If you're in New York for your post-Wikimania tourism this week:
* Wednesday, 6-8pm, NYU bookstore: "Open House: Introducing the Espresso
Book Machine" (demonstration, Q&A, & refreshments)
http://www.bookstores.nyu.edu/events/
* Wednesday at sunset: Watch an old movie outdoors for free:
http://www.movingimage.us/visit/calendar/2012/07/18/detail/lemonade-joe
* Thursday at 6:30pm: See the Wikidata team present at the New York
Times building
http://www.meetup.com/semweb-25/events/72930342/ (hurry
to register, only 9 spots left!)
* Friday and Saturday nights, 10:30pm, whirlwind theatrical act "Too
Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind", USD 12-18
http://www.nyneofuturists.org/
* Any daytime: stroll along The High Line elevated park:
http://www.thehighline.org/
* Anytime: great view from the Roosevelt Island tram/funicular for
USD2.25, the cost of one MetroCard swipe:
http://www.rioc.com/transportation.htm (the south half of Roosevelt
Island itself is a fun walk)
* Evenings: Ward III, a bar with awesome bespoke cocktails (including
nonalcoholic drinks):
http://www.ward3tribeca.com/
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Sumana Harihareswara
Engineering Community Manager
Wikimedia Foundation