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MoMA's Garden Parties Are Yours For $20

Think of it as your own personal culture oasis: New York's Museum of Modern Art becomes a Brazilian celebração Thursday nights in July starting today.

The museum opens occasionally at night for us non-major donors, but "MoMA Thursday Nights" will add live musical performances and a cash bar to Thursdays between 5:30 and 8:45 for the same price as a regular entrance. August's musical guests will focus on China in conjunction with a special multimedia exhibit on the second floor.

Given New York's recent ark-building-motivating weather, outdoor concerts are a bit dicey, but you can always flood back into the museum and wile away the hours in the galleries—you'll just have to leave that cocktail behind.

Resident tip: If you live in New York and dream of going to all four parties, shell out for a membership; $75 will get you in free those four nights and the rest of the year. Dual members, defined as "two people receiving mail at the same address," will make it up even faster, earning back a $120 membership in just three Thursday trips. That card will come in handy for the colder nights, too, since it gets you into MoMA's movies for free.

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