International African Arts Festival
Saturday through Tuesday, July 1-4, 10:00-9:00, rain or shine
Commodore Barry Park, main entrance on Navy St. between Park and Flushing Aves., Fort Greene, Brooklyn
www.IAAFestival.org
Previously: www.EatingInTranslation .com/2007/07/comida-divina.html
Donation: adults, $5; children, $2
Royal Bengal Street Fair
Sunday, July 2, noon-7:00
East 204th St. between Hull and Decatur Aves., Norwood, Bronx
www.BangladeshCircle.com/event/royal-bengal-street-fair-2017
Previously: www.EatingInTranslation.com/2015/05/royal-bengal-street-fair.html
Free admission
Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest
Saturday, July 4, 11:00-1:00
Outside Nathan's Famous, corner of Surf and Stillwell Aves., Coney Island, Brooklyn (and on ESPN2, noon-1:00)
www.MajorLeagueEating.com/contests.php?action=detail&eventID=772
Free admission
Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Brooklyn
Wednesday through Sunday, July 5-16, various evening and weekend hours
In the streets surrounding Our Lady of Mount Carmel, 275 North 8th St. (Havemeyer St.-Meeker Ave.), Williamsburg, Brooklyn
www.OLMCfeast.com
Free admission
Gone Fishin'
Thursday, July 6, 6:30-???
Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont St. (at Clinton St.), Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn
www.Eventbrite.com/e/gone-fishin-brooklyns-favorite-forgotten-pastime-tickets-33277741621
General admission: $5
Ongoing: Manhattanville: A New York Nexus, Thursday; Museum of Food and Drink (MOFAD), Friday through Sunday; Queens International Night Market, Saturday; Hester Street Fair, Saturday; Smorgasburg, Williamsburg, Saturday; Smorgasburg, Prospect Park, Sunday; Brooklyn Flea, Dumbo, Sunday; Grand Bazaar NYC, Sunday; 8 'Till Late, daily (through July 30); Broadway Bites, daily (through July 14); Urbanspace Garment District, daily (through July 19); Sour, Sweet, Bitter, Spicy: Stories of Chinese Food and Identity in America, daily (through September 10); Fulton Stall Market, daily; New York Greenmarkets, various days; Down to Earth Markets, various days
Food courts (and the like): Arthur Avenue Retail Market, Berg'n, Brookfield Place, Canal Street Market, Chelsea Market, City Kitchen, DeKalb Market Hall, Eataly, Essex Street Market, The Falchi Building, Fei Long Supermarket Food Court, Food Gallery 32, Gansevoort Market, Golden Shopping Mall, Gotham West Market, Grand Central Terminal dining concourse, Industry City food hall, Moore Street Market, New World Mall Food Court, New York Food Court, The Pennsy, The Plaza Food Hall, Queens Crossing, Turn-Style, Urbanspace Vanderbilt
Classes: See the schedules of the Astor Center, The Brooklyn Kitchen, Camaje Bistro & Lounge, De Gustibus, the Ger-Nis Culinary & Herb Center, Haven's Kitchen, the Institute of Culinary Education, the International Culinary Center, the League of Kitchens, Murray's Cheese, the 92nd St. Y, La Scuola di Eataly, and Vimbly, and the roundup of classes on CourseHorse
Walking tours: Tag along with Big Onion, City Food Tours, Culinary Backstreets, Ethnojunkie, Food and Footprints, Fun Foodie NYC, In Food We Trust, the Institute of Culinary Education, Jack Eichenbaum, Joe DiStefano, Local Expeditions, the Museum of Chinese in America, Noshwalks, Ray's Food & Walking Tours, Queens Food Tours, Sidewalks of NY, Turnstile Tours, Urban Oyster, and "Wildman" Steve Brill
Tickets on sale: Brooklyn Waterfront Tastes, July 9; Taste of the Town, July 13; The Wok in America, July 18; American Food and Immigration Policy, Past, Present, and Future, July 20; Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival, July 23; Ice Cream Takedown, July 23; Brooklyn Jollof Fest, July 23; 1 Minute Meal: Stories of Food and Community in New York, July 27; The Vendy Awards, September 16
On the radar: Barbados Festival Day, July 8; Indonesian bazaar at St. James Episcopal Church, July 8; Arab-American and North African Cultural Street Festival, July 8; Trinidad and Tobago Culture and Fun Day, July 9; Salsa Street Party, July 9; Bastille Day in Midtown, July 9; Go Africa Harlem Street Festival, July 15; ThinGyan Association Burmese New Year Water Festival, July 16; St. Ann's Italian Festival, July 22-26; Pakistan Independence Day Parade and Festival, August 20; Indonesian Street Festival, August 26; Grenada, Carriacou & Petite Martinique Day, August 27; Brazilian Day Festival, Manhattan, September 3; Festival de la Pupusa de New Jersey, September 3; West Indian Day Parade, September 4
