What to Know
- Secret Summer cocktail party is Sunday at The Foundry in Long Island City and it promises to be bigger and better than ever
- Hop Culture is hosting the first-ever Beers With(Out) Beards Craft Beer Festival Saturday at The Well in Bushwick
- Metrograph in Manhattan is hosting its first-ever book fair this weekend and will have thousands of rare, vintage and out-of-print titles
Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018
Happy Saturday and more importantly the weekend! We're looking at a much cooler day today, but a front moving in could spark a few scattered showers. Highs will reach the upper 70s. As always, get the latest forecast at nbcnewyork.com/weather.
1. NYC's Most Extravagant Cocktail Party Is Back This Weekend
New York City's most extravagant cocktail party is back.
Secret Summer is Sunday at The Foundry in Long Island City and it promises to be bigger and better than ever. They'll be pouring Farm-to-Bar cocktails all day long and Blue Point Brewery brought along a yacht for the occasion.
You can also watch performers, get eats from some of the city's best spots and the wristbands get you into the after party at Ravel Hotel's pool.
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2. Bushwick Is Holding Craft Beer Festival
If craft beer is more your speed, you may want to head on down to Bushwick.
Hop Culture is hosting the first-ever Beers With(Out) Beards Craft Beer Festival Saturday at The Well.
All 20 breweries attending the event are run by women, which makes it different than others you've been to.
You will even get to meet the women who are behind the brews at the festival.
Read more here.
3. Metrograph Hosting First-Ever Book Fair, With Movies of Novels
If you need a hard-to-find book to add to your library, you'll want to head to the Metrograph in Lower Manhattan.
The theater is hosting its first-ever book fair this weekend and will have thousands of rare, vintage and out-of-print titles available.
It will also be showing some film adaptions of your novel faves, including Willy Wonka and James Bond.
Read more here.
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