Friends, are you like me? Out of work, no prospects in sight, slowly but surely spi­ral­ing down into an eco­nomic, social and psy­cho­log­i­cal abyss? Yet still han­ker­ing not just for enter­tain­ment but for the grand dis­play of opera? Then I have a deal for you!

Start­ing tomor­row night, Lin­coln Cen­ter hosts out­door HD screen­ings of some of the Met Opera’s past per­for­mances, gratis. The plea­sure of out­door movies and opera in one! Sure, there’s a trop­i­cal storm com­ing through, but that will just make it eas­ier to snag a seat. High­lights will be Eugene One­gin on 8/31, Peter Grimes 9/3 and Orfeo ed Euridice 9/5.

Then, once fall begins, plan to head out to the Kew Gar­dens Cin­ema for their Opera in Cin­ema series; it’s not clear what the actual ticket prices will be, but com­pared to the cost of fly­ing to Europe and see­ing these pro­duc­tions in per­son, it’s will be as noth­ing. And the lineup is impres­sive; the first two parts of The Ring, Cosi fan Tutte, L’Orfeo and more. I’ve got plans already. See you there.