The Undead of Summer: Summer Guide 2010

The thing about vampires: They can't do sun. So when we thought about the best way to survive and enjoy the city as it heats up during the summer months, we turned to the other ubiquitous undead creatures admired by film directors and a disturbing number of regular folk who willingly cover themselves in red corn syrup and shuffle along the streets.We recruited Dina Sheyn, Alexander Dong and Kelly Hartie to play zombie for us at some of our favorite summer hangouts--the High Line Park, the Soho Housing Works, waiting in line at the Big Gay Ice Cream Truck--and let them deal with the strange stares of the passersby. You can enjoy your own undead summer in between beer sips at this year's zombie crawl. Or watch Bruce LaBruce's new zombie porn come June. There's even an Undead Jazz Festival (although there are no actual zombies involved in that one). And if you really want to see something undead, there's always the gal pals in Sex and the City 2.

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