JULY

JULY 1

With humidity really kicking in, it’s time to give your home bar a summer face-lift. Stash the bourbon and red wine in the back, then stock up on warm-weather ingredients like limes, mint, pineapple juice, coconut milk, and tiki-drink favorite Faler-num to pair with spirits like rum and tequila. Stashing a few bottles of rosé in the fridge wouldn’t hurt, either.

JULY 2

Treat yo’ self to a night of craft beer, books, and battling it out with other fans of Pawnee, Indiana, at PARKS AND REC TRIVIA NIGHT at Broad Ripple’s Books & Brews. Keep in mind that the used bookstore-and-brewery’s 96th Street location recently packed ’em in for a memorial for Li’l Sebastian, so competition could be stiff. Better pull up Netflix or Hulu and cram. facebook.com/booksnbrewsbroadripple

JULY 3

Gear up for Independence Day weekend at CARMELFEST, which kicks off today with concerts, a talent show, and a kids’ area packed with rides and attractions, all in Carmel Civic Square. Come back the next day for the parade and fireworks. carmelfest.net

JULY 4

Sure, you could ascend the downtown bank buildings and vie for a good viewing spot for tonight’s . But we’ll be a couple of miles east at Highland Park, a grassy slope in the Holy Cross neighborhood that hosts an unofficial Independence Day party every year, and everyone’s invited: retired couples who have lived in the ’hood for decades