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21 essential things to do
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The best shows of the season, at clubs and outdoor venues all over NYC
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Great GoogaMooga guide

Your essential guide to this new two-day summer festival: Enter to win VIP tickets for the Great GoogaMooga and foodie extravaganza Extra Mooga, or buy tickets
Get outdoors!

Your guide to the best beaches, pools, parks, outdoor bars and restaurants, and classic fresh-air New York activities
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Critics' picks

Music: Yo Gotti

Price band: 2/4
Critics choice

This Memphis MC feels no pressure to scream himself hoarse; he anchors a track like the eye of the storm.

Thu May 17
S.O.B.’s

BAM Harvey Theater. By Harold Pinter. Dir. Christopher Morahan. With Jonathan Pryce, Alan Cox, Alex Hassell. 2hrs 30mins. One intermission.

Theater: The Caretaker

Rated as: 5/5
Price band: 2/4
Critics choice

Jonathan Pryce gives us pause in a cracking revival of Harold Pinter's 1960 drama.

Until Sun Jun 17
BAM Harvey Theater

Art: Tom Sachs, Space Program: Mars

Price band: 2/4
Critics choice

Rejoice, all ye manned-spaceflight nerds: Artist Tom Sachs and his 13 assistants will fill the 55,000-square-foot Wade Thompson Drill Hall with a cosmic spectacle.

Wed May 16 - Sun Jun 17
Park Avenue Armory

Exhibit: “Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations”

Price band: 1/4
Critics choice

The Met surveys two iconic names of cutting-edge Italian fashion from two different eras.

Thu May 10 - Sun Aug 19
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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New York in pictures

Live photos: Beach House at Bowery Ballrom

Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally toasted the release of their fourth album, Bloom.

Carolina Obeso, 32; architect; Sinaloa, Mexico

Street fashion: South Street Seaport

Boardwalkers keep it cool with cat-eye, aviator and neon pink shades.

Live photos: Regina Spektor at United Palace

The downtown antifolk heroine journeyed way uptown.

New York City’s top attractions

Take our photo tour of the city's best-loved sights and learn what makes these New York landmarks such icons.

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New York in video

The Big Quiz Thing's Tenth Anniversary Quiz Show

TONY's copy chief (and host of the Big Quiz Thing) gets in shape for a ten-hour trivia fest.

Andy Cohen tours the Bravo Clubhouse

Watch video of the "Watch What Happens Live" host showing off his man cave.

Downtown from Behind photo shoot

TONY tags along with photographer Bridget Fleming during her latest shoot for downtownfrombehind.com.

Live at TONY: Here We Go Magic

The indie-rock outfit perform a stripped-down rendition of "Alone but Moving."

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New York's best

23. Drink on the waterfront. Pictured: Beekman Beer Garden Beach Club

Best outdoor bars in New York City for summer 2012

Outdoor bar season is back! Whether you're looking for a chilled-out beer garden or a scenic rooftop, you'll find a suitable watering hole in our guide.