- Bar Tabac is the epicenter for Brooklyn Bastille Day activities on Sunday. [Bar Tabac]
- Good Beer Month is underway. See what the Good Beer Seal has in store at Cook Out NYC on Governors Island this Sunday. [Cook Out NYC]
- The Kickstarter Film Festival is back for a second year tonight, offering up 90 minutes of film paid for via Kickstarter’s unusual crowd-funding system. [Kickstarter]
- Red Bull is calling on creators, inventors and hackers to make something inspiring under unique conditions at the Creation Fair on Sunday in Brooklyn. [Red Bull]
- Cyclists of all ages and skill levels take on the 20-mile Tour de Queens also on Sunday. [Tour de Queens]
- The final Harry Potter movie will hit theaters next week, and a New York museum is inviting fans to jog their memories with the Seven Nights with Harry Potter film series. [Museum of the Moving Image]
- DJs, volleyball, a slip n slide and more will make an appearance at the first Rock Beach party of the summer. [Brooklyn365]
- Soundgarden is back, and making a stop in Newark tonight. [Prudential Center]
- A cross-city scavenger hunt tests teams’ problem solving skills on Sunday in Brooklyn. [The Amazing NY Race]
- The enormous Joe Koch Comic Warehouse is having a sale, complete with free childrens books and other goodies for all their visitors. [Koch Comics]
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