAY 6/29

Around Town

East Indian Village Day-long schedule of events focusing on East Indian culture incl. folk & classical dance performances & workshops, Henna/Mehndi workshop, Ganesha festival photo exhibit, screening of A Match Made in Calcutta & Rangoli?rice-flour paste designs?workshop; Theatre of Riverside Church, 91 Claremont Ave. (betw. 120th & 122nd Sts.), 212-870-6874; 12-8, free.

Punk Rock Aerobics Far from Sweatin' to the Oldies, this class gives you a real beat to groove by?check out www.punkrockaerobics.com for the full schedule; CB's 313 Gallery, 313 Bowery (Bleecker St.), 212-673-6270; $7, 3 [repeats Sun. at Luxx, 256 Grand St. (betw. Driggs Ave. & Roebling St.), Williamsburg, 718-599-1000; 2, $7].

Shop n' Rock VH1 "personality" Sky Nellor hosts variety of clothing vendors (offering special discounts), a live DJ & gift bags sponsored by Sony Music, Crunch, Vibe, etc. plus proceeds to benefit New York Cares; Altman Bldg., 135 W. 18th St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), [www.ticketweb.com](http://www.ticketweb.com/), 12-8, $15.

Sixth-Annual Liberty World Challenge Six-person teams race 16 miles aboard outrigger canoes through New York Harbor, down the Hudson, past the Seaport, turning at the Brooklyn Bridge & finishing at the Intrepid (Pier 84); watch from the Battery Park Promenade, South Street Seaport, Pier 63 or Intrepid, find out more at www.libertychallenge.org; races at 8:45, 11:45, 2:45.

VegOut Monthly social group for lesbians, gay, bisexual & transgender vegetarians picnics in the park?so bring a vegan dish & dig in; follow signs to big carrot banner in Central Park, W. 81st St. (Central Park W.), RSVP 212-802-8655; 1, $5 contrib.

Family

Composting for Families Families that decay together, stay together! Examine & identify the parts of a giant cloth Red Wiggler worm to learn how they make compost. Play compost games, sing songs & dance the Worm Wiggle; Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St. (betw. Elder & Dahlia Aves.), Flushing, 718-886-3800; 12, $5 per family.

Etiquette Classes for Children Mortified that your children have improperly greeted the Japanese ambassador? Scandalized when they fumble w/escargot at society dinners? At these classes, children age 6-18 receive hands-on instruction from a professional certified etiquette expert, incl. how to create proper place settings w/fine china & how to handle "difficult" foods, sponsored by the Plaza Hotel's "Young Plaza Ambassadors" program; Plaza Hotel, 5th Ave., 3rd fl. (59th St.), RSVP 212-843-9316; 11:30 a.m.; $40-$75 incl. lunch.

Everybody Swings American Ballroom Theater Company's Pierre Dulaine & Yvonne Marceau forgo the Lambada & the Charlie Brown to teach your youngster everything from ballroom dancing to tangos instead, as part of Midsummer Night Swing?plus Naked Juice is served to participants; Josie Robertson Plaza, Lincoln Center, Columbus Ave. (63rd St.), www.lincolncenter.org/programs/swing_home.asp; 4-5:30, free.

Folklore & Fairytales Garden's storytelling series feat. colorfully costumed performers acting out the stories, continues w/Jerry Joy Music's Luis Miranda; Everett Children's Adventure Garden, NY Botanical Garden, Bronx River Parkway (Fordham Rd.), Bronx, 718-817-8700; 2 & 3, $6, $4 st./s.c., $2.50 for child 12 & under.

Spiders vs. Scorpions: The Real Story Dr. Betty "Bug Lady" Faber fills you in on who would win if arachnids (incl. Spiderman & the Scorpion King) ever battled?plus multimedia presentations & a web full of surprises; Liberty Science Center in NJ, 201-200-1000, www.lsc.org; 1 & 4, $10, $8 st./s.c., free child.

Storytelling in the Park Children of all ages are welcome to join Diane Wolkstein as she reads Eleanor Farjeon's Elsie Piddock Skips in her Sleep; Hans Christian Andersen statue, Central Park, 72nd St. (5th Ave.), www.hcastorycenter.org; 11, free.

Pattern Wizardry Celebrate newest hands-on exhibit w/workshops, special programs & performances of sound, shape & color, that develop the minds of aspiring scientists, mathematicians & artists; Brooklyn Children's Museum, 145 Brooklyn Ave. (St. Marks Ave.), 718-735-4400; 10-5, $4 cont. [repeats Sun.].

