Taste the Paella & Buy $1 Books Today

Sunday, 6/7 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Paella Parade
Hit the freshly dumped sands at the new South Street Water Taxi Beach for paella from top Spanish restaurants (including Socarrat, La Nacional and Mercat), served alongside wines from El Coto de Rioja.

At 2 p.m., a panel of judges will pick the day’s best dishes.

More info here: PaellaParade

Tickets ($25) benefit Action Against Hunger and can be purchased here or at the door.

Pier 17 (South and Beekman sts.); watertaxibeach.com

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Open Air Book Fair

Housing Works Bookstore Cafe
Housing Works Open Air Street Fair
Saturday, June 6
Time: 10:00am – 6:00pm
126 Crosby Street, New York, NY 10012 :: 212-334-3324
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The Fifth Annual Housing Works Open Air Street Fair! Cobblestoned Crosby Street between Prince and Houston in SoHo is closed to cars and thousands of donated books, records, and CDs will be sold for $1 a piece. Plus clothing, shoes, and accessories from Housing Works Thrift Shops, Sixpoint Craft Ale from Puck Fair, and ice cream from Van Leeuwen !

BOOKS, MOVIES, MUSIC: Thousands of books, records, CDs, and more.
Every genre: modern fiction and classics; art books, cookbooks, children’s books, and more, plus rare and vintage books—including a silent auction for an 1869 copy of Victor Hugo’s The Man Who Laughs and a signed copy of Paulo Coelho’s Be Like The River Flow.

CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES: The Street Fair features exclusive merchandise from Housing Works Thrift Shops, offered on an “all-you-can-stuff” $20 a bag basis, including shoes and accessories. Designer clothes included!

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