EVENT of the DAY: Outdoor Cinema at Socrates Sculpture Park
Socrates Sculpture Park, in collaboration with the Museum of the Moving Image and Rooftop Films, presents this annual international film festival focused on a different country or culture each Wednesday evening. Tonight’s feature is the Japanese film “Summer Wars,” (PG) winner of the Japan Academy prize for animation.
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Tech’s boom taps Queens
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