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(Michael CuiccioPhoton)Fourth Annual PHOENIX G uide ToSummer in the CityBY JEAN STERNLIGHTNew Yorkers have a universal reputation for pride in their fair city, and in particular for their tendency, on the slightest provocation, to extol the virtues of the vast variety of things to do in %u2018the city%u2019. But comes summertime, these same New Yorkers often find themselves stuck in the rut of doing the same old things or the same old nothings th; t they%u2019v always done. If the museum moor. strikes they go to the Met, on hot mnny days to Riis Park or Jones Beach, andAn Offbeat Baedeker for Hot Weather Wanderersmuch of the time they simply sit at home, knowing they want to do something, but not sure just what, it doesn%u2019thavetobethat way. New York is the %u2018things to do%u2019 capital of the world! So arise New Yorkers, crawl out of your rut, and take your courage in hand. The following is a list of just a few of the more unusual summer activities our city has to offer. All of the listed locations are accessible by public transportation, so you needn%u2019t waste a precious drop of fuel.TIBETAN ARTSay you want to go to a museum. The Met and the Museum of Modern Art are great but why not give some of the other places a chance once in a while too? You might check out the Jacques Marchais Center of Tibetan Art which offers a collection of hundreds of objects of Buddhist art, a large library of Orientalia, and a gorgeous set of lanuscupco gardens wt ich are built on steep cliffs. The setting of the Center atopStaten Island%u2019s Lighthouse Hill is itself worth the trip, for the museum overlooks not only woodlands and lakes, but also the lower bay of New York. The building structure is a replica of a Tibetan temple.JACQUES MARCHAIS CENTER OF TIBETAN ART: 338 Lighthouse Ave., Staten Island; open Thurs.-Sun. 1-5; admission SI, 50 cents for kids under 12; to get there take the Staten Island Ferry and then the 113 bus; 987-3478.EGGSFor a somewhat different type of viewing experience try the Egg Museum. No, I%u2019m not putting you on. This place is dedicated solely to the decorated egg, and exhibits egg arts and crafts from over 70 countries.EGG MUSEUM: 756 7th Ave., Manhattan between 49th and 50th Sts. Exhibition and sale bv appointment. Free. 765-5049.Cmitinued page l.'lJuly 12. 1979. T h e PHOENIX. P age 11