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The opulent Spiegeltent returns to Pier 17 with risqué circus shows such as Absinthe, Desir, and The Gazillionaire’s Late Night Lounge. The show mixes theater, acrobats, and sinfully racy humor.

Frozen margaritas on the boardwalk are no longer your only South Street Seaport option. You may have to pay a cover to enter after 9 p.m., so our advice is to head there after work for Heartland Brewery drafts. Should you find yourself in need of sobering after a few too many kiwi-and-absinthe cocktails, there's a Jack’s Stir Brew Coffee stand doling out shade-grown fair-trade coffee mixed with Hudson Valley milk. Look for it next to the fortune-teller’s table and the dance tent sponsored by “silent dance party” Headphone Disco. In addition to stand-up tables near the bar and a few seats next to a waste-of-space Boucheron jewelry exhibit (um?), there’s a tented waitress-service area that offers prime viewing of the illuminated waterfalls. — Daniel Maurer