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TO CATCH A ‘PREDATOR.’ Get ready for bullets and biceps galore when Nitehawk Cinema screens Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 1997 film “Predator.” It’s about soldiers being stalked in the Central American jungle by an alien, and its special effects were Oscarnominated. It’s part of Nitehawk’s “Monsters of Summer” festival. 12:15 a.m. $11. 136 Metropolitan Ave., Brooklyn. (718) 384-3980.
GET ALL FIRED UP. Celebrate the Fourth of July early at “New York Salutes America” at Orchard Beach. Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz and New York State Sen. Jeff Klein will host this boardwalk festival and fireworks extravaganza. Plus, there will be live music by Alive N Kickin’. 6-10 p.m. Free.
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LESQUE. Trixie and Monkey’s All-American Burlesque Circus Show will fly its freak flag with juggler Sean Blue, singing comic Lady Scoutington and circus giant Mr. Gorgeous. 10 p.m. $15. 1208 Surf Ave., Brooklyn. (718) 372-5159.
ASIAN FILM FEAST. The New York Asian Film Festival kicks off two weeks of stellar cinema from China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan and Thailand. The opening-night feature will be “Vulgaria,” an outrageous showbiz satire by Pang Ho-cheng. 8:30 p.m. $13. Walter Reade Theater, 144 W. 65th St. (212) 875-5600. For full festival lineup: subwaycinema.com.
OFFERING AN ALTERNATIVE. PILLOW tHEORY, a quartet of alternative rockers, will play the Brooklyn Academy of Music. They’ve opened for Living Colour. 9 p.m. Free. 30 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn. (718) 636-4100.
‘15 MINUTES OF FAME.’ The Parhelion Trio will play 15 oneminute pieces by 15 composers. 8 p.m. $10. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 33-50 82nd St. Jackson Heights, Queens. (718) 639-8893.
RIGHT UP THEIR ALLEY. Brooklyn psychedelic rockers Akron/Family will take center stage at the Brooklyn Bowl. They’ll be joined by Stagnant Pools. 6 p.m. Free with RSVP at denimandsupply.brooklynbowl.com. 61 Wythe Ave. , Brooklyn. (718) 963-3369.
SHORT AND SWEET. Rooftop Films holds a lower East Side screening of 12 short films at Open Road Rooftop. Among them: “Shoot the Freak,” about the last days of the Coney Island attraction; “Burt Talks to the Bees,” a comic film by Isabella Rossellini, and “Fanuzzi’s Gold,” a documentary about a 77-yearold Staten Islander fighting for survival. 8 p.m. $12. 350 Grand St. (718) 417-7362.
Dominic Maxwell-Lewis