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As you know, I'll be taking a vacation from now on, so you’ll receive the next newsletter on 3 September. So this week's newsletter includes - as promised - a tip for each week I’m gone.

Give my love to the city while I’m away,
Ron

And, of course, first the week's highlights:

Open air cinema: The pre-premiere of the ode to the Big Apple “New York, I love you”. I have 5 pairs of tickets to give away for tonight's Orange Cinema, just send me an e-mail.
Thursday 21.35 Orange Cinema

Club opening: The new club Exil opens its doors at Hardstrasse 245 with Rizzoknorr and DJ Lexx
Friday 9 pm, Exil

Party: Abart hosts a last party before its summer break. First gather outdoors for drinks and food stalls and, from 11 pm, head indoors with alternative and classic party hits. Entry is for free!
Saturday 6 pm, Abart

Unplugged: Zurich’s Heidi Happy (you should know the name by now) appears at Seebad Enge. Free entry!
Sunday 8 pm, Seebad Enge

Concert: Bob Log 111 plays (for the 14th time!) at El Lokal. So if you miss him there's a good chance that you can see him another time (just kidding).
Tuesday 8.20 om, El Lokal

More music: Maiers Theater presents Ordnungsamt, a band from Berlin that’s renowned for their garage rock. Free entry but the hat will go round afterwards.
Wednesday 8 30 pm, Maiers Theater

I hope the weather picks up and summer finally stays. On Saturday 25 July Wavesick-Urban Surfwear organises a guerrilla grill party at Rentenwiese with cool boxes, grills and blankets. Bring your friends, drinks, something to grill, a headband and a radio. Your headband identifies you as a member of the party and the organisers will also provide you with the frequency for a pirate station, which will play a special set by a dj direct to your radio.
Saturday 25 July 2 pm - 4 am, Rentenwiese

Whenever Zurich-based Joy Frempong gets on stage you can expect a concert with experiments and surprises. She'll play at Zeughaushof on Thursday, 30 July, together with Infinite Livez vs. Stade, in a performance combining funk and hip hop.
Thursday, 30 July 9 pm, Zeughaushof

Beat Solèr, alias Seelenluft, collaborates with Zurich-based Saalschutz at Kaufleuten's Summer Sounds on Monday 3 August. This means delicate electronic sounds, a presentation of Seelenluft's new album (it's been three very long years since the last one) and a chance to party, party, party! Btw - On Kaufleuten's website you can win 5 pairs of tickets for this concert.
Monday 3 August 9 pm, Kaufleuten

Need I say more? Street Parade is still one of Zurich's major cultural happenings and appeals to all ages. I prefer the side and alternative events which happen all over the city. But you should be dancing no matter where you are!
Saturday 8 August 1 pm, Bürkliplatz

Two great films at two fantastic venues on Friday, 14 August. Choice 1: Cine Club Nord presents Anthony Hopkins in The World's Fastest Indian at the beautiful MFO Park in Oerlikon. Choice 2: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas at Xenix's open air cinema. Both films start at 9 pm approximately (as soon as you see something on screen).
Friday 14 August 9 pm, MFO & Xenix

At the end of August all galleries in Zurich join forces and host opening nights over three days. The Aussersihl area starts the series on Wednesday, 26 August when 15 galleries welcome new exhibitions, followed by the city centre on Thursday and Löwenbräuareal and its surroundings on Friday.
Wednesday 26 August 5-8 pm, Aussersihl

No need to give you any highlights for this week as you'll receive your first newsletter after my break.

Fondation Cartier has hosted the exhibition Born in the Streets – Graffiti, since last week. It's a review of the illegal inception of street art, right up to more mainstream and popular forms. Part of it is a neat calligraphic online tagging presentation. If you click on the styles you'll be linked directly to the photos of the individual tags.

Now the Wall Street boys are staying away, the era of the ‘super fancy’ in NYC is a thing of the past. New York’s nightlife trendsetters are searching for the right formulas and testing new concepts. The NY Times talks to the movers and shakers who tell their stories of the hippest venues in the East Village, Meatpacking District etc.