This week’s post is jam-packed with events taking place throughout July, from Brighton Beach up to Delacorte Theater in Central Park. Click after the jump to find enough activities to keep you busy every day for the rest of the month!

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When you’re an event planner who is one week away from your largest fundraiser of the year, and are attending three weddings in three different states over the next three weeks, you sometimes have to hurry through your weekly ‘bee post.

Hopefully you’ll forgive me.

I’m blog-phoning it in with a list of my favorite e-subscriptions. If you want to learn about hundreds of events that can be delivered to your inbox on a weekly basis, start right here on neighborbeeblog.

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Even more exciting than the presence of an actual spring in NYC this year is the variety of outdoor summer activities that will soon be upon us. I dont know about you, but the release of the summer schedules always renews my love for New York.

Here are a few events that just happen to be located in Midtown, but some are local favorites and all are definitely worth your time.

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Finally, I have a forum to write about one of my absolute favorite activities: happy hour!

I know, I know. I’m supposed to write about “events.” But doesn’t planning a mass gathering where everyone drinks affordably qualify as an event? Yes, I think so.

Now that summer is approaching, bars are accommodating the drinking crowds by offering some thirst-quenching specials. I polled many of my libation-loving friends and they offered up their favorite cheap drink joints. (This is what you call “blog-phoning it in” when your flight to New Orleans leaves in a few hours!)

And now, I present to you many frosty reasons to leave work on time.

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Tired of seeking out fun new activities for you and your crew? Let the activities come to you! My social life would be nonexistent if not for the plethora of e-mail alerts I receive every week in my inbox.

One of my longtime favorite lists is Hipster Travel, written by my pal Evan, who I met years ago at an (now defunct) organized social drinking club. (Don’t judge - it’s where I met all my NYC friends!)

Sign up for Hipster Travel and you’ll be sent a weekly e-mail that is chock full of activities, ranging from gallery listings and dance parties to food festivals and free alcohol events. Evan searches for the week’s best offerings and compiles them into one massive e-mail that usually takes me 10 minutes to read. (Mostly because I’m adding so many events to my calendar.)

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There’s a spring chill in the air this week, which means that you should probably a.) drink for free and b.) go someplace inside. Combine both of those and you’ve got yourself some gallery openings! Our Gallery Insider is an anonymous gallery employee, and she’s here to give you the inside scoop on where to go and what (and who) to see each week. After the jump, our Insider opinion on Josephine Meckseper and David Altmejd.

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Today is free cone day at Ben & Jerry’s! To find a participating scoop shop, click here. Don’t feel like waiting in line? Buy one sundae and get another free every Tuesday at the Baskin Robbins on 26th and 3rd.

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Since this weekend is supposed to be crappy and completely unlike the awesome weather of last weekend, we at neighborbee blog thought that we’d offer up something fun (and free!) to do when you’ve emptied your DVR and run out of Rock of Love 2 reruns.

The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Workspace residency program provides studio space and support for a diverse group of selected emerging artists and writers. Starting this Friday and ending on Sunday, LMCC will open its 15,000-square-foot Tribeca studio space to the public during Open Studio Weekend.

Visitors will be able to see a showcase of the work completed by the 20 Workspace artists and writers during the nine months of their residency. Events include fiction and poetry readings, as well as film and video screenings. (For a full schedule, click here .) As we mentioned, all events are free and open to the public, but make sure you RSVP .

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Tired of the smooth jazz or lite rock hits assaulting your ears at the office all day? Happen to be near the West Village at lunchtime? Then stop by Grace Church for some free music. Every Tuesday thru Friday, Grace Church’s organist plays Bach from 12:20 to 12:50 for anyone who wants to listen.

Grace Church, Broadway @ 10th Street

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FreeBees are listings for anything free around the city, whether it’s a concert or an ice cream cone. Have a FreeBee for us to list? Drop us a line at tips (at) neighborbeeblog.com.

Tomorrow is Earth Day, and pop piano crooner Ben Jelen is playing a free concert at the Replay store in SoHo. 10% of all of Replay’s proceeds this week are going to the Ben Jelen Foundation, a charity that supports protection of the natural environment via education, political outreach, humanitarian outreach, and investment in new technology.

Have a job that lets you out before 5 pm? Stop by and nourish your ears, the earth, and your poorly stocked summer wardrobe all in one fell swoop.

Ben Jelen @ Replay: Tuesday, 4/22 @ 5 pm

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