We can take the oppressive humidity. We can even tolerate being asphyxiated on the subway by rush-hour armpit exposure. Why? Because in the summer, this city makes up for it tenfold with more damn fine events that we can really wrap our minds around. So this new weekly feature will do just that: every week, we’ll digest and regurgitate the schedule of summer classics (think P.S.1 Warm Ups and Jelly Pool Parties) as they come rolling in.

This week in NYC summer classics:

Monday, June 20

The first-ever NYC Cocktail Week gets you an appetizer and two fancy cocktails you may not ordinarily order for your college-broke self for $20.11. Pick from a list of 17 bars, including Death & Co., Lani Kai and NYU Local favorite Vandaag, and just ask for the NYC Cocktail Week menu. That price at these bars beats most happy hours, and it runs this whole week and weekend. After-internship drinks just got a little classier. $20.11 for two cocktails and an appetizer. Runs from June 15-29, more info here.

All’s Well That Ends Well Free, but involves very committed line-standing. See how here. 8 p.m. at the Delacorte Theater [81st Street and Central Park West entrance]. See the full Shakespeare in the Park schedule here.

Tuesday, June 21

Make Music New York Festival Every year, the first day of summer is brought in with this quirky music festival, and this year’s plans look fantastic. There’ll be a New Orleans-style brass band marching down the High Line, a 50-punk-band invasion of Governor’s Island, and a mass iPhone symphony-of-the-public will be held down on Wall Street. If you’re uptown, the 99-piece percussion ensemble from Columbia University playing in Morningside Park will be something to see. There are over 1,000 free outdoor concerts, so if you’re working Tuesday (we are!), you will probably still hear a shred of music float in through a window, if that’s any consolation. All day, in a bazillion venues. See the full schedule here.

Talib Kweli Free. 7:00 p.m. at Red Hook Park [Bay St. & Henry St., Brooklyn] See SummerStage for details.

All’s Well That Ends Well Free, but involves very committed line-standing. See how here. 8 p.m. at the Delacorte Theater [81st Street and Central Park West entrance]. See the full Shakespeare in the Park schedule here.

Wednesday, June 22

Ozomatli, a “notorious urban-Latino-and-beyond collision of hip-hop and salsa, dancehall and cumbia, samba and funk, merengue and comparsa, East LA R&B, Jamaican ragga and Indian raga.” Gotta say, that sounds amazing. Free. 7:00 p.m. at Red Hook Park [Bay St. & Henry St., Brooklyn] See SummerStage for details.

Reggie Watts with Natasha Leggero. This show is supposedly being recorded for a Comedy Central special, so you can be that guy who shouts something ridiculous at the stage and gets it immortalized. Free. 7:30 p.m. at Central Park Mainstage [Rumsey Playfield, E. 72nd St. entrance]. See SummerStage for details.

Thursday, Jun 23

All’s Well That Ends Well Free, but involves very committed line-standing. See how here. 8 p.m. at the Delacorte Theater [81st Street and Central Park West entrance]. See the full Shakespeare in the Park schedule here.

Friday, June 24:

Thievery Corporation with Raphael Saadiq 5:30 p.m. at the Williamsburg Waterfront Park [93 Kent Avenue, Brooklyn]. Tickets: a hefty $52, and going to the Nokia Theatre Times Square will save you all the Ticketmaster service charges. Thanks, Brooklyn365. See the full schedule here.

Florence and the Machine/Twin Shadow/Bubbles, Sold out. This is one of those shows where one is forgiven for hating ticketholders. 6:30 p.m. at Central Park Mainstage [Rumsey Playfield, E. 72nd St. entrance]. See SummerStage for details.

Reggie Watts with DJ Stormin’ Norman Free. 7:00 p.m. at Red Hook Park [Bay St. & Henry St., Brooklyn] See SummerStage for details.

Ledisi and Anthony David, who are described by things like “top shelf neo-soul,” and “recalling a young Bill Withers,” which is all we need to hear. Free. 7:30 p.m. (gates at 6:30 p.m.) at the Prospect Park Bandshell [Prospect Park West & 9th Street, Brooklyn] for Celebrate Brooklyn! More info and full schedule here.

All’s Well That Ends Well Free, but involves very committed line-standing. See how here. 8 p.m. at the Delacorte Theater [81st Street and Central Park West entrance]. See the full Shakespeare in the Park schedule here.

Saturday, June 25

Fort Greene Festival (with Mos Def) Trek out to Pratt-kid stomping grounds for the free all-day festival. Bed-Stuy native Mos Def is headlining, which is reason enough to spend a summer day in a park, and the eight other mostly Brooklyn-bred acts look highly entertaining as well. Free. From noon-10:00 p.m. in Fort Greene Park [DeKalb and Myrtle avenues in Fort Greene]. More info and full schedule here.

The Heavy/The London Souls/Superhuman Happiness Free. 7 p.m. (gates at 6 p.m.) at the Prospect Park Bandshell [Prospect Park West & 9th Street, Brooklyn] for Celebrate Brooklyn! More info and full schedule here.

Sunday, June 26

Pride March 2011 This is one of those things you don’t miss. Go hang out on 5th Ave and soak up the pure happy. If you can get into the New School building (65 5th Ave & 13th St.), the upper floors are prime out-of-window viewing spots. Rubin (35 5th Ave & 10th St.)  is not a bad option either, but as we all know the windows don’t open wide enough to let in the parade spirit. This year’s grand marshals are Dan Savage and Terry Miller of the It Gets Better project, and Reverand Pat Bumgardner of the LGBT Metropolitan Community Church. Starts at 12 p.m. at 36th Street & 5th Avenue, ends at Christopher & Greenwich Streets. For more info and a route map, go here.

Measure for Measure Free, but involves very committed line-standing. Not the ideal way to spend Pride Sunday, but if you really want to, see how here. 8 p.m. at the Delacorte Theater [81st Street and Central Park West entrance]. See the full Shakespeare in the Park schedule here.

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We’re still awaiting the start of:

P.S.1 Warm Ups

The short film-followed-by-DJ-set series Movies With A View in Brooklyn Bridge Park

RiverFlicks in Hudson River Park

SummerScreen‘s Wednesday night movies in McCarren Park

The awesome Dumpster Pools

The ever-classy New York Philharmonic in the Park

Jelly Pool Parties

Whitney Live, the Whitney Museum’s outdoor concert series

And more. Yes, summer in the city is a sweet, sweet thing.