** MON, 7/8: FRENCH RESTAURANT WEEK, BOOKS BENEATH THE BRIDGE, CARRIE IN BRYANT PARK, + 23 WEDS EVENTS (https://theskint.com/mon-7-8-french-restaurant-week-books-beneath-the-bridge-carrie-in-bryant-park-23-weds-events/)

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around town today

thru 7/21: 21 manhattan restaurants will offer $17.89 drink + app, $25 lunch, and $42 prix-fixe dinner menu options during the 10th annual french restaurant week. >> (https://www.frenchrestaurantweek.com)

thru 7/21: the wild project’s 17th annual fresh fruit festival presents a dozen one-act plays, solo shows, musicals, and dance performances by lgbt artists. the wild project (east village), $18. >> (http://thewildproject.com/performances/the-2019-fresh-fruit-festival-mainstage/)

various times: free outdoor movies (weather permitting):

carrie. bryant park (midtown west). >> (https://bryantpark.org/events/2019/07/08/movie-nights)

fool’s gold. the rooftop at pier 17 (south street seaport). >> (https://www.seaportdistrict.nyc/seaport-cinema.html)

landfillharmonic. gaelic field in inwood hill park. >> (http://www.inwoodartworks.nyc/event/landfillharmonic/)

rocky. our wicked lady (east williamsburg). >> (https://www.facebook.com/events/453918192104262/)

spider-man: into the spider-verse. amersfort park (flatlands). >> (https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2019/07/08/movies-under-the-stars-spiderman-into-the-spiderverse-2018)

7pm (mondays thru 8/22): the seventh annual books beneath the bridge literature series returns to brooklyn bridge park with six readings curated by independent bookstores. tonight: hugh ryan (when brooklyn was queer). a q+a session and book signing follow. brooklyn bridge park’s pier 1 granite prospect steps, free admission. >> (https://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/event-series/books-beneath-the-bridge)

7pm: a lineup of latinx artists celebrate frida kahlo’s birthday with a night of performance and discussion, including activist john paul brammer, comic book artist stephanie rodriguez, journalist mathew rodriguez, and poet melissa lozada-oliva. hosted by milly tamarez. housing works bookstore cafe (soho), free. >> (https://www.housingworks.org/events/frida)

7pm (monthly): the farm reading series highlights satirical and critical writing with authors caren beilin (spain), ian dreiblatt (how to hide by showing in the age of being alone with the universe ), lucy ives (impossible views of the world), and adjua gargi nzinga greaves (letters to the future: black women / radical writing). starr bar (bushwick), free. >> (https://www.facebook.com/events/922996718042300/)

7:30pm (weekly): brendan gay and charles engle battle with topics chosen by the audience to see who gets to host the freestyle comedy show, featuring comics phil hanley (fallon), molly austin (comedy central), subhah argawal (comedy central), and eagle witt, plus beats by santiago angel. bonus: free pizza. the bowery electric (east village), free with rsvp, $5 without. >> (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-pizza-at-freestyle-comedy-comics-on-netflix-comedy-central-etc-tickets-64315579630)

7:30pm (mondays thru 8/19): sing your heart out at the west village chorale’s weekly summer sings series, tonight featuring handel’s messiah. judson church in greenwich village ($15 general, $10 students). >> (http://westvillagechorale.org/summer-sings/)

7:30pm doors, 8pm show (weekly): the butterboy comedy show, helmed by jo firestone, aparna nancherla, and maeve higgins with dj donwill, returns with stand-up by janeane garofalo (wet hot american summer), nore davis (conan), eliza skinner (@midnight), neko white (trutv), andrea rosen (stella) and guy montgomery. littlefield (gowanus), $10. >> (https://www.littlefieldnyc.com/e/butterboy-with-jo-aparna-and-maeve-63487518878/)

8pm (weekly): the savage comedy show brings stand-up to a cozy lounge setting, complete with leather couches and a fireplace. tonight:anthony devito (colbert), gavin matts (comedy central), dan wilbur (siriusxm), wilfred padua, and j. fox-jones. hosted by hoff matthews, lizzie martinez, aimee rose ranger, and melissa rocha. bonus: chances to win free drinks and local show tickets with email rsvp. fawkner (cobble hill/boerum hill), free admission. >> (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/savage-a-comedy-show-free-tickets-39189308276)

8pm doors, 9pm show: obie and bessie award-winning theater company restless productions presents decoder: ticket that exploded, the second installment of their multimedia trilogy based on william borroughs’ nova series. pioneer works (red hook), $10 adv, $15 door. >> (https://pioneerworks.org/programs/decoder-ticket-that-exploded/)

9pm (monthly): word weavers adam wade (20-time moth storyslam winner), gianmarco soresi, and matt dennie share true stories about body issues at this month’s edition of the nights of our lives storytelling show. hosted by david martin. magnet theater (chelsea), $7. >> (https://magnettheater.com/show/53448/)

9pm: the lap dance saloon comedy show returns with laughs from subhah agarwal (comedy central), brian parise (last week tonight), lizzie martinez (funny or die), and rebecca robinson. hosted by jeffrey emerson and jill weiner. bonus: free pizza. upstairs at 2a (east village), free admission. >> (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-comedy-free-pizza-its-lap-dance-saloon-tickets-61997947530)

9pm doors, 9:30pm show (monthly): comedian myq kaplan (comedy central) hosts myq kaplan and friends, with benefits, an evening of stand-up to support a different charity each month. tonight’s performers include lisa curry, jordan jensen, jaffer khan, ashley gavin, and lucas connolly. q.e.d. (astoria), $6 admission benefits givewell.org. >> (https://qedastoria.com/collections/shows/products/myq-kaplan-and-friends-with-benefits-3)