It’s the first day of summer… meaning the River to River Festival begins today!

The range of free programs is positively overwhelming to someone determined to have the best New York summer as inexpensively as possible: dance, music, theater, and movie screenings… Download the complete program here.

The event I’m most looking forward to a roving production of Much Ado About Nothing in Battery Park. Sound familiar to any King’s Crown Shakespeare Troupe fans?

Tomorrow I will be checking out the Eroica Trio for free at the World Financial Center Winter Garden.

My pick for the perfect dress to wear on these humid summer nights: a backless dress, like this one:

Credit: ModCloth.com

See you there! Next week: Fourth of July weekend beach escapes for the price of a round trip MetroCard fare.

Alexandra Lotero

Copy Editor