Film/Video

"Grand Illusions: Classic French Cinema" Original version of The Talented Mr. Ripley, film noir Plein Soleil (Purple Noon) screens (1, 6, 8:45), plus b&w heist movie Rififi (3:15); Symphony Space, 2537 B'way (95th St.), 212-864-5400; $9, $8 s.c. [repeats Sun.].

"Rudolph Valentino & Other Exotic Lovers" Last weekend of three devoted to "the Latin Lover" feat. Valentino's then-future wife, Natacha Rambova, behind the scenes, in Camille?live music accompanies this silent film; American Museum of the Moving Image, 35th Ave. (36th St.), Astoria, 718-784-0077; 2 & 4, $8.50, $5.50 st./s.c. [through 6/30].

Lectures

Investigating the Paranormal: Ghosts & Hauntings Parapsychology Foundation pres. psychical researchers Tony Cornell, Hans Holzer & Loyd Auerbach discussing their experiences studying the paranormal; Spooktacular; Metropolitan Hotel, 569 Lexington Ave. (51st St.), 212-628-1550; 1, $65-$75.

Workshops

Drawing in the Park You can use whichever tool you please to draw the Hudson, the Manhattan skyline?or any other subject matter?w/instruction & critique from artists Louise Johnson & Larry Dobens; Battery Park City Conservancy, South Cove (Rector St.), 212-267-9700; 10:30 a.m., free.

SUNDAY 6/30

Family

Children's Galleries for Jewish Culture Chelsea museum feat. two exhibits: "From Tent to Temple" & "From Home to Home" letting children (6-12) dress up, design communities & grind wheat. This week, kids design ancient beaded necklaces & create postcards about life in America?no strollers admitted; 515 W. 20th St. (betw. 10th & 11th Aves.), 212-924-4500; 2-5, $5.

Firefly Cinema Watch cartoons, a newsreel, a short & feature film, just like when your parents were young; 6th & B Garden, 6th St. (Ave. B), 212-982-5673; dusk, free.

Kid's Fest Celebrate hotel's reopening w/Felix Pitre's animal tales & Preston Foerder's puppets performing Grimm's fairy tales; the Atrium, Embassy Suites Hotel, 102 North End Ave. (betw. Vesey & Murray Sts.), 212-945-0100; 1, free.

Magical Storytelling Experience The Patient Stone: A Persian Love Story, in which a young girl meets her destiny in an enchanted desert palace; Theatre of Riverside Church, 91 Claremont Ave. (betw. 120th & 122nd Sts.), 212-870-6874; 2, $7, $5 child.

Film/Video

"Rudolph Valentino & Other Exotic Lovers" series closes out its run w/comedy In Gay Madrid (2) & the first western musical produced in Technicolor, Under a Texas Moon (4); American Museum of the Moving Image, 35th Ave. (36th St.), Astoria, 718-784-0077; $8.50, $5.50 st./s.c.

Lectures

Nicole Krauss Writer Jonathan Lethem introduces debut novelist Krauss, who reads from her book, Man Walks into a Room, about a man who loses decades of memories after brain surgery; Housing Works Used Book Cafe, 126 Crosby St, (betw. Houston & Prince Sts), 212-334-3324; 5, free.

Readings

ABC No Rio continues their "Unorganicized Reading Series" today, promising "no time limit, no list, no features & no b.s."; ABC No Rio, 156 Rivington St. (betw. Suffolk & Clinton Sts.), 212-254-3697; 3, $2.

KGB Fiction Louisa Ermelino (The Black Madonna, Joey Dee Gets Wise, The Sisters Mallone) & Lisa Gabriele (Tempting Faith DiNapoli); KGB, 85 E. 4th St. (betw. 2nd & 3rd Aves.), 212-505-3360; 7, free.

MONDAY 7/1

Family

Advanced Art Instructor Miki Iwamura teaches free weekly course in Battery Park City for "skilled artists" (ages 10-18). Participants apply drawing & painting techniques to still-lifes & landscapes, practice sculpting skills & participate in projects such as printmaking & t-shirt design; Nelson A. Rockefeller Park, (Chambers St.), 212-267-9700, res. req.; 4-5:30 p.m., free.

Film/Video

"Bryant Park Summer Film Festival" Free outdoor festival continues its 10-year "stars under the stars" run every Mon. night w/movie rendition of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath starring Henry Fonda?bring a blanket to sit on & arrive early; 6th Ave. (42nd St.), 212-512-5700, www.hbobryantparkfilm.com; sunset [through 8/19].

"Mondo Mondays" series feat. The Paul Lynde Halloween Special in which he "makes love to Florence Henderson, insults Betty White, flirts with KISS and takes the Wicked Witch of the West to a Hollywood disco"; Den of Cin, Two Boots, 44 Ave. A (betw. 3rd & 4th Sts.), 212-254-0800; 8, $5.

Schmelvis: Searching for the King's Jewish Roots Doc. running in conjunction w/Loser's Lounge trib. to Elvis "the King" Presley feat. discussion w/director Max Wallace after 7:30 screening ($15); Makor, 35 W. 67th St. (betw. Columbus Ave. & Central Park W.), 212-601-1000; 7:30 & 9:30, $9 [repeats Tues., through 7/9].

Readings

New Writers From The Brooklyn Rail Fiction author Frédéric-Yves Jeannet, British ex-pat Patrick Oliver & Brooklyn Public Library's own Evan Harris read; Brooklyn Public Library's Central Branch, Grand Army Plaza (Eastern Pkwy.), 718-230-2100; 6:30, free.

Saturn Series Open mic & today's feat. guest: Bret Axel; Revival, 129 E. 15th St.(betw. Irving Pl. & 3rd Ave), 212-253-8061; 7:30, $3.

Workshops

Journalism Meets the Grassroots World Hunger Year (WHY) honors excellence in the media & grassroots organizations w/the Harry Chapin Awards Forum, feat. presentations by winners & workshops by experts in media, advocacy & direct service; the New School, 66 W. 12th St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-229-5488; 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., free.

Summer Fruit Frenzy What better way to start the month than to make peach ice cream, very berry sorbet, strawberry biscuit shortcakes & blackberry latticed pies? National Gourmet Institute for Food & Health, 48 W. 21st St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-645-5170; 6:30, $75.

TUESDAY 7/2

Around Town

Pure Country NYC Weekly country dance & music night w/line dance lessons from Rona Kaye; Jack Rose, 771 8th Ave. (47th St.), 212-247-7518; 6:30, $13.

Tuesday Night Trivia It's probably not as fun as Rock & Roll Jeopardy on VH1, but prizes incl. $10-$25 bar tabs; Baggot Inn, 82 W. 3rd St. (betw. Thompson & Sullivan Sts.), 212-477-0622; 7:30, free.

Family

Sandwich & Soda Sails Depending on which way the wind is blowing, program takes young mariners either under the Brooklyn Bridge & up the Buttermilk Channel or past the Statue of Liberty; all aboard the Pioneer, Pier 16, South St. (Fulton St.), 212-748-8786; 10 a.m.-1 p.m., $25, $12 12 & under.

Teen Drumming The beat goes on w/circle led by traditional West African drummer, Maguette Camara, for ages 13-18; Nelson A. Rockefeller Park, Battery Park City, Chambers St. entrance, 212-267-9700; 4-5:30, free [through 10/29].

Film/Video

Before the Ball: The Unseen Cinderella Rehearsal Tape, which was recorded two weeks before the March 31, 1957 broadcast, screens at the Museum of Television & Radio, 25 W. 52nd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-621-6800; 4, $6, $4 st./s.c. [through 7/14].

"New York, New York: Golden Age of Cinema Festival" screens Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing from 1989, which traces the life of a black family living in a white neighborhood; NYU Cantor Film Center, #200, 36 E. 8th St. (betw. B'way & University Pl.), 212-998-8816; 6:30, $12.

"The Sly Grin: Contemporary French Comedies" Double feature: Milou en mai (12:30 & 6:30) & Augustin (3:30 & 9); French Institute, 22 E. 60th St. (betw. Madison & Park Aves.), 212-355-6100; $8 per film.

Readings

All-Star Reading of Author Toure's The Portable Promised Land, although there is no mention of exactly whom these "stars" are; Joe's Pub 425 Lafayette St. (betw. E. 4th St. & Astor Pl.), RSVP 212-625-3696; 7:30 & 11:30, free.

Lectures

Negotiated Spaces: Views of our Worlds Author Ed Guerrero discusses his book Do the Right Thing; the Urban Center, 457 Madison Ave. (51st St.), 212-935-3595; 6:30, $10.

Workshops

It Doesn't Have to Hurt People w/cancer, their friends, families & caregivers can learn state-of the-art methods for managing the discomforts of cancer; Cancer Care, 275 7th Ave. (betw. 25th & 26th Sts.), 212-712-8359 to register; 12:30, free